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Or 818

Record Id:

032-003352304

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003352304

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100036275706.0x000001

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100054876611.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 818

Title:

ክብረ ነገሥት Kebra Nagast, or "the Glory of the Kings”.

Scope & Content:

An Ethiopian manuscript containing:

ክብረ ነገሥት Kebra Nagast, or "the Glory of the Kings”.ff. 191. f. 3r. ክብረ ነገሥት Kebra Nagast, or "the Glory of the Kings”.

f. 46r. An index of 122 chapters, በእንተ ክብረ ነገሥት, wrongly numbered 123 (፻፳፫).

f. 51r. The workbegins on, as follows; በስመ እግዚአብሔር መሓሪ ወመስተሣህል. ይቤ አብ ቅዱስ ዮሐንስ ጳጳስ ዘኒቅዩስ ዘ አስተጋብ አ ለዛቲ መጽሐፍ, etc.

f. 102r. The colophon, states that this work was translated from the original Arabic, A.D. 1602, by the deacon Gabriel the Egyptian, the son of John, of Kalyub, at the order of the Abyssinian general Athanasius and of the queen Maryam Sena, Malak Mogasa, the wife of king Yakob, Malak Sagad the younger (A.D. 1597—1603).

f. 104r. "the History of the holy Men in the days of Jeremiah the Prophet,"

f. 108r. Life of Alexander the Great. ዜናሁ ለእስክንድር

f. 127r. Extracts from Giyorgis Walda Amid ('al-Makin). ራእየ ነገር ዘተረበ ጊዮርጊስ ውልደ አሚድ .

f. 129r. ዜናሁ እስክንድስ The history of Sekendes (Secundus).

f. 138r. “Questions addressed to እስክንድስ Secundus, with his replies”.

f. 145r. ጥንተ ሃይማኖት "the Beginning of the Earth," ascribed to Epiphanius.

f. 160r. ፍካሬ ኢየሱስ "Prophecy of Jesus or Explanation of Jesus".

f. 161r. Discourse ascribed to John, the son of Zebedee, on the Greatness and Glory of the blessed Virgin Mary.

f. 169r. ጥበበ ለብእሲት እንተ ስማ ሳቢላ ወለተ ሕርቃል ርእስ ኤፌሶን. The Wisdom of Sabila (the Sybil), the daughter of Herkal, chief of the wise men of Ephesus, and Interpretation of the Dream which one hundred wise men saw in the city of Rome in one night.

f. 171r. ድርሳን ዘብፁዕ ፈሳልጎስ . The Physiologus, ascribed to Epiphanius. It has 49 chapters, wrongly numbered 47.

f. 177r. The ten Visions of 'Abba Sinoda. አባ ሲኖደ ራእየ እምኀበ ዘከመ ርእየ ፲ራእያት.

f. 179r. The history of Akaryos (Abgarus), king of Roha (آلرها Edessa), and Jesus.

f. 181r. Homily of Ephrem the Syrian on the Passion of our Lord and on the Thief.

f. 183r. Homily of Jacob of Serugh on the Angel and the Thief.

f. 187r. Homily of Jacob of Nisibis, how the king of Persia came in his days into the city of Nisibis.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Ethiopian Manuscripts

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Hierarchy:

032-003352304

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100054876611.0x000001

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Languages:

Geez

Scripts:

Ethiopic (ge'ez)

Start Date:

1700

End Date:

1750

Date Range:

1700-1750

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Parchment codex, ff. 191. Written in 3 columns of 36 lines. [2 unnumbered blank leaves at beginning the end] 355 x 330 mm. In the original boards, lined with silk and 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.279-314

Publications:

Beylot, R. (1977). Notes de littérature éthiopienne. Paris: Maisonneuve.

Bezold, C. (1905). Kebra Nagast: Die Herrlichkeit der Könige ; nach den Handschriften in Berlin, London, Oxford und Paris.

Brooks, M. F. (2001). A Modern translation of Kebra Nagast: the glory of kings. Kingston, Jamaica, LMH Pub.

Budge, E. A. W., 1932. The Queen of Sheba and her only son Menyelek (I): Being the 'Book of the glory of kings' (Kebra nagast) a work which is alike the traditional history of the establishment of the religion of the Hebrews in Ethiopia, and the patent of sovereignty which is now universally accepted in Abyssinia as the symbol of the divine authority to rule which the kings of the Solomonic line claimed to have received through their descent from the house of David (2nd ed.). London: Oxford University Press, H. Milford.

Budge, E. A. W. (2009). The Queen of Sheba & her only son Menyelek: [being the history of the departure of God & his Ark of the Covenant from Jerusalem to Ethiopia, and the establishment of the religion of the Hebrews & the Solomonic line of kings in that country : a complete translation of the Kebra nagast with introduction]. Whitefish, MT, Kessinger Pub.

Hausman, G. (1997). The Kebra Negast: the book of Rastafarian wisdom and faith from Ethiopia and Jamaica. New York, St. Martin's Press.

Kebra Nagast., & Prætorius, G. F. F. (1870). Fabula de Regina Sabaea apud Aethiopos. [An extract from the Ethiopic chronicle of Abyssinia entitled Kebra Nagast.] Dissertatio inauguralis quam ... defendet ... F. Prætorius. Eth. and Lat.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

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