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London, British Library, BL Oriental 796

Daria Elagina

This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography

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https://betamasaheft.eu/BLorient796
British Library[view repository]

Collection: Oriental

Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCCLX, Wright 360

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General description

Senodos

Number of Text units: 53

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

From check the viewerfols. 31v, 32v it is evident that the manuscript was written in the reign of ʾIyāsu II . (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

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 3r and following ), Senodos
    1. ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 3r–4r ), Ecclesiastic (apostolic) canons (71): titloi
    2. ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 4r–33v ), Ecclesiastic (apostolic) canons (71)
    3. ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 30r and following ), Various forms of prayer
      1. ms_i1.3.1 (check the viewerFols 30r and following ), ትእዛዝ፡ ቀዳሚት፡ ጸሎተ፡ ነግህ፡
      2. ms_i1.3.2 (check the viewerFols 30v and following ), ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ ድውያን፡
      3. ms_i1.3.3 (check the viewerFols 30v and following ), ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ እለ፡ ይነግድ፡
      4. ms_i1.3.4 (check the viewerFols 31r and following ), ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ ዝናማት፡
      5. ms_i1.3.5 (check the viewerFols 31r and following ), ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ ፍሬ፡ ምድር፡
      6. ms_i1.3.6 (check the viewerFols 31v and following ), ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ ማያተ፡ አፍላግ፡
      7. ms_i1.3.7 (check the viewerFols 31v and following ), ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ ንጉሥ፡
      8. ms_i1.3.8 (check the viewerFols 31v and following ), ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ እለ፡ ያበውኡ፡ መባዐ፡
      9. ms_i1.3.9 (check the viewerFols 32r and following ), ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ ንኡሰ፡ ክርስቲያን፡
      10. ms_i1.3.10 (check the viewerFols 32r and following ), ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ ሰላም፡
      11. ms_i1.3.11 (check the viewerFols 32v and following ), ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ ማኅበር፡
      12. ms_i1.3.12 (check the viewerFols 32v and following ), ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ ጳጳስ፡
      13. ms_i1.3.13 (check the viewerFols 33r and following ), ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ እለ፡ ኖሙ፡
    4. ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 33v–34r ), Apostolic canons (56): titloi
    5. ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 34v–39r ), Apostolic canons (56)
    6. ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 39r–44r ), Apostolic Canons after Ascension
    7. ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 44r–52v ), Apostolic canons Abṭelisāt (81)
    8. ms_i1.8 (check the viewerFols 52v–59r ), Canons of S. Simon the Canaanite 2nd recension
    9. ms_i1.9 (check the viewerFols 59r–63r ), Apostolic canons (81)
    10. ms_i1.10 (check the viewerFols 63r–68r ), Apostolic Canons after Ascension
    11. ms_i1.11 (check the viewerFols 68r–76v ), Apostolic canons Abṭelisāt (80)
    12. ms_i1.12 (check the viewerFols 76v–83r ), Canons of S. Simon the Canaanite (1st recension)
    13. ms_i1.13 (check the viewerFols 83v and following ), Canons of the Church Councils
      1. ms_i1.13.1 (check the viewerFols 83v–84r ), Senodos: Melkite Index
      2. ms_i1.13.2 (check the viewerFol. 84r ), Canons of the Council of Ancyra: titles
      3. ms_i1.13.3 (check the viewerFols 84r–87v ), Canons of the Council of Ancyra
      4. ms_i1.13.4 (check the viewerFols 87v–88r ), Canons of the Council of Neo-Caesarea: titles
      5. ms_i1.13.5 (check the viewerFols 88r–89v ), Canons of the Council of Neo-Caesarea
      6. ms_i1.13.6 (check the viewerFols 89v–90r ), Titles of the Canons of the Council of Gangra
      7. ms_i1.13.7 (check the viewerFols 90r–91r ), Canons of the Council of Gangra
      8. ms_i1.13.8 (check the viewerFols 91r–93r ),
      9. ms_i1.13.9 (check the viewerFols 93r–93v ), Titles of the Canons of the Council of Antioch
      10. ms_i1.13.10 (check the viewerFols 93v–96v ), Canons of the Council of Antioch
      11. ms_i1.13.11 (check the viewerFols 96v–97r ), Titles of the Canons of the Council of Laodicea
      12. ms_i1.13.12 (check the viewerFols 97r–101r ), Canons of the Council of Laodicea
      13. ms_i1.13.13 (check the viewerFol. 101r ), Titles of the Canons of the Council of Nicaea I
      14. ms_i1.13.14 (check the viewerFols 101r–104r ), Canons of the Council of Nicaea I
      15. ms_i1.13.15 (check the viewerFols 104r–105r ), Titles of the Canons of the Council of Nicaea II
      16. ms_i1.13.16 (check the viewerFols 105r–113r ), Canons of the Council of Nicaea II
    14. ms_i1.14 (check the viewerFols 113r–115r ), Discourse of the 318 Fathers on the Trinity, eccl.
    15. ms_i1.15 (check the viewerFols 115r–117v ), Canons of Clement, which he received in a letter from S. Peter
    16. ms_i1.16 (check the viewerFols 117v–122v ), Exposition of the Ten Commandments
    17. ms_i1.17 (check the viewerFols 122v–124r ), Discourse on the Essence of the Holy Trinity
    18. ms_i1.18 (check the viewerFol. 124r ), Discourse on How to distinguish between Good and Evil
    19. ms_i1.19 (check the viewerFols 124r–126r ), Discourse on the Fear of God
    20. ms_i1.20 (check the viewerFols 126r–128v ), Discourse on the Ancient People, and Refutation of the Jews
    21. ms_i1.21 (check the viewerFols 128v–130r ), Discourse of Gregory of Armenia against the Jews
    22. ms_i1.22 (check the viewerFols 130v–133r ), Hortatory discourse to believers, who desire to walk in the path of wisdom and knowledge
    23. ms_i1.23 (check the viewerFols 133r–134v ), ʾAbsǝliṭis qanonā baʾǝnta nǝssǝḥa tǝmhǝrt za-taśarʿa ʾǝmḫaba ʾƎgziʾabǝḥer ʾǝgziʾǝna ʾIyasus Krǝstos

