London, British Library, BL Oriental 823
Solomon Gebreyes, Daria Elagina
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCCLXXXI, Wright 381
General description
Maṣḥafa śǝrw
Number of Text units: 9
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1700-1800 (dating on palaeographic grounds)
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 5r and following ),
Josippon
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 5r and following ), Josippon, Kǝfl 1, starting with Adam and mainly treating Persian history.
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 36r and following ), Josippon, Kǝfl 2, Romance of Alexander
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 67v and following ), Josippon, Kǝfl 3
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 99v and following ), Josippon, Kǝfl 4
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 131v and following ), Josippon, Kǝfl 5
- ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 139v and following ), Josippon, Kǝfl 6
- ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 161v and following ), Josippon, Kǝfl 7
- ms_i1.8 (check the viewerFols 188r and following ), Josippon, Kǝfl 8
Contents
check the viewerFols 5r and following Josippon (CAe 2598)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 5r and following Josippon, Kǝfl 1, starting with Adam and mainly treating Persian history. (CAe 2598 Kefl1)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 36r and following Josippon, Kǝfl 2, Romance of Alexander (CAe 2598 Kefl2)
Language of text:
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 3r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) ዜና፡ አይሁድ፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
Extras
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The owner is Walda ʾAmlāk owner .
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On many leaves, a line of black dots is drawn in the outer, the inner margin or both, not always continuous. In the outer margin, it is mostly located close to the horizontal pricks.
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 289b
This manuscript has modern restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 8.25in |
Width | 7.25in |
Foliation
Foliation in the upper right corner by the library. Two unnumbered blank leaves at the end, referred to as check the viewerfols i–ii in the library's digitization.
State of preservation
good
Condition
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
4Sewing Stations
Sewing stations are used in an irregular way.Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 18-20
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 partly visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1700-1800 according to William Wright
The manuscript is well written. 1700-1800 according to William WrightCheck for additional bibliography
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Solomon Gebreyes, Daria Elagina, Alessandro Bausi, Dorothea Reule, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 823ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2022-07-05) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient823 [Accessed: 2024-05-17]
Revisions of the data
- Dorothea Reule Added binding on 5.7.2022
- Dorothea Reule Added layout on 23.6.2022
- Daria Elagina Completed the description. on 9.12.2020
- Dorothea Reule Added link to images on 26.11.2020
- Solomon Gebreyes Created catalogue entry on 26.2.2019
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Solomon Gebreyes, editor
Daria Elagina, editor
Dorothea Reule, contributor