London, British Library, BL Oriental 549
Marcin Krawczuk, Solomon Gebreyes
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CXXXIX, Wright 139
General description
The Faws Manfasāwi, the order of Celebrating Matrimony, the Order of Purification of an Apostle and other service texts
Number of Text units: 13
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
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.
Contents
check the viewerFols 51r and following The order of celebrating matrimony (CAe 1970) The writing on check the viewerf. 61v and check the viewer62r has been erased.
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check the viewerFols 62v and following The order of the purification of an apostate (CAe 1959)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):መጽሐፈ፡ ቄድር፡ ቀዳሚ፡ ዘሠርዑ፡ ፫፻፲ወ፰ርቱዓነ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ በእንተ፡ ዘድኅፀ፡ እምትእዛዘ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡
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check the viewerFols 70r and following Regulae de hierarchia ecclesiastica (CAe 4020)
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check the viewerFols 80v and following Quaestiones de rebus ecclesiasticis subtiliores (CAe 4021)
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check the viewerFols 85r and following An extract from John Chrysostom on the glory of the church (CAe 2126)
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check the viewerFols 86r and following The tract ካልእኒ፡ ጾታ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ እስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ልዑል፡ ዝክሩ፡ ወፍጻሜ፡ ኂሩቱ፡ ወቅድስናሁ፡ ወሠናይቱ፡ ወአሠንዮቱ፡ ውስተ፡ ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ (CAe 4018 Introduction2)
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check the viewerFols 91v and following ነገር፡ ዘከመ፡ እፎ፡ ይደሉ፡ ለዓቃቤ፡ ሥራይ፡ አእምሮ፡ (CAe 4018 Introduction3)
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check the viewerFols 106r and following Faws manfasāwi (CAe 4018) The text breaks off abruptly on check the viewerf. 96r , in the middle of the word በትሕትና፡
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check the viewerFols 97r and following The office of the unction of the sick (CAe 1958)
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check the viewerFols 118r and following The consecration of an altar (CAe 2326)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ንጽሕፍ፡ እንከ፡ ሥርዓተ፡ ዘአግብኦ፡ ታቦት፡ ውስተ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ወዘከመ፡ ትትነሣእ፡ እመካና፡ ምስለ፡ ኵሉ፡ ነዋየ፡ ገባሪሃ፡ እንዘ፡ ናስተዋጽእ፡ እመጻሕፍተ፡ ብሉይ፡ ወሐዲስ፡
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check the viewerFols 128r and following Rules regarding the regulation and constitution of the Christian Church (CAe 4022)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):አንቀጽ፡ ቀዳማዊ፡ በእንተ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ወዘኵሉ፡ ሥርዓታ።
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Additions In this unit there are in total 3 s, 3 s, 1 , 1 .
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check the viewerFols. 1, 2, 127v, 144r (Type: LandGrant)
Various deeds by Takla Hāymānot II , Takla Giyorgis , Gʷālu , Gigār , ʾIyoʾas II , Sāhlu , and Theodore .
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check the viewerFol. 2r (Type: LandGrant)
A copy of a grant by Takla Hāymānot II of various lands to the convent of Dabra Ṭǝbab↗ near Gondar.
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check the viewerFol. 4r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿAlam↗
( gez ) መጽሐፈ፡ ፈውስ፡ መንፈሳዊ፡፡ ዘመድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።
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check the viewerFol. 96v (Type: LandGrant)
A deed in Amharic.
Text in Amharic
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check the viewerFols 129r and following (Type: MixedNote)
A list of the sacred books which may be read in the Church.
Text in Gǝʿǝz
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check the viewerFols 117v and following (Type: Condemnation)
( gez ) ዘሠረቃ፡ ወዘፈሐቃ፡ ለዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘወሀቦ፡ ወልደ፡ ዳዊት፡ ለኪዳነ፡ ምሕረት፡ ከመ፡ ትኵኖሙ፡ መድኃኒተ፡ ሥጋ፡ ወነፍስ፡ ለወልደ፡ ዳዊት፡ ወሰበነ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ በሥልጣነ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ወጳውሎስ፡ ውጉዝ፡ ከመ፡ አርዮስ።
Extras
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check the viewerFol. 3r (Type: OwnershipNote)
Names of certain owners.
( gez ) ወልደ፡ ክሶስ፡ አቡሁ፡ ወልደ፡ ዳዊት፡ ወልዱ፡ ወብሲቱ፡ (!) ሰበነ፡ ጊዮርጊስ ።
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check the viewerFol. 50v (Type: OwnershipNote)
Names of certain owners.
( gez ) ገብሩ፡ ወልዱ፡ (!) ዳዊት፡ ወአቡሁ፡ ወልደ፡ ክሶስ፡ ወብእሲቱ፡ ሰበነ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ወእማኒ፡ አርሴማ።
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On check the viewerf. 3v the name of king ʾIyāsu, probably [!]The certainty about the value of ref is low. It might alternatively be other.ʾIyāsu III , for the manuscript does not seem to be so old as the time of ʾIyāsu II .
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 94b-95b
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 11.875in |
Width | 10.25in |
Binding
In the original boards, lined with silk and covered with blind-tooled leather.
Binding material
wood
leather
silk
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 20-24
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1700-1800 according to William Wright
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