London, British Library, BL Oriental 777
Solomon Gebreyes, Daria Elagina
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCCL, Wright 350
Dated
General description
Maṣḥafa ḥāwi
Number of Text units: 4
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1745 (internal-date)
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 ),
Maṣḥafa ḥāwi
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 5r–20v ), Maṣḥafa ḥāwi, Introduction followed by the table of the 63 rubrics and a short explanation by the translator on his methods.
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 13r and following ), Main part of the work
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 286r and following ), Maṣḥafa ḥāwi, On the time of this work's composition
Contents
check the viewerFols 5r and following Maṣḥafa ḥāwi (CAe 1933)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 5r–20v Maṣḥafa ḥāwi, Introduction followed by the table of the 63 rubrics and a short explanation by the translator on his methods. (CAe 1933 Introduction)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 286r and following Maṣḥafa ḥāwi, On the time of this work's composition (CAe 1933 ColophonTranslation)
Language of text:
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 , 1 , 1 .
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check the viewerFols 1–19, check the viewer280–287 (Type: Unclear)
Documents extending till the time of Tewodros II (on check the viewerfol. 280r ).
Text in Amharic
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check the viewerFol. 4r (Type: LandGrant)
List of places bestowed by ʾIyāsu II to the convent of Dabra Bǝrhān↗ .
( gez ) ኍልቈ፡ አህጉር፡ ዘወሀቡ፡ ወጐለቱ፡ ለደብረ፡ ብርሃን፡ በስመ፡ ሥሉስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አሐዱ፡ አምላክ። ንጉሠ፡ ነገሥት፡ አድያም፡ ሰገድ፡ ዘበጸጋ፡ ተሰምዩ፡ ኢያሱ።
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check the viewerFol. 4r (Type: Record)
( gez ) በዘመነ፡ ማርቆስ፡ ሐፄ፡ ብርሃን፡ ሰገድ፡ በነገሡ፡ በ፮ ዓመት።
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check the viewerFol. 5r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) ሐዊ፡ ዘ ቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
Extras
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At the foot of some pages occur names prefixed with a relative pronoun, probably those of scribes. For example, ዘዳዊት፡ scribe (on check the viewerfols. 27r, 37r ), ዘሠርፀ፡ ክሶስ፡ scribe (on check the viewerfols. 47r, 56v, 57r ), ዘየማነ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ scribe (on check the viewerfols., 158r ), ዘመልክዓ፡ ክሶስ፡ scribe (on check the viewerfol. 169r ), ዘአግናጥዮስ፡ scribe (on check the viewerfol. 240r ), ዘʾAmda Mikāʾel scribe አምደ፡ ሚካኤል፡
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 255b
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 19.625in |
Width | 16.875in |
Foliation
Foliation in the upper right corner by the library.
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
In the original boards, covered with blind-tooled leather and lined with red silk.
Binding material
wood
leather
silk
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 41-42
Ruling
- (Subtype: pattern)1A-1A-1A1A-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 and horizontal pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1700-1800
This manuscript is written in a good hand. From the catalogue description it is not clear whether the manuscript was written by one or several scribes. 1700-1800Check for additional bibliography
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Solomon Gebreyes, Daria Elagina, Alessandro Bausi, Dorothea Reule, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 777ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2022-06-21) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient777 [Accessed: 2024-05-18]
Revisions of the data
- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Added layout on 21.6.2022
- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Added link to images on 26.11.2020
- Daria Elagina Daria Elagina: Completed the description. on 27.7.2020
- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Created catalogue entry on 9.5.2019
Attributions of the contents
Dorothea Reule, contributor