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Daria Elagina

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Senodos

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Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

1400-1450 (dating on palaeographic grounds)^{notBefore: 1400
notAfter: 1450}

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 ), Senodos
1. ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 4r–5v ), Ecclesiastic (apostolic) canons (71): titloi
2. ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 6r–45r ), Orders of the Apostles
3. ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 45r–46v ),
4. ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 47r–53v ), Apostolic canons (56)
5. ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 54r–63r ),
  1. ms_i1.5.1 (check the viewerFols 54r and following ),
  2. ms_i1.5.2 (check the viewerFols 55r and following ), Canons of SS. Matthew and Simon
  3. ms_i1.5.3 (check the viewerFols 55r and following ), Canons of S. Paul 1
  4. ms_i1.5.4 (check the viewerFols 55r and following ), Canons of SS. Peter and Paul
  5. ms_i1.5.5 (check the viewerFols 57r and following ), Canons of the apostles
  6. ms_i1.5.6 (check the viewerFols 58r and following ), Canons of S. Paul 2
  7. ms_i1.5.7 (check the viewerFols 58v and following ), ወካዕበ ፡ በእንተ ፡ እለ ፡ ተጸውዑ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ምሳሕ ፡ ወተዝካረ ፡ ሙታን ።
  8. ms_i1.5.8 (check the viewerFols 58v and following ), ወካዕበ ፡ ነገሮሙ ፡ በእንተ ፡ እለ ፡ ይስደዱ ፡ በእንተ ፡ ሃይማኖት ፡ ወይጐዩ ፡ እምሀር ፡ ውስተ ፡ ሀገር ።
  9. ms_i1.5.9 (check the viewerFols 59r and following ), Canons of SS. Peter and Paul
  10. ms_i1.5.10 (check the viewerFols 61v and following ), Canons of St Paul
6. ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 63v–71v ), Canons of the Apostles, 25 in number
7. ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 71v–77v ), Canons of the Apostles, after the Ascension of our Lord, 29 in number
8. ms_i1.8 (check the viewerFols 78r–88v ), Canons of the Apostles, given through Clement, 81 in number
9. ms_i1.9 (check the viewerFols 88v–99r ), Apostolic canons Abṭelisāt (80)
10. ms_i1.10 (check the viewerFols 99v–103v ), Apostolic canons (81)
11. ms_i1.11 (check the viewerFols 103v–107v ), Canons of Clement, which he received in a letter from S. Peter
  1. ms_i1.11.1 (check the viewerFols 105v and following ), በእንተ፡ አክብሮ፡ በዓላት፡
  2. ms_i1.11.2 (check the viewerFols 106v and following ), በእንተ፡ ቅዳሴ፡ ታቦት፡
  3. ms_i1.11.3 (check the viewerFols 107r and following ), በእንተ፡ ሥርዓተ፡ ምሥዋዕ፡
  4. ms_i1.11.4 (check the viewerFols 107v and following ), በእንተ፡ አልባሰ፡ ካህናት።
12. ms_i1.12 (check the viewerFols 108r and following ), Canons of the Church Councils
  1. ms_i1.12.1 (check the viewerFols 108r–108v ), Senodos: Melkite Index
  2. ms_i1.12.2 (check the viewerFol. 109r ), Canons of the Council of Ancyra: titles
  3. ms_i1.12.3 (check the viewerFols 109r–113r ), ሲኖዶስ፡ ዘዕንቍራ፡
  4. ms_i1.12.4 (check the viewerFol. 113v ), Canons of the Council of Neo-Caesarea: titles
  5. ms_i1.12.5 (check the viewerFols 113v–115v ), Canons of the Council of Neo-Caesarea
  6. ms_i1.12.6 (check the viewerFol. 116r ), Titles of the Canons of the Council of Gangra
  7. ms_i1.12.7 (check the viewerFols 116r–118r ), Canons of the Council of Gangra
  8. ms_i1.12.8 (check the viewerFols 118r–120v ), ሲኖዶስ፡ ዘሰርድቄ፡
  9. ms_i1.12.9 (check the viewerFols 120v–121r ), Titles of the Canons of the Council of Antioch
  10. ms_i1.12.10 (check the viewerFols 121r–125r ), ሲኖዶስ፡ ዘአንጾኪያ፡
  11. ms_i1.12.11 (check the viewerFols 125r–126r ), Titles of the Canons of the Council of Laodicea
  12. ms_i1.12.12 (check the viewerFols 126r–131v ), ሲኖዶስ፡ ዘሎዶቅያ፡
  13. ms_i1.12.13 (check the viewerFol. 132r ), Titles of the Canons of the Council of Nicaea I
  14. ms_i1.12.14 (check the viewerFols 132r–136v ), ሲኖዶስ፡ ዘኒቅያ፡
  15. ms_i1.12.15 (check the viewerFols 136v–138r ), Titles of the Canons of the Council of Nicaea II
  16. ms_i1.12.16 (check the viewerFols 138r–151r ), ሲኖዶስ፡ ዘኒቅያ፡
13. ms_i1.13 (check the viewerFols 151v–154v ), Discourse of the 318 Fathers on the Trinity, eccl.
14. ms_i1.14 (check the viewerFols 154v–162r ), Exposition of the Ten Commandments
15. ms_i1.15 (check the viewerFols 162r–164r ), Discourse on the Essence of the Holy Trinity
16. ms_i1.16 (check the viewerFols 164v–165r ), Discourse on How to distinguish between Good and Evil
17. ms_i1.17 (check the viewerFols 165r–170r ), Discourse on the Fear of God
18. ms_i1.18 (check the viewerFols 170r–178r ), Discourse on the Ancient People, and Refutation of the Jews
19. ms_i1.19 (check the viewerFols 178v–183r ), Discourse of Gregory of Armenia against the Jews
20. ms_i1.20 (check the viewerFols 183r–194r ), Hortatory discourse to believers, who desire to walk in the path of wisdom and knowledge
21. ms_i1.21 (check the viewerFols 194v–199v ), ʾAbsǝliṭis qanonā baʾǝnta nǝssǝḥa tǝmhǝrt za-taśarʿa ʾǝmḫaba ʾƎgziʾabǝḥer ʾǝgziʾǝna ʾIyasus Krǝstos
22. ms_i1.22 (check the viewerFols 199v–202v ), Penitential Canons [not to Peter]
23. ms_i1.23 (check the viewerFols 202v–203r ), Penitential Canons of the Apostles

