London, British Library, BL Oriental 620
Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. LXVII, Wright 67
General description
Taʾammǝra ʾIyasus
Number of Text units: 1
Number of Codicological units: 1
For a table of all relations from and to this record, please go to the Relations view. In the Relations boxes on the right of this page, you can also find all available relations grouped by name.
Origin
1730-1755 (reign)
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 7r and following ), Taʾammǝra ʾIyasus
Contents
check the viewerFols 7r and following Taʾammǝra ʾIyasus (CAe 2382)
Language of text:
The miracles are numbered as 42 in the manuscript.Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by William Wright ፩ተአምሪሁ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ወአምላክነ፡ ወመድኃኒነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ሣህሉ፡ ወምሕረቱ፡ ወስእለተ፡ እሙ፡ ማርያም፡ ድንግል፡ በክልኤ፡ የሃሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ንግሥትነ፡ ወለተ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ወወልዳ፡ ንጉሥነ፡ ኢያሱ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን። ለዝኀቱ፡ ምሥጢር፡ አምላካዊ፡ ነገሮ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ወአምላክነ፡ ወመድኃኒነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ለረድኡ፡ ወሐዋርያሁ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወልደ፡ ዘብዴዎስ፡ እምቅድመ፡ ዕርገቱ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ወአምላክነ፡ ወመድኃኒነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ውስተ፡ ሰማያት፡ ዘኢተፈልጠ፡ እምአበሁ፡ ወእመንፈሱ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አሐተ፡ ሰዓተ፡ ወኢከመ፡ ቅጽበተ፡ ዓይን፡ ኀረየ፡ ፲ወ፪አርድእተ፡ ወረሰዮሙ፡ ጻድቃነ፡ ወሐዊርያተ። ወከሠተ፡ ሎሙ፡ ምሥጢራቲሁ፡ ቀዱሳተ። ወአርአሶ፡ ለጴጥሮስ፡ ወልደ፡ ዮና፡ ዲቤሆሙ፡ እምድኅረ፡ ተንሥኦ፡ ግብተ፡ እንዘ፡ ይብል፡ ረዓይኬ፡ አባግዕየ፡ ወላዕለ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ወወሀቦ፡ ሢመተ፡ ወከሠተ፡ ሎቱ፡ ምሥጢሮ፡ ኅቡአ፡ ወክሡተ። ወጸገዎ፡ ዘመንግሥተ፡ ሰማይ፡ መራኍተ፡ ወአርአዮ፡ ምስለ፡ አኃዊሁ፡ ጰራቅሊጦስሃ፡ መንፈሰ፡ ቀዱሰ፡ ዘየዓቅቦ፡ ኵሎ፡ ሰዓተ፡ እስከ፡ ያሐዩ፡ በጸሎቱ፡ ብዙኃነ፡ ድውያነ፡ ውእቱኒ፡ ማር፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ሊቀ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ነገሮ፡ ለረድኡ፡ ቀሌምንጦስ፡ ዘኮነ፡ ሊቀ፡ ጳጳሳት፡ እምድኅሬሁ፡ በሀገረ፡ ሮሜ፡ ዘይእቲ፡ ደብተራ፡ ሂይማኖቶሙ፡ ለክርስቲያን፡ ኵሎ፡ ምሥጢራተ፡ ዘአለበዎ፡ አምላኩ፡ ወረሰዮሙ፡ ቀሌምንጦስ፡ ፰መጻሕፍተ፡ እሙራነ፡ ወዮሐንስ፡ ረሰየ፡ ምሥጢራተ፡ ዘለበወ፡ ውስተ፡ ኍልቈ፡ መጻሕፍት፡ ወአንበረ፡ በሀገረ፡ ሮሜ። ወእምዝ፡ ተጋብኡ፡ ቅዱሳን፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ወአውገዙ፡ ኵሎ፡ ዘያሰትት፡ እምእላንቱ፡ ምሥጢራተ፡ አምላክ። ወዘያወፅእ፡ ውስተ፡ አሕዛብ፡ እመጻሕፍተ፡ ምሥጢራት፡ ዘጸሐፈ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ረድእ፡ ፍቁር። ወዝንቱ፡ ውእቱ፡ መጽሐፉ፡ ዘይሰመይ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ እልአትቀርፋ።
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
-
check the viewerFol. 7r (Type: OwnershipNote)
( gez ) ተአምረ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
Extras
-
The name of the scribe was Zagiyorgis scribe .
Text in Gǝʿǝz
-
The manuscript was written in the reign of ʾIyāsu II and Bǝrhān Mogasā .
Text in Gǝʿǝz
-
Blank spaces have been left for pictures.
Text in Gǝʿǝz
Decoration In this unit there are in total 3 s.
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 3r
A miniature of the Presentation of Jesus with Simeon and Jesus Christ .
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 3b
A miniature of the Flight into Egypt with St Mary and Jesus Christ .
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 4r
A miniature of Luke painting the portrait of St Mary and Jesus Christ .
Catalogue Bibliography
-
Wright, W. 1877. Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1847 (London: Gilbert and Rivington, 1877). page 43a-44a
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 16.86in |
Width | 14.25in |
Foliation
Foliation in the upper right corner by the library. One unnumbered blank leaf at the beginning, referred to as check the viewerfols. i, in the library's digitzation, and two at the end, referred to as check the vieweri–ii .
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
In the original boards, lined with coloured silk and covered with blind-tooled leather.
Binding material
wood
leather
textile
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 20-23
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
Written in a fine hand.
Date: 1730-1755
1730-1755Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
Use the tag BetMas:BLorient620 in your public hypothes.is annotations which refer to this entity.