Cambridge, Bible Society's Library, BFBS Mss 169
Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: British and Foreign Bible Society
Other identifiers: Cowley I, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project EMIP03445
General description
Octateuch
Number of Text units: 0
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location: ʾAksum↗
c. 1400Provenance
The ms. was written in Aksum↗ and presented by Yǝsḥaq to the Ethiopian community in Jerusalem↗ . From there it passed to Rome↗ together with other mss. and, having been transferred from the hostel of San Stefano dei Mori↗ to the Museo Borgiano↗ , it was stolen and brought to London↗ .
In 1817 the bookseller J. Smith in Drury Lane sold it to Church Missionary Society, which transferred it to the British and Foreign Bible Society↗ , for use in a printed Ethiopic edition.
Catalogue Bibliography
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Cowley, R. W. 1982. ‘Ethiopic manuscripts’, in M. R. Falivene and A. F. Jesson, eds, Historical Catalogue of the Manuscripts of Bible House Library (London: British and Foreign Bible Society, 1982), 6–9, 66–121. page 70-72
Secondary Bibliography
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Dillmann, C. F. A. 1853. Biblia Veteris Testamenti Aethiopica, in quinque tomos distributa, ad librorum manuscriptorum fidem edidit et apparatu critico instruxit Dr. A.D., Professor Tubingensis. Veteris Testamenti Aethiopici Tomus Primus, sive Octateuchus Aethiopicus. Ad librorum manuscriptorum fidem edidit et apparatu critico instruxit Dr. A. D., Professor Tubingensis, Impensarum partem suppeditante Societate Germanorum Orientali (Lipsiae: Sumptibus Fr. Chr. Guil. Vogelii, Typis Guil. Vogelii, Filii, 1853). page 4f; 164
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Zotenberg, H. 1877. Catalogue des manuscrits éthiopiens (gheez et amharique) de la Bibliothèque nationale, Manuscrits Orientaux (Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1877). page 1
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Rahlfs, A. 1917. Nissel und Petraeus, ihre äthiopischen Textausgaben und Typen, Nachrichten von der K. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaft zu Göttingen. Philologisch-historische Klasse (Göttingen: 1917). page 277
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Dorothea Reule, Alessandro Bausi, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻCambridge, Bible Society's Library, BFBS Mss 169ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 28.9.2022) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BSLet169 [Accessed: 2024-03-29+01:00]
Revisions of the data
- Eugenia Sokolinski added EMIP facs and changed institution as discussed in issue 2213 on 28.9.2022
- Eugenia Sokolinski corrected ptr in catalogue on 7.4.2022
- Dorothea Reule Addition on 20.4.2017
- Dorothea Reule Provenance corrected on 16.6.2016
- Dorothea Reule Created catalogue entry on 15.6.2016
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Dorothea Reule, editor
Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor