London, British Library, BL Oriental 745
Daria Elagina
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCCXXVII, Wright 327
General description
Qerǝllos, Fǝtḥa nagaśt, Mazgaba Hāymānot
Number of Text units: 35
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1700-1800
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
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Qerǝllos
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 3r and following ), To the emperor Theodosius
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 17v and following ), To the Queens
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 49r and following ), The dialogue
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 72v and following ), Homily by Theodotus
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 73v and following ), Homily by Cyril
- ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 74r and following ), Homily by Severus of Synnada
- ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 74v and following ), Homily by Acacius
- ms_i1.8 (check the viewerFols 76r and following ), Homily by Juvenalius
- ms_i1.9 (check the viewerFols 76v and following ), Homily by Cyril
- ms_i1.10 (check the viewerFols 77v and following ), Homily by Rheginus
- ms_i1.11 (check the viewerFols 78r and following ), Homily by Cyril
- ms_i1.12 (check the viewerFols 79r and following ), Homily by Eusebius of Heraclea
- ms_i1.13 (check the viewerFols 79a and following ), Homily by Theodotus
- ms_i1.14 (check the viewerFols 80r and following ), Homily by Firmus
- ms_i1.15 (check the viewerFols 80v and following ), Epistle of the Synod of Ephesus to John of Antioch
- ms_i1.16 (check the viewerFols 80v and following ), Homily by Cyril
- ms_i1.17 (check the viewerFols 81r and following ), Epistle of John to Cyril
- ms_i1.18 (check the viewerFols 81v and following ), Epistle of Cyril to John
- ms_i1.19 (check the viewerFols 83r and following ), Homily by Epiphanius
- ms_i1.20 (check the viewerFols 85r and following ), Symbol of faith by Epiphanius
- ms_i1.21 (check the viewerFols 85v and following ), Homily by Proclus
- ms_i1.22 (check the viewerFols 87v and following ), Homily by Severianus
- ms_i1.23 (check the viewerFols 91v and following ), Creed of Gregory Thaumaturgus
- ms_i1.24 (check the viewerFols 92r and following ), First homily by Cyril of Alexandria on Melchizedek
- ms_i1.25 (check the viewerFols 93v and following ), Second homily by Cyril of Alexandria on Melchizedek
- ms_i1.26 (check the viewerFols 95r and following ), On Melchizedek
- ms_i1.27 (check the viewerFols 95v and following ), On the Council of Nicaea
- ms_i2
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Fǝtḥa nagaśt
- ms_i2.1 (check the viewerFols 97r and following ), Fǝtḥa nagaśt, Ethiopic Introduction not present in the Arabic text, explaining that this work was composed by Abū l-Faḍāʾil b. al-ʿAssāl aṣ-Ṣafī on the demand made by Constantine I to the 318 Fathers of Nicaea.