Senodos (CAe 2317)

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Ecclesiastic (apostolic) canons (71): titloi (CAe 2667)

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Orders of the Apostles (CAe 2667)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ (…)ommission by ንቀድም፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ በሠናይ፡ ኅብረት፡ በጽሕፈተ፡ ሴኖዶስ፡ ዘአበው፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ቅዱሳን፡ ዘሠርዑ፡ ለአርትዖ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ቅድስት። አኅብሮተ፡ ሴኖዶስ፡ ዘአበው፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ኅሩያን። ላዕለ፡ መርሐ፡ ግብረ፡ አናቅጽ። ወላዕሌሃ፡ ኆልቍ፡ ከመ፡ ይቅልል፡ አውፅኦ፡ ትእዛዝ፡ ወፍትሕ፡ በውእቱ፡ ፍጡነ። ወላዕለ፡ ኵሉ፡ ፩፩ ምቅዋም፡ ኆልቈ፡ አናቅጽ። ወይእቱ፡ ፻ወ፪ወ፯፡ አናቅጽ፡ ኆልቍ። ክርስቲያን፡ ዘወሀቡ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ በእደ፡ ቀሌምንጦስ፡ ዘለአኩ፡ ቀደሙ። ወይእቲ፡ ፶ወ፯፡ አናቅ፡ (!) ኆልቍ። ቀዳሚ፡ ክሥተተ፡ ሴኖዶስ፡ ዘሐዋርያት፡ ቅዱሳን፡ ፸ወ፪ አባቅጽ።

Here follows the list of 70 titloi, slightly imperfect at the end.

