London, British Library, BL Oriental 765
Marcin Krawczuk, Solomon Gebreyes
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCLXI, Wright 261
General description
History of the Fathers
Number of Text units: 2
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.
Summary
- p1_i1 (check the viewerf. 3 ), Part of a prayer
- p2_i1 (), መጽሐፈ፡ ዜናሆሙ፡ ለአበው፡
Contents
Additions In this unit there are in total .
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 172a-172b
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 298mm |
Width | 257mm |
Codicological Unit p1
Summary of codicological unit 1
- p1_i1 (check the viewerf. 3 ), Part of a prayer
Contents
Additions of codicological unit 1 In this unit there are in total 1 .
Extras of codicological unit 1
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(Type: MixedNote)
The name of the first owner has been erased, and that of ክንፈ፡ ሚካኤል፡ owner substituted.
Codicological Unit p2
Contents
Additions of codicological unit 2 In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 , 1 .
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check the viewerf. 1r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) ዜና፡ አበው፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
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check the viewerf. 155v (Type: GuestText)
A hymn to the Christian church (CAe 3027)
Text in Gǝʿǝz ኃይልኪ፡ ተዓውቀ፡ ወበርኅበ፡ ዓለም፡ ሰፈነ። በመዋዕለ፡ ሕይወት፡ ወበወርኃ፡ ሞት፡ እስመ፡ አድምዓ፡ ሥልጣነ።
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check the viewerf. 155v check the viewerf. 156 check the viewerf. 157 (Type: MixedNote)
Notes in Amharic from the reigns of Gʷālu , ʾIyoʾās , ʾIyāsu IV and Theodore .
Text in Amharic
Extras of codicological unit 2
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The name of the first owner አ[…]ommission by ተ፡ ክርስቶስ፡check the viewerf. 38r has been generally altered in ሥዕለ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ owner , and this has in its turn been frequently erased e. g. on check the viewerf. , check the viewerf.155 .
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Marcin Krawczuk, Solomon Gebreyes, Alessandro Bausi, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 765ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2021-08-30) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient765 [Accessed: 2024-05-15]
Revisions of the data
- Marcin Krawczuk Marcin Krawczuk: Minor technical correction on 30.8.2021
- Marcin Krawczuk Marcin Krawczuk: Completed description on 19.7.2021
- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Created catalogue entry on 21.3.2019