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Or 12510 — The Gospel of St John.

British Library · Or 12510 · 3 catalogue-identified art canvases

19th centuryManuscript paintingsBritish Library Ethiopian manuscripts catalogue

Illustrated folios

Each mapped image from Or 12510 now opens on its own permanent page with its exact folio, source, credit and reuse statement.

3 individual pages

  1. Or 12510, f.1r. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.Catalogue-mapped illuminationf.1rOr 12510, f.1r — catalogue-mapped illuminationOpen folio page
  2. Or 12510, f.1v. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.Catalogue-mapped illuminationf.1vOr 12510, f.1v — catalogue-mapped illuminationOpen folio page
  3. Or 12510, f.2r. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.Catalogue-mapped illuminationf.2rOr 12510, f.2r — catalogue-mapped illuminationOpen folio page

What the catalogue identifies

ff. 3r-73v. The Gospel of St John. The text is divided into the days of the week:f. 3- Mondayf. 9r- Sundayf. 16v. Saturdayf. 20- Tuesday.f.34v- Saturdayf. 40v- Wednesdayf. 48r- Thursdayf. 59v- Fridayf. 67r- SundayIllustrations: f.1r. drawing in black and red ink of the Virgin Mary with the Child, protected by two angels. On the verso the preceding paper flyleaf a piece of white felt has been stuck to protect the drawing facing it. f. 1v. a drawing in black ink of St George, armed with a lance, on a galloping horse. f. 2r. a drawing of in black ink of St Takla Haymanot.

3 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 3 independently addressable folio pages. Each page contains one image and its exact source evidence.

Source date
19th century
Date evidence
Date range supplied by the British Library catalogue.
Holding institution
British Library
Shelfmark
Or 12510
Folio
3 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 032-003372101