London, British Library, BL Oriental 559
Solomon Gebreyes
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CLII, Wright 152
General description
Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, Argānonā Wǝddāse
Number of Text units: 16
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1600-1700
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 ),
Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 2r and following ), Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Monday
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 16r and following ), Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Tuesday
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 39r and following ), Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Wednesday
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 55v and following ), Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Thursday
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 77r and following ), Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: FridayShenute
- ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 94r and following ), Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Saturday
- ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 108r and following ), Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Sunday
- ms_i2
(check the viewerFols 125r and following ),
ʾArgānona wǝddāse
- ms_i2.1 (check the viewerFols 125r and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Monday
- ms_i2.2 (check the viewerFols 141r and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Tuesday
- ms_i2.3 (check the viewerFols 156r and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Wednesday
- ms_i2.4 (check the viewerFols 172r and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Thursday
- ms_i2.5 (check the viewerFols 189r and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Friday
- ms_i2.6 (check the viewerFols 204r and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Saturday
- ms_i2.7 (check the viewerFols 212r and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Sunday
Contents
check the viewerFols 2r and following Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk (CAe 2505)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 2r and following Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Monday (CAe 2505 Monday)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ስእለት፡ ወአስተብቍዖት፡ እንተ፡ ነበበ፡ ባቲ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ባስልዮስ፡ ዘቂሳርያ፡
check the viewerFols 16r and following Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Tuesday (CAe 2505 Tuesday)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ጸሎት፡ ወስእለት፡ ዘዕለተ፡ ሠሉስ፡ እምድርሳነ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ማሪ፡ ኤፍሬም፡ ሶርያዊ፡ አፈ፡ በረከት፡ ወበቍዔት፡
check the viewerFols 39r and following Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Wednesday (CAe 2505 Wednesday)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): እምድርሳነ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ማሪ፡ ኤፍሬም፡ ካዕበ፡
check the viewerFols 55v and following Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Thursday (CAe 2505 Thursday)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ጸሎት፡ ወስእለት፡ ወአስተብቍዖት፡ እንተ፡ ተጋብአት፡ እምቃለ፡ አረጋዊ፡ መንፈሳዊ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ዮሐንስ፡
check the viewerFols 77r and following Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: FridayShenute (CAe 2505 FridayShenute)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ጸሎተ፡ አባ፡ ሲኖዳ፡ አርሳይ፡ መትርያድስ፡ ዘማኅበር፡
check the viewerFols 94r and following Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Saturday (CAe 2505 Saturday)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ጸሎት፡ ሳድሲት፡ ዘዕለተ፡ ሰንበተ፡ አይሁድ፡ ዘአስተጋብአ፡ አትናትዮስ፡ ሊቀ፡ ጳጳሳት፡ እንተ፡ ዘቅብጢ፡ ወካልኣኒሆሙ፡
check the viewerFols 108r and following Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Sunday (CAe 2505 Sunday)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ድርሳን፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ ቄርሎስ፡ ሊቀ፡ ጳጳሳት፡ ዘይትነበብ፡ በሰንበተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ዘአስተጋብአ፡ አቡነ፡ እምብዙኃን፡ ስእለታት፡
check the viewerFols 125r and following ʾArgānona wǝddāse (CAe 1146)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): አርጋኖነ፡ ውዳሴ፡ ወመሰንቆ፡ ወዕንዚራ፡ ወመዝሙር፡ ወስብሐት፡ ዘአስተብፅዖ፡ ድንግልናሃ። ወነጊረ፡ ዕበያ፡ ወአክብሮ፡ ስማ፡ ወሰብሖ፡ ቅድስናሃ፡ ወገንይ፡ ለንግሣ፡ ለቅድስት፡ ወንጽሕት፡ ወቡርክት፡ ማርያም፡ ዘበዕብራይስጢ፡ ማሪሃም፡ ድንግል፡ ወላዲተ፡ አምላክ፡ እንተ፡ ይእቲ፡ ሐመረ፡ ወርቅ፡ እሞገደ፡ አስራም፡ እንተ፡ ኢትትሀወክ።
check the viewerFols 125r and following ʾArgānona Māryām, Monday (CAe 1146 Monday)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): አርኁ፡ ሊተ፡ እግዚእ፡ አናቅጸ፡ ልብየ፡ ከመ፡ ይባእ፡ ርግብ፡ መንፈሳዊ፡ ጰራቅሊጦስ፡
check the viewerFols 141r and following ʾArgānona Māryām, Tuesday (CAe 1146 Tuesday)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ኦቅድስት፡ ድንግል፡ ማርያም፡ ዘበዕብራይስጢ፡ ማሪሃም፡ ተማኅፀንኩ፡ በዝ፡ ተአንግዶ፡ አምላክ፡ ምስሌኪ፡ ተዝካረ፡ ስምኪ፡ ወጻማኪ፡
check the viewerFols 156r and following ʾArgānona Māryām, Wednesday (CAe 1146 Wednesday)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): አቀድም፡ አእኵቶቶ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡
check the viewerFols 172r and following ʾArgānona Māryām, Thursday (CAe 1146 Thursday)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወአንቲሃ፡ ካዕበ፡ ኦእግዝእትየ፡ ማርያም፡
check the viewerFols 189r and following ʾArgānona Māryām, Friday (CAe 1146 Friday)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ኦእግዝእትየ፡ ድንግል፡ ማርያም፡ ዘበዕብራይስጢ፡ ማሪሃም፡ ንዒ፡ ኀቤየ፡ ምስለ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ ማኅበረ፡ ነቢያት፡
check the viewerFols 204r and following ʾArgānona Māryām, Saturday (CAe 1146 Saturday)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): እትጋነይ፡ ለዕበይቢ፡ (!) ኦወለተ፡ ዳዊት፡
check the viewerFols 212r and following ʾArgānona Māryām, Sunday (CAe 1146 Sunday)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): አሌዕል፡ እደውየ፡ ኀበ፡ ወልድኪ፡
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 ʿAlam↗
( gez ) ውዳሴ፡ አምላክ፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
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check the viewerFol. 220r (Type: GuestText)
Wangel za-Mātewos (CAe 1558) , XXIV 18-31.
Text in Gǝʿǝz
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Malkǝʾa ʾEdom (CAe 3022)
( gez ) ተፈሥሒ፡ ማርያም፡ ለአዳም፡ ፋሲካሁ።
Extras
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The name of the first owners have been erased; the name of Wald Saʾalā owner occurs on check the viewerfols. 2r, 16r, 35r .
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 105a-106a
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 12.75in |
Width | 11.125in |
Binding
In the original boards, lined with cloth and covered with blind-tooled leather.
Binding material
wood
leather
textile
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 18-20
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1600-1700
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