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Or 714
- Record Id:
- 032-003352567
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003352567
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100036352998.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100054872842.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 714
- Title:
- ገድለ ጊዮርጊስ The Acts of St. George.
- Scope & Content:
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An Ethiopian manuscript containing:
The Acts of St. George.
f. 1r. ገድለ ጊዮርጊስ ዘቅ, መ, ዓለም.The Acts of St George.
f. 5v. The discourse of Theodotus of Ancyra.
f. 13r. The history and martyrdom of St. George.
f. 71r. መጽሐፈ አኅብሮ. Mṣaḥafa ʼahebro.
f. 78r. The 42 miracles of St. George.
Decoration: ff. 3v-4r. ff. 30r-30v. f. 33r. f. 36v. f. 38r. ff. 44r-44v. f. 46v. f. 59r. f.58r-58v. f.63r. f. 70v. ff. 127v-128r.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Ethiopian Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003352567", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 714: ገድለ ጊዮርጊስ The Acts of St. George." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003352567
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003352567
- 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_100054872842.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Geez
- Scripts:
- Ethiopic (ge'ez)
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Parchment codex. 128 folios (ii+128+i). Text written in 3 columns, of 22 lines each. 330 x 279 mm.
In the original boards, covered with stamped leather.
- Custodial History:
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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:
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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), p. 192.
- Publications:
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Budge, E. A. W. (1978). George of Lydda, the patron saint of England: a study of the cultus of St. George in Ethiopia : translations of the Ethiopic texts as found in the manuscripts from Makdalâ now in the British Museum, and an introduction. New York, AMS Press.
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.
Chojnacki, S. (2004). Ethiopian warrior saints in 18th-century miniatures and their significance in the cultural history of Ethiopia. Indigenous and the Foreign in Christian Ethiopian Art: on Portuguese-Ethiopian Contacts in the 16th-17th Centuries: Papers from the Fifth International Conference on the History of Ethiopian Art (Arrabida, 26-30 November 1999). 73-82.
Leroy, J., 1967. Ethiopian painting in the late Middle Ages and under the Gondar dynasty. London: Merlin.
Playne, B., 1954. St. George for Ethiopia. London: Constable.
(1971). Malkeʼa Giyorgis zaSalédā mogas ṡenasatu waMalkeʼa śeqāyu Giyorgis. [Ethiopia], Tasfā mātamiyā bét.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)