Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Aeth. f. 8
Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Collection of wāzemā Hymns
Number of Text units: 3
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1700-1799 (dating on palaeographic grounds)
Provenance
The manuscript was purchased by the Bodleian Library↗ in 1898.
Summary
- ms_i1
(check the viewerFols 1r and following ),
Collection of hymns
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 1r and following ), Wāzemā Hymn
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 65r and following ), Table of Halleluyahs.
Contents
check the viewerFols 1r and following Collection of wāzemā hymns (CAe 2504)
Language of text:
There are no titles, sections, or other divisions. Each hymn is usually introduced by the word ዋዜማ፡. Only the incipit of the first hymn is specified in the catalogue, the collection contains many more hymns.Extensive musical notation.
check the viewerFols 1r and following Wāzemā Hymn (CAe 4349)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ዋዜማ፡ ዘጾም። ዘወረደ፡ እምላዕሉ፡ አይሁድ፡ ሰቀሉ፡
Catalogue Bibliography
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Ullendorff, E. 1951. Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, II, Catalogi Codd. Mss. Bibliothecae Bodleianae, 7 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1951). page 11a
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 6in |
Width | 4in |
Binding
Ethiopian binding: vellum cover and wooden boards.
Binding material
wood
parchment
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 25-27
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Written in a very small and fine hand, possibly of the 18th century.
Date: 1700-1799 ?
1700-1799 ?Check for additional bibliography
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Dorothea Reule, Alessandro Bausi, ʻOxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Aeth. f. 8ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2017-06-16) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BDLaethf8 [Accessed: 2024-05-22]
Revisions of the data
- Dorothea Reule Changes on 16.6.2017
- Dorothea Reule Created catalogue entry on 6.2.2017
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Dorothea Reule, editor