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Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Bruce 76

Dorothea Reule

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

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https://betamasaheft.eu/BDLbruce76
Bodleian Library[view repository]

Collection: Codices aethiopici, Bruce

Other identifiers: Dillmann cat. X, Dillmann 10

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General description

Introduction to the Gospels, Gospel of Matthew, Gospel of Mark

Number of Text units: 11

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Estimated by Christian Friedrich August Dillmann as not predating the time of James Bruce 's visit by much.

Provenance

This manuscript was bought by James Bruce owner . It constitutes the first part of Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Bruce 77.

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 1–73 ), Four Gospels
    1. ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 1–9 ), Four Gospels, Introduction to the Four Gospels (same as LIT2705Introd)
      1. ms_i1.1.1 (check the viewerFols 1 and following ), Four Gospels, Maqdǝma wangel (same as LIT4872MaqdemaWangel)
      2. ms_i1.1.2 (), Epistle of Eusebius to Carpianus (generic record)
      3. ms_i1.1.3 (), Four Gospels, Canons of Eusebius (same as LIT1224Canons)
      4. ms_i1.1.4 (), ግጻዌ፡ ሥርዓት፡ በእንተ፡ ኅብረተ፡ ቃላት ዘ፩ወንጌላት፡
      5. ms_i1.1.5 (check the viewer–check the viewer9 ), Wangel za-Mātewos, New introduction to the gospels, see
    2. ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 10 and following ), ብስራተ፡ ማቴዎስ፡ ሐዋርያ፡ ፩፡ እም፲ወ፪ ሐዋርያት፡ ጸሎቱ፡ ወበረከቱ፡ ወሀብተ፡ ረድኤቱ፡ ወትንብልና፡ ሣህሉ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁሩ፡ ወብእሲቱ፡ ወወለቱ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።
    3. ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 49 and following ), Wangel za-Mārqos, Introduction and Biography of Mark
    4. ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 50 and following ), ብስራተ፡ አብ፡ ማሪ፡ ማርቆስ፡ ወንጌላ፡ ፩እምሰብዓ፡ ወ፪አርድእት፡ ጸሎቱ፡ ወበረከቱ፡ ወሀብተ፡ ረድኤቱ፡ ወትንብልና፡ ሣህሉ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁሩ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም።
    5. ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 73 and following ), Wangel za-Luqās, Introduction and Biography of Luke

Contents

check the viewerFols 1–73 Four Gospels (CAe 1560)

Language of text:

check the viewerFols 1–9 Four Gospels, Introduction to the Four Gospels (same as LIT2705Introd) (CAe 1560 IntroductionGospels)

Language of text:

check the viewerFols 1 and following Four Gospels, Maqdǝma wangel (same as LIT4872MaqdemaWangel) (CAe 1560 IntroductionMaqdema)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ፩ አምላክ፡ . . . . .ommission by Christian Friedrich August Dillmann ንቀድም፡ በጽሒፈ፡ መቅድመ፡ አርባዕቱ፡ ወንጌላት፡ ቅዱሳት፡ ወ፲አቅማራት፡ በሰላመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አሜን።

After a longer introduction, the nature (ግብር፡), use (በቍዔት፡), constitution (ሥርዓት፡), name (ስም፡), foundation (መሠረት፡), scope (ምስማክ፡) and chapters (አርእስተ፡ ነገር፡) of the text are treated.
Epistle of Eusebius to Carpianus (generic record) (CAe 1349)

Language of text:

Without title.
Four Gospels, Canons of Eusebius (same as LIT1224Canons) (CAe 1560 IntroductionCanons)

Language of text:

check the viewer–check the viewer9 Wangel za-Mātewos, New introduction to the gospels, see (CAe 1558 SecondIntroduction)

Language of text:

Various categories of Gospel divisions used by the Copts and Romans are related and the 68 sections, in which the Ethiopic text is divided, copied.
check the viewerFols 10 and following ብስራተ፡ ማቴዎስ፡ ሐዋርያ፡ ፩፡ እም፲ወ፪ ሐዋርያት፡ ጸሎቱ፡ ወበረከቱ፡ ወሀብተ፡ ረድኤቱ፡ ወትንብልና፡ ሣህሉ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁሩ፡ ወልደ፡ ካህን፡ owner ወብእሲቱ፡ ወለተ፡ ማርያም፡ ወወለቱ፡ ወለተ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን። (CAe 2709)

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):መልአ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ብስራቱ፡ ለማቴዎስ፡ ሐዋርያ፡ ወኮነ፡ ጸሐፎ፡ በምድረ፡ ፍልስጥኤም፡ በአስተሐምሞ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ዕብራይስጣዊ፡ (!) sic by Christian Friedrich August Dillmann እምድኅረ፡ ዕርገቱ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ዘበአጰርግዮን፡ በኀበ፡ ሰማይ፡ በሰማኒት፡ ዓመት፡ በቀዳሚሁ፡ ዓም፡ እመንግሥተ፡ አቅሎድዮስ፡ ቄሳር። ወስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ወትረ፡ እስከ፡ ለዓለም፡ አሜን።

Language of text:

The text is relatively accurate compared to other manuscripts, but differs considerably from the edition Platt 1830.
check the viewerFols 49 and following Wangel za-Mārqos, Introduction and Biography of Mark (CAe 1882 BiographyMark)

Language of text:

