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3061. Or 12125

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

3062. Or 12133

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

3063. Or 12467

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

3064. Or 12510

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

3065. Or 12511

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

3066. Or 12523C

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

3067. Or 12524

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

3068. Or 12674

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

3069. Or 12744

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.

3070. Or 12859

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

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