London, British Library, BL Orient 536
Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CXIV, Wright 114
General description
Mazmura dǝngǝl
Number of Text units: 32
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1600-1699 (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 and following ),
Psalter
- ms_i1.1
(check the viewerFols 2r and following ),
Mazmura Dǝngǝl
- ms_i1.1.1
(check the viewerFol. 2r ),
Mazmura Dǝngǝl, Introduction
- ms_i1.1.1.1 (check the viewerFol. 2r ), Introductory hymn to the Mazmura Dǝngǝl
- ms_i1.1.1.2 (check the viewerFol. 2r ), Mazmura Dǝngǝl, Naʿa ḫabeya Dāwit nǝguśa ʾƎsrāʾel
- ms_i1.1.2 (), Mazmura Dǝngǝl, No item: Psalms: Psalms
- ms_i1.1.3
(check the viewerFols 171r and following ),
Mazmura Dǝngǝl, div Canticles
- ms_i1.1.3.1 (check the viewerFols 171r and following ), Mazmura Dǝngǝl, div Canticle1
- ms_i1.1.3.2 (check the viewerFols 172r and following ), Mazmura Dǝngǝl, div Canticle2
- ms_i1.1.3.3 (check the viewerFols 174r and following ), Mazmura Dǝngǝl, div Canticle3
- ms_i1.1.3.4 (check the viewerFols 176v and following ), Mazmura Dǝngǝl, div Canticle4
- ms_i1.1.3.5 (check the viewerFols 177v and following ), Mazmura Dǝngǝl, div Canticle5
- ms_i1.1.3.6 (check the viewerFols 178v and following ), Mazmura Dǝngǝl, div Canticle6
- ms_i1.1.3.7 (check the viewerFols 180r and following ), Mazmura Dǝngǝl, div Canticle7
- ms_i1.1.3.8 (check the viewerFols 180v and following ), Mazmura Dǝngǝl, div Canticle8
- ms_i1.1.3.9 (check the viewerFols 182r and following ), Mazmura Dǝngǝl, div Canticle9
- ms_i1.1.3.10 (), Mazmura Dǝngǝl, div Canticle10
- ms_i1.1.3.11 (check the viewerFols 184r and following ), Mazmura Dǝngǝl, div Canticle11
- ms_i1.1.3.12 (check the viewerFols 186r and following ), Mazmura Dǝngǝl, div Canticle12
- ms_i1.1.3.13 (check the viewerFols 187r and following ), Mazmura Dǝngǝl, div Canticle13
- ms_i1.1.3.14 (check the viewerFols 187v and following ), Mazmura Dǝngǝl, div Canticle14
- ms_i1.1.3.15 (check the viewerFols 188v and following ), Mazmura Dǝngǝl, div Canticle15
- ms_i1.1.4 (check the viewerFols 189r and following ), Mazmura Dǝngǝl, div SongOfSongs
- ms_i1.1.1
(check the viewerFol. 2r ),
Mazmura Dǝngǝl, Introduction
- ms_i1.2
(check the viewerFols 200r and following ),
Wǝddāse Māryām
- ms_i1.2.1 (check the viewerFols 200r and following ), Wǝddāse Māryām for Monday
- ms_i1.2.2 (check the viewerFols 202r and following ), Wǝddāse Māryām for Tuesday
- ms_i1.2.3 (check the viewerFols 205r and following ), Wǝddāse Māryām for Wednesday
- ms_i1.2.4 (check the viewerFols 207v and following ), Wǝddāse Māryām for Thursday
- ms_i1.2.5 (check the viewerFols 210v and following ), Wǝddāse Māryām for Friday
- ms_i1.2.6 (check the viewerFols 212v and following ), Wǝddāse Māryām for Saturday
- ms_i1.2.7 (check the viewerFols 214v and following ), Wǝddāse Māryām, Hymn to Our Lady Mary
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 217r and following ), ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān
- ms_i1.1
(check the viewerFols 2r and following ),
Mazmura Dǝngǝl
Contents
check the viewerFols 2r and following Psalter (CAe 2701)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 2r and following Mazmura Dǝngǝl (CAe 3985)
Language of text:
check the viewerFol. 2r Mazmura Dǝngǝl, Introduction (CAe 3985 Intro)
check the viewerFol. 2r Introductory hymn to the Mazmura Dǝngǝl (CAe 6054) See the transcription in div.
check the viewerFol. 2r Mazmura Dǝngǝl, Naʿa ḫabeya Dāwit nǝguśa ʾƎsrāʾel (CAe 3985 IntroD)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 2r ነዓ፡ ኀቤየ፡ ዳዊት፡ ንጉሠ፡ እስራኤል።
Mazmura Dǝngǝl, No item: Psalms: Psalms (CAe 3985 Psalms)
Language of text: and Amharic
The text contains Amharic notes and Amharic headings on the margin. It is not clear from the catalogue description whether these constitute later additions.check the viewerFols 171r and following Mazmura Dǝngǝl, div Canticles (CAe 3985 Canticles)
Language of text: and Amharic
Partly with musical notes.
The text is accompanied by a few Amharic glosses. It is not clear from the catalogue description whether these constitute later additions.check the viewerFols 189r and following Mazmura Dǝngǝl, div SongOfSongs (CAe 3985 SongOfSongs)
Language of text: and Amharic
The text contains Amharic notes. It is not clear from the catalogue description whether these constitute later additions.Additions In this unit there are in total 2 .
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check the viewerFol. 224v (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to Dǝmeṭros , his wife Lǝdatāwit and their children Sǝmʿāni Qoros and Walatta ʾIyāsu .
Text in Gǝʿǝz
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check the viewerFol. 2r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) ዳዊት፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
Extras
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The name of Gabra Lǝʿul has been partially erased in Content Item 1.2 , item 1 Wǝddāse Māryām (CAe 2509) , and that of Dǝmeṭros substituted.
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The name of Lǝdatāwit is apparently mentioned at the bottom of the page.
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Content Item 1.1.2 , item 1.1 Mazmura Dǝngǝl, No item: Psalms: Psalms (CAe 3985 Psalms) Content Item 1.1.3 , item 1.1 Mazmura Dǝngǝl, div Canticles (CAe 3985 Canticles) and Content Item 1.1.4 , item 1.1 Mazmura Dǝngǝl, div SongOfSongs (CAe 3985 SongOfSongs) contain notes and glosses in Amharic. It is not clear from the catalogue description whether these constitute later additions.
Text in Amharic
Decoration In this unit there are in total 2 .
Other Decorations
- drawing: check the viewerFol. 1r
- drawing: check the viewerFol. 1v
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 75ab
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 15in |
Width | 12.5in |
Foliation
Foliation in the upper right corner by the library.
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
In the original boards, with silk inlays and covered with blind-tooled leather.
Binding material
wood
leather
silk
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Ruling
- (Subtype: pattern)Ruling pattern: 1A-1A/0-0/0-0/C
- The upper line is written above the ruling, the lower line is written above the ruling.
- (Subtype: pattern)1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C
- The upper line is written above the ruling, the lower line is written above the ruling.
Pricking
- Ruling and pricking are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible, horizontal pricks are visible.
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible, horizontal pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1600-1699
1600-1699 Written in a large, elegant character.Check for additional bibliography
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Dorothea Reule, Alessandro Bausi, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Orient 536ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2022-06-06) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient536 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Added layout on 6.6.2022
- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Added link to images on 26.11.2020
- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Continued description on 2.7.2020
- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Created record on 24.6.2020