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Or 566

Record Id:

032-003392774

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003392774

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100054272286.0x000001

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100132600028.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 566

Title:

መፍትሔ፡ ሥራይ, Collection of prayers.

Scope & Content:

An Ethiopian manuscript containing:

ff. 1r-41 A large collection of magical prayers, charms, and incantations, beginning with ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ መፍትሔ፡ ሥራይ፡ ዘተቀድሐ፡ እም፹ወ፩መጻሕፍት፡ ዘወጽአት፡ እምኢየሩሳሌም።. Some of them are in Amharic. Directions for their use are occasionally given.

Decoration: ff. 1r and 21r.

Owner's name, Walda Giyorgis Wasan Sagad, king of Shoa, who died A.D. 1812.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Ethiopian Manuscripts

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003392774

Is part of:

not applicable

Hierarchy:

032-003392774

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_100132600028.0x000001

Thumbnail:

Languages:

Geez

Scripts:

Ethiopic (ge'ez)

Start Date:

1800

End Date:

1899

Date Range:

19th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Parchment codex, 80 folios with 3 unnumbered blank leaves a the beginning and 19 at the end; written in 2 columns, each of 19 or 20 lines. 279 x 203 mm. In the original boards, lined with embroidered 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 theEthiopian 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), p.113

Publications:

Budge, E. A. W., British Museum., & British Museum. (2003). The bandlet of righteousness: An Ethiopian book of the dead : the Ethiopic text of the Lefāfa ṣedeq : in facsimile from two manuscripts in the British Museum. Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Pub.

Kebede, G. M., & Bausi, A. (2017). Ethiopian Abǝnnät Manuscripts: Organizational Structure, Language Use, and Orality.Mathew, D., & Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section). (1947). Ethiopia, the study of a polity, 1540-1935. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)