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London, British Library, BL Oriental 594

Marcin Krawczuk

Newly catalogued in Beta maṣāḥǝft

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https://betamasaheft.eu/BLorient594
British Library[view repository]

Collection: Oriental

Other identifiers: Wright 161, Wright cat. CLXI

Places IndexPersons IndexGeneralDescriptionPhysical DescriptionCatalogueTranscription Authors

General description

ʾArganona wǝddāse, Wǝddāse Māryām, Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk

Number of Text units: 44

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. The manuscript was then sent to the Royal Library at Windsor and presented by Victoria II to the British Library↗ on the 21st January 1869.

Secondary Bibliography

  • Wright, W. 1877. Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1847 (London: Gilbert and Rivington, 1877). page iv
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Contents

check the viewerFols 3r and following ʾArganona wǝddāse, Wǝddāse Māryām, Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk combined according to the days of the week

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check the viewerFols 3r and following Monday

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check the viewerFols 19r and following Prayers of Basil of Caesarea ጸሎት፡ ዘሰኑይ፡

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):እግዚአብሔር፡ አምላክ፡ ዓቢይ፡ ወግሩም፡

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check the viewerFols 30r and following Tuesday

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check the viewerFols 61r and following ጸሎት፡ ዘሠሉስ፡

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):እግዚኦ፡ አርእየኒ፡ በረከተከ፡ በዛቲ፡ ዕለት፡ ሠናይት፡

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check the viewerFols 62r and following Wednesday

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check the viewerFols 91v and following ጸሎት፡ ዘረቡዕ፡

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ይትባረክ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አቡሁ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡

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check the viewerFols 93r and following Thursday

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check the viewerFols 126v and following ጸሎት፡ ዘሐሙስ፡

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):እሴብሖ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ በእንተ፡ ጸጋ፡ ዘወሀበኒ፡

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check the viewerFols 127r and following Friday

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check the viewerFols 154r and following ጸሎት፡ ዘዓርብ፡

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ላዕለ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ተወከልኩ፡

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check the viewerFols 155r and following Saturday

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check the viewerFols 172v and following ጸሎት፡ ዘቀዳሚት፡ ሰንበት፡

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ይትባረክ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘፈጠረ፡ ሰማየ፡ ወምድረ፡

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check the viewerFols 174r and following Sunday

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check the viewerFols 193r and following Hymn of Philoxenus of Mabbog (CAe 3990)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):እሴብሓከ፡ ኦእግዚእየ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ምስለ፡ አቡከ፡ ኄር፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ። በስብሓተ፡ ማር፡ ፊለስኪኖስ፡ ጳጳስ፡ ዘሀገረ፡ ምንቡዥ። ስብሓት፡ ለከ፡ ኦአግዚአብሔር፡ አብ፡

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Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 3 s, 1 .

  1. check the viewerFol. 3r (Type: OwnershipNote)

    The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .

    ( gez ) አርጋኖን፡ ዘ ቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗

  2. check the viewerFol. 197r (Type: GuestText)

    Hymn to the blessed Virgin Mary (CAe 2967)

    Text in Gǝʿǝz በሰማይ፡ ወምድር፡ አልብየ፡ ባዕደ፡ አበ፡ ወእመ፡ እኅተ፡ ወውሉደ፡ ማርያም፡ ድንግል፡ እትአመነኪ፡ ገሃደ፡

  3. check the viewerFol. 1r (Type: GuestText)

    Significations of the letters of the alphabet. (CAe 3975)

    Text in Gǝʿǝz ፊደል፡ ሀ፡ ብሂል፡ ሀልዎቱ፡ ለአም፡ እምቅድመ፡ ዓለም።

  4. check the viewerFol. 2 (Type: GuestText)

    On check the viewerf. 2 is a part of a hymn, in older hand.

    Text in Gǝʿǝz

  5. check the viewerFol. 2 (Type: MixedNote)

    On check the viewerf. 2 there are notes on the efficacy of certain prayers, in a later hand.

    Text in Gǝʿǝz ጸሎተ፡ ዘይትገበር፡ በቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ለአቡነ፡ ዘበሰማያት፡ ፍሬሁ፡ ፴፼ከ፲፻፡ በ፩መዐዝነ፡ ዓለም፡ ይክወን፡ አምሳለ፡ ደመና፡

  6. check the viewerFol. 198

    Notes in Amharic.

    Text in Amharic

Extras

  1. Names of the first owners erased, apparently, ተንስአ፡ ወልድ፡ owner on check the viewerf. 110r , check the viewer142r ; ኀደራ፡ ጽዮን፡ on check the viewerf. 151r and check the viewer152v ; ... ክርስቶስ፡ on check the viewerf. 153v , check the viewer167v , check the viewer169v , check the viewer196r and ሰርጐ፡ ሥላሴ፡ owner on check the viewerf. 189v . All these names were effaced by one ሰላመ፡ ወልድ፡ owner , see check the viewerf. 2v , check the viewer19r et al.

Decoration In this unit there are in total 2 .

Other Decorations

  1. drawing: check the viewerFol. 177v

    Virgin and ChildThe blessed Virgin and child.

  2. drawing: check the viewerFol. 141v

    Crucifixion of JesusThe crucifixion.

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 108a-109a
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

The last folio is mutilated.

Extent

198 (leaf) .Entered as 198 10.5 9.125
Outer dimensions
Height 10.5in
Width 9.125in

Foliation

Foliation in the upper right corner by the library.

State of preservation

good

Condition

Binding

In the original boards, lined with cloth and covered with blind-tooled leather.

Binding material

wood

leather

textile

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 20-21

Ruling
  • (Subtype: pattern)1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C
  • The upper line is written above the ruling, the lower line is written above the ruling.
Pricking
  • Pricking and ruling are partly visible.
  • Primary pricks are partly visible, horizontal pricks are partly visible.

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1600-1700 according to William Wright

    The manuscript is written in a fine hand, of the 17th century. 1600-1700 according to William Wright

    • 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
    19.9.2022 at 09:35:47
    date
    type=lastModified
    14.9.2022
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient594/main
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/BLorient594
    idno
    type=filename
    BLorient594.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    BLorient594

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    Alessandro Bausi, Marcin Krawczuk, Dorothea Reule, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 594ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2022-09-14) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient594 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]

    Revisions of the data

    • Marcin Krawczuk Corrected date on 14.9.2022
    • Dorothea Reule Added layout on 8.6.2022
    • Dorothea Reule Added link to images on 5.3.2022
    • Marcin Krawczuk Created entity on 17.11.2020

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    Dorothea Reule, contributor

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