London, British Library, BL Oriental 687
Solomon Gebreyes, Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: BL Oriental 688, Wright cat. CCLVIII, Wright 258
General description
Gadla samāʿtāt
Number of Text units: 81
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1700-1799 (dating on palaeographic grounds)
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 1ra–233vc ),
Gadla samāʿtāt
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 1ra–3vc ), Dǝrsān za-darasa Yoḥannǝs ʾafa warq ... baʾǝnta kǝbru la-Yoḥannǝs maṭmǝq
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 4ra–8rc ), On (the Life and Decollation of) John the Baptist
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 9ra–15rc ), Martyrium of Mamas, Tewodoṭos and his wife Tewofina
- ms_i1.4
(check the viewerFols 15va–36vc ),
Hagiographic Dossier of Fāsiladas
- ms_i1.4.1 (check the viewerFols 15va–35rb ), Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-qǝddus liqa ḥarrā Fāsiladas
- ms_i1.4.2 (check the viewerFols 36ra–36vc ), Miracles of Fāsiladas
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 37ra–43rc ), Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-ʾƎsṭifānos
- ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 43va–48rc ), Martyrium of Eustathius, his wife and his two children
- ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 49ra–51vc ), Maṣḥafa Ṭeqalā
- ms_i1.8 (check the viewerFols 52va–55rc ), Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-Kirākos ṗāṗās za-ʾIyarusālem
- ms_i1.9 (check the viewerFols 55va–60vc ), Sǝmʿ za-Ṗanṭalewon ʿaqqābe śǝrāy
- ms_i1.10 (check the viewerFols 61ra–62rc ), Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-qǝddus Qoṗrǝyānos wa-qǝddǝst ʾIyusṭā
- ms_i1.11 (check the viewerFols 62va–68rc ), Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-Sargis wa-Bākkos
- ms_i1.12 (check the viewerFols 68va–69vc ), Malʾǝkt za-Ṗilāgiyā
- ms_i1.13 (check the viewerFols 70ra–71rb ), Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-Filǝyās
- ms_i1.14 (check the viewerFols 71va–74rc ), Sǝmʿ za-Romānos
- ms_i1.15 (check the viewerFols 74va–79rc ), Sǝmʿ za-Yoḥannǝs Daylāmi
- ms_i1.16 (check the viewerFols 79va–81rc ), Martyrium of Zenobius and Zenobia
- ms_i1.17
(check the viewerFols 81va–91vc ),
Hagiographic Dossier of St George of Lydda
- ms_i1.17.1 (check the viewerFols 81va–82vc ), Gadla Giyorgis (Lydda)
- ms_i1.17.2 (check the viewerFols 82vc–83va ), Miracle of George: Andrew and his wife build a church for the body of the saint
- ms_i1.17.3 (check the viewerFols 83va–84ra ), Miracle of St George: St George frees a possessed man from Satan
- ms_i1.17.4 (check the viewerFols 84ra–84vb ), Miracle of St George: St George punishes the thieving Jewish magician
- ms_i1.17.5 (check the viewerFols 84vb–84vc ), Miracle of St George: St George heals Nāṭolis from leprosy, son of the Persian governor Niqoros
- ms_i1.17.6 (check the viewerFols 84vc–85rc ), Miracle of St George: Two Samaritans are rescued from being eaten by lions
- ms_i1.17.7 (check the viewerFols 85rc–85vc ), Miracle of St George: St George heals Socrates from the gout and his possessed son
- ms_i1.17.8 (check the viewerFols 85vc–86rb ), Miracle of St George: St George punishes a man who stole church’s property
- ms_i1.17.9 (check the viewerFols 86rb–87ra ), Miracle of St George: St George punishes to death governor ʾAwhǝyos after his attempt to destroy the saint’s church in Joppe
- ms_i1.17.10 (check the viewerFols 87ra–88rb ), Miracle of St George: The impoverished ship owner Eulogius recovers his money from the Egyptian thief
- ms_i1.17.11 (check the viewerFols 88rb–89vb ), Miracle of St George: St George punishes a man who refused to pay back the money to a priest
- ms_i1.17.12 (check the viewerFols 89vb–90rc ), Miracle of St George: A widow offers two pillars to St George’s church in Lydda
