London, British Library, BL Oriental 706
Solomon Gebreyes
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCLXXXII, Wright 282
General description
The Acts of Fāsiladas, the Acts of ʾAbbā Nob
Number of Text units: 2
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1478-1494 . The manuscript was manufactured in the time of King ʾƎskǝndǝr , according to the indication at the end of Content Item 2 Gadl za-ʾAbbā Nob (CAe 5631)
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 ), The Acts of Fasilādas
- ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 134r and following ), Gadl za-ʾAbbā Nob
Contents
check the viewerFols 3r and following The Acts of Fasilādas (CAe 1893)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ዝንቱ፡ ገድል፡ ወጻማ፡ ወስምዑ፡ ለቅዱስ፡ ሊቀ፡ ሐራ፡ ጽኑዕ፡ ፋሲላደስ፡ ሰማዕቱ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ።
Colophon
( gez ) ተተርጐመ፡ ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ እምልሳነ፡ ቅብጢ፡ ኀበ፡ ግዕዝ፡ ዘእምዓመታት፡ ፷፻፡ ወ፹፻፡ ወ፹፱፡ ዘእምፍጥረት። ወእምዓመተ፡ ሰማዕት፡ ወጻድቃን፡ ፸፻፡ ወ፪፻፡ ወ፴፡ በረከቶሙ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ንጉሥነ፡ እስክንድር፡ ወበጸጋ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘተሰምየ፡ ቈስጠንጢኖስ፡ አሜን። ወዘተርጐሞ፡ ለዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ አብ፡ ስምዖን። ወአዕለዎ፡ እምልሳነ፡ ግዕዝ፡ ካህን፡ መነኮስ፡ ዘእምድብረ፡ አበ፡ እንጦንስ።
The colophon states that these acts were translated from Coptic into Gǝʿǝz by Sǝmʿon in 1397.
check the viewerFols 134r and following Gadl za-ʾAbbā Nob (CAe 5631)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ገድል፡ ዘአባ፡ ኖብ፡ ሰማዕተ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ዘእምባሕር፡ በሀገረ፡ ንሂሳ፡ ዘፈጸመ፡ ገድሎ፡ ሠናየ፡ አመ፳ወ፬፡ ለወርኀ፡ ሐምሌ፡
Additions In this unit there are in total 6 s, 3 s, 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 200r (Type: PoemQene)
It is ሥላሴ፡ Qǝne performed for King Nāʿod , when he was at Dabra Bǝrhān↗ .
( gez ) ሥላሴ፡ ዘንጉሥነ፡ ናኦድ፡ ወበጸጋ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘተሰምየ፡ አንበሳ፡ በፀር፡ ዘተቀንየ፡ እንዘ፡ ሀሎ፡ በደብረ፡ ብርሃን፡ አመ፡ ፩፡ ለመጋቢት፡ በበዓለ፡ ልደታ፡ ለእግዚእትነ፡ ማርያም።
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check the viewerFol. 200r (Type: PoemQene)
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check the viewerFol. 200r (Type: PoemQene)
Qǝne also performed for the King Nāʿod , for አመ፡ ፳ ወ፩፡ ለመጋቢት፡
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check the viewerFol. 201 (Type: PoemQene)
Qǝne also performed for the King Nāʿod , while he was Bǝrr↗
( gez ) እንዘ፡ ሀለዉ፡ በምድረ፡ ዘብር። ሥ፤ ዘዕርገት፡
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check the viewerFol. 201 (Type: PoemQene)
Qǝne also performed for the King Nāʿod , while he was Dabra Mǝṭmāq↗ ደብረ፡ ምጥማቅ፡
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check the viewerFol. 202 (Type: PoemQene)
Qǝne also performed for the King Nāʿod , while he was Way↗
( gez ) እንዘ፡ ሀለዉ፡ በምድረ፡ ወይ።
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check the viewerFol. 1r (Type: Inventory)
short list of books
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check the viewerFol. 2r (Type: Inventory)
A list of books presented by king Nāʿod to the church of Beta Māryām↗ at Dabra Bǝrhān↗ in the first year of his reign 1495.
