What the catalogue identifies
An Ethiopian manuscript containing:ff. 2r-14r. The Book of Enoch The Octateuch.f. 14r. Genesis, ኦሪት ዘፍጥረት.f. 29v. Exodus, ዘፀአት. f. 43r. Leviticus, ዘሌዋውያን.f. 53r. Numbers, ዘኍልቍ .f. 66v. Deuteronomy, ዘዳግም.f. 78v. Joshua, መጽሐፈ ኢያሱ ወልደ ነዌ.f. 86v. Judges, ዘመሳፍንት. f. 95r. Ruth, ዘሩት.ff. 96r- 121r. Jeremiah, ኤርምያስ.f. 115v. Baruchf. 116r. Lamentations.f. 118v. The Epistle of Jeremiah.f. 121r. Daniel, ዘዳንኤል ነቢይ with the apocryphal portions, viz. Susanna, the Song of the Three Holy Children, Bel, and the Dragon.f. 128r. Ezekiel, ዘሕዝቅኤል.ff. 144r-165r. The four Books of Ezra or Esdras.f. 144r. 1st Book of Esdras.f. 151r. 2nd Book of Esdras.f. 156v. 3rd Book of Esdras.f. 160r. 4th Book of Esdras.f. 165r. Tobit.f. 167v. Judith.f. 172v. Esther.f. 176r. Ecclesiasticus, or the Wisdom of Jesus the son of Sirach. f. 188v. A short section on the Law, ኦሪት ፡ ብሂል ፡ ዜና ። እስመ ፡ ይትናገር ፡ ዜና ፡ አበው ። ደግመኒ ፡ ብሂለ ፡ (sic) ሕግ ፡ ወስምዕ ፡ እስመ ፡ ሀለው ፡ ቦቱ ፡ ሕግ ፡ ወስምዕ።f. 1r. The names of the scribes (possibly) , ዘወልደ ፡ ጊዮርጊስ f. 18r. ዘጊዮርጊስ, f. 26r. the name ዘአደራ ፡ ክርስቶስ.
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
- 18th century
- Date evidence
- Date range supplied by the British Library catalogue.
- Holding institution
- British Library
- Shelfmark
- Or 484
- 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 032-003429832
