What the catalogue identifies
An Ethiopian manuscript containing:f. 3r. The tract on the Festivals of the blessed Virgin Mary.f. 4v. Introduction to the Miracles of Mary.f. 5r. The extract from John Chrysostom, beginning, እሰግድ ፡ ለኪ፡ ወእዌድሰኪ ፡ ኦእግዝትነ ፡ ማርያም…ff.6r-234v. ተአምረ ማርያም, The Miracles of the blessed Virgin Mary, 316 in number.Colophon: ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ተአምረ፡ ማሪሃ፡ ለእግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡ ተወጥነ፡ በዘመነ፡ ማቴዎስ። እም አመ፡ ነግሠ፡ ንጉሠነ፡ ዳዊት፡ መፍቀሬ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ በ፩ዓመት። ወተፈጸመ፡ በዳግማይ፡ ዘመን። ለእለ፡ ጸሐፋ፡ ወአጽሐፋ፡ ዝክረ፡ ስማ። ይርከቡ፡ ድኅረ፡ ዕስበ፡ ፃማ። እምኀበ፡ ወልደ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ራማ። ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም።Names of the first owners, everywhere erased, ድል፡ በኢያሱስ፡, Dele Ba-Iyasus and ወለተ walat… Later owner, ኢያሱ፡ 'Iyasu and ወለተ፡ እስራኤል, walat 'Isrā'ēl, On f. 8v. occurs ወለተ፡ ኢያሱ፡ walat, 'iyasu and on f. 219r. ዮሐንስ, Yohanese. Decoration: ff. 1r, 1v, 2r, 236v.
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- Source date
- 1717
- Date evidence
- Date range supplied by the British Library catalogue.
- Holding institution
- British Library
- Shelfmark
- Or 643
- Folio
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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 032-003398070