What the catalogue identifies
An Ethiopian manuscript containing:አርባዕቱ ወንጌል The four Gospelsf. 2v, A deed of gift of Takla Haimanot II, Gerum Sagad, ግሩም፡ ሰገድ፡ and the queen-mother 'Abala Maryam, to the church of S. John the Evangelist, ቅዱስ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወልደ፡ ነጐድጓድ፡ እንተ፡ ይእተ፡ ደብረ፡ ተድላ። This has the seal of the 'Abuna losaph or Yosab, ዮሳብ. " the poor losaph the metropolitan."f. 3r. A deed of gift of king 'lyasu and queen "Walatta Giyorgis to the church of Kweskwam, ለቤተ፡ ክርስቲያነ፡ ቍስቋም፡ እንተ፡ ይእቲ፡ ሕንጽት፡ በምድረ፡ ላይ፡ ጎንደር፡ ዘተሰምየት፡ ደብረ፡ ፀሐይ።f. 4r. The Introduction to the four Gospels.f. 9v. the Epistle of Eusebius to Carpianus.f. 10r, Index to the sections of his Gospel.f. 12r, Eusebian Canons.f. 18r. The Gospel of Matthew with an introduction.f. 74r, The Gospel of Mark with an introductory paragraph. An index of the sections on f. 72v.f. 108r. A calendar is prefixed.f. 111r, The Gospel of Luke, with an introductory paragraph. An index of the sections on f. 108r. A calendar is prefixed on f. 107v.f. 172r, The Gospel of John, with an introductory paragraph. An index of the sections on f. 170v.
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
- 17th century
- Date evidence
- Date range supplied by the British Library catalogue.
- Holding institution
- British Library
- Shelfmark
- Or 511
- 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 032-003387090