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London, British Library, BL Oriental 740

Solomon Gebreyes, Daria Elagina

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

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https://betamasaheft.eu/BLorient740
British Library[view repository]

Collection: Oriental

Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCCXVI, Wright 316

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General description

Tǝrgʷāme malʾǝkt za-bǝṣuʿ wa-kǝbur Ṗāwlos za-ṣaḥafa la-ʿƎbrāwǝyān, Qerǝllos, ʾAnkariṭos

Number of Text units: 35

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

1700-1750 (dating on palaeographic grounds)

Provenance

Looted by the British Napier expedition in 1868 from the church of Madḫāne ʿAlam↗

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 1r and following ), Tǝrgʷāme malʾǝkt za-bǝṣuʿ wa-kǝbur Ṗāwlos za-ṣaḥafa la-ʿƎbrāwǝyān
    1. ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 1r and following ), Tǝrgʷāme malʾǝkt za-bǝṣuʿ wa-kǝbur Ṗāwlos za-ṣaḥafa la-ʿƎbrāwǝyān, Introduction by John Chrysostom
    2. ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 3v and following ), Tǝrgʷāme malʾǝkt za-bǝṣuʿ wa-kǝbur Ṗāwlos za-ṣaḥafa la-ʿƎbrāwǝyān, Life of John Chrysostom
    3. ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 4r and following ), Tǝrgʷāme malʾǝkt za-bǝṣuʿ wa-kǝbur Ṗāwlos za-ṣaḥafa la-ʿƎbrāwǝyān, Summary, table of the 34 homilies
    4. ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 6r and following ), Tǝrgʷāme malʾǝkt za-bǝṣuʿ wa-kǝbur Ṗāwlos za-ṣaḥafa la-ʿƎbrāwǝyān, 34 Homilies, each divided into a dǝrsān and a tagśāṣ with distinct titles
  2. ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 119r and following ), Qerǝllos
    1. ms_i2.1 (check the viewerFols 119r and following ), Qerǝllos, Prosphoneticus to the Emperor Theodosius II on the right faith (same as LIT3310Prosph)
    2. ms_i2.2 (check the viewerFols 131v and following ), Qerǝllos, Prosphoneticus to the Princesses Arcadia and Marina on the right faith (same as LIT3311Prosph)
    3. ms_i2.3 (check the viewerFols 159r and following ), Qerǝllos, Dialogue on the Unity of Christ (same as LIT3312Unity)
    4. ms_i2.4 (check the viewerFols 180r and following ), Various homilies and extracts
      1. ms_i2.4.1 (check the viewerFols 180r and following ), Qerǝllos, Homily by Theodotus of Ankyra (same as LIT1036Agains)
      2. ms_i2.4.2 (check the viewerFols 180v and following ), Qerǝllos, Homily by Cyril of Alexandria for the feast of John the Apostle (same as LIT3328Cyril)
      3. ms_i2.4.3 (check the viewerFols 181r and following ), Qerǝllos, Homily by Severus of Synnada (same as LIT3313Severus)
      4. ms_i2.4.4 (check the viewerFols 181v and following ), Qerǝllos, Homily by Acacius of Melitene (same as LIT3314Acacius)
      5. ms_i2.4.5 (check the viewerFols 182v and following ), Qerǝllos, Homily by Juvenal of Jerusalem (same as LIT3315Juvenal)
      6. ms_i2.4.6 (check the viewerFols 183r and following ), Qerǝllos, Homily by Cyril of Alexandria (same as LIT3329Cyril)
      7. ms_i2.4.7 (check the viewerFols 183v and following ), Qerǝllos, Homily by Rheginus of Constantia (same as LIT3316Rheginus)
      8. ms_i2.4.8 (check the viewerFols 184r and following ), Qerǝllos, Homily by Cyril of Alexandria (same as LIT3330Cyril)
      9. ms_i2.4.9 (check the viewerFols 185r and following ), Qerǝllos, Homily by Eusebius of Heracleia (same as LIT3317Eusebius)
      10. ms_i2.4.10 (check the viewerFols 185r and following ), Qerǝllos, Homily By Theodotus of Ankyra (same as LIT3318Theodo)
      11. ms_i2.4.11 (check the viewerFols 186r and following ), Qerǝllos, Homily By Firmus of Caesarea (same as LIT3319Firmus)
      12. ms_i2.4.12 (check the viewerFols 186r and following ), Qerǝllos, Letter of the Council of Ephesus to John of Antioch (same as LIT3320Letter)
      13. ms_i2.4.13 (check the viewerFols 186v and following ), Qerǝllos, Homily of Cyril of Alexandria (same as LIT5622HomilyCyrilJohnMiyazya)
      14. ms_i2.4.14 (check the viewerFols 186v and following ), Qerǝllos, Letter of John of Antioch to Cyril of Alexandria (same as LIT3321Letter)
      15. ms_i2.4.15 (check the viewerFols 187r and following ), Qerǝllos, Letter of Cyril of Alexandria to John of Antioch (same as LIT3322Letter)
      16. ms_i2.4.16 (check the viewerFols 188r and following ), Qerǝllos, Homily of Epiphanius of Cyprus (same as LIT1267Dersan)
      17. ms_i2.4.17 (check the viewerFols 190r and following ), Qerǝllos, Symbol of faith by Epiphanius of Cyprus (same as LIT1266Dersan)
      18. ms_i2.4.18 (check the viewerFols 190r and following ), Qerǝllos, Homily by Proclus of Cyzicus, Patriarch of Constantinople (same as LIT3323Proclus)
      19. ms_i2.4.19 (check the viewerFols 192r and following ), Qerǝllos, Homily by Severianus of Gabala (same as LIT3324Severi)
      20. ms_i2.4.20 (check the viewerFols 195r and following ), Qerǝllos, Symbol of faith by Gregory of Neocaesaria (same as LIT3325Gregory)
      21. ms_i2.4.21 (check the viewerFols 195r and following ), Qerǝllos, First homily by Cyril of Alexandria on Melchizedek (same as LIT3326Melchiz1)
      22. ms_i2.4.22 (check the viewerFols 196v and following ), Qerǝllos, Second homily by Cyril of Alexandria on Melchizedek (same as LIT3327Melchiz2)
      23. ms_i2.4.23 (check the viewerFols 198r and following ), Qerǝllos, Treatise on Melchizedek (same as LIT3332Melchiz)
      24. ms_i2.4.24 (check the viewerFols 198r and following ), Qerǝllos, Small treatise on 318 Bishops of Nicaea (same as LIT3333Treatise)
  3. ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 201r and following ), ʾAnkariṭos

