Gädlä Sämaʿtat | |
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Also known as | Spiritual Combat of the Martyrs |
Type | Martyrology |
Date | 15th–16th century |
Place of origin | Tigray Region, Ethiopia |
Language(s) | Geʽez |
Scribe(s) | 3 different scribes |
Material | Parchment |
Size | 535 × 380 × 200 mm |
Script | Geʽez |
Contents | 40 vitae of saints and martyrs |
Gädlä Sämaʿtat (or Gadla Samāʿtāt,[1] meaning "Vitae of the Martyrs"[2] or "Spiritual Combat of the Martyrs") is a 15th-century Geʽez manuscript that contains a compilation of hagiographies. The manuscript is currently held at ʿUra Qirqos, a church near Zäla Ambässa, Tigray Region, northern Ethiopia.[3]
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