- ms_i2.2 (check the viewerFols 99v and following ), Table of contents
- ms_i2.3 (check the viewerFols 100r and following ), Fǝtḥa nagaśt, Part 1: On religious matters
- ms_i2.4 (check the viewerFols 151v and following ), Fǝtḥa nagaśt, Part 2: On civil matters
- ms_i2.5 (check the viewerFols 218r and following ), አንቀጸ፡ ተዋርሶ፡
- ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 221r and following ), The Treasury of the Faith
Contents
check the viewerFols 3r and following Qerǝllos (CAe 3309)
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check the viewerFols 3r and following To the emperor Theodosius de recta fide (CAe 3309 Prosphoneticus1)
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check the viewerFols 17v and following To the Queens de recta fide (CAe 3309 Prosphoneticus2)
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check the viewerFols 49r and following The dialogue Quod Christus sit unus (CAe 3309 Dialogue)
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check the viewerFols 72v and following Homily by Theodotus (CAe 3309 HomilyByTheodotus1)
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check the viewerFols 74r and following Homily by Severus of Synnada (CAe 3309 HomilyBySeverus)
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check the viewerFols 74v and following Homily by Acacius (CAe 3309 HomilyByAcacius)
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check the viewerFols 76r and following Homily by Juvenalius (CAe 3309 HomilyByJuvenal)
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check the viewerFols 77v and following Homily by Rheginus (CAe 3309 HomilyByRheginus)
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check the viewerFols 79r and following Homily by Eusebius of Heraclea (CAe 3309 HomilyByEusebius)
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check the viewerFols 79a and following Homily by Theodotus (CAe 3309 HomilyByTheodotus2)
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check the viewerFols 80v and following Epistle of the Synod of Ephesus to John of Antioch (CAe 3309 LetterOfTheCouncil)
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check the viewerFols 81r and following Epistle of John to Cyril (CAe 3309 LetterOfJohn)
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check the viewerFols 81v and following Epistle of Cyril to John (CAe 3309 LetterOfCyril)
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check the viewerFols 83r and following Homily by Epiphanius (CAe 3309 HomilyByEpiphanius)
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check the viewerFols 85r and following Symbol of faith by Epiphanius (CAe 3309 SymbolByEpiphanius)
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check the viewerFols 85v and following Homily by Proclus (CAe 3309 HomilyByProclus)
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check the viewerFols 87v and following Homily by Severianus (CAe 3309 HomilyBySeverianus)
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check the viewerFols 91v and following Creed of Gregory Thaumaturgus (CAe 3309 SymbolByGregory)
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check the viewerFols 92r and following First homily by Cyril of Alexandria on Melchizedek (CAe 3309 HomilyOnMelchizedek1)
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check the viewerFols 93v and following Second homily by Cyril of Alexandria on Melchizedek (CAe 3309 HomilyOnMelchizedek2)
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check the viewerFols 95r and following On Melchizedek (CAe 3309 TreatiseOnMelchizedek)
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Written in the foot of col. 3check the viewerFols 95v and following On the Council of Nicaea (CAe 3309 TreatiseOn318Bishops)
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check the viewerFols 97r and following Fǝtḥa nagaśt (CAe 1395)
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check the viewerFols 100r and following Fǝtḥa nagaśt, Part 1: On religious matters (CAe 1395 Part1)
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check the viewerFols 151v and following Fǝtḥa nagaśt, Part 2: On civil matters (CAe 1395 Part2)
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check the viewerFols 221r and following The Treasury of the Faith (CAe 1994)
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The text ends abruptly.Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 2 .
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check the viewerFols. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, , 72, 73, 222, 223, 224, 225 (Type: Unclear)
Notes in Amharic of the reigns of Takla Hāymānot II , Salomon I [!]The certainty about the value of ref is medium. , Takla Giyorgis I , ʾIyāsu III , Ḥǝzqǝyās , Yonās , ʾƎgʷāla Ṣǝyon , ʾIyoʾas II , Gigār , Śāhla Dǝngǝl , Tewodros II . Notes on check the viewerfols 3–16 are written in margins.
Text in Amharic
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check the viewerFol. 2v (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note probably states that the manuscript belonged to the church of Takla Haymanot ?
Text in Gǝʿǝz ዝመጽሐፍ፡ ዘአቡነ፡ ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡
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(Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) ቄርሎስ፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
Extras
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check the viewerFols. 97r, 220v
The name of the owner was እደ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ owner
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 218b-219a
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 12.125in |
Width | 10.875in |
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: 30-33
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: Of the 18th century according to William Wright
The manuscript is written in a fair hand Of the 18th century according to William WrightCheck for additional bibliography
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Daria Elagina, Alessandro Bausi, Solomon Gebreyes, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 745ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 15.6.2020) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient745 [Accessed: 2024-05-04+02:00]
Revisions of the data
- Daria Elagina Daria Elagina: Added information to a2. on 15.6.2020
- Daria Elagina Daria Elagina: Completed the description on 9.6.2020
- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Created catalogue entry on 29.4.2019
Attributions of the contents
Solomon Gebreyes, contributor