- ms_i1.17.13 (check the viewerFols 90rc–91rc ), Miracle of St George: George, son of Bifān, is rescued from Arab captivity
- ms_i1.17.14 (check the viewerFols 91rc–91vc ), Miracle of St George: A Jewish woman who comes to the church of St George is healed and protected from her relatives
- ms_i1.18 (check the viewerFols 92va–95rc ), Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-Minās
- ms_i1.19 (check the viewerFols 95va–97vc ), Zenāhā la-Ṭāṭus
- ms_i1.20 (check the viewerFols 98ra–100ra ), Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-qǝddus ʾElewtǝros wa-ʾǝmmu ʾƎntǝyā
- ms_i1.21 (check the viewerFols 100va–102rc ), Sǝmʿ za-Tewofǝlos Ṗāṭriqā wa-Damālis
- ms_i1.22 (check the viewerFols 102va–107rc ), Martyrdom of Cosmas and Damian
- ms_i1.23 (check the viewerFols 107va–108vc ), Gadla ʾAzqir
- ms_i1.24 (check the viewerFols 109rb–112rc ), Gadla Marqoryos
- ms_i1.25 (check the viewerFols 112va–121rc ), Zenāhomu la-sabʾa Nāgrān wa-sǝmʿomu la-qǝddus Ḫirut wa-ʾǝlla mǝsle-hu
- ms_i1.26 (check the viewerFols 122ra–124rc ), Martyrdom of James Intercisus
- ms_i1.27 (check the viewerFols 124va–127rc ), Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-Ṗeṭros liqa ṗāṗṗāsāt za-ʾƎlla ʾƎskǝndǝryā
- ms_i1.28 (check the viewerFols 127va–130rc ), Zenā la-qǝddǝst ʾAwgānyā wa-zenā ʾabu-hā qǝddus Filǝṗṗos
- ms_i1.29 (check the viewerFols 131ra–149vc ), Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-qǝddǝst ʾArsimā
- ms_i1.30 (check the viewerFols 150ra–157rc ), Dǝrsān za-ʾabbā Sāmuʾel mastagādl za-Dabra Qalamon
- ms_i1.31 (check the viewerFols 157va–159vc ), Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-qǝddǝst Bārbārā
- ms_i1.32 (check the viewerFols 160ra–161vc ), Vita and Martyrdom of ʾAbbā Baʾamin
- ms_i1.33 (check the viewerFols 162ra–162vc ), Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-qǝddus Talāsǝs wa-ʾAlʿāzār
- ms_i1.34 (check the viewerFols 163ra–169vc ), Gadlu la-qǝddus samāʿt wa-ḫayyāl wa-mastagādǝl ʾAnqiṭos wa-ʾǝlla mǝslehu
- ms_i1.35
(check the viewerFols 170ra–175vc ),
Hagiographic Dossier of Mārmǝhnām
- ms_i1.35.1 (check the viewerFols 170ra–172vc ), Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-qǝddus Marmǝhnām walda Sanāḥereb nǝguśa ʾAtor wa-za-ʾǝḫǝtu Sārā
- ms_i1.35.2
(check the viewerFols 172vc–175vc ),
Miracles of Mārmǝhnām
- ms_i1.35.2.1 (check the viewerFols 172vc–173rb ), Miracle
- ms_i1.35.2.2 (check the viewerFol. 173rb ), Miracle
- ms_i1.35.2.3 (check the viewerFols 173rb–173va ), Miracle
- ms_i1.35.2.4 (check the viewerFols 173va–173vb ), Miracle
- ms_i1.35.2.5 (check the viewerFols 173vb–173vc ), Miracle
- ms_i1.35.2.6 (check the viewerFols 173vc–174rb ), Miracle
- ms_i1.35.2.7 (check the viewerFols 174rb–174rc ), Miracle
- ms_i1.35.2.8 (check the viewerFols 174rc–174va ), Miracle
- ms_i1.35.2.9 (check the viewerFols 174va–174vb ), Miracle
- ms_i1.35.2.10 (check the viewerFols 174vb–174vc ), Miracle
- ms_i1.35.2.11 (check the viewerFols 174vc–175ra ), Miracle
- ms_i1.35.2.12 (check the viewerFols 175ra–175rc ), Miracle
- ms_i1.35.2.13 (check the viewerFols 175rc–175vc ), Miracle
- ms_i1.36 (check the viewerFols 176ra–179va ), Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-qǝddus Gorgoryos liqa ṗāṗṗāsāt za-ʾArmānyā
- ms_i1.37 (check the viewerFols 180ra–182rc ), Combat of ‘abbā Absādi and bishop ‘Alāniqos from Egypt
- ms_i1.38 (check the viewerFols 182va–184rc ), Za-kama tarakba ʾaʿǝḍǝmtihu la-qǝddus ʾƎsṭifānos
- ms_i1.39 (check the viewerFols 185ra–194vc ), Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-qǝddus Tewodros Banādlewos za-hagara ʾAnṣokiyā
- ms_i1.40 (check the viewerFols 195ra–198vc ), Zenāhomu la-7daqiq za-kona samāʿt ba-wǝsta baʾat
- ms_i1.41 (check the viewerFols 199ra–199vc ), Sǝmʿ za-bǝḍǝʿt ʾƎmrāyǝs
- ms_i1.42 (check the viewerFols 200ra–206vc ), Gadla Qirqos
