London, British Library, BL Oriental 757
Daria Elagina
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCCXXXV, Wright 335
General description
Maṣḥafa Mār Yǝṣhāq
Number of Text units: 14
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1700-1800 (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 (check the viewerFols 4r and following ), Maṣḥafa Mār Yǝṣhāq
- ms_i2
(check the viewerFols 131r and following ),
Nagara manakosāt
- ms_i2.1 (check the viewerFols 131r and following ),
- ms_i2.2 (check the viewerFols 135r and following ), Nagara manakosāt, Extract from John Climacus of Mount Sinai
- ms_i2.3 (check the viewerFols 135v and following ),
- ms_i2.4 (check the viewerFols 137r and following ),
- ms_i2.5 (check the viewerFols 137v and following ),
- ms_i2.6 (check the viewerFols 138r and following ),
- ms_i2.7 (check the viewerFol. 138v ),
- ms_i2.8 (check the viewerFols 138v and following ),
- ms_i2.9 (check the viewerFol. 139r ),
- ms_i2.10 (check the viewerFols 139v and following ),
- ms_i2.11 (check the viewerFols 140r and following ),
- ms_i2.12 (check the viewerFols 142v and following ),
Contents
check the viewerFols 4r and following Maṣḥafa Mār Yǝṣhāq (CAe 1948)
Language of text:
With many marginal notes (a3) , some of them in Amharic. It is not clear from the catalogue description whether these notes have been added later.check the viewerFols 131r and following Nagara manakosāt (CAe 2050)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 131r and following (CAe 2050 IsaiahOfScete)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ጥንተ፡ ቃል፡ እምነገረ፡ ጻድቅ፡ ኢሳይያስ፡ ወእንዘ፡ ሀሎኩ፡ አነ፡ በ፩ጊዜ፡ እምጊዜያት፡ ንቡረ፡ በጥቃ፡ ገቦሁ፡ ለቅዱስ፡ መቃርዮስ፡ መጽኡ፡ ጉባዔ፡ አኃው፡ እምሀገረ፡ እስክንድርያ። ከመ፡ ይስአልዎ፡ ሎቱ፡ እንዘ፡ ይብሉ፡ ንግረነ፡ ኦአቡነ፡ ዘከመ፡ እፎ፡ ንድኅን።
check the viewerFols 135r and following Nagara manakosāt, Extract from John Climacus of Mount Sinai (CAe 2050 JohnClimacus)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ነገረ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ገባሬ፡ መንክራት፡ ዘደብረ፡ ሲና፡ እንዘ፡ ይብል፡ ወበ፩ እምጊዜያት፡ እንተ፡ ሀሎኩ፡ ንቡረ፡ ውስተ፡ ገዳም፡ ውሣጣዊት፡ ወመጽአ፡ ኀቤየ፡ ፩ እምአኃው፡ ለሕዋፄ፡ እምነ፡ ደብር፡ ወተስእልክዎ፡ ዘከመ፡ እፎ፡ ሀለዉ፡ በደህና፡ በጸሎትክሙ፡ ወፈድፋደሰ፡ ተስእልክዎ፡ በእንተ፡ እኅው፡ ዘሰማዕኩ፡ ሕሠመ፡ ምግባሩ፤ ወይቤለነ፡
check the viewerFols 138v and following (CAe 2050 Theodosius)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ቴዎዶስዮስ፡ ዘየአቢ፡ ዘአስቈባኒ፡ ሶበ፡ ሐለየ፡ በሕሊናሁ፡ ቃለ፡ ሐዋርያ፡ ዘይብል፡ እስመ፡ ውእቱ፡ ኮነ፡ ይትጌበር፡ መዓልተ፡ ወሌሊተ፡ ከመ፡ ኢይኩን፡ ክበደ፡ ለመኑሂ፡ ወኮነት፡ ተግባረ፡ እዴሁ፡ ተአክሎ፡ ሎቱ።
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Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ነገራት፡ በእንተ፡ ፰ ሕሊናት፡ ዘአብ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ወግሪስ። ቀዳሚ፡ በእንተ፡ ስቡዓ፡ ከርሥ፡ ወመታሒ፡
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 , 1 .
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check the viewerFols 2v and following (Type: Unclear)
Index of chapters to Maṣḥafa Mār Yǝṣhāq.
Text in Gǝʿǝz
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check the viewerFols 3r and following (Type: GuestText)
Sayings of Greek Philosophers on the death of Alexander the Great . Those mentioned by name are Aristotle , Antiochus, Philemon ፊልሞን፡, Plato (አፍላጦን፡), Diogenes (ዲዎጋንስ፡), Pythagoras (ፊታግሮስ፡), Galen (ጋሊኖስ፡), the others are merely designated as ካልእ፡, 'another'. Last of all are mentioned Alexander's wife and mother.
Text in Gǝʿǝz ወሶበ፡ ሞተ፡ እስክንድር፡ ወጠነ፡ ሎቱ፡ አርስጣጣሊስ፡ ይላኅዎ፡ እንዘ፡ ይብል፡ እመሰኮነ፡ ከመዝ፡ ተፍጻሜታ፡ በዛቲ፡ ዓለም፡ እምሐይሰ፡ አኅድጎታ፡ እምቀዲሙ። ወይቤ፡ አንጢያኮስ፡ በዛቲ፡ ፍኖት፡ ሀለወነ፡ ንሑር፡ ኀሥዎ፡ ለዘኢይበሊ፡ ወኀደግዎ፡ ለዘይበሊ።
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Marginal notes, some of them in Amharic
Text in Gǝʿǝz
Text in Amharic
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 223a-b
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 7in |
Width | 6.25in |
Foliation
Foliation in the upper right corner by the library.
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
In the original boards, covered with blind-tooled leather.
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
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.
- (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 mostly visible, horizontal pricks are visible.
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible, horizontal pricks are rarely visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: Of the 18th century. according to William Wright
The manuscript is fairly written. Of the 18th century. according to William WrightCheck for additional bibliography
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Daria Elagina, Alessandro Bausi, Solomon Gebreyes, Dorothea Reule, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 757ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2022-06-21) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient757 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Added layout on 21.6.2022
- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Added link to images on 26.11.2020
- Daria Elagina Daria Elagina: Completed the description. on 23.6.2020
- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Created catalogue entry on 29.4.2019
Attributions of the contents
Solomon Gebreyes, contributor
Dorothea Reule, contributor