London, British Library, BL Oriental 581
Marcin Krawczuk, Solomon Gebreyes
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CXCII, Wright 192
General description
Life of Gabra Manfas Qǝddus, Gubāʾe Malkǝʾ, ʾƎgziʾabǝḥer nagśa
Number of Text units: 31
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1700-1750
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 3r and following Life of Gabra Manfas Qǝddus (CAe 1451)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ አብ፡ ንወጥን፡ ገድሎ፡ ለቅዱስ፡ ወብፁዕ፡ ወጽሙድ፡ መስተጋድል፡ ኮከበ፡ ገዳም፡ ዘዝኩር፡ ወክቡር፡ ርእሳኑ፡ ጻድቅ፡ ወኄር፡ አባ፡ ገብረ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ገዳማዊ፡ ዘሠረቀ፡ እምሀገረ፡ ንሒሳ፡ እምደወለ፡ መትሕተ፡ ምድር፡ እምደቡበ፡ ግብጽ፡ ወነበረ፡ ገዳመ፡ ፫፻ዓመተ፡ ወወጺኦ፡ እምህየ፡ ዔለ፡ ገዳማተ፡ ኢትዮጵያ፡ ወነበረ፡ በዝቋላ፡ ኀበ፡ ምድረ፡ ከብድ፡ ፪፻፷ወ፪ዓመት፡ ዕራቁ፡ ማየ፡ እንዘ፡ ኢይሰቲ፡ ወእክለሂ፡ እንዘ፡ ኢይበልዕ። አኮ፡ ከመ፡ ሰብእ፡ ዘነበረ። አላ፡ ከመ፡ መላእክት፡ በዲበ፡ ምድር፡ ወፈጸመ፡ ገድሎ፡ አመ፡ ፭ለመጋቢት፡ በዕለተ፡ እኁድ፡ በበዓሎሙ፡ ለጴጥሮስ፡ ወጳውሎስ።
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check the viewerFols 29r and following Miracles of Gabra Manfas Qǝddus, 12 in number (CAe 3977)
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check the viewerFols 40r and following Gubāʾe malkǝʾ (CAe 1850)
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check the viewerFols 40r and following To Gabra Manfas Qǝddus (CAe 2881)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምከ፡ ዘሆህያቲሁ፡ ቅሩጽ። ኀበ፡ አምደ፡ ወርቅ፡ ሥርግው፡ ወአኮ፡ ዘዕፅ።
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check the viewerFols 42v and following To Takla Hāymānot (CAe 2930)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለፅንሠትከ፡ ወለልደትከ፡ እምከርሥ።
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check the viewerFols 46v and following To Eustathius (CAe 2956)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ቀዳሚሁሰ፡ ለዘየአምን፡ በረድኤትከ፡ ዘኃይል።
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check the viewerFols 50v and following To St John the Baptist (CAe 2999)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ እሳት፡ በሐቅለ፡ ሕሊና፡ ነዳዲ።
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check the viewerFols 53r and following To St Peter and Paul (CAe 2906)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምክሙ፡ ዘአልባስጥሮስ፡ አፈው።
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check the viewerFols 56r and following To our Lord and the blessed Virgin Mary (CAe 6445)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):. . . . .ommission by ድ፡ ለባሕቲቱ። እንዘ፡ አሐዱ፡ ሠለስ. . . . .ommission by ሉያ፡ ሃ፡ ሃ፡ ንዑ፡ ንብኪ፡ ኢይሜንነነ፤ ውእቱ፡ አቡነ፡ ወእምነ።
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check the viewerFols 59r and following To the Holy Trinity (CAe 3067)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):እስመ፡ ብዙኃን፡ እሙንቱ፡ እለ፡ አኃዙ፡ ይጽሐፉ። ሃይማኖተ፡ ቅድስተ፡ ሥላሴ፡ እንተ፡ ተሳተፉ።
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check the viewerFols 64v and following To our Lord (CAe 2839)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ስብሐት፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምከ፡ ስመ፡ መሐላ፡ ዘኢይሄሱ።
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check the viewerFols 68v and following To our Lord (CAe 2842)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ስብሐት፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምከ፡ በመጽሔተ፡ መስቀል፡ ዘተለክዓ።
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check the viewerFols 71r and following To our Lord (CAe 2741)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ስብሐት፡ ለሕማምከ፡ ቤተ፡ አይሁድ፡ ዘአንደደ።
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check the viewerFols 83r and following To the blessed Virgin Mary (CAe 2891)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምኪ፡ ሐዋዝ።
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check the viewerFols 87v and following አኮኑ፡ ብእሲ፡ (CAe 4274)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):አኮኑ፡ ብእሲ፡ ሶበ፡ ሐኒጸ፡ ቤት፡ አፍተዎ። ኵሎ፡ ፃፃዖ፡ ያቀድም፡ አስተዳልዎ።
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check the viewerFols 89v and following To the blessed Virgin Mary (CAe 2937)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ሰላም፡ ለኵሎን፡ መልክዕኪ፡ እመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ እምየ፡ እግዝእትየ፡ ማርያም።
