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Or 718 — ገደለ ላሊበላ Gädlä Lalibla ("The Acts of Lalibla") or History of King Lalibala of Lasta.

British Library · Or 718 · 6 catalogue-identified art canvases

19th centuryManuscript paintingsBritish Library Ethiopian manuscripts catalogue
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Plate 1Or 718, f.76r. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.

British Library, Or 718

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Or 718, f.76r. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.British Library, Or 718
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What the catalogue identifies

An Ethiopian manuscript containing:ff. 1r-130. ገደለ ላሊበላ Gädlä Lalibla, The Acts of Lalibla Decoration: f.76r “Lalibla receiving covenant”. f.76v, The death of Lalibla.f.99v. The Patriarch and Lalibla.f.100r. The Patriarch washing the feet of Lalibla and below portrait of queen Walatta 'lyasus.f.126r. The churches of Lalibla.f.127v. Lalibla depicted building his church. Written for queen Walatta ‘Iyasus and her family, namely, her sons ኃይለ ኡየሱስ, ኃይለ ሚካኤል and ወልደ ማርያም, and her daughters ወለተ ማርያም and ኂሩት ሥላሌ.

6 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.

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Source date
19th century
Date evidence
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Holding institution
British Library
Shelfmark
Or 718
Folio
6 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 032-003358963