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Or 503 — Isaiah, Daniel and the first book of Esdras

British Library · Or 503 · 2 catalogue-identified art canvases

18th centuryManuscript paintingsBritish Library Ethiopian manuscripts catalogue
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Plate 1Or 503, f.75v. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.

British Library, Or 503

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Or 503, f.75v. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.British Library, Or 503
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What the catalogue identifies

An Ethiopian manuscript containing:f. 1r. ትርጓሜ፡ ስነ፡ ፍጥረታት፡ ዘይነግር፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ኦሪት. "exposition of the beauty of created things," on the commencement of Genesis, ch. x.f. 6r. Isaiah, ኢሳይያስ.f. 32v. List of the Biblical Books, as received in the Ethiopian Church.f. 33r. “Comparison of the Temple" . List of the Kings of Judah and Israel.f. 33v. ልደተ፡ አበው "Genealogy of the Fathers," from Adam down to king Faslladas, 'Alam Sagad, who began to reign A.D. 1632. f. 36r. Daniel, ዳንኤል.f. 46r. 4th Esdras according to the Vulgate.f. 57r. The Ascension of Isaiah, ዕርገተ ኢሳይያስ.f. 63r. The Apocalypse of Baruch,ራዕይ፡ ዘከሠተ፡ ለቅዱሳን፡ አባ፡ ባሮክ፡ እምድኅረ፡ ኮነ፡ ሎቱ፡ ፵ወ፭ዓመተ፡ ወሰድዎ፡ አቡሁ፡ ወእሙ፡ ኢየሩሳሌም፡ ወዓቀምዎ፡ ቅድመ፡ ለቀ፡ ካህናት፡ ዘስሙ፡ እስክንድሮስ፡ ወደመሮ፡ ኅበ፡ ኣፃዌ፡ ኅ ዋኅ ው፡ ዘኢየሩሳሌም። ወነበረ፡ እንዘ፡ ይትለ አክ፡ ፳ዓመተ፡ ዘይጼሊ፡ እንዘ፡ ይብል፡ ኢታርእየኒ፡ ሙስናሃ፡ለኢየሩሳሌም። ወእምድኅ፡ ኮነ፡ ሎቱ፡ ፵ዓመተ፡ ሖረ፡ ከመ፡ ይቅደሕ፡ ማየ፡ ወቀድሐ፡ ማየ፡ ወነሥ አ፡ ቍጽለ፡ በለስ፡ ወከደና፡ ለይእቲ፡ ማይ፡ ወመጽ አ፡ ላዕሌሁ፡ ድቃስ፡ ወንዋም፡ ደቀሰ፡ ወኖመ። ወ አንሥ አ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ለናቡከደነጾር.f. 67r. The Apocalypse of Ezra, regarding the Day of Judgment. f. 71v. Tract entitled ብዕለ፡ ነገሥታት, " the Wealth of Kings."f. 77r. የዝንዶ፡ ታሪክ፡ ትውልዱ፡ አክሱም፡ ነው፡ የሴት፡ ሰውና፡ ዘንዶ፡ መንታ፡ ወለደች።Decoration: f. 75v and 76r contain a picture representing king Yekuno Amlak…

2 IIIF canvases are mapped from folios explicitly enumerated in the British Library catalogue's art inventory. A full page-by-page visual audit remains pending.

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Source date
18th century
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British Library
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Or 503
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2 catalogue-identified art canvases
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Catalogue source
British Library Ethiopian manuscripts catalogue
Source record
British Library catalogue 032-003390101