What the catalogue identifies
An Ethiopian manuscript containing:ff. 3r- 202v. The Books of Samuel and Kings.f. 3r. መጽሐፈ ሳሙኤል ቀዳማዊ, 1st Kings (Samuel).f. 29v. መጽሐፈ ሳሙኤል ካል, 2nd Kings (Samuel).f. 53r. 3rd (1st ) Kings መጽሐፈ ነገሥት ካልዕ. f. 81r. 4th (2nd) Kings መጽሐፈ ነገሥት ቀዳማዊ.f. 109r. Ecclesiasticus, or the Wisdom of Jesus the son of Sirach.f. 134r. መቃብያን, The Book of Maccabees.f. 175r. Estherf. 183v. Judith.f. 195r. Tobit.On ff. 2r, an inventory of books and articles of dress. ff. 202v and 203r. list of clergy who were to undertake certain duties during certain months, beginning, ኊልቍ ፡ ደብተራ ፡ ዘኪዳነ ፡ ምሕረት ፡ የቀኝ ፡ መሪ ፡ ዘመስከረም ፡ አለቃ ፡ አቢብ ፡ ደብተራ ፡ ቄስ ፡ ሚካኤል ፡ እንበረም ፡ ጫሮ ፡ ጊዮርጊስ..
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
- 1730
- Date evidence
- Date range supplied by the British Library catalogue.
- Holding institution
- British Library
- Shelfmark
- Or 487
- 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 032-003429834