What the catalogue identifies
An Ethiopian manuscript containing:ገደለ፡ ሰማዕታት, Acts of Saints and Martyrs.ff. 1r- 285v. ገደለ፡ ሰማዕታት, Acts of Saints and Martyrs arranged for the whole year from the month of Maskarram to Nahase. f. 27r. This Ms was written in the reign of Iyo’as, the son of Iyasu II (A.D 1755-69), whose name appears, with those of the queen ወለተ ፡ ጊዮርጊስ and wither እሌኒ, or ወለተ ፡ ሥላሴ. Name of the scribe ወልደ ፡ ፋሲለደስ.
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
- 1755-1769
- Date evidence
- Date range supplied by the British Library catalogue.
- Holding institution
- British Library
- Shelfmark
- Or 686
- 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 032-003430390