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check the viewerFols 92r and following Lament of the blessed Virgin (CAe 2285)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ሥሉስ፡ ሕፀተ፡ ግፃዌ፡ ዘአልቦ። ሰቆቃወ፡ ድንግል፡ እጽሐፍ፡ በቀለመ፡ አንብዕ፡ ወአንጠብጥቦ።
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check the viewerFols 96v and following Hymn to the blessed Virgin (CAe 3082)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):እግዚአብሔር፡ አብ፡ ወሀቤ፡ ብርሃን፡ ዘይሤለስ፡ በአካሉ።
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check the viewerFols 100r and following On the assumption of Mary (CAe 2932)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለፍልሰተ፡ ሥጋኪ፡ ምስለ፡ ነፍስኪ፡ ኢመዋቲ።
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check the viewerFols 101r and following To the blessed Virgin Mary (CAe 3117)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ጽጌ፡ አስተርአየ፡ ሠሪጾ፡ እምዓፅሙ። ለዘአምኃኪ፡ ጽጌ፡ ለገብርኤል፡ ምስለ፡ ሰላሙ።
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check the viewerFols 112r and following To the blessed Virgin Mary (CAe 3108)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ይዌድስዋ፡ መላእክት፡ በአርያም፡ በውስተ፡ ውሣጤ፡ መንጦላዕት።
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check the viewerFols 113r and following To the blessed Virgin Mary (CAe 2962)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በሐኪ፡ ማርያም፡ እምነ፡ እግዝእትነ፡ ትምክህቶሙ፡ አንቲ፡ ለዘመድነ።
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check the viewerFols 116v and following To the blessed Virgin Mary (CAe 3064)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):እሴብሕ፡ ጸጋኪ፡ ኦምልእተ፡ ጸጋ፡ ወይትጋነይ፡ ለኪ፡ ኦምልእተ፡ ውዳሴ።
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check the viewerFols 117r and following To St Michael (CAe 2835)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምከ፡ ምስለ፡ ስመ፡ ልዑል፡ ዘተሳተፈ።
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check the viewerFols 120v and following To the angel Gabriel
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምከ፡ ዘተጸውዓ፡ ቀዲሙ።
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check the viewerFols 123v and following To St George (CAe 2866)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምከ፡ ዘሰሌዳ፡ ሞገስ፡ መጽሐፉ።
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check the viewerFols 127r and following Hymn (CAe 3089)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ኦሰማዕተ፡ አልፋ፡ ለስዕለትየ፡ ጸሐፋ፡ ወኢትግድፋ። ጊዮርጊስ፡ ወልታየ፡ ኩነኒ፡ ከመ፡ ሐገፋ።
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check the viewerFols 128r and following ʾƎgzer nagś beginning with the month of Maskaram (CAe 1325)
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Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 , 1 , 1 , 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 206r (Type: GuestText)
Wazema
Text in Gǝʿǝz እምነገደ፡ አዳም፡ ወሔዋን፡ አልቦ፡ ከማኪ፡ በፈሊጠ፡ ኵሉ፡ ምግባት፡
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check the viewerFol. 206r (Type: RecordTransaction)
A note in Amharic concerning a land transaction.
Text in Amharic
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check the viewerFol. 206v (Type: MagicText)
A magic prayer against the disease ፈንጻጻ፡.
Text in Gǝʿǝz
Written in red ink, poorly visible.
Extras
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( gez ) ገድለ፡ ገብረ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡
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(Type: Supplication)
The name of the owners has been erased but it is visible in the introductory supplications e. g. on check the viewerf. 3r and check the viewerf. 35r . They are: Tawq Māryām owner and ʿĀmata Mikāʾel 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 129b-131a
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 9.125in |
Width | 8in |
Foliation
Foliation in the upper right corner by the library.
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
In the original boards, covered with blind-tooled leather.
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 22
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 visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1700-1750
The manuscript is neatly written of the earlier part of the 18th century 1700-1750Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
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