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Or 533

Record Id:

032-003359486

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003359486

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100039450408.0x000001

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100054938585.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 533

Title:

አብቀለምሲስ, "The Revelation of St. John" .

Scope & Content:

An Ethiopian manuscript containing:

አብቀለምሲስ, The Revelation of St. John- an illuminated manuscript, illustrating the “Apocalypse” of John and concerning the life and death of the Apostle. Gondar,

f. 1r. The Revelation of St. John.

(In the colophon, f.85v, the names of king ‘Iyasu and queen Walatta Giyorgis have been subsequently inserted.)

f. 85r. The Acts of St. John at Ephesus, written by his disciple ‘Aberekoros (Prochorus).

f. 109r. The Death of St. John, narrated by Prochorus.

f. 114r. A hymn composed by the scribe, ወዛቲ ድርሰት ዓርኬ ይእቲ ዘደረስክዋ አነ ጸሓፌ ዝንቱ መጽሐፍ.

Illustrations: ff. 1v,3v-3r, 4r, 5r, 6v, 8v-8r, 10r-10v, 11v, 12v,13v, 14v-15r, 16v-17r, 18v-19r,20r, 21r, 22r-24r, 25v-26r, 27r-28r, 29v-30r, 31v-32r, 33v-35r, 36r-36v, 37v-38r, 39r-39v, 41v-43r, 44v-45r, 46v-47v, 49r-50v, 51v-51r, 53r, 54r-58v,59v-62v, 63r-64v, 65v, 66v, 68v-69r, 70v-71v, 72v, 73v, 74v-76r, 77r-79r, 80v-81v, 82v, 83v-84r, 85r, 86r, 89v-91r, 94v-95r, 98v-99v, 103v-105r, 107v-108r, 110v, 112v, 114v-115r.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Ethiopian Manuscripts

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003359486

Is part of:

not applicable

Hierarchy:

032-003359486

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_100054938585.0x000001

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Languages:

Geez

Scripts:

Ethiopic (ge'ez)

Start Date:

1700

End Date:

1730

Date Range:

1700-1730

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Parchment codex, 381 x 355 mm. ff.115 (ii+115+i) 3 columns 19 lines. In the original boards, lined with red 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. 39.

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.

Cowley, R. 1., 1983. The traditional interpretation of the Apocalypse of St John in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Dürer, A., Kurth, W., & Dodgson, C. (1963). The Complete Woodcuts Of Albrecht Dürer.

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.Henze, P. B., 1993. Aspects of Ethiopian art from ancient Axum to the 20th century. London: Jed.

Ramos, M. J., & Boavida, I., 2004. The 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). Aldershot: Ashgate.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)