What the catalogue identifies
An Ethiopian manuscript containing: f. 4r. A hymn to the holy Cross, beginning, ናሁ፡ ወጠንኩ፡ ስብሐተ፡ መስቀል፡ ቅዱስ፡ እንዘ፡ ተማኅፅኖ፡ አጸንዕ፡ በቅንዋቲሁ፡ ኃምስ፡ አንተ፡ ውእቱ፡ እግዚአ፡ አእምሮ፡ ሐዲስ፡ ምላእ፡ ውስተ፡ ልብየ፡ ኦክርስቶስ፡ ውእተ፡ አእምሮ፡ ዘየኀድር፡ በርእስ።f.7 r. The introduction explains in seven sections the plan of the work A hymn to the holy Cross.f. 10r. An enumeration of the books, biblical and other, which the author used in composing this psalter ; viz. the Pentateuch, Judges, Joshua, Kufdle or " Parva Genesis," Enoch, Job, the 4 books of Kings, Psalms, Proverbs, Wisdom, Ecclesiastes, the Song of Songs, Sirach, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Ezra, Maccabees, the Vision of Elijah and the 12 Minor Prophets; the 4 Gospels, the introduction to the Pauline Epistles, the Epistles of SS. Paul, James, Peter and John, the Acts the Eevelation of S. John the Sinodos, Didascalia, Klddn, and Clement ; Basil, Athanasius, ሃማኖተ፡አበው " the Faith of the Fathers”, John Chrysostom, the book of the 318 orthodox Pathers (of Nicsea), a Chronicle the Fetha Nagast , Gregory (Nazianzen), Epiphanius, Jacob Baradaeus, the Mashafa Bahn or "book of the Pearl”, the Synaxarium, Ephraim Syrus, Jacob of Serug, discourses of Abba Benjamin and Abba…
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
- 1528
- Date evidence
- Date range supplied by the British Library catalogue.
- Holding institution
- British Library
- Shelfmark
- Or 534
- 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 032-003391469