London, British Library, BL Oriental 756
Solomon Gebreyes
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCCXXXIII, Wright 333
General description
Maṣḥafa Mār Yǝṣhāq
Number of Text units: 1
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1700-1750 (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 (), Maṣḥafa Mār Yǝṣhāq
Contents
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 222b
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 10.625in |
Width | 9.875in |
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 29
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: Of the earlier part of the 18th century. according to William Wright
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