London, British Library, BL Oriental 585
Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CLXXV, Wright 175
Dated
General description
Dǝggʷā
Number of Text units: 3
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1767 (internal-date)
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 2ra–175va ),
Dǝggʷā
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 2ra–173vc ), Dǝggʷā, Part 1, from the feast of St John the Baptist to the feast of Simon, 8 Yakkātit
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 174ra–175ra ), Dǝggʷā, Table of melodic variations for the Hallelujah
Contents
check the viewerFols 2ra–175va Dǝggʷā (CAe 3178)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 2ra–173vc Dǝggʷā, Part 1, from the feast of St John the Baptist to the feast of Simon, 8 Yakkātit (CAe 3178 part1)
Language of text:
With musical notes.
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘይሤለስ፡ በአካላት፡ ወይትወሐድ፡ በመለኮት፡ ተጽሕፈ፡ ዝንቱ፡ መዝገብ፡ ዓቢይ፡ ዘይሰመይ፡ ሰይቀለ፡ ልብ፡ ዘቆማ፡ ዘንኩር፡ ስነ፡ ራእዩ፡ ወመድምም፡ ፆታ፡ ሥርዓቱ፡ ዘተጋብአ፡ እምብዙኃት፡ መጻሕፍት፡ ወሥርዓቱሂ፡ አኮ፡ ከመ፡ ሥርዓተ፡ መዛግብት፡ ቀዳማውያን፡ አላ፡ ኮነ፡ ኵሉ፡ በበፆታሁ፡ ወፆታ፡ ዜማሁኒ፡ ፫ ዘውእቶሙ፡ ግዕዝ፤ ወዕዝል፤ ወአራራይ፤ ዋዜማ፤ በ፩ወ፪ወ፫ እስከ፡ ፯ ይትባረክኒ፡ በበፆታሁ፡ ዘይቀድም፤ ግዕዝ፤ ወይተሉ፤ ዕዝል፤ ወሥርዓተ፡ ፫ሂ፡ ከመ፡ ሥርዓተ፡ ቃለ፡ ትምህርት፡ ሰላምኒ፡ ዘሀለወ፡ ቦቱ፡ ሃሌታ፡ ከመ፡ ዋዜማ፡ እም፩ወ፪ወ፫ እስከ፡ ፯፤ ዕዝልኒ፡ ዘበዓላት፡ ወዘሰናብት፡ ወዘክብረ፡ ቅዱሳን፡ ወዘወትር፡ እም፩ወ፪ወ፫ወ፬ወ፭ እስከ፡ ፱፡ ዘአምላኪየ፤ ወዘይእዜ፤ ወይትባረክ፤ ወማኅሌት፤ ወስብሐተ፡ ነግህ፤ ገበርነ፡ ወሠራዕነ፡ በበፆታሁ፡ በዘይብልኒ፡ ዘአርያም፡ ወዘአርባዕት፡ ከመ፡ ሥርዓት፡ ቃለ፡ ትምህርት፡ ወሥርዓተ፡ አቡን፡ ከመ፡ አቅደምነ፡ ነጊረ፡ ሥርዓተ፡ ዋዜማ፡ እም፩ወ፪ወ፫ወ፬ወ፭ወ፮ወ፯ወ፰ወ፱ወ፲ እስመ፡ ለዓለምኒ፡ በበፆታሁ፡ ተሠርዓ፡ ቁም፡ ቁሪ፡ ጺሪ፡ ኵሉ፤ ዘገብራ፤ አግዳሚ፤ አንገረጋሪ፤ ትጉሃን፤ አስተርእዩ፤ አስተጋብአተነ፤ ስማዕ፤ ሰማይ፡ ዘኢያንቀለቅል፡ ድዳ፡ ንስግድ፡ ተሰአልዎ፡ ዕፀብኒ፡ ንዜኑ፡ ውድቅ፡ ጾመ፡ ሙሴ፡ መርሆሙ፤ አንተ፡ ውእቱ፤ ዓቢይ፤ ዘየሐፅብ፤ አክሊለ፡ ሰማዕት፤ ገብርኤል፤ ይቤሎ፤ ነገሮሙ፡ ይትፈሣሕ፡ አንቀጥቅጥ፡ እስመ፡ ተሐውር፡ ይቤላ፡ ዓቢይ፡ ዓራራይ፡ ቁራ፤ ጺራ፤ ንሴብሖ፡ ናሁ፡ ህላዌ፤ ዘይገለብቦ፤ በትረ፡ አሮን፤ ነሥአ፤ ወከኵሉ፡ ዘተጽሕፈ፡ በበፆታሁ፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ትድምርት፡ ከመ፡ መዛግብት፡ ካልኣን፡ አልቦ፡ ዘተጽሕፈ፡ ዘከመዝ፡ መዝገብ፡ እምእለ፡ ቀደሙ፡ መዛግብት፡ እመሂ፡ በሥርዓት፡ ወእመሂ፡ በፆታ፡ ፍቅድ፡ ዝሠርፆሰ፡ ለዝንቱ፡ መዝገብ፡ በበፆታሁ፡ አቡነ፡ ያሬድ፡ ካህን። ወተጽሕፎቱሂ፡ ለዝንቱ፡ መዝገብ፡ ዘድበረ፡ ፀሐይ፡↗ ኮነ፡ በመዋዕሊሁ፡ ለንጉሠ፡ ነገሥት፡ ኢዮኣሰ፡ እምአመ፡ ነግሠ፡ በ፲ወ፫ ዓመት። ወእምአመ፡ ነግሠት፡ ንግሥትነ፡ ብርሃን፡ ሞገሳ፡ ዘተሰምየት፡ በጸጋ፡ ጥምቀት፡ ወለተ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ በ፴ወ፯ ዓመት፡ ባሕቱ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ይባርክ፡ መንግሥቶሙ፡ ወያንሕ፡ መዋዕሊሆሙ፡ ወያቅም፡ ሎሙ፡ ስመ፡ ሠናየ፡ በዝ፡ ዓለም፡ ወበዘይመጽእ። ወያዕርፍ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ በመንግሥተ፡ ሰማያት፡ ነፍሰ፡ ንጉሥነ፡ ኢያሱ፡ አሜን፡ ወአሜን። ወኍልቈ፡ ዘመንሂ፡ ፸፻፡ ወ፪፻፡ ፶ወ፱ እምፍጥረተ፡ ዓለም፡ ወወንጌላዊ፡ ሉቃስ፡ እንዘ፡ አልቦ፡ መጥቅዕ፡ ወአበቅቴ፡ አመ፡ ፴ሁ፡ ለሐምሌ፡ በዕለተ፡ ሠሉስ፡ ጊዜ፡ ስድስቱ፡ ሰዓት፡ ወበ፯ሰዓተ፡ ሌሊት። ወእምአመ፡ ተናገረ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ወስተ፡ አፈ፡ አቡነ፡ ያሬድ፡ ካህን፡ በ፲፻፹ወ፪ ዓመት። ወዘአጽሐፎሂ፡ ለዝንቱ፡ መዝገብ፡ መልአከ፡ ፀሐይ፡ role: title አርማስቆስ፡ patron ሲቆመ፡ ለ፪፻ ካህናተ፡ መቅደስ።
check the viewerFols 174ra–175ra Dǝggʷā, Table of melodic variations for the Hallelujah (CAe 3178 Haleta)
Language of text:
Additions In this unit there are in total 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 ) ድጓ፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
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 115a-116a
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 13.25in |
Width | 11in |
Foliation
