London, British Library, BL Oriental 622
Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. LXII, Wright 62
Dated
General description
Taʾammǝra ʾIyasus
Number of Text units: 1
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1715 (internal-date)
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 ), Taʾammǝra ʾIyasus
Contents
check the viewerFols 3r and following Taʾammǝra ʾIyasus (CAe 2382)
Language of text:
Colophon
በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by William Wright ንዌጥን፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ተአምሪሁ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ወአምላክነ፡ ወመድኃኒነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ በ፸፻ወ፪፻ወ፯ዓመተ፡ ዓለም፡ በዘመነ፡ ማርቆስ፡ ወንጌላዊ፡ አመ፡ ፳ወ፯ለሰኔ፡ በሠርቀ፡ ሌሊት፡ ወ፯በሠርቀ፡ መዓሎት፡ በዕለተ፡ ሠሉስ፡ ወበ፫ዓመተ፡ መንግሥቱ፡ ለንጉሠ፡ ነገሥት፡ ፀሐይ፡ ሰገድ፡ ዘተሰምየ፡ በጸጋ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዮስጦስ፡ ሣህሉ፡ ወምሕረቱ፡ ለእግዚአበሔር፡ . . . . .ommission by William Wright የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ንጉሥነ፡ ዮስጦስ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።
The miracles are numbered as 42 in the manuscript.Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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The price of vellum or parchment, in Amharic.
( am ) በ፲አሞሌ፡ ፲፪ብሪና፡ የተዋጀ፤ በ፡ ፰አሞሌ፡ ፱ብራና፡ የተዋጀ። በ ፰አሞሌ ፱ብራና፡ የተዋጀ። በ፫አሞሌ፡ ፬ብራና፡ የተዋጀ። ዳግመኒ፡ በ፫አሞሌ፡ ፫ብራና።
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check the viewerFol. 3r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) ተአምረ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .
Other Decorations
- drawing:
check the viewerFol. 147v
Picture
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 41ab
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 13.38in |
Width | 11.75in |
Foliation
Foliation in the upper right corner by the library. One unnumbered blank leaf at the end, referred to as check the viewerfol. i in the library's digitzation.
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
In the original boards, covered with blind-tooled leather.
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 19
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 mostly visible, horizontal pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Written in an fine hand.
Date: 1715
1715More bibliography
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Definitions of prefixes used.
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Standard date | ፸፻ወ፪፻ወ፯ዓመተ፡ ዓለም፡ |
Date in current calendar | 7207 |
Calendar | world |
info | value |
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Standard date | ዘመነ፡ ማርቆስ፡ ወንጌላዊ፡ |
Date in current calendar | no *-custom attributes |
Calendar | evangelists |
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Dorothea Reule, Alessandro Bausi, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 622ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 9.6.2022) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient622 [Accessed: 2024-04-19+02:00]
Revisions of the data
- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Added layout on 9.6.2022
- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Added link to images on 26.11.2020
- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Created record on 20.7.2018