Or. 1878 (University Library, Cambridge University)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
f. 34r End of the testament of Isaac with the addition of a 5-line invocation by a different hand at the bottom.
ff. 34r-43v End of the testament of Jacob. 44v invocations as of folio 34r
Physical Description
Layout
2 columns, 22-26 lines per page. Folios 1-4and folio56blank.
Hand(s)
written in black ink
Binding
Leather over wooden boards with full blind decoration on both. Stitched turn-ins at head and tail of spine. Braided leather endbands
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Ethiopia
Donated to Cambridge University by Armbruster, C. H. (Carl Hubert), 1874-1957 on 19 August 1957
Record Sources
Availability
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Bibliography
- bookhttp://zotero.org/users/local/VPTDBJud/items/2GNGMD9M Catalogue of Ethiopian manuscripts in the Cambridge University Library / by Edward Ullendorff and Stephen G. Wright ; with a contribution by D.A. Hubbard. Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1961 bookhttp://zotero.org/users/local/VPTDBJud/items/ATRQKIFH Falasha anthology / translated from Ethiopic sources with an introd. by Wolf Leslau. New Haven New Haven : Yale University Press, 1951. 1951
Funding of Cataloguing
CUL
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