London, British Library, BL Additional 16186
Massimo Villa
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Additional
Other identifiers: Dillmann cat. VI, Dillmann 6
General description
Proverbs, Admonition of Solomon, Ecclesiastes, Wisdom of Solomon, Job
Number of Text units: 5
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1600-1699 Not dated by the cataloguer. A dating is proposed with some degree of uncertainty in: Mercer 1931.
Provenance
Collected by Carl Wilhelm Isenberg and Johann Ludwig Krapf .
Summary
- ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 3r–22r ), Proverbs
- ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 22r–26rb ), Tagśāṣa Salomon
- ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 26rb–34vb ), Ecclesiastes
- ms_i4 (check the viewerFols 35ra–51v ), Ṭǝbaba Salomon
- ms_i5 (check the viewerFols 51v–76r ), ʾIyob
Contents
check the viewerFols 26rb–34vb Ecclesiastes (CAe 1320)
Text Bibliography , item 3
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Mercer, S. A. B. 1931. The Ethiopic Text of the Book of Ecclesiastes, The Oriental Research Series, 6 (London: Luzac & Co. Ltd., 1931).
check the viewerFols 35ra–51v Ṭǝbaba Salomon (CAe 2516)
Text Bibliography , item 4
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Dillmann, A. 1894. Biblia Veteris Testamenti Aethiopica in quinque tomos distributa, ad librorum manuscriptorum fidem edidit et apparatu critico instruxit Dr. A.D., Professor Berolinensis. Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici Tomus Quintus, quo continentur Libri Apocryphi, Baruch, Epistola Jeremiae, Tobith, Judith, Ecclesiasticus, Sapientia, Esdrae Apocalypsis, Esdrae Graecus. Ad librorum manuscriptorum fidem edidit et apparatu critico instruxit Dr. A.D., Professor Berolinensis, ed. A. Dillmann (Berolini: Prostat apud A. Asher et Socios, 1894).
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 1r (Type: Record)
( en ) History of our Fathers, the monks who sprang from Dabra Libānos: ʾAnorewos of Warab, Tadewos of Ṭǝlālǝš and Dabra Dǝḫuḫān, Gabra Krǝstos of Dǝmbiyā, Zenā Mārqos of Morat, Sāmuʾel of Dabra Wagal (sic), Yosef of ʾƎnnārʾǝt, Qawestos of M(aḥ)āggǝl, ʾAdḫānani (sic) of Dāmot, ʾIyosyās of Waǧ, Matyas of Faṭagār, another ʾAdḫānani (sic) of Dawāro, Madḫane ʾƎgziʾ of Tǝgrāy. All of them fulfill their office, each according to their own rank".
The note records the names of prominent personalities coming from the monastic community of Dabra Libānos↗ : ʾAnorewos , Tādewos , Gabra Krǝstos , Zenā Mārqos , Sāmuʾel , Yosef ?, Qawǝsṭos , ʾAdḫāni , ʾIyosyās of Wag , Matyas , Adḫāni of Dawāro , Madḫānina ʾƎgziʾ . The note displays resemblance with a passage of the Gadla Filǝṗṗos za-Dabra Libānos and of the Lǝdata ʾabaw. Turaiev 1908 Getatchew Haile 1982_1983a
Extras
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( gez ) ቃሉ፡ ፻ወ፷፫፻፴ወ፱ ጥበበ፡ ሰሎሞን።
( en ) "Words: 16,339, Wisdom of Solomon".
Stichometry of i4 not found in this file. - Interpretation of foreign words, such as Κυριε ἐλεισον, ἁγια, and others.
- Glosses and corrections are written on the margin of many leaves.
Catalogue Bibliography
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Dillmann, C. F. A. 1847. Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo Britannico asservantur, III: Codices Aethiopicos amplectens (n.p.: E Museo Britannico, 1847). page 5a-6a
Secondary Bibliography
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Mercer, S. A. B. 1931. The Ethiopic Text of the Book of Ecclesiastes, The Oriental Research Series, 6 (London: Luzac & Co. Ltd., 1931). page 18
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 330mm |
Width | 280mm |
Foliation
State of preservation
good
Condition
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 25
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Written in a fine handwriting, sometimes uneven.
Ink: Black, red
Rubrication: Introductory expressions of direct speech in i5 not found in this file, such as: ኀበ፡ ተናገረ፡, ወደገመ፡ ነገረ፡, ወዓዲ፡ ነገረ፡, etc.
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Massimo Villa, Alessandro Bausi, Dorothea Reule, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Additional 16186ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2019-10-30) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLadd16186 [Accessed: 2024-05-07]
Revisions of the data
- Dorothea Reule Added link to images on 30.10.2019
- Massimo Villa Created catalogue entry on 16.5.2016
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Massimo Villa, editor
Dorothea Reule, contributor