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Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Bruce 90

Dorothea Reule

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

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Bodleian Library[view repository]

Collection: Codices aethiopici, Bruce

Other identifiers: Dillmann cat. XXXI, Dillmann 31, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project EMIP 3188

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General description

Chronicles

Number of Text units: 5

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

1769-1772

Original Location: Ethiopia↗

Provenance

This manuscript was copied for James Bruce patron .

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 1ra–110rb, check the viewer1ra–109rb ), በስመ፡ ንዌጥን፡ ጽሒፈ፡ ዜናሁ፡ ለ ወበጸጋ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘተሰምየ፡ በስመ፡ መስፍን፡ ኢያሱ፡ ወልደ፡ ነዌ፡
  2. ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 111ra–112vc, check the viewer110ra–111vc ), Chronicle of Takla Hāymānot
  3. ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 112vc–114va, check the viewer111vc–113va ), Chronicle of Tewoflos
  4. ms_i4 (check the viewerFols 114va–115vb, check the viewer113va–114vb ), Chronicle of Yosṭos
  5. ms_i5 (check the viewerFols 115vb–119rc, check the viewer115vb–118rc ), Chronicle of Dāwit

Contents

check the viewerFols 1ra–110rb, check the viewer1ra–109rb በስመ፡ . . . . .ommission by Christian Friedrich August Dillmann ንዌጥን፡ ጽሒፈ፡ ዜናሁ፡ ለ ንጉሠ፡ ነገሥት፡ role: title አድያም፡ ሰገድ፡ ወበጸጋ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘተሰምየ፡ በስመ፡ መስፍን፡ ኢያሱ፡ ወልደ፡ ነዌ፡ (CAe 3950)

Language of text:

The chronicle ends with an Appendix on check the viewerfols 108–110 entitled ውስተ፡ ደሰያት፡.
check the viewerFols 112vc–114va, check the viewer111vc–113va Chronicle of Tewoflos (CAe 4636)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወነግሠ፡ ቴዎፍሎስ፡ ወስመ፡ መንግሥቱ፡ አጽራር፡ ሰገድ፡

check the viewerFols 114va–115vb, check the viewer113va–114vb Chronicle of Yosṭos (CAe 4637)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወነግሠ፡ ዮስጦስ፡ በኀይል፡ እንዘ፡ ኢይደልዎ፡ መንግሥት፡

check the viewerFols 115vb–119rc, check the viewer115vb–118rc Chronicle of Dāwit (CAe 4639)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወነግሠ፡ ዳዊት፡ ወልደ፡ ንጉሥ፡ role: title አድያም፡ ሰገድ፡ ወአሜሃ፡ ዕድሜሁ፡ ለዳዊት፡ ፳ወ፩ ዓመት፡ ወተሰምየ፡ ስመ፡ መንግሥቱ፡ አድባር፡ ሰገድ፡

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .

    Extras

    1. (Type: StampExlibris)

      Ex libris of James Bruce glued on the inner front board, containing shelfmarks of the manuscript: 90. Aeth. Cat. 6. Bruce of Kinnaird Nº 7

    2. check the viewerFol. 1r

      English note in pencil in the upper margin.

      ( en ) Adiam Segued or Jasous the First.

    3. check the viewerFol. 1r

      Occasionial English interlinear translations of single Gǝʿǝz word.

    4. check the viewerFol. 1

      Occasionial English additions by a European hand in pencil or black ink: section numbers, names of persons or events mentioned in the text.

    5. check the viewerFol. 110r

      English note in pencil in the upper margin.

      ( en ) Tecla Haimanout.

    Catalogue Bibliography

    • Dillmann, C. F. A. 1848. Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae Oxoniensis, Pars VII: Codices Aethiopici (Oxonii: E Typographeo Academico, 1848). page 81ab
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    Secondary Bibliography

    • Wion, A. 2009. ‘Le Liber Aksumae selon le manuscrit Bodleian Bruce 93 : le plus ancien témoin d’un projet historiographique sans cesse réactivé’, Oriens Christianus, 93 (2009), 135–171. page 139
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    Physical Description