- ms_i1.43 (check the viewerFols 207ra–218rc ), Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-qǝddus wa-kǝbur samāʿt nǝṣuh ʾabbā Pifāmon
- ms_i1.44 (check the viewerFols 218ra–220rc ), Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-qǝddǝst Ṭeqalā wa-za-4-danāgǝl ʾǝlla mǝsle-hā
- ms_i1.45 (check the viewerFols 220ra–225rb ), Zenāhā la-nǝṣǝḥt wa-ḫǝrit wa-burǝkt ʾOrni
- ms_i1.46
(check the viewerFols 225ra–229rc ),
Hagiographic Dossier of ʾAbuqir
- ms_i1.46.1 (check the viewerFols 225ra–227vc ), Sǝmʿ za-qǝddusān ʾAbuqir wa-Yoḥannǝs ʾǝḫuhu wa-śalās danagǝl wa-ʾǝmmon
- ms_i1.46.2 (check the viewerFols 227vc–229rc ), Miracles of ʾAbuqir
- ms_i1.47 (check the viewerFols 229va–233vc ), Martyrdom of Philemon
Contents
check the viewerFols 1ra–233vc Gadla samāʿtāt (CAe 1493)
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check the viewerFols 1ra–3vc Dǝrsān za-darasa Yoḥannǝs ʾafa warq ... baʾǝnta kǝbru la-Yoḥannǝs maṭmǝq (CAe 2125)
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check the viewerFols 4ra–8rc On (the Life and Decollation of) John the Baptist (CAe 2085)
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check the viewerFols 9ra–15rc Martyrium of Mamas, Tewodoṭos and his wife Tewofina (CAe 1898)
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check the viewerFols 15va–36vc Hagiographic Dossier of Fāsiladas (CAe 6691)
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check the viewerFols 15va–35rb Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-qǝddus liqa ḥarrā Fāsiladas (CAe 1893)
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check the viewerFols 43va–48rc Martyrium of Eustathius, his wife and his two children (CAe 1895)
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For 23 Maskaram.check the viewerFols 52va–55rc Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-Kirākos ṗāṗās za-ʾIyarusālem (CAe 3157)
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check the viewerFols 61ra–62rc Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-qǝddus Qoṗrǝyānos wa-qǝddǝst ʾIyusṭā (CAe 3159)
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check the viewerFols 79va–81rc Martyrium of Zenobius and Zenobia (CAe 6512)
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For 6 Ḫǝdār.check the viewerFols 81va–91vc Hagiographic Dossier of St George of Lydda (CAe 6172)
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For 7 Ḫǝdār.check the viewerFols 82vc–83va Miracle of George: Andrew and his wife build a church for the body of the saint (CAe 6209)
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check the viewerFols 83va–84ra Miracle of St George: St George frees a possessed man from Satan (CAe 6194)
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check the viewerFols 84ra–84vb Miracle of St George: St George punishes the thieving Jewish magician (CAe 6211)
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check the viewerFols 84vc–85rc Miracle of St George: Two Samaritans are rescued from being eaten by lions (CAe 6213)
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check the viewerFols 85rc–85vc Miracle of St George: St George heals Socrates from the gout and his possessed son (CAe 6214)
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check the viewerFols 85vc–86rb Miracle of St George: St George punishes a man who stole church’s property (CAe 6215)
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check the viewerFols 89vb–90rc Miracle of St George: A widow offers two pillars to St George’s church in Lydda (CAe 6220)
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check the viewerFols 90rc–91rc Miracle of St George: George, son of Bifān, is rescued from Arab captivity (CAe 6221)
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check the viewerFols 98ra–100ra Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-qǝddus ʾElewtǝros wa-ʾǝmmu ʾƎntǝyā (CAe 3167)
