London, British Library, BL Orient 541
Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CXXI, Wright 121
General description
Dāwit
Number of Text units: 5
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1750-1799 (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
(),
Ethiopic Psalter
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 1r and following ), Mazmura Dāwit
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 32r and following ), Maḥālǝya nabiyāt
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 46v and following ), Song of Songs
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 54r and following ), Wǝddāse Māryām
Contents
Ethiopic Psalter (CAe 2701)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 1r and following Mazmura Dāwit (CAe 2000)
Language of text:
The text begins with Psalms 114:5.check the viewerFols 54r and following Wǝddāse Māryām (CAe 2509)
Language of text:
Incomplete at the end.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 79b
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 7.25in |
Width | 6.5in |
State of preservation
deficient
Condition
Much damaged by damp, material is lost at the beginning and end.
Layout
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1750-1799
1750-1799Check for additional bibliography
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Dorothea Reule, Alessandro Bausi, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Orient 541ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-03-17) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient541 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Created record on 17.3.2020