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Bodleian Library · MS Bruce 88 · 5r

Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Bruce 88, fol. 5r; reproduced in Jacopo Gnisci (ed.), Treasures of Ethiopia and Eritrea in the Bodleian Library, Oxford (Manar al-Athar, University of Oxford, 2019), p. 78, fig. 9.1; image PDF p. 92; caption printed p. 79 / PDF p. 93.

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Beginning of the Chronicle of Emperor ʿAmdä Ṣǝyon IBodleian Library, Oxford, MS Bruce 88, fol. 5r; reproduced in Jacopo Gnisci (ed.), Treasures of Ethiopia and Eritrea in the Bodleian Library, Oxford (Manar al-Athar, University of Oxford, 2019), p. 78, fig. 9.1; image PDF p. 92; caption printed p. 79 / PDF p. 93.RightsDisplayed by Habesha History with direct permission covering these Bodleian Library photographs, as reported by the Habesha History owner through their professor-assistant role. This is not an open licence and does not grant downstream reuse.
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Beginning of the Chronicle of Emperor ʿAmdä Ṣǝyon I — MS Bruce 88, f. 5r

Bodleian Library · MS Bruce 88 · 5r

16th–17th centuriesManuscript paintingsTreasures of Ethiopia and Eritrea in the Bodleian Library, Oxford

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Beginning of the Chronicle of Emperor ʿAmdä Ṣǝyon I

Written from the Treasures of Ethiopia and Eritrea in the Bodleian Library, Oxford record.

Source date
ca. 1592-1632
Date evidence
Date field supplied by the Treasures of Ethiopia and Eritrea in the Bodleian Library, Oxford record.
Holding institution
Bodleian Library
Shelfmark
MS Bruce 88
Folio
5r
Catalogue source
Treasures of Ethiopia and Eritrea in the Bodleian Library, Oxford
Source record
MS Bruce 88, fig. 9.1