London, British Library, BL Oriental 658
Solomon Gebreyes, Marcin Krawczuk
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCXXXVI, Wright 236
General description
Sǝnkǝssār (Maskaram-Yakkātit)
Number of Text units: 7
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.
Contents
check the viewerFols 1r and following The first part of the Synaxarium (CAe 4035 FirstHalf)
Language of text:
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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A note stating that this volume was written by the order of king John I for himself and his children when Sinodā was ʾabuna. To the names of John and Sabla Wangel subsequently has been subsequently added that of their daughter Walatta Rufāʾel .
Text in Gǝʿǝz ነዋ፡ አዘዝነ፡ ንሕነ፡ አእላፍ፡ ሰገድ፡ ወበጸጋ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘተሰመይነ፡ ዮሐንስሃ፡ ያውግዙ፡ እንበይነ፡ ዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍነ፡ ዘአጽሐፍናሃ፡ ንሕነ፡ በዘመነ፡ መንግሥትነ፡ ለበቍዔተ፡ ነፍስነ። ከመ፡ ኢያውፅኣ፡ እምቤተ፡ ውሉድነ፡ ዘወለድናሆሙ፡ በሥጋ። መኑሂ፡ እምሰብእ፡ እመሂ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ወእመሂ፡ መኰንን።
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At the beginning of each month, at the foot of the page, is a name, probably that of a scribe.
( gez ) ዘተወልደ፡ መድኅን፡ scribe ዘዘመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ scribe , ዘተክለ፡ ማርያም፡ scribe , ዘአሳፍ፡ scribe , ዘጊዮርጊስ፡ scribe , ዘደመ፡ ክርስቶስ። scribe
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check the viewerFol. 1r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿAlam↗
( gez ) ስንክሳር፡ 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 155a
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 454mm |
Width | 403mm |
Foliation
Foliation by the library in the upper right corner. One unnumbered blank leaf at the beginning, referred to as check the viewerfol. i in the library's digitization.
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
In the original boards, covered with blind-tooled leather and lined with red silk.
Binding material
wood
leather
silk
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 29-31
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: 1670-1682 (reign)
The manuscript is written in a fine hand, between 1670-1682 , 1670-1682 (reign)Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
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