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2731. Or 827

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 827
Title:
ዜና እስክንድር, The story of Alexander the Great.
Scope & Content:
An Ethiopian manuscript containing: ff. 4r-128v. The Ethiopic romance of Alexander the Great.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

2732. Or 828

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 828
Title:
መጽሐፍ መድኃኒት Mäṣhafä Mädḥanit
Scope & Content:
An Ethiopian manuscript containing: ff. 5r-192v. Collection of medical writings with the healing properties of different items of the material medica, especially of plants.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item

2733. Or 848

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 848
Title:
Volume 9 of a Qur’ān, originally in 30 volumes, commissioned by Sultan Faraj ibn Barqūq
Scope & Content:
Volume 9 of a Qur’ān, originally in 30 volumes, commissioned by the Mamluk Sultan Faraj ibn Barqūq (reg. 1399-1412), containing Sūrah 7:86-Sūrah 8:41
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. 37

2734. Or 1234

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 1234
Title:
御筆十全記 Yu bi shi quan ji [Qianlong's Ten Victories]
Scope & Content:
Qianlong's Ten Victories: chronicle of ten successful campaigns conducted by the Emperor in 1790. The author is the Emperor himself, and the manuscript contains the Emperor’s own handwriting embroidered on silk. The item had been incorrectly catalogued in the past as "A poetical account of the ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese
Date Range:
1792
Extent:

1 volume

11 folios

2735. Or 1287

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 1287
Title:
Genji monogatari kotoba 源氏物語詞
Scope & Content:
An album containing an extract from each of the 54 chapters of the 'Tale of Genji' on the righthand side of the opening and a corresponding painting by Sumiyoshi Jokei 住吉如慶 (1599-1670) on the opposite page. The extracts are written by imperial princes and high-ranking members of the Court of Emp...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
1665-1666
Extent:

1 volume (28 folios)

2736. Or 1386

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 1386
Title:
Bṛhaccūrṇivyākhyā
Scope & Content:
Bṛhaccūrṇivyākhyā (Jain Śvetāmbara): Sanskrit commentary on the Jītakalpa (composed in V.S. 1227). It is also called Ṭippana (Viṣamapadavyākhyā) and comments on the eleven Prakrit verses of the cūrṇi and then the difficult expressions found in the following prose portion. Śrīcandrasūri was the...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Sanskrit
Date Range:
13th C
Extent:
Palm leaf, poṭhi format, 78 folios. 30x5cm.

2737. Or 1435

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 1435
Title:
Collection of twenty-six Druze texts.
Scope & Content:
Volume two of a collection of Druze texts. The contents are the same as in Add MS 11559.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
Codex; ff. 100

2738. Or 2083

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2083
Title:
Book of the Rite of the Holy Week.
Scope & Content:
An Ethiopian manuscript containing:ff. 1r-218r. Gebrä Hemamat “Book of the Rite of the Holy Week”. The lectionary for palm Sunday and passion week. f. 218r. Colophon containing the name of the lady who commissioned the manuscripts, Malakotawit, along with that the scribe, Tasfa Iyasus.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
1694-1706
Extent:
1 item

2739. Or 2165

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2165
Title:
Qur'ān
Scope & Content:
Contains Sūrah 7:40 - Sūrah 9:96; Sūrah 10: 9 - Sūrah 39:48; Sūrah 40:63 - Sūrah 43:71
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
8th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. 121

2740. Or 2198

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2198
Title:
ተአምሪሃ ለማርያም Miracles of the Virgin Mary.
Scope & Content:
An Ethiopian manuscript containing: ff. 1r-13r. Miracles of the Virgin Mary, ተአምሪሃ ለማርያም, seven in number. The beginning of the manuscript, containing the first miracle and a part of the second, is missing. ff. 14r-20v. miracles of the Archangel Michael, ተአምሪሁ ለሚካኤል ሊቀ መላእክት, five in number. ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

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