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Or 695

Record Id:

032-003411415

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003411415

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100059685581.0x000001

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100149950747.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 695

Title:

ገደለ፡ ዓቢየ፡ እግዚእ, the Acts of Abiya ʾEgziʾ.

Scope & Content:

An Ethiopian manuscript containing:

ff. 1r-63 Acts of Saints and Martyrs, with Homilies for various Festivals, reading arranged for the 12 month of the year.

ff. 63v- 75v. The Acts of ‘Arkaledes, ገደለ፡ ዓርከሌድስf. 74v. ልደተ፡ አበው፡ , Genealogy of the Fathers (Monastic genealogy).

f. 75v. A hymn to 'Abiya 'Egzi',

Decoration, unfinished pictures: ff. 4v, 26v, 29r, 31r, 40v, 45v,

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Ethiopian Manuscripts

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003411415

Is part of:

not applicable

Hierarchy:

032-003411415

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

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Languages:

Geez

Scripts:

Ethiopic (ge'ez)

Start Date:

1700

End Date:

1799

Date Range:

18th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Parchment codex. 81 folios. Written in 2 columns of 19 or 21 lines. [1 unnumbered blank leave at the begnning]. 254 x 228 mm.

In the original boards.

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), p.180.

Publications:

Chaîne, M. 1913a. ‘Répertoire des Salam et Malkeʾe contenus dans les manuscrits éthiopiens des bibliothèques d’Europe’, Revue de l’Orient chrétien, 18/4, Deuxième série, 8/4 (1913), 337–357 , item 23.

Habtemichael Kidane 2007. ‘Mälkǝʾ’, in Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, III (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2007), 700b–702b , page 701b.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)