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Or 790

Record Id:
032-003346648
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003346648
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100035883490.0x000001
LARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100054874791.0x000001
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Or 790
Title:

መጽሐፈ መድበል Mestira Zaman, vol.1

Scope & Content:

An Ethiopian manuscript containing:

The first volume of a work entitled Mashafa Madbal, or, “Collection of the Mysteries of the Times," or , Mest'ra Zaman, “the Mystery of Time."

f.1r, Unfinished and uncoloured drawing of Annunciation of the blessed Virgin, in outline.

f. 1v. መጽሐፈ መድበል. ዘቅዱስ መድኃኔ ዓልም.

f. 2r. Begins with an introduction in prose, በስመ አብ ….ንዌጥን በረድኤት እግዚአብሔር ወንጽሕፍ መጽሐፈ መድበል ዘበትርጓሜሁ ጉባዔ ምሥጢራተ ዘመናት ዘገብረ እግዚአብሔር በበጊዜሁ ቅድመ በዘመነ ብሉይ እስከ ይመጽእ ዘመነ ሐዲስ, etc.

f. 3r. The work commences. The picture on this page represents the Holy Trinity, drawn and painted by one ሕዝቅኤል (Ezekiel).

f. 184v. The Old Testament, with its Apocrypha, ends on, where begins the ነገረ ማርያም “History of Mary."

f. 193r. The colophon, which has been much altered by erasure, gives us the name of king 'lyasii (II.), but that of Bakafta appears on the same page.Some of the pictures in this volume are only partly finalised; and many are merely in outline. In two cases, f, 192r, and v, the spaces have been left quite blank.

Decoration: This manuscript contains 376 illustrations, ff.1r-191v. (with uncoloured drawing ff.25v-187r. Some of the depictions are partly finished and many are outlined, f.192r and v, spaces have been left blank.)

Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Ethiopian Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
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Is part of:
not applicable
Hierarchy:
032-003346648
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100054874791.0x000001
Thumbnail:
Languages:
Geez
Scripts:
Ethiopic (ge'ez)
Start Date:
1721
End Date:
1730
Date Range:
1721-1730
Era:
CE
Access:
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User Conditions:
Physical Characteristics:
Parchment codex, 355 x 304 mm; ff. 193. f.193r-v, is mutilated. In 2 columns, 18 lines. In the original boards, covered with stamped leather.
Custodial History:

Usage Statement: The Ethiopian manuscripts published in digitised format by the British Library are to the best of our knowledge not in copyright under Ethiopian law. However the British Library recognises broader interests in the cultural heritage which the Ethiopian manuscripts represent. The manuscripts included are often of a religious nature, and the Library has taken considerable care not to distort or alter the underlying material. We ask users also to show appropriate respect in reusing the digital images of the Ethiopian manuscripts, which should not be altered or reused in ways that might be derogatory or offensive to the Ethiopian communities for whom they are of special cultural importance.

Finding Aids:

For a more detailed catalogue entry see:

Wright, William, Catalogue of the Ethiopic manuscripts in the British Museum acquired since the year 1847 (London: The British Museum, 1877), pp 285-286.

Publications:

Chojnacki, S., 1983. Major themes in Ethiopian painting: Indigenous developments, the influence of foreign models, and their adaptation from the 13th to the 19th century. Wiesbaden: F. Steiner.

Ethiopian Art And Culture Chronicles Society. (1990). The Ethiopian art and culture codex. Atascadero, CA, Atabichron Pub.

Heldman, M., Grierson, R., Crummey, D., & Munro-Hay, S. C. 1., 1993. African Zion: The sacred art of Ethiopia. New Haven ; London: Yale University Press in association with InterCultura Fort Worth, Walters Art Gallery Baltimore, Institute of Ethiopian Studies Addis Ababa.

Mann, C. G. (2005). Art of Ethiopia. London, Sam Fogg.

Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, Md.). (2001). Ethiopian art: the Walters Art Museum. Lingfield, Third Millennium Publishing.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)