London, British Library, BL Oriental 729
Solomon Gebreyes
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCCVI, Wright 306
General description
The Life and Acts of Fiqṭor (Victor)
Number of Text units: 2
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
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–78r ), Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-qǝddus Fiqṭor za-hagara ʾAnṣokiyā, Gadle
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFol. 78r ), Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-qǝddus Fiqṭor za-hagara ʾAnṣokiyā, Miracles
Contents
check the viewerFols 3r–78r Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-qǝddus Fiqṭor za-hagara ʾAnṣokiyā, Gadle (CAe 4845 Gadle)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ አብ፡ etc. ድርሳን፡ ዘደረሰ፡ አቡነ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ስቡሕ፡ ወክቡር፡ በኲሉ፡ ምግባረ፡ ሠናይ፡ አባ፡ role: title ህርያቆስ፡ ኤጲስ፡ ቆጶስ፡ ዘሀገረ፡ ብህንሳ። ብሂሎ፡ በእንተ፡ ስባሔ፡ ወክብር፡ ዘመስፍን፡ ፅኑዕ፡ ዓቢይ፡ መኰንን፡ ኅሩይ፡ ለባሴ፡ መዊእ፡ ክቡር፡ ሰማዕት፡ ቅዱስ፡ ድንግል፡ ማር፡ role: title ፊቂጦር፡ ወልደ፡ ህርማኖስ፡ መኰንን። ወዘከመ፡ ሰአለት፡ ወአስተብቈዓት፡ (sic) ቅድመ፡ ሥዕለ፡ እግዚእትነ፡ ማርያም፡ ወላዲተ፡ አምላክ፡ ወዘከመ፡ ሰምዓታ፡ አውያቲሃ፡ ወተወክፈታ፡ ስእለታቲሃ፡ ወበእንተ፡ ዓራዚኒ፡ ዘውእቱ፡ ልብሰ፡ ወርቅ። ወናሁ፡ ተናገረ፡ ውስቴቱ፡ እምአመ፡ ተወልደ፡ ዝንቱ፡ ቅዱስ፡ እስከ፡ ፍጻሜ፡ ሰምዑ፡ ዘፈጸመ፡ ገድሎ፡ ሠናየ። አመ፡ ፳ወ፯፡ ለወርኃ፡ ሚያዝያ፡ በሰላመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አብ።
check the viewerFol. 78r Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-qǝddus Fiqṭor za-hagara ʾAnṣokiyā, Miracles (CAe 4845 Taamer)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ አብ፡ etc. ድርሳን፡ ዘደረሰ፡ አብ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ድሜጥሮስ፡ ሊቀ፡ ኤጴስ፡ ቆጶሳት፡ ዘአንጾኪያ፡↗ ዘሤሞ፡ ቀሲሰ፡ ለቅዱስ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ልሳነ፡ ወርቅ፡ በእንተ፡ ክብሩ፡ ወልዕልናሁ፡ ለሰማዕት፡ ፅኑዕ፡ ድንግል፡ ወንጹሕ። ዘተዓገሠ፡ ዘዘ፡ ዚአሁ፡ ኲነኔ፡ በእንተ፡ ስመ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክቡር፡ ወዘለፈ፡ ነገሥተ፡ ከሓድያነ፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ፍርሃት፡ ወኢድንጋፄ፡ ወኢግጋፄ፡ ሰማዕት፡ ማር፡ role: title ፊቂጦር፡ ወልደ፡ ህርማኖስ፡ መኰንን፡ ዓቢይ፡ ዘንጉሥ።
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 3r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) ገድለ፡ ፊቂጦር፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
Extras
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 196b-197a
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 283mm |
Width | 254mm |
Foliation
Foliation by the library in the upper right corner. Two unnumbered blank leaves at the end, referred to as check the viewerfols i–ii in the library's digitization.
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
In the Original board covered with blind-tooled leather and lined with cloth.
Binding material
wood
leather
textile
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 21-22
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: 1700-1800 according to William Wright
The manuscript is written in a good hand of the 18th century . 1700-1800 according to William WrightCheck for additional bibliography
Publication Statement
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Solomon Gebreyes, Alessandro Bausi, Dorothea Reule, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 729ʼ, 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/BLorient729 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Added layout on 17.6.2022
- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Added link to images on 26.11.2020
- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: updated on 12.8.2019
- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: added content on 26.3.2019
- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Created catalogue entry on 7.3.2019
Attributions of the contents
Dorothea Reule, contributor