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London, British Library, BL Oriental 609

Solomon Gebreyes, Daria Elagina

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

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https://betamasaheft.eu/BLorient609
British Library[view repository]

Collection: Oriental

Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCXVIII, Wright 217

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General description

Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel

Number of Text units: 50

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

1600-1700 (dating on palaeographic grounds)

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 5r and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel
    1. ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 5r and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Ḫǝdār
      1. ms_i1.1.1 (check the viewerFols 5r and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Homily for Ḫǝdār by Timothy III (same as LIT1637Homily)
      2. ms_i1.1.2 (check the viewerFols 13r and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Commemorative Notice for Ḫǝdār
    2. ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 15v and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Tāḫśāś
      1. ms_i1.2.1 (check the viewerFols 15v and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Anonymous homily for Tāḫśāś
      2. ms_i1.2.2 (check the viewerFols 23v and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Commemorative Notice for Tāḫśāś
    3. ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 24v and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Ṭǝrr
      1. ms_i1.3.1 (check the viewerFols 24v and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Homily for Ṭǝrr by Epiphanius of Salamis
      2. ms_i1.3.2 (check the viewerFols 38r and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Commemorative Notice for Ṭǝrr
    4. ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 38v and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Yakkātit
      1. ms_i1.4.1 (check the viewerFols 38v and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Anonymous homily for Yakkātit
      2. ms_i1.4.2 (check the viewerFols 44v and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Commemorative Notice for Yakkātit
    5. ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 45v and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Maggābit
      1. ms_i1.5.1 (check the viewerFols 45v and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Homily for Maggābit by a patriarch of Antioch
      2. ms_i1.5.2 (check the viewerFols 67v and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Commemorative Notice for Maggābit
    6. ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 70r and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Miyāzyā
      1. ms_i1.6.1 (check the viewerFols 70r and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Homily for Miyāzyā by Rǝtuʿa Hāymānot
      2. ms_i1.6.2 (check the viewerFols 75r and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Commemorative Notice for Miyāzyā
    7. ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 76r and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Gǝnbot
      1. ms_i1.7.1 (check the viewerFols 76r and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Homily for Gǝnbot by Yoḥannǝs [I] Homily Concerning John (Yoḥannəs), Metropolitan of Aksum, for the 12th day of Gənbot
      2. ms_i1.7.2 (check the viewerFols 78v and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Commemorative Notice for Gǝnbot
    8. ms_i1.8 (check the viewerFols 81r and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Sane
      1. ms_i1.8.1 (check the viewerFols 81r and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Homily for Sane by ṗāṗās Yoḥannǝs Homily of John (Yoḥannəs), Metropolitan of Aksum, for the 12th day of Sane
      2. ms_i1.8.2 (check the viewerFols 89v and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Commemorative Notice for Sane
    9. ms_i1.9 (check the viewerFols 99r and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Ḥamle
      1. ms_i1.9.1 (check the viewerFols 99r and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Homily for Ḥamle by ṗāṗās Yoḥannǝs Homily of John (Yoḥannəs), Bishop of Aksum, for the 12th day of Ḥamle
      2. ms_i1.9.2 (check the viewerFols 105r and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Commemorative Notice for Ḥamle
    10. ms_i1.10 (check the viewerFols 108r and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Naḥase
      1. ms_i1.10.1 (check the viewerFols 108r and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Anonymous homily for Naḥase
      2. ms_i1.10.2 (check the viewerFols 112r and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Commemorative Notice for Naḥase
    11. ms_i1.11 (check the viewerFols 112v and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Maskaram
      1. ms_i1.11.1 (check the viewerFols 112v and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Anonymous homily for Maskaram
      2. ms_i1.11.2 (check the viewerFols 118v and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Commemorative Notice for Maskaram
    12. ms_i1.12 (check the viewerFols 121r and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Ṭǝqǝmt
      1. ms_i1.12.1 (check the viewerFols 121r and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Anonymous homily for Ṭǝqǝmt
      2. ms_i1.12.2 (check the viewerFols 126r and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Commemorative Notice for Ṭǝqǝmt
    13. ms_i1.13 (check the viewerFols 132r and following ), Miracles of St Michael
      1. ms_i1.13.1 (check the viewerFols 132r and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Miracle for Ḫǝdār on the Egyptian sailors saved by St Michael
      2. ms_i1.13.2 (check the viewerFols 134r and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Miracle for Tāḫśāś on the poor peasant who found a treasure
      3. ms_i1.13.3 (check the viewerFols 134r and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Miracle for Ṭǝrr
      4. ms_i1.13.4 (check the viewerFols 136r and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Miracle for Yakkātit
      5. ms_i1.13.5 (check the viewerFols 138r and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Miracle for Maggābit
      6. ms_i1.13.6 (check the viewerFols 140r and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Miracle for Miyāzyā
      7. ms_i1.13.7 (check the viewerFols 142v and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Miracle for Gǝnbot
      8. ms_i1.13.8 (check the viewerFols 145r and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Miracle for Sane
      9. ms_i1.13.9 (check the viewerFols 147r and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Miracle for Ḥamle
      10. ms_i1.13.10 (check the viewerFols 148r and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Miracle for Naḥase
      11. ms_i1.13.11 (check the viewerFols 149v and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Miracle for Maskaram
      12. ms_i1.13.12 (check the viewerFols 153r and following ), Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Miracle for Ṭǝqǝmt

