What the catalogue identifies
An Ethiopian manuscript containing: ክታብ Magical prayers scroll composed of 2 strips. Decorated with 14 miniatures:1.“King Alexander, the enemy of the devils”.2.Two men playing drum3.Two angels leading Satan bound.4.A rider bearing a lance fighting a horned demon armed with a sword.5.Similar to the 4th image.6.St George fighting a demon.7-9. Similar to the 4th image.10. Two lions sitting back to back. 11. Agnus Dei carrying a cross12. Solomon in the centre of a magical picture.13. Elijah’s chariot of light.14. St Michael chastising a demon.
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 12859
- 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 032-003429848