London, British Library, BL Oriental 743
Solomon Gebreyes, Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCCXIX, Wright 319
General description
Hymns and prayers, Commentaries, Lists of words in Armenian, Latin, and a Romance dialect
Number of Text units: 18
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1600-1699 (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 2r and following ),
Hymns and Prayers
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 2r and following ), , Wǝddāse wa-gǝnāy pesǝlṭe māḫlet za-ʾƎgziʾabəḥer ʾadonāy
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 15v and following ), , Further prayers
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 17r and following ), , Athanasian creed (same as https://betamasaheft.eu/LIT1161Athana)
- ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 21r and following ), Commentary on the Song of Song
- ms_i3
(check the viewerFols 29r and following ),
Commentaries on passages of the Old and New Testaments
- ms_i3.1 (check the viewerFols. 32v, check the viewer33r ), Tǝrgʷāme za-kufāle
- ms_i4
(check the viewerFols 43r and following ),
Commentaries
- ms_i4.1 (check the viewerFols 43r and following, check the viewer81r, 82v, 83v, 91r, 209r, 210r, 215v ), Commentaries on Enoch
- ms_i4.2 (check the viewerFols. 103r, 189v ), Tǝrgʷāme za-kufāle
- ms_i4.3 (check the viewerFols 194v and following ), Commentary on the Canon of Scripture
- ms_i4.4 (check the viewerFols 196v and following ), Commentary on the Apostolic Canons
- ms_i4.5 (check the viewerFols 198r and following ), Commentary on the Qalemǝnṭos
- ms_i4.6 (check the viewerFols 221v and following ), Commentary on the Song of Deborah
- ms_i5 (check the viewerFols 276v and following ), Names of the numerals in Armenian
- ms_i6 (check the viewerFols 277r and following ), List of Latin words
- ms_i7 (check the viewerFol. 277v ), Names of the numerals in a Romance dialect
- ms_i8 (check the viewerFols 277v and following ), List of Armenian words
Contents
check the viewerFols 2r and following Hymns and Prayers (CAe 6674)
Language of text: Gǝʿǝz
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወአልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ እኑም፡ ሞጣኅተ፡ ጥምቀትየ፡ በመለኮተ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ጽጉይ፡ በትረ፡ ሃይማኖትየ፡ በመለኮተ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ጽሑፍ፡ መልእዐ፡ ዲናረ፡ ልብየ፡ ኀበ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አምላኪየ፡ ወተስፋየ። መርያም፡ እግዝእትየ፡ ትስአል፡ ሊተ። ሃሌሉያ፡ ለአብ፡ አኃዜ፡ ኵሎ። ሃሌሉያ፡ ለወልድ፡ ወልዱ፡ መልክሁ፡ ወአምሳሉ። ሃሌሉያ፡ ለመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ኢየዐቢ፡ ወኢየኀፅፅ፡ እምእሉ። ዝንቱ፡ ሥላሴ፡ ዘእምቅድመ፡ ዓለም፡ ሀሎ፡ ወእስከ፡ ለዓለም፡ ይሄሉ። ፫፡ አማልክት፡ ኢይትበሀሉ፡ አላ፡ ፩ እግዚአብሔር፡ አምላክ፡ ለሓኵ፡ ወፈጠረ፡ በቃሉ፡ ወበመንፈሰ፡ ኃይሉ። ሎቱ፡ ስብሐት፡ እምኀቤነ፡ ሣህሉ፡ አሜን፡ አሜን፡ ወአሜን።
