London, British Library, BL Additional 16188
Massimo Villa
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Additional
Other identifiers: Dillmann cat. V, Dillmann 5
General description
Sirach, Ezra 1, Ezra 2, Ezra-Nehemias, Wisdom of the Sibyl
Number of Text units: 5
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1400-1599 Not dated by the cataloguer. A dating is proposed in: Dillmann 1894
Provenance
Collected by Carl Wilhelm Isenberg and Johann Ludwig Krapf .
Summary
- ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 3r–51v ), Book of Sirach
- ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 52r–83v ), Apocalypse of Ezra
- ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 84v–106v ), Book of Ezra
- ms_i4 (check the viewerFols 106v–137r ), Book of Ezra and Nehemiah
- ms_i5 (check the viewerFols 137v–142r ), Ṭǝbaba Sābelā
Contents
check the viewerFols 52r–83v Apocalypse of Ezra (CAe 1376) Labelled Ezra 1 in Ethiopic; generally referred to as 4 Ezra.
check the viewerFols 84v–106v Book of Ezra (CAe 1377) Labelled Ezra 2 in Ethiopic; generally referred to as 3 Ezra or Greek Ezra.
check the viewerFols 106v–137r Book of Ezra and Nehemiah (CAe 1374) It comprises the canonical books of Ezra (1 Ezra) and Nehemias (2 Ezra).
Subscription (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 137r ተፈጸመ፡ ዘዕዝራ፡ ፫ ወተጽሕፈት፡ ዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዕዝራ። ዘአጽሐፈኒ፡ . . . . .ommission by Christian Friedrich August Dillmann ወጸሓፊሁ፡ መልከ፡ ጼዴቅ፡ ከመ፡ ይኩኖ፡ ለተዝካሩ፡ ወለተዝካረ፡ ደቂቁ፡ ወይዕቀቦ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ እምኵሉ፡ እኩይ፡ ወያኑኅ፡ መዋዕሊሁ፡ በዲበ፡ ምድር፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፡ ወአሜን፡ ለይኩን፡ ለኩን።
( en ) Ezra 3 is finished, and this book of Ezra has been written. The one who commissioned me is ..., and its scribe is Melchisedek. Shall his memory and the memory of his sons be commemorated, and may God protect him from any evil and make his days long on the Earth, forever and ever, amen, amen. So be it, so be it.
The note mentions Melchisedek scribe as the scribe. The Book of Ezra and Nehemiah is here labelled Ezra 3, according to the Ethiopian numbering. The note is reported in: Pereira 1919.check the viewerFols 137v–142r Ṭǝbaba Sābelā (CAe 2353)
Subscription ( ): check the viewerFol. 142
( en ) "[The book of] Ezra [and] Sibyl is finished. Who allowed me to finish this book with my hands, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, shall be glorified now and ever, forever and ever. Amen. Who wrote it is me, Tābor, the sinner; remind of me.
The note mentions Thabor scribe as the scribe.Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 , 2 , 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 51v (Type: Condemnation)
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check the viewerFol. 51v (Type: OwnershipNote)
( en ) "This book belongs to Ksâda Qâl, whose wife is Biruthâwit, whose father is Afa-Christôs, and whose mother is .... The scribe is Thabor".
The note states that the book belongs to Ksâda Qâl owner . His wife Biruthâwit and his father Afa-Christôs are also mentioned. The note also mentions Thabor scribe as the scribe. -
check the viewerFol. 142r (Type: CalendaricNote)
( gez ) ዘአርዓያ፡ ዘሳቤላ፡ ፱ፀሐይ፡ ወ፩ዘመን፡ ፯፻ወ፸ወ፰። ወታሰዓይሰ፡ ዘመን፡ ዓመታቲሁ። ፯፻ወ፸ወ፯። ዘሳቤላ፡ ቀመር፡ ፰፻ወ፯፻ወ፩ለ፩፡ ዘመን፡ ፰፻፡ ዓመት። ዝዕዝራ፡ ቀመር። ፵ወ፱ወ፩ቀመር፡ ፻ወ፵ወ፫ዓመት። ዘሄኖክ፡ ቀመር፡ ፲ለ፩ዘመን፡ ፯፻ዓመት። ለእግዚአቭሔር፡ ዕለታቲሁ፡ ፯ወበኀቤነሰ፡ ዕለታት። ፪፻፼ወ፭፼ወ፹፻።
Text in English
The note records the number of cycles and years per cycle according to the computation systems of Sibyl, Ezra and Enoch.Text Bibliography
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Schleifer, J. 1910. ‘Die Weisheit der Sibylle’, Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 24 (1910), 33–50. page 3a-3b
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List of canonical books
Text in Gǝʿǝz
Text in English
The note lists the books of the Old and the New Testament according to the Ethiopian canon. The total number of books is also provided. -
check the viewerFol. 142 (Type: CalendaricNote)
( en ) "The days since Adam until the end of the world (are) 2.556.750; one cycle (has) 194.180 days; (the number of) cycles of Adam (is) 13, each cycle (has) 532 years. The cycles of the Jubilees (are) 142 seven-year-cycles, each cycle (has) 42 years".
The note records the number of days since Adam until the end of the world, the number of days and years per cycle according to the computation system of Adam. -
check the viewerFol. 143 (Type: Poem)
Catalogue Bibliography
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Dillmann, C. F. A. 1847. Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo Britannico asservantur, III: Codices Aethiopicos amplectens (n.p.: E Museo Britannico, 1847). page 3b-5a
Text Bibliography
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Dillmann, A. 1894. Biblia Veteris Testamenti Aethiopica in quinque tomos distributa, ad librorum manuscriptorum fidem edidit et apparatu critico instruxit Dr. A.D., Professor Berolinensis. Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici Tomus Quintus, quo continentur Libri Apocryphi, Baruch, Epistola Jeremiae, Tobith, Judith, Ecclesiasticus, Sapientia, Esdrae Apocalypsis, Esdrae Graecus. Ad librorum manuscriptorum fidem edidit et apparatu critico instruxit Dr. A.D., Professor Berolinensis, ed. A. Dillmann (Berolini: Prostat apud A. Asher et Socios, 1894).
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Foliation
State of preservation
good
Condition
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 21
Information provided in: Pereira 1919 for Content Item 4 Book of Ezra and Nehemiah (CAe 1374) .More bibliography
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Massimo Villa, Alessandro Bausi, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Additional 16188ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 27.4.2016) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLadd16188 [Accessed: 2024-03-29+01:00]
Revisions of the data
- Massimo Villa Created catalogue entry on 27.4.2016
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Massimo Villa, editor