London, British Library, BL Oriental 647
Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. XCIV, Wright 94
General description
Taʾammǝra Māryām
Number of Text units: 12
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1700-1750 (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
- ms_i1
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Taʾammǝra Māryām
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 1r and following ), Prayer of Our Lady Mary for the 16th Yakkātit
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 6r and following ),
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 7v and following ), Malkǝʾ-hymn to Our Lady Mary
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 8r and following ), Hymn to Our Lady Mary
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 10v and following ), Hymn to Our Lady Mary
- ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 11r and following ), Hymn to Our Lady Mary
- ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 17r and following, check the viewer142r and following ), Taʾammǝra Māryām
- ms_i1.8 (check the viewerFols 102r and following ), Māḫleta ṣǝge
- ms_i1.9 (check the viewerFols 125r and following ), Malkǝʾ-hymn to Our Lady Mary
- ms_i1.10 (check the viewerFols 126r and following ), Miracle of Mary (general record for a single unidentified miracle)
- ms_i1.11 (check the viewerFols 141r and following ), Miracle of Mary (general record for a single unidentified miracle)
Contents
Taʾammǝra Māryām (CAe 2384)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 1r and following Prayer of Our Lady Mary for the 16th Yakkātit (CAe 3987)
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check the viewerFols 6r and following [!]The certainty about the value of ref is low. (CAe 3108)
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check the viewerFols 7v and following Malkǝʾ-hymn to Our Lady Mary (CAe 2804)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለኪ፡ ማርያም፡ ለኖኅ፡ ሐመሩ፡
check the viewerFols 8r and following Hymn to Our Lady Mary (CAe 2968)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በሰጊድ፡ ሰላም፡ ለኵሎን፡ መልክዕኪ፡ ማርያም፡
check the viewerFols 10v and following Hymn to Our Lady Mary (CAe 3057)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):እሰግድ፡ ለኪ፡ ከመ፡ ኃጢአትየ፡ ታስተስርዪ፡
check the viewerFols 11r and following Hymn to Our Lady Mary (CAe 3023)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ተፈሥሒ፡ ማርያም፡ ድንግልተ፡ ሥጋ፡ ወሕሊና፡
check the viewerFols 17r and following, check the viewer142r and following Taʾammǝra Māryām (CAe 3585)
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This series contains 59 miracles. This series of miracles is numbered up to ፴፫፡ on check the viewerfol. 99v , and begins again with ፴፬፡ on check the viewerfol. 142r .check the viewerFols 125r and following Malkǝʾ-hymn to Our Lady Mary (CAe 2808)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለኪ፡ መንበረ፡ ፀሐይ፡ ሰማይ፡ ወከዋክብት፡ አክሊላ፡
Incomplete at the end.check the viewerFols 126r and following Miracle of Mary (general record for a single unidentified miracle) (CAe 3993)
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Numbered as ፪፡.check the viewerFols 141r and following Miracle of Mary (general record for a single unidentified miracle) (CAe 3993)
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Numbered as ፫፡.Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 17r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) ተአምረ፡ ማርያም፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
Extras
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The name of the first owner was Mātewos owner , altered in some places into Dǝmeṭros owner .
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The name of Mātewos owner is mentioned as well in Content Item 1.8 , item 1 Māḫleta ṣǝge (CAe 1834) , Content Item 1.9 , item 1 Malkǝʾ-hymn to Our Lady Mary (CAe 2808) , Content Item 1.10 , item 1 Miracle of Mary (general record for a single unidentified miracle) (CAe 3993) and Content Item 1.11 , item 1 Miracle of Mary (general record for a single unidentified miracle) (CAe 3993) .
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 .
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 140
Pictures in outline.
Other Decorations
- other:
Throughout the volume the spaces for the pictures are blank.
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 55b-56a
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 14.88in |
Width | 12in |
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: 2
Number of lines: 15
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 partly visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1700-1750
1700-1750 Written in a fine hand.More bibliography
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Dorothea Reule, Alessandro Bausi, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 647ʼ, 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/BLorient647 [Accessed: 2024-04-23+02:00]
Revisions of the data
- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Added layout on 9.6.2022
- Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: Added link to images on 29.10.2020
- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Created record on 12.9.2018
Attributions of the contents
Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor