the-book-of-enoch-r-h-charles - Fallen Angels

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n. Brit. Miis. Orient. 492 (Wright, No. 16). 3 cols, of 30 lines.
18th cent. Enoch (87 chapters), Books ascribed to Solomon,
Jeremiah, 1 Ezra, Canticles, Sirach, Judith, Esther, Tobit.
0. Brit. Mus. Orient. 499 (Wright, No. 23). 3 cols, of 31 lines.
J).
18th cent. Sirach, Daniel, Enoch (106 chapters), Isaiah,
12 Minor Prophets.
Formerly in the possession of Lord Crawford— now in the
Rylands Collection. 67 foil. 39 X33 cm. 3 cols. 17th cent.
Enoch and other books.
q. Berlin MS. Peterm. II. Nachtr. No. 29 (Dillmann's Cat. 1).
167 foil. 17X14 cm. 2 cols, of 13 to 14 lines. 16th cent.
Without diTision into chapters. Enoch only.
r. Abbadianus 16 (vid. Cat. raison. de mss. ethiop. appartenant
tt ^. d'^ifcadifj, Paris, 1859). 19th cent. Enoch (77 chapters)
and other works. This is a poor MS., but it exhibits a few
good readings.^
.>'. Abbadianus 30. 18th cent. Enoch and other works. This is
a poor MS., but has some notably good readings.^
f. Abbadianus 35. 40x35 cm. 3 cols, of 38 to 39 lines. 17th cent.
There are many erasures and corrections and marginal notes.
The latter belong to the later type of text, and are designated
as i^. The division into chapters is marked in the margin on
the first few folios. Enoch, Job, Samuel I and II, Kings,
Chronicles, Books ascribed to Solomon, Prophets, Sirach,
1-4 Ezra, Tobit, Judith, Esther.
u. Abbadianus 55. 191 foil. 51 X 39 cm. 3 cols, of 48 to 50 lines.
Possibly as early as the 15th cent. Enoch (without division into
chapters) and other works. Text of Enoch much abbreviated
after chapter 83.
V. Abbadianus 99. 70 foil. 23 X 17 cm. 2 cols. 19th cent.
Copy made for M. d'Abbadie from a MS. in high estimation
among the native scholars. This MS. has all the bad charac-
teristics of the later type of text, but has some excellent
readings. Enoch only.^
IV. Abbadianus 197. 157 foil. 26X23 cm. 3 cols, of 29 lines.
17th or 18th cent. Enoch (98 chapters) and other works.
' For further deEci'iptions see my Ethiopic Text, Tntrod. p. xx.
2 See my Ethiopic Text, p. xxi.