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London, British Library, BL Oriental 654

Dorothea Reule

This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography

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https://betamasaheft.eu/BLorient654
British Library[view repository]

Collection: Oriental

Other identifiers: Wright cat. XCVI, Wright 96

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General description

Taʾammǝra Māryām

Number of Text units: 29

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

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

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 3r and following ), Taʾammǝra Māryām
    1. ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 3r and following ), Miracle of Mary: Homily on a potter from Syria
    2. ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 3vc and following, check the viewer4rc and following ), Introductive exhortation to the Taʾammǝra Māryām
    3. ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 4r and following ), Hymn to Our Lady Mary
    4. ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 5r and following ), Another introduction to the miracles
    5. ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 5v and following ), ʾƎsaggǝd laki ʾǝsaggǝd laki ʾǝsaggǝd laki wa-ʾǝweddǝsaki
    6. ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 5v and following ), Hymn to Our Lady Mary
    7. ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 6r and following ), Maṣḥafa śǝrʿāt za-waṣʾa ʾǝm-manbara Mārqos ḥawāryā ʾǝm-makāna maʿāllǝqā
    8. ms_i1.8 (check the viewerFols 7v and following ),
    9. ms_i1.9 (check the viewerFols 8v and following ), Malkǝʾ-hymn to Our Lady Mary
    10. ms_i1.10 (check the viewerFols 9v and following ), Hymn to Our Lady Mary
    11. ms_i1.11 (check the viewerFols 10r and following ), Malkǝʾa ʾEdom
    12. ms_i1.12 (check the viewerFols 11v and following ), ʾO-rǝḫrǝḫta ḫǝllinā
    13. ms_i1.13 (check the viewerFols 12r and following ), Hymn to Our Lady Mary
    14. ms_i1.14 (check the viewerFols 13r and following ), Malkǝʾ-hymn to St Michael and St Gabriel
    15. ms_i1.15 (check the viewerFols 13v and following ), Hymn to Mary
    16. ms_i1.16 (check the viewerFols 15v and following ), Hymn to Jesus Christ
    17. ms_i1.17 (check the viewerFols 16v and following ), Hymn to Our Lady Mary
    18. ms_i1.18 (check the viewerFols 17r and following ), Taʾammǝra Māryām
    19. ms_i1.19 (check the viewerFols 92r and following ), Miracle of Mary (general record for a single unidentified miracle)
    20. ms_i1.20 (), Miracle of Mary (general record for a single unidentified miracle)
    21. ms_i1.21 (), Miracle of Mary (general record for a single unidentified miracle)
    22. ms_i1.22 (check the viewerFols 93v and following, check the viewer175 and following ), Other miracles.
    23. ms_i1.23 (check the viewerFols 97v and following ), Miracle of Jesus Christ (general record for a single unidentified miracle)
  2. ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 98r and following ), Miracles of Michael
    1. ms_i2.1 (check the viewerFols 98r and following ), 12 Miracles of St Michael
    2. ms_i2.2 (check the viewerFols 104v and following ), Miracles of Michael
    3. ms_i2.3 (check the viewerFols 112 and following ), Miracles of Michael
  3. ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 113r and following ), Taʾammǝra ʾIyasus

Contents

check the viewerFols 3r and following Taʾammǝra Māryām (CAe 2384)

Language of text:

check the viewerFols 4r and following Hymn to Our Lady Mary (CAe 4614)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሃሌ፡ ሉያ፡ ሃሌ፡ ሉያ፡ ንስግድ፡ ለአበ፡ ብርሃናት፡ ወለወልዱ፡ ዋሕድ፡

With musical notes.

check the viewerFols 5v and following ʾƎsaggǝd laki ʾǝsaggǝd laki ʾǝsaggǝd laki wa-ʾǝweddǝsaki (CAe 3058)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): እሰግድ፡ ለኪ፡ እሰግድ፡ ለኪ፡ እሰግድ፡ ለኪ፡ ወእዌድሰኪ፡

check the viewerFols 5v and following Hymn to Our Lady Mary (CAe 3093)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ኦእግዝእትየ፡ ማርያም፡ ቅድስት፡ ድንግል፡ ማሪሃም፡ እሙ፡ ለኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ከሃሊ፡

check the viewerFols 8v and following Malkǝʾ-hymn to Our Lady Mary (CAe 2804)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለኪ፡ ማርያም፡ ለኖኅ፡ ሐመሩ፡

check the viewerFols 9v and following Hymn to Our Lady Mary (CAe 3023)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ተፈሥሒ፡ ማርያም፡ ድንግልተ፡ ሥጋ፡ ወሕሊና፡

check the viewerFols 10r and following Malkǝʾa ʾEdom (CAe 3022)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ተፈሥሒ፡ ማርያም፡ ለአዳም፡ ፋሲካሁ፡

check the viewerFols 11v and following ʾO-rǝḫrǝḫta ḫǝllinā (CAe 3088)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ኦርኅርኅተ፡ ሕሊና፡ አፍቅሮተ፡ ሰብእ፡ ልማዳ፡

check the viewerFols 12r and following Hymn to Our Lady Mary (CAe 2730)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ዘሌሊት፡ ጸሎት። ሰላም፡ ለኪ፡ ማርያም፡ ስብሐት፡ ቀስተ፡ መሀላሁ፡ ለኖኅ፡

check the viewerFols 13r and following Malkǝʾ-hymn to St Michael and St Gabriel (CAe 2762)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ዘነግህ፡ ጸሎት። ሰላም፡ ለከ፡ ሚካኤል፡ መልአከ፡ አድኅኖ።

check the viewerFols 13v and following Hymn to Mary (CAe 4337)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ጸሎት፡ ዘ፫ሰዓት። ሰላም፡ ለኪ፡ ማርያም፡ ርግብ፡ ሰማያዊት፡ ወንስር፡ መንፈሳዊት፡

check the viewerFols 15v and following Hymn to Jesus Christ (CAe 2969)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በሰጊድ፡ ስብሐት፡ ዘመዓዛ፡ ፍቅርከ፡ አፈዋት።

check the viewerFols 16v and following Hymn to Our Lady Mary (CAe 3065)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):እሴብሕ፡ ጸጋኪ፡ ኦዑጽፍተ፡ ልብሰ፡ ወርቅ፡

check the viewerFols 17r and following Taʾammǝra Māryām (CAe 3585)

Language of text:

This series contains 125 miracles.
check the viewerFols 98r and following Miracles of Michael

Language of text:

check the viewerFols 104v and following Miracles of Michael (CAe 5066)

Language of text:

Two columns in the same hand have been effaced on check the viewerfol. 111v .
check the viewerFols 112 and following Miracles of Michael (CAe 5066)

Language of text:

Contains two miracles.
check the viewerFols 113r and following Taʾammǝra ʾIyasus (CAe 2382)

Language of text:

This series contains 41 miracles.

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 , 1 .

  1. check the viewerFol. 3r (Type: OwnershipNote)

    The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .

    ( gez ) ተአምረ፡ ማርያም፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗

  2. check the viewerFol. 2v (Type: DonationNote)

    List of donated books.

    ( gez ) ለታቦተ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ዘምድረ፡ ደባሪ፡ በሀገረ፡ በለሳ።↗

  3. check the viewerFols 172r and following (Type: GuestText)

    Hymn to Jesus Christ (CAe 3049)

    ( gez ) ኢየሱስ፡ ሕፃን፡ ስብሐት፡ ለከ፡ ዘድንግል፡ ፍሬ፡ ማኅፀን

  4. check the viewerFols 172v and following

    Items of expenses.

Extras

  1. The names of the first owners have been erased.

  2. check the viewerFols. 5r, 92r

    The names of Śahla Śǝllāse and Qǝddǝsta Krǝstos have been substituted for the names of the first owners.

  3. check the viewerFol. 112

    The name of Śahla Śǝllāse is mentioned.

  4. The name of Dāwit III appears constantly on an erasure.

Decoration In this unit there are in total 2 .

Miniatures notes

  1. miniature: check the viewerFol. 1v

    Picture.

  2. miniature: check the viewerFol. 2r

    Picture.

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 56b-57b
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

+NaN (leaf) , Entered as 3+175+1 3; 1 (leaf, blank) .Entered as 3; 1 check the viewerFol. 172 is a portion of a leaf. 13.13 11.75
Outer dimensions
Height 13.13in
Width 11.75in

Foliation

Foliation by the library in the upper right corner. Three unnumbered blank leaves at the beginning, referred to as check the viewerfols i–iii, in the library's digitization, and one at the end, referred to as check the vieweri .

Quire Structure Collation

Signatures: Quire signatures in the upper inner corner of the first folium of each quire, starting on fol. 17.

The quire structure at the beginning of the manuscript is difficult to discern, because the library has arranged the images erroneously from fols. 13r, until 29v, , placing the verso of each leaf before its recto: the leaf numbered 28v is in fact 27v etc.

State of preservation

good

Condition

Binding

In the original boards, lined with velvet 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: 25-30

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: 1650-1699

    1650-1699 check the viewerFols 17–91, check the viewerFols 113–173 Written in a fine hand.

  • Hand 2

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1700-1750

    1700-1750 check the viewerFols 1–16

  • Hand 3

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1700-1750

    1700-1750 check the viewerFols 92–112

  • Hand 4

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1700-1750

    1700-1750 check the viewerFol. 175

    • Publication Statement

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    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
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    Hamburg
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    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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    2016-06-07T17:34:44.685+02:00
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    14.6.2022 at 12:59:20
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    13.6.2022
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient654/main
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/BLorient654
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    type=filename
    BLorient654.xml
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    type=ID
    BLorient654

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    Dorothea Reule, Alessandro Bausi, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 654ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2022-06-13) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient654 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]

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