London, British Library, BL Oriental 801
Marcin Krawczuk, Solomon Gebreyes
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCCLXVII, Wright 367
General description
Fǝtḥa nagaśt
Number of Text units: 6
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
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 ),
Fǝtḥa nagaśt
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 2r and following ), Fǝtḥa nagaśt, Introduction
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 8v and following ), Fǝtḥa nagaśt, Index
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 9v and following ), Fǝtḥa nagaśt, Part 1: On religious matters
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 103v and following ), Fǝtḥa nagaśt, Part 2: On civil matters
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 224v and following ), Fǝtḥa nagaśt, Appendix on heritages, not present in all Arabic manuscripts
Contents
check the viewerFols 2r and following Fǝtḥa nagaśt (CAe 1395)
Colophon
መልአ፡ ጽሕፈተ፡ ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ቀኖና፡ ዘፍትሐ፡ ኵነኔ፡ ሕግ፡ መሲሓዊት፡ በዕለተ፡ ሰንበት፡ አመ፡ ዓሡሩ፡ ለወርኃ፡ መስከረም፡ በ፲፻፷ወ፬ ዓመተ፡ ሰማዕታት፡ ንጹሓን፡ ቀዳሚ፡ ውስተ፡ ምድረ፡ ግብጽ። ወካዕበ፡ ተጽሐፈ፡ ውስተ፡ ብሔርነ፡ ኢትዮጵያ፡ በ፸፻፡ ወ፩፻፹፡ ወ፩ዓመተ፡ ዓለም ። ወእምዓመተ፡ ሥጋዌ፡ በ፲፻ወ፯፻፹፡ ወ፩ ። ወበ፲፻፡ ወ፬፻፡ ወ፭ዓመተ፡ ሰማዕታት ። ወእምተንበላት፡ በ፲፻፵፡ ወ፯ዓመት ። ወተጽሐፈ፡ በዘመነ፡ ማቴዎስ፡ ወንጌላዊ። እንዘ፡ ዓበቅቴ፡ ፀሓይ፡ ፩፡ ወዓበቅቴ፡ ወርኅ፡ ፯፡ ወበ፯ዓመተ፡ መንግሥቱ፡ ለንጉሠ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ዘተሰምየ፡ ኢያሱ፡ ወለእግዚአነ፡ አኰቴት፡ እስከ፡ ለዓለም። ወዘአዕለዋ፡ ለዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ። ይቤ፡ ሕፁፅ፡ ወኃጥእ፡ (…)ommission by William Wrightወዘአጽሐፈኒ፡ ፍሥሓ፡ ክርስቶስ። ነዳየ፡ አእምሮ፡ ወምስነ፡ ጥበብ፡
The colophon states that the manuscript was written for Fǝśśǝḥa Krǝstos in the seventh year of the reign of king ʾIyāsu i. e. in 1689.
check the viewerFols 2r and following Fǝtḥa nagaśt, Introduction (CAe 1395 Introduction)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 9v and following Fǝtḥa nagaśt, Part 1: On religious matters (CAe 1395 Part1)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 103v and following Fǝtḥa nagaśt, Part 2: On civil matters (CAe 1395 Part2)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 224v and following Fǝtḥa nagaśt, Appendix on heritages, not present in all Arabic manuscripts (CAe 1395 Appendix)
Language of text:
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 4r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) ፍትሐ፡ ነገሥት፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
Extras
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The name of the scribe ʾAgnāṭǝyos scribe is mentioned on check the viewerfol. 2r .
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The effaced writings of check the viewerf. 229v and check the viewer230a-b were probably only inventories, like that which remains on f. 230v.
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Another person, for whom the manuscript was written, Walatta Nagaśt , mentioned on check the viewerf. 2r and check the viewer224v .
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 281a-b
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 349mm |
Width | 308mm |
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.
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 20-28
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
Date: 1689
The manuscript is well written, and dated 1689 , 1689Check for additional bibliography
Publication Statement
Encoding Description
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Definitions of prefixes used.
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Standard date | ፲፻፷ወ፬ |
Date in current calendar | no *-custom attributes |
Calendar | diocletian |
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Standard date | በ፸፻፡ ወ፩፻፹፡ ወ፩ዓመተ፡ ዓለም |
Date in current calendar | no *-custom attributes |
Calendar | world |
info | value |
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Standard date | በ፲፻ወ፯፻፹፡ ወ፩ |
Date in current calendar | no *-custom attributes |
Calendar | ethiopian |
info | value |
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Standard date | ፲፻፡ ወ፬፻፡ ወ፭ዓመተ፡ ሰማዕታት |
Date in current calendar | no *-custom attributes |
Calendar | alexander |
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Date in current calendar | no *-custom attributes |
Calendar | islamic |
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Marcin Krawczuk, Solomon Gebreyes, Alessandro Bausi, Dorothea Reule, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 801ʼ, 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/BLorient801 [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
- Marcin Krawczuk Completed the description on 2.11.2020
- Solomon Gebreyes Created catalogue entry on 15.5.2019
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Marcin Krawczuk, editor
Solomon Gebreyes, editor
Dorothea Reule, contributor