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London, British Library, BL Oriental 744

Daria Elagina

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

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https://betamasaheft.eu/BLorient744
British Library[view repository]

Collection: Oriental

Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCCXXV, Wright 325

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General description

Qerǝllos, works of Epiphanius of Cyprus

Number of Text units: 33

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

1700-1730

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

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 3r and following ), Qerǝllos
    1. ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 3r and following ), Qerǝllos, VitaOfCyri
    2. ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 6r and following ), To the emperor Theodosius
    3. ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 22v and following ), To the Queens
    4. ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 59r and following ), The dialogue
    5. ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 88r and following ), Homily by Theodotus
    6. ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 89r and following ), Homily by Cyril
    7. ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 89v and following ), Homily by Severus of Synnada
    8. ms_i1.8 (check the viewerFols 90v and following ), Homily by Acacius
    9. ms_i1.9 (check the viewerFols 91v and following ), Homily by Juvenalius
    10. ms_i1.10 (check the viewerFols 92v and following ), Homily by Cyril
    11. ms_i1.11 (check the viewerFols 93v and following ), Homily by Rheginus
    12. ms_i1.12 (check the viewerFols 94r and following ), Homily by Cyril
    13. ms_i1.13 (check the viewerFols 95r and following ), Homily by Eusebius of Heraclea
    14. ms_i1.14 (check the viewerFols 95v and following ), Homily by Theodotus
    15. ms_i1.15 (check the viewerFols 96v and following ), Homily by Firmus
    16. ms_i1.16 (check the viewerFols 97r and following ), Epistle of the Synod of Ephesus to John of Antioch
    17. ms_i1.17 (check the viewerFols 97v and following ), Homily by Cyril
    18. ms_i1.18 (check the viewerFols 97v and following ), Epistle of John to Cyril
    19. ms_i1.19 (check the viewerFols 98v and following ), Epistle of Cyril to John
    20. ms_i1.20 (check the viewerFols 100r and following ), Homily by Epiphanius
    21. ms_i1.21 (check the viewerFols 102v and following ), Symbol of faith by Epiphanius
    22. ms_i1.22 (check the viewerFols 103r and following ), Homily by Proclus
    23. ms_i1.23 (check the viewerFols 105v and following ), Homily by Severianus
    24. ms_i1.24 (check the viewerFols 109v and following ), Creed of Gregory Thaumaturgus
    25. ms_i1.25 (check the viewerFols 110r and following ), First homily by Cyril of Alexandria on Melchizedek
    26. ms_i1.26 (check the viewerFols 111v and following ), Second homily by Cyril of Alexandria on Melchizedek
    27. ms_i1.27 (check the viewerFols 113v and following ), On Melchizedek
    28. ms_i1.28 (check the viewerFols 114r and following ), On the Council of Nicaea
  2. ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 116r and following ), Works of Epiphanius of Cyprus
    1. ms_i2.1 (check the viewerFols 116r and following ), አንኮሪጦስ፡ በእንተ፡ ርትዓ፡ ሃይማኖት፡
    2. ms_i2.2 (check the viewerFols 163v and following ), On the true Faith
    3. ms_i2.3 (check the viewerFols 166r and following ), On the holy Trinity

Contents

check the viewerFols 3r and following Qerǝllos (CAe 3309)

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check the viewerFols 3r and following Qerǝllos, VitaOfCyri (CAe 3309 VitaOfCyri)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ (…)ommission by ዜናሁ፡ ለአብ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ወክቡር፡ ቄርሎስ፡ ሊቀ፡ ጳጳሳት፡ ዘእለ፡ እስክንድርያ፡ ወውእቱ፡ እምኍልቆሙ፡ ለአበው፡ ሊቃነ፡ ጳጳሳት፡ ፳ወ፬ ዘተረክበ፡ እምጽሐፈ፡ ስንክሳር፡ ወእምጽሐፈ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ መደብር፡ ወአቡሻክር፡ ወእምጽሐፉ፡ ለጊዮርጊስ፡ ወልደ፡ አሚድ። እንዘ፡ ንዴምር፡ ዜናሁ፡ ለቴዎፍሎስ፡ ሊቀ፡ ጳጳሳት፡ ዘእለ፡ እስክንድርያ፡ እኀወ፡ እሙ፡ ለቄርሌስ። (!) ይቤ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ መደብር፡ ዘበትርጓሜሁ፡ ሠራዔ፡ ዘኮነ፡ ሊቀ፡ ላዕለ፡ ሀገረ፡ ኒቅዩስ፡ ዘምስር፡

check the viewerFols 22v and following To the Queens de recta fide (CAe 3309 Prosphoneticus2)

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check the viewerFols 88r and following Homily by Theodotus (CAe 3309 HomilyByTheodotus1)

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check the viewerFols 89r and following Homily by Cyril (CAe 3309 HomilyByCyril1)

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check the viewerFols 89v and following Homily by Severus of Synnada (CAe 3309 HomilyBySeverus)

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check the viewerFols 90v and following Homily by Acacius (CAe 3309 HomilyByAcacius)

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check the viewerFols 91v and following Homily by Juvenalius (CAe 3309 HomilyByJuvenal)

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check the viewerFols 92v and following Homily by Cyril (CAe 3309 HomilyByCyril2)

