Carsten Hoffmann
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General description
Miscellanea; Tigrinya-Arabic Vocabulary
Number of Text units: 7
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
17th/18th century
Contents
check the viewerFols 1ra–5vb Fragment of an Amharic treatise on the Trinity (CAe 7032) The beginning is missing. An indeterminate number of leaves is lacking between check the viewerfols. 1, and check the viewer2 .
Incipit (Amharic ): [አ(?)]supplied by Stefan Strelcynብ፡ እንደ፡ ልብ፡ ነው፡ ወልድ፡ እንደ፡ ቃል፡ ነው፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ እንደ፡ እስትንፋስ፡ ነው። ልብ፡ ቃል፡ ወእስትንፋስ፡ እንዳይለሐሐቁ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አይለዋወጡም። ልብ፡ ቃል፡ ወእስትንፋስ፡ እንዳይለያዩ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አይለያዩም። እምቅድመ፡
ዓለም፡ እንዴኽ፡ ነበሩ፡ ዓለም፡ ከኀለፈም፡ እንዴኽ፡ ይኖላናሉ፡ ይኽም፡ ይኽት፡ ፀሐይ፡ ም፡ ሐንድ፡ ነው፡ በሐንደነቱ፡ ግን፡ ሶስትንት፡ አለበት፡ አብ፡ ክበቡን፡ ይመስል፡ ወልድ፡ ብርሃኑ፡ ይመስል፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ሙቀቱ፡ ይመስል። አብነም፡ ስለመሰሉት፡ በክበቡ፡ እንደ፡ ፀሐ
ይ፡ ውሱን፡ ክበብ፡ አይዶለውም፡ የሰማዩም፡ ሰማይ፡ የዕመቁ፡ ም፡ ዕመቅ፡ የጽንፉ፡ ም፡ ጽንፍ፡ አይወሰነውም፡ ወልድነም፡ በብርሃኑ፡ ስለመሰሉት፡ ውሱን፡ ብርሃን፡ አይዶለውም፡
check the viewerFol. 2r Hymn to the Church (CAe 3013) The beginning is missing. The poem is apparently inserted in the middle of Content Item 1 Fragment of an Amharic treatise on the Trinity (CAe 7032) .
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ለኪ፡ ዘአፈይኩ፡ ስብሐተ። አምሳለ፡ ቍርባን፡ ተወካፊ፡ ሊተ። ወተረፈ፡ ቃልየ፡ ወትረ፡ ረስዪ፡ መሥዋዕተ። ስብሐት፡ ለኪ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ በኆልቈ፡ እስትንፋስ፡ ወነገር። ስብሐት፡ ለኪ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ በኆልቈ፡ አዕፅምት፡ ወጸጕር። ስብሐት፡ ለኪ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ በኆልቈ፡ ሐዋሳት፡ ዓሥር። ስብሐት፡ ለኪ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ዘአብሐኪ፡ እግዚአብሔር። በላዕለ፡ ሥጋሁ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ወደሙ፡ ክቡር።
check the viewerFols 6ra–12vb Turkish and Arabic vocabulary As a whole indicated by: ነገረ፡ ትርኵ። ዓ። written on the upper margin. Both texts are published in .
check the viewerFol. 6ra Tigrinya-Turkish Vocabulary Containing only eight words.
Incipit ( Tigrinya ):ነዓ፡ ብሂል፡ ዢል፤ ተቀመጥ፡ ብ፡ ውቱር፤ ሀባ፡ ብ፡ ዠትር፤ አልቦን፡ ብ፡ ያክትር፤ ሀሎ፡ ብ፡ ዮል፤ ኪድ፡ ብ፡ ቢናዓደም፤ መጽአ፡ ብ፡ ገልድ፤
Explicit ( Tigrinya ): ኬደ፡ ብ፡ ደልዳል።
Language of text: Tigrinya
check the viewerFols 6ra–12vb Tigrinya-Arabic Vocabulary Containing several words on check the viewerfol. with a special ancient form of the letter ዥ with small strokes in every of the four edges.
Incipit ( Tigrinya ):ነዓ፡ ብሂል፡ ተአል፤ ተቀመጥ፡ ብ፡ አይዥልስ፤ ተንሥእ፡ ብ፡ ጉም፡ ቁምሂ፤ ኪድ፡ ብ፡ ሩሕ፤ ኬድኩ፡ ብ፡ ሮሕ፡ ኬደ፡ ብ፡ ራሕ፡ መሻ፤ ተመልሰ፡ ብ፡ ገለበ፤
Language of text: Tigrinya
check the viewerFols 13ra–15va Hymn to Jesus Christ (CAe 7031) The beginning is missing.
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):አብ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አምጻኤ፡ ዓለማት፡ በኪኑ። ወልድ፡ ቅዱስ፡ በምኵናኑ። መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ዘኢይትሌለይ፡ ሥልጣኑ። ለሥላሴሆሙ፡ ዘኢይትረከብ፡ ወሰኑ። ወህላ<ዌ>supplied by Stefan Strelcynሆሙ፡ ተከሥተ፡ ለመኑ። ስብሐት፡ ለከ፡ ወልደ፡ አብ፡ ቅዳሚ። በፅኑዕ፡ ኀይልከ፡ መሠረተ፡ ዓለም፡ ሐታሚ። እትሜከህ፡ ልሐኵተከ፡ እንዘ፡ ኪያከ፡ እሰሚ።
check the viewerFols 15va–16va Salām (CAe 7030) Partly illegible; spaces intended to be written in red were left blank.
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):<ሰላም፡>supplied by Stefan Strelcyn ለከ፡ ለውርዝዋን፡ አበው፡ . . . . .ommission by ወልዶሙ። እለ፡ ወለዱከ፡ በልሕቅናሆሙ። መርዓት፡ ስነ፡ ገድሎሙ።
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
Extras
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(Type: StampExlibris)
On the back leather cover an erroneous title.
( en ) Weddase Maryam. Fragments. Ethiopic
Catalogue Bibliography
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Strelcyn, S. 1978. Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts in the British Library Acquired Since the Year 1877 (London: British Museum, 1978).page 102-103
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 145mm |
Width | 130mm |
Quire Structure Collation
State of preservation
deficient
Condition
The beginning and end of the manuscript have suffered from water of dampness. The writing has suffered particularly on check the viewerfols 15v–16v .
Binding
Wooden boards, supplied by the British Museum↗ .
Blind-tooled leather, supplied by the British Museum↗ .Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 14
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1670-1699 according to Stefan Strelcyn
check the viewerFols 1r–12v According to Stefan Strelcyn possibly from the end of the 17th century. 1670-1699 according to Stefan StrelcynHand 2
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1670-1799 according to Stefan Strelcyn
check the viewerFols 13r–16v Possibly two hands. 1670-1799 according to Stefan StrelcynSelect one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
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