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Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Aeth. d. 3

Dorothea Reule

This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography

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https://betamasaheft.eu/BDLaethd3
Bodleian Library[view repository]

Collection: Codices aethiopici

Other identifiers: MS. Bodl. or. 733, Ullendorff 36, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project EMIP03456, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project EMIP03457

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CatalogueAuthors

General description

Wisdom Books, Isaiah, Minor Prophets, Daniel, Song of Songs

Number of Text units: 26

Number of Codicological units: 2

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Origin

1650-1699 (dating on palaeographic grounds)

Provenance

The manuscript belonged to the church of Madḫāne ʿAlam↗ and was very probably looted by the British Napier expedition in 1868. It was purchased by the Bodleian Library↗ in 1879.

Catalogue Bibliography

  • Ullendorff, E. 1951. Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, II, Catalogi Codd. Mss. Bibliothecae Bodleianae, 7 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1951). page 1ab
    ZoteroOther citations

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

148 (leaf) .Entered as 148 3 (folio, blank) : Entered as 3 check the viewerFols. 1v, 55v, 147r 10.25 9.25
Outer dimensions
Height 10.25in
Width 9.25in

Binding

Wooden boards, partly covered with leather.

Binding material

wood

leather

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 3

Number of lines: 26

Codicological Unit p1

Summary of codicological unit 1

  1. p1_i1 (check the viewerFols 2r and following ), ʾIyob
  2. p1_i2 (check the viewerFols 21r and following ), Proverbs
  3. p1_i3 (check the viewerFols 34r and following ), Tagśāṣa Salomon
  4. p1_i4 (check the viewerFols 36v and following ), Ṭǝbaba Salomon
  5. p1_i5 (check the viewerFols 49v and following ), Ecclesiastes
  6. p1_i6 (check the viewerFols 56r and following ), Book of Isaiah
  7. p1_i7 (check the viewerFols 94r and following ), Daqiqa nabiyāt
    1. p1_i7.1 (check the viewerFols 94r and following ), Za-Hoseʿ nabiyy
    2. p1_i7.2 (check the viewerFols 99v and following ), Za-ʾAmoṣ nabiyy
    3. p1_i7.3 (check the viewerFols 103v and following ), Za-Mikyās nabiyy
    4. p1_i7.4 (check the viewerFols 106r and following ), Book of Joel
    5. p1_i7.5 (check the viewerFols 108v and following ), ዘአብድዩ፡ ነቢይ።
    6. p1_i7.6 (check the viewerFols 109r and following ), Book of Jonah
    7. p1_i7.7 (check the viewerFols 110v and following ), Book of Nahum
    8. p1_i7.8 (check the viewerFols