(CAe 2668)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ ሴኖዶስ፡ ዘቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ዘወሀብዋ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ በእደ፡ ቀሌምንጦስ፡ ዘለአክዎ።

Apostolic canons (56) (CAe 2670)

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55 in number according to the titloi, , but 57 according to the text, .

(CAe 2671)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ዝንቱ፡ ሴኖዶስ፡ ዘአበው፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ንጹሓን፡ ወቅዱሳን፡

25 in number.

(CAe 2704)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሥርዓት፡ (!) ክህነት፡ ዘስምዖን፡ ቀንናዊ፡ በእንተ፡ ስርዓተ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን።

Canons of SS. Matthew and Simon (CAe 2640)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በእንተ፡ ዓሥራት፡ ወበኵር።

Canons of S. Paul 1 (CAe 2643)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ትእዛዝ፡ ዘጳውሎስ፡ ለኵሉ፡ መሀይምናን፡ ወመሀምንት፡ (!) በእንተ፡ ጸሎት።

Canons of SS. Peter and Paul (CAe 2641)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በእንተ፡ ዕረፍት፡ ዘይደሉ፡ በዕለተ፡ በዓላት።

Canons of the apostles (CAe 2642)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በእንተ፡ ዐቂበ፡ ጊዜያት፡ ጸሎታተ፡ (!) ዘማዓልት።

Canons of S. Paul 2 (CAe 2644)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በእንተ፡ እለ፡ ኖሙ፡ ተዝካረ፡ ሙታን፡ ዘከመ፡ ይትገበር፡ በእንቲአሆሙ፡ ትእዛዝ።

ወካዕበ ፡ በእንተ ፡ እለ ፡ ተጸውዑ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ምሳሕ ፡ ወተዝካረ ፡ ሙታን ። (CAe 2645)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ትእዛዝ፡ በእንተ፡ እለ፡ ትርጸውዑ፡ ውስተ፡ ምሳሕ፡ ዘይትገበር፡ ትዝካሮሙ፡ በዕለት፡ ለእለ፡ ኖሙ፡ መሀይምናን።

ወካዕበ ፡ ነገሮሙ ፡ በእንተ ፡ እለ ፡ ይስደዱ ፡ በእንተ ፡ ሃይማኖት ፡ ወይጐዩ ፡ እምሀር ፡ ውስተ ፡ ሀገር ። (CAe 2646)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ትእዛዝ፡ በእንተ፡ እለ፡ ይሰደዱ፡ በእንተ፡ ሀይማኖቶሙ፡ ወይጐዩ፡ እምፍርሀት፡ እለ፡ ይሰድድዎሙ፡ ወአይ፡ ፍሥሐ፡ ይከውን፡ ሎሙ።

Canons of SS. Peter and Paul (CAe 2647)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ነገረ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ቅዱሳን፡ በእንተ፡ ዐቂበ፡ መዓርገ፡ ሢመት።

Canons of St Paul (CAe 2648)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ትእዛዝ፡ ዘጳውሎስ፡ ላእክ፡ በእንተ፡ እለ፡ ይመጽኡ፡ ኀበ፡ ምስጢር።

Canons of the Apostles, 25 in number (CAe 2639)

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Almost identical with Content Item 1.5 , item 1 (CAe 2671) .

Canons of the Apostles, after the Ascension of our Lord, 29 in number (CAe 2673)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ዝንቱ፡ ሴኖዶስ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ዜናሆሙ፡ ለሐዋርያት፡ እምድኅረ፡ ዐርገ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ወአምላክነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ዘአዘዙ፡ ሴኖዶስ፡ ዘጸሐፈ፡ ቀሌምንጦስ፡ በእንተ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ዘከመ፡ ሠርዑ፡ ለቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ቅድስት፡ እንተ፡ ተሣየጣ፡ በደሙ፡ ክቡር።

