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London, British Library, BL Oriental 713

Solomon Gebreyes

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

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Collection: Oriental

Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCXC, Wright 290

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General description

The Acts of George, Maṣḥafa ʾAḫbǝro

Number of Text units: 8

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Provenance

The name of the first owner was Fǝśśǝḥa Ṣǝyon owner , son of ʾAnorewos , for whose name have been substituted those of Walda ʾAragāwi and Walda ʾAragāwi .

. 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. The manuscript was then sent to the Royal Library at Windsor and presented by Victoria II to the British Library↗ on the 21st January 1869.

Secondary Bibliography

  • Wright, W. 1877. Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1847 (London: Gilbert and Rivington, 1877). page iv
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Summary

  1. ms_i1 (), Hagiographic Dossier of St George of Lydda
    1. ms_i1.1 (check the viewer ), The discourse of Theodotus of Ankyra on the commemoration of St George
    2. ms_i1.2 (check the viewer ), The History and Martyrdom of George
      1. ms_i1.2.1 (check the viewerFol. 81r ), Embedded colophon of the work
      2. ms_i1.2.2 (check the viewerFol. 81v ), Embedded colophon of the translation
    3. ms_i1.3 (check the viewer ), The Miracles of George, 79 in number
      1. ms_i1.3.1 (check the viewerFol. 187r ), Embedded colophon of the translation
    4. ms_i1.4 (check the viewer ), መጽሐፈ፡ አኅብሮ፡

Contents

Hagiographic Dossier of St George of Lydda (CAe 6172)
check the viewer The History and Martyrdom of George (CAe 1455)

Language of text:

Colophon

check the viewerFol. 81v

The note shows that the present copy was written for one Fǝśśǝḥa Ṣǝyon , son of ʾAnorewos

check the viewerFol. 81v Embedded colophon of the translation (CAe 1455 coloph3) ወፍጻሜሁሰ፡ ኮነ፡ ፪ለወርኃ፡ ታስሪን፡ ቀዳማይ፡ በሐሳቦሙ፡ ለዕብራውያን፡ ወበግዕዝ፡ አመ፡ ፬ለጥቅምት፡ በሓሳበ፡ ፅሐይ፡ ወበሣልስ፡ ኆኅት፡ በጊዜ፡ ግብአቱ፡ አምራብዕ፡ በ፱ዓውደ፡ ቀመር፡ በ፩ጥንትዮን፡ ወበ፬ዓውደ፡ ዕለት። በ፱አበቅቴ፡ በካልእ፡ ዓመተ፡ መንግሥቱ፡ ለዳዊት፡ ንጉሠ፡ አግዓዜ፡ ወልደ፡ ናዖድ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ርቱዓ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ በዕለተ፡ ሰኑይ፡ በ፲ሰዓት፡ ዘመዓልት፡ አመ፡ ከርመ፡ በምድረ፡ አዘዞ። The copied colophon gives the precise date of translation, 2nd year of the reign of Dawit (that is, Lǝbna Dǝngǝl), who began his reign in August 1508
check the viewer The Miracles of George, 79 in number (CAe 4006)

Language of text:

check the viewerFol. 187r Embedded colophon of the translation (CAe 4006 coloph1) ተተርጐመት፡ ዛቲ፡ መጽፍ፡ አምዓረቢ፡ ወእስከ፡ ግዕዝ፡ በ፱ዓመተ፡ መንግሥቱ፡ ለንጉሥነ፡ ፋሲለደስ፡ ዘተሰምየ፡ ቈስጥንጢኖስ። ፷፻ወ፱፻ወ፹ዓመተ፡ ምሕረት፡ ጥንትዮን፡ ፪አበቅቴ፡ ፯ወበ፲፻ወ፪፻ወ፬አምዓመተ፡ ሰማዕታት፡ ወዘአጽሐፋ፡ ፍሥሓ፡ ጽዮን። The copied colophon of translation gives the date of translation, 9th year of the reign of Fāsiladas or Constantine, 6980 Ethiopian Calendar, i.e. 1487-1488 . There is some mistake here as Fāsiladas ' s reign only started in 1632. The reference is probably to Emperor ʾƎskǝndǝr , or Constantine, who began to reign in November 1478.
check the viewer መጽሐፈ፡ አኅብሮ፡ (CAe 5481)

Language of text:

Colophon

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The colophon contains the names of the Fǝśśǝḥa Ṣǝyon and his father ʾAnorewos and his mother No item: PRS12584Aqelesya

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .

  1. check the viewerFol. 4r (Type: OwnershipNote)

    The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .

    ( gez ) ገድለ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗

Extras

  1. check the viewerFol. 81v

    The name of the original owner Fǝśśǝḥa Ṣǝyon , son of ʾAnorewos ) has been replaced by Walda ʾAragāwi and Walda ʾAragāwi

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 191a-192a
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

+NaN (leaf) .Entered as 1+195+1 349 318
Outer dimensions
Height 349mm
Width 318mm

Foliation

Foliation by the library in the upper right corner. One unnumbered blank leaf at the beginning, referred to as check the viewerfols. i, in the libary's digitization, and one at the end, referred to as check the viewer196 .

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: 22-24

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: 1700-1750 according to William Wright

    The manuscript is written in a good hand, of the earlier part of the 18th century. 1700-1750 according to William Wright

    • Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    availability
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    date
    type=expanded
    20.6.2022 at 11:04:39
    date
    type=lastModified
    17.6.2022
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient713/main
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/BLorient713
    idno
    type=filename
    BLorient713.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    BLorient713

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    Solomon Gebreyes, Alessandro Bausi, Dorothea Reule, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 713ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2022-06-17) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient713 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]

    Revisions of the data

    • Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Added layout on 17.6.2022
    • Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: corrected refs in msItems, nesting, loci on 17.9.2020
    • Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Added link to images on 26.4.2019
    • Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Created catalogue entry on 1.4.2019

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    Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor

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