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Or 720
- Record Id:
- 032-003420968
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003420968
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100063576600.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100149954351.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 720
- Title:
- ገደለ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ቂርቆስ, The Acts and Miracles of Cyricus.
- Scope & Content:
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An Ethiopian manuscript containing:
ff. 5r- 109r. The Acts and Miracles of St. Quricus.
f. 109r. Written in the 7th year of the reign of Takla Haimanot II , A.D. 1769-77.
Decoration: ff. 1v, 2v, 3v, 9v, 13v, 20v, 25r, 27r, 29v, 35r, 38r, 41r, 43r, 44v, 49v, 50r, 59r, 62v, 64r, 68v, 69r, 71r, 75r, 77r, 80v, 86v, 95v, 100v, 104r,108r.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Ethiopian Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003420968", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 720: ገደለ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ቂርቆስ, The Acts and Miracles of Cyricus." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003420968
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003420968
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100149954351.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Geez
- Scripts:
- Ethiopic (ge'ez)
- Start Date:
- 1769
- End Date:
- 1777
- Date Range:
- 1769-1777
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Parchment codex. ff. 109. Witten in 2 columns of 13 lines. [1 unnumbered blank leaf at the beginning]. 304 x 254 mm. In the original boards, lined with silk and covered with stamped leather.
In the original boards, covered with stamped leather and lined with red silk.
- 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:
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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. 195.
- Publications:
- Pisani, V. (2015) ‘Passio of St Cyricus (Gädlä Qirqos) in North Ethiopia: Elements of Devotion and of Manuscripts Tradition’, in Nosnitsin, D. (ed.) Veneration of Saints in Christian Ethiopia: Proceedings of the International Workshop Saints in Christian Ethiopia: Literary Sources and Veneration, Hamburg, April 28-29, 2012. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz (Supplement to Aethiopica, 3), pp. 161–200.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)