London, British Library, BL Oriental 527
Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Pauline Epistles, Catholic Epistles, Acts of the Apostles, Revelation
Number of Text units: 25
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1700-1750 (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 3r and following ),
Pauline Epistles
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 3r and following ), Epistle to the Romans
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 16r and following ), First Epistle to the Corinthians
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 28v and following ), Second Epistle to the Corinthians
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 36v and following ), Epistle to the Galatians
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 40v and following ), Epistle to the Ephesians
- ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 44v and following ), Epistle to the Philippians
- ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 47v and following ), Epistle to the Colossians
- ms_i1.8 (check the viewerFols 50r and following ), First Epistle to the Thessalonians
- ms_i1.9 (check the viewerFols 53r and following ), Second Epistle to the Thessalonians
- ms_i1.10 (check the viewerFols 54v and following ), First Epistle to Timothy
- ms_i1.11 (check the viewerFols 58r and following ), Second Epistle to Timothy
- ms_i1.12 (check the viewerFols 60r and following ), Epistle to Titus
- ms_i1.13 (check the viewerFols 61v and following ), Epistle to Philemon
- ms_i1.14 (check the viewerFols 62v and following ), Epistle to the Hebrews
- ms_i2
(check the viewerFols 73r and following ),
Catholic Epistles
- ms_i2.1 (check the viewerFols 73r and following ), First Epistle of Peter
- ms_i2.2 (check the viewerFols 76v and following ), Second Epistle of Peter
- ms_i2.3 (check the viewerFols 79r and following ), First Epistle of John
- ms_i2.4 (check the viewerFols 82v and following ), Second Epistle of John
- ms_i2.5 (check the viewerFols 83r and following ), Third Epistle of John
- ms_i2.6 (check the viewerFols 83v and following ), Epistle of James
- ms_i2.7 (check the viewerFols 87r and following ), Epistle of Jude
- ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 89r and following ), Gǝbra ḥawāryāt
- ms_i4 (check the viewerFols 121r and following ), Revelation of John
Contents
check the viewerFols 3r and following Pauline Epistles (CAe 3505)
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check the viewerFols 16r and following First Epistle to the Corinthians (CAe 3516)
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check the viewerFols 28v and following Second Epistle to the Corinthians (CAe 3517)
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check the viewerFols 50r and following First Epistle to the Thessalonians (CAe 3522)
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check the viewerFols 53r and following Second Epistle to the Thessalonians (CAe 3523)
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Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 , 2 .
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check the viewerFols 3r and following (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) ሐዲሳት፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
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check the viewerFols 71v and following (Type: DonationNote)
The note states that the manuscript belonged to Dǝmḍa Mikāʾel donor , who donated it to a ታቦተ፡ ፍልስታ፡
Text in Gǝʿǝz
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check the viewerFols 1v–2r (Type: GuestText)
Tǝrgʷāme malʾǝkt za-bǝṣuʿ wa-kǝbur Ṗāwlos za-ṣaḥafa la-ʿƎbrāwǝyān (CAe 3171) Excerpts from Tǝrgʷāme malʾǝkt za-bǝṣuʿ wa-kǝbur Ṗāwlos za-ṣaḥafa la-ʿƎbrāwǝyān
Text in Gǝʿǝz
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check the viewerFols 137v–138 (Type: GuestText)
Excerpts from a commentary on First Epistle to the Corinthians and Second Epistle to the Corinthians, in which Athanasius and John Chrysostom are cited.
Text in Gǝʿǝz
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 38a
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 10.75in |
Width | 9.5in |
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 22
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Written in a good hand.
Date: 1700-1750
1700-1750More bibliography
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Dorothea Reule, Alessandro Bausi, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 527ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 13.2.2018) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient527 [Accessed: 2024-03-29+01:00]
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- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Created record on 13.2.2018