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Title
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Chronology of the Kings of Ethiopia
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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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Yohannes Gabra-Maryam of Gondar wrote this MS.
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Description/Scope and Content
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Contents: f. 1 a Drawing completely erased by overpainting. f. 1 b Painting: "Behold, a virgin shall conceive." f. 2a Painting of an angel {without legend). f. 2b Painting: "How they imposed the cross upon our Lord." f. 3 a Beginning: The names and years of the reign of the kings of Ethiopia, from the "restoration" of the so-called Solomonic dynasty by Y ;)kuno Amlak in 1268 till the reign of King Menelik II at the end of the 19th cent. From the rubrication of Menelik' s name it would appear that he was the reigning monarch when this MS. was written. Also, no date for the end of Menelik' s reign is mentioned. f. 8 b Colophon effectively erased. £ 9 a Crude design. f. 9b "Yohannes Gabra-Maryam of Gondar wrote this MS."
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Date
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Late 19th century
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Identifier
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Or. 1879
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Language
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Ge'ez
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Extent
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Measurements: 5½ x 3½ in. Number of leaves: 9.
Lines to a page: 10
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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: Wooden boards. 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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From the library of the late C. H. Armbruster
