What the catalogue identifies
An Ethiopian manuscript containing:ff. 9r-256v. The Miracles of the blessed Virgin Mary, 154 miracles in number, the last imperfect.f. 9r. This Ms. was written for king Theophilus (A.D. 1708—11), whose name and that of his predecessor 'lyasu I. are constantly mentioned.Decoration: ff. 1r, 2r, 3r, 4v, 5v, 7v, 8r. ff. 1r, 2r, 3r, 6r, Illuminations with titles and description written in Arabic.
The official manuscript catalogue record is documented. It currently supplies no IIIF manifest, so no manuscript image is redistributed here.
- Source date
- 18th century
- Date evidence
- Date range supplied by the British Library catalogue.
- Holding institution
- British Library
- Shelfmark
- Or 640
- 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 032-003398061