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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 12025
Title:: Prayer scroll
Scope & Content:: An Ethiopian manuscript containing: ክታብ, Magical prayers scroll composed of 3 strips. Decorated with 5 miniatures. Remarks: The name of the owner Gabra Maryam, the second owner Walatta Gabra Manfas Qeddus. Verso: "Thomas William Oliver, Royal Navy, from Colonel John Watts of Gunville, Dorset...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 12034
Title:: Divination, Magical Prayers and Medicine.
Scope & Content:: ff. 1r-124v. Collection of divination, magical prayers and medicine.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 12114 (A)
Title:: Psalter, ዳዊት.
Scope & Content:: ff. 1r-128v. Psalms, መዝሙር ዘዳዊት. ff. 128v-141v. . 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.Song of Hanna, ጸሎተ ሐና እመ ሳሙኤል ነቢይ.Prayer of Hezekiah, ጸሎተ ሕዝቅያስ ንጉሠ ይሁዳ.Prayer of...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 1600-1700
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 12114 B
Title:: Magical prayers and prescriptions.
Scope & Content:: An Ethiopian manuscript containing: Recto:(pp. 1-7) Magical prayers and prescriptions in Geez and Amharic. Decorated with 3 miniatures. Remarks Verso: p.1 " Found in Theodote's Church, at the storming of Magdala".
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 1700-1800
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 12125
Title:: The Octateuch in Amharic.
Scope & Content:: The Ethiopian foliation has in general the number on the verso of one leaf repeated on the recto of the following one. (f.Iv) Enumeration of the Books of the Old Testament, 39 in number. Title: የብሉይ ኪዳን መጻሕፍት እሊህ ናቸው . (ff. 2ra-55 vb) Genesis- ኦሪት ዘፍጥረት በዕብራይስጥ ብርሺት ይባላል (the leaves are numbe...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 1900
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 12133
Title:: አቡሻክር, Abušākǝr.
Scope & Content:: An Ethiopian manuscript containing:: ff. 2r-12v. A short chronographical composition in Amharic. ff. 12v-64v. Abbreviated Amharic version of the chronological work of አቡሻክር, Abušākǝr. f.1r. A drawing in black ink representing a man holding a cross. f.1v. Ten lines of a chronographical text....
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 20th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 12467
Title:: Psalter, ዳዊት.
Scope & Content:: Psalter, ዳዊት. ff. 1r-2v. Prayer for the dying. ff. 3r-7v. A fragment of the Miracles of the Virgin Mary containing five miracles, the end of the last missing. ff. 8r-129r . Psalms, Incipit: ፍካሬ ዘጻድቃን ወዘኃጥአን መዝሙር ዘዳዊት ፩ ብፁዕ ብእሲ ዘኢሖረ. ff. 129v-142v. The Canticles of the Prophets of the Old an...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 1660
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 12510
Title:: The Gospel of St John.
Scope & Content:: ff. 3r-73v. The Gospel of St John. The text is divided into the days of the week: f. 3- Monday f. 9r- Sunday f. 16v. Saturday f. 20- Tuesday. f.34v- Saturday f. 40v- Wednesday f. 48r- Thursday f. 59v- Friday f. 67r- Sunday Illustrations: f.1r. drawing in black and red ink of the Virgin...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 12511
Title:: The Gospel of St John.
Scope & Content:: f. 1r-1v Fetḥat Za-wald (fragment). ff. 2v-5r Prayer for good handwriting, ብርዕ ሠናይ. ff. 5r-100r. The Gospel of St John. Prefatory matter: ብስራተ አብ ትሩፍ ረድእ ተናጋሪ በመለኮት ዮሐንስ ወልደ ዘብዴዎስ ፍቁረ እግዚእነ ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ጸሎቱ ወበረከቱ የሀሉ ምስለ ፍቁሩ ወልደ ሚካኤል ለዓለመ ዓለም አሜን. Between ff. 2 and 3 a fragment of a printed sa...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

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