London, British Library, BL Oriental 588
Solomon Gebreyes, Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CLXXVII, Wright 177
General description
Mǝʿrāf
Number of Text units: 1
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1700-1799 (dating on palaeographic grounds) 1682-1692 (prosopography)
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 ), Mǝʿrāf
Contents
check the viewerFols 3r and following Mǝʿrāf (CAe 3186)
Language of text:
Slightly incomplete at the end.With musical notes.
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ንወጥን፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ተፀዊነነ፡ ቦቱ፡ ጽሒፈ፡ ምዕራፍ፡ ሎቱ፡ ስብሐት፡ እስከ፡ ለዓለም። ዘይትቀነዩ፡ በበዘመኑ። እምዮሐንስ፡ እስከ፡ ዮሐንስ፡
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 ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) ምእራፍ፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
Extras
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ʾIyāsu I and Sinodā are mentioned in prayers on check the viewerfol. 92v ; ʾIyāsu I is also mentioned on check the viewerfol. 94r and in Za-yǝnaggǝś on check the viewerfol. 117v . This would point to a date of production between 1682-1692, however, William Wright judges it improbable that the manuscript is as old and assumes that the names were copied from an older manuscript.
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 116b
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 6.75in |
Width | 6in |
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 14
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1700-1799
Neatly written. 1700-1799Check for additional bibliography
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Solomon Gebreyes, Dorothea Reule, Alessandro Bausi, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 588ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2022-04-23) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient588 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Continued description from historical catalogue entry on 23.4.2022
- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Created catalogue entry on 10.4.2019