What the catalogue identifies
f. 1r-1v Fetḥat Za-wald (fragment). ff. 2v-5r Prayer for good handwriting, ብርዕ ሠናይ.ff. 5r-100r. The Gospel of St John. Prefatory matter: ብስራተ አብ ትሩፍ ረድእ ተናጋሪ በመለኮት ዮሐንስ ወልደ ዘብዴዎስ ፍቁረ እግዚእነ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ጸሎቱ ወበረከቱ የሀሉ ምስለ ፍቁሩ ወልደ ሚካኤል ለዓለመ ዓለም አሜን.Between ff. 2 and 3 a fragment of a printed sale catalogue is inserted containing the following erroneous information: “ Liturgia Coptica. Manuscript on Vellum, in a leather Pouch with Strip. 12mo. Circa 1500”. Added in pencil: “Lawrence Sale v. 92 £ A.a.
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
- 18th century
- Date evidence
- Date range supplied by the British Library catalogue.
- Holding institution
- British Library
- Shelfmark
- Or 12511
- 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 032-003372102