Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Bruce 71
Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Codices aethiopici, Bruce
Other identifiers: Dillmann cat. I, Dillmann 1
General description
Genesis, Exodus
Number of Text units: 2
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Summary
- ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 1ra–39rc ), ኦሪት፡ ዘልደት፡
- ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 39va–69vc ), Exodus
Contents
check the viewerFols 1ra–39rc ኦሪት፡ ዘልደት፡ (CAe 1546)
Language of text:
Divided into 51 sections, of which the first is indicated by ምዕራፍ፡ ፩. The beginnings of the subsequent sections are indicated by rubrication of the first words. These divisions are at:
Section 1: Chapter 1:1;
Section 2: Chapter 1:20;
Section 3: Chapter 1:27;
Section 4: Chapter 2:20;
Section 5: Chapter 5:3;
Section 6: Chapter 7:5;
Section 7: Chapter 8:1;
Section 8: Chapter 9:12;
Section 9: Chapter 11:3;
Section 10: Chapter 12:4;
Section 11: Chapter 12:8;
Section 12: Chapter 15:1;
Section 13: Chapter 16:15;
Section 14: Chapter 17:9;
Section 15: Chapter 18:23;
Section 16: Chapter 19:12;
Section 17: Chapter 23:7;
Section 18: Chapter 23:12;
Section 19: Chapter 13:19;
Section 20: Chapter 24:27;
Section 21: Chapter 25:12;
Section 22: Chapter 26:25;
Section 23: Chapter 27:24;
Section 24: Chapter 28:16;
Section 25: Chapter 28:20;
Section 26: Chapter 30:14;
Section 27: Chapter 30:27;
Section 28: End of chapter 30:36;
Section 29: Chapter 31:24;
Section 30: Chapter 31:45;
Section 31: Chapter 32:1;
Section 32: Middle of chapter 32:24;
Section 33: Chapter 32:30;
Section 34: Chapter 34:1;
Section 35: Chapter 35:6;
Section 36: Chapter 35:19;
Section 37: Chapter 35:28;
Section 38: Chapter 37:5;
Section 39: End of chapter 38:14;
Section 40: Chapter 39:21;
Section 41: Chapter 41:1;
Section 42: Chapter 41:39;
Section 43: Chapter 41:45;
Section 44: Chapter 42:1;
Section 45: Middle of chapter 42:6;
Section 46: End of chapter 43:25;
Section 47: Middle of chapter 45:4;
Section 48: Chapter 46:8;
Section 49: Chapter 47:28;
Section 50: Chapter 48:12;
Section 51: Chapter 48:17;
Section 52: Chapter 49:1.
check the viewerFols 39va–69vc Exodus (CAe 1367)
Language of text:
Subscription (Gǝʿǝz ):ተፈጸመ፡ ኦሪት፡ ዘጸአት፡
There is no title.Sections are indicated by rubricated beginnings. The divisions are at:
Section 1: Chapter 1:1;
Section 2: Chapter 3:2;
Section 3: Chapter 7:8;
Section 4: End of chapter 10:11;
Section 5: Chapter 12:28;
Section 6: Chapter 14:21;
Section 7: Chapter 18:17;
Section 8: Chapter 20:2;
Section 9: Middle of chapter 24:3;
Section 10: Middle of chapter 24:16;
Section 11: Chapter 28:9;
Section 12: Chapter 30:17;
Section 13: Chapter 30:22;
Section 14: Chapter 31:1;
Section 15: Chapter 31:12;
Section 16: End of chapter 31:15;
Section 17: Chapter 32:7.
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
Extras
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(Type: StampExlibris)
Ex libris of James Bruce glued on the inner front board, containing shelfmarks of the manuscript: 71. Aeth. Cat. 1. Bruce of Kinnaird Nº 1
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A pagemark of blue textile sewn to the headband.
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There are occasional small marks and strikes in the margins, possibly by a European hand, for example on check the viewerfols. 33vb, , check the viewer38ra, , check the viewer46vc, , check the viewer69ra
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There are occasional marginal additions of numerals, possibly by a European hand, for example on check the viewerfols. 37v, ("v.5"), check the viewer10vb, ("17"), check the viewer5vc ("5").
Catalogue Bibliography
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Dillmann, C. F. A. 1848. Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae Oxoniensis, Pars VII: Codices Aethiopici (Oxonii: E Typographeo Academico, 1848). page 1ab
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 335mm |
Width | 300mm |
Depth | 40mm |
Leaf dimensions | |
Height | 327mm |
Width | 290mm |
Foliation
Foliation in pencil in the upper right corner. The first three folios and the last folio (and the flyleaves belonging to the binding) are not foliated.
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | 1 | 3 |
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3, stub before i |
2 | 2 | 8 |
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3 | 3 | 8 |
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4 | 4 | 8 |
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5 | 5 | 8 |
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6 | 6 | 8 |
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7 | 7 | 8 |
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8 | 8 | 8 |
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9 | 9 | 8 |
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10 | 10 | 3 |
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1, stub after 3 |
11 | 11 | 2 |
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Collation diagrams
3, stub before i
Quire ID:q1, number:1
Quire ID:q2, number:2
Quire ID:q3, number:3
Quire ID:q4, number:4
Quire ID:q5, number:5
Quire ID:q6, number:6
Quire ID:q7, number:7
Quire ID:q8, number:8
Quire ID:q9, number:9
1, stub after 3
Quire ID:q10, number:10
Quire ID:q11, number:11
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(2+1/s.l. 3, stub before /
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (3), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (), 11 (2),
Formula 2: 1 (3), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (), 11 (2),
State of preservation
good
Condition
check the viewerFols. 24v, and check the viewer25r are stained by a splash of an unidentified substance.
Binding
European binding, red leather with gilded borders. Imprinted on the spine: Old Testam Tom I. Cover of the inner board and first fly-leaf gilded paper with floral pattern. The text block has been trimmed and its edges were gilded. Two paper fly leaves, containing a watermark, at the front and back.
Binding material
leather
paper
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 29
H | 234mm |
W | 227mm |
Margins | |
top | 43mm |
bottom | 50mm |
right | 49mm |
left | 13mm |
intercolumn | 17mm |
Ms Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Bruce 71 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 289mm, object width is: 300mm, computed height is: 327mm and object height is: 335mm.Ruling
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Written in a fine and beautiful handwriting by one hand.
Ink: Black, red.
Rubrication: The beginning of chapters is indicated by rubrications.
Date: 1769-1771
1769-1771Check for additional bibliography
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Dorothea Reule, Alessandro Bausi, ʻOxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Bruce 71ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-02-05) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BDLbruce71 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Dorothea Reule Improved binding according to proposal by Denis Nosnitsin on 5.2.2020
- Dorothea Reule Updated with codicological information during consultation of the manuscript. on 18.1.2020
- Dorothea Reule Created catalogue entry on 12.4.2017
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Dorothea Reule, editor