Canons of the Apostles, given through Clement, 81 in number (CAe 2677)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ አብ፡ (…)ommission by ዛቲ፡ ሴኖዶስ፡ ዘሐዋርያት፡ ቅዱሳን፡ ወዛቲ፡ ዜነወ፡ ቀሌምንጦስ፡ በእንተ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ መምህሩ፡ ወይእቲ፡ ትሰመይ፡ እልብጥልሳት፡ ዘአስተጋብኡ፡ ላዕሌሁ፡ ሐዋርያቲሁ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ወኆልቆሙ፡ ወአብጥሊስ፡

Apostolic canons Abṭelisāt (80) (CAe 2679)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ዝንቱ፡ ሴኖዶስ፡ ዘሐዋርያት፡ ቅዱሳን፡ ዘነገረ፡ ቀሌምንጦስ፡ ወይእቲ፡ በጥልሳት፡ ዘኀብሩ፡ ባቲ፡ አርዳኢሁ፡ ለእህዚእነ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ወኆልቆሙ፡ ፹ወ፩።

Apostolic canons (81) (CAe 2675)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሥርዓተ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ምስለ፡ ቀሌምንጦስ፡ ዘተፈነወ፡ ለአሕዛብ፡ ሕገ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን።

Canons of Clement, which he received in a letter from S. Peter (CAe 2680)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ዝንቱ፡ ሴኖዶስ፡ ዘቀሌምንጦስ፡ ዘተጽሕፈ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ረድእ፡ ርእሰ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ዘነገረ፡ በእንተ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ። ይቤ፡ ቀሌምንጦስ፡ ዘእምጴጥሮስ፡ ርእሰ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ረድኡ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ። ወይቤለኒ፡ ወልድየ፡ ቀሌምንጦስ፡ ኢታጥምቅ፡ መነሂ፡ በሕልያን፡ ወኢበሤጥ። ምቱር፡ በላዕለ፡ ጥምቀት፡ ዘነሥአ፡ ሕልያነ። ምቱር፡ ወውጉዝ፡ ውእቱ፡ ወርጉም፡ እምአፉየ፡ አነ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ንኡስ፡ እምሐዋርያት። ወመክፈልቱ፡ ይኩን፡ ምስለ፡ ሤሞን፡ መሠርይ፡ ወምስለ፡ ይሁደ፡ ረሲዕ።

በእንተ፡ አክብሮ፡ በዓላት፡

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በእንተ፡ ቅዳሴ፡ ታቦት፡

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በእንተ፡ ሥርዓተ፡ ምሥዋዕ፡

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በእንተ፡ አልባሰ፡ ካህናት።

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Slightly imperfect at the end.

Canons of the Church Councils (CAe 2649)

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Senodos: Melkite Index (CAe 2672)

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Canons of the Council of Ancyra: titles (CAe 2681)

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ሲኖዶስ፡ ዘዕንቍራ፡ (CAe 2662)

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24 in number

Canons of the Council of Neo-Caesarea: titles (CAe 2682)

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Canons of the Council of Neo-Caesarea (CAe 2661)

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14 in number

Titles of the Canons of the Council of Gangra (CAe 2683)

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Canons of the Council of Gangra (CAe 2651)

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20 in number

ሲኖዶስ፡ ዘሰርድቄ፡ (CAe 2652)

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21 in number

Titles of the Canons of the Council of Antioch (CAe 2684)

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ሲኖዶስ፡ ዘአንጾኪያ፡ (CAe 2653)

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25 in number

Titles of the Canons of the Council of Laodicea (CAe 2685)

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ሲኖዶስ፡ ዘሎዶቅያ፡ (CAe 2686)

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58 in number

Titles of the Canons of the Council of Nicaea I (CAe 2687)

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ሲኖዶስ፡ ዘኒቅያ፡ (CAe 2650)

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20 in number

Titles of the Canons of the Council of Nicaea II (CAe 2689)

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ሲኖዶስ፡ ዘኒቅያ፡ (CAe 2688)

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81 in number (though the titloi are 79)

