London, British Library, BL Oriental 826
Solomon Gebreyes, Daria Elagina
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCCLXXXIX, Wright 389
General description
Ḥuratu la-ʾƎskǝndǝr
Number of Text units: 1
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1800-1868 (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 2r–147r ), Ḥuratu la-ʾƎskǝndǝr
Contents
check the viewerFols 2r–147r Ḥuratu la-ʾƎskǝndǝr (CAe 1670)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ መሓሪ፡ ወመስተሣህል፡ ንቀድም፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ወስነ፡ ሀብቱ፡ በጽሒፈ፡ ሁረቱ፡ (!) ዘእሙር፡ በዙረት። ዝንቱ፡ እምዘ፡ ዘከርዎ፡ ጠቢባን፡ እምዜናሁ፡ ወናሁ፡ ጸሐፍነ፡ አስማቲሆሙ፡ ለጠቢባን፡ እለ፡ ዘከሩ፡ ሑረቱ፡ ወመንግሥቱ፡ ውስተ፡ ፯አጽናፍ፡ ወሑረቱ፡ እምሥራቅ፡ እስከ፡ ምዕራብ፤ ወመንግሥቶ፡ ውስተ፡ ምድር፡ ወብጽሐቶ፡ አጽናፊሃ፡ ወሣርሮቶ፡ ውስተ፡ ባሕር፤ እልጰጠስ፡ ዘኢይትከየድ፡ ወሣርሮቶ፡ ውስተ፡ አየር፡ ወበአቶ፡ ውስተ፡ ጽልመት፡ ወሑረቶ፡ ውስተ፡ መካናት፡ ዘአሰበዎ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ለበጺሕ፡ ኀቤሆን፡ ወቀዳሚ፡ ግብሮ፡ ኮነ፡ በምድረ፡ ግብጽ፡↗ ንጉሠ፡ ዘይሰመይ፡ ብቅጣኒስ፡ ወኮነ፡ ጠቢበ፡ ወትሩፈ፡ ወማዕምረ፡ ጥቀ፡ ምሑር፡ በውስተ፡ ጥበብ፡ ግብጻውያን፡ ወይጠበባ፡ እምኵሎሙ፡ ጠቢባን፡ እለ፡ የአምሩ፡ ዘሀሎ፡ ውስተ፡ ማዕምቀ፡ ባሕር፡ ወልጐታት፡ ወእለ፡ የአምሩ፡ አእምሮተ፡ ከዋክብት፡ ወጊዜያተ፡ አእምሮተ፡ እልአስብጣሎስ። ወአእምሮተ፡ ጊዜያተ፡ ወሊድ፡ ወዘዘይከውን፡ እምዘተወልደ፡ እስመቦ፡ ዘይትወለድ፡ ለመንግሥቱ፡ ወቦ፡ ዘይትወለድ፡ ለንዴት፡ ወለሕርምና፡ እስመ፡ በአእምሮቱ፡ ወበራእየ፡ ከዋክብት፡ ያእምር፡ ዘይረክቦ፡ ለዘይትወለድ።
Additions In this unit there are in total 2 .
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check the viewerFol. 2r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) ዜና፡ እስክንድር፡ (CAe 2616) ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
Extras
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(Type: OwnershipNote)
The name of the owner, Abraham occurs at check the viewerfol. 147a .
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Pen trials.
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Lines of balck dots are placed irregularly in the margins throughout the manuscript.
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 294a-294b
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 11.625in |
Width | 7.5in |
Foliation
Foliation by the library in the upper right corner.
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
In the original boards, covered with blind-tooled leather and lined with striped silk.
Binding material
wood
leather
silk
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 24-26
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: 1800-1868 according to William Wright
The manuscript is clearly written; of the 19th century. 1800-1868 according to William WrightCheck for additional bibliography
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Solomon Gebreyes, Daria Elagina, Alessandro Bausi, Dorothea Reule, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 826ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2022-06-24) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient826 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Dorothea Reule Added layout on 24.6.2022
- Daria Elagina Completed the description. on 20.1.2021
- Dorothea Reule Added link to images on 26.11.2020
- Solomon Gebreyes updated on 14.8.2019
- Solomon Gebreyes Created catalogue entry on 15.2.2019
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Solomon Gebreyes, editor
Daria Elagina, editor
Dorothea Reule, contributor