London, British Library, BL Oriental 798
Solomon Gebreyes, Daria Elagina
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCCLXIV, Wright 364
General description
Didascalia Apostolorum
Number of Text units: 2
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1700-1800 (dating on palaeographic grounds)
Provenance
Looted by the British Napier expedition in 1868 from the church of Madḫāne ʿAlam↗
Summary
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Didǝsqǝlyā
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 53v and following ), Didǝsqǝlyā, Chapter 24
Contents
Didǝsqǝlyā (CAe 1309)
Language of text:
Colophon
The colophon has been altered at various times. The only name now legible in it is that of a later owner Śagā Krǝstos owner .
check the viewerFols 53v and following Didǝsqǝlyā, Chapter 24 (CAe 1309 Chapter24)
Language of text:
The chapter is numbered ፳፪ by a later hand.Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 2r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) ዲድስቅልያ፡ ዘ ቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
Extras
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Śagā Krǝstos owner was a later owner of the manuscript.
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 277b
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 8.375in |
Width | 7in |
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 22
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1700-1800 according to William Wright
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