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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Volume 39 of a Qur’ān, originally in 60 volumes, copied probably in Granada
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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...
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...
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. ...