Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Aeth. g. 3
Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Ṭabiba ṭabibān, Hymn to Mary, Miracles of Mary, Hymn to Gabra Manfas Qǝddus
Number of Text units: 8
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1700-1799 (dating on palaeographic grounds) ?
Provenance
The manuscript was sent from Ethiopia in 1868 by Knight ; it thus either belongs to the manuscripts looted by the British Napier expedition in 1868 from the church of Madḫāne ʿAlam↗ or was acquired by a member of the expedition between Sanʿāfe↗ and Maqdalā↗ . It was purchased by the Bodleian Library↗ in 1883.
Summary
- ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 3r and following ), Ṭabiba ṭabibān
- ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 45r and following ), Malkǝʾ-hymn to Our Lady Mary
- ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 50v and following ), Miracle of Mary (general record for a single unidentified miracle)
- ms_i4 (check the viewerFols 53v and following ), Miracle of Mary (general record for a single unidentified miracle)
- ms_i5 (check the viewerFols 55v and following ), Miracle of Mary (general record for a single unidentified miracle)
- ms_i6 (check the viewerFols 57v and following ), Miracle of Mary (general record for a single unidentified miracle)
- ms_i7 (check the viewerFols 58v and following ), Miracle of Mary (general record for a single unidentified miracle)
- ms_i8 (check the viewerFols 59r and following ), Hymns to
Contents
check the viewerFols 3r and following Ṭabiba ṭabibān (CAe 2393)
Language of text:
The text - apart from spelling - is largely identical with Dillmann 1866.check the viewerFols 45r and following Malkǝʾ-hymn to Our Lady Mary (CAe 2895)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ሰላም፡ ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስም[ኪ(?)]supplied by Edward Ullendorff፡ በአምኃ፡ ስርከ፡ ወነግሃ።
check the viewerFols 50v and following Miracle of Mary (general record for a single unidentified miracle) (CAe 3993)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 53v and following Miracle of Mary (general record for a single unidentified miracle) (CAe 3993)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 55v and following Miracle of Mary (general record for a single unidentified miracle) (CAe 3993)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 57v and following Miracle of Mary (general record for a single unidentified miracle) (CAe 3993)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 58v and following Miracle of Mary (general record for a single unidentified miracle) (CAe 3993)
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Additions In this unit there are in total .
Extras
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The name of the owner has been erased throughout.
Catalogue Bibliography
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Ullendorff, E. 1951. Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, II, Catalogi Codd. Mss. Bibliothecae Bodleianae, 7 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1951). page 11ab
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 3.5in |
Width | 3in |
Binding
Ethiopian binding: stiff leather, front cover missing; kept in a damaged leather case.
Binding material
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 9
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Written in a mediocre hand, possibly of the 18th century.
Date: 1700-1799 ?
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