Contents

check the viewerFols 5r and following Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel (CAe 1295)

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check the viewerFols 5r and following Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Ḫǝdār (CAe 1295 Hedar)

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check the viewerFols 15v and following Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Tāḫśāś (CAe 1295 Tahsas)

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check the viewerFols 24v and following Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Ṭǝrr (CAe 1295 Terr)

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check the viewerFols 38v and following Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Yakkātit (CAe 1295 Yakkatit)

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check the viewerFols 45v and following Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Maggābit (CAe 1295 Maggabit)

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check the viewerFols 70r and following Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Miyāzyā (CAe 1295 Miyazya)

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check the viewerFols 76r and following Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Gǝnbot (CAe 1295 Genbot)

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check the viewerFols 76r and following Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Homily for Gǝnbot by Yoḥannǝs [I] Homily Concerning John (Yoḥannəs), Metropolitan of Aksum, for the 12th day of Gənbot (CAe 1295 HomilyGenbot)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ድርሳን፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ ሚካኤል፡ ሊቀ፡ መላእክት። ነገር፡ ዘበእንተ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ጳጳስ፡ ዘብሔረ፡ ኢትዮጵያ፡ ዘወፅአ፡ እምድኅረ፡ አቡነ፡ ይስሐቅ፡ ጳጳስ፡ ዘብሔረ፡ ኢትዮጵያ፡

check the viewerFols 81r and following Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Sane (CAe 1295 Sane)

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check the viewerFols 99r and following Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Ḥamle (CAe 1295 Hamle)

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check the viewerFols 108r and following Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Naḥase (CAe 1295 Nahase)

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check the viewerFols 112v and following Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Maskaram (CAe 1295 Maskaram)

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check the viewerFols 121r and following Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Ṭǝqǝmt (CAe 1295 Teqemt)

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check the viewerFols 126r and following Dǝrsāna Mikāʾel, Commemorative Notice for Ṭǝqǝmt (CAe 1295 CommemorativeTeqemt)

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The loss of two leaves at the end of the text. Stubs are visible.
check the viewerFols 132r and following Miracles of St Michael

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Additions In this unit there are in total .

    Extras

    1. The name of the first owner was Takla Hāymānot owner (check the viewerfols. 45r, 70r, 126r ). Later owners were ʾAdarā Giyorgis owner and his wife Sabla Wangel owner (check the viewerfol. 5r ), and Walda Rufāʾel owner (check the viewerfol. 108r ). In the latter part, Content Item 1.13 , item 1 Miracles of St Michael , the names of Ḫāyla Mikāʾel owner and Walda Mikāʾel owner .

    Decoration In this unit there are in total 20 s.