The various divisions of the Gospel of Mark are related and the 48 sections into which the Ethiopic text is divided are listed.
check the viewerFols 50 and following ብስራተ፡ አብ፡ ማሪ፡ ማርቆስ፡ ወንጌላቂ (!) sic by Dorothea Reule፡ ፩እምሰብዓ፡ ወ፪አርድእት፡ ጸሎቱ፡ ወበረከቱ፡ ወሀብተ፡ ረድኤቱ፡ ወትንብልና፡ ሣህሉ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁሩ፡ ወልደ፡ ካህን፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም። (CAe 2711)

Language of text:

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ተፈጸመ፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ብስራተ፡ ማርቆስ፡ ሐዋርያ፡ ወኮነ፡ ጸሐፎ፡ በልሳነ፡ ሮሜ፡ ዘአፍርንጊ፡ በሀገረ፡ ሮምያ። እምድኅረ፡ ዕርገቱ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ በሥጋ፡ ውስተ፡ ሰማይ፡ በ፲ወ፩ዓመት፡ በራብዕት፡ ዓመተ፡ መንግሥቱ፡ ለቀላውዴዎስ፡ ቄሣር፡ ንጉሠ፡ ሮምያ፡ ወስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ለዓለም፡ አሜን።

check the viewerFols 73 and following Wangel za-Luqās, Introduction and Biography of Luke (CAe 1812 BiographyLuke)

Language of text:

The various divisions of the Gospel of Luke are related and the 83 sections into which the Ethiopic text is divided are listed.

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .

    Extras

    1. (Type: StampExlibris)

      Ex libris of James Bruce glued on the inner front board, containing shelfmarks of the manuscript: 76. Aeth. Cat. 2. Bruce of Kinnaird Nº 3

    2. A pagemark of blue textile sewn to the headband

    Catalogue Bibliography

    • Dillmann, C. F. A. 1848. Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae Oxoniensis, Pars VII: Codices Aethiopici (Oxonii: E Typographeo Academico, 1848). page 12b–15b
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    Physical Description

    Form of support

    Parchment Codex

    Extent

    75 (leaf) .Entered as 75 formae 4ae magnae 330 253 45 320 242 Data on leaves dimensions taken from check the viewerfol. 25 . 2176 (g, weight) .Entered as 2176
    Outer dimensions
    Height 330mm
    Width 253mm
    Depth 45mm
    Leaf dimensions
    Height 320mm
    Width 242mm

    Foliation

    • The foliation refered to in Dillmann 1848 is not visible in the manuscript. It counted the first folio text as 1, the current check the viewerfol. 3
    • check the viewerFols 1r–73r The manuscript is foliated in pencil in the upper right corner. The foliation is incomplete, skipping many leaves.

    Quire Structure Collation

    Signatures: Decorated quire mark ፩ on fol. 12r.

    Position Number Leaves Quires Description
    1 A 2 Fols 1r–2v
    2 1 3 Fols 3r–5v 2, atub after 2
    3 2 6 Fols 6r–11v

    Collation diagrams



    Quire ID:q1, number:A
    Collation diagram Quire 1 1 2 Unit #1

    2, atub after 2
    Quire ID:q2, number:1
    Collation diagram Quire 2 3 5 Unit #1 Unit #2


    Quire ID:q3, number:2
    Collation diagram Quire 3 6 11 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3

    Ethio-SPaRe formula : A(2/Fols 1r–2v) – I(3/Fols 3r–5v) – II(6/Fols 6r–11v) –

    Formula: Fols 1r–2v ; Fols 3r–5v 2, atub after 2 ; Fols 6r–11v ;

    Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (3), 3 (6),

    Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (3), 3 (6),

    State of preservation

    good

    Condition

    Binding

    European binding, red leather with gilded borders. Imprinted on the spine: New Testame. Tom I Cover of the inner board and first fly-leaf gilded paper with floral pattern. The text block has been trimmed and its edges were gilded. One paper fly-leaf each at the front and back, containing watermarks.

    Binding material

    leather

    paper

    Layout

    Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 3ra–11rb )

    Number of columns: 2

    Number of lines: 43

    H 257mm
    W 193mm
    Margins
    top 22mm
    bottom 41mm
    right 28mm
    left 20mm
    intercolumn 15mm
    Data on text area and margin dimensions taken from check the viewerfol. 5r .

    Ms Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Bruce 76 main part

    looks ok for measures computed width is: 241mm, object width is: 253mm, computed height is: 320mm and object height is: 330mm.

    Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 12ra–73rb )

    Number of columns: 2

    Number of lines: 25

    H 240mm
    W 192mm
    Margins
    top 26mm
    bottom 55mm
    right 31mm
    left 18mm
    intercolumn 15mm
    Data on text area and margin dimensions taken from check the viewerfol. 41r .

    Ms Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Bruce 76 main part

    looks ok for measures computed width is: 241mm, object width is: 253mm, computed height is: 321mm and object height is: 330mm.
    Ruling
    • Ruling and pricking are visible.
    • Ruling and pricking are visible.

    Palaeography

  1. Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Written in large characters, negligently executed.

    check the viewerFols 10 and following

    2. 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
    5.2.2020
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    type=collection
    manuscripts
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BDLbruce76/main
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/BDLbruce76
    idno
    type=filename
    BDLbruce76.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    BDLbruce76

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    • Dorothea Reule Improved binding according to proposal by Denis Nosnitsin on 5.2.2020
    • Dorothea Reule Updated with codicological information (collation, foliation, layout, condition, extras) during consultation of the manuscript. on 3.2.2020
    • Dorothea Reule Changes on 23.6.2017
    • Dorothea Reule Changes on 25.4.2017
    • Dorothea Reule Created catalogue entry on 24.4.2017

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