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London, British Library, BL Oriental 577

Marcin Krawczuk, Solomon Gebreyes

This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography

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https://betamasaheft.eu/BLorient577
British Library[view repository]

Collection: Oriental

Other identifiers: Wright cat. CXCI, Wright 191

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General description

Gubāʾe Malkǝʾ

Number of Text units: 54

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

1721-1730 (reign)

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

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ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ጉባኤ፡ መልክዕ፡ ዘነቢያት፡ ወሐዋርያት፡ ዘጻድቃን፡ ወሰማዕታት፡ ዘአጥረዮ፡ በወርቁ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ነገሥት፡ በካፋ፡ በረከቶሙ፡ ትኩን፡ ምስሌሁ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን። ወዘሰረቆ፡ ወዘፈሐቆ፡ ውጉዘ፡ ይኩን፡ ወምቱረ፡ በሰይፈ፡ ቃሎሙ፡ ለሐዋርያት፡ አሜን።

According to the colophon the manuscript was written for king Bakāffā .

check the viewerFols 1r and following To the prophets (CAe 2978)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by ሥላሴ። ናሁ፡ እዌጥን፡ ዘዚአክሙ፡ ውዳሴ።

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check the viewerFols 6r and following To Moses (CAe 3068)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):እስመ፡ አንተ፡ አስተናደፍከ፡ መሠረተ፡ ቤትነ፡ ክርስትና።

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check the viewerFols 11v and following To David (CAe 3052)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):እምሥርቀ፡ እሴይ፡ እስመ፡ ሠረፅከ፡ ወእማኅፀና፡ ለሩት።

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check the viewerFols 14r and following To St John the Baptist (CAe 2999)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ እሳት፡ በሐቅለ፡ ሕሊና፡ ነዳዲ።

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check the viewerFols 17r and following To St Peter and Paul (CAe 2906)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምክሙ፡ ዘአልባስጥሮስ፡ አፈው።

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check the viewerFols 21v and following To St John the Evangelist (CAe 2833)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምከ፡ ቅብአ፡ ሞገስ፡ ወጸጋ።

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check the viewerFols 26r and following To the 12 Apostles (CAe 3026)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ኀበ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ አምላኪየ፡ ወተስፋየ፡ ሊተ።

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check the viewerFols 32r and following To Pantaleon (CAe 2984)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ሕያው፡ ለሰማይ፡ ዘረከቦ። በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ሕያው፡ ለሰማይ፡ ዘረበቦ። (!) (!)

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check the viewerFols 37r and following To Garimā (CAe 2919)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለፅንሰትከ፡ በስእለተ፡ ማርያም፡ ዘኮነ።

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check the viewerFols 40v and following To Samuel (CAe 3042)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):አኀዝኩ፡ አንሰ፡ ለልብየ፡ እምሀኬቱ።

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check the viewerFols 43v and following To Salāmā (CAe 3078)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):እዌጥን፡ እንዘ፡ እብል፡ ወእነግር፡ ክሡተ።

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check the viewerFols 48r and following To Cyrus (CAe 2851)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምከ፡ ኀበ፡ ዓምደ፡ ወርቅ፡ ዘተጽሐፈ።

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check the viewerFols 50r and following To Madḫanina ʾƎgziʾ (CAe 3077)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):እወጥን፡ አንሰ፡ በአስተሐምሞ፡ ወጻሕቅ።

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check the viewerFols 53v and following To Liqānos (CAe 3110)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ጉሥዓ፡ ልብየ፡ ቃለ፡ ሠናየ፤ ከመ፡ እዜኑ፡ ግብረከ፡ ሊቃኖስ፡ አቡየ።

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check the viewerFols 59r and following To Antony (CAe 2868)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምከ፡ ዘቀለመ፡ አሌፍ፡ ፊደሉ።

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check the viewerFols 60r and following To Libanus (CAe 3079)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):እገኒ፡ በአፉየ፡ እንዘ፡ እሰግድ፡ በብረክ።

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check the viewerFols 63r and following To Ṣǝḥmā (CAe 3003)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ጠቢብ፡ ለሰማይ፡ ዘሰቀሎ።

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check the viewerFols 66v and following To Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi (CAe 2998)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ እምግብጽ፡ ፍናዋተ፡ ግዕዛን፡ ዘመርሖ።

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check the viewerFols 69v and following To Sarabāmon (CAe 3045)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):አእኵትከ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ዘከፈልከኒ፡ ለወጢን።

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check the viewerFols 73r and following To Antony (CAe 6483)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በረድኤተ፡ ቅዱስ፡ መንፈስ፡ ኅጡአ፡ ህላዌ፡ እምተረክቦ።

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check the viewerFols 76v and following To Takla Hāymānot (CAe 2930)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለፅንሰትከ፡ ወለልደትከ፡ እምከርሥ።

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check the viewerFols 82v and following Hymn to Eustathius (CAe 2956)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ቀዳሚሁሰ፡ ለዘየአምን፡ በረድኤትከ፡ ዘኀይል። ወለጸሎትከ፡ አባ፡ እንተ፡ ታሠልጥ፡ ትክል።

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check the viewerFols 90r and following To the same (CAe 3073)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):እንዘ፡ ሀሎኩ፡ በተሰዶ፡ ወበተሞቅሖ፡ ዕፁብ።

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check the viewerFols 93r and following To Gabra Manfas Qǝddus

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check the viewerFols 93r and following Hymn to Gabra Manfas Qǝddus (CAe 2881)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምከ፡ ዘኆኅያቲሁ፡ ቅሩጽ።