Discourse of the 318 Fathers on the Trinity, eccl. (CAe 1313)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ነገረ፡ ዘቅዱሳን፡ አበው፡ ፫፻፲ወ፰ ዘይከውን፡ ኅንጻ፡ ለመነኮሳት፡ በእንተ፡ ሥላሴ፡ ቅድስት።

Exposition of the Ten Commandments (CAe 1371)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ትርጓሜ፡ ዐሥሩ፡ ቃላት፡ ዘተርጐመ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ አፈ፡ ወርቅ፡ (…)ommission by ወበእንተዝ፡ አነ፡ አየድዓክ፡ ኦፍቁርየ፡ ስብሐተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘአልቦ፡ ኆልቈ፡ እስከ፡ ለዓለም።

Discourse on the Essence of the Holy Trinity (CAe 2654)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):፩ ግጻዌ፡ ትምህርት፡ ሕግ፡ ወሥርዓት፡ ወተግሣጽ፡ ዘተሠርዐ፡ በእንተ፡ ህሉና፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ዘይትነበብ፡ ወትረ፡ ለሕዝብ። ወህላዌ፡ መለኮት፡ ዘኢይትነገር። ወዘኢይትፈለጥ። ወኅብረተ፡ ቃል፡ ዘእምቅድስት፡ ሥላሴ፡ ይእቲ፡ እንተ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ህሉና፡ ተሀሉ፡ ምስሌነ፡ አሜን።

Discourse on How to distinguish between Good and Evil (CAe 2655)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ግጻዌ፡ ትምህርት፡ ከመ፡ ይፍልጡ፡ ሠናየ፡ ወእኩየ፡ ግጽው፡ ወአብጥሊስ፡ ቀኖና፡ ዘእግዚእነ፡

Discourse on the Fear of God (CAe 2656)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ግጽው፡ ወትምህርት፡ አብጥሊስ፡ ቀኖና፡ በእንተ፡ ፍርሀተ፡ እግዚአብሔር።

Discourse on the Ancient People, and Refutation of the Jews (CAe 2657)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): አብጥሊስ፡ ቀኖና፡ ዘእምሐዋርያት፡ ተሠርዐ። ትምህርት፡ ወተግሣጽ፡ ወዘለፈ (!) ዘተጽሕፈ፡ በእንተ፡ ቀዳሚ፡ ሕዝብ፡ ከመ፡ ያእምሩ፡ መሃይምናን፡ ሕዝበ፡ ክርስቲያን። (!)

Discourse of Gregory of Armenia against the Jews (CAe 2658)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ግጽው፡ ወተግሣጽ፡ አብጢሊስ፡ ቀኖና፡ በእንተ፡ ዘዘለፎሙ፡ ወገሠጾሙ፡ ወአስተኃፈሮሙ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ጎርጎርዮስ፡ ሊቀ፡ ጳጳሳት፡ ዘአርማንያ። ገሠጾሙ፡ ወዘለፎሙ፡ ለአይሁድ፡ እኩያን። እለ፡ ሀለዉ፡ ህየ፡ ምስሌሁ፡ ለቅዱስ፡ ጎርጎርዮስ፡ በእንተ፡ እለ፡ ይብሉ፡ ዘተወልደ፡ እማርያም፡ ኢኮነ፡ ወልደ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አላ፡ ሰብእ፡ ውእቱ፡ ወልደ፡ ሰብእ።

ምንባብ፡ በሌሊት፡ ማህትወ፡ ፋሲካ፡ is added by a later hand in the margin.

