What the catalogue identifies
An Ethiopian manuscript containing:ክብረ ነገሥት Kebra Nagast, or "the Glory of the Kings”.ff. 191. f. 3r. ክብረ ነገሥት Kebra Nagast, or "the Glory of the Kings”. f. 46r. An index of 122 chapters, በእንተ ክብረ ነገሥት, wrongly numbered 123 (፻፳፫).f. 51r. The workbegins on, as follows; በስመ እግዚአብሔር መሓሪ ወመስተሣህል. ይቤ አብ ቅዱስ ዮሐንስ ጳጳስ ዘኒቅዩስ ዘ አስተጋብ አ ለዛቲ መጽሐፍ, etc.f. 102r. The colophon, states that this work was translated from the original Arabic, A.D. 1602, by the deacon Gabriel the Egyptian, the son of John, of Kalyub, at the order of the Abyssinian general Athanasius and of the queen Maryam Sena, Malak Mogasa, the wife of king Yakob, Malak Sagad the younger (A.D. 1597—1603).f. 104r. "the History of the holy Men in the days of Jeremiah the Prophet,"f. 108r. Life of Alexander the Great. ዜናሁ ለእስክንድርf. 127r. Extracts from Giyorgis Walda Amid ('al-Makin). ራእየ ነገር ዘተረበ ጊዮርጊስ ውልደ አሚድ .f. 129r. ዜናሁ እስክንድስ The history of Sekendes (Secundus). f. 138r. “Questions addressed to እስክንድስ Secundus, with his replies”.f. 145r. ጥንተ ሃይማኖት "the Beginning of the Earth," ascribed to Epiphanius.f. 160r. ፍካሬ ኢየሱስ "Prophecy of Jesus or Explanation of Jesus".f. 161r. Discourse ascribed to John, the son of Zebedee, on the Grea…
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- Source date
- 1700-1750
- Date evidence
- Date range supplied by the British Library catalogue.
- Holding institution
- British Library
- Shelfmark
- Or 818
- Folio
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- 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 032-003352304