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Cambridge, Cambridge University Library Collections, CUL Add. 3682

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

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https://betamasaheft.eu/CamAdd3682
Cambridge University Library Collections[view repository]

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GeneralDescriptionPhysical DescriptionCatalogueAuthors

General description

Service book.

Number of Text units: 17

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

18th cent.

Original Location: Ethiopia.

Provenance

The manuscript was purchased by William Simpson, an illustrator for the Illustrated London News and member of the 1868 Napier expedition to

Original Location: Magdala

. According to a note on the check the viewerinside front cover , William Simpson, , whose monogram is also included, obtained it from an Ethiopian as the troops returned to Aden after the defeat of Tewodros II: “This book of Devotion, 350 or 400, years old, I bought from an Abyssinnian [sic], at the tent door, during the return march from

Original Location: Magdala

, 1868”. The seller may have been either Waldä Giyorgis or Śarḍa Māryām, both of whose names appear in the manuscript.

Summary

This work is a typical example of a privately-owned Ethiopian service-book containing hymns and prayers arranged for the hours. Several coloured images are found towards the beginning and end of the codex, with miscellaneous common service texts and other readings in between. Images appear on f. check the viewer4r (Daniel in the lion's den, St. George and the dragon, Virgin and child with angels and a priest, and Täklä Haymanot and the dragon) and f. check the viewer95v (the Crucifixion).
  1. ms_i1 (check the viewer1v-3v ), A Miracle of Our Lord
  2. ms_i2 (check the viewer6r-30v ), Hymns and Prayers Arranged for the Hours
  3. ms_i3 (check the viewer31r-37v ), Prayers
  4. ms_i3a (check the viewer31r-36r ), ኪዳን ፡ ዘነግህKidan zä-nägh (Morning Prayer)
  5. ms_i3b (check the viewer36v-37v ), ኪዳን ፡ ዘሰርክKidan zä-särk (Evening Prayer)
  6. ms_i4 (check the viewer38r-43v ), ትምህርተ ፡ ህቡኣትMystagogiaDoctrina arcanorum
  7. ms_i5 (check the viewer44r-46v ), እግዚአብሔር ፡ ዘብርሃናት Prayer ‘God of Luminaries’
  8. ms_i6 (check the viewer47r-49r ), በእንተ ፡ ቅድሳት ፡ ሰላማዊት ፡ ሰላመ ፡ ናስተበቍዕ Prayer of intercession
  9. ms_i7 (check the viewer49v-56v ), Anaphora of Our Lord
  10. ms_i8 (check the viewer57r-57v ), Miracle of Mary
  11. ms_i9 (check the viewer58r-59v ), እሴብሕ ፡ ጸጋኪ ፡ ዑጽፍተ ፡ ልብሰ ፡ ወርቅ Hymn to Mary
  12. ms_i10 (check the viewer60r-70v ), Readings from the gospels, prayers, and hymns arranged for the hours
  13. ms_i11 (check the viewer72v-74v ), Prayers and Readings
  14. ms_i12 (check the viewer75r-78v, 71r-72r ), Easter Tables
  15. ms_i13 (check the viewer79r-92r ), Morning service and prayers for other hours
  16. ms_i14 (check the viewer92v-94r ), Miracle of Mary
  17. ms_i15 (check the viewer94v-95r ), Address to Mary

Contents

check the viewer1v-3v A Miracle of Our Lord

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check the viewer6r-30v Hymns and Prayers Arranged for the Hours (CAe 4097) See in FIHRIST.

Relations Bibliography , item 2

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Prime, f. 6r; Terce, f. 11r; Sext, f. 13v; None, f. 16v; Vespers, f. 20r; Compline, f. 23v; Midnight, f. 27r
check the viewer31r-37v Prayers

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check the viewer31r-36r ኪዳን ፡ ዘነግህ (CAe 1716) See in FIHRIST.

Relations Bibliography , item 3a

Kidan zä-nägh (Morning Prayer) (CAe 1716) See in FIHRIST.

Relations Bibliography , item 3a

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check the viewer36v-37v ኪዳን ፡ ዘሰርክ (CAe 1717) See in FIHRIST.

Relations Bibliography , item 3b

Kidan zä-särk (Evening Prayer) (CAe 1717) See in FIHRIST.

Relations Bibliography , item 3b

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check the viewer38r-43v ትምህርተ ፡ ህቡኣት (CAe 3978) See in FIHRIST.

Relations Bibliography , item 4

Mystagogia (CAe 3978) See in FIHRIST.

Relations Bibliography , item 4

Doctrina arcanorum (CAe 3978) See in FIHRIST.

Relations Bibliography , item 4

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check the viewer49v-56v Anaphora of Our Lord

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check the viewer57r-57v Miracle of Mary

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check the viewer60r-70v Readings from the gospels, prayers, and hymns arranged for the hours

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Prime, f. 60r; Terce, f. 61r; Sext, f. 61v; None, f. 64v; Vespers, f. 65v; Compline, f. 66r; Midnight, f. 66v
check the viewer72v-74v Prayers and Readings

Language of text:

The gathering beginning at f. 71 is wrongly arranged; the text of f. 70v continues on f. 72r, col. 2; it then runs consecutively through vv. 72v to 78v, then goes to f. 71, ending on f. 72, col. 1.
check the viewer75r-78v, 71r-72r Easter Tables

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check the viewer92v-94r Miracle of Mary

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check the viewer94v-95r Address to Mary

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Decoration In this unit there are in total .

Catalogue Bibliography

  • Ullendorff, E. and S. Wright 1961. Catalogue of Ethiopian manuscripts in the Cambridge University Library (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1961).
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Physical Description

Form of support

Codex

Extent

95 ff. 14.0 10.2
Leaf dimensions
Height 14.0cm
Width 10.2cm

Binding

Boards are partly covered with stamped leather. Has linen chemise with ‘tail’ that extends to cover the exposed edges of the text block. No endbands. Pictorial inserts at front and back – not original.

Accompanying Material

Loose paper slip with monogram of William Simpson

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 1 2

Number of lines: 17-20

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Various hands, mostly poor

    • Keywords

    Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    availability
    This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
    date
    type=expanded
    6.2.2024 at 13:17:17
    date
    type=lastModified
    28.10.2021
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/CamAdd3682/main
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/CamAdd3682
    idno
    type=filename
    CamAdd3682.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    CamAdd3682

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    Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻCambridge, Cambridge University Library Collections, CUL Add. 3682ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 28.10.2021) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/CamAdd3682 [Accessed: 2024-05-03+02:00]

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    • Pietro Maria Liuzzo Transformed file from Fihrist, Add_3682. Original file for transformation viewable at https://www.fihrist.org.uk/catalog/manuscript_11851 downloaded from GitHub at https://github.com/fihristorg/fihrist-mss/blob/master/collections/cambridge%20university/Add_3682.xml on 28.10.2021

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