Contents

check the viewerFols 119r and following Qerǝllos (CAe 3309)

Language of text:

check the viewerFols 180r and following Various homilies and extracts

Language of text:

check the viewerFols 201r and following ʾAnkariṭos (CAe 1107)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): አንከሪጦስ፡ በእንተ፡ ርትዕት፡ ሃይማኖት። ቃል፡ ዘኢጲፋንዮስ፡ ዘሀገረ፡ ቍስጥንጥንያ፡ ዘቆጵሮስ። እንዘ፡ ብሔሩሰ፡ ኤልቄሮጰሊስ፡ እንተ፡ ፍልስጤኒ፡ ዘበህየ፡ ኮነ፡ አበ፡ መነኮሳት፡

Colophon

check the viewerFols 236v and following

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .

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

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

    ( gez ) አፈ፡ ወርቅ፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗

  2. check the viewerFol. 118v

    Tǝrgʷāme malʾǝkt za-bǝṣuʿ wa-kǝbur Ṗāwlos za-ṣaḥafa la-ʿƎbrāwǝyān, Subscriptio (CAe 3171 Subscriptio) added at the end of Content Item 1 Tǝrgʷāme malʾǝkt za-bǝṣuʿ wa-kǝbur Ṗāwlos za-ṣaḥafa la-ʿƎbrāwǝyān (CAe 3171) in a later hand.

Extras

  1. check the viewerFol. 236v

    The name of the previous owner Marqorāwos owner is mentioned in Colophon 1 , item 3 .

  2. check the viewerFol. 1r

    The name of another owner Nabiyya Lǝʿul owner has been subsequently inserted.

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 208b-209a
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

236 (leaf) , Entered as 236 3 (leaf, blank) .Entered as 3 14 12.375
Outer dimensions
Height 14in
Width 12.375in

Foliation

Two unnumbered blank leaves at the beginning, and one at the end.

Binding

In the original boards, covered with blind-tooled leather.

Binding material

wood

leather

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 3

Number of lines: 30-31

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1700-1750 according to William Wright

    The manuscript is written in a fine hand, of the earlier part of the 18th century. 1700-1750 according to William Wright

    • Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    availability
    This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
    date
    type=expanded
    2022-01-05T13:36:28.446+01:00
    date
    type=lastModified
    29.6.2021
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient740
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/BLorient740
    idno
    type=filename
    BLorient740.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    BLorient740

    Encoding Description

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    Solomon Gebreyes, Daria Elagina, Alessandro Bausi, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 740ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 29.6.2021) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient740 [Accessed: 2024-05-04+02:00]

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    • Daria Elagina Daria Elagina: Completed the description. on 29.6.2021
    • Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Created catalogue entry on 26.4.2019

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