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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 8822
Title:: Enoch-Job- Daniel- First Book (Or the Apocalypse) of Esdras- Ecclesiastics.
Scope & Content:: An Ethiopian manuscript containing: ff. 2r-35r. Enoch. ሄኖክ ff. 35v-51v. Job. ኢዮብ ff.51v-63r. Daniel. ዳንኤል ff.63r-79r. First Book (or Apocalypse) of Esdras. ዕዝራ ff. 79r-88v. Ecclesiasticus I, መጽሐፈ መክብብ, I-XXI, 9. The spaces for rubrication have been left black.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 8823
Title:: Enoch- The Four Books of Kings- 3 Maccabees-Three Compositions for moral edification.
Scope & Content:: An Ethiopian manuscript containing: ff. 3r-22v. Enoch. ሄኖክ ff. 22v-35r. I Kings (I Samuel). The text ends with the first verse of 2 Samuel which is also repeated in its proper place. End: ተፈጸመ መጽሐፈ ነገሥት ፩ስብሐት ለእግዚአብሔር ዘኂሩት ልማዱ. ለዓለመ ዓለም አሜን. ለቀዳማዊ መጽሐፈ ነገሥት ወጠኖ ሳሙኤል ወፈጸምዎ ጋድ ወናታን. ff. 35r-46...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 8824
Title:: The Miracles of Jesus Christ, ተአምረ ኢየሱስ.
Scope & Content:: An Ethiopian manuscript containing: ff. 2r-179v The Miracles of Jesus Christ, ተአምረ ኢየሱስ. 42 miracles of Jesus Christ. Number of illustrations: 40 miniatures illustrating the Miracles of Jesus. (ff. 3v, 13r, 15r, 22v, 25v, 27v,29v,30v,31v,34v,38r,41r,42v,45v,47v,49v,51v,54v,56v,58v,60v,63v,65v,...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 9036
Title:: ዳዊት, The Psalms
Scope & Content:: An Ethiopian manuscript containing: ff.3r-101r. Psalms, ዳዊት. ff. 101r-111v. The Canticles of the Prophets of the Old and New Testaments: ff. 101r-102r. 1st Song of Moses ff. 102r-103r. 2nd Song of Moses ff. 103r-104v. 3rd Song of Moses ff. 104v-105v. Prayer of Hannah ff. 105r-106r. Heze...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 9051
Title:: A collection of religious poems.
Scope & Content:: An Ethiopian manuscript containing: ff. 1r-94r. A collection of religious poems.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 9178
Title:: Prayer scroll
Scope & Content:: An Ethiopian manuscript containing:ክታብ, Magical prayers scroll composed of 2 strips. Decorated with 4 miniatures.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 9798
Title:: Sawasew, poems, calendar for the movable feasts and Amharic explanation of the Creed.
Scope & Content:: An Ethiopian manuscript containing: ff. 1r- 39r. Ethiopic-Amharic Vocabulary. ff. 36v-39r. Poem. ff. 39v- 49r. Symbolic explanation of the character of the Ethiopic alphabet and Mazgaba dersan, a collection of 90 qene. ff. 49r-50r. Calculation. ff. 50r-56v. Calendar of the movable feasts. ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 11390
Title:: መጽሐፍ መድኃኒት Mäṣhafä Mädḥanit
Scope & Content:: An Ethiopian manuscript containing: ff. 1 and 2 were the original flyleaves. A few magical prayers and prescriptions have been written thereon in a second hand. f.3r. [Saragala Elyas], the secret names of God, thirty-nine in number, with corresponding prescriptions for their use. Between ff.6...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 1750
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 11601
Title:: The Minor Prophets – Anqasa Amin- the anaphora of St John Chrysostom- ዘዮሐንስ ቅዱስ አፈ ወርቅ- Chronology of the Kings of Ethiopia- Prayers.
Scope & Content:: (ff.1r-45r) The Minor Prophets, written in a very neat hand of the beginning of the 18th century. (ff. 1r-7r) Hosea. The beginning is missing; the text starts with ii, 8. (ff. 7r-13v) Amos. አመ ፭ ለጰግሜን (sic) አሞስጽ (ff. 13v-18v) Micah. አመ ፳ወ፪ ለነሐሴ ሚክያስ (ff. 18v-21v) Joel. አመ ፳ወ፩ ለጥቅምት ኢዩኤል (f...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 11718A
Title:: The Teaching of the Abyssinian Church.
Scope & Content:: An Ethiopian manuscript containing: 1.A. (p.1) A note in pencil: ቢሾብ፡ ጉዊን። ኦፍ፡ ከርቱም። ወደ፡ ኢ፡ መ፡ አ፡ ወ፡ ተፈሪ፡ መ። በላኩት፡ ጥያቄ፡ ከኢትዮጵያ። ሊቃውንቶች፡ የተመለሰ። ፩፱፻፩፮ ዓመተ፡ ምሕረት፡ “Answers given by Ethiopian Doctors to the questions addressed by Bishop Gwynne of Khartoum to the Heir to the Throne of Ethiopia Taf...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 1 item

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