Hortatory discourse to believers, who desire to walk in the path of wisdom and knowledge (CAe 2659)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ግጽው፡ ወተግሣጽ፡ ወሥርዓት፡ ትምህርት፡ ጥበብ፡ አብጥሊስ፡ ቀኖና፡ ዘተሠርዐ፡ ነዋ፡ እሉ፡ ለእለ፡ የአምኑ፡ በህሉና፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ወእለ፡ ይፈቅዱ፡ ይስምዑ፡ ትምህርተ፡ ጽድቅ። ወይሖሩ፡ በጥበብ፡ ወበአእምሮ፡ ወበለብዎ፡ ወበፍናዋተ፡ ሕይወት፡ ወይግበሩ፡ ፍሬ፡ ጽድቅ፡ ወበዘይደልዎ፡ ለነፍሶሙ፡ ወያእምሩ፡ ሥርዋ፡ ለጥበብ፡ ወበአእምሮ፡ ወበለብዎ፡ ወሕባሪሃ፡ ለጥበብ።

ʾAbsǝliṭis qanonā baʾǝnta nǝssǝḥa tǝmhǝrt za-taśarʿa ʾǝmḫaba ʾƎgziʾabǝḥer ʾǝgziʾǝna ʾIyasus Krǝstos (CAe 2660)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):፰ አብጥሊስ፡ ቀኖና፡ በእንተ፡ ንስሓ፡ ትምህርት፡ ዘተሠርዐ፡ እምኀበ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ነዋ፡ እሉ፡ ወተስእሎ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ እምድኅረ፡ ተንሥአ፡ እምውታን፡ በደብረ፡ ዘይት። ወይቤሎ፡ ሊቅ፡ ንግረኒ፡ ወመሀረነ፡ ወአምረነ፡ ሥርዐተ፡ ንስሓ፡ በዘ፡ ይደሉ። ከመ፡ ንንግሮሙ፡ ወንምሀሮሙ፡ ለሕዝብ፡ ትምህርተ፡ ሕይወት፡ ወናግብኦሙ፡ ውስተ፡ አእምሮ፡ ጽድቅ።

Penitential Canons [not to Peter] (CAe 2692)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በአኰቴተ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ። ጸሐፍነ፡ ቀኑን፡ ዘይትነገር፡ ላዕለ፡ ኵሉ፡ ዘይኔስሕ፡ በእንተ፡ ኅጢአቱ፡ ወእመኒ፡ ክርስቲያናዊ፡ ቀተለ፡ ኢያቅልሉ፡ እምንስሓሁ። ቀኑን። እመቦ፡ ሰብእ፡ ዘቀተለ፡ እምአዝማዲሁ። ወሖረ፡ እምሰብኡ፡ ወቀተለ፡ በእንቲአሁ፡ ዘቀተለ፡ ይጹም፡ ፵ ዕለተ፡ በኀብስተ፡ (!) ወማይ። ወ፯ ዓመት፡ በንስሓ።

Penitential Canons of the Apostles (CAe 2692)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሠርዑ፡ ወይቤሉ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ በመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ዘኀደረ፡ ላዕሌሆሙ፡ ወይቤሉ፡ ኵሉ፡ ሰብእ፡ ዘተመይጠ፡ እምኅጣውኢሆሙ፡ ወበፅዑ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ከመ፡ ኢይግባእ፡ ኀበ፡ ቀዳሚ፡ ኀጢአት፡ ወሞተ፡ በዕለቱ፡ ወተክፈ፡ (!) እግዚአብሔር፡ ንስሓሁ፡ በከመ፡ ተወክፈ፡ ንስሓሁ፡ በላዕለ፡ መስቀል፡ ለፈያታዊ።

Additions In this unit there are in total 2 .

check the viewerFol. 5r (Type: OwnershipNote )

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

( gez ) ሲኖዶስ፡ ዘ ቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
check the viewerFol. 63r (Type: OwnershipNote )

A note in a much later hand, stating that this manuscript belonged to the Convent of Gudbā or Gʷadbā (the first letter has been altered and is indistinct).

Text in Gǝʿǝz ዝማጽሐድ፡ ዘደብረ፡ ጐድባ፡ ዘአባ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወልደ፡ ዮሴፍ፡ ዘእነቆይ፡ ወልደ፡ ዳዊት፡ ንጉሥ፡ ወጠቢብ፡ ተላዌሕጉ፡ (!) ለአብ፡ መንግሥተ፡ አቡሁ፡ መኒኖ፡ መንግሥተ፡ ሰማያት፡ ከመ፡ ይርከብ። ኀበ፡ ዘኢይርኃልቅ፡ መዝገብ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም። ዘሠረቆ፡ ወዘፈሐቆ፡

Decoration In this unit there are in total 17 s.

