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Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Aeth. f. 1

Dorothea Reule

This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography

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Collection: Codices aethiopici

Other identifiers: Ullendorff 43, MS. Bodl. 990

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General description

Gospel of John, Liturgical Texts and Prayers, Miracles of Mary, Jesus Christ and St George

Number of Text units: 20

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

1600-1699 (dating on palaeographic grounds) 1779-1800 (lettering reign)

Provenance

The manuscript was taken by Ḥassān Bey from an Ethiopian in Upper Egypt↗ and given to John Murray , who gave it to Turner J. N. in September 1801 at Rosetta↗ . It was acquired by the Bodleian Library↗ before 1887.

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 5r–91r ), Gospel of John
  2. ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 92r–103v ), ʾAkkʷateta qʷǝrbān za-qǝddus Hǝryāqos za-hagara Bǝhnǝsā
  3. ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 104r–106v ), ʾAkkʷateta qʷǝrbān za-ʾǝgziʾǝna ʾIyasus Krǝstos
  4. ms_i4 (check the viewerFols 107–111 ), Kidān za-nagh
  5. ms_i5 (check the viewerFols 112–114r ), Intercessory prayers
  6. ms_i6 (check the viewerFols 114r–114v ), Short Prayer
  7. ms_i7 (check the viewerFols 114v–118r ), Tǝmhǝrta ḫǝbuʾāt
  8. ms_i8 (check the viewerFols 118r–120r ), ʾƎgziʾabǝḥer za-bǝrhānāt ʾǝgziʾabǝḥer za-śǝlṭānāt
  9. ms_i9 (check the viewerFols 120r–131r ), Ṣalot za-ʾǝgzǝʾǝtǝna Māryām ba-Dabra Golgotā
  10. ms_i10 (check the viewerFols 131r–133r ),
  11. ms_i11 (check the viewerFol. 133 ), Malkǝʾa Fānuʾel
  12. ms_i12 (check the viewerFols 134r–137r ), Hymn to
  13. ms_i13 (check the viewerFols 137r–138r ), Encomium of Mary
  14. ms_i14 (check the viewerFols 138r–141r ), Miracle of Mary (general record for a single unidentified miracle)
  15. ms_i15 (check the viewerFols 141r–144r ), Miracle of Mary (general record for a single unidentified miracle)
  16. ms_i16 (check the viewerFols 144r–145v ), Miracle of Mary (general record for a single unidentified miracle)
  17. ms_i17 (check the viewerFols 145v–147v ), Miracle of Jesus Christ (general record for a single unidentified miracle)
  18. ms_i18 (check the viewerFols 147v–149r ), Miracle of St George (general record for a single unidentified miracle)
  19. ms_i19 (check the viewerFols 149r–151r ), Miracle of St George (general record for a single unidentified miracle)
  20. ms_i20 (check the viewerFols 151r–152r ), Miracle of St George (general record for a single unidentified miracle)

Contents

check the viewerFols 5r–91r Gospel of John (CAe 1693)

Language of text:

The text is in a good condition and fairly closely related to the printed versions. The Gospel is divided into portions for each weekday.
check the viewerFols 92r–103v ʾAkkʷateta qʷǝrbān za-qǝddus Hǝryāqos za-hagara Bǝhnǝsā (CAe 1099)

Language of text:

Secondary Bibliography , item 2

  • Hammerschmidt, E. 1987. Studies in the Ethiopic Anaphoras, Äthiopistische Forschungen, 25, (2nd rev. edn) (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH, 1987). page 16–18
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check the viewerFols 104r–106v ʾAkkʷateta qʷǝrbān za-ʾǝgziʾǝna ʾIyasus Krǝstos (CAe 1100)

Language of text:

Secondary Bibliography , item 3

  • Hammerschmidt, E. 1987. Studies in the Ethiopic Anaphoras, Äthiopistische Forschungen, 25, (2nd rev. edn) (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH, 1987). page 15
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check the viewerFols 107–111 Kidān za-nagh (CAe 1716)

Language of text:

check the viewerFols 112–114r Intercessory prayers

Language of text:

See Mercer 1915. check the viewerFol. 113r The king reigning at the writer's time was Takla Giyorgis I .
check the viewerFols 114r–114v Short Prayer (CAe 4327)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በሰማይ፡ የሀሉ፡ ልብክሙ፡ እወ፡ የሀሉ፡ በሰማይ፡ ልብነ፡

Language of text:

check the viewerFols 131r–133r [!]The certainty about the value of ref is low. (CAe 2993)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ቀዳማዊ፡

check the viewerFol. 133 Malkǝʾa Fānuʾel (CAe 2885)

Language of text:

check the viewerFols 137r–138r Encomium of Mary (CAe 4326)

Language of text:

check the viewerFols 145v–147v Miracle of Jesus Christ (general record for a single unidentified miracle) (CAe 4661)

Language of text:

The writer is so used to Mary that he frequently errs with regard to the pronominal suffixes, e.g. ተአምሪሁ (!) sic by Dorothea Reule፡ ለእግዚእነ፡; ምስለ፡ ገብርኪ (!) sic by Dorothea Reule፡.

Additions In this unit there are in total 4 s, 1 .

  1. check the viewerFols 1–4 (Type: GuestText)

    Hymn to the Trinity, written by Hand h2 (about:Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Aeth. f. 1, Guest Text a1No item: , could not check for a2No item: , could not check for a3No item: , could not check for a4).

    Text in Gǝʿǝz

  2. check the viewerFols 152v–154r (Type: GuestText)

    Hymn to God, written by Hand h2 (about:Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Aeth. f. 1, Guest Text a1No item: , could not check for a2No item: , could not check for a3No item: , could not check for a4).

