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Or 790 — መጽሐፈ መድበል Mestira Zaman, vol.1

British Library · Or 790 · 382 catalogue-identified art canvases

18th centuryManuscript paintingsBritish Library Ethiopian manuscripts catalogue

Illustrated folios

Each mapped image from Or 790 now opens on its own permanent page with its exact folio, source, credit and reuse statement.

382 individual pages

  1. Or 790, f.1r. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.Catalogue-mapped illuminationf.1rOr 790, f.1r — catalogue-mapped illuminationOpen folio page
  2. Or 790, f.1v. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.Catalogue-mapped illuminationf.1vOr 790, f.1v — catalogue-mapped illuminationOpen folio page
  3. Or 790, f.2r. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.Catalogue-mapped illuminationf.2rOr 790, f.2r — catalogue-mapped illuminationOpen folio page
  4. Or 790, f.2v. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.Catalogue-mapped illuminationf.2vOr 790, f.2v — catalogue-mapped illuminationOpen folio page
  5. Or 790, f.3r. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.Catalogue-mapped illuminationf.3rOr 790, f.3r — catalogue-mapped illuminationOpen folio page
  6. Or 790, f.3v. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.Catalogue-mapped illuminationf.3vOr 790, f.3v — catalogue-mapped illuminationOpen folio page
  7. Or 790, f.4r. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.Catalogue-mapped illuminationf.4rOr 790, f.4r — catalogue-mapped illuminationOpen folio page
  8. Or 790, f.4v. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.Catalogue-mapped illuminationf.4vOr 790, f.4v — catalogue-mapped illuminationOpen folio page
  9. Or 790, f.5r. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.Catalogue-mapped illuminationf.5rOr 790, f.5r — catalogue-mapped illuminationOpen folio page
  10. Or 790, f.5v. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.Catalogue-mapped illuminationf.5vOr 790, f.5v — catalogue-mapped illuminationOpen folio page
  11. Or 790, f.6r. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.Catalogue-mapped illuminationf.6rOr 790, f.6r — catalogue-mapped illuminationOpen folio page
  12. Or 790, f.6v. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.Catalogue-mapped illuminationf.6vOr 790, f.6v — catalogue-mapped illuminationOpen folio page
  13. Or 790, f.7r. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.Catalogue-mapped illuminationf.7rOr 790, f.7r — catalogue-mapped illuminationOpen folio page
  14. Or 790, f.7v. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.Catalogue-mapped illuminationf.7vOr 790, f.7v — catalogue-mapped illuminationOpen folio page
  15. Or 790, f.8r. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.Catalogue-mapped illuminationf.8rOr 790, f.8r — catalogue-mapped illuminationOpen folio page
  16. Or 790, f.8v. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.Catalogue-mapped illuminationf.8vOr 790, f.8v — catalogue-mapped illuminationOpen folio page
  17. Or 790, f.9r. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.Catalogue-mapped illuminationf.9rOr 790, f.9r — catalogue-mapped illuminationOpen folio page
  18. Or 790, f.9v. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.Catalogue-mapped illuminationf.9vOr 790, f.9v — catalogue-mapped illuminationOpen folio page
  19. Or 790, f.10r. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.Catalogue-mapped illuminationf.10rOr 790, f.10r — catalogue-mapped illuminationOpen folio page
  20. Or 790, f.10v. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.Catalogue-mapped illuminationf.10vOr 790, f.10v — catalogue-mapped illuminationOpen folio page
  21. Or 790, f.11r. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.Catalogue-mapped illuminationf.11rOr 790, f.11r — catalogue-mapped illuminationOpen folio page
  22. Or 790, f.11v. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.Catalogue-mapped illuminationf.11vOr 790, f.11v — catalogue-mapped illuminationOpen folio page
  23. Or 790, f.12r. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.Catalogue-mapped illuminationf.12rOr 790, f.12r — catalogue-mapped illuminationOpen folio page
  24. Or 790, f.12v. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.Catalogue-mapped illuminationf.12vOr 790, f.12v — catalogue-mapped illuminationOpen folio page

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What the catalogue identifies

An Ethiopian manuscript containing:The first volume of a work entitled Mashafa Madbal, or, “Collection of the Mysteries of the Times," or , Mest'ra Zaman, “the Mystery of Time." f.1r, Unfinished and uncoloured drawing of Annunciation of the blessed Virgin, in outline.f. 1v. መጽሐፈ መድበል. ዘቅዱስ መድኃኔ ዓልም.f. 2r. Begins with an introduction in prose, በስመ አብ ….ንዌጥን በረድኤት እግዚአብሔር ወንጽሕፍ መጽሐፈ መድበል ዘበትርጓሜሁ ጉባዔ ምሥጢራተ ዘመናት ዘገብረ እግዚአብሔር በበጊዜሁ ቅድመ በዘመነ ብሉይ እስከ ይመጽእ ዘመነ ሐዲስ, etc.f. 3r. The work commences. The picture on this page represents the Holy Trinity, drawn and painted by one ሕዝቅኤል (Ezekiel).f. 184v. The Old Testament, with its Apocrypha, ends on, where begins the ነገረ ማርያም “History of Mary."f. 193r. The colophon, which has been much altered by erasure, gives us the name of king 'lyasii (II.), but that of Bakafta appears on the same page.Some of the pictures in this volume are only partly finalised; and many are merely in outline. In two cases, f, 192r, and v, the spaces have been left quite blank. Decoration: This manuscript contains 376 illustrations, ff.1r-191v. (with uncoloured drawing ff.25v-187r. Some of the depictions are partly finished and many are outlined, f.192r and v, spaces ha…

382 IIIF canvases are mapped from folios explicitly enumerated in the British Library catalogue's art inventory. A full page-by-page visual audit remains pending.

The manuscript overview links to 382 independently addressable folio pages. Each page contains one image and its exact source evidence.

Source date
1721-1730
Date evidence
Date range supplied by the British Library catalogue.
Holding institution
British Library
Shelfmark
Or 790
Folio
382 catalogue-identified art canvases
Place evidence
No place is inferred from the shelfmark or repository. Consult the linked catalogue record for the source wording.
Catalogue source
British Library Ethiopian manuscripts catalogue
Source record
British Library catalogue 032-003346648