What the catalogue identifies
An Ethiopian manuscript containing:f. 3r. Morning prayer and lessons from the Old and New Testaments.f.3v. መዝሙር፡ ዘዐርብ, chant for the different hours of the same day with musical notes.f.4r. The Book of Enoch መጽሐፍ፡ ሄኖክ።f.34r. Job. Title: ዘኢዮብ፡ ነቢይ፡ በረከተ፡ አምላኩ፡ ትኩን፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁሩ፡ ዘባነ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ወምስለ፡ ወልደ፡ ዮና፡ ለዓለም፡ ወለዓለም። Both names, Zabana Krestos and Walda-Yona, are later alterations. f. 46r. Daniel, ትንቢተ፡ ዳንኤል።f. 56r. Eirst Esdras, መጽሐፈ፡ ዕዝራ። or 4th Esdras according to the Vulgate.f. 68r. Isaiah, ትንቢተ፡ ኢሳይያስ።f. 92r. Hosea, ዘሆሴዕ ነቢይ.f. 95v. Amos, ዘአሞፅ ነቢይ. f. 98r. Micah, ዘሚክያስ ነቢይ.f. 100r. Joel, ዘኢዩኤል ነቢይ.f. 101r. Jonah, ዘዮናስ ነቢይ. f. 101r. Nahum, ዘናሆም ነቢይ. f. 103r. Habakkuk, ዘእንባቆም ነቢይ .f. 104v. Zephaniah, ዘሰፎንያስ ነቢይ.f. 105r. Haggai, ዘሐጌ ነቢይ.f. 106v. Zechariah, ዘዘካርያስ ነቢይ.f. 110v. Malachi, ዘምልክያስ ነቢይ. f. 91r. Subscription, ተፈጸመ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ኢሳይያስ፡ ነቢይ፡ በረከተ፡ አምላኩ፡ ትኩን፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁሩ፡[ኤስድሮስ]፡ኃጥእ፡ ወአባሲ። ወስብሐት፡ ለገባሬ፡ ኩሉ፡ እግዝ።
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 490
- 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 032-003390090