London, British Library, BL Oriental 779
Daria Elagina
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCCLII, Wright 352
General description
Talmid
Number of Text units: 21
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
The name of ʾIyāsu I is mentioned at the beginning and on check the viewerfol. 18v . (reign)
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 2r and following ),
Talmid
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 2r and following ), Talmid, Introduction
- ms_i1.2 (), Talmid, Chapter 1
- ms_i1.3 (), Talmid, Chapter2
- ms_i1.4 (), Talmid, Chapter 3
- ms_i1.5 (), Talmid, Chapter 4
- ms_i1.6 (), Talmid, Chapter 5
- ms_i1.7 (), Talmid, Chapter 6
- ms_i1.8 (), Talmid, Chapter 7
- ms_i1.9 (), Talmid, Chapter 8
- ms_i1.10 (), Talmid, Chapter 9
- ms_i1.11 (), Talmid, Chapter 10
- ms_i1.12 (), Talmid, Chapter 11
- ms_i1.13 (), Talmid, Chapter 12
- ms_i1.14 (), Talmid, Chapter 13
- ms_i1.15 (), Talmid, Chapter 14
- ms_i1.16 (), Talmid, Chapter 15
- ms_i1.17 (), Talmid, Chapter 16
- ms_i1.18 (), Talmid, Chapter 17
- ms_i1.19 (), Talmid, Chapter 18
- ms_i1.20 (check the viewerFols 188r–196r ), Talmid, Chapter 17
Contents
check the viewerFols 2r and following Talmid (CAe 2400)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 2r and following Talmid, Introduction (CAe 2400 Introduction)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ (…)ommission by ንዌጥን፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ወበሠናይ፡ ስንአሁ፡ ጽሒፈ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ንስቲት፡ ዘትከሥት፡ በእንተ፡ አርትዖ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ እምቃለ፡ አብ፡ ትሩፍ፡ መነኮስ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ተልሚድ፡ አቡነ፡ እንጦንዮስ፡ ዘሶርያ። በረከተ፡ ጸሎቱ፡ ወሀብተ፡ ረድኤቱ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁሩ፡ ንጉሥነ፡ ኢያሱ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓልረም፡ አሜን።
check the viewerFols 188r–196r Talmid, Chapter 17 (CAe 2400 Chapter17)
Language of text:
The missing portion of Content Item 1.18 , item 1 Talmid, Chapter 17 (CAe 2400 Chapter17) .Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 2r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) ዜና፡ አበው፡ 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 262ab
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 16.5in |
Width | 14.75in |
Foliation
Foliation in the upper right corner by the library. One unnumbered blank leaf at the end, referred to as check the viewerfol. i in the library's digitization but placed at the beginning of the digital images.
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
Two wooden boards.
Blind-tooled leather cover (with the gilded title and shelfmark on the spine).Sewing Stations
4Sewing Stations
Sewing stations are used in an irregular way.Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 34
Ruling
- (Subtype: pattern)1A-1A-1A1A-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 and horizontal pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1682-1706
Written in a fine hand. 1682-1706Check for additional bibliography
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Daria Elagina, Alessandro Bausi, Dorothea Reule, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 779ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2022-07-05) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient779 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Dorothea Reule Added binding on 5.7.2022
- Dorothea Reule Added layout on 21.6.2022
- Dorothea Reule Added link to images on 26.11.2020
- Daria Elagina Created catalogue entry on 3.8.2020
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Daria Elagina, editor
Dorothea Reule, contributor