What the catalogue identifies
The Ethiopian foliation has in general the number on the verso of one leaf repeated on the recto of the following one. (f.Iv) Enumeration of the Books of the Old Testament, 39 in number. Title: የብሉይ ኪዳን መጻሕፍት እሊህ ናቸው .(ff. 2ra-55 vb) Genesis- ኦሪት ዘፍጥረት በዕብራይስጥ ብርሺት ይባላል (the leaves are numbered with some errors from 1 to 50) (ff. 56r- 101va) Exodus- ኦሪት ዘጸአት. በዕብራይስጥ ብርሺት ይባላል ወኤሌ ሸሞች. (sic). The leaves are numbered with some errors 1 to 40). (ff. 102ra-136vb) Leviticus-ኦሪት ዘሌዋውያን. በዕብራይስጥ ወይቅራ ይባላል. (The leaves are numbered from 1 to 27) (ff.137ra-188ra) Numbers -ኦሪት ዘኍልቍ. ዘዕብራይስጥም ወይዳብር ይባላል. (The leaves are numbered from 1 to 36) (ff. 188va-228vb) Deuteronomy-ኦሪት ዘዳግም. በዕብራይስጥ ኤሌ ሐደፈሪም ይባላል. (The leaves are not numbered ) (ff. 229ra-256rb) Joshua-መጽሐፈ ኢያሱ ወልደ ነዌ. በዕብራይስጥ ይሆሹዓ ይባላል. (The leaves are numbered 1 to 24) (ff. 256va-282ra) Judges-መጽሐፈ መሣፍንት. በዕብራይስጥ ሾፍጢም ይባላል. (The leaves are numbered 1 to 21) (ff. 282va-286v) Ruth-መጽሐፈ ሩት ሞዓባዊት. (The leaves are numbered 1 to 4.) (f. 229r) The seal of Empress Taytu, wife of Menelik II.(Front flyleaf 1v) Scribbles. (End flyleaf) 1v. A note: “Bought of C. R. Alkson, Esq., Brentwood, Essex”.
The official manuscript record and IIIF manifest are documented. No art folios were safely mapped from the catalogue prose, so a full page-by-page visual audit remains pending.
- Source date
- 1900
- Date evidence
- Date range supplied by the British Library catalogue.
- Holding institution
- British Library
- Shelfmark
- Or 12125
- Folio
- Full visual audit pending
- 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 032-003372095