What the catalogue identifies
An Ethiopian manuscript containing: ff. 3r-247v. ገድለ እንጦዮስ, The Acts of Antony.f. 53 r. The Acts of Jonas. His commemoration is on the 17th month of Magabit. f. 97r. The history of the holy Cross and of the emperors of Constantinople, It begins at the time of S. Peter's preaching at Rome, f. 97 v. f. 129v. The miracles of our Lord Jesus Christ, 44 in number. The colophon, f. 246 r, in connection with the note on f. 95 r, shows that this volume was written for the A.M. 7207, A.D. 1715 f. 94 v. Name of the scribe.f. 96v. A later deed of gift, by which this Ms. was presented to the church of Jesus at Kaha, by the 'abuna John (III., A.D. 1746 -62).
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
- 1715
- Date evidence
- Date range supplied by the British Library catalogue.
- Holding institution
- British Library
- Shelfmark
- Or 698
- 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 032-003434600