London, British Library, BL Oriental 532
Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. LVII, Wright 57
General description
Revelation, Pauline Epistles, Acts of the Apostles
Number of Text units: 11
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1700-1799 (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 ), Revelation of John
- ms_i2
(check the viewerFols 25r and following ),
Pauline Epistles
- ms_i2.1 (check the viewerFols 25r and following ), Epistle to the Romans
- ms_i2.2 (check the viewerFols 41r and following ), First Epistle to the Corinthians
- ms_i2.3 (check the viewerFols 57r and following ), Second Epistle to the Corinthians
- ms_i2.4 (check the viewerFols 67r and following ), Epistle to the Galatians
- ms_i2.5 (check the viewerFols 72v and following ), Epistle to the Ephesians
- ms_i2.6 (check the viewerFols 77v and following ), Epistle to the Philippians
- ms_i2.7 (check the viewerFols 82r and following ), Epistle to the Colossians
- ms_i2.8 (check the viewerFols 85v–87v ), First Epistle to the Thessalonians
- ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 88r and following ), Gǝbra ḥawāryāt
Contents
check the viewerFols 25r and following Pauline Epistles (CAe 3505)
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check the viewerFols 41r and following First Epistle to the Corinthians (CAe 3516)
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check the viewerFols 57r and following Second Epistle to the Corinthians (CAe 3517)
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check the viewerFols 85v–87v First Epistle to the Thessalonians (CAe 3522)
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Ends with 1 Thessalonians 3:12.check the viewerFols 88r and following Gǝbra ḥawāryāt (CAe 1019)
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Colophon
The colophon gives the name of the owner, ʾAkāla Krǝstos owner .
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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check the viewerFols 128v and following (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note, which is partially erased, states that the manuscript belonged to Kidāna Qāl owner and his family.
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 38b
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 8.63in |
Width | 7.88in |
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 19-22
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Written in a fair hand.
Date: 1700-1799
1700-1799More bibliography
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Dorothea Reule, Alessandro Bausi, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 532ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 14.2.2018) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient532 [Accessed: 2024-03-29+01:00]
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- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Created record on 14.2.2018