London, British Library, BL Oriental 453
Solomon Gebreyes, Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CXLI, Wright 141
General description
Taʾammǝra Māryām, Maṣḥafa ṭǝmqat
Number of Text units: 2
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1700-1799 (dating on palaeographic grounds)
Provenance
Procured by Richard Holmes , a member of the British Napier expedition, on the way to Maqdalā↗ in 1868 from Sanʿāfe↗ , see (a1) .
Secondary Bibliography
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Wright, W. 1877. Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1847 (London: Gilbert and Rivington, 1877). page iii
Summary
- ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 1r and following ), Taʾammǝra Māryām
- ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 11r and following ), መጽሐፈ፡ ጥምቀት፡
Contents
check the viewerFols 11r and following መጽሐፈ፡ ጥምቀት፡ (CAe 1975)
Language of text:
Incomplete at the end.Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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(Type: AcquisitionNote)
Note on the inside of one board.
( en ) Obtained from the church of the rock at Senafe↗ , 31st Jan. 1868 . R. Holmes .
Extras
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The name of the owner has been generally erased, but seems to be ʿĀqaba Mikāʾel .
Catalogue Bibliography
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Wright, W. 1877. Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1847 (London: Gilbert and Rivington, 1877). page 96a
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 165mm |
Width | 159mm |
State of preservation
deficient
Condition
Slightly damaged.
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 16-22
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1700-1799 according to William Wright
1700-1799 according to William Wright Well written.Check for additional bibliography
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Solomon Gebreyes, Dorothea Reule, Alessandro Bausi, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 453ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-12-09) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient453 [Accessed: 2024-05-15]
Revisions of the data
- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Continued description on 9.12.2020
- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Created catalogue entry on 4.4.2019