What the catalogue identifies
An Ethiopian manuscript containing:ff. 5r- 188v. An Ethiopic translation of the Arabic text of the “Universal History” Jirjis ibn Abi Yasir ibn المكين - إبن العميد. f.5r. Title, በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ መሓሪ፡ ወመስተሣህል፡ ቦቱ፡ እትረደእ፡ ወእዌጥን፡ ጽሕፈተ፡ ታሪክ፡ ዘውእቱ፡ ዜናሆሙ፡ ለአበው፡ ቀደምት፡ ወሐሳበ፡ ኍልቈ፡ መዋዕሊሆሙ፡ ለነገሥት። እምአደም፡ እስከ፡ ተፍጻሜቶሙ፡ ለእስራኤል፡ ወለአሕዛብ። ዘአስተጋብኦ፡ ክቡር፡ ወትሩፍ፡ ክርስቶሳዊ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ወልደ፡ አሚድ፡ ዘብሔር፡ ግብጽ፡ ወሰላመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ የሀሉ፡ ላዕለ፡ ገብረ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ክሳደ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።
The official manuscript record and IIIF manifest are documented. No art folios were safely mapped from the catalogue prose, so a full page-by-page visual audit remains pending.
- Source date
- 17th century
- Date evidence
- Date range supplied by the British Library catalogue.
- Holding institution
- British Library
- Shelfmark
- Or 814
- 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 032-003422111