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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

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 12523C
Title:: Volume 39 of a Qur’ān, originally in 60 volumes, copied probably in Granada
Scope & Content:: Volume 39 of a Qur’ān, originally in 60 volumes, copied probably in Granada According to Martin Lings: "The previous owner acquired these volumes just after the First World War from a princely Moroccan family whose ancestors had brought them from Spain, so it was said, when the Christian Reconq...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 13th century
Extent:: Codex; ff. 37

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 12524
Title:: Paññāsajātaka = ปัญญาสชาดก
Scope & Content:: Royal edition of Pannasa Jatakas (ปัญญาสชาดก) Illustrations: Gilt front and back leaves for every bundle, and gilt edges throughout. Each leaf following a front leaf has two oval illustrations; one on the left showing a vihara, one on the right showing the royal seal of King Mongkut (Rama IV) d...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Pali and Thai
Date Range:: 1851-1868
Extent:: 308 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 12674
Title:: Yongle dadian 永樂大典, chapters 6933-6934
Scope & Content:: Chapters 6933 and 6934 of the Chinese encyclopaedia “Yongle dadian”, unique, and notable for preserving texts not extant elsewhere.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1562-1572
Extent:: 33 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 12744
Title:: Kalpasūtra
Scope & Content:: Kalpasūtra: Jain Śvetāmbara text in Prakrit containing the biographies of Jain Tirthankaras.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Prakrit
Date Range:: 16th C
Extent:: Bound paper poṭhi. 93 folios; 33x12 cm. Illustrated.

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 12960
Title:: 欽定四庫全書：墨客揮犀 Qin ding si ku quan shu: Mo ge hui xi
Scope & Content:: Chapters 1 to 5 of a collection of biographical anecdotes. Written in the version of the Wenyuan Ge (Wenyuan Library). With the seals of Emperor Qianlong.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1786?
Extent:: 1 volume (45 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13165
Title:: Patent of Qianlong 55 (1790) [Abkai wehiyehe-i susai sunjaci aniya aniya biyai ice. Abkai hesei forgon be aliha] [ᠠᠪᡣᠠᡞ ᠸᡝᡥᡞᠶᡝᡥᡝ ᡞ ᠰᡠᠰᠠᠢ ᠰᡠᠨᠵᠠᠴᠢ ᠠᠨᡞᠶᠠ ᠠᠨᡞᠶᠠ ᠪᡞᠶᠠᡞ ᠢᠴᡝ᠃ ᠠᠪᡣᠠᡞ ᡥᡝᠰᡝᡞ ᡶᠣᠷᡤᠣᠨ ᠪᡝ ᠠᠯᡞᡥᠠ] [Qianlong wu shi wu nian feng tian chi ming] [乾隆五十五年奉天敕命]
Scope & Content:: Bilingual Manchu-Chinese patent of Qianlong 55 (1790) conferring the title Tušan de kicehe hafan (ᡨᡠᡧᠠᠨ ᡩᡝ ᡣᡞᠴᡝᡥᡝ ᡥᠠᡶᠠᠨ) / Chengde lang (承德郎) upon the official of the Hanlin academy, Dešeng (ᡩᡝᡧᡝᡢ) [Desheng (德生)]; his wife, Mao (毛) becomes Netsuken hehe (ᠨᡝᡨᠰᡠᡣᡝᠨ ᡥᡝᡥᡝ) / Anren (安人). Dated Qianl...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese and Manchu
Date Range:: 1790
Extent:: 1 scroll

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

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