Foliation in the upper right corner by the library. One unnumbered blank leaf after check the viewerfols. 1, , referred to as check the viewer1a, in the library's digitization, and one at the end, referred to as check the vieweri in the library's digitization.
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | A | 2 |
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2 | 1 | 8 |
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3 | 2 | 8 |
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4 | 3 | 8 |
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5 | 4 | 8 |
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6 | 5 | 8 |
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7 | 6 | 8 |
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8 | 7 | 8 |
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9 | 8 | 8 |
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10 | 9 | 8 |
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11 | 10 | 8 |
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12 | 11 | 8 |
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13 | 12 | 8 |
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14 | 13 | 8 |
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15 | 14 | 8 |
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16 | 15 | 8 |
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17 | 16 | 8 |
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18 | 17 | 8 |
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19 | 18 | 8 |
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20 | 19 | 8 |
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21 | 20 | 8 |
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22 | 21 | 8 |
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23 | 22 | 7 |
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2, stub after 6 |
Collation diagrams
Quire ID:q1, number:A
Quire ID:q2, number:1
Quire ID:q3, number:2
Quire ID:q4, number:3
Quire ID:q5, number:4
Quire ID:q6, number:5, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q7, number:6
Quire ID:q8, number:7
Quire ID:q9, number:8, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q10, number:9
Quire ID:q11, number:10
Quire ID:q12, number:11
Quire ID:q13, number:12
Quire ID:q14, number:13
Quire ID:q15, number:14
Quire ID:q16, number:15
Quire ID:q17, number:16
Quire ID:q18, number:17
Quire ID:q19, number:18
Quire ID:q20, number:19
Quire ID:q21, number:20
Quire ID:q22, number:21
2, stub after 6
Quire ID:q23, number:22
Ethio-SPaRe formula : A(2/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (8), 15 (8), 16 (8), 17 (8), 18 (8), 19 (8), 20 (8), 21 (8), 22 (8), 23 (7),
Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (8), 15 (8), 16 (8), 17 (8), 18 (8), 19 (8), 20 (8), 21 (8), 22 (8), 23 (7),
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
In the original boards.
Binding material
wood
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 32
Ruling
- (Subtype: pattern)1A-1A-1A1A-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 and horizontal pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1767
1767 Neat hand.info | value |
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Standard date | ፸፻፡ ወ፪፻፡ ፶ወ፱ እምፍጥረተ፡ ዓለም፡ |
Date in current calendar | 7259 |
Calendar | world |
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