Bible, 1807 - 1817
Scope and Contents
Abu Rumi's translation.
ff.4, 383 (total); 171 x 120mm; text size 130 x 72mm; 18 lines. Twenty-nine unbound volumes containing the Bible including deuteron-canonical books but with Isaiah, Jeremiah and Lamentations missing.
The first translation of the Bible into Amharic made between 1807 - 1819 by Abu Rumi (or Abba Romi) under the supervision of the French Consul at Cairo M. Louis Asselin de Cherville.
The MS was edited by Thomas Pell Platt assisted by Samuel Lee, Professor of Arabic at Cambridge and William Jowett of the CMS, and published by BFBS in five volumes;- Gospels (1824); Acts-Revelation (1829); New Testament (1829); Psalter (1833) and Bible (1840).
Entered in Bullen. (C41-46).
Dates
- Creation: 1807 - 1817
Conditions Governing Access
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Language of Materials
Amharic
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The BFBS purchased the Ms from M. Asselin for £1250 in 1820, chiefly by the negotiation of William Jowett.
Physical Description
paper
Originator(s)
Bible, Amharic
Finding aid date
2010-08-09 10:31:47+00:00
Repository Details
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