London, British Library, BL Oriental 595
Solomon Gebreyes, Daria Elagina
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CLVIII, Wright 158
General description
ʾArgānonā wǝddāse, hymns
Number of Text units: 13
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1700-1800
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 1r and following ),
ʾArgānona wǝddāse
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 1r and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Monday
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 9r and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Tuesday
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 28r and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Wednesday
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 45r and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Thursday
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 62v and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Friday
- ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 79r and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Saturday
- ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 87v and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Sunday
- ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 96v and following ), ʿƎqabanni (shorter version)
- ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 98r and following ), Hymn to Our Lady Mary
- ms_i4 (check the viewerFols 102v and following ), Hymn to Jesus Christ
- ms_i5 (check the viewerFols 104v and following ), litany to Mary
- ms_i6 (check the viewerFols 104v and following ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of Juliana and Barbara from Bethlehem
Contents
check the viewerFols 1r and following ʾArgānona wǝddāse (CAe 1146)
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check the viewerFols 1r and following ʾArgānona Māryām, Monday (CAe 1146 Monday)
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The text is incomplete at the beginning due to the loss of a quire.check the viewerFols 9r and following ʾArgānona Māryām, Tuesday (CAe 1146 Tuesday)
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check the viewerFols 28r and following ʾArgānona Māryām, Wednesday (CAe 1146 Wednesday)
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check the viewerFols 45r and following ʾArgānona Māryām, Thursday (CAe 1146 Thursday)
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check the viewerFols 79r and following ʾArgānona Māryām, Saturday (CAe 1146 Saturday)
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check the viewerFols 96v and following ʿƎqabanni (shorter version) (CAe 1356)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ፩ አምላክ፡ ኦእግዚእየ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ዕቀበኒ፡ በእንተ፡ ዘኃደርከ፡ በከርሠ፡ ማርያም፡ እምከ፡
check the viewerFols 98r and following Hymn to Our Lady Mary (CAe 3086)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ኦመሠረት፡ አንቲ፡ ለኵሉ፡ ዓለም፡ ዘኮንኪ፡ ማኅደር፡ ለዓቢይ፡ ወልዑል፡ አምላክነ፡
check the viewerFols 102v and following Hymn to Jesus Christ (CAe 3090)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ኦእግዚእየ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ሕያው፡ በእንተ፡ ማርያም፡ ወላዲትከ፡ ርድአኒ።
check the viewerFols 104v and following litany to Mary (CAe 6161)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ተማኅጸንኩ፡ አነ፡ ገብርኪ፡ 〚 〛 በኵሉ፡ ሕማሙ፡ ዘዕለተ፡ ዓርብ፡ ለፍቁር፡ ወልድኪ፡
check the viewerFols 104v and following Miracle of Mary: Miracle of Juliana and Barbara from Bethlehem (CAe 3597)
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Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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check the viewerFols 107r and following (Type: GuestText)
ʾƎsebbǝḥ ṣaggāki ʾo-mǝlʾǝta ṣaggā (CAe 3064)
( gez ) እሴብሕ፡ ጸጋኪ፡ ኦምልእተ፡ ጸጋ፡ ወእትጋነይ፡ ለኪ፡ ኦምልእተ፡ ውዳሴ።
Extras
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The names of the owners, Kǝbra Wangel owner and Tādewos owner have been mostly erased, but still legible on check the viewerfols. 96v, and check the viewerfol. 87v .
Decoration In this unit there are in total 3 s.
Other Decorations
- drawing:
check the viewerFol. 75v
A crude geometric drawing with crosses.
- drawing:
check the viewerFol. 96v
A crude drawing of a building, most probably of the Gondarine castle.
- drawing:
check the viewerFol. 107v
A crude drawing of a king on his throne, playing on a harp, and above it there is a crude note ንጉሠ፡ ነገሥት፡ ቴዎድሮስ፡
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 107a-b
This manuscript has modern restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 7.625in |
Width | 7.375in |
Foliation
Foliation in the upper right corner by the library. The images in the library's digitization are partly arranged in the wrong order in the first part of the manuscript, with mismatch of corresponding recto and verso.
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
State of preservation
good
Condition
A quire of 10 leaves is missing at the beginning. check the viewerFol. 99 is damaged. The manuscript has been extensively used, stains of dirt and wax are present throughout.
Binding
Two wooden boards.
Blind-tooled leather cover (with the gilded title and shelfmark on the spine).Sewing Stations
4Sewing Stations
Sewing stations are used in an irregular way.Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 18-19
Ruling
- (Subtype: pattern)1A-1A-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 are visible, horizontal pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1700-1800
The manuscript is written in a fair hand , of the 18th century. 1700-1800Check for additional bibliography
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Solomon Gebreyes, Daria Elagina, Alessandro Bausi, Dorothea Reule, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 595ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 4.7.2022) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient595 [Accessed: 2024-05-02+02:00]
Revisions of the data
- Dorothea Reule Added binding on 4.7.2022
- Daria Elagina Completed the description. on 25.10.2021
- Dorothea Reule Added link to images on 26.4.2019
- Solomon Gebreyes Created catalogue entry on 18.4.2019
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Solomon Gebreyes, editor
Daria Elagina, editor
Dorothea Reule, contributor