What the catalogue identifies
An Ethiopian manuscript containing:f. 4r. ተአምረ፡ ጊዮርጊስ, the Miracles of St. George, 40 in number, ንዌጥን፡ በረድ ኤተ፡ እግዚእብሔር፡ ጽሒፈ፡ ተ አምራት፡ ዘገብረ፡ ሎቱ፡ ለሰማዕተ፡ ልደ፡ መክብበ፡ ኵሎን፡ ለሰማዕተ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ወብፁዕ፡ መስተጋድል፡ ማር፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ዘመጠወ፡ ነፍሶ፡ ለሞት፡ በእንተ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ አምጻኤ፡ ዓለማት፡ እምኅበ፡ ኢከዊን፡ ኅበ፡ ኩነት። This part of the Ms. was written during the reign of king 'lyasu (I., A.D. 1682—1706), probably about A.D. 1700.f. 34r. Prefixed is a salam to the blessed Virgin Mary, beginning, ኦርኅርኅተ፡ ሕሊና፡ አፍቅሮተ፡ ሰበእ፡ ልማደ.f.36r. ተአምረ፡ ኢየሱስ, The Miracles of our Lord Jesus Christ, 42 miracles in numbers.f. 36r.The first owners were መልክ አ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ and ቅድስተ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ f. 142r. Colophon; stating that this part of the Ms. was written in the reign of king David (whose name is clearly legible on f. 112 a), A.D. 1716-21, ተፈጸመ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ተ አምሪሁ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ወአምላክነ፡ ወመድኃኒነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ዘተጽሕፈ፡ በመንግሥተ፡ [ንጉሥ]ነ፡ [ዳዊት]፡ ወልደ፡ ኢያሱ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ወበሢመተ፡ አባ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ሣህሉ፡ ወመሕረቱ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ኩሎሙ፡ ላእካነ፡ ቤት፡ ለቅዱስ፡ ማር፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ወምስለ፡ ጸሓፈሁ፡ The scribe's name ዘጰራቅሊጦስ፡ ለዓለመ፡ አሜን፡ ወአሜን፡ ለይኩን፡ ለይኩን። f. 35r. A hymn with musical notes, beginning, በ፪ሃሌ፡ ሉያ፡ ሃሌ፡ ሉያ፡ ንስግድ፡ ለ አበ፡ ብርሃናት፡ ወወልዱ፡ ዋህድ፡ ወለመንፍስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ጰራቅሊጦስ፡ ሥሉስ፡ ዕሩይ፡ ፫ጊዜ፡ በል። ሃሌ፡ ሉያ፡ ሰላም፡ ለ[ማርያም፡] ንግሥት፡ ወዓጸድ፡ ዘበ አማን፡ ዘኢተገበርዋ፡…
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- Source date
- 18th century
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- Date range supplied by the British Library catalogue.
- Holding institution
- British Library
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- Or 633
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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 032-003394188