    Text in Gǝʿǝz

  3. check the viewerFols 154r–157v (Type: GuestText)

    Hymn to Mary, written by Hand h2 (about:Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Aeth. f. 1, Guest Text a1No item: , could not check for a2No item: , could not check for a3No item: , could not check for a4).

    Text in Gǝʿǝz

  4. check the viewerFols 157v–159v (Type: GuestText)

    Sǝbḥāta fǝqur za-Giyorgis (CAe 4957) , written by Hand h2 (about:Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Aeth. f. 1, Guest Text a1No item: , could not check for a2No item: , could not check for a3No item: , could not check for a4).

    Text in Gǝʿǝz

  5. check the viewerFol. 161v (Type: Record)

    ( en ) This book with four others was taken by Hafsan Bey from an Abyssinian who was found writing under a tree near the British Army in Upper Egypt and given by Hafsan Bey to Col. Murray Qr Mr Genl and by him given to me. Sep. 1801 at Rosetta↗ . J. N. Turner .

Extras

  1. check the viewerFol. 161r

    Scribbles.

    Text in Gǝʿǝz

  2. check the viewerFol. 4v

    The owner named in (a1) and (a2) was Walda Sāmuʾel owner . In (a2) , Tewobǝst owner is mentioned as well.

    Text in Gǝʿǝz

  3. The owner named in Content Item 1 Gospel of John (CAe 1693) , Content Item 2 ʾAkkʷateta qʷǝrbān za-qǝddus Hǝryāqos za-hagara Bǝhnǝsā (CAe 1099) , Content Item 3 ʾAkkʷateta qʷǝrbān za-ʾǝgziʾǝna ʾIyasus Krǝstos (CAe 1100) , Content Item 4 Kidān za-nagh (CAe 1716) was Śǝqāya Giyorgis owner .

    Text in Gǝʿǝz

  4. check the viewerFol. 4v

    The owner named in Content Item 5 Intercessory prayers , Content Item 7 Tǝmhǝrta ḫǝbuʾāt (CAe 2444) , Content Item 8 ʾƎgziʾabǝḥer za-bǝrhānāt ʾǝgziʾabǝḥer za-śǝlṭānāt (CAe 3083) , Content Item 9 Ṣalot za-ʾǝgzǝʾǝtǝna Māryām ba-Dabra Golgotā (CAe 2246) , Content Item 10 [!]The certainty about the value of ref is low. (CAe 2993) , Content Item 11 Malkǝʾa Fānuʾel (CAe 2885) , Content Item 12 Hymn to St Mary , Content Item 14 Miracle of Mary (general record for a single unidentified miracle) (CAe 3993) , Content Item 15 Miracle of Mary (general record for a single unidentified miracle) (CAe 3993) , Content Item 16 Miracle of Mary (general record for a single unidentified miracle) (CAe 3993) , Content Item 17 Miracle of Jesus Christ (general record for a single unidentified miracle) (CAe 4661) , Content Item 18 Miracle of St George (general record for a single unidentified miracle) (CAe 4662) , Content Item 19 Miracle of St George (general record for a single unidentified miracle) (CAe 4662) and Content Item 20 Miracle of St George (general record for a single unidentified miracle) (CAe 4662) was Kidāna Māryām owner , who explains in Content Item 18 Miracle of St George (general record for a single unidentified miracle) (CAe 4662) , Content Item 19 Miracle of St George (general record for a single unidentified miracle) (CAe 4662) and Content Item 20 Miracle of St George (general record for a single unidentified miracle) (CAe 4662) that Śǝqāya Giyorgis is his brother.

    Text in Gǝʿǝz

  5. The owners named in (a3) were Kǝnfa Mikāʾel owner and Walatta Giyorgis owner .

    Text in Gǝʿǝz

Catalogue Bibliography

  • Ullendorff, E. 1951. Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, II, Catalogi Codd. Mss. Bibliothecae Bodleianae, 7 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1951). page 4a–5b
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

161 (leaf) , Entered as 161 2 (leaf, blank) : Entered as 2 check the viewerFols. 91v, 160 6.25 4
Outer dimensions
Height 6.25in
Width 4in

Binding

Ethiopian leather binding over wooden boards.

Binding material

wood

leather

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 1

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Written in a very fine and neat hand, probably 17th century.

    Rubrication: ኢየሱስ and እግዚአብሔር are rubricated throughout.

    Date: 1600-1699 ?

    check the viewerFols 5r–91r 1600-1699 ?

  • Hand 2

    Script: Ethiopic

    Written in a very fine and neat hand.

    Rubrication: ሥላሴ is rubricated in (a1) .

    Date: 1800-1801

    check the viewerFols 1r–4v, check the viewer152v–159v 1800-1801

  • Hand 3

    Script: Ethiopic

    Written in a very fine and neat hand.

    Date: 1800-1801

    check the viewerFols 92r–152r 1800-1801

    • Publication Statement

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    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
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    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    availability
    This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
    date
    type=expanded
    10.10.2022 at 18:43:18
    date
    type=lastModified
    15.6.2017
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    manuscripts
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    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BDLaethf1/main
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/BDLaethf1
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    BDLaethf1.xml
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    type=ID
    BDLaethf1

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    Dorothea Reule, Alessandro Bausi, ʻOxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Aeth. f. 1ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2017-06-15) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BDLaethf1 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]

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    • Dorothea Reule Changes on 15.6.2017
    • Dorothea Reule Additions on 26.1.2017
    • Dorothea Reule Created catalogue entry on 25.1.2017

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