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The Queen of Sheba and her only son Menyelek (I); being the 'Book of the glory of kings' (Kebra nagast) a work which is alike the traditional history of the establishment of the religion of the Hebrews in Ethiopia, and the patent of sovereignty which is now universally accepted in Abyssinia as the symbol of the divine authority to rule which the kings of the Solomonic line claimed to have received through their descent from the house of David.
- Title
- The Queen of Sheba and her only son Menyelek (I); being the 'Book of the glory of kings' (Kebra nagast) a work which is alike the traditional history of the establishment of the religion of the Hebrews in Ethiopia, and the patent of sovereignty which is now universally accepted in Abyssinia as the symbol of the divine authority to rule which the kings of the Solomonic line claimed to have received through their descent from the house of David. Translated from the Ethiopic by Sir E. A. Wallis Budge ... With thirty-two plates.
- Publication
- London, Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1932.
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- Additional Authors
- Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934.
- Description
- xcvi, 243, [1] p. xxxii pl. (incl. facsim.); 20 cm.
- Uniform Title
- Kebra nagaśt. English.
- Alternative Title
- Book of the glory of kings.
- Subjects
- Note
- "First edition, February 1922 ... Second edition, September, 1932."
- Translated from Bezold's edition of the Ethiopic text, entitled: "Kebra Nagast. Die Herrlichkeit der Könige", Abhandlungen der K. Bayerischen Akademie, Bd. XXIII, Abth. 1, Munich, 1909 (bd. 77 of the Denkschriften) cf. Introd., p. xxxvi-xxxvii.
- Call Number
- Sc 892.8-K (Kebra nagast. Queen of Sheba and her only son Menyelek)
- LCCN
- 33035375 //r84
- OCLC
- 3134606
- NYPGR3134606-B
- Title
- The Queen of Sheba and her only son Menyelek (I); being the 'Book of the glory of kings' (Kebra nagast) a work which is alike the traditional history of the establishment of the religion of the Hebrews in Ethiopia, and the patent of sovereignty which is now universally accepted in Abyssinia as the symbol of the divine authority to rule which the kings of the Solomonic line claimed to have received through their descent from the house of David. Translated from the Ethiopic by Sir E. A. Wallis Budge ... With thirty-two plates.
- Imprint
- London, Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1932.
- Local Note
- Also available on microfilm in: Sc Micro R-3637.Facsimile reproduction.
- Added Author
- Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934.
- Added Title
- Book of the glory of kings.
- Research Call Number
- Sc 892.8-K (Kebra nagast. Queen of Sheba and her only son Menyelek)