What the catalogue identifies
An Ethiopian manuscript containing:ff. 3r-214r. The second part of the Synaxarium, monthly reading for: Magabit, f.3r; Miyazya, f. 35v ; Genbot, f. 63r; Sane, f. 100r; Hamle, f. 135r; Nahase, f. 182v; Pagwemen, f. 214r. f. 218r. the commemoration of king John (I.), 15th of Hamle. It bears the name of ወልደ ማርያም, Walda Maryam and his father ሀብተ ማርያም, Ḫabta Maryam. ff. 2r, 220v, and 221r, are hymns to St. John the Baptist. f. 2r. name አባ፡ ገብረ፡ ኢየሱስ, ‘Aba Gebre ‘Iysus.f. 2v. A short chronological section, from Adam to Christ, in Amharic.f. 1r. a picture in outline.
The official manuscript catalogue record is documented. It currently supplies no IIIF manifest, so no manuscript image is redistributed here.
- Source date
- 1600-1667
- Date evidence
- Date range supplied by the British Library catalogue.
- Holding institution
- British Library
- Shelfmark
- Or 657
- 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 032-003409279