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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 12859
Title:: Prayer scroll
Scope & Content:: An Ethiopian manuscript containing: ክታብ Magical prayers scroll composed of 2 strips. Decorated with 14 miniatures: 1.“King Alexander, the enemy of the devils”. 2.Two men playing drum 3.Two angels leading Satan bound. 4.A rider bearing a lance fighting a horned demon armed with a sword. ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13223
Title:: Amharic Versions of Nagara Maryam and of maṣeḥafe Nuzaze. ff. 46
Scope & Content:: ff. 1r-1v. Scribbles and pen trials. ff. 1v-2v. Magical writings and prayers; against buda, magicians and small-pox (Fansasa). ff. 3r-31. Amharic version of the Nagara Maryam, ነገረ ማርያም. ff. 32r-34r On the blank pages various short compositions have been added, written in different hands. ff...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13262
Title:: መልክአ ዳዊት, Malke’a Dawit.
Scope & Content:: An Ethiopian manuscript containing: ff. 3r-35v. Malke’a Dawit, hymn to King David and collection of prayers. ff. 35v-44v. A collection of various magical prayers. The manuscript was presented by the Wellcome Institute in 1970.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13263
Title:: Prayer of the Virgin Mary at Golgotha- Temherta Ḥebu’at- Malké Mika’el. ff. 60. (ii+60+ii)
Scope & Content:: An Ethiopian manuscript containing: ff. 1r-30v. Prayer of the Virgin Mary at Golgotha. Beginning: ጸሎት ዘእግዝእትነ ቅድስት ወድንግልት ማርያም ወላዲተ አምላክ… ዘጸለየት ባቲ አመ ፳፮ለወርኃ ሰኔ በደብረ ጎለጎታ ዘውእቱ መቃብረ እግዚእነ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ. ff. 30v-41v. Temherta Ḥebu’at (“Doctrina arcanorum”) ትምህርት ኅቡአት. ff. 42r-59r. Malké Mika’el.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13264
Title:: Pauline Epistles- Apostolic Epistles- Acts of the Apostles- Revelation of St John- Introduction to The Gospels- Prayers of St Simeon Stylites and of Ephrem the Syrian.
Scope & Content:: An Ethiopian manuscript containing: ff. 3r-65r. The Pauline Epistles: f. 3r. Romans. f. 13v. 1 Corinthians. f. 25r. 2 Corinthians. f. 32v. Galatians. f. 36r. Ephesians. f.39v. Philippians. f. 42v. Colossians. f.45v. 1 Thessalonians. f. 47v. 2 Thessalonians. f.49r. 1 Timothy. f.5...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 1600-1700
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13265
Title:: Arde’t-Salot Za-Muse- Miracles of the Virgin Mary, of Gabra Manfas Qedus, and the Archangel Michael.
Scope & Content:: An Ethiopian manuscript containing: (ff. 1r-2r, 57v-58r, 89v-90v) Blank. ff. 3r-57r. Arde’t, an apocryphal work containing the sayings of Our Lord to the twelve Apostles. The text is divided into the days of the week. ff. 59r-81r. Salot za- Muse “ Moses” Prayer”, an apocryphal work containin...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13266
Title:: Psalter, a prayer to Jesus Christ- Anaphora of St John the Evangelist. ff. 201
Scope & Content:: An Ethiopian manuscript containing: ff. 1r-195v. Psalms, መዝሙር ዘዳዊት. The beginning is missing until Ps. X, 6. ff. 155r-171v. The Canticles of the Prophets of the Old and New Testaments: First Song of Moses, ጸሎቱ ለሙሴ.Second Song of Moses, ጸሎተ ሙሴ ዘዳግም ሕግ. Third Song of Moses, ጸሎተ ሙሴ ዘሣልስ ሕግ.Son...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13278
Title:: Anaphora of the Virgin Mary
Scope & Content:: An Ethiopian manuscript containing: ff. 3r- 39v. The Anaphora of the Virgin Mary by Cyriacus, Bishop of Behnesa. Title: አኰቴተ ቍርባን ዘእግዝእትነ ማርያም ዘደረሰ አባ ሕርያቆስ ኤጲስ ቆጶስ ዘሀገረ ብሕንሳ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ በእንተ እግዝእትነ ማርያም ወላዲተ አምላክ. ff. 39v-88v. Amharic version of the መጸሐፈ ሥርዓት, Mäṣhafä S’er’at. ff. 88v-91v. Thr...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14410
Title:: Amharic and Ethiopic (Ge'ez) Commentary on the books of the Old Testament: Genesis (ኦሪት ዘፍጥረት ) and Exodus (ኦሪት ዘጸአት)
Scope & Content:: ETHIOPIC EXEGETICAL WORKS, in Ge’ez and Amharic, viz. :- Copied by Mānbāru Fārrādā (መንበሩ ፈረደ) Un-foliated leaf (preface) copy of Amharic letter of Mamher Wāldā Sānbāt, (ወልደ ሰንበት). አንድምታ ትርጓሜ Andemta Tergwame. (pp.1-262) AC Genesis (ኦሪት ዘፍጥረት ). (pp. 263-380) AC Exodus (ኦሪት ዘጸአት)
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Amharic and Geez
Date Range:: 1967-1977
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14411
Title:: Amharic and Ethiopic (Ge'ez) Commentary on the books of the Old Testament: Exodus (ኦሪት ዘጸአት), Joshua (መጽሐፈ ኢያሱ ወልደ ነዌ) and Leviticus (ኦሪት ዘሌዋውያን)
Scope & Content:: ETHIOPIC EXEGETICAL WORKS, in Ge’ez and Amharic. Copied by Mānbāru Fārrādā (መንበሩ ፈረደ.) አንድምታ ትርጓሜ Andemta Tergwame. (pp-381-459, Pages numbered consecutively with Or 14410. ኦሪት ዘጸአት (Exodus), AC Ex.25.31-end (pp. 459 [actually 461] -552);መጽሐፈ ኢያሱ ወልደ ነዌ (Joshua), AC Josh. (pp. 553-691); ኦሪት ዘ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Amharic and Geez
Date Range:: 1967-1977
Extent:: 1 item

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