London, British Library, BL Oriental 555
Marcin Krawczuk
Newly catalogued in Beta maṣāḥǝft
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright 147, Wright cat. CXLVII
General description
Maṣḥafa gǝnzat
Number of Text units: 24
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
The name of the reigning king Takla Giyorgis is mentioned on check the viewerf.32r and f. check the viewer121r.
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.
Contents
check the viewerFols 3r and following Maṣḥafa gǝnzat (CAe 1931)
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check the viewerFols 3r and following Prefatory directions (CAe 1931 Introduction)
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check the viewerFols 25r and following Prayers of the blessed Virgin Mary (CAe 1931 Mary)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ጸሎተ፡ ልብስ፡ ዘይትገነዝ፡ ቦቱ፡
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check the viewerFols 36r and following Funeral sermon of Jacob of Sarug (CAe 1629)
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check the viewerFols 85v and following ጸሎት፡ ዘመንገደ፡ ሰማይ፡ (CAe 1931 HeavenlyJourney)
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check the viewerFols 96v and following Prayer of St. Matthew and other prayers. (CAe 1931 Matthew)
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check the viewerFols 101v and following Benedictions, the first of which is ascribed to ʾabbā Sāmuʾel, and another to Basil (CAe 1931 Blessings)
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check the viewerFols 105r and following Various prayers
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ረስየነ፡ ድልዋነ፡ ንክሥት፡ አፉነ፡
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Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 3r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿAlam↗
( gez ) ግንዘት፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኀኔ፡ ዓለም።
Extras
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The names of the owners, Sǝna Gabrǝʾel and Walatta Fānuʾel , e. g. on check the viewerf. 8v and check the viewerf. 9v .
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 100a-100b
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 10.375in |
Width | 8.5in |
Foliation
One unnumbered blank leaf at the end.
Binding
In the original boards, lined with flowered silk and covered with blind-tooled leather.
Binding material
wood
leather
silk
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 24
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Written in a good hand; apparently of the latter part of the 18th Cent.Check for additional bibliography
Publication Statement
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Alessandro Bausi, Marcin Krawczuk, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 555ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 17.11.2020) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient555 [Accessed: 2024-05-03+02:00]
Revisions of the data
- Marcin Krawczuk Marcin Krawczuk: Created entity on 17.11.2020