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Which copy of Enoch are we reading?

Six Geʿez witnesses give the Enoch study a physical trail: named project numbers, repositories, content locations and separately recorded copy dates.

A work can survive in many copies

The six records below catalogue Enoch in Geʿez. A date assigned to one manuscript part belongs to that witness. It does not date the beginning of the Enoch tradition or every event the text describes. Keep the record identifier attached whenever a passage, spelling or division is compared.

Begin with a named passage

GG 00151 places the selected Enoch content at folios 2r–58v. EMML 179 places it at 5r–72v. Those are manuscript locations, not interchangeable modern chapter references. Begin with a passage in a named edition, locate it in the witness and record any missing or uncertain words before making a comparison.

A bibliography can open the next stage

GG 00151 includes an Enoch manuscript-history citation in its catalogue bibliography. That is a useful lead to scholarship. A bibliographic mention alone does not establish that this entire witness was translated into English or that a particular reading was included in a critical apparatus. Keep those as explicit questions for the next review.

SIX NAMED MANUSCRIPT LEADS

Enoch in Ethiopian manuscripts

The fields below adapt HMML’s licensed catalogue metadata. They are not a transcription, a new translation or a completed image review.

GG 00151# Reference

Enoch

Gunda Gundē Monastery

Tegrāy Province, Ethiopia · Ge'ez

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C3-IV-2
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Enoch

Content location: fol. 2r-58v

Catalogue uniform title: Ethiopic book of Enoch

Copy-date evidence

Part 1: 1450–1550 CE · catalogue flags the century as uncertain.

These dates describe selected manuscript parts. They do not establish the composition date or a historical cosmic epoch.

Translation evidence

Translation coverage not assessed for this witness. This is not a finding that no translation exists.

Bibliography supplied by HMML

Antonio Mordini, "Il convento di Gunde Gundiè," Rassegna di Studi Etiopici 12 (1953): 51 (no. 29); Ted M. Erho and Loren T. Stuckenbruck, "A Manuscript History of Ethiopic Enoch ," Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 23 (2013): 122-23

Source physical-status label: In situ. Catalogue record last updated: 2024/09/18.

Source online-view flag: Yes. The access label remains a separate field. Neither field was verified by opening every image in this review.

EMML 179# Reference

Enoch

Qeddus Urā'ēl Church

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia · Ge'ez

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Scanned Microform
Contents, dating and translation evidence

Enoch

Content location: fol. 5r-72v

Catalogue uniform title: Ethiopic book of Enoch

Copy-date evidence

Part 1: 1900–1956 CE · catalogue flags the century as uncertain.

These dates describe selected manuscript parts. They do not establish the composition date or a historical cosmic epoch.

Translation evidence

Translation coverage not assessed for this witness. This is not a finding that no translation exists.

Source physical-status label: Unknown. Catalogue record last updated: 2024/08/16.

Source online-view flag: Yes. The access label remains a separate field. Neither field was verified by opening every image in this review.

EMML 201# Reference

Enoch

Ba'atā Church

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia · Ge'ez

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Contents, dating and translation evidence

Enoch

Content location: fol. 1r-87v

Catalogue uniform title: Ethiopic book of Enoch

Copy-date evidence

Part 1: 1921–1923 CE. Native date in catalogue: 1914-1915 EC.

These dates describe selected manuscript parts. They do not establish the composition date or a historical cosmic epoch.

Translation evidence

Translation coverage not assessed for this witness. This is not a finding that no translation exists.

Source physical-status label: Unknown. Catalogue record last updated: 2024/08/16.

Source online-view flag: Yes. The access label remains a separate field. Neither field was verified by opening every image in this review.

EMML 629# Reference

Enoch

Ethiopian Orthodox Tawāḥedo Church Patriarchate Library

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia · Ge'ez

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Enoch

Content location: fol. 5r-44r

Catalogue uniform title: Ethiopic book of Enoch

Catalogue note: Traditional chapters indicated in the text

Copy-date evidence

Part 1: 1900–1961 CE · catalogue flags the century as uncertain.

These dates describe selected manuscript parts. They do not establish the composition date or a historical cosmic epoch.

Translation evidence

Translation coverage not assessed for this witness. This is not a finding that no translation exists.

Bibliography supplied by HMML

Catalogue of Manuscripts Microfilmed by the UNESCO Mobile Microfilm Unit in Addis Ababa and Gojjam Province (1970)

Source physical-status label: Unknown. Catalogue record last updated: 2024/08/16.

Source online-view flag: Yes. The access label remains a separate field. Neither field was verified by opening every image in this review.

IES 00675# Reference

Enoch

Addis Ababa University. Institute of Ethiopian Studies

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia · Ge'ez

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MS 675
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Registered
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Digital
Contents, dating and translation evidence

Enoch

Content location: fol. 1r-78r

Catalogue uniform title: Ethiopic book of Enoch

Copy-date evidence

Part 1: 1900–1944 CE · catalogue flags the century as uncertain.

These dates describe selected manuscript parts. They do not establish the composition date or a historical cosmic epoch.

Translation evidence

Translation coverage not assessed for this witness. This is not a finding that no translation exists.

Source physical-status label: In situ. Catalogue record last updated: 2021/09/23.

Source online-view flag: Yes. The access label remains a separate field. Neither field was verified by opening every image in this review.

EMML 1950# Reference

Enoch

Ḥayq Esṭifānos Monastery

Wallo Province, Ethiopia · Ge'ez

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Enoch

Content location: fol. 2r-29r

Catalogue uniform title: Ethiopic book of Enoch

Copy-date evidence

Part 1: 1650–1750 CE · catalogue flags the century as uncertain.

These dates describe selected manuscript parts. They do not establish the composition date or a historical cosmic epoch.

Translation evidence

Translation coverage not assessed for this witness. This is not a finding that no translation exists.

Bibliography supplied by HMML

Getatchew Haile, The Ethiopian Orthodox Church's Tradition on the Holy Cross , in Texts and Studies in Eastern Christianity 10 (2018).

Source physical-status label: Unknown. Catalogue record last updated: 2024/09/27.

Source online-view flag: Yes. The access label remains a separate field. Neither field was verified by opening every image in this review.

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Catalogue credit and scope

Catalogue metadata from Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML), vHMML Reading Room, CC BY 4.0. Babylon selected 36 records, selected relevant content items, removed formatting and reduced the fields. Original images are not included.

Six manuscript leads in each of six subjects. These are examples, not all HMML holdings or a ranked list. Source identifiers and access labels are retained. Translation coverage has not been reviewed at witness level. Babylon is independent of HMML and the repositories named here. The selection is reviewed on 5 November 2026; current conditions must be checked at the source.

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