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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 13292
Title:: Yongle dadian 永樂大典, chapters 13201-13203.
Scope & Content:: Chapters 13201, 13202 and 13203 of the Chinese encyclopaedia “Yongle dadian”, unique, and notable for preserving texts not extant elsewhere. Some folios missing.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese
Date Range:: 1562-1572
Extent:: 31 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13294
Title:: Aḍhāīdvīpa
Scope & Content:: Aḍhāīdvīpa: a diagram of the universe according to the Śvetāmbara tradition of Jainism. The text in Sanskrit and Gujarati is organized in four sections, around the painting.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 19th C
Extent:: Cloth. 66,5 x 69 cm. Colourful. Kept under a glass frame.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13342
Title:: Kalpasūtra fragments.
Scope & Content:: Kalpasūtra: fragments from the canonical Śvetāmbara text in Prakrit with illustrations.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 16th C
Extent:: Bound paper poṭhi. Four illustrated folios: Or. 13342 (1)-(4) kept in four separate glass frames which has been edged with green leather. They belong to the same ms. 26 x 10 cm.; 7 lines. Illustrated.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 13454
Title:: Saṁgrahaṇīratna by Śrīcandra.
Scope & Content:: Saṁgrahaṇīratna: Jain Śvetāmbara text on cosmology in Prakrit with illustrations and diagrams.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Prakrit
Date Range:: 17th C
Extent:: Bound paper poṭhi. 25 x 11 cm. 10 lines. Lavishly illustrated

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