London, British Library, BL Oriental 789
Solomon Gebreyes, Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CXL, Wright 140
General description
Maṣḥafa faws manfasāwi
Number of Text units: 3
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1800-1849 (dating on palaeographic grounds)
Provenance
Looted by the British Napier expedition in 1868 from the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
Summary
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Maṣḥafa faws manfasāwi (by Michael of ʾAṯrīb)
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 1r and following ), Maṣḥafa faws manfasāwi (by Michael of ʾAṯrīb), Index
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 11r and following ), Maṣḥafa faws manfasāwi (by Michael of ʾAṯrīb), Chapter 1
Contents
check the viewerFols 1r and following Maṣḥafa faws manfasāwi (by Michael of ʾAṯrīb) (CAe 4017)
Language of text:
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) መንፈሳዊ፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ አለም።↗
Extras
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The names of the original owner and scribe were given in what William Wright calls the colophon, but have both been erased.
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The name of Habta Māryām owner is mentioned.
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 95b-96a
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 9in |
Width | 7in |
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 15-20
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1800-1849 according to William Wright
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