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Or 533 — አብቀለምሲስ, "The Revelation of St. John" .

British Library · Or 533 · 127 catalogue-identified art canvases

18th centuryManuscript paintingsBritish Library Ethiopian manuscripts catalogue

Curator’s selection

Highlights from the Gondarine Apocalypse

6 reviewed leaves from this extraordinary early eighteenth-century Revelation cycle. Select any image to inspect its exact British Library canvas.

The woman riding the scarlet beast, British Library Or 533, f.68r

f.68rRevelation 17

The woman riding the scarlet beast

Additional manually reviewed painted leaf

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Plate 1Or 533, f.1v. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.

British Library, Or 533

Reuse and attributionThe Ethiopian manuscripts published in digitised format by the British Library are to the best of our knowledge not in copyright under Ethiopian law. However the British Library recognises broader interests in the cultural heritage which the Ethiopian manuscripts represent. The manuscripts included are often of a religious nature, and the Library has taken considerable care not to distort or alter the underlying material. We ask users also to show appropriate respect in reusing the digital images of the Ethiopian manuscripts, which should not be altered or reused in ways that might be derogatory or offensive to the Ethiopian communities for whom they are of special cultural importance.
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Or 533, f.1v. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.British Library, Or 533
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What the catalogue identifies

An Ethiopian manuscript containing: አብቀለምሲስ, The Revelation of St. John- an illuminated manuscript, illustrating the “Apocalypse” of John and concerning the life and death of the Apostle. Gondar,f. 1r. The Revelation of St. John.(In the colophon, f.85v, the names of king ‘Iyasu and queen Walatta Giyorgis have been subsequently inserted.) f. 85r. The Acts of St. John at Ephesus, written by his disciple ‘Aberekoros (Prochorus). f. 109r. The Death of St. John, narrated by Prochorus. f. 114r. A hymn composed by the scribe, ወዛቲ ድርሰት ዓርኬ ይእቲ ዘደረስክዋ አነ ጸሓፌ ዝንቱ መጽሐፍ.Illustrations: ff. 1v,3v-3r, 4r, 5r, 6v, 8v-8r, 10r-10v, 11v, 12v,13v, 14v-15r, 16v-17r, 18v-19r,20r, 21r, 22r-24r, 25v-26r, 27r-28r, 29v-30r, 31v-32r, 33v-35r, 36r-36v, 37v-38r, 39r-39v, 41v-43r, 44v-45r, 46v-47v, 49r-50v, 51v-51r, 53r, 54r-58v,59v-62v, 63r-64v, 65v, 66v, 68v-69r, 70v-71v, 72v, 73v, 74v-76r, 77r-79r, 80v-81v, 82v, 83v-84r, 85r, 86r, 89v-91r, 94v-95r, 98v-99v, 103v-105r, 107v-108r, 110v, 112v, 114v-115r.

127 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
1700-1730
Date evidence
Date range supplied by the British Library catalogue.
Holding institution
British Library
Shelfmark
Or 533
Folio
127 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 032-003359486