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London, British Library, BL Oriental 12125

Carsten Hoffmann

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

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https://betamasaheft.eu/BLorient12125
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Collection: Oriental

Persons IndexGeneralDescriptionPhysical DescriptionCatalogueTranscription Authors

General description

Octateuch in Amharic

Number of Text units: 9

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

18th or 19th century

Provenance

According to a note on check the viewerfol. X bought from a person with the name C. R. Alkson .

Summary

Contents

check the viewerFols 1v–286v Octateuch (Amharic) (CAe 6924) The following text parts are described as Old Testament books by S. Strelcyn. However, the number of folios written give the impression, that in several cases they are too few to contain the complete biblical books. Furthermore, the given incipits with the quotations of the Hebrew name of each book (in Ethiopic script) raises the suspicion, that they may be abridged versions or paraphrases, or commentaries on the books listed, which could not be verified because of the lack of images available.
check the viewerFols 2ra–55vb Genesis (CAe 6926)

Incipit (Amharic ):ኦሪት፡ ዘፍጥረት፡ በዕብራይስጥም፡ ብርሺት፡ ይባላል።

The leaves are numbered with some errors from 1 to 50.
check the viewerFols 56r–101va Exodus (CAe 6927)

Incipit (Amharic ):ኦሪት፡ ዘፀዓት። በዕብራይስጥም፡ ይባላል፡ ወኤሌ፡ ሸሞች፡

The leaves are numbered with some errors from 1 to 40.
check the viewerFols 102ra–136vb Leviticus (CAe 6928)

Incipit (Amharic ):ኦሪት፡ ዘሌዋውያን። በዕብራይስጥም፡ ወይቅራ፡ ይባላል።

The leaves are numbered from 1 to 27.
check the viewerFols 137ra–188ra Numbers (CAe 6929)

Incipit (Amharic ):ኦሪት፡ ዘኍልቍ። ዘዕብራይስጥም፡ ወይዳብር፡ ይባላል።

The leaves are numbered from 1 to 36.
check the viewerFols 188va–228vb Deuteronomy (CAe 6930)

Incipit (Amharic ):ኦሪት፡ ዘዳግም። በዕብራይስጥም፡ ኤሌ፡ ሐደፈሪም፡ ይባላል።

The leaves are not numbered.
check the viewerFols 229ra–256rb Joshua (CAe 6931)

Incipit (Amharic ):መጽሐፈ፡ ኢያሱ፡ ወልደ፡ ነዌ። በዕብራይስጥም፡ ይሆሹዓ። ይባላል።

The leaves are numbered from 1 to 24.
check the viewerFols 256va–282ra Judges (CAe 6932)

Incipit (Amharic ):መጽሐፈ፡ መሳፍንት። በዕብራይስጥም፡ ሾፍጢም፡ ይባላል፡

The leaves are numbered from 1 to 21.
check the viewerFols 282va–286v Ruth (CAe 6933)

Incipit (Amharic ):መጽሐፈ፡ ሩት፡ ምዓባዊት።

The leaves are numbered from 1 to 4.

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 , 1 .

  1. check the viewerFol. 1v

    ( am ) የብሉይ፡ ኪዳን፡ መጻሕፍት፡ እሊህ፡ ናቸው።(…)ommission by

    39 in number

Extras

  1. check the viewerFol. 229r (Type: StampExlibris)

    The seal of Empress Ṭāytu Bǝṭul .

  2. check the viewerFol. X (Type: AcquisitionNote)

    A note on the verso of the first end flyleaf: "Bought of C. R. Alkson , Esq., Brentwood, Essex".

  3. check the viewerFol. I (Type: Unclear)

    Scribbles.

Catalogue Bibliography

  • Strelcyn, S. 1978. Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts in the British Library Acquired Since the Year 1877 (London: British Museum, 1978).
    page 1-2
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Paper Codex

The leaves on vellum are as follows: first flyleaf, check the viewerfols 1–2, check the viewer13–14, check the viewer25–26, check the viewer37–38, check the viewer49–50, check the viewer61–62, check the viewer73–74, check the viewer85–86, check the viewer97–98, check the viewer109–110, check the viewer121–122, check the viewer133–134, check the viewer144–145, check the viewer155–156, check the viewer168–169, check the viewer180–181, check the viewer192–193, check the viewer204–205, check the viewer216–217, check the viewer228–229, check the viewer240–241, check the viewer252–253, check the viewer264–265, check the viewer276–277 end flyleaf.

Extent

+NaN (leaf) .Entered as 9+286+2 295 210
Outer dimensions
Height 295mm
Width 210mm
Depth mm

Foliation

Every Biblical book foliated individually and with some errors. Protective leaves not marked. The Ethiopian foliation has in general the number on the verso of one leaf repeated on the recto of the following one.

State of preservation

good

Condition

Binding

Leather spine repaired in the British Library.

Binding material

wood

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 24

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1800-1978

    1800-1978

    • Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    availability
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    type=expanded
    29.4.2024 at 19:45:03
    date
    type=lastModified
    30.1.2024
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    manuscripts
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient12125/main
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    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/BLorient12125
    idno
    type=filename
    BLorient12125.xml
    idno
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    BLorient12125

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    Alessandro Bausi, Carsten Hoffmann, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 12125ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2024-01-30) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient12125 [Accessed: 2024-05-17]

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    • Carsten Hoffmann Created entity on 30.1.2024

    Attributions of the contents

    Alessandro Bausi, general editor

    Carsten Hoffmann, editor

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