Contents

check the viewerFols 3r and following Senodos (CAe 2317)

Language of text:

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):check the viewerFol. 134v ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘይሰመይ፡ ሲኖዶስ፡ ዘሠርዑ፡ አበዊነ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ {ዘአጥርዮ፡ በወርቁ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ነገሥት፡ በካፋ፡ } በረከቶሙ፡ ትኩን፡ ምስሌሁ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን። ዘሰረቆ፡ (…)ommission by

According to the catalogue description the manuscript cannot be so old as the time of Bakāffā .
check the viewerFols 4r–33v Ecclesiastic (apostolic) canons (71) (CAe 2669)

Language of text:

Numbered 81.
check the viewerFols 30r and following Various forms of prayer

Language of text:

check the viewerFols 34v–39r Apostolic canons (56) (CAe 2670)

Language of text:

56 in number according to the titloi, but 54 according to the text.
check the viewerFols 59r–63r Apostolic canons (81) (CAe 2675)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሥርዓተ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ምስለ፡ ቀሌምንጦስ፡

check the viewerFols 83v and following Canons of the Church Councils (CAe 2649)

Language of text:

check the viewerFols 84r–87v Canons of the Council of Ancyra (CAe 2662)

Language of text:

24 in number
check the viewerFols 91r–93r (CAe 2652)

Language of text:

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .

  1. check the viewerFol. 3r (Type: OwnershipNote)

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

    ( gez ) ሲኖዶስ፡ ዘ ቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗

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 269a-270a
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

+NaN (leaf) , Entered as 134+1 1 (leaf, blank) .Entered as 1 12.875 11.25
Outer dimensions
Height 12.875in
Width 11.25in

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.

State of preservation

good

Condition

Binding

In the original boards, covered with blind-tooled leather and lined with blue cloth.

Binding material

wood

leather

textile

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 3

Number of lines: 27-29

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 are mostly visible, horizontal pricks are visible.

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1740-1750

    Written in a good hand. 1740-1750

    • Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
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    22.6.2022
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    type=filename
    BLorient796.xml
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    BLorient796

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    Daria Elagina, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Dorothea Reule, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 796ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 22.6.2022) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient796 [Accessed: 2024-04-19+02:00]

    Revisions of the data

    • Dorothea Reule Added layout on 22.6.2022
    • Daria Elagina Corrected the encoding of Senodos. on 7.9.2021
    • Dorothea Reule Added link to images on 26.11.2020
    • Daria Elagina Completed the description. on 7.9.2020
    • Pietro Maria Liuzzo Created XML record from Ethio authority google spreadsheet on 17.11.2016

    Attributions of the contents

    Alessandro Bausi, general editor

    Daria Elagina, editor

    Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor

    Dorothea Reule, contributor

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