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Title
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History of King Theodore
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Institution
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University Library, Cambridge
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Collection Title
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Ethiopian Manuscripts
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Creator(s)
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Unknown
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Description/Scope and Content
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Contents: History of King Theodore in the version of Alak' a Walda Maryam-identical with the text published by C. Mondon Vidailhet, Paris, 1904. The book begins with the year 1852/3 and ends with the events leading to the death of King Theodore in 1868. The last line explains that the book was written in 1897 (Ethiopian era) = 1904/ 5 (European era) which somewhat conflicts with a note by C. H. Armbruster (attached to the back of the volume), dated 1911, according to which the MS. was acquired in Ethiopia by H. Weld-Blundell "some twelve years ago" - might not be a good fit.
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Date
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1904
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Identifier
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Or. 883
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Language
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Amharic
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Extent
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Measurements: ff. 1-42: 6 x 4 in.; ff. 43-50: 5 X 4 in. Collation: ff. 1-42 are written
on European copy-book
paper; ff. 43-50 on unruled
paper.
Number of leaves: 52 (last two
are blank).
Lines to a page : ff. 1-42: I 5 ;
ff. 43-50: 24.
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Collection Type
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Special Collection
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Level of Processing
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Catalogued in Ullendorf
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Type of Materials/Format
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Binding: European. Vellum
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Related Collections: Types of Materials
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Islamic Manuscripts - Ethiopian Manuscripts
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Provenance
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Ethiopia
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Copyright
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Out of copyright
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Donor Information
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Presented to the Cambridge University Library by H. Weld-Blundell
