London, British Library, BL Oriental 773
Daria Elagina
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCCXXXVII, Wright 337
General description
The 12 homilies of Severus, Baʾǝnta ṣalotu la-Langinos, Gadla ʾabuna māri ʾabbā Barsomā, Dǝrsān za-darasa qǝddus Gerlos liqa ṗaṗṗasāt za-ʾIyarusālem, the Life of Severus of Antioch
Number of Text units: 17
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1682-1706
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 ),
The 12 homilies of Severus on
Christian doctrine
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 2r and following ), On the three natures of God and their Union
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 15v and following ), On the Incarnation of the Son and His Crucifixion
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 43v and following ), On various passages of the Pentateuch and Joshua, which demonstrate the glory of the Christian Faith
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 55v and following ), On the Passover (the Lord's Supper)
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 64v and following ), On the Warring of Demons against the Faithful, and how they may be conquered
- ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 79v and following ), On the Glory of the First Day (Sunday)
- ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 87v and following ), On the Fast of Wednesday and Friday
- ms_i1.8 (check the viewerFols 95v and following ), On Fasting
- ms_i1.9 (check the viewerFols 103v and following ), On the Death which God conquered on the Cross, and refutation of the opinion that an Angel had been appointed by God to slay men
- ms_i1.10 (check the viewerFols 114r and following ), On the Stability of the orthodox Jacobite Faith, and on the other Faiths
- ms_i1.11 (check the viewerFols 125r and following ), Exposition of the Songs of Moses and of Miriam, of Pss. cxxxv. and cl., of the fourth Vision of Daniel, and of the Song of the three holy Children
- ms_i1.12 (check the viewerFols 141v and following ), On the Consolation of Believers under afflictions
- ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 148r and following ), Concerning the prayer of Longinus
- ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 150v and following ), Gadla ʾabuna māri ʾabbā Barsomā
- ms_i4 (check the viewerFols 164r and following ), Homily of Cyril of Jerusalem on St Simeon receiving our Lord
- ms_i5 (check the viewerFols 167r and following ), The Life of Severus of Antioch, by one Athanasius
Contents
check the viewerFols 2r and following The 12 homilies of Severus on Christian doctrine (CAe 1299)
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check the viewerFols 2r and following On the three natures of God and their Union (CAe 1299 Sev1OnThreeNatures)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ድርሳን፡ ቀዳማይ፡ በእንተ፡ ፍካሬ፡ ፫ ህላዌሁ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ወተዋሕደቶሙ፡
check the viewerFols 15v and following On the Incarnation of the Son and His Crucifixion (CAe 1299 Sev2OnIncarnation)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ድርሳን፡ ደግማይ፡ በእንተ፡ ከሢተ፡ ትስብእቱ፡ ለወልደ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ወስቅለቱ።
