London, British Library, BL Oriental 802
Marcin Krawczuk, Solomon Gebreyes
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCCLXIX, Wright 369
General description
Fǝtḥa nagaśt
Number of Text units: 6
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1708-1711
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.
Contents
check the viewerFols 3r and following Fǝtḥa nagaśt (CAe 1395)
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Colophon
ምዕራፍ፡ መልአ፡ ጽሒፈ፡ ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ቀኖና፡ . . . . .ommission by በ፲፻፷ወ፬ዓመተ፡ ሰማዕታት፡ ንጹሓን ። ትንብልናሆሙ፡ ተሃሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁሮሙ፡ ሕዝቅያስ፡ ወፍቅርቶሙ፡ ወለተ፡ ሩፋኤል፡ ወምስለ፡ ንጉሥነ፡ ቴዎፍሎስ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን። ለቀዳማይ፡ ዕለት፡ ዘወርኃ፡ ጅማድ፡ ካልእ፡ በ፻ወ፵ወ፰። (!) ወለእግዚእነ፡ አኰቴት፡ እስከ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም። ወዘአዕለዋ፡ ሕፁፅ፡ ወኃጥእ፡ . . . . .ommission by
The colophone states that the manuscript was written for Ḥǝzqǝyās and his wife Walatta Rufāʾel during the reign of emperor Tewoflos .
check the viewerFols 3r and following Fǝtḥa nagaśt, Introduction (CAe 1395 Introduction)
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check the viewerFols 7r and following Fǝtḥa nagaśt, Index of Part 1 (CAe 1395 IndexPart1)
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check the viewerFols 7v and following Fǝtḥa nagaśt, Part 1: On religious matters (CAe 1395 Part1)
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check the viewerFols 61v and following Fǝtḥa nagaśt, Part 2: On civil matters (CAe 1395 Part2)
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check the viewerFols 135r and following Fǝtḥa nagaśt, Appendix on heritages, not present in all Arabic manuscripts (CAe 1395 Appendix)
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Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 4r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) ፍትሐ፡ ነገሥት፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
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check the viewerFol. 138v (Type: MixedNote)
Text in AmharicLists of lands, in Amharic.
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 281b-282a
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 12.75in |
Width | 11.125in |
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 26-28
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1708-1711
The manuscript is well written in a fine hand, dated 1708-1711 , 1708-1711info | value |
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Standard date | ፲፻፷ወ፬ዓመተ፡ ሰማዕታት፡ ንጹሓን |
Date in current calendar | no *-custom attributes |
Calendar | diocletian |
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