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London, British Library, BL Oriental 803

Marcin Krawczuk, Solomon Gebreyes

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

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Collection: Oriental

Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCCLXVI, Wright 366

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General description

Fǝtḥa nagaśt

Number of Text units: 7

Number of Codicological units: 2

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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.

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 280a-281b
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

149 (leaf) .Entered as 149 12.25 11.125
Outer dimensions
Height 12.25in
Width 11.125in

Binding

In the original boards, covered with blind-tooled leather.

Binding material

wood

leather

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 3

Number of lines: 26

Codicological Unit p1

Contents

check the viewerFols 2r and following Fǝtḥa nagaśt (CAe 1395)

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Colophon

check the viewerFol. 147v

መልአ፡ ጽሒፈ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ቀኖና፡ ዘፍትሐ፡ ኵነኔ፡ ሕግ፡ መሲሓዊት፡ በዕለተ፡ ረቡዕ፡ አመ፡ ፩ለጥቅምት፡ በ፸፻ወ፩፻፸ወ፪ዓመተ፡ ዓለም፤ ወተፈጸመ፡ በዘመነ፡ ማርቆስ፡ ወንጌላዊ፡ በ፳አብቅቴ፡ በ፳ወ፪ሠርቀ፡ ሌሊት፡ ወ፩ሠርቀ፡ መዓልተ:. . . . .ommission by William Wright ወበ፲አርባዕቱ፡ ዓመተ፡ መንግሥቱ፡ ለንጉሠ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወለእግዚአብሔር፡ አኰቴት፡ እስከ፡ ለዓለም። ወዘአዕለዋ፡ ኅፁፅ፡ ወኃጥእ . . . . .ommission by William Wright ወዘአጽሐፋኒ፡. . . . .ommission by William Wrightወልደ፡ አቡነ፡ ትክለ ሃይማኖት፡

The colophon states that the manuscript was written in the 14th year of the reign of king Yoḥannǝs i. e. 1681.The colophon has been altered by various erasures and corrections, from the words በ፸፻ወ፩፻፸ወ፪ (originally ወ፬) ዓመተ፡ ዓለም፡ to the words ወ፬ሠርቀ፡ መዓልት፡ after which three lines have been erased. The rest has been left untouched, with the exception of the name of the owner, which has disappeared on check the viewerf. 148r , as well as on check the viewerf. 2r .

check the viewerFols 2r and following Introduction (CAe 1395 EthiopicIntroduction)

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check the viewerFols 6r and following Table of contents (CAe 1395 IntroductionCanons)

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check the viewerFols 6r and following The first part ክፍል፡ ቀዳማዊ፡ Ecclesiastical law (CAe 1395 Part1)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):አንቀጽ፡ ቀዳማዊ፡ በእንተ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ወዘይደሉ፡ ላቲ።

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check the viewerFols 66r and following The second part ክፍል፡ ዳግማዊ፡ Civil law (CAe 1395 Part2)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):አንቀጽ፡ ፳ወ፫፡ በእንተ፡ መብልዕ፡ ወአልባስ፡ ወማኅደር፡ ወተግባረ፡ እድ፡ ዘይደሉ፡ ለመሲሐውያን።

Language of text:

check the viewerFols 144v and following Supplementary part on the law of inheritance (CAe 1395 Appendix)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):አንቀጽ፡ ተዋርሶ፡ ዘተሰነዓዉ፡ ላዕሌሁ፡ እግዚእነ፡ አባ፡ ቂርሎስ፡ ሊቀ፡ ጳጳሳት፡ ዘእለ፡ እስክንድርያ፡ ምስለ፡ ኤጲስ፡ ቆጶሳቲሁ፡ ወሊቃናቲሁ፡ ወመኳንንቲሁ፡ ወውእቱ፡ ፷ምዕራፍ፡ ወመብዝኅቱኒ፡ እምነ፡ ዘጸሐፎ፡ አባ፡ ቆዝምስ፡ ፩እምሊቃነ፡ ጳጳሳት፡ ዘእለ፡ እስክንድርያ። ወይቤ፡ በተፍጻሜቱ፡ ከመ፡ ውእቱ፡ እምዘ፡ ሠርዕዎ፡ እምሊቃነ፡ ሕግ፡ ወተረፈ፡ ዚአሁ፡ እምልብ፡ ወዘልማድ፡ ወዝንቱ፡ ተሠርዓ፡ አመ፡ ዓሡሩ፡ ወሰቡዑ፡ ለወርኃ፡ መስከረም፡ በ፱፻፶ወ፰ዓመተ፡ ሰማዕታት፡ ንጹሓን፡ ትንብልናሆሙ፡ ተሀሉ፡ ምስሌነ፡ አሜን።

Language of text:

Additions of codicological unit 1 In this unit there are in total 2 .

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

    The note stating that the manuscript belonged to king ʾIyāsu , successor of Yoḥannǝs .

    ( gez ) ዘንጉሠ፡ ነገሥት፡ ኢያሱ።

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

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

    ( gez ) ፍትሐ፡ ነገሥት፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗

Palaeography of codicological unit 1

  • Hand 1

    of codicological unit 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1681

    The manuscript is well written in a good hand, and dated 1681 , 1681

    • Codicological Unit p2

    Contents

    check the viewerFol. 149r Fǝtḥa nagaśt (CAe 1395) check the viewerF. 149r is a leaf from another, unfinished manuscript of Fǝtḥa nagaśt, corresponding to check the viewerf. 147 of this copy.

    Physical Description of codicological unit 2

    Form of support of codicological unit 2

    Parchment Leaf

    Extent of codicological unit 2

    1 (leaf) .Entered as 1

    Palaeography of codicological unit 2

  • Hand 2

    of codicological unit 2

    Script: Ethiopic

    • 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
    availability
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    date
    type=expanded
    30.5.2022 at 12:52:45
    date
    type=lastModified
    3.11.2020
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient803/main
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/BLorient803
    idno
    type=filename
    BLorient803.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    BLorient803

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    Marcin Krawczuk, Solomon Gebreyes, Alessandro Bausi, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 803ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-11-03) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient803 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]

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    • Marcin Krawczuk Marcin Krawczuk: Completed the description on 3.11.2020
    • Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Created catalogue entry on 15.5.2019

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