What the catalogue identifies
An Ethiopian manuscript containing:f. 3r. Genesis, ኦሪት ዘፍጥረት.f. 27r. Exodus, ኦሪት ዘፀአት. f. 47v. Leviticus, ኦሪት ዘሌዋውያን.f. 63r. Numbers, ኦሪት ዘኍልቍ .f. 85r. Deuteronomy, ኦሪት ዘዳግም.f. 104r. Joshua, ኦሪት መጽሐፈ ኢያሱ ወልደ ነዌ.f. 118r. Judges, ኦሪት ዘመሳፍንት. f. 131r. Ruth, ዘሩት. f. 133r. The Books of Samuel and Kings, 1st Kings (Samuel). Subscription, ተፈጸመ፡ ነገሥት፡ ቀደማዊ፡ ዘወጠኖ፡ ስሙኤል፡ ወፈጸምዎ፡ ናታን፡ ወጋድ። ስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ሣህሉ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ የሁሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ንጉሥነ፡ ዳዊት፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።f. 149r. 2nd Kings (Samuel), Subscription, ተፈጸመ፡ ነገሥት፡ ዳግማዊ፡ ዘጸሐፍዎ፡ናታን፡ ወጋድ። ሣህሉ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ የሁሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ነፍሰ፡ ንጉሥነ፡ ዳዊት፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን። f. 162v. 3d (1st) Kings,f. 179r. 4th (2nd) Kings. f. 195r. Lists of the Kings of Israel and of the Prophets and High priests in their times.Colophon: f. 195v. The Ms. was finished just after the death of king David, who reigned A.D. 1716 -21. ተፈጸመ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ነገሥት፡ ፬ በሥምረተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ሎቱ፡ ስብሐት፡ ሣህሉ፡ ወምሕረቱ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ነፍሰ፡ ንጉሥነ፡ ዳዊት፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።
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
- 1721
- Date evidence
- Date range supplied by the British Library catalogue.
- Holding institution
- British Library
- Shelfmark
- Or 483
- 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 032-003390083