London, British Library, BL Oriental 636
Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. LXXXII, Wright 82
General description
Taʾammǝra Māryām
Number of Text units: 3
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1667-1706 (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
- ms_i1
(check the viewerFols 1r and following ),
Taʾammǝra Māryām
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 1r and following ), Maṣḥafa śǝrʿāt za-waṣʾa ʾǝm-manbara Mārqos ḥawāryā ʾǝm-makāna maʿāllǝqā
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 6r and following ), Taʾammǝra Māryām
Contents
check the viewerFols 1r and following Taʾammǝra Māryām (CAe 2384)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 1r and following Maṣḥafa śǝrʿāt za-waṣʾa ʾǝm-manbara Mārqos ḥawāryā ʾǝm-makāna maʿāllǝqā (CAe 1968)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 6r and following Taʾammǝra Māryām (CAe 3585)
Language of text:
This manuscript contains 202 miracles.Supplication (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 6r ጸሎታ፡ ወበረከታ፡ ወምሕረተ፡ ፍቁር፡ ወልዳ፡ ንጉሥነ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወምስለ፡ ንሥ
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 2 , 1 .
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The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) ተአምረ፡ ማርያም፡ ዘቅ'፡ መ'፡ ዓለም።↗
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Deeds of gifts and similar texts from the reigns of Yoḥannǝs I , Takla Hāymānot II , Takla Giyorgis I Ḥǝzqǝyās , ʾƎgʷāla Ṣǝyon , ʾIyoʾas II , Gigār , Gabra Krǝstos and Śāhla Dǝngǝl .
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check the viewerFol. 5r (Type: LandGrant)
Deed of gift of ʾIyāsu II and his mother, Bǝrhān Mogasā .
( gez ) ነዋ፡ ወሀብነ፡ ንሕነ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ነገሥት፡ ኢያሱ፡ ዘስመ፡ መንግሥትነ፡ ብርሃን፡ ሰገድ፡ ወእምነ፡ ንግሥት፡ ወለተ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ብርሃን፡ ሞገሳ፡ ለቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ቍስቋም፡↗ እንተ፡ ሕንጽት፡ በምድረ፡ ላይ፡ ጎንደር፡↗ ዘተሰምየት፡ ደብረ፡ ፀሐይ፡↗ አልባሰ፡ ዘኃሪር፡ ወዘርቤታተ፡ ወማዕጠንታተ፡ ወአክሊላተ፡ ዘወርቅ፡ ወዘብሩር፡ ጻሕለ፡ ወጽዋዓ፡ ዘብሩር፡ ወመጻሕፍተ፡ ዘብሉይ፡ ወዘሐዲስ፡ ወኵሎ፡ ንዋየ፡ ቅድሳት፡ ከመ፡ ይግበሩ፡ ቦሙ፡ መሥዋዕተ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ለመድኃኒተ፡ ነፍስነ፡ ወለካህናቲሃ፡ ወሀብናሆሙ፡ ሀገረ፡ ዘይሰመይ፡ ባጀና፡↗ ቀዳሚ፡ ዘነበረ፡ ቦቱ፡ ጋላ፡ ወድኅረ፡ ዘተሠርዓ፡ ቦቱ፡ ዘዌ፡ ከመ፡ ይኩን፡ ለሲሳዮሙ፡ ወለቍርባንሂ፡ ወሀብነ፡ ሀገረ፡ ዘነበረ፡ በእደ፡ ? ምስለንትያ፡ ዘስሙ፡ ጉንትር፡ ለተዝካረ፡ ንጉሥኒ፡ ወሀብነ፡ ሀገረ፡ ዘይሰመይ፡ ከች፡ ወለመካንሂ፡ ወለጥነ፡ መካነ፡ ዘይሰመይ፡ ቆፋሮች፡ በቅድመ፡ አቡነ፡ role: title ክርስቶዶሉ፡ ዘኢትዮጵያ፡ ጳጳስ፡ ወበቅድመ፡ አቡነ፡ role: title ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ መምሀር፡ ዘደብረ፡ ሊባኖስ፡↗ ወበቅመ፡ ? ወሊቃውንተ፡ ኢበያተ፡ ክርስተያን፡ ወመምህራን፡ ወመኳንንት፡ ወሊቃውንተ፡ ፍትሕ። ባሕቱ፡ ከመ፡ ኢያስትቱ፡ ዘንተ፡ ውሂቦተነ፡ እመሂ፡ ንጉሥ፡ አው፡ ንግሥት፡ እመሂ፡ መኳንንት፡ ወእመኒ፡ ሕዝባዊ፡ አውገዙ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ ቀሳውስት፡ ወመምህራን፡ ወሊቃውንተ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስተያን፡ ምስለ፡ አቡነ፡ ጳጳስ፡ ክርስቶዶሉ፡ ወምስለ፡ መምህርነ፡ አባ፡ role: title ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ እንዘ፡ ይብሉ፡ እመቦ፡ ዘነሠተ፡ ዘንተ፡ ሥርዓተ፡ በሥልጣነ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ወጳውሎስ፡ ወኵሎሙ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ውጉዘ፡ ለይኩን።
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Hymn of Salome , written in the reign of ʾIyāsu I .
Text in Gǝʿǝz
Extras
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The manuscript was written during the reign of Yoḥannǝs I and Sabla Wangel , but near the beginning the name of ʾIyāsu I has been introduced.
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 50b-51a
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 18in |
Width | 15.75in |
Foliation
Foliation in the upper right corner by the library.
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
In the original boards, lined with flowered silk and covered with blind-tooled leather.
Binding material
wood
leather
textile
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 27-28
Ruling
- (Subtype: pattern)1A-1A-1A1A-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 and horizontal pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1667-1706
1667-1706 Written in a fine hand.More bibliography
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- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Added layout on 9.6.2022
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