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check the viewerFols 93v and following Homily by Rheginus (CAe 3309 HomilyByRheginus)

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check the viewerFols 94r and following Homily by Cyril (CAe 3309 HomilyByCyril3)

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check the viewerFols 95r and following Homily by Eusebius of Heraclea (CAe 3309 HomilyByEusebius)

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check the viewerFols 95v and following Homily by Theodotus (CAe 3309 HomilyByTheodotus2)

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check the viewerFols 96v and following Homily by Firmus (CAe 3309 HomilyByFirmus)

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check the viewerFols 97v and following Homily by Cyril (CAe 3309 HomilyOfCyril4)

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check the viewerFols 97v and following Epistle of John to Cyril (CAe 3309 LetterOfJohn)

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check the viewerFols 98v and following Epistle of Cyril to John (CAe 3309 LetterOfCyril)

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check the viewerFols 100r and following Homily by Epiphanius (CAe 3309 HomilyByEpiphanius)

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check the viewerFols 102v and following Symbol of faith by Epiphanius (CAe 3309 SymbolByEpiphanius)

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check the viewerFols 105v and following Homily by Severianus (CAe 3309 HomilyBySeverianus)

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check the viewerFols 109v and following Creed of Gregory Thaumaturgus (CAe 3309 SymbolByGregory)

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check the viewerFols 113v and following On Melchizedek (CAe 3309 TreatiseOnMelchizedek)

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check the viewerFols 114r and following On the Council of Nicaea (CAe 3309 TreatiseOn318Bishops)

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check the viewerFols 116r and following Works of Epiphanius of Cyprus

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Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 2 .

  1. check the viewerFol. 3r (Type: OwnershipNote)

    The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .

    ( gez ) ቄርሎስ፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗

  2. check the viewerFols 166v and following (Type: GuestText)

    Decree of the 12 orthodox bishops, after the deposition of Nestorius, against various heresies, in 12 chapters (CAe 6025)

    Text in Gǝʿǝz መትሎ፡ ሥርዓት፡ ዘተጽሕፈ፡ እምድኅረ፡ ሥዕረቱ፡ ለንስጥሮስ፡ ዘደረሱ፡ ፲ወ፪ ኤጲስ፡ ቆጶሳት፡ ርቱዓነ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ነሢኦሙ፡ እመግዚአብሔር፡ ልቡና። ወውእቱ፡ ዘይደሉ፡ ለስብሐተ፡ ዚአሁ፡ እንዘ፡ ይሜህረነ፡ ለመሃይምናን። ናቅርብ፡ ሃይማኖተ። ወለዕልዋን፡ ናትሉ፡ ግዘት፡ ተዘኪረነ፡ ቃሎ፡ ለመድኃኒነ፡ ዘአሰርክሙ፡ በምድር፡ ይኩን፡ እሱረ፡ በሰማያት፡ ወዘፈታሕክሙ፡ በምድር፡ ይኩን፡ ፍቱሐ፡ በሰማያት። ፩ግዘት፡ ዘኤጲፋኒስ፡ እመቦ፡ ዘይብል፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ኢገብረ፡ ሰማየ፡ ወምድረ፡ በዘዚአሁ፡ ኃይል፡

  3. check the viewerFols 168r and following (Type: GuestText)

    Life of Epiphanius

    Text in Gǝʿǝz ብስመ፡ አብ፡ (…)ommission by ዜናሁ፡ ለአብ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ወክቡር፡ ኤጲፍስንዮስ፡ ኤጲስ፡ ቆጶስ፡ ዘደሴተ፡ ቆጵሮስ፡ ዘተረክበ፡ እመጽሐፈ፡ ስንክሳር፡ ወእመጽሐፈ፡ ሐዊ፡ ዘትርጓሜ፡ ክልኤሆሙ፡ እስትጉቡእ፡ ወእምዜናሁ፡ ለጊዮትጊስ፡ ወልደ፡ አሚድ።

Extras

  1. check the viewerFol. 3r

    The name of the owner was ʾAbeselom owner

Catalogue Bibliography

  • Wright, W. 1877. Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1847 (London: Gilbert and Rivington, 1877). page 217b-218b
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

170 (leaf) .Entered as 170 1 (blank) .Entered as 1 13.75 12.25
Outer dimensions
Height 13.75in
Width 12.25in

Foliation

One unnumbered blank leaf at the end.

Binding

In the original boards, covered with blind-tooled leather and lined with flowered silk.

Binding material

wood

leather

silk

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 3

Number of lines: 28

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: Earlier part of the 18th century. according to William Wright

    The manuscript is written in a fine hand. Earlier part of the 18th century. according to William Wright

    • 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
    8.6.2022 at 14:37:51
    date
    type=lastModified
    15.6.2020
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient744/main
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/BLorient744
    idno
    type=filename
    BLorient744.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    BLorient744

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    Daria Elagina, Alessandro Bausi, Solomon Gebreyes, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 744ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 15.6.2020) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient744 [Accessed: 2024-04-29+02:00]

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    • Daria Elagina Daria Elagina: Added ref to the a2. on 15.6.2020
    • Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Created catalogue entry on 26.4.2019

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    Solomon Gebreyes, contributor

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