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ʾAddis ʾAbabā, Qǝddus Rāguʾel Church, MS EMML no. 50

Anaïs Wion (editor)

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

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Qǝddus Rāguʾel Church[view repository]

Collection: Ǝnṭoṭṭo Rāguel, Addis Ababa

Other identifiers: BL Oriental 819

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General description

EMML 50

Number of Text units: 33

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

This manuscript was copied during the reign of Iyāsu I, most probably for / by the clergy of the church of Dabra Berhān Sellāsē in Gondar.

1682-1706 (context)

Provenance

This manuscript might have been possessed by the church of Madḫāne Alam↗ in Gondar (fol. 1, marginal note). It has been looted by King Tēwodros (1855-68) and ended up in his fortress in Maqdālā↗ , where the British army looted it in 1868. It was then given to the British Library (see the stamp on the guardleaf: "Presented by the Secretary of State for India. Aug. 1868").

Acquisition

King Yohannes (1871-89) asked Queen Victoria to have this manuscript back to Ethiopia. The transfer was done in 1872 (see fol. check the viewer163v : « This volume was returned to the King of Ethiopia by order of the Trustees of the British Museum↗ - dated Dec. 14 1872. J. Winter Jones , Principal Librarian »). The manuscript stayed in the Ethiopian royal collection as it was stored in Enṭoṭṭo Raguēl↗ , founded by King Mǝnilǝk , when it was microfilmed by the EMML↗ project in 1974.

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 1–129 ), ክብረ፡ ነገሥት፡
  2. ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 129v–164 ), ታሪከ፡ አክሱም፡
    1. ms_i2.1 (), Kama-zǝ nubāre śǝrʿātā la-ʾǝmmǝna Ṣǝyon gabaza ʾAksum
    2. ms_i2.2 (check the viewerFols 130vb and following ), Śǝrʿāta qʷǝrḥat
    3. ms_i2.3 (check the viewerFols 133 and following ), Śǝrʿāta beta mangǝśt
    4. ms_i2.4 (check the viewerFols 133v and following ), King list A
    5. ms_i2.5 (check the viewerFols 134 and following ), King list (general record)
    6. ms_i2.6 (check the viewerFols 135v and following ), King list (general record)
    7. ms_i2.7 (check the viewerFols 136–136v ), Restauration of the royal throne in ʾAksum
    8. ms_i2.7.1 (check the viewerFols 136–136v ), Restauration of the royal throne in ʾAksum, Restauration of the throne of the kings of ʾAksum by Zarʾa Yāʿqob in the year 87
    9. ms_i2.7.2 (check the viewerFols 136v and following ), Restauration of the royal throne in ʾAksum, Restauration of the throne of the kings of ʾAksum by Śarḍa Dǝngǝl in the year 231
    10. ms_i2.8 (check the viewerFols 137v and following ), King list (general record)
    11. ms_i2.9 (check the viewerFols 138–139v ), Land donation
      1. ms_i2.9.1 (check the viewerFols 138 and following ), Land donation by and to
      2. ms_i2.9.2 (check the viewerFols 138v and following ), Land donation by
      3. ms_i2.9.3 (check the viewerFols 138v and following ), Land donation by
      4. ms_i2.9.4 (check the viewerFols 138v and following ), Land donation by
      5. ms_i2.9.5 (check the viewerFols 139 and following ), Land donation by
      6. ms_i2.9.6 (check the viewerFols 139 and following ), Land donation by
      7. ms_i2.9.7 (check the viewerFols 139v and following ), Land donation by
    12. ms_i2.10 (check the viewerFols 139v and following ), Rule for the protection of ʾAksum Ṣǝyon
    13. ms_i2.11 (check the viewerFols 139v and following ), Gabra hagar za-beta nǝguś
    14. ms_i2.12 (check the viewerFols 140v and following ), List of the compulsory labours for the construction of ʾAksum Ṣǝyon
    15. ms_i2.13 (check the viewerFols 141v and following ), Chronology from ʾabbā Salāmā to Śarṣa Dǝngǝl
    16. ms_i2.14 (check the viewerFols 142v and following ), History of the foundation of ʾAksum
    17. ms_i2.15 (check the viewerFols 141v and following ), Taxes for the Žān Ṣǝge
    18. ms_i2.16 (check the viewerFols 145v and following ), List of Kings who will reign at the end of the world, according to St Clement
    19. ms_i2.17 (check the viewerFols 145v and following ), Chronology of Umayyad and Abbasid califs, of the Fatimids and Ayyubites until 659 H.
    20. ms_i2.18 (check the viewerFols 147 and following ), ዝውእቱ፡ ዜና፡ ስሞሙ፡ ለአበዊነ፡ ሊቃነ፡ ጳጳሳት፡ ዘለእስክንድርያ፡
    21. ms_i2.19 (check the viewerFols 150 and following ), Document relating payments in šāmā and waqēt for the maintenance of Aksum Ṣǝyon's buildings
    22. ms_i2.20 (check the viewerFols 150 and following ), List of Zagwē kings
    23. ms_i2.21 (check the viewerFols 150r and following ), List of objects from Aksum Ṣǝyon given by King Lǝbna Dǝngǝl to the governors of the north
    24. ms_i2.22 (check the viewerFols 151 and following ), List of liturgical objects of Aksum Ṣǝyon given to its dabtārā by Lǝbna Dǝngǝl

