What the catalogue identifies
An Ethiopian manuscript containing:ff. 1r-37v. Book of Samuel 1 (Ethiopic) Book of Kings 1 Samuel 1, i.e. Kings 1 in the Septuagint..Incipit : በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ መሓሪ፡ ወመስተሣህል፡ ርኁቀ፡ መዓት፡ ወብዙኀ፡ ምሕረት፡ ወጻድቅ። እጽሕፍ፡ አንሰ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ነገሥት፡ እስራኤል፡ ወይሁዳ፡ ወዜና፡ ነገሮሙ፡ ዘኮነ፡ እምሰሙኤል፡ ሊቀ፡ ካህናት፡ ወሰኦል፡ ጥንተ፡ መንገሥት፡ እስከ፡ ሴዲቅያስ፡ ወልደ፡ ኢዮስያስ፡ ወንስተተ፡ ቤተ፡ መቅደስ።ff. 38r-68r Book of Samuel 2 (Ethiopic) Book of Kings 2. Samuel 2, i.e. Kings 2 in the Septuagint.ff. 68r-70v. Kings 1 (Ethiopic) Book of Kings 3. Kings 1, i.e. Kings 3 in the Septuagint.
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
- 1600-1700
- Date evidence
- Date range supplied by the British Library catalogue.
- Holding institution
- British Library
- Shelfmark
- Add MS 16185
- 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 032-003433716