What the catalogue identifies
An Ethiopian manuscript containing:ff. 1r-3r. Formula of absolution (ፍትሐት፡) (Fetḥat za-wald ) ff. 4r-14r. Psalms of David, Psalmus. ff. 14v-26v. Song of Songs. Divided into five sectionsff. 26v-38v ውዳሴ፡ ማርያም (ʾAnqaṣa berhān ) Incipit (): f. 26 ቅድስት፡ ወብፅዕት፡ ስብሕት፡ ወቡርክት፡ ወልዕልት፡ አንቀጸ፡ ብርሃን፡ መዓርገ፡ ሐይወት፡ ወማኅደረ፡ መለኮት፡ ቅድስተ፡ ቅዱሳን፡ . . . . .Called Wǝddāse Māryām (work) in the title, the work is in reality the ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhānff. 39r-58r ጸሎታ፡ ለእግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡ ዘጸለየት፡ አመ፡ ፳ወ፩ለወርኀ፡ ስኔ፡ በደብረ፡ ጎልጎታ፡ ዝውእቱ፡ መቃብረ፡ እግዝእትነ፡ (Ṣalot za-ʾǝgzǝʾǝtǝna Māryām ba-Dabra Golgotā
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
- 1600-1753
- Date evidence
- Date range supplied by the British Library catalogue.
- Holding institution
- British Library
- Shelfmark
- Harley MS 5471
- 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 032-003433713