check the viewerFols 2r and following , Wǝddāse wa-gǝnāy pesǝlṭe māḫlet za-ʾƎgziʾabəḥer ʾadonāy (CAe 6674 Weddase)
Language of text: Gǝʿǝz
Inscriptio (Gǝʿǝz ): ውዳሴ፡ ወግናይ፡ ፔስልጤ፡ ማኅሌት፡ ዘይሰመይ፡ ዘእግዚአብሔር፡ አዶናይ።
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ግሩመ፡ ህላዌ፡ ወግሩመ፡ ራእይ። ግሩመ፡ መለኮት፡ ወግሩመ፡ ዕበይ። ልዑለ፡ መንበር፡ ወንጹሐ፡ ምግባር፡ እምርስሐተ፡ ጌጋይ። ሥላሴ፡ ድሙር፡ እምእለ፡ ይጼውዕዎ፡ ዘኢይትሌለይ።
check the viewerFols 15v and following , Further prayers (CAe 6674 Prayers)
Language of text: Gǝʿǝz
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ (…)ommission by እደግም፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ወራእየ፡ መንክረ፡ ዘተመሰለ፡ ሎሙ፡ ለነቢያት፡ ወኵሎሙ፡ በበአስማቲሆሙ፡ ወርእዩ፡ ትእምርተ፡ አምላኮሙ፡ ዘኮነ፡ ወዘይከውን፡ እነግር፡ ወእብል፡ እሳትኒ፡ ዘኮነ፡ በቅድመ፡ ሙሴ፡ ወምረቅኒ፡ ዘኮነ፡ በቅድመ፡ ዕዝራ። ወብእሴ፡ አረጋዌ፡ ዘሄኖክ፡ ዘኮነ፡ ወወረደ፡ ነቅዐ፡ ጽድቅ፡ እምሰማይ፡ ወአዕረፈ፡ ጸጋ፡ ለከዊነ፡ ትእምርት፡ ላዕሌሁ።
check the viewerFols 17r and following , Athanasian creed (same as https://betamasaheft.eu/LIT1161Athana) (CAe 6674 Creed)
Language of text: Gǝʿǝz
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ጸሎተ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ርትዕት፡ ዘአፍራቂያ፡ ዘተናገረ፡ አትናቴዎስ፡ ሮማዊ፡ ይቤ፡ ኵሉ፡ ፩፩፡ ዘይፈቅድ፡ ይድኃን፡ ይኅሥሥ፡ ሃይማኖተ፡ ክቶሊክ፡ እንተ፡ ይእቲ፡ ኃዋርያዊት፡ እንተ፡ ትሜህር፡ ጽምረተ፡ ሥላሴ። ሥሉስ፡ በኢቱሳሔ፡ ወድሙር፡ በኢቡዓዴ።
check the viewerFols 21r and following Commentary on the Song of Song (CAe 6675)
Language of text: Gǝʿǝz
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ (…)ommission by መኀልየ፡ መኃልይ፡ በእንተ፡ ወልድ፡ ወበእንተ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ወበእንተ፡ እሙ፡ ሰላሙ፡ ለገብርኤል፡ አጥባቲሃ፡ ዘይቤ፡ ዕፍረት። ሃይማኖት፡ አፈው፡ አፈው፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስስ፡ ደናግል፡ መላእክት፡ ድኅሬሁ፡ ዕርገቱ፡ ጽርኁ፡ ዘይቤ፡ ሰማያት። ለንጉሥ፡ ዘይቤ፡ ወልድ። ንትፌሣሕ፡ ወንትኃሠይ፡ ብከ፡ ዘይቤ፡ በእንተ፡ ትንሣኤ። ናፈቅር፡ አጥባትኪ፡ ዘይቤ፡ ሥጋሁ፡ ወደሙ። ርቱዕ፡ አፍቅሮቱ፡ ዘይቤ፡ አሚን።
check the viewerFols 29r and following Commentaries on passages of the Old and New Testaments
Language of text: Gǝʿǝz
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ኦሪት፡ ዘፀአት። ወበዕለተ፡ ዓርብ፡ ያተጋብኡ፡ (!) ካዕበተ፡ ጎመር፡ ወቦአ፡ ኵሉ፡ መኳንንተ፡ ማኅበር።
check the viewerFols. 32v, check the viewer33r Tǝrgʷāme za-kufāle (CAe 3532)
Language of text: Gǝʿǝz
check the viewerFols 43r and following Commentaries
Language of text: Gǝʿǝz
The following commentaries are mentioned in the catalogue, but it is not clear whether this list is exhaustive, and whether they constitute one coherent or several separated works. According to , this manuscript contains three distinct fragments of different versions of a Commentary on Daniel (General record).check the viewerFols 194v and following Commentary on the Canon of Scripture