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check the viewerFols 99r and following To Abib (CAe 2876)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምከ፡ ዘተጸውዓ፡ በእልፍ።

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check the viewerFols 102r and following To Batra Māryām (CAe 3060)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):እሴብሖ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ተወካፌ፡ ስብሐት፡ ወውዳሴ።

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check the viewerFols 103v and following To John Kāmā (CAe 2990)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ሥግው፡ ዘከዓወ፡ ደሞ።

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check the viewerFols 107r and following To Joseph (CAe 3041)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):አቀድም፡ አስተብቍዖትከ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አምላክ።

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check the viewerFols 111r and following To Cyril (CAe 2867)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምከ፡ በሰሌዳ፡ ብፁዓን፡ ዘተለክዓ፡ በኵሉ፡ ተጸውዓ።

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check the viewerFols 116r and following To Gabra Krǝstos (CAe 2844)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምከ፡ በስመ፡ ወልደ፡ አምላክ፡ ዘተጸውዓ።

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check the viewerFols 117v and following To the Saints (CAe 2907)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምክሙ፡ ዘኢይፌጽሞ፡ ጸሓፊ።

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check the viewerFols 121r and following To St Stephen (CAe 3036)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ ሥሉስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አሐዱ። ናሁ፡ ወጠንኩ፡ ሰላመ፡ መልክእከ፡ በበ፡ ፍቅዱ።

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check the viewerFols 126v and following To St George (CAe 2866)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምከ፡ ዘሰሌዳ፡ ሞገስ፡ መጽሐፉ።

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check the viewerFols 131r and following To Fāsiladas (CAe 3004)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ጸባኦት፡ ዘይትወሐድ፡ በመለኮት።

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check the viewerFols 136r and following To Claudius (CAe 3035)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ናሁ፡ ተወጥነ፡ ለመልክዕከ፡ ሰላሙ።

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check the viewerFols 141r and following To Victor (CAe 2726)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):መንክራቲከ፡ ብዙኅ፡ ወገድላቲከ፡ ይስብኩ።

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምከ፡ ዘትእምርተ፡ መስቀል፡ ጥንተ፡ ፊደሉ።

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check the viewerFols 150r and following To Mercurius (CAe 2871)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምከ፡ ዘባሕርየ፡ ሞገስ፡ አክሊሉ።

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check the viewerFols 151v and following To the Martyrs (CAe 3114)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ገድል፡ ወስምዕ፡ ለስምዓ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ በላዕሉ።

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check the viewerFols 157r and following To Sebastian (CAe 3075)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):እንዘ፡ እፈቅድ፡ ፈቂደ፡ ወእትሜነይ፡ ተምኔተ።

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check the viewerFols 159v and following To Quiricus or Cyriacus (CAe 3095)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ኦክርስቶስ፡ ናዝራዊ፡ ዘተወከፍከ፡ ሕማመ።

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check the viewerFols 164r and following To Isidore (CAe 2979)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by ትሥልስተ፡ መለኮት፡ ዋሕድ።

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check the viewerFols 167v and following To ʾArsimā (CAe 2900)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምኪ፡ ዘኆኅያቲሁ፡ አርባዕ።

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check the viewerFols 169v and following To ʾAboli, the brother of George (CAe 2976)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by ዘከሠተ።

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check the viewerFols 173r and following To Dioscorus (CAe 2983)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ እንዘ፡ እብል። ናሁ፡ ወጠንኩ፡ መዝሙረ፡ ማኅሌት፡ ወስኢል።

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check the viewerFols 176r and following To Jacob, who was cut in pieces (CAe 2743)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለመንኮበ፡ እዴከ፡ እምነ፡ አፅብዕ፡ ዐሠርቱ።

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check the viewerFols 182r and following To Minās (CAe 3087)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ኦማርያም፡ ወለተ፡ ይሁዳ፡ ወሌዊ።

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check the viewerFols 184v and following To Bǝhnām (CAe 3099)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ኦዘወሀብከ፡ ለእጓለ፡ እምሕያው፡ አፈ።

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check the viewerFols 189v and following To the Just (CAe 3054)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):እምዮሐንስ፡ እስከ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ለለ፡ ይገውሕ፡ ብሔር።

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    Catalogue Bibliography

    • Wright, W. 1877. Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1847 (London: Gilbert and Rivington, 1877). page 128a-129b
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    Physical Description

    Form of support

    Parchment Codex

    Extent

    196 (leaf) .Entered as 196 7.125 5.875
    Outer dimensions
    Height 7.125in
    Width 5.875in

    Binding

    One of the original boards, covered with blind-tooled leather and lined with red silk, has been preserved.

    Binding material

    wood

    leather

    Original binding

    Yes

    Layout

    Layout note 1

    Number of columns: 2

    Number of lines: 20

    Palaeography

  1. Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: Before 1721 (internal)

    The manuscript is written in a fine hand, between 1721 and 1730. Before 1721 (internal)

    2. Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    availability
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    date
    type=expanded
    2022-01-05T13:36:28.446+01:00
    date
    type=lastModified
    28.6.2021
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient577
    idno
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/BLorient577
    idno
    type=filename
    BLorient577.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    BLorient577

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    Marcin Krawczuk, Solomon Gebreyes, Alessandro Bausi, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 577ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2021-06-28) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient577 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]

    Revisions of the data

    • Marcin Krawczuk Marcin Krawczuk: Completed description on 28.6.2021
    • Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Created catalogue entry on 11.4.2019

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