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Carsten Hoffmann

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

Stub
https://betamasaheft.eu/BLorient8816
British Library[view repository]

Collection: Oriental

Other identifiers: Strelcyn 24, Curzon, Cat. E3, Parham 57

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General description

Psalter

Number of Text units: 34

Number of Codicological units: 1

For a table of all relations from and to this record, please go to the Relations view. In the Relations boxes on the right of this page, you can also find all available relations grouped by name.

Origin

18th century

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 3r–199vb ), Psalter
    1. ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 3r–155v ), Mazmura Dāwit
    2. ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 155v–178r ), Canticles
      1. ms_i1.2.1 (check the viewerFols 155r–171r ), Book of Odes
        1. ms_i1.2.1.1 (check the viewerFols 155r–157r ), Maḥālǝya nabiyāt, First Song of Moses (ጸሎቱ፡ ለሙሴ፡) (same as LIT2277salotu)
        2. ms_i1.2.1.2 (check the viewerFols 157r–159r ), Maḥālǝya nabiyāt, Second Song of Moses (ጸሎተ፡ ሙሴ፡ ዘዳግም፡ ሕግ፡) (same as LIT2278salota)
        3. ms_i1.2.1.3 (check the viewerFols 159r–161r ), Maḥālǝya nabiyāt, Third Song of Moses (ጸሎተ፡ ሙሴ፡ ዘሣልስ፡) (same as LIT2703salota)
        4. ms_i1.2.1.4 (check the viewerFols 161r–162r ), Maḥālǝya nabiyāt, Song of Hannah (ጸሎተ፡ ሓና፡ እመ፡ ሳሙኤል፡ ነቢይ፡) (same as LIT2257salota)
        5. ms_i1.2.1.5 (check the viewerFols 162r–162v ), Maḥālǝya nabiyāt, Prayer of Hezekiah (ጸሎተ፡ ሕዝቅያስ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ይሁዳ፡) (same as LIT2258salota)
        6. ms_i1.2.1.6 (check the viewerFols 162v–164r ), Maḥālǝya nabiyāt, Prayer of Manasseh (ጸሎተ፡ ምናሴ፡ ነቢይ፡) (same as LIT2265salota)
        7. ms_i1.2.1.7 (check the viewerFols 164r–164v ), Maḥālǝya nabiyāt, Song of Jonah (ጸሎተ፡ ዮናስ፡ ነቢይ፡) (same as LIT2274salota)
        8. ms_i1.2.1.8 (check the viewerFols 164v–165v ), Maḥālǝya nabiyāt, First Song of the Three Youths in the Furnace (ጸሎተ፡ ዳንኤል፡ ነቢይ፡ ስብሐት፡ ዘእምኣዛርያ፡) (same as LIT2250salota)
        9. ms_i1.2.1.9 (check the viewerFols 165v–166r ), Maḥālǝya nabiyāt, Second Song of the Three Youths (ጸሎተ፡ ሠለስቱ፡ ደቂቅ፡) (same as LIT2271salota)
        10. ms_i1.2.1.10 (check the viewerFols 166r–167r ), Maḥālǝya nabiyāt, Third Song of the Three Youths (ኀበ፡ ባረኩ፡ ኣናንያ፡ ወኣዛርያ፡ ወሚሳኤል፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡) (same as LIT1566hababa)
        11. ms_i1.2.1.11 (check the viewerFols 167r–168v ), Book of Odes, Habbakuk
        12. ms_i1.2.1.12 (check the viewerFols 168v–169v ), Maḥālǝya nabiyāt, Song of Isaiah (ጸሎተ፡ ኢሳይያስ፡ ነቢይ፡) (same as LIT2259salota)
        13. ms_i1.2.1.13 (check the viewerFols 169v–170r ), Maḥālǝya nabiyāt, Song of Our Lady Mary (ጸሎተ፡ እግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡) or Magnificat (same as LIT1827Magnif)
        14. ms_i1.2.1.14 (check the viewerFols 170r–170v ), Maḥālǝya nabiyāt, Song of Zachariah (ጸሎተ፡ ዘካርያስ፡ ካህን፡) (same as LIT2275salota)
        15. ms_i1.2.1.15 (check the viewerFols 170v–171r ), Maḥālǝya nabiyāt, Song of Simeon, or Nunc Dimittis (ጸሎተ፡ ስምዖን፡ ነቢይ፡) (same as LIT2272salota)
      2. ms_i1.2.2 (check the viewerFols 171r–178r ), Song of Songs
        1. ms_i1.2.2.1 (), Song of Songs, First Canticle
        2. ms_i1.2.2.2 (), Song of Songs, Second Canticle
        3. ms_i1.2.2.3 (), Song of Songs, Third Canticle
        4. ms_i1.2.2.4 (), Song of Songs, Fourth Canticle
        5. ms_i1.2.2.5 (), Song of Songs, Fifth Canticle
    3. ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 181ra–192ra ), Wǝddāse Māryām
      1. ms_i1.3.1 (check the viewerFols 179ra and following ), Wǝddāse Māryām for Monday
      2. ms_i1.3.2 (check the viewerFols 180rb and following ), Wǝddāse Māryām for Tuesday
      3. ms_i1.3.3 (check the viewerFols 182va and following ), Wǝddāse Māryām for Wednesday
      4. ms_i1.3.4 (check the viewerFols 185ra and following ), Wǝddāse Māryām for Thursday
      5. ms_i1.3.5 (check the viewerFols 188ra and following ), Wǝddāse Māryām for Friday
      6. ms_i1.3.6 (check the viewerFols 190ra and following ), Wǝddāse Māryām for Saturday
      7. ms_i1.3.7 (check the viewerFols 191va and following ), Wǝddāse Māryām, Hymn to Our Lady Mary
    4. ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 193va–199vb ), ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān

Contents

check the viewerFols 3r–199vb Psalter (CAe 2701)
check the viewerFols 155v–178r Canticles (CAe 1233)
check the viewerFols 155r–171r Book of Odes (CAe 1828)
check the viewerFols 171r–178r Song of Songs (CAe 2362) The text is divided into five sections, the last three of them are preceded by the doxology: ስብሐት፡ ለአብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ።
Song of Songs, First Canticle (CAe 2362 FirstCanticle)
Song of Songs, Second Canticle (CAe 2362 SecondCanticle)
Song of Songs, Third Canticle (CAe 2362 ThirdCanticle)
Song of Songs, Fourth Canticle (CAe 2362 FourthCanticle)
Song of Songs, Fifth Canticle (CAe 2362 FifthCanticle)
check the viewerFols 181ra–192ra Wǝddāse Māryām (CAe 2509) Arranged by the days of the week, with Monday's lesson first.
check the viewerFols 193va–199vb ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān (CAe 1113) At the end, the last two characters are missing.

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰአሊ፡ ለነ፡ ቅድ[ስት።]supplied by Stefan Strelcyn

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

  1. check the viewerFols 1–2 (Type: GuestText)

    Yǝweddǝsǝwwa malāʾǝkt la-Māryām, written in a careless hand on two leaves, that were originally flyleaves.

    ( gez ) ይዌድስዋ፡ መላእክት፡ ለማርያም፡ (…)ommission by

  2. check the viewerFol. 178v (Type: GuestText)

    Prayer to the Virgin Mary.

    ( gez ) በእንተ፡ ፀብዑኒ፡ ልሙዳነ፡ ፀብዕ፡ ወአብቀው፡ አፉሆሙ፡ ላዕሌየ፡ አፈ፡ ኃጥእ፡ (…)ommission by

Extras

  1. (Type: StampExlibris)

    Note inside the front cover.

    ( la ) PSALMI

  2. check the viewerFol. (Type: AcquisitionNote)

    ( ) Bequeathed by Darea Baroness role: titleZouche bequeather . 13 Oct. 1917

Catalogue Bibliography

  • Strelcyn, S. 1978. Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts in the British Library Acquired Since the Year 1877 (London: British Museum, 1978).
    page 34-35
    ZoteroOther citations

Secondary Bibliography

  • Emmel, S. 2023. ‘Robert Curzon’s Oriental Manuscripts in Coptic, Arabic, Ethiopic, Syriac, and Persian - Collected in Egypt in 1837-1838’, in Pharaonen, Mönche und Gelehrte - Auf dem Pilgerweg durch 5000 Jahre ägyptische Geschichte über drei Kontinente - Heike Behlmer zum 65. Geburtstag (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2023), 233–301.
    page 236-241
    ZoteroOther citations

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Paper Codex

check the viewerFols. I, II

Extent

+NaN (leaf) .Entered as 1+199+1 137 120
Outer dimensions
Height 137mm
Width 120mm

Binding

Wooden boards.

Supplied, when the manuscript was repaired in the British Museum↗ .

A fragment of the original stamped leather has been stuck inside the front cover.

Preserved in a leather case.

Binding material

wood

Layout

Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 3r–178v )

Number of columns: 1

Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 179r–199v )

Number of columns: 2

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1700-1800 according to Stefan Strelcyn

    Mediocre handwriting 1700-1800 according to Stefan Strelcyn

    • 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
    27.3.2024 at 14:22:02
    date
    type=lastModified
    8.2.2024
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient8816/main
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/BLorient8816
    idno
    type=filename
    BLorient8816.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    BLorient8816

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    • Carsten Hoffmann Created entity on 8.2.2024

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