London, British Library, BL Oriental 521
Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. XLVIII, Wright 48
General description
Gospel of John, Salāms, Maṣḥafa qǝddāse
Number of Text units: 10
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1600-1699 (dating on palaeographic grounds)
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 4r and following ), Gospel of John
- ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 89v and following ), Hymn to John the Evangelist
- ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 97v and following ), Malkǝʾ-hymn to John the Evangelist
- ms_i4 (check the viewerFols 98v and following ), Malkǝʾ-hymn to St Victor
- ms_i5
(check the viewerFols 101r and following ),
Maṣḥafa qǝddāse
- ms_i5.1 (check the viewerFols 101r and following ), Kidān za-nagh
- ms_i5.2 (check the viewerFols 108r and following ), ʾAkkʷateta qʷǝrbān za-qǝddus Hǝryāqos za-hagara Bǝhnǝsā
- ms_i5.3 (check the viewerFols 125v and following ), Malkǝʾa masqal
- ms_i5.4 (check the viewerFols 131r and following ), ʾAkkʷateta qʷǝrbān za-ʾǝgziʾǝna ʾIyasus Krǝstos
- ms_i5.5 (check the viewerFols 137v and following ), አኵቴተ፡ ቍርባን፡ ዘ፫፻፲ወ፷፡
Contents
check the viewerFols 89v and following complete: Hymn to John the Evangelist↗
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ናአኵተከ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ በስነ፡ አኰቴት፡ ዘይደሉ። አምጣነ፡ ከሠትከ፡ ለነ፡ ለዮሐንስ፡ ውስተ፡ ወንጌሉ። ለእግዚአብሔር፡ አምላክ፡ ከመ፡ አንተ፡ ቃሉ። ወእንዘ፡ ንሴብሐከ፡ እግዚ'፡ ኵሉ። ከመ፡ ቅድመ፡ ዓለም፡ ሀሎከ፡ ወድኀረ፡ ትሄሉ። ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምከ፡ ዘበትርጓሜሁ፡ ፍሥሐ። ለማእምራን፡ አመረ፡ ከመ፡ ወርኃ፡ ትፍሥሕት፡ በጽሐ።
check the viewerFols 97v and following complete: Malkǝʾ-hymn to John the Evangelist↗
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለከ፡ ከመ፡ እብለከ፡ ሰላም፡ ጸውዓተከ፡ መፍቅድ። ኦዮሐንስ፡ ወልደ፡ ነጐድጓድ። ዘረፈቀ፡ በሕፅነ፡ ነድ።
check the viewerFols 98v and following complete: Malkǝʾ-hymn to St Victor↗
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለከ፡ ምዑዘ፡ ምግባር፡ ፊቅጦር፡ እንተ፡ ታመንን፡ አንክሶ። ለጐመ፡ እፎ፡ ለአፉከ፡ ፍሕሶ። ሕርማኖስ፡ ብእሴ፡ አብሶ።
check the viewerFols 101r and following complete: Maṣḥafa qǝddāse↗
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 101r and following complete: Kidān za-nagh↗
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ቅዱስ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ቅ'፡ ኃያል፡ ቅ'፡ ሕያው፡ ዘኢይመውት፤
check the viewerFols 108r and following complete: ʾAkkʷateta qʷǝrbān za-qǝddus Hǝryāqos za-hagara Bǝhnǝsā↗
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ጐሥዓ፡ ልብየ፡ ቃለ፡ ሠናየ፡ ጐሥዓ፡ ልብየ፡ ቃለ፡ ሠናየ፡ ጐሥዓ፡ ልብየ፡ ቃለ፡ ሠናየ፡ ወአነ፡ አየድዕ፡ ቅዳሴሃ፡ ለማርያም፡ አኮ፡ በአብዝኆ፡ አላ፡ በአውሕዶ።
check the viewerFols 125v and following complete: Malkǝʾa masqal↗
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምከ፡ በመጽሔተ፡ መስቀል፡ ዘተለክዐ። ወለሥዕርትከ፡ ጸሊም፡ ዘደመ፡ ተኰርዓ፡ ተቀብዓ።
check the viewerFols 131r and following complete: ʾAkkʷateta qʷǝrbān za-ʾǝgziʾǝna ʾIyasus Krǝstos↗
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ቅዳሴ፡ ዘእግዚእነ። ይ፡ ካ፡ በስማይ፡ የሃሉ፡ ልብክሙ። ይ፡ ሕ፡ እወ፡ በሰማይ፡ የሀሉ፡ ልብክሙ።
check the viewerFols 137v and following complete: አኵቴተ፡ ቍርባን፡ ዘ፫፻፲ወ፷፡↗
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ግሩም፡ በውስተ፡ ደመናት፡ ወልዑል፡ እምስማያት። እግዚአብሔር፡ ስቡሕ፡ በኵሉ፡ ፍናዊሁ።
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 , 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 4r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) ወንጌል፡ ዘቅ'፡ መ'፡ ዓለም።↗
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check the viewerFol. 1v (Type: DonationNote)
List of articles presented by Walda Lǝʿul to the Church of Qǝddus Yoḥannǝs↗ .
( gez ) ኍልቈ፡ ግምጃ፡ ወምንጻፍ፡ ዘወሀቡ፡ ራስ፡ role: title ወልደ፡ ልዑል፡ ለቅዱስ፡ ዮሐንስ፡↗ በሢመተ፡ አዛዠ፡ ቴዎዶስ።
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check the viewerFols 152v–153r (Type: Inventory)
Notes and inventories in Amharic.
Text in Amharic
Extras
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The names of the owners, as stated in Content Item 1 complete: Gospel of John↗ , were Ṣǝyon Mogasā owner and Walatta Dǝngǝl owner .
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 32ab
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 12.5in |
Width | 10.75in |
Foliation
Foliation in the upper right corner by the library.
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
In the original boards, lined with flowered silk and covered with blind-tooled leather.
Binding material
wood
silk
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 13
Ruling
- (Subtype: pattern)1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C
- The upper line is written above the ruling, the lower line is written above the ruling.
Pricking
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible, horizontal pricks are mostly visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Written in a large, regular hand.
Date: 1600-1699
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