Language of text: Gǝʿǝz
check the viewerFols 276v and following Names of the numerals in Armenian
Language of text: Gǝʿǝz and Armenian
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ኆልቈ፡ አሐዝ። ሜግ፡ ፩። ኤርጉግ፡ ፪። ኤሬግ፡ ፫። ዱርስ፡ ፬። ኄግ፡ ፭። ቤት፡ ፮። ዮጣ፡ ፯። ኡት፡ ፰። ኢን፡ ፱። ጠስ፡ ፲። ክሱን፡ ፳። ኢርሱን፡ ፴። ድሱን፡ ፵። ኄግሱ፡ (!) ፶። ቤትሱን፡ ፷። ዮጥሱን፡ ፸። ኢትሱን፡ ፹። ኡንሱን፡ ፺። ጣሱን፡ ፻። በትሱን፡ ፻፻።
check the viewerFols 277r and following List of Latin words
Language of text: Gǝʿǝz and Latin
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ነገር፡ ዘጽርእ፡ ዴኡስ፡ እግዚአብሔር። ፓትሪስ፡ አብ። ፈሉስ፡ ወልድ። ፔሪቱስ፡ መንፈስ። ሰንቱስ፡ ቅዱስ። ሴሊካ፡ ሰማይ። ታራ፡ ምድር። ሶል፡ ፀሐይ። ሉና፡ ወርኅ። አስታሊ፡ ኮከብ፡ አስታሌ፡ ከዋክብት።
check the viewerFol. 277v Names of the numerals in a Romance dialect
Language of text: Gǝʿǝz and Italian
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ኆልቍ፡ ኡን፡ ፩። ዱይ፡ ፪። ትሬይ፡ ፫። ሴኩ፡ ፬። ሽሴ፡ ፭። ሴቱ፡ ፮። አቱ፡ ፯። ፰። ኖቢ፡ ፱። ዲዜ፡ ፲። ባቲ፡ ፳። ትርታ፡ ፴። ኵርታ፡ ፵። ሴኵታ፡ ፶፡ ቢሽቱ፡ ፷። ሴታታ፡ ፸። ኦታታ፡ ፹። ሮናታ፡ ፺። ሽቶ፡ ፻። ዱዝቶ፡ ፪፻። ትሪዝቶ፡ ፫፻። ኵርስቶ፡ ፬፻። ሴኵንቶ፡ ፭፻። ሽይስቶ፡ ፮፻። ሺትስቶ፡ ፯፻። ኦቶስቶ፡ ፰፻። ኖብስቶ፡ ፱፻። ደዝዝቶ፡ ፲፻። ሞሌ፡ ፻፻።
check the viewerFols 277v and following List of Armenian words
Language of text: Gǝʿǝz and Armenian
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ነገር፡ ዘአርማንያ። አስጥብ፡ እግዚአብሔር። ሐይር፡ አብ። አርቲ፡ ወልድ። ኢሐኩብ፡ መንፈስ። ሰርጥ፡ ቅዱስ። ቲር፡ ማይ። ግርግ፡ እሳት። ኀቤድራን፡ ወንጌል።
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 .
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check the viewerFol. (Type: GuestText)
The catalogue does not state clearly whether this note is a later addition, see also ‘ʿƎnbaqom’, EAe, II (2005), 280a–282a (E. Van Donzel).
Text in Gǝʿǝz ለዝንቱ፡ ትርጓሜ፡ ተርጐመ፡ አቡነ፡ እንባቆም፡ እምአረቢ፡ ለግዕዝ፡ ወወሀቦ፡ ለወልዱ፡ ሀብተ፡ ኢየሱስ። እመቦ፡ ዘረቆ፡
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check the viewerFol. (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿAlam↗
( gez ) ኩፋሌ፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ ፡ ዓለም።↗
Extras
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The name of the owner has been erased (e.g. check the viewerFols. 8r, 9r ).
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 209a-210b
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 8.88in |
Width | 7.75in |
Binding
In the original boards.
Binding material
wood
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 19-22
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1600-1699
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Use the tag BetMas:BLorient743 in your public hypothes.is annotations which refer to this entity.