London, British Library, BL Oriental 624
Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. LXIII, Wright 63
Dated
General description
Taʾammǝra ʾIyasus, Hymns
Number of Text units: 1
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1715 (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 (), Taʾammǝra ʾIyasus
Contents
Taʾammǝra ʾIyasus (CAe 2382)
Language of text:
Colophon
ተፈጸመ፡ ጽሒፈ፡ ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ተአምሪሁ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ወአምላክነ፡ ወመድኃኒነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ። አመ፡ ፩ለወርኃ፡ መጋቢት፡ ጊዜ፡ ፯ሰዓት፡ ዕለተ፡ ሐሙስ ፤ በ፸፻፡ ወ፪፻ወ፯ዓመተ፡ ዓለም፡ በዘመነ፡ ማርቆስ፡ ወንጌላዊ። 〚 〛 {፫ተ፡} ዓመተ፡ መንግሥቶመ፡ ለንጉሥነ፡ 〚 ዮስጦስ፤ 〛 { ዳዊት፤ } ሣህሉ፡ ወምሕረቱ፡ ይኩን፡ ላዕሌነ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።
The miracles are numbered as 42 in the manuscript.Text Bibliography , item 1
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Grébaut, S. 1917. Les miracles de Jésus, I, ed. S. Grébaut, Patrologia Orientalis, 12/4 (60) (Paris: Firmin-Didot et Cie, imprimeurs-éditeurs, 1917).
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Grébaut, S. 1920. Les miracles de Jésus, II, ed. S. Grébaut, Patrologia Orientalis, 14/5 (71) (Paris: Firmin-Didot et Cie, imprimeurs-éditeurs, 1920).
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Grébaut, S. 1923. Les miracles de Jésus, III, ed. S. Grébaut, Patrologia Orientalis, 17/4 (85) (Paris: Firmin-Didot et Cie, imprimeurs-éditeurs, 1923).
Translation Bibliography , item 1
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Grébaut, S. 1917. Les miracles de Jésus, I, ed. S. Grébaut, Patrologia Orientalis, 12/4 (60) (Paris: Firmin-Didot et Cie, imprimeurs-éditeurs, 1917).
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Grébaut, S. 1920. Les miracles de Jésus, II, ed. S. Grébaut, Patrologia Orientalis, 14/5 (71) (Paris: Firmin-Didot et Cie, imprimeurs-éditeurs, 1920).
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Grébaut, S. 1923. Les miracles de Jésus, III, ed. S. Grébaut, Patrologia Orientalis, 17/4 (85) (Paris: Firmin-Didot et Cie, imprimeurs-éditeurs, 1923).
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 2 , 4 s, 1 .
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( gez ) ዘወሀበት፡ ወርቂት፡ ኍልቈ፡ አብያት፡ ክልኤተ፡ ወ፪ምንጻፍ፡ ለኢየሱስ፡ ከመ፡ ይኩና፡ ለመድኃኒተ፡ ሥጋ፡ ወነፍስ።
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Hymn to Dioscorus and Severus (CAe 2732) , incomplete at the end. The following is the incipit:
( gez ) ማኅሌተ፡ ዲዮስቆሮስ፡ አብ፡ ወሳዊርያኖሰ፡ ክቡር። እለ፡ መገቡ፡ ዓለመ፡ በዘእስክንድርያ፡ መንበር። አሥተናስኡኒ፡ እጽሐፍ፡ ሥላሴ፡ አጋእዝተ፡ ሰማይ፡ ወምድር፡
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Hymn to Jesus Christ (CAe 3049) . The following is the incipit:
( gez ) ኢየሱስ፡ ሕፃን፡ ስብሐት፡ ለከ፡ ዘድንግል፡ ፍሬ፡ ማኅፀን።
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Text in Amharic
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Text in Amharic
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Text in Amharic
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Text in Amharic
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The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) ተአምረ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
Extras
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .
Other Decorations
- drawing:
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Picture of the Crucifixion in outline.
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 41b-42a
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 12in |
Width | 10.5in |
Foliation
Foliation in the upper right corner by the library.
State of preservation
good
Condition
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: 19
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 mostly visible, horizontal pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Written in an fine hand.
Date: 1715
1715Hand 2
Script: Ethiopic
More modern hand.
Date: After 1715
After 1715Hand 3
Script: Ethiopic
More modern hand.
Date: After 1715
After 1715info | value |
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Standard date | ፸፻፡ ወ፪፻ወ፯ዓመተ፡ ዓለም፡ |
Date in current calendar | 7207 |
Calendar | world |
info | value |
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Standard date | ዘመነ፡ ማርቆስ፡ ወንጌላዊ። |
Date in current calendar | no *-custom attributes |
Calendar | evangelists |
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