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Or 12510
- Record Id:
- 032-003372101
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003372101
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100042381417.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147205227.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 12510
- Title:
- The Gospel of St John.
- Scope & Content:
-
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 Mary with the Child, protected by two angels. On the verso the preceding paper flyleaf a piece of white felt has been stuck to protect the drawing facing it. f. 1v. a drawing in black ink of St George, armed with a lance, on a galloping horse. f. 2r. a drawing of in black ink of St Takla Haymanot.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Ethiopian Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003372101", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 12510: The Gospel of St John." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003372101
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003372101
- 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_100147205227.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Geez
- Scripts:
- Ethiopic (ge'ez)
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Parchment. 75 folios (i+75+I). Text written in two columns of 18-20 lines. 102 x 145 mm.
Original binding. Different part of the leaves are marked with small pieces of violet, green, and yellow yarn sewn onto the margins of the relevant leaves.
- Custodial History:
- A note “ Pres. by Wellcome Historical Medical Library 4/1/1961.
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:
- British Library. Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books, & Strelcyn, S., 1978. Catalogue of Ethiopian manuscripts in the British Library acquired since the year 1877. London: British Museum Publications. p.6
- Publications:
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[Ethiopic New Testament]. (1949). Guilford [England: Printed by Billing and Son.
Mahạ̄ri, L. L. (1959). Masạ̄hẹfta hạddisāt sostu: Nebāb kanna-tergāmē. Addis Ababā: Artistic Press.
Wechsler, M. G., 2005. Evangelium Iohannis Aethiopicum. Lovanii [Louvain, Belgium]:
ወንጌል፡ቅዱስ፡ዘእግዚእነ፡ወመድኀኒነ፡ኢየሱስ፡ክርስቶስ : ወመጻሕፍቲሆሙ፡ለሐዋርያቱ፡ቅዱሳን-Wangél qedus zaʼegziʼena wamadh̲anina ʼIyasus Kerestos: Wamaṣāḥeftihomu laḥawāryātu qedusān. (1927). Guildford: Printed by Billing and Son.
Zuurmond, R., 1989. Novum Testamentum aethiopice: The synoptic Gospels. Wiesbaden: Steiner.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)