London, British Library, BL Oriental 776
Solomon Gebreyes
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCCXLIX, Wright 349
Dated
General description
Maṣḥafa ḥāwi
Number of Text units: 4
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1745 (internal-date)
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 15r and following ),
Maṣḥafa ḥāwi
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 15r–20v ), Maṣḥafa ḥāwi, Introduction followed by the table of the 63 rubrics and a short explanation by the translator on his methods.
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 21r and following ), Main part of the work
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFol. 268v ), Maṣḥafa ḥāwi, On the time of this work's composition
Contents
check the viewerFols 15r and following Maṣḥafa ḥāwi (CAe 1933)
Language of text:
Colophon
check the viewerFols 269r and following
ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ሓዊ፡ ተጽሕፈ፡ በዓመት፡ ፸፻ወ፪፻፴ወ፯ ዘከመ፡ እምፍጥረተ፡ ዓለም፡ በግዕዝ፡ ወዘከመ፡ ሐሳቦሙ፡ ለቅብጣውያን፡ ወዮናናውያን፡ ፷፻ወ፰፻ወ፫። ዘከመ፡ ሐሳቦሙ፡ ለዕብራውያን፡ ፳፻፶ወ፬ እምዓመተ፡ እስክንድር፡ ዮናናዊ፡ ወበ፲፻ወ፯፻፵ወ፯ እምዓመተ፡ ሥጋዌሁ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ መድኅነ፡ ዓለም፡ ወበ፲፻ወ፬፻፶ወ፱ እምዓመተ፡ ሰማዕታይ፡ ንጹሓን፡ ወበ፲፻ወ፩፻ወ፶ እምዓመተ፡ አጋር፡ ዕብናዊ። ወበ፲ወ፬ ዓመተ፡ መንግሥቱ፡ ለመፍቀሬ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ንጉሥነ፡ ኢያሱ፡ ወወላዲቱ፡ ንግሥትነ፡ ወለተ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ በዘመነ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ በየካቲት፡ በ፮ ዕላት፡ በ፮ ሰዓት፡ በዕለተ፡ ሐሙስ።
check the viewerFols 15r–20v Maṣḥafa ḥāwi, Introduction followed by the table of the 63 rubrics and a short explanation by the translator on his methods. (CAe 1933 Introduction)
Language of text:
check the viewerFol. 268v Maṣḥafa ḥāwi, On the time of this work's composition (CAe 1933 ColophonTranslation)
Language of text:
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 , 1 .
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check the viewerFols 1–14, check the viewer268–274 (Type: Unclear)
Text in Amharic
Text in Gǝʿǝz
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check the viewerFol. 4r (Type: Inventory)
List of property of the convent of Dabra Ḍaḥay Qʷǝsqʷām↗ from the year 1776 .
( am ) በ፸፻ወ፪፻፶ወ፰ ዓመተ፡ ዓለም። በዘመነ፡ ማርቆስ፡ ሠረቀ፡ ሚያዝያ፡ በ፲፰ ቀን፡ ሐሙስ፡ ኍልቈ፡ ንዋይ፡ ዘደብረ፡ ፀሐይ፤↗ ቍጻሪ፡ መልአከ፡ ፀሐይ፡ ቴዎድሮስ፡ አስቆጸሮች፡ አዛዢ፡ role: title አርማስቆስ፡ ሊቀ፡ ፋሲሎ፤ አዛዢ፡ አቤሴሎም፡ ተቀባዩ፡ ሊቀ፡ ጠበብት፡ ጉብጭ። ፩ ቀይ፡ ከፈይ፡ ካፓ፡ ከራዎቱ። ፪ ሰማያዊ፡ ሲኒ፡ ካፓ፡ ከራዎቱ። ፩ ቀይ፡ መስ፡ ካፓ።
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check the viewerFol. 15r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) ሐዊ፡ ዘ ቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
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 255a
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 20.125in |
Width | 17.625in |
Binding
In the original boards, covered with blind-tooled leather and lined with red silk.
Binding material
wood
leather
silk
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 38
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1745
This manuscript is written in a good hand. 1745Check for additional bibliography
Publication Statement
Encoding Description
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Definitions of prefixes used.
info | value |
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Standard date | በዓመት፡ ፸፻ወ፪፻፴ወ፯ ዘከመ፡ እምፍጥረተ፡ ዓለም፡ |
Date in current calendar | 7237 |
Calendar | world |
info | value |
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Standard date | ወበ፲፻ወ፯፻፵ወ፯ እምዓመተ፡ ሥጋዌሁ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ መድኅነ፡ ዓለም፡ |
Date in current calendar | 1747 |
Calendar | ethiopian |
info | value |
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Standard date | ወበ፲፻ወ፬፻፶ወ፱ እምዓመተ፡ ሰማዕታይ፡ ንጹሓን፡ |
Date in current calendar | 1459 |
Calendar | diocletian |
info | value |
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Standard date | በ፸፻ወ፪፻፶ወ፰ ዓመተ፡ ዓለም። |
Date in current calendar | 7258 |
Calendar | world |
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Solomon Gebreyes, Alessandro Bausi, Daria Elagina, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 776ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-07-22) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient776 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Daria Elagina Daria Elagina: Completed the description. on 22.7.2020
- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Created catalogue entry on 7.5.2019
Attributions of the contents
Daria Elagina, contributor