    Miniatures notes

    1. miniature: check the viewerFol. 2r

      Uncolored miniature in outline.

    2. miniature: check the viewerFol. 2v

      Uncolored miniature in outline.

    3. miniature: check the viewerFol. 3v

      Uncolored miniature in outline.

    4. miniature: check the viewerFol. 4v

      Uncolored miniature in outline.

    5. miniature: check the viewerFol. 16r

      Uncolored miniature in outline.

    6. miniature: check the viewerFol. 17r

      Uncolored miniature in outline.

    7. miniature: check the viewerFol. 25r

      Uncolored miniature in outline.

    8. miniature: check the viewerFol. 26r

      Uncolored miniature in outline.

    9. miniature: check the viewerFol. 39r

      Uncolored miniature in outline.

    10. miniature: check the viewerFol. 39v

      Uncolored miniature in outline.

    11. miniature: check the viewerFol. 40r

      Uncolored miniature in outline.

    12. miniature: check the viewerFol. 40v

      Uncolored miniature in outline.

    13. miniature: check the viewerFol. 46r

      Uncolored miniature in outline.

    14. miniature: check the viewerFol. 47r

      Uncolored miniature in outline.

    15. miniature: check the viewerFol. 68v

      Uncolored miniature in outline.

    16. miniature: check the viewerFol. 69r

      Uncolored miniature in outline.

    17. miniature: check the viewerFol. 79v

      Uncolored miniature in outline.

    18. miniature: check the viewerFol. 80r

      Uncolored miniature in outline.

    19. miniature: check the viewerFol. 80v

      Uncolored miniature in outline.

    20. miniature: check the viewerFol. 97v

      Uncolored miniature in outline.

    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 146a-b
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    This manuscript has modern restorations.

    Physical Description

    Form of support

    Parchment Codex

    Extent

    +NaN (leaf) , Entered as 157+2 15 (leaf, blank) .Entered as 15 206 184
    Outer dimensions
    Height 206mm
    Width 184mm

    Foliation

    Foliation by the library in the upper right corner from check the viewerfols 1–155, . Two unnumbered blank leaves at the end, referred to as check the viewer156–157, in the library's digitization. There are two foliation mistakes, thus the manuscript contains check the viewer19a, and check the viewer92a .

    State of preservation

    good

    Condition

    Binding

    Two wooden boards.

    Blind-tooled leather cover (with the gilded title and shelfmark on the spine).

    Sewing Stations

    4

    Sewing Stations

    Sewing stations are used in an irregular way.

    Binding material

    wood

    leather

    Original binding

    No

    Layout

    Layout note 1

    Number of columns: 2

    Number of lines: 14

    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

  1. Hand 1

    Scribe: ʾAbrǝhām scribe

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1600-1700 according to William Wright

    The first part of the manuscript, check the viewerfols 5–126 , was written by a hand of the 17th century.. 1600-1700 according to William Wright ʾAbrǝhām scribe

  2. Hand 2

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1700-1800 according to William Wright

    The second part of the manuscript, check the viewerfols 132–155 , was written by a hand of the 18th century. 1700-1800 according to William Wright

    3. Publication Statement

    authority
    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.
    date
    type=expanded
    19.7.2022 at 11:36:45
    date
    type=lastModified
    4.7.2022
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient609/main
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/BLorient609
    idno
    type=filename
    BLorient609.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    BLorient609

    Encoding Description

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    Solomon Gebreyes, Daria Elagina, Alessandro Bausi, Dorothea Reule, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 609ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2022-07-04) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient609 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]

    Revisions of the data

    • Dorothea Reule Added binding on 4.7.2022
    • Dorothea Reule Added layout. on 9.6.2022
    • Daria Elagina Completed the description. on 28.7.2021
    • Dorothea Reule Added link to images on 30.10.2019
    • Solomon Gebreyes Created catalogue entry on 6.6.2019

    Attributions of the contents

    Alessandro Bausi, general editor

    Solomon Gebreyes, editor

    Daria Elagina, editor

    Dorothea Reule, contributor

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