London, British Library, BL Oriental 583
Solomon Gebreyes
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CXCVII, Wright 197
General description
A collection to Hymns, Hymns to Saint John the baptist, Eustathius
Number of Text units: 5
Number of Codicological units: 2
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Origin
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.
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 133a-133b
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 8.875in |
Width | 7.875in |
Codicological Unit p1
Contents
Physical Description of codicological unit 1
Form of support of codicological unit 1
Parchment Leaf
Extent of codicological unit 1
Palaeography of codicological unit 1
Hand 1
of codicological unit 1Script: Ethiopic
The script is of later date than the script used in Codicological Unit p2 .Codicological Unit p2
Origin of codicological unit 2
Based on the words መንግሥቶ፡ ለቴዎፍሎስ፡ ማርያም፡ ባርኪ፡ it can be assumed that the manuscript was written during the reign of Theophilus . 1708-1710 (reign)
Contents
check the viewerFols 7r and following Hymns
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 24r and following Hymn to St John the Baptist (CAe 2923)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለፅንሰትከ፡ እምሐቋ፡ አብርሃም፡ አርክ።
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 27r and following Hymn to Eustathius (CAe 2956)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ቅዳሜሁሰ፡ ለዘየአምን፡ በረድኤትከ፡ ዘኃይል።
Incomplete at the end. Rubrics omitted on the last leaf.Language of text:
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Solomon Gebreyes, Alessandro Bausi, Marcin Krawczuk, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 583ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2021-06-21) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient583 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Marcin Krawczuk Marcin Krawczuk: Completed description on 21.6.2021
- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Created catalogue entry on 11.4.2019
Attributions of the contents
Marcin Krawczuk, contributor