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Or 538 — Psalms, with Mazmura Dengel

British Library · Or 538 · 7 catalogue-identified art canvases

17th–18th centuriesManuscript paintingsBritish Library Ethiopian manuscripts catalogue
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Plate 1Or 538, f.51v. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.

British Library, Or 538

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Or 538, f.51v. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.British Library, Or 538
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What the catalogue identifies

An Ethiopian manuscript containing: f. 1r. Psalms, with Mazmura Dengel, ነዓ ኅቤየ ዳዊት. f. 162r. The Canticles or Biblical Hymns, with the Mazmura Dangel.f.179r. The Song of Songs, with the Mazmura Dengel.f. 188r. The Wedddse Maryam, for the day of the week.f. 203r. Another Wedddse Maryam. f. 209r. A Salam to the blessed Virgin Mary. f. 210r. Prayers for the days of the week.f. 215v. A Litany of our Saviour, ኦዘወረድከ እምሰማይ በእንቲአነ. ስምዓነ አምላክነ ወመድኃኒነ. Decoration: ff. 51v, 103v, 161r-v, 178v, 216r-v. Pictures, evidently of later date than the Ms. They represent Abraham ; Abba Samuel and his lion, Abuna Aragawi, Abba Takla Haymanout, Abba Eustathius. Written above ድበረ ምጥማቅ and below ወይዘሮ ወለተ.The Holy Trinity ; Adam and Eve tempted; Claudius and Faslladas ; St.Stephen; our Lord giving the covenant, ኪደነ : , to His Mother ; Phanuel, Raphael conquering Satan, and Abba Gabra Maufas Kedus.f. 209r. The name Stephen, ዕስጢፋኖስ, for whose name that of one ኢያሱ : has been substituted.Several names of owners of this Ms. have been erased. f. 96v. አጽመ ጊዮርጊስ… ጊዮርጊስ… ክርስቶስ; and these were repeated every few pages. On f. 187v. is the name of ዘሚካኤል, Ze Michael.

7 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
17th 18th century
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British Library
Shelfmark
Or 538
Folio
7 catalogue-identified art canvases
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Catalogue source
British Library Ethiopian manuscripts catalogue
Source record
British Library catalogue 032-003391476