What the catalogue identifies
An Ethiopian manuscript containing:ff. 1r-8v. Various prayers and magic texts.ff. 9r-61v. አውደ፡ ነገሥት። ʿAwda nagaśt “Cycle of the kings”Sixteen circular tables, each subdivided into sixteen parts with questions on various topics. ʿAwda nagaśt, Sixteen "seas" (ባሕር፡), each containing 16 sentences as a response to the previous questions.Sixteen "seas" (ባሕር፡), each containing 16 sentences as a response to the previous questions. ff. 62r-64v.ጸሎት፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ ቆጵርያኖስ፡ ff. 65r-66v. Untitled text on the twelve signs of the zodiac.ff. 67v-79v. Incipit: መጽሐፈ፡ መቅድመ፡ ከሣቴ፡ ምሥጢር፡ በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ መሐሪ፡ ወመስተሣህል፡ ጸሐፍነ፡ ዘንተ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ መቅድመ፡ ከሣቴ፡ ምሥጢር፡ ዘበጥሊሞስ፡ ጠቢብ፡ ዮናናዊ፡ ላዕሌሁ፡ ሰላም፡ አሜን።ff. 80r-89v. Untitled on astrology.ff. 90v- 134v. Various prayers and magic texts.
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
- Add MS 16247
- 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 032-003434115