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London, British Library, BL Oriental 491

Eugenia Sokolinski

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

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Collection: Oriental

Other identifiers: Wright cat. XV, Wright 15

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General description

Old Testament books

Number of Text units: 21

Number of Codicological units: 1

For a table of all relations from and to this record, please go to the Relations view. In the Relations boxes on the right of this page, you can also find all available relations grouped by name.

Origin

(dating on palaeographic grounds)

Provenance

The manuscript had very probably belonged to a church in the Gondar↗ area, from where it was taken by Tewodros II and brought to Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ . It was then looted by the British Napier expedition in 1868.

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 2r–40v ), Maṣḥafa Henok
  2. ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 41r–60v ), ʾIyob
  3. ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 61r–92v ), Daqiqa nabiyāt
    1. ms_i3.1 (check the viewerFols 61r–66v ), Za-Hoseʿ nabiyy
    2. ms_i3.2 (check the viewerFols 66v–71r ), Za-ʾAmoṣ nabiyy
    3. ms_i3.3 (check the viewerFols 71r–74r ), Za-Mikyās nabiyy
    4. ms_i3.4 (check the viewerFols 74r–76r ), Book of Joel
    5. ms_i3.5 (check the viewerFols 76r–77r ), ዘአብድዩ፡ ነቢይ።
    6. ms_i3.6 (check the viewerFols 77r–78r ), Book of Jonah
    7. ms_i3.7 (check the viewerFols 78r–79v ), Book of Nahum
    8. ms_i3.8 (check the viewerFols 79v–81r ), Book of Habakkuk
    9. ms_i3.9 (check the viewerFols 81r–82v ), Za-Sofonyās nabiyy
    10. ms_i3.10 (check the viewerFols 82v–84r ), Za-Ḥagge nabiyy
    11. ms_i3.11 (check the viewerFols 84r–90v ), Za-Zakāryās nabiyy
    12. ms_i3.12 (check the viewerFols 90v–92v ), Za-Milkǝyās nabiyy
  4. ms_i4 (check the viewerFols 93r–99v ), Tobit, Book of
  5. ms_i5 (check the viewerFols 99v–110v ), Book of Judith
  6. ms_i6 (check the viewerFols 110v–118v ), Book of Esther
  7. ms_i7 (check the viewerFols 118v–167v ), Maccabees, Book of (Ethiopic)
  8. ms_i8 (check the viewerFols 168r–196v ), 1 Maccabees, Book of (Vulgata)
  9. ms_i9 (check the viewerFols 197r and following ), 2 Maccabees, Book of (Vulgata)

Contents

check the viewerFols 2r–40v Maṣḥafa Henok (CAe 1340)

Subscription ( ): check the viewerFol. 40v The subscription to the book of Enoch shows that this Ms. was written for one Nātnāʾel patron

