Gunda Gunde - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Gunda Gunde - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Gunda Gunde Monastery ( Gädam gunida gunido) is an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo monastery located to the south of Adigrat in the Misraqawi (Eastern) Zone of the northern Tigray Region in Ethiopia. It is known for its prolific scriptorium,One example of its production is a gospel book written in the early 16th century, now at the Walters Art Museum as item W. 850. Ethiopian Art: The Walters Art Museum (Lingfield: Third Millennium, 2001), p. 104ff as well as its library of Ge'ez manuscripts. This collection of over 220 volumes, all but one dating from before the 16th century, is one of the largest collections of its kind in Ethiopia."Researcher identifies second-oldest Ethiopian manuscript in existence in HMML’s archives", Walta Information Center published 10 December 2010; http://www.hmml.org/news--media/researcher-identifies-second-oldest-ethiopian-manuscript-in-existence-in-hmmls-archives. Read more on Wikipedia
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