Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Aeth. g. 20
Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Hymn to Mary
Number of Text units: 1
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 1930.
Summary
- ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 1r and following ), Hymn to
Contents
check the viewerFols 1r and following Hymn to St Mary
Language of text:
The beginning of the original manuscript is probably missing.Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): […]ommission by እሰብሕኪ፡ […]ommission by ቃለ፡ ውዳሴ
Many lines do not hold more than two words.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 12a
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 3in |
Width | 1.75in |
State of preservation
deficient
Condition
The manuscript is incomplete at the beginning and illegible at the end.
Binding
Bound in European parchment cover.
Binding material
parchment
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 15-17
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
The writing is angular and rather slovenly executed, possibly 18th century.
Rubrication: ማርያም፡ rubricated throughout.
Date: 1700-1799 ?
1700-1799 ? There are many abbreviations.Check for additional bibliography
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Dorothea Reule, Alessandro Bausi, ʻOxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Aeth. g. 20ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2017-02-08) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BDLaethg20 [Accessed: 2024-05-21]
Revisions of the data
- Dorothea Reule Created catalogue entry on 8.2.2017
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Dorothea Reule, editor