Other Decorations

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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 266a-268a

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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

13.375 10.125

Outer dimensions
Height	13.375in
Width	10.125in

Foliation

Foliation in the upper right corner by the library. Starting from check the viewerfol. 4 , each folium contains next to the foliation currently used as reference one number higher, now striked through.

Quire Structure Collation

Signatures: Faded quire marks in the upper inner corner of the first folium of to .

Position	Number	Leaves	Quires	Description
1	A	3	Fols 1r–3v	2, no stub
2	1	7	Fols 4r–10v	5, stub after 2 The structure of the quire is not certain.
3	2	8	Fols 11r–18v
4	3	8	Fols 19r–26v
5	4	8	Fols 27r–34v	፬
6	5	9	Fols 35r–43v	፭ 8, stub after 2
7	6	10	Fols 44r–53v	፮ 4, stub after 6 9, stub after
8	7	8	Fols 54r–61v
9	8	8	Fols 62r–69v
10	9	8	Fols 70r–77v
11	10	8	Fols 78r–85v
12	11	8	Fols 86r–93v
13	12	8	Fols 94r–101v	3, stub after 6 6, stub after 3
14	13	6	Fols 102r–107v
15	14	8	Fols 108r–115v
16	15	8	Fols 116r–123v
17	16	8	Fols 124r–131v
18	17	8	Fols 132r–139v
19	18	8	Fols 140r–147v
20	19	8	Fols 148r–155v
21	20	8	Fols 156r–163v
22	21	8	Fols 164r–171v
23	22	8	Fols 172r–179v
24	23	8	Fols 180r–187v
25	24	8	Fols 188r–195v
26	25	8	Fols 196r–203v

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Quire with id:q2 and n 1 is made of 7 leaves, but there is no futher information about the reason this number is odd.

State of preservation

good

Condition

Several leaves are torn and mutilated, especially check the viewerfols 198–203 .

Binding

Two wooden boards. Both inner boards are darkened around the edges, possibly showing traces of a former cover.

Blind-tooled leather quarter cover (with the gilded title and shelfmark on the spine).

Sewing Stations

Sewing stations are used in an irregular way.

Binding material

wood

leather

Original binding

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 34

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 partly visible.
Primary pricks are partly visible, horizontal pricks are mostly visible.

Palaeography

Hand 1

Script: Ethiopic

Date: 1400-1450^{notBefore: 1400
notAfter: 1450}

Written in a fine, bold hand. 1400-1450

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quarter coverChristian LiteratureCanon LawTranslation

Publication Statement

authority

Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik

publisher

Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft

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Hamburg

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7.8.2023 at 09:50:52

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5.7.2022

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BLorient794.xml

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BLorient794

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Daria Elagina, Alessandro Bausi, Dorothea Reule, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 794ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 5.7.2022) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient794 [Accessed: 2024-04-25+02:00]

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Dorothea Reule Added binding on 5.7.2022
Dorothea Reule Added layout and collation on 22.6.2022
Daria Elagina Corrected the description of Senodos. on 31.8.2021
Dorothea Reule Added link to images on 26.11.2020
Daria Elagina Completed the description. on 25.8.2020
Daria Elagina Continued the description. on 24.8.2020
Daria Elagina Created record. on 19.8.2020

Attributions of the contents

Alessandro Bausi, general editor

Daria Elagina, editor

Dorothea Reule, contributor

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London, British Library, BL Oriental 794

General description

Senodos

Number of Text units: 54

Number of Codicological units: 1

Origin

Provenance

Summary

Contents

Additions In this unit there are in total 2 .

Decoration In this unit there are in total 17 s.

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Foliation

Quire Structure Collation

State of preservation

Condition

Binding

Sewing Stations

Sewing Stations

Binding material

Original binding

Layout

Layout note 1

Ruling

Pricking

Palaeography

Hand 1

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