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London, British Library, BL Oriental 602

Solomon Gebreyes, Daria Elagina

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

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British Library[view repository]

Collection: Oriental

Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCXII, Wright 212

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General description

Nagara Māryām

Number of Text units: 14

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.

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 1r and following ), Nagara Māryām
    1. ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 1r and following ), Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Maskaram
    2. ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 18r and following ), Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Ṭǝqǝmt
    3. ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 42r and following ), Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Ḫǝdār
    4. ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 62r and following ), Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Tāḫśāś
    5. ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 75r and following ), Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Ṭǝrr
    6. ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 80r and following ), Nagara Māryām, Yakkatit
    7. ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 102r and following ), Nagara Māryām, Maggabit
    8. ms_i1.8 (check the viewerFols 118r and following ), Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Miyāzyā
    9. ms_i1.9 (check the viewerFols 130r and following ), Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Gǝnbot
    10. ms_i1.10 (check the viewerFols 139v and following ), Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Sane
    11. ms_i1.11 (check the viewerFols 150r and following ), Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Ḥamle
    12. ms_i1.12 (check the viewerFols 166r and following ), Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Naḥāse
    13. ms_i1.13 (check the viewerFols 173r and following ), Nagara Māryām, Narrative regarding the raising to life of the son of Caiaphas

Contents

check the viewerFols 1r and following Nagara Māryām (CAe 2051)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ (…)ommission by ንቀድም፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ወንጽሕፍ፡ ዘንተ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ዘይሰመይ፡ በነገረ፡ ግብጻውያን፡ ንኡስ፡ ወምጌል። ወበኢትዮጵያውያን፡ ነገረ፡ ማርያም፡ ዘገብረት፡ ተአምረ፡ እንዘ፡ ሀለወት፡ ምስለ፡ ወልደ፡ አመ፡ ጐየት፡ እምሄሮድስ፡ ርጉም። ወአመ፡ ተሰብአ፡ እምኔሃ፡ መድኃኒነ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ዘኮነ፡ ሰብአ፡ በእንተ፡ መድኃኒትነ።

check the viewerFols 1r and following Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Maskaram (CAe 2051 Maskaram)

Language of text:

Supplication (Gǝʿǝz ): ወከማሁ፡ ይባርኮ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ለንፍሰ፡ ንጉሥነ፡ ኢያሱ፡ ወወልዱ፡ ንጉሥነ፡ በካፋ፡ ወምስለ፡ እሙ፡ ማርያማዊት፡ owner ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም።

check the viewerFols 173r and following Nagara Māryām, Narrative regarding the raising to life of the son of Caiaphas (CAe 2051 SonCaiaphas)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ነገር፡ ዘኮነ፡ እምድኅረ፡ ትንሣኤሁ፡ ወዕርገቱ፡ ለፍቁር፡ ወልዳ።

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .

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

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

    ( gez ) ነገረ፡ ማርያም፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።

Extras

  1. check the viewerFols. 18r, 41r, 80r

    The name of Māryāmāwit owner is mentioned throughout the manuscript.

Decoration In this unit there are in total 88 s.

Miniatures notes

  1. miniature: check the viewerFol. 1v

    Small miniature.

  2. miniature: check the viewerFol. 2r

    Small miniature.

  3. miniature: check the viewerFol. 2v

    Half-page miniature.

  4. miniature: check the viewerFol. 3r

    Half-page miniature.

  5. miniature: check the viewerFol. 3v

    Half-page miniature.

  6. miniature: check the viewerFol. 4r

    Small miniature.

  7. miniature: check the viewerFol. 5v

    Half-page miniature.

  8. miniature: check the viewerFol. 6r

    Small miniature.

  9. miniature: check the viewerFol. 7r

    Half-page miniature.

  10. miniature: check the viewerFol. 7v

    Half-page miniature.

  11. miniature: check the viewerFol. 9r

    Half-page miniature.

  12. miniature: check the viewerFol. 10r

    Half-page miniature.

  13. miniature: check the viewerFol. 10v

    Half-page miniature.

  14. miniature: check the viewerFol. 11r

    Half-page miniature.

  15. miniature: check the viewerFol. 11v

    Half-page miniature.

  16. miniature: check the viewerFol. 12r

    Half-page miniature.

  17. miniature: check the viewerFol. 13v

    Half-page miniature.

  18. miniature: check the viewerFol. 14r

    Half-page miniature.

  19. miniature: check the viewerFol. 14v

    Small miniature.

  20. miniature: check the viewerFol. 15r

    Small miniature.

  21. miniature: check the viewerFol. 17v

    Half-page miniature.

  22. miniature: check the viewerFol. 18r

    Half-page miniature.

  23. miniature: check the viewerFol. 19r

    Half-page miniature.