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check the viewerFols 112va–121rc Zenāhomu la-sabʾa Nāgrān wa-sǝmʿomu la-qǝddus Ḫirut wa-ʾǝlla mǝsle-hu (CAe 1891)
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check the viewerFols 124va–127rc Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-Ṗeṭros liqa ṗāṗṗāsāt za-ʾƎlla ʾƎskǝndǝryā (CAe 6499)
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check the viewerFols 127va–130rc Zenā la-qǝddǝst ʾAwgānyā wa-zenā ʾabu-hā qǝddus Filǝṗṗos (CAe 4829)
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check the viewerFols 150ra–157rc Dǝrsān za-ʾabbā Sāmuʾel mastagādl za-Dabra Qalamon (CAe 4842)
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For 8 Tāḫśāś.check the viewerFols 157va–159vc Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-qǝddǝst Bārbārā (CAe 4509)
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For 8 Tāḫśāś.check the viewerFols 160ra–161vc Vita and Martyrdom of ʾAbbā Baʾamin (CAe 4510)
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For 9 Tāḫśāś.check the viewerFols 162ra–162vc Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-qǝddus Talāsǝs wa-ʾAlʿāzār (CAe 6500)
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check the viewerFols 163ra–169vc Gadlu la-qǝddus samāʿt wa-ḫayyāl wa-mastagādǝl ʾAnqiṭos wa-ʾǝlla mǝslehu (CAe 6501)
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check the viewerFols 170ra–175vc Hagiographic Dossier of Mārmǝhnām (CAe 6693)
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check the viewerFols 170ra–172vc Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-qǝddus Marmǝhnām walda Sanāḥereb nǝguśa ʾAtor wa-za-ʾǝḫǝtu Sārā (CAe 6505)
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check the viewerFols 176ra–179va Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-qǝddus Gorgoryos liqa ṗāṗṗāsāt za-ʾArmānyā (CAe 4830)
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For 15 Tāḫśāś.check the viewerFols 180ra–182rc Combat of ‘abbā Absādi and bishop ‘Alāniqos from Egypt (CAe 6529)
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For 27 Tāḫśāś.check the viewerFols 182va–184rc Za-kama tarakba ʾaʿǝḍǝmtihu la-qǝddus ʾƎsṭifānos (CAe 6502)
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check the viewerFols 185ra–194vc Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-qǝddus Tewodros Banādlewos za-hagara ʾAnṣokiyā (CAe 1904)
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check the viewerFols 195ra–198vc Zenāhomu la-7daqiq za-kona samāʿt ba-wǝsta baʾat (CAe 4854)
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For 13 Ṭǝrr.check the viewerFols 207ra–218rc Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-qǝddus wa-kǝbur samāʿt nǝṣuh ʾabbā Pifāmon (CAe 6346)
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For 27 Ṭǝrr.check the viewerFols 218ra–220rc Gadl wa-sǝmʿ za-qǝddǝst Ṭeqalā wa-za-4-danāgǝl ʾǝlla mǝsle-hā (CAe 4844)
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check the viewerFols 220ra–225rb Zenāhā la-nǝṣǝḥt wa-ḫǝrit wa-burǝkt ʾOrni (CAe 6380)
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check the viewerFols 225ra–229rc Hagiographic Dossier of ʾAbuqir (CAe 6695)
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check the viewerFols 225ra–227vc Sǝmʿ za-qǝddusān ʾAbuqir wa-Yoḥannǝs ʾǝḫuhu wa-śalās danagǝl wa-ʾǝmmon (CAe 1010)
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Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 1r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) ገድለ፡ ሰማዕታት፡ ዘመድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
Extras
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The name of the commissioner, mentioned in supplications throughout, was Walda Giyorgis patron (check the viewerfol. 184rc ).
