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London, British Library, BL Oriental 752

Solomon Gebreyes, Daria Elagina

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

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Collection: Oriental

Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCCXXI, Wright 321

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General description

Qalemǝnṭos, Didǝsqǝlyā, Maṣḥafa faws manfasāwi, the Teaching of Apostles

Number of Text units: 33

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

1721-1730

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

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 3r and following ), ቀሌምንጦስ፡
    1. ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 3r and following ), Introduction
    2. ms_i1.2 (), Account of the creation and resume of Scripture history down to the reign of Jehoram
    3. ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 22r and following ), Mysteries revealed by St Peter to Clement
    4. ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 35r and following ), The power and the wonders which God displayed to St Peter
    5. ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 59v and following ), Discourse of St Peter to Clement, concerning what shall take place in heaven and on earth for mercy to mankind
    6. ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 79r and following ), Ordinance of the Christian Church, given by our Lord to St Peter
    7. ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 82v and following ), On the rod of Moses
    8. ms_i1.8 (check the viewerFols 91r and following ), The vision of Simon bar Jona
  2. ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 103r and following ), Didascalia Apostolorum
    1. ms_i2.24 (check the viewerFols 140r and following ), አንቀጽ፡ ፳፬። በእንተ፡ ከመ፡ ኢመፍትው፡ ለደናግል፡ ይብዕዓ፡ ነፍሶን፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ይትመከራ፡ ርእሶን።
    2. ms_i2.25 (), አንቀጽ፡ ፳፭። በእንተ፡ ሰማዕት፡ እለ፡ ይወስድዎሙ፡ ኀበ፡ ምኲናን፡ ወያመነድብዎሙ፡ በዓቢይ፡ ኲነኔ፡ በእንተ፡ በዓላት፡ ወፋሲካ።
    3. ms_i2.26 (), አንቀጽ፡ ፳፮። በእንተ፡ ሰማዕት።
    4. ms_i2.27 (), አንቀጽ፡ ፳፯። በእንተ፡ ከመ፡ ኢመፍትው፡ ይባኡ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ውስተ፡ ቤተ፡ ተውኔት፡ ወዘፈን፡ አላ፡ ደእሙ፡ ይሰብሑ፡ ወይዘምሩ፡ በቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን።
    5. ms_i2.28 (), አንቀጽ፡ ፳፰። በእንተ፡ ከመ፡ ኢመፍትው፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ይምሐሉ፡ በስመ፡ አማልክት፡ ወአጋንንት፡ ወግሙራ፡ ኢይዝክርዎሙ፡ ከመ፡ ዘትካት፡ ልማድ።
    6. ms_i2.29 (), አንቀጽ፡ ፳፱። በእንተ፡ ከመ፡ መፍትው፡ ይዕቀቡ፡ ወይፈጽሙ፡ ዕለተ፡ በዓላት፡ በፍሥሓ፡ መንፈሳዊት።
    7. ms_i2.30 (), አንቀጽ፡ ፴። በእንተ፡ ከመ፡ መፍትው፡ ንለቡ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ገቢረ፡ ዕለተ፡ ፋሲካ፡ ወኢንስሐት፡ ገቢረ፡ በካልእ፡ መዋዕል፡ ዘእንበለ፡ በሰሙን፡ በዘቦቱ፡ ይከውን፡ ፍሥሓ፡ አመ፡ ፲ወ፬ ለሠርቀ፡ ሌሊት።
    8. ms_i2.31 (), አንቀጽ፡ ፴፩። በእንተ፡ ፍልጠተ፡ ዕልዋን፡ ወመናፍቃን፡ ኤጲስ፡ ቆጶሳት።
    9. ms_i2.32 (), አንቀጽ፡ ፴፪። በእንተ፡ ዘከመ፡ አብአ፡ ሰይጣን፡ ፍልጠተ፡ ወጋዕዘ፡ ውስተ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ በከመ፡ ገብረ፡ ቀዲሙ፡ ላዕለ፡ ሕዝበ፡ እስራኤል።
    10. ms_i2.33 (), አንቀጽ፡ ፴፫። በእንተ፡ ርትዕት፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ወቅድስት፡ ሥላሴ፡ ዘሰበኩ፡ ለነ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ በጽድቅ።
    11. ms_i2.34 (), አንቀጽ፡ ፴፬። በእንተ፡ ከመ፡ መፍትው፡ ይጸልዩ፡ ወይስአሉ፡ ወይሰብሑ፡ ወይዘምሩ፡ ላዕለ፡ እለ፡ አዕረፉ፡ ወየሀቡ፡ ምጽዋተ፡ በእንቲአሆሙ።
    12. ms_i2.35 (), አንቀጽ፡ ፴፭። በእንተ፡ ፃማ፡ ወአኰቴት።
    13. ms_i2.36 (), አንቀጽ፡ ፴፮። በእንተ፡ ሜሮን።
    14. ms_i2.37 (), አንቀጽ፡ ፴፯። በእንተ፡ ቅኔ፡ ሠራዊተ፡ መንፈሳውያን፡ ወቅድስት፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን።
    15. ms_i2.38 (), አንቀጽ፡ ፴፰። በእንተ፡ ከመ፡ መፍትው፡ ናዕርፍ፡ ሰንበታተ፡ ወናጽምዕ፡ ቃለ፡ ቅዱሳት፡ መጻሕፍት፡ ከመ፡ ንግበር፡ ፈቃዶ፤
    16. ms_i2.39 (), አንቀጽ፡ ፴፱። በእንተ፡ ንኡስ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ እለ፡ ይፈቅዱ፡ ይጠመቁ።
    17. ms_i2.40 (), አንቀጽ፡ ፵። በእንተ፡ ጸሎት፡ ዘይትነበብ፡ ዲበ፡ ማይ።
    18. ms_i2.41 (), አንቀጽ፡ ፵፩። በእንተ፡ ጸሎት፡ ዘይትነበብ፡ ላዕለ፡ ሜሮን።
    19. ms_i2.42 (), አንቀጽ፡ ፵፪። ከመዝ፡ ይጸልዩ፡ ዘንተ፡ ጸሎተ፡ ሐዲሳን፡ እለ፡ ተጠምቁ።
    20. ms_i2.43 (), አንቀጽ፡ ፵፫። በእንተ፡ ኤጲስ፡ ቆጶሳት፡ እለ፡ ተሠይሙ፡ በኀበ፡ ሐዋርያት።
  3. ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 169r and following ), Maṣḥafa faws manfasāwi
    1. ms_i3.1 (check the viewerFols 169b and following ), The secret canons of Theodore Studita
  4. ms_i4 (check the viewerFols 183v and following ), The Teaching of the Apostles regarding the Passion, Crucifixion and Resurrection of our Lord

