London, British Library, BL Oriental 542
Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CXXIV, Wright 124
General description
Dāwit
Number of Text units: 7
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1800-1868 (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 ),
Ethiopic Psalter
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 2r and following ), Mazmura Dāwit
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 111v and following ), Maḥālǝya nabiyāt
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 122v and following ), Song of Songs
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 130r and following ), Wǝddāse Māryām
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 140r and following ), ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān
- ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 145r and following ), Yǝweddǝsǝwwa malāʾǝkt la-Māryām
Contents
check the viewerFols 2r and following Ethiopic Psalter (CAe 2701)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 145r and following Yǝweddǝsǝwwa malāʾǝkt la-Māryām (CAe 3108)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz
):
Additions In this unit there are in total .
Extras
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check the viewerFols 138v and following
The name of an owner was Gabra Wald owner
Text in Gǝʿǝz
-
check the viewerFols. 146v, check the viewer147r
The writing has been purposely effaced, probably erased.
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 80a-80b
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 6.87in |
Width | 4.87in |
Binding
In the original wooden boards, covered with blind-tooled leather and lined with silk.
Binding material
wood
leather
silk
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1800-1868
1800-1868 Written in a good hand.Check for additional bibliography
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Dorothea Reule, Alessandro Bausi, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 542ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-03-18) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient542 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Created record on 18.3.2020