What the catalogue identifies
An Ethiopian manuscript containing:ff. 6r- 33v. The Book of Enoch. In the subscription the name Mark has been erased, but that of Theodore is left.f. 33v. After the subscription, is inserted a ዕጣነ ፡ ሞገር ፡ beginning, ተረፈ ፡ ነገሩ ፡ ለኤልሳዕ ፡ ቀሊለ ፡ ስረት.. f. 34r. Proverbs f. 45v. Ecclesiastes.f. 49v. Wisdom, ጥበበ ፡ ሰሎሞን.f. 58v. ዕጣነ ፡ ሞገር, “composed by Mark, the owner of this volume,” ዘማርቆስ ፡ እግዚኣ ፡ ለዛቲ ፡ መጽሐፍ beginning, እምሐቅለ ፡ አኤርሞን ፡ ጸውዕ… f. 59r. Isaiah.f. 82v. Beginning, ሱባዔ ፡ ኤርምያስ ፡ ነቢይ ፡ ፫፻፴ ወ ፸ሱበዔ ፡ ዕለታት ፡f. 83r. Jeremiah.f. 113v. ; Baruch.f. 114r. Lamentations. f. 117r. The Epistle of Jeremiah.f. 117v. The Prophecy to Pashur.f. 122r. The first Book of Esdras. f. 135r. The Song of Songs.f. 137v. Lists of the Kings of Judah and Israel.f. 138r. ንጽሕፍ ፡ ካዕበ ፡ ታሪክ ፡ ነገሥተ ፡ አሕዛብ ፡ እለ ፡ ኩነንዎሙ ፡ ለእስራኤል ፡ እምድኅረ ፡ ተጼወው a list of those who ruled over the Jews after the Captivity, beginning with Nebuchadnezzar, and coming down, through Alexander the Great, the Prolemies, and the Roman and Byzantine Emperors, to ‘Amr ibn ‘al-Asi, ዕመር ፡ ወልደ ፡ እልኣጽ the first Muslim governor of Egypt.f. 139v. Illustration of Saul among the prophets, ዘከመ ፡ ተብህለ ፡ሳኦልኒ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ነቢያትኑ ።f. 141r. Ecclesiasticus, or the…
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 492
- 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 032-003429838