What the catalogue identifies
An Ethiopian manuscript containing:f. 1r. a note in Amharic, of the 4th year of King Takla Giyorgis ( A.D 1779- 1784) በዘመነ ሉቃስ አጼ ተክለ ጊዮርጊስ በነግሡ በ፬ ዓመት. f. 2r. The Book of Enoch መጽሐፍ፡ ሄኖክ።f.41r. Job. Title: ዘኢዮብ፡ ነቢይ፡f. 61r. Hosea, ዘሆሴዕ ነቢይ.f. 66v. Amos, ዘአሞፅ ነቢይ. f. 71r. Micah, ዘሚክያስ ነቢይ.f. 74r. Joel, ዘኢዩኤል ነቢይ.f. 76a Obadia.f. 78r. Jonah, ዘዮናስ ነቢይ. f. 77r. Nahum, ዘናሆም ነቢይ. f. 79v. Habakkuk, ዘእንባቆም ነቢይ .f. 81r. Zephaniah, ዘሰፎንያስ ነቢይ.f. 82r. Haggai, ዘሐጌ ነቢይ.f. 84r. Zechariah, ዘዘካርያስ ነቢይ.f. 90v. Malachi, ዘምልክያስ ነቢይ. f. 98r. Tobit, መጽሐፈ ጦቢያ.f. 99v. Judith መጽሐፈ ዮዲት. f. 110r. Esther, መጽሐፈ አስቴር.f. 118v. The Book of Maccabees, መቃብያን.f. 168r. 1st Macabees, መጽሐፈ መቃብያን ቀደማዊ.f. 197v. 2nd Macabees, መጽሐፈ መቃብያን ዳግምይ. This copy ends abruptly at Ch. 15. 17 “አቀሙ ይፃብዑ ወይትቃተሉ በጽንዕ.” f. 219r. a list of books and church furniture.Owner. f. 40v. the Ms. was written for Nathaniel, ናትናኤል
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 491
- Folio
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- 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 032-003390094