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Or 691 — Acts of Saints and Martyrs, and homilies for various festivals.

British Library · Or 691 · 1 catalogue-identified art canvases

13th centuryManuscript paintingsBritish Library Ethiopian manuscripts catalogue
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Plate 1Or 691, f.51r. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.

British Library, Or 691

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Or 691, f.51r. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.British Library, Or 691

What the catalogue identifies

An Ethiopian manuscript containing:Acts of Saints and Martyrs, and Homilies for various Festivals.f. 1r. Manifestation of the Prophet Habakkuk Karṭasa ( 3rd of Ḫedar ኅዳር). አመ ፡ ሡሉሱ ፡ ለኅደር ፡ አስተርእዮቱ ፡ ለእንባቆም ፡ ነቢይ…f. 2v. ገደለ ፡ ጊዮርጊስ ፡ ዘቅ ፡ መ ፡ ዓለም ።f. 20r. Commemoration of Eleazar, the son of Aaron ( 3rd of Ḫedar ኅዳር). ወበይእቲ ፡ ዕለት ፡ ገድለ ፡ አልዓዛር ፡ ወልደ ፡ አሮን ፡ ወትረክብ ፡ ነገሮ ፡ በውስተ ፡ ኦሪት ፡ ስብሓት ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ ለዓለመ ፡ ዓለም ፡ አሜን ።f. 20v. Discourse of Theophilus of Alexandria, on the blessed Virgin Mary ( 6th of Ḫedar ኅዳር). ንቀድም ፡ በረድኤተ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ንጽሕፍ ፡ ድርሳን ፡ ዘቅዱስ ፡ ወኅሩይ ፡ ወብፁዕ ፡ ቴዎፍሎስ ፡ ሊቅ ፡ ጳጳሳት ፡ ዘዓባይ ፡ ሀገር ፡ እለ ፡ እስክንድርያ ፡ ጸሎቱ ፡ ተሀሉ ፡ ምስሌነ ፡ አሜን ፡ ዘደረሰ ፡ በእንተ ፡ እግዚእትነ ፡ ቅድስት ፡ ንጽሕት ፡ ድንግል ፡ ማርያም ፡ ወበእንተ ፡ ቤተ ፡ ኅበ ፡ ኅደረት ፡ ምስለ ፡ ፍቁር ፡ ወልደ ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡ በገደመ ፡ አድባረ ፡ ቁስ ።f. 49r. The Invention of the holy Cross by the empress Helena (8th of Ḫedar ኅዳር). ነገረ ፡ አስተርእዮተ ፡ መስቀሉ ፡ ዓቢይ ፡ ማሕየዊ ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ወአምላክነ ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡ አመ ፡ ሰሙኑ ፡ ለኅደር ፡ በመዋዕለ ፡ ቁስጠንጢኖስ ፡ ንጉሥ ፡ ዓቢይ ፡ መሀይምን ፡ ኄር ፡ ወወደየ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ውስተ ፡ ልባ ፡ ለእሙ ፡ እሌኒ ፡ ቅድስት ፡ ሕሊና ፡ ሰመያዌ ፡ ከመ ፡ ትኅሥሥ ፡ ለእግዚእነ ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡ ወስቅለቱ ፡ ወትንሣኤሁ… Imperfect.f. 76v. Acts and Miracles of St. George ( 7th of Ḫedar ኅዳር). ንቀድም ፡ በረድኤተ ፡ ንጽሕፍ ፡ ኀይለ ፡ ወተአም…

1 IIIF canvases are mapped from folios explicitly enumerated in the British Library catalogue's art inventory. A full page-by-page visual audit remains pending.

Source date
13th century
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Holding institution
British Library
Shelfmark
Or 691
Folio
1 catalogue-identified art canvases
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Catalogue source
British Library Ethiopian manuscripts catalogue
Source record
British Library catalogue 032-003434590