Contents

check the viewerFols 3r and following ቀሌምንጦስ፡ (CAe 1957)

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check the viewerFol. 102r

ተፈጸመ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ቀሌምንጦስ፡ ረድአ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ርእሶሙ፡ ለቅዱሳን፡ ሐዋርያት። ጸሎቱ፡ ወበረከቱ፡ ወረድኤተ፡ አምላኩ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁሩ፡ ክሳደ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ወምስለ፡ ኲልነ፡ ውሉደ፡ ጥምቀት፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን። ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ጠጽሕፈ፡ በንዋየ፡ ወልደ፡ ሐና፡ በሢመተ፡ ኢሳይያስ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም።

check the viewerFols 3r and following Introduction (CAe 1957 Introduction)

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check the viewerFols 82v and following On the rod of Moses (CAe 1957 Book6)

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check the viewerFols 103r and following Didascalia Apostolorum (CAe 1309)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):አንቀጽ፡ ፩ ትምህርተ፡ ዲድስቅልያ፡ ዘአበው፡ ቅዱሳን፡ ወንጹሓን፡ ብርሃናተ፡ ዓለም፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ጸሎቶሙ፡ ወበረከቶሙ፡ ወምሕረተ፡ አምላኮሙ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቅርቶሙ፡ ወልድ፡ ሠዓላ፡ ምስሌነሂ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።

First 23 Chapters correspond to those of Platt 1834

Supplication (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 168v ምስለ፡ ፍቁሮሙ፡ በካፋ፡ ወምስለ፡ ብእሲቱ፡ ወልድ፡ ሠዓላ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።

አንቀጽ፡ ፴፮። በእንተ፡ ሜሮን። (CAe 1309 Chapter36)

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check the viewerFols 183v and following The Teaching of the Apostles regarding the Passion, Crucifixion and Resurrection of our Lord (CAe 5807)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ አብ፡ (…)ommission by William Wright ድርሳን፡ ወትምህርት፡ ዘአበው፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ቅዱሳን፡ ዘመሀሩነ፡ መንፈሳውያን፡ እሉ፡ እሙንቱ፡ እለ፡ ገብሩ፡ ኃይላተ፡ ወመንክራተ፡ ወትምህርተ፡ ሕይወት፡ ወነገረ፡ ዘከመ፡ ገብሩ፡ አይሁድ፡ ላዕለ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ዘፃረ፡ ሕማማተ፡ ዲበ፡ ዕፀ፡ መስቀል፡ በእንተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ወተንሥአ፡ እምውታን፡ በዕለተ፡ እሑድ፡ ከመ፡ ያድኅነነ። ወካዕበ፡ በእንተ፡ ዘክህደ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ረድእ። በሰላመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አምላክነ፡ ዘሐመ፡ በእንቲአነ፡ ይባርክ፡ ላዕሌነ፡

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):check the viewerFol. 188v ወእምዝ፡ ዓርጉ፡ ደብረ፡ ዘይት፡ ወበጽሑ፡ ጌቴሴማን፡ ወስሙ፡ ፈለገ፡ ቄድሮስ። ወቆመ፡ እግዚእ፡ ኢየ[ሱሱ፡(?)]supplied by William Wright

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .

  1. check the viewerFol. 3r (Type: OwnershipNote)

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

    ( gez ) ቀሌምንጦስ፡ ዘመድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗

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 213b-215a
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

188 (leaf) .Entered as 188 13.75 11.5
Outer dimensions
Height 13.75in
Width 11.5in

Binding

In the original boards, covered with blind-tooled leather and lined with flowered silk.

Binding material

wood

leather

silk

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 3

Number of lines: 28-30

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1721-1730 according to William Wright

    1721-1730 according to William Wright

  • Hand 2

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1721-1730 according to William Wright

    1721-1730 according to William Wright

  • Hand 3

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1721-1730 according to William Wright

    1721-1730 according to William Wright

    • Publication Statement

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    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
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    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
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    date
    type=expanded
    2022-01-05T13:36:28.446+01:00
    date
    type=lastModified
    20.5.2020
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient752
    idno
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/BLorient752
    idno
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    BLorient752.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    BLorient752

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    Solomon Gebreyes, Daria Elagina, Alessandro Bausi, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 752ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-05-20) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient752 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]

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    • Daria Elagina Daria Elagina: Completed the description on 20.5.2020
    • Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Created catalogue entry on 30.4.2019

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