( gez ) በ፷፻፡ ወ፱፻፡ ፹ወ፯ ዓመተ፡ ምሕረት፡ አመ፡ ፳ወ፬፡ ለሚያዝያ፡ በቀዳሚ፡ ዓመተ፡ መንግሥቱ፡ እንዘ፡ ሀለዉ፡ በምድረ፡ ደብረ፡ ብርሃን፡ ↗ ንጉሥ role: titleነ፡ ናኦድ፡ ወበጸጋ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘተሰምየ፡ አንበሳ፡ በፀር፡ መጻሕት፡ (sic) ዛወሀቡ፡ ለቤተ፡ ማርያም፡↗ ኦሪት፡ ፩። ነገሥት፡ ፩። መቃብያን፡ ፩። ወንጌል፡ ፩። ገድለ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ፩። ግብረ፡ ሕማማት፡ ፩። ሓሳብ፡ ፩። ተኣምረ፡ ማርያም፡ ፩። ክብረ፡ ነግሥት፡ (sic) ፡ ፩። መጽሐፈ፡ ዕንቊ፡ ፩። ሲኖዶስ፡ ፩። መጽሐፈ፡ ምሥጢር፡ ፩። መጽሐፈ፡ ዘላፌ፡ እስጢፋኖስ፡ (CAe 5636) ፩። ፀዳለ፡ ፀሐይ፡ ፩። ገድለ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ፩። ስንክሳር፡ ፩። መጽሐፈ፡ ብርሃን፡ ፩። ድርሳነ፡ ጾም፡ (CAe 5637) ፩።ገድለ፡ ፋሲላደስ፡ (sic) ፩። ወአባ፡ ኖብ፡ ወለእግዚአብሔር፡ አብ፡ ጦማረ፡ ትስብእት፡ ፩፡ ገድለ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ፩፡ ወንጌል፡ ፩፡ ሲኖዶስ። ወቀዳሚነ፡ ዘፈነውኩ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ አብ፡ ዘወርቅ፡ ወንጌል፡ ፩፡ ተአምረ፡ ሚካኤል፡ በወርቅ፡ ልቡጥ፡ ፩፡ ዳዊት፡ ፩።
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check the viewerFol. 1r (Type: Inventory)
A short list of books
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check the viewerFols. 1r, a202r (Type: GuestText)
A hymn to George (Sǝbḥāta fǝqur za-Giyorgis (CAe 4957) )
( gez ) ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምከ፡ አምሳለ፡ ገሪፍ፡ ወመርከብ፡ አሣተ፡ ባሕር፡ ዘይስኅብ፡ ውስተ፡ ሰማያዊት፡ ከብካብ።
Extras
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .
Other Decorations
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFols. 3r, 134r
Polychrome ḥarag, unfinished on check the viewerfol. 134r .
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 186b-187b
This manuscript has modern restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 283mm |
Width | 235mm |
Foliation
Foliation in the upper right corner by the library.
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | A | 2 |
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1, stub after 1 2, stub before 1 |
2 | 1 | 8 |
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3 | 2 | 8 |
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4 | 3 | 8 |
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5 | 4 | 8 |
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6 | 5 | 8 |
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7 | 6 | 8 |
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8 | 7 | 8 |
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9 | 8 | 8 |
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3, stub after 5 6, stub after 2 |
10 | 9 | 8 |
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11 | 10 | 8 |
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12 | 11 | 8 |
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13 | 12 | 8 |
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14 | 13 | 8 |
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15 | 14 | 6 |
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16 | 15 | 8 |
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17 | 16 | 8 |
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18 | 17 | 5 |
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1, stub after 5 |
19 | 18 | 8 |
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20 | 19 | 8 |
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21 | 20 | 8 |
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22 | 21 | 8 |
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23 | 22 | 8 |
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24 | 23 | 8 |
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3, stub after 5 6, stub after 2 |
25 | 24 | 8 |
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26 | 25 | 8 |
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27 | 26 | 5 |
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5, stub before 1 |
Collation diagrams
1, stub after 1 2, stub before 1
Quire ID:q1, number:A
Quire ID:q2, number:1
Quire ID:q3, number:2
Quire ID:q4, number:3
Quire ID:q5, number:4
Quire ID:q6, number:5
Quire ID:q7, number:6
Quire ID:q8, number:7
3, stub after 5 6, stub after 2
Quire ID:q9, number:8
Quire ID:q10, number:9
Quire ID:q11, number:10
Quire ID:q12, number:11
Quire ID:q13, number:12
Quire ID:q14, number:13
Quire ID:q15, number:14
Quire ID:q16, number:15
Quire ID:q17, number:16
1, stub after 5
Quire ID:q18, number:17
Quire ID:q19, number:18
Quire ID:q20, number:19
Quire ID:q21, number:20
Quire ID:q22, number:21
Quire ID:q23, number:22
3, stub after 5 6, stub after 2
Quire ID:q24, number:23
Quire ID:q25, number:24
Quire ID:q26, number:25
5, stub before 1
Quire ID:q27, number:26
Ethio-SPaRe formula : A(0+2/s.l. 1, stub after 1; s.l. 2, stub before 1/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (8), 15 (6), 16 (8), 17 (8), 18 (), 19 (8), 20 (8), 21 (8), 22 (8), 23 (8), 24 (8), 25 (8), 26 (8), 27 (5),
Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (8), 15 (6), 16 (8), 17 (8), 18 (), 19 (8), 20 (8), 21 (8), 22 (8), 23 (8), 24 (8), 25 (8), 26 (8), 27 (5),
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
Two wooden boards.
Blind-tooled leather quarter cover (with the gilded title and shelfmark on the spine).Sewing Stations
4Sewing 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: 13
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: 1478-1494 according to William Wright
The manuscript is a large elegant characters, between 1478 and 1494. 1478-1494 according to William WrightCheck for additional bibliography
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Solomon Gebreyes, Alessandro Bausi, Dorothea Reule, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 706ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2022-07-05) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient706 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Dorothea Reule Added binding on 5.7.2022
- Dorothea Reule Added layout and collation on 16.6.2022
- Dorothea Reule Added link to images on 26.11.2020
- Solomon Gebreyes Complete description on 17.4.2019
- Solomon Gebreyes Created catalogue entry on 4.3.2019
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Solomon Gebreyes, editor
Dorothea Reule, contributor