London, British Library, BL Oriental 558
Solomon Gebreyes, Daria Elagina
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CXLIX, Wright 149
General description
Saʿātāta gǝbṣ
Number of Text units: 9
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1600-1700
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 ),
Saʿātāt za-gǝbṣ
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 3r and following ), ጸሎተ፡ ነግህ፡
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 25v and following ), ጸሎተ፡ ፫ ሰዓት፡
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 43v and following ), ጸሎተ፡ ፮ ሰዓት፡
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 61r and following ), ጸሎተ፡
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 76v and following ), ጸሎተ፡ ሠርክ፡
- ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 90r and following ), ጸሎተ፡ ንዋም፡
- ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 105v and following ), ጸሎተ፡ መንፈቀ፡ ሌሊት፡
- ms_i1.8 (check the viewerFols 142r and following ), አስተብቍዖት፡ እንተ፡ ዘስምዖን፡ ዓምዳዊ፡
Contents
check the viewerFols 3r and following Saʿātāt za-gǝbṣ (CAe 2230)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 142r and following አስተብቍዖት፡ እንተ፡ ዘስምዖን፡ ዓምዳዊ፡ (CAe 2230 Stylites)
Language of text:
Additions In this unit there are in total 2 , 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 1 (Type: GuestText)
Prayer of Simeon Stylites
Text in Gǝʿǝz ጸሎት፡ ወስእለት፡ ዘአባ፡ ስምዖን፡ በዓለ፡ ዓምድ፡ በእንተ፡ መድኃኒተ፡ ነፍስ፡ ወሥጋ።
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check the viewerFol. 2 (Type: GuestText)
Hymn to the blessed Virgin Mary, extracted from John Chrysostom (CAe 3058)
Text in Gǝʿǝz እሰግድ፡ ለኪ፡ ወእዌድሰኪ፡
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check the viewerFol. 3r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿAlam↗
( gez ) ሰዓታተ፡ ግብጽ፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
Extras
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Names of the owners have been erased.
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Some writing has been 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 102a-b
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 12.875in |
Width | 10.75in |
Foliation
One unnumbered blank leaf at the end.
Binding
In the original boards covered with blind-tooled leather.
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 17
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Large characters.
Date: 1600-1700
The manuscript is written in a fine hand, of the 17th century. 1600-1700Check for additional bibliography
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Solomon Gebreyes, Daria Elagina, Alessandro Bausi, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 558ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2021-04-08) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient558 [Accessed: 2024-05-17]
Revisions of the data
- Daria Elagina Daria Elagina: Completed the description. on 8.4.2021
- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Created catalogue entry on 18.4.2019