London, British Library, BL Oriental 512
Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. XXXVIII, Wright 38
General description
Four Gospels
Number of Text units: 16
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1600-1699 (dating on palaeographic grounds) according to William Wright Date according to Zuurmond 1989. according to Rochus Zuurmond
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.
Summary
- ms_i1
(check the viewerFols 2r and following ),
Four Gospels
- ms_i1.1
(check the viewerFols 2r and following ),
Introduction to the Gospels
- ms_i1.1.1 (check the viewerFols 2r–4v ), Maqdǝma wangel
- ms_i1.1.2 (check the viewerFol. 5r ), በእንተ፡ ኅብረተ፡ ቃላት፡ ዘ፬ወንጌላውያን፡ ግጻዌ፡ ሥርዓት፡
- ms_i1.1.3 (check the viewerFol. 5r ), እምሐዋርያተ፡ እግዚእነ፡ አድርእት፡ ዘእምኍልቍ፡ ፸ወ፪፡
- ms_i1.1.4 (check the viewerFols 5r–5v ), Epistle of Eusebius to Carpianus (generic record)
- ms_i1.2
(check the viewerFols 5v and following ),
Wangel za-Mātewos
- ms_i1.2.1 (check the viewerFols 5v and following ), Wangel za-Mātewos, New introduction to the gospels, see
- ms_i1.2.3 (check the viewerFols 6r–8v ), Canons of Eusebios (generic record)
- ms_i1.2.4 (check the viewerFols 9r–45r ), Bǝsrāta Mātewos
- ms_i1.3
(check the viewerFols 45r and following ),
Wangel za-Mārqos
- ms_i1.3.1 (check the viewerFols 45r and following ), Wangel za-Mārqos, Introduction and Biography of Mark
- ms_i1.3.2 (check the viewerFols 45v–46r ), Wangel za-Mārqos, Tituli of the Gospel of Mark
- ms_i1.3.3 (check the viewerFols 47r–69v ), Bǝsrāta Mārqos
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 70r–107r ), Bǝsrāta Luqās
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 108r–135r ), Bǝsrāta Yoḥannǝs
- ms_i1.1
(check the viewerFols 2r and following ),
Introduction to the Gospels
Contents
check the viewerFols 2r and following Four Gospels (CAe 1560)
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check the viewerFols 2r and following Introduction to the Gospels (CAe 2705)
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check the viewerFols 5r–5v Epistle of Eusebius to Carpianus (generic record) (CAe 1349)
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check the viewerFols 5v and following Wangel za-Mātewos (CAe 1558)
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check the viewerFols 5v and following Wangel za-Mātewos, New introduction to the gospels, see (CAe 1558 SecondIntroduction)
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check the viewerFols 45r and following Wangel za-Mārqos (CAe 1882)
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check the viewerFols 45r and following Wangel za-Mārqos, Introduction and Biography of Mark (CAe 1882 BiographyMark)
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check the viewerFols 45v–46r Wangel za-Mārqos, Tituli of the Gospel of Mark (CAe 1882 TituliMark)
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Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 2r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) ወንጌል፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።
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check the viewerFol. 46r (Type: Doxology)
Hymn (CAe 4868)
( gez ) ሃሌ፡ ሃሌ፡ ሃሌ፡ ሉያ፡ ሃሌ፡ ሃሌ፡ ሃሌ፡ ሉያ፡ ሃሌ፡ ሃሌ፡ ሃሌ፡ ሉያ፡ ነአምን፡ ነአምን፡ ነአምን፡ ሕማሞ፡ ለዘኢየሐምም፡ ርግዘተ፡ ገቦሁ፡ ነአምን፡ ወቅንዋተ፡ እደዊሁ፡ ነአምን፡ ዬ፡ ዬ፡ ዬ፡ ነአምን፡ ሞቶ፡ ወትንሣኤሁ።
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 26b-27a
Secondary Bibliography
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Zuurmond, R. 1989. Novum Testamentum Aethiopice: The Synoptic Gospels, I: General Introduction; II: Edition of the Gospel of Mark, Äthiopistische Forschungen, 27 (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 1989). part II, page 79-81
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 12.75in |
Width | 11.25in |
State of preservation
good
Condition
Slightly injured by water.
Binding
In the original boards, covered with blind-tooled leather.
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 25
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Written in a good hand.
Date: 1600-1699 according to William Wright Date according to Zuurmond 1989. according to Rochus Zuurmond
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