  24. miniature: check the viewerFol. 20r

    Half-page miniature.

  25. miniature: check the viewerFol. 23v

    Small miniature.

  26. miniature: check the viewerFol. 24r

    Half-page miniature.

  27. miniature: check the viewerFol. 26v

    Half-page miniature.

  28. miniature: check the viewerFol. 28v

    Half-page miniature.

  29. miniature: check the viewerFol. 32r

    Full-page miniature.

  30. miniature: check the viewerFol. 35r

    Full-page miniature.

  31. miniature: check the viewerFol. 36r

    Full-page miniature.

  32. miniature: check the viewerFol. 37r

    Full-page miniature.

  33. miniature: check the viewerFol. 38r

    Full-page miniature.

  34. miniature: check the viewerFol. 39v

    Small miniature.

  35. miniature: check the viewerFol. 40r

    Full-page miniature.

  36. miniature: check the viewerFol. 42r

    Half-page miniature.

  37. miniature: check the viewerFol. 42v
  38. miniature: check the viewerFol. 43r
  39. miniature: check the viewerFol. 43v
  40. miniature: check the viewerFol. 44r
  41. miniature: check the viewerFol. 44v
  42. miniature: check the viewerFol. 45r
  43. miniature: check the viewerFol. 45v
  44. miniature: check the viewerFol. 46r
  45. miniature: check the viewerFol. 46v
  46. miniature: check the viewerFol. 47v
  47. miniature: check the viewerFol. 48r
  48. miniature: check the viewerFol. 48v
  49. miniature: check the viewerFol. 49r
  50. miniature: check the viewerFol. 50v
  51. miniature: check the viewerFol. 51r
  52. miniature: check the viewerFol. 52r
  53. miniature: check the viewerFol. 52v
  54. miniature: check the viewerFol. 53r
  55. miniature: check the viewerFol. 53v
  56. miniature: check the viewerFol. 54v
  57. miniature: check the viewerFol. 55r
  58. miniature: check the viewerFol. 56r
  59. miniature: check the viewerFol. 56v
  60. miniature: check the viewerFol. 57v
  61. miniature: check the viewerFol. 58r
  62. miniature: check the viewerFol. 59r
  63. miniature: check the viewerFol. 60r
  64. miniature: check the viewerFol. 61r
  65. miniature: check the viewerFol. 62v
  66. miniature: check the viewerFol. 63r
  67. miniature: check the viewerFol. 63v
  68. miniature: check the viewerFol. 64r
  69. miniature: check the viewerFol. 64v
  70. miniature: check the viewerFol. 65r
  71. miniature: check the viewerFol. 66r
  72. miniature: check the viewerFol. 66v
  73. miniature: check the viewerFol. 67r
  74. miniature: check the viewerFol. 67v
  75. miniature: check the viewerFol. 68v
  76. miniature: check the viewerFol. 69r
  77. miniature: check the viewerFol. 69v
  78. miniature: check the viewerFol. 70r
  79. miniature: check the viewerFol. 70v
  80. miniature: check the viewerFol. 71r
  81. miniature: check the viewerFol. 71v
  82. miniature: check the viewerFol. 72r
  83. miniature: check the viewerFol. 72v
  84. miniature: check the viewerFol. 73r
  85. miniature: check the viewerFol. 74r
  86. miniature: check the viewerFol. 75r
  87. miniature: check the viewerFol. 75v
  88. miniature: check the viewerFol. 76v

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 140b
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

+NaN (leaf) , Entered as 2+175+3 5 (leaf, blank) .Entered as 5 16.75 14.875
Outer dimensions
Height 16.75in
Width 14.875in

Foliation

Foliation by the library in the upper right corner. Two unnumbered blank leaves at the beginning and three at the end, referred to as check the viewerfols i–ii, and check the vieweri–iii respectively in the library's digitization.

State of preservation

good

Condition

Binding

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

Binding material

wood

leather

textile

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 19-23

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 visible.
  • Primary pricks are visible, horizontal pricks are visible.

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1721-1730 according to William Wright

    The manuscript is written in a fine hand, between 1721-1730 . 1721-1730 according to William Wright

    • Publication Statement

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    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    availability
    This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
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    type=expanded
    9.6.2022 at 10:26:44
    date
    type=lastModified
    8.6.2022
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    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient602/main
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/BLorient602
    idno
    type=filename
    BLorient602.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    BLorient602

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    Solomon Gebreyes, Daria Elagina, Alessandro Bausi, Dorothea Reule, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 602ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2022-06-08) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient602 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]

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    • Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Added layout. on 8.6.2022
    • Daria Elagina Daria Elagina: Completed the description. on 20.7.2021
    • Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Added link to images on 26.11.2020
    • Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Created catalogue entry on 4.6.2019

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