check the viewerFols 43v and following On various passages of the Pentateuch and Joshua, which demonstrate the glory of the Christian Faith (CAe 1299 Sev3OnPentateuch)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ድርሳን፡ ሣልሳይ፡ በእንተ፡ ትርጓሜ፡ ብዙኀ፡ ነገር፡ እምኦሪት፡ ወኢያሱ፡ ወልደ፡ ነዌ፡ ያጤይቅ፡ ክብረ፡ ሃይማኖተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ርትዕት።
check the viewerFols 55v and following On the Passover (the Lord's Supper) (CAe 1299 Sev4OnPassover)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ድርሳን፡ ራብዕ፡ በእንተ፡ ከሢተ፡ ትርጓሜ፡ ፍሥሕ፡ ወበግዕ፡ ወእፎ፡ ይከውን፡ ኀብስት፡ ወወይን፡ ሥጋሁ፡ ወደሙ፡ ለክርስቶስ።
check the viewerFols 64v and following On the Warring of Demons against the Faithful, and how they may be conquered (CAe 1299 Sev5OnDemons)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ድርሳን፡ ኃምስ፡ በእንተ፡ ከሢተ፡ ፀብእ፡ ዘይፀብኡ፡ ቦቱ፡ ሰይጣናት፡ ለመሃይምናን፡ በእፎ፡ ይመውእዎሙ፡
check the viewerFols 79v and following On the Glory of the First Day (Sunday) (CAe 1299 Sev6OnSunday)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ድርሳን፡ ሳድስ፡ በእንተ፡ ከሢተ፡ ክብሩ፡ ለዕለተ፡ እሑድ፡ ወፍጻሜሁ።
check the viewerFols 87v and following On the Fast of Wednesday and Friday (CAe 1299 Sev7OnWednesday)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ድርሳን፡ ሳብዕ፡ በእንተ፡ ከሢተ፡ ምክንያተ፡ ጾም፡ ፪ ዕለተ፡ ረቡዕ፡ ወዓርብ።
check the viewerFols 95v and following On Fasting (CAe 1299 Sev8OnFasting)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ድርሳን፡ ሳምን፡ በእንተ፡ ከሢተ፡ ጾም፡ ምንት፡ ውእቱ፡ እፎ፡ ይደሉ፡ ከመ፡ ይኩን።
check the viewerFols 103v and following On the Death which God conquered on the Cross, and refutation of the opinion that an Angel had been appointed by God to slay men (CAe 1299 Sev9OnDeath)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ድርሳን፡ ታስዕ፡ በእንተ፡ ከሢተ፡ ውእቱ፡ ሞት፡ ዘሞአ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ በዲበ፡ መስቀል፡ ወያበጥል፡ ቃሎ፡ ለዘይቤ፡ ከመ፡ ውእቱ፡ መልአክ፡ እምኀበ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ሥሩዕ፡ ያሙቶሙ፡ ለሰብእ።
check the viewerFols 114r and following On the Stability of the orthodox Jacobite Faith, and on the other Faiths (CAe 1299 Sev10OnJacobiteFaith)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ድርሳን፡ ዓሥር፡ በእንተ፡ ከሢተ፡ ጽንዓ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ርትዕት፡ ያዕቆባዊት፡ ወይከሥት፡ ኲሉ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ውሉጣት።
check the viewerFols 125r and following Exposition of the Songs of Moses and of Miriam, of Pss. cxxxv. and cl., of the fourth Vision of Daniel, and of the Song of the three holy Children (CAe 1299 Sev11OnMoses)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ድርሳን፡ ፲ወ፩ በእንተ፡ ትርጓሜ፡ ስብሐት፡ ሙሴ፡ ወማርያም፡ እኅተ፡ ሙሴ፡ ወመዝሙር፡ ዘ፻፴፭ ወዘ፻ወ፶ ወርእዩ፡ ራብዕ፡ ዘዳንኤል፡ ወስብሐተ፡ ፫ ደቂቅ።
check the viewerFols 141v and following On the Consolation of Believers under afflictions (CAe 1299 Sev12OnConsolation)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ድርሳን፡ ዓሠርቱ፡ ወክልኤቱ፡ በእንተ፡ ኑዛዜ፡ መሃይምናን፡ ወትዕግሥቶሙ፡ ለእለ፡ ኅዘናት።
check the viewerFols 148r and following Concerning the prayer of Longinus (CAe 4974)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ጸሐፍነ፡ በእንተ፡ ጸሎቱ፡ ለለንጊኖስ፡ ቅዱስ። (…)ommission by ወበውእቱ፡ መዋዕል፡ ኮነ፡ ፈነወ፡ ንጉሥ፡ መርቅያኖስ፡ ዘእምታሕቴሁ፡ ኀበ፡ እለ፡ እስክንድርያ፡ መልእክተ፡ ጦማረ፡ ልዮን፡ ዓላዊ። ወአዘዘ፡ ከመ፡ ይግበሩ፡ ፈቃደ፡ ሀገረ፡ እለ፡ እስክንድርያ። ወፈድፋደሰ፡ መነኮሳት፡ እለ፡ ይነብሩ፡ ውስተ፡ ደብረ፡ ማኅው። ወከሠተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘንተ፡ ግብረ፡ ለአብ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አባ፡ ለንጊኖስ፡ እምቅድመ፡ ፫ አውራኅ። ወአዘዘ፡ ከመ፡ ይትጋብኡ፡ ኲሎሙ፡ መነኮሳት፡ ዘደብረ፡ ማህው፡ በእንተ፡ ራእይ፡ ዘተከሥተ፡ ሎቱ፡ ከመ፡ ይንግሮሙ፡ ዘይብውን። ወይኤዝዞሙ፡ ከመ፡ ኢይትዌከፉ፡ ውእቱ፡ ጦማረ፡ ርኩሰ፡ ፍጹመ። ወኢይኅበሩ፡ ምንትኒ፡ እምነገር፡ ዘውስተ፡ ውእቱ፡ ጦማር፡ ምኑን። ወእምዝ፡ አስተጋብኦሙ፡ አቡነ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አባ፡ ለንጊኖስ፡ ለኲሎሙ፡ እለ፡ የኃድሩ፡ ውስተ፡ ደብረ፡ ማኅው፡ ወዜነዎሙ፡ ዘአቅደመ፡ እግዚእ። ወዜነዎ፡ ቦቱ፡ በራእይ፡ ወአዘዞሙ፡ ከመ፡ ይዕቀቡ፡ ትእዛዛተ፡ እግዚእ፡ ዘበጸናዔ፡ ወከመ፡ ይትጋደሉ፡ ላዕለ፡ ሃይማኖተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ እስከ፡ ለሞት፤
