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check the viewerFols 2r–40v Maṣḥafa Henok (CAe 1340)

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check the viewerFols 41r–60v ʾIyob (CAe 1688)

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check the viewerFols 61r–92v Daqiqa nabiyāt (CAe 1315)

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check the viewerFols 93r–99v Tobit, Book of (CAe 2473)

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check the viewerFols 99v–110v Book of Judith (CAe 1701)

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check the viewerFols 118v–167v Maccabees, Book of (Ethiopic) (CAe 1819)

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check the viewerFols 168r–196v 1 Maccabees, Book of (Vulgata) (CAe 4302)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):መጽሐፈ፡ መቃብያን፡ ቀዳማዊ፡ ዝውእቱ፡ ፵ወ፩፡ እምኍልቊ፡ መጻሕፍት፡ ቅዱሳት፡ ዘብሊት፡ ምዕራፍ፡ ቀዳማዊ ፡ በዝየ፡ ይነግር፡ ቀዳሚ፡ መቃብያን፡ እምድኅረ፡ ሞተ፡ እስክንድር፡ ዘየዓቢ፡ ዘቀተሎ፡ ለዳርዮስ፡ ከመ፡ ነግሠ፡ ህየንቴሁ፡ በፅርዕ፡ አንጥያኮስ፡ ዘተብህለ፡ ክቡር፡ ዘበምልክናሁ፡ ብዙኃን፡ እኩያን፡ እምደቂቀ፡ እስራኤል፡ አማሰንዋ፡ ለኢየሩሳሌም። ውእቱኒ፡ አጥያኮ ስ፡ (sic) እምድኅረ፡ ሞአ፡ ጠሎሜዎስሃ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ግብጽ፡ ፀብአ፡ ለኢየሩሳሌም። ወነሢኦ፡ ኵሎ፡ ንዋያተ፡ ቤተ፡ መቅድስ፡ ወመዛግብተ፡ ገብረ፡ ቀትለ፡ ዓቢየ፡ ዘበእንቲአሃ፡ ኮነ፡ ዓቢይ፡ ላሕ። ወከማሁ፡ ገብረ፡ መልአከ፡ ጸባሕታት፡ ዘፈነዎ፡ ለሊሁ፡ ከመ፡ ያውዕያ፡ ለኢየሩሳሌም፡ ወይፃውዉ፡ ብዙኃነ፡ ዓዲ፡ ለሊሁ፡ አንጥያኮስ፡ ከመ፡ አቀመ፡ ሕግጋተ፡ ዘአምልኮ፡ ጣዖት፡ ለአይሁድ፡ እንዘ፡ የነሥት፡ ኵሎ፡ ሥርዓታተ፡ ዘአምልኮ፡ መለካዊ፡ ወየሐንጽ፡ ጣዖተ፡ ሙስና፡ ወይቀትሎሙ፡ በሐሣር፡ ለእለ፡ ይትቃወምዎ፡ ወለአዋዴተ፡ አዋዲሁ፡ ወቃላቲሁ፡ ከመ፡ ይትወከፍዎሙ፡ ብዙኃን፡ እኩያን። ኄራንስ፡ አስተሐቀርዎሙ፡ እንዘ፡ ያበድሩ፡ ይደለዉ፡ ለተወክፎ፡ ሞት። ምዕራፍ፡ ቀዳማዊ ፡ ወኮነ፡ እምድኅረ፡ ቀተሎ፡ ለዳርዮስ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ፋርሳዉያን፡ ወሜዶናውያን። እስክንድር፡ ወልደ፡ ፊልዾስ፡ መቄዶናዊ፡ ዘአቅደመ፡ ነጊሠ፡ በፅርዕ፡ ወፂኦ፡ እምድረ፡ ስቴን። አቀመ፡ ተፃብዖታተ፡ ብዙኃ፡ ወአኀዘ፡ ኵሎ፡ ጥቅማተ፡ ወቀተለ፡ ነገሥታተ፡ ምድር። ወኃለፈ፡ እስከ፡ ጽንፈ፡ ምድር፡ ወነሥአ፡ በርበረ፡ ዘመብዝኅተ፡ አሕዛብ። ወአርመመት፡ ምድር፡ በቅድሜሁ። ወአስተጋብአት፡ ኃይለ፡ ወትዕይንተ፡ ጽኑዓ፡ ጥቀ። ወተንሥአ፡ ወተለዓለ፡ ልቡ። ወአኀዘ፡ ብሔራተ፡ አረማውያን። ወመንግሥታተ፡ ዓለውያን፡ ወኮኑ፡ ሎቱ፡ ጸባሕያነ። ወእምድኅረ፡ እሉ፡ ሰከበ፡ በሕማም፡ ላዕለ፡ ዓራት፡ ወአእሚሮ፡ ከመ፡ ይመውት፡ ጸውዓ፡ ወዓልያኒሁ፡ ክቡራነ፡ ተሐፅነ፡ ምስልሁ፡ እምንዕሱ፡ ወከፈለ፡ ሎሙ፡ መንግሥቶ፡ እንዘ፡ ዓዲሁ፡ ሕያው።

The headings of the chapters in the Vulgate have been translated throughout, but the rubrics are omitted from f. 188r onwards.

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check the viewerFols 197r and following 2 Maccabees, Book of (Vulgata) (CAe 4303)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): [መጽሐፈ፡ መቃብያን፡ ደግ]ማይ፡ አርብዓ፡ ወኃምስቱ፡ እምኍልቁ፡ መጻሕፍት፡ ቅዱሳት፡ ዘብ ሊት። [ምዕራፍ፡ ቀዳማይ፡] በዝየ፡ ይነግር፡ ለአኃው፡ አይሁዳውያን፡ እለ፡ ሀለዉ፡ ዉስተ፡ ግብጽ፡ በእንተ፡ ምተ፡ አንጢያኮስ፡ ወእሊአሁ፡ ዘኮነ፡ በፋርስ፡ እንዘ፡ ይሴብሕ ዎ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ወያስተናሥእዎሙ፡ ከመ፡ ይግበሩ፡ ዕለታተ፡ በዓላት፡ ዘስቃልዉ፡ ወዘእሳት፡ ወትዉህበ፡ ሎሙ፡ እምድኅረ፡ ተመይጦቶሙ፡ እምፄዋዌ፡ ወበእንተ፡ ከዊኖተዝ፡ ነገር። ወጸሎተ፡ ኔሔምያአ፡ ይዜኑዝ፡ ምዕራፍ። [ምዕራፍ፡ ቀዳማዊ፡] ይስእሎ፡ ደኅና፡ ወሰላመ፡ ሠናየ፡ አኃዉ፡ እለ፡ ሀለዉ፡ በኢየሩሳሌም፡ ወብሔረ፡ ይሁደዳ።

This copy ends abruptly with ch. XV. 17, statuerunt dimicare et con- fligere fortiter, አቀሙ፡ ይፃብዑ፡ ወይትቃተሉ፡ በጽንዕ።.