    Form of support

    Parchment Codex

    Extent

    +NaN (leaf) .Entered as iiii + 122 formae 4ae 303 278 51 2630 (g, weight) .Entered as 2630 294 274 Data on leaves dimensions taken from check the viewerfol. 22r .
    Outer dimensions
    Height 303mm
    Width 278mm
    Depth 51mm
    Leaf dimensions
    Height 294mm
    Width 274mm

    Foliation

    Quire Structure Collation

    Signatures: A smudge of black ink in the upper left corner of fols. 7r, ; traces of a European numeral, cut off, in the upper left corner of 13r, ; traces of a European numeral, cut off, in the upper left corner of 19r, ; traces of a European numeral, cut off, in the upper left corner of 31r, ; traces of a European numeral, possibly 9, cut off, in the upper left corner of 43r, ; a smudge of black ink in the upper left corner of 49r, ; a smudge of black ink in the upper right corner of 60v, ; very small traces of a European numeral, cut off, in the upper left corner of 67r, ; a smudge of black ink in the upper right corner of 72v, ; very small traces of a European numeral, cut off, in the upper left corner of 79r, ; very small traces of a European numeral, cut off, in the upper left corner of 90r, ; a smudge of black ink in the upper left corner of 96r, ; traces of a European numeral, cut off, in the upper left corner of 102r, ; a smudge of black ink in the upper right corner of 107v;

    Position Number Leaves Quires Description
    1 A 3 Fols ir–iiiv 3, stub before 1
    2 1 6 Fols 1r–6v
    3 2 6 Fols 7r–12v
    4 3 6 Fols 13r–18v
    5 4 6 Fols 19r–24v
    6 5 6 Fols 25r–30v
    7 6 6 Fols 31r–36v
    8 7 6 Fols 37r–42v
    9 8 6 Fols 43r–48v
    10 9 6 Fols 49r–54v
    11 10 6 Fols 55r–60v
    12 11 6 Fols 61r–66v
    13 12 6 Fols 67r–72v
    14 13 6 Fols 73r–78v
    15 14 6 Fols 79r–84v
    16 15 6 Fols 85r–89v
    17 16 6 Fols 90r–95v
    18 17 6 Fols 96r–101v
    19 18 6 Fols 102r–107v
    20 19 15 Fols 108r–122v 11, stub after 4

    Collation diagrams


    3, stub before 1
    Quire ID:q1, number:A
    Collation diagram Quire 1 3 Unit #1 Unit #2


    Quire ID:q2, number:1
    Collation diagram Quire 2 4 9 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3


    Quire ID:q3, number:2
    Collation diagram Quire 3 10 15 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3


    Quire ID:q4, number:3
    Collation diagram Quire 4 16 21 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3


    Quire ID:q5, number:4
    Collation diagram Quire 5 22 27 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3


    Quire ID:q6, number:5
    Collation diagram Quire 6 28 33 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3


    Quire ID:q7, number:6
    Collation diagram Quire 7 34 39 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3


    Quire ID:q8, number:7
    Collation diagram Quire 8 40 45 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3


    Quire ID:q9, number:8
    Collation diagram Quire 9 46 51 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3


    Quire ID:q10, number:9
    Collation diagram Quire 10 52 57 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3


    Quire ID:q11, number:10
    Collation diagram Quire 11 58 63 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3


    Quire ID:q12, number:11
    Collation diagram Quire 12 64 69 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3


    Quire ID:q13, number:12
    Collation diagram Quire 13 70 75 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3


    Quire ID:q14, number:13
    Collation diagram Quire 14 76 81 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3


    Quire ID:q15, number:14
    Collation diagram Quire 15 82 87 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3


    Quire ID:q16, number:15
    Collation diagram Quire 16 88 93 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3


    Quire ID:q17, number:16
    Collation diagram Quire 17 94 99 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3


    Quire ID:q18, number:17
    Collation diagram Quire 18 100 105 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3


    Quire ID:q19, number:18
    Collation diagram Quire 19 106 111 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3

    11, stub after 4
    Quire ID:q20, number:19
    Collation diagram Quire 20 112 126 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5 Unit #6 Unit #7 Unit #8

