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Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Aeth. e. 14

Dorothea Reule

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

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https://betamasaheft.eu/BDLaethe14
Bodleian Library[view repository]

Collection:

Other identifiers: Ullendorff 81

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General description

Maṣḥafa bǝrhān, 1 John

Number of Text units: 35

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

1907 (internal-date)

Provenance

Purchased by the Bodleian Library↗ in 1929.

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 2r and following ), Maṣḥafa bǝrhān
    1. ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFol. 2r ), Introduction
    2. ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFol. 2r ), List of abbreviations of books
    3. ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 2r–2v ), Index of chapters
    4. ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 3r and following ), Chapter 1 on
    5. ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 3v and following ), Chapter 2 on
    6. ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 4v and following ), Chapter 3 on
    7. ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 5r and following ), Chapter 4 on
    8. ms_i1.8 (check the viewerFols 5v and following ), Chapter 5 on
    9. ms_i1.9 (check the viewerFols 6v and following ), Chapter 6 on
    10. ms_i1.10 (check the viewerFols 7r and following ), Chapter 7 on
    11. ms_i1.11 (check the viewerFols 7v and following ), Chapter 8 on
    12. ms_i1.12 (check the viewerFols 8v and following ), Chapter 9 on
    13. ms_i1.13 (check the viewerFol. 9r ), Chapter 10 on
    14. ms_i1.14 (check the viewerFols 9r and following ), Chapter 11 on
    15. ms_i1.15 (check the viewerFols 9v and following ), Chapter 12 on
    16. ms_i1.16 (check the viewerFols 10r and following ), Chapter 13 on
    17. ms_i1.17 (check the viewerFols 10v and following ), Chapter 14 on
    18. ms_i1.18 (check the viewerFol. 11r ), Chapter 15 on
    19. ms_i1.19 (check the viewerFols 11r and following ), Chapter 16 on
    20. ms_i1.20 (check the viewerFols 11v and following ), Chapter 17 on
    21. ms_i1.21 (check the viewerFols 12v and following ), Chapter 18 on
    22. ms_i1.22 (check the viewerFols 13r and following ), Chapter 19 on
    23. ms_i1.23 (check the viewerFols 13v and following ), Chapter 20 on
    24. ms_i1.24 (check the viewerFols 14v and following ), Chapter 21 on
    25. ms_i1.25 (check the viewerFols 15r and following ), Chapter 22 on
    26. ms_i1.26 (check the viewerFols 15v and following ), Chapter 23 on
    27. ms_i1.27 (check the viewerFols 16v and following ), Chapter 24 on
    28. ms_i1.28 (check the viewerFols 17r and following ), Chapter 25 on
    29. ms_i1.29 (check the viewerFols 18r and following ), Chapter 26 on
    30. ms_i1.30 (check the viewerFols 18v and following ), Chapter 27 on
    31. ms_i1.31 (check the viewerFols 20v and following ), Chapter 28 on
    32. ms_i1.32 (check the viewerFols 22r and following ), Chapter 29 on
    33. ms_i1.33 (check the viewerFols 22v and following ), Chapter 30 on
  2. ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 28r and following ), First Epistle of John

Contents

check the viewerFols 2r and following Maṣḥafa bǝrhān (CAe 1921)

Language of text: and Amharic

Colophon

check the viewerFol. 27r

1907-1908 (internal)

The colophon states that this manuscript was written for the convent of Dabra Bizan↗ in 1900 (internal) by Gabra Masqal scribe .

check the viewerFol. 2r Introduction

Language of text: and Amharic

The introduction begins in Gǝʿǝz and is continued in Amharic, addressed to the monks of Dabra Bizan↗ in general and certain priests, whose names are mentioned, in particular.
check the viewerFols 2r–2v Index of chapters The page numbers refer to the original manuscript from which the present one was copied.

Language of text:

check the viewerFols 3r and following Chapter 1 on ጥምቀት፡

Language of text: and Gǝʿǝz

The quotations are in Gǝʿǝz, but the main body of text is in Amharic.
check the viewerFols 28r and following First Epistle of John (CAe 3509)

Language of text:

There are some minor omissions such as 1:8-10, otherwise, the text is complete.

Colophon

check the viewerFol. 34v

The colophon states that this manuscript was written by ʾalaqā role: title scribe Gabra Masqal scribe in the town of Mandafarā↗ .

Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .

Other Decorations

  1. drawing: check the viewerFol. 27v

    A crude drawing (possibly John ).

Catalogue Bibliography

  • Ullendorff, E. 1951. Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, II, Catalogi Codd. Mss. Bibliothecae Bodleianae, 7 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1951). page 20b–21b
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

35 (leaf) , Entered as 35 2 (leaf, blank) : Entered as 2 check the viewerFols. 1, 35 7.75 5.5
Outer dimensions
Height 7.75in
Width 5.5in

Binding

Ethiopian binding: rough wooden boards.

Binding material

wood

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 1

Number of lines: 17-25

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Written in a poor hand.

    Date: 1907 (internal)

    1907 (internal)

    • Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    availability
    This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
    date
    type=expanded
    10.10.2022 at 18:43:18
    date
    type=lastModified
    13.6.2017
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BDLaethe14/main
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/BDLaethe14
    idno
    type=filename
    BDLaethe14.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    BDLaethe14

    Encoding Description

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    Encoded according to the Beta maṣāḥǝft Guidelines. These Guidelines detail the TEI format ruled by the Beta maṣāḥǝft Schema. The present TEI file is enriched with an Xquery transformation taking advantage of the exist-db database instance where the data is stored and of the many external resources to which this data points to.

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    Calendar ethiopian
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    Alessandro Bausi, Dorothea Reule, ʻOxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Aeth. e. 14ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 13.6.2017) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BDLaethe14 [Accessed: 2024-05-06+02:00]

    Revisions of the data

    • Dorothea Reule Changes on 13.6.2017
    • Dorothea Reule Additions on 10.3.2017
    • Dorothea Reule Created entity on 9.3.2017

    Attributions of the contents

    Alessandro Bausi, general editor

    Dorothea Reule, editor

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