London, British Library, BL Oriental 755
Solomon Gebreyes, Daria Elagina
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCCXXXIV, Wright 334
General description
Maṣḥafa Mār Yǝṣhāq
Number of Text units: 1
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1700-1800 (dating on palaeographic grounds)
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 (), Maṣḥafa Mār Yǝṣhāq
Contents
Maṣḥafa Mār Yǝṣhāq (CAe 1948)
Language of text:
Colophon
ተፈጸመ፡ በዝየ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ማሪ፡ ይስሐቅ፡ ዘይምዕዶሙ፡ ለመነኮሳት፡ ከመ፡ ያምስጡ፡ ቦቱ፡ እምኃጢአተ፡ ጸላኢ፡ ወይመንንዎ፡ ለዝንቱ፡ ዓለም፡ ጸሎቱ፡ ወበረከቱ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁሩ፡ ኃጥእ፡ ወልደ፡ አምላክ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።
Additions In this unit there are in total 3 s, 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 1r (Type: GuestText)
A short notice of Isaac of Nineveh in Amharic, inaccurately written by a later hand.
Text in Amharicየማር፡ role: title ይስሐቅ፡ ሀገረ፡ ሙላዱ፡ ብሔረ፡ ነገዱ፡ ሶርያ፡↗ ነው።
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The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) ማር፡ ይስሐቅ፡ ዘመድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
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On the Reading of the Gospels (CAe 5833)
Text in Gǝʿǝz በስመ፡ አብ፡ (…)ommission by William Wright ይቤሉ፡ አበዊነ፡ ቅዱሳን፡ ዘአርአዮሙ፡ ኅቡአቲሁ፡ አግዚአብሔር፡ አምላኮሙ፡ ከመዝ፡ ውእቱ፡ ፍሬሁ፡ ለ፩ ዳዊት፡ ፺፻፻ ወ ፰፻ ፍሬሁ፡ አመ፡ ይዜምሩ፡ በአንብዕ፡ ወበፈሪሃ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ወበሠናይ፡ መልእክት፡ ወዘይጼሊ፡ በቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ነጐርጓር፡ ፳፻፼ወ፲፻ ፍሬሁ፡ በምሥራቅ፡ ወበምዕራብ፡ በሰሜን፡ ወበደቡብ፡ በበ፩፡
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check the viewerFol. 56v (Type: GuestText)
Ḥǝmāmātihu la-ʾǝgziʾǝna ʾIyasus Krǝstos (CAe 5020)
Text in Gǝʿǝz በስመ፡ አብ፡ (…)ommission by William Wright ዝንቱ፡ ውእቱ፡ ሕማማቲሁ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም፡ ዘለሊሁ፡ ከሠተ፡ ሎን፡ ለሠላስ፡ ቅዱሳት፡ አንስት፡ እለ፡ ይሰመያ፡ ቅድስት፡ መግላዊት፡ (!) sic by William Wright ወቅድስት፡ ሰሎሜ፡ ወቅድስት፡ ኤልሳቤጥ፡
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 222b-223a
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 11in |
Width | 9.875in |
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 32
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: Of the 18th century according to William Wright
The manuscript is written in a fair hand. Of the 18th century according to William WrightCheck for additional bibliography
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Solomon Gebreyes, Daria Elagina, Alessandro Bausi, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 755ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-06-17) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient755 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Daria Elagina Daria Elagina: Completed the description. on 17.6.2020
- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Created catalogue entry on 29.4.2019
- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Complete description on 29.4.2019