check the viewerFols 61r–92v Daqiqa nabiyāt (CAe 1315)
check the viewerFols 168r–196v 1 Maccabees, Book of (Vulgata) (CAe 4302)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):መጽሐፈ፡ መቃብያን፡ ቀዳማዊ፡ ዝውእቱ፡ ፵ወ፩፡ እምኍልቊ፡ መጻሕፍት፡ ቅዱሳት፡ ዘብሊት፡ ምዕራፍ፡ ቀዳማዊ ፡ በዝየ፡ ይነግር፡ ቀዳሚ፡ መቃብያን፡ እምድኅረ፡ ሞተ፡ እስክንድር፡ ዘየዓቢ፡ ዘቀተሎ፡ ለዳርዮስ፡ ከመ፡ ነግሠ፡ ህየንቴሁ፡ በፅርዕ፡ አንጥያኮስ፡ ዘተብህለ፡ ክቡር፡ ዘበምልክናሁ፡ ብዙኃን፡ እኩያን፡ እምደቂቀ፡ እስራኤል፡ አማሰንዋ፡ ለኢየሩሳሌም። ውእቱኒ፡ አጥያኮ ስ፡ (sic) እምድኅረ፡ ሞአ፡ ጠሎሜዎስሃ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ግብጽ፡ ፀብአ፡ ለኢየሩሳሌም። ወነሢኦ፡ ኵሎ፡ ንዋያተ፡ ቤተ፡ መቅድስ፡ ወመዛግብተ፡ ገብረ፡ ቀትለ፡ ዓቢየ፡ ዘበእንቲአሃ፡ ኮነ፡ ዓቢይ፡ ላሕ። ወከማሁ፡ ገብረ፡ መልአከ፡ ጸባሕታት፡ ዘፈነዎ፡ ለሊሁ፡ ከመ፡ ያውዕያ፡ ለኢየሩሳሌም፡ ወይፃውዉ፡ ብዙኃነ፡ ዓዲ፡ ለሊሁ፡ አንጥያኮስ፡ ከመ፡ አቀመ፡ ሕግጋተ፡ ዘአምልኮ፡ ጣዖት፡ ለአይሁድ፡ እንዘ፡ የነሥት፡ ኵሎ፡ ሥርዓታተ፡ ዘአምልኮ፡ መለካዊ፡ ወየሐንጽ፡ ጣዖተ፡ ሙስና፡ ወይቀትሎሙ፡ በሐሣር፡ ለእለ፡ ይትቃወምዎ፡ ወለአዋዴተ፡ አዋዲሁ፡ ወቃላቲሁ፡ ከመ፡ ይትወከፍዎሙ፡ ብዙኃን፡ እኩያን። ኄራንስ፡ አስተሐቀርዎሙ፡ እንዘ፡ ያበድሩ፡ ይደለዉ፡ ለተወክፎ፡ ሞት። ምዕራፍ፡ ቀዳማዊ ፡ ወኮነ፡ እምድኅረ፡ ቀተሎ፡ ለዳርዮስ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ፋርሳዉያን፡ ወሜዶናውያን። እስክንድር፡ ወልደ፡ ፊልዾስ፡ መቄዶናዊ፡ ዘአቅደመ፡ ነጊሠ፡ በፅርዕ፡ ወፂኦ፡ እምድረ፡ ስቴን። አቀመ፡ ተፃብዖታተ፡ ብዙኃ፡ ወአኀዘ፡ ኵሎ፡ ጥቅማተ፡ ወቀተለ፡ ነገሥታተ፡ ምድር። ወኃለፈ፡ እስከ፡ ጽንፈ፡ ምድር፡ ወነሥአ፡ በርበረ፡ ዘመብዝኅተ፡ አሕዛብ። ወአርመመት፡ ምድር፡ በቅድሜሁ። ወአስተጋብአት፡ ኃይለ፡ ወትዕይንተ፡ ጽኑዓ፡ ጥቀ። ወተንሥአ፡ ወተለዓለ፡ ልቡ። ወአኀዘ፡ ብሔራተ፡ አረማውያን። ወመንግሥታተ፡ ዓለውያን፡ ወኮኑ፡ ሎቱ፡ ጸባሕያነ። ወእምድኅረ፡ እሉ፡ ሰከበ፡ በሕማም፡ ላዕለ፡ ዓራት፡ ወአእሚሮ፡ ከመ፡ ይመውት፡ ጸውዓ፡ ወዓልያኒሁ፡ ክቡራነ፡ ተሐፅነ፡ ምስልሁ፡ እምንዕሱ፡ ወከፈለ፡ ሎሙ፡ መንግሥቶ፡ እንዘ፡ ዓዲሁ፡ ሕያው።

The headings of the chapters in the Vulgate have been translated throughout, but the rubrics are omitted from f. 188r onwards.
check the viewerFols 197r and following 2 Maccabees, Book of (Vulgata) (CAe 4303)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): [መጽሐፈ፡ መቃብያን፡ ደግ]ማይ፡ አርብዓ፡ ወኃምስቱ፡ እምኍልቁ፡ መጻሕፍት፡ ቅዱሳት፡ ዘብ ሊት። [ምዕራፍ፡ ቀዳማይ፡] በዝየ፡ ይነግር፡ ለአኃው፡ አይሁዳውያን፡ እለ፡ ሀለዉ፡ ዉስተ፡ ግብጽ፡ በእንተ፡ ምተ፡ አንጢያኮስ፡ ወእሊአሁ፡ ዘኮነ፡ በፋርስ፡ እንዘ፡ ይሴብሕ ዎ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ወያስተናሥእዎሙ፡ ከመ፡ ይግበሩ፡ ዕለታተ፡ በዓላት፡ ዘስቃልዉ፡ ወዘእሳት፡ ወትዉህበ፡ ሎሙ፡ እምድኅረ፡ ተመይጦቶሙ፡ እምፄዋዌ፡ ወበእንተ፡ ከዊኖተዝ፡ ነገር። ወጸሎተ፡ ኔሔምያአ፡ ይዜኑዝ፡ ምዕራፍ። [ምዕራፍ፡ ቀዳማዊ፡] ይስእሎ፡ ደኅና፡ ወሰላመ፡ ሠናየ፡ አኃዉ፡ እለ፡ ሀለዉ፡ በኢየሩሳሌም፡ ወብሔረ፡ ይሁደዳ።

This copy ends abruptly with ch. XV. 17, statuerunt dimicare et con- fligere fortiter, አቀሙ፡ ይፃብዑ፡ ወይትቃተሉ፡ በጽንዕ።.

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

  1. check the viewerFol. 1r (Type: GuestText)

    A note in Amharic, of the 4th year of Takla Giyorgis (who reigned from A.D. 1779 to 1784, and afterwards at intervals to 1800).

    ( am ) በዘመነ፡ ሉቃስ፡ አጼ፡ ተክለ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ በነግሡ፡ በ፬፡ ዓመት፡...

  2. check the viewerFol. 219r (Type: Inventory)

    A list of books and church- furniture.

    ( am ) ንዋየ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ፩ ወንጌል፡ ፩ታምር፡ ፪፡ ስንክሳር፡ ...

  3. check the viewerFol. 2r (Type: OwnershipNote)

    The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿAlam↗

    ( gez ) ሄኖክ፡ ዘመ'፡ ዓለም።

Catalogue Bibliography

  • Wright, W. 1877. Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1847 (London: Gilbert and Rivington, 1877).
    page 14a-15a
    ZoteroOther citations

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

219 (leaf) .Entered as 219 15.15 12.5
Outer dimensions
Height 15.15in
Width 12.5in

Foliation

Foliation in the upper right corner by the library.

State of preservation

good

Condition

Binding

Binding material

wood

leather

textile

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 3

Number of lines: 26-27

Ruling
  • (Subtype: pattern)1A-1A-1A1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C
  • The upper line is written above the ruling, the lower line is written above the ruling.
Pricking
  • Pricking and ruling are visible.
  • Primary pricks and horizontal pricks are visible.

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Ink: Black, red

    Date: 1700-1800

    Fine, regular hand of the 18th century. 1700-1800

    • Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    availability

    This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.

    date
    2016-06-07T17:34:44.685+02:00
    date
    type=expanded
    31.5.2022 at 20:40:44
    date
    type=lastModified
    31.5.2022
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient491/main
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/BLorient491
    idno
    type=filename
    BLorient491.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    BLorient491

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    Eugenia Sokolinski, Alessandro Bausi, Dorothea Reule, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 491ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 31.5.2022) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient491 [Accessed: 2024-04-25+02:00]

    Revisions of the data

    • Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Added layout on 31.5.2022
    • Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Corrected catalogue reference, updated keywords on 1.11.2019
    • Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Added link to images on 4.6.2019
    • Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: explicit type subscription introduced on 16.5.2017
    • Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: Created catalogue entry on 5.1.2017

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    Dorothea Reule, contributor

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