Solomon Gebreyes, Daria Elagina
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCCLXXV, Wright 375
General description
Gubāʿe mǝśṭirāta zamanāt
Number of Text units: 4
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location: Dabra Bǝrhān↗
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 ),
The first part of Gubāʿe mǝśṭirāta zamanāt
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 2r and following ), Maṣḥafa Madbal, Introduction to the first part
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 3r–184v ), Maṣḥafa Madbal, The Old Testament and its Apocrypha in verses
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 184v and following ), Maṣḥafa Madbal, Nagara Māryām
Contents
check the viewerFols 2r and following The first part of Gubāʿe mǝśṭirāta zamanāt (CAe 5188 PartI)
Language of text:
London, British Library, BL Oriental 791 contains the second part.Colophon
አግርሩ፡ ፀሮ፡ ታሕተ፡ እገሪሁ፡ ዕቀቡ፡ ንግሦ፡ ወሠራዊቶ፡ ለ?ነ፡ በካፋ፡ . . . . .ommission by
The colophon has been much altered by erasure.
check the viewerFols 2r and following Maṣḥafa Madbal, Introduction to the first part (CAe 5188 IntroductionI)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ አብ፡ (…)ommission by ንዌጥን፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ወንጽሕፍ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ መድበል፡ ዘበትርጓሜሁ፡ጉባዔ፡ ምሥጢራተ፡ ዘመናት፡ ዘገብረ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ በበጊዜሁ፡ቅድመ፡ በዘመነ፡ ብሉይ፡ እስከ፡ ይመጽእ፡ ዘመነ፡ ሐዲስ፡
check the viewerFols 3r–184v Maṣḥafa Madbal, The Old Testament and its Apocrypha in verses (CAe 5188 OldTestament)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ እብል፡ ለተዋኅዶ፡ ቅድስት፡ ሥላሴ። ቀዊምየ፡ ቅድመ፡ ሥላሴ። እንበለ፡ ናፍቆ፡ አአምን፡ ህላዌ፡ ሥላሴ። ግጻዌሆሙ፡ ሥላሴ፤ ወአካሎሙ፡ ሥላሴ። ወቅዳሴሆሙ፡ ከማሁ፡ ሥላሴ።
check the viewerFols 184v and following Maṣḥafa Madbal, Nagara Māryām (CAe 5188 HistoryOfMary)
Language of text:
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 .
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check the viewerFol. lv (Type: DonationNote)
A donation note states that Walda Giyorgis bequeather gave it to the church of the Holy Trinity↗ [!]The certainty about the value of ref is medium. at Dabra Bǝrhān↗
( gez ) ይቤ፡ በዓለ፡ ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ኃጥእ፡ ወአባሲ፡ ነዳይ፡ ወምስኪን፤ ዘንተ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ወሀብኩ፡ ለመቅደሰ፡ ሥሉስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ እንተ፡ ተሐንጸት፡ በደብረ፡ ብርሃን፤↗ ዘንተኒ፡ ቃለ፡ ከመ፡ ኢይትዓደው፡ ሰብእ፡ ይቤሉ፡ ቆሞሳት፡ ወቀሳውስት፡ ውጉዝ፡ ውእቱ፡ በሥልጣነ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ወጳውሎስ፡ በሰይፈ፡ ቃሎሙ፡ ለሐዋርያት፡
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check the viewerFol. 1v (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) መድበል፡ ዘ ቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
Extras
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The name of the owner,ወልደ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ bequeather occurs at check the viewerfols. 2v, and check the viewerfol. 193r .
Decoration In this unit there are in total 2 .
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 1r
Miniature of the Annunciation of the blessed Virgin, in outline.
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 3r
Miniature the Holy Trinity, drawn and painted by Ḥǝzqǝʿel illustrator as indicated in the signature: Legend: ( gez ) ወሰዓሊሁ፡ ሕዝቅኤል፡ illustrator
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 285a-286a
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 14.375in |
Width | 12.5in |
Foliation
Foliation in the upper right corner by the library.
State of preservation
good
Condition
The last leaf has been cut off after four lines of text.
Binding
In the original boards, covered with blind-tooled leather.
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 4-18
The painted areas are not ruled.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
Ink: Black, red
Date: 1721-1730 according to William Wright
The manuscript has been written in a fine hand, during the earlier part of 18th century hand. 1721-1730 according to William WrightCheck for additional bibliography
Publication Statement
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Solomon Gebreyes, Daria Elagina, Alessandro Bausi, Dorothea Reule, ʻʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2022-06-22) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient790 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Dorothea Reule Added layout on 22.6.2022
- Dorothea Reule Added link to images on 26.11.2020
- Daria Elagina Completed the description. on 20.10.2020
- Solomon Gebreyes Created catalogue entry on 12.2.2019
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Solomon Gebreyes, editor
Daria Elagina, editor
Dorothea Reule, contributor