    Ethio-SPaRe formula : A(2+1/s.l. 3, stub before 1/Fols ir–iiiv) – I(6/Fols 1r–6v) – II(6/Fols 7r–12v) – III(6/Fols 13r–18v) – IV(6/Fols 19r–24v) – V(6/Fols 25r–30v) – VI(6/Fols 31r–36v) – VII(6/Fols 37r–42v) – VIII(6/Fols 43r–48v) – IX(6/Fols 49r–54v) – X(6/Fols 55r–60v) – XI(6/Fols 61r–66v) – XII(6/Fols 67r–72v) – XIII(6/Fols 73r–78v) – XIV(6/Fols 79r–84v) – XV(6/Fols 85r–89v) – XVI(6/Fols 90r–95v) – XVII(6/Fols 96r–101v) – XVIII(6/Fols 102r–107v) – XIX(14+1/s.l. 11, stub after 4/Fols 108r–122v) –

    Formula: Fols ir–iiiv 3, stub before 1 ; Fols 1r–6v ; Fols 7r–12v ; Fols 13r–18v ; Fols 19r–24v ; Fols 25r–30v ; Fols 31r–36v ; Fols 37r–42v ; Fols 43r–48v ; Fols 49r–54v ; Fols 55r–60v ; Fols 61r–66v ; Fols 67r–72v ; Fols 73r–78v ; Fols 79r–84v ; Fols 85r–89v ; Fols 90r–95v ; Fols 96r–101v ; Fols 102r–107v ; Fols 108r–122v 11, stub after 4 ;

    Formula 1: 1 (3), 2 (6), 3 (6), 4 (6), 5 (6), 6 (6), 7 (6), 8 (6), 9 (6), 10 (6), 11 (6), 12 (6), 13 (6), 14 (6), 15 (6), 16 (6), 17 (6), 18 (6), 19 (6), 20 (15),

    Formula 2: 1 (3), 2 (6), 3 (6), 4 (6), 5 (6), 6 (6), 7 (6), 8 (6), 9 (6), 10 (6), 11 (6), 12 (6), 13 (6), 14 (6), 15 (6), 16 (6), 17 (6), 18 (6), 19 (6), 20 (15),

    State of preservation

    good

    Condition

    Occasional parchment repairs.

    Binding

    European binding, red leather with gilded borders. Imprinted on the spine: Histoir d'Abissin. Tome IV. Cover of the inner board and first fly-leaf reinforced with decorative gilded paper with geometrical pattern. The text block has been trimmed and its egdes been gilded. One paper fly leaf at the back, on which a watermark is visible.

    Binding decoration

    A bookmark of blue textile, very probably European, is attached to the headband.

    Binding material

    leather

    paper

    Layout

    Layout note 1

    Number of columns: 3

    Number of lines: 25

    H 218mm
    W 220mm
    Margins
    top 37mm
    bottom 38mm
    right 42mm
    left 16mm
    intercolumn 14mm
    Data on text area and margin dimensions taken from check the viewerfol. 22r .

    Ms Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Bruce 90 main part

    looks ok for measures computed width is: 278mm, object width is: 278mm, computed height is: 293mm and object height is: 303mm.
    Ruling
    • Ruling and pricking are visible.

    Palaeography

  1. Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    check the viewerFols 1ra–60vc

  2. Hand 2

    Script: Ethiopic

    check the viewerFols 61ra–107vc

  3. Hand 3

    Script: Ethiopic

    check the viewerFols 107ra–118rc

    4. Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    publisher
    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
    4.5.2022
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BDLbruce90/main
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/BDLbruce90
    idno
    type=filename
    BDLbruce90.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    BDLbruce90

    Edition Statement

    Digitized by the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project directed by Steve Delamarter.

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    Dorothea Reule, Alessandro Bausi, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻOxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Bruce 90ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 4.5.2022) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BDLbruce90 [Accessed: 2024-05-05+02:00]

    Revisions of the data

    • Eugenia Sokolinski added EMIP on 4.5.2022
    • Dorothea Reule Updated with codicological information (collation, foliation, condition, extras) during consultation of the manuscript. on 6.2.2020
    • Dorothea Reule Additions on 8.8.2017
    • Dorothea Reule Added binding description on 26.7.2017
    • Dorothea Reule Created catalogue entry on 12.5.2017

    Attributions of the contents

    Alessandro Bausi, general editor

    Dorothea Reule, editor

    Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor

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