check the viewerFols 150v and following Gadla ʾabuna māri ʾabbā Barsomā (CAe 4826)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):እጽሕፍ፡ ገድለ፡ አቡነ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ማሪ፡ አባ፡ በርሶማ፡ ሶርያዊ፡ ዘደብረ፡ በስሙል።
check the viewerFols 164r and following Homily of Cyril of Jerusalem on St Simeon receiving our Lord (CAe 4975)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):አመ፡ ሰሙነ፡ እምነ፡ ወርኃ፡ የካቲት። ድርሳን፡ ዘደረሰ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ጌርሎስ፡ ሊቀ፡ ጳጳሳት፡ ዘኢየሩሳሌም፡ ዘከመ፡ ተወክፎ፡ ስምዖን፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ወጾሮ፡ ኪያሁ፡ ላዕለ፡ መዝራዕቱ፡ ወአዖዶ፡ ኀበ፡ ምሥዋዕ፡ በከመ፡ ልማደ፡ ሕግ። ይቤ፡ ጥንተ፡ ነገሩ፡ ተፈሥሒ፡ ፈድፋደ፡ ኦወለተ፡ ጽዮን፡ ወስብኪ፡ ኃሤተ፡ ኦወለተ፡ ኢየሩሳሌም፡ ተጋብኡ፡ ኀቡረ፡ እለ፡ ትነብሩ፡ ሀገረ፡ እግዚአብሔር። አንቀልቀለት፡ ምድር፡
check the viewerFols 167r and following [!]The certainty about the value of ref is low. The Life of Severus of Antioch, by one Athanasius (CAe 1804)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ አብ፡ (…)ommission by ንወጥን፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ወበሠናይ፡ ሥርዓቱ፡ ጽሒፈ፡ ዘተረክበ፡ እመነ፡ ገድሉ፡ ለአብ፡ ክቡረ፡ ሳዊሮስ፡ ሊቀ፡ ጳጳሳት፡ ዘአንጾኪያ፡ ዘተጋደለ፡ በእንተ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ኦርቶዶክሳዊት። እምዘ፡ ጸሐፎ፡ አብ፡ ክቡር፡ አትናቴዎስ፡ ዘእሙር፡ ዘኮነ፡ ጠቢበ፡ በዕለተ፡ ተዝካሩ፡ ዘውእቱ፡ አመ፡ ፲ወ፬ ለየካቲት።
Colophon
check the viewerFols 218v and following
ተፈጸመ፡ ዝንቱ፡ ዜና፡ እምቃለ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አትናቴዎስ፡ ዘጸሐፎ፡ እምገድሉ፡ ለአብ፡ ክቡር፡ ሳዊሮስ፡ ሊቀ፡ ጳጳሳት፡ ጸሎቱ፡ ትኩን፡ ምስለ፡ ኲልነ፡ እምይእዜ፡ ወእስከ፡ ለዓለም፡ አሜን። ወጽሕፈቱ፡ ተረክበ፡ በጽሕፈተ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወልደ፡ ሳዕድ፡ ወልደ፡ ይሕያ፡ ዘከረ፡ ጸሓፊሃ፡ ወዘአፍለሶ፡እምጽሐፍ፡ በእደዌሁ፡ ለአረጋዊ፡ አቡ፡ እልመከረም፡ ወልደ፡ አቡ፡ እልበደር፡ ይመሐሮ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ በጸሎቱ፡ ለንጉሥነ፡ ኢያሱ፡
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check the viewerFol. 2r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) ግጽው፡ ዘመድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
Extras
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The following names, apparently of the scribes, all prefixed with a relative pronoun ዘ, are given at the foot of the pages cited: Faqādo scribe on check the viewerfol. 2r , ʾElāwǝtros scribe on check the viewerfols. 32r, 42r , Dāwit scribe on check the viewerfols. 62r, 72r , Fǝśśǝḥa scribe on check the viewerfol. 82r , Safāni scribe on check the viewerfols. 90r, 109v , Gabra Śǝllus scribe on check the viewerfol. 114r , Zawald scribe on check the viewerfols. 148r, 189r , Ṣǝge scribe on check the viewerfols. 158r, 168r , Ḥǝnṣā Krǝstos scribe on check the viewerfol. 209r
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 224a-225b
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 10.375in |
Width | 9.5in |
Binding
In the original boards.
Binding material
wood
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 20
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1682-1706 according to William Wright
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