London, British Library, BL Oriental 500
Eugenia Sokolinski
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. XXIV, Wright 24
General description
Book of Sirach
Number of Text units: 2
Number of Codicological units: 1
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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
- ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 2r–3v ), Book of Sirach
- ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 4r–66v ), Book of Sirach
Contents
check the viewerFols 2r–3v Book of Sirach (CAe 2358) From Ch. XXV.17, in the same handwriting as the main text
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 19b
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 8.15in |
Width | 5.4in |
Foliation
Foliation by the library in the upper right corner. 2 unnumbered blank leaves at the end, referred to as check the viewerfols. 68a, and check the viewer68b in the library's digitization.
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | A | 3 |
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2, stub after 2 |
2 | 1 | 8 |
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3 | 2 | 8 |
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4 | 3 | 7 |
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1, stub after 7 |
5 | 4 | 6 |
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1, stub after 4 2, stub after 3 5, stub before 1 4, stub after 1 3, stub after 2 |
6 | 5 | 8 |
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7 | 6 | 8 |
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8 | 7 | 8 |
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9 | 8 | 8 |
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10 | 9 | 8 |
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Collation diagrams
2, stub after 2
Quire ID:q1, number:A
Quire ID:q2, number:1
Quire ID:q3, number:2, Ethiopic quire number:
1, stub after 7
Quire ID:q4, number:3
1, stub after 4 2, stub after 3 5, stub before 1 4, stub after 1 3, stub after 2
Quire ID:q5, number:4
Quire ID:q6, number:5
Quire ID:q7, number:6
Quire ID:q8, number:7
Quire ID:q9, number:8
Quire ID:q10, number:9
Ethio-SPaRe formula : A(2+1/s.l. 2, stub after 2/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (3), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (), 5 (6), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8),
Formula 2: 1 (3), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (), 5 (6), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8),
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 21
Ruling
- (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A/0-0/0-0/C.
- The upper line is written above the ruling.
- The bottom line is written above the ruling.
Pricking
- Ruling and pricking are visible.
- Primary pricks are partly visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Ink: Black, red
Date: 1750-1800
Good hand of the latter half of the 18th century. 1750-1800More bibliography
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Eugenia Sokolinski, Alessandro Bausi, Dorothea Reule, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 500ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 1.6.2022) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient500 [Accessed: 2024-03-29+01:00]
Revisions of the data
- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Added layout and collation on 1.6.2022
- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Added link to images on 26.11.2020
- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Corrected catalogue reference, updated keywords on 1.11.2019
- Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: Created catalogue entry on 1.2.2017
Attributions of the contents
Dorothea Reule, contributor