Contents

check the viewerFols 1–129 ክብረ፡ ነገሥት፡ (CAe 1709)

Language of text:

This copy of the Kǝbra Nagaśt does not have colophon nor Kings' list.
check the viewerFols 129v–164 ታሪከ፡ አክሱም፡ (CAe 1913)
check the viewerFols 137v and following King list (general record) (CAe 3852) This document provides a way to establish the dating of the manuscript to the reign of Iyasu I because his name is rubricated.
check the viewerFols 138–139v Land donation

Language of text:

check the viewerFols 138v and following Land donation by Sayfa ʾArʿad

Language of text:

In its shortest known version. Significantly different from B93's version in that after Qǝṭaṭe it only carries the word ǝkǝl. It therefore lacks the following details: 33 ǝkǝl then two place names with cotton tax.
check the viewerFols 139 and following Land donation by Zarʾa Yāʿqob

Language of text:

At the beginning of the list: Dabra Salam, Tā' ǝkā, Mazutay. Three important lands since they are in Anbasa Wedem's donation, but which are not in the B93 or the A152's versions. However, DAE and A225 are identical.
check the viewerFols 142v and following History of the foundation of ʾAksum (CAe 4687) fol. 143v : Note the rubrication at the end of the 2nd column of wa-kā' ǝba zenā tagāb tagāb' ǝtomu la-3(?) ṣadqān The change of hand in this first column, in the text relating to the prayer to the image of Abba Salama's cross, clearly shows that it is an interpolation.
check the viewerFols 147 and following ዝውእቱ፡ ዜና፡ ስሞሙ፡ ለአበዊነ፡ ሊቃነ፡ ጳጳሳት፡ ዘለእስክንድርያ፡ (CAe 4694) A second hand updates the document after Patriarch Yohannǝs and continues until Gabrel de Hāleluyā.
check the viewerFols 150 and following Document relating payments in šāmā and waqēt for the maintenance of Aksum Ṣǝyon's buildings

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ኊልቈ ሸማ ዘገብአ እምንቡረ እድ ተላይ

This document is only found in EMML50.
check the viewerFols 151 and following List of liturgical objects of Aksum Ṣǝyon given to its dabtārā by Lǝbna Dǝngǝl

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ኊልቈ አቅሐ ዘአክሱም ዘወፅአ አመ ፳ወ፩ ለየካቲት ዘተቀበሉ ደብተራ

This document is only found in EMML50.

Catalogue Bibliography

  • Macomber, W. F. 1975. A Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts Microfilmed for the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library, Addis Ababa, and for the Monastic Manuscript Microfilm Library, Collegeville, I: Project Numbers 1–300 (Collegeville, MN: Monastic Manuscript Microfilm Library, St. John’s Abbey and University, 1975). page 54
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  • Wright, W. 1870. ‘List of the Magdala collection of Ethiopic manuscripts in the British Museum’, Zeitschrift der deutschen morgenländischen Gesellschaft, 24 (1870), 599–616.
    page 614-615
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Secondary Bibliography

  • Heldman, M. 2011. ‘Two circular diagrams in a royal Ethiopic manuscript (EMML ms. 50): context and meaning’, Rassegna di Studi Etiopici, Nuova Serie, 3 (2011), 185–218 (DOI: 10.2307/23622769).
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  • Wion, A. 2015. ‘De l’orgueilleuse geste royale au pragmatisme des bénéficiaires : les deux versions de l’acte du roi Iyasu I (1682-1706) en faveur de l’église d’Aksum (Éthiopie)’, Annales d’Éthiopie, 30 (2015), 259–281.
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Surrogates

microfilm EMML50

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

163 (leaf) .Entered as 163 26 x 24 cm

Foliation

State of preservation

good

Condition

Publication Statement

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Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
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Hamburg
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Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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Edition Statement

The initial version of this file was created from data kindly provided by Hill Museum & Manuscript Library.

Permalink: https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/201892.

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Anaïs Wion, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Dorothea Reule, ʻʾAddis ʾAbabā, Qǝddus Rāguʾel Church, MS EMML no. 50ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 6.5.2022) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMML50 [Accessed: 2024-04-18+02:00]

Revisions of the data

  • Dorothea Reule Added catalogue reference. on 6.5.2022
  • Anaïs Wion Encoded manuscript. on 24.1.2019
  • Pietro Maria Liuzzo Created minimal record with link from data sent from Daniel Gullo, HMML project. on 30.11.2017

Attributions of the contents

Alessandro Bausi, general editor

Anaïs Wion, editor

Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor

Dorothea Reule, contributor

The initial version of this file was created from data kindly provided by Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Permalink: https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/201892
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