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The dates on which the texts are to be read are written in the upper margin of many of the texts.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 54 s.
Miniatures notes
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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 169a-170a
This manuscript has modern restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
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Height | 14in |
Width | 12.25in |
Foliation
Foliation by the library in the upper right corner.
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
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Collation diagrams
Quire ID:q1, number:1, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q2, number:2, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q3, number:3, Ethiopic quire number:
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Quire ID:q6, number:6, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q7, number:7, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q8, number:8, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q9, number:9, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q10, number:10, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q11, number:11, Ethiopic quire number:
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Quire ID:q13, number:13, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q14, number:14, Ethiopic quire number:
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Quire ID:q19, number:19, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q20, number:20, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q21, number:21, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q22, number:22, Ethiopic quire number:
2, stub after 6 3, stub after 6
Quire ID:q23, number:23, Ethiopic quire number:
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Quire ID:q25, number:25, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q26, number:26
Quire ID:q27, number:27
Quire ID:q28, number:28
9, stub before 1
Quire ID:q29, number:29
Ethio-SPaRe formula : ፩I(8/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (8), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (6), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (8), 15 (10), 16 (10), 17 (8), 18 (8), 19 (8), 20 (8), 21 (8), 22 (8), 23 (), 24 (8), 25 (8), 26 (8), 27 (8), 28 (8), 29 (9),
Formula 2: 1 (8), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (6), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (8), 15 (10), 16 (10), 17 (8), 18 (8), 19 (8), 20 (8), 21 (8), 22 (8), 23 (), 24 (8), 25 (8), 26 (8), 27 (8), 28 (8), 29 (9),
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
Two wooden boards. Both inner boards are darkened around the edges, possibly showing traces of a former cover.
Blind-tooled leather quarter cover (with the gilded title and shelfmark on the spine).Sewing Stations
4Sewing Stations
Sewing stations are used in an irregular way.Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 1ra–78vc )
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 31
Vertical ruled lines mostly stop at the primary pricks, but also go beyond them.Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 79ra–217v )
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 33-34
Vertical ruled lines mostly stop at the primary pricks, but also go beyond them.Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 218ra–233vc )
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 32
Vertical ruled lines mostly stop at the primary pricks, but also go beyond them.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.
- (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.
- (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.
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks and horizontal pricks are visible.
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks and horizontal pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1700-1799
Written in good hand. ʾEṗifānyos scribe and Yonās scribe are mentioned as scribes in a supplication on check the viewerfol. 184rc , but no change of hand could be clearly observed. 1700-1799Check for additional bibliography
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Solomon Gebreyes, Dorothea Reule, Alessandro Bausi, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 687ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2022-07-05) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient687 [Accessed: 2024-05-21]
Revisions of the data
- Dorothea Reule Added binding on 5.7.2022
- Dorothea Reule Continued description from historical catalogue entry with consultation of images on 27.4.2022
- Dorothea Reule Added link to images on 26.11.2020
- Solomon Gebreyes Created catalogue entry on 25.3.2019
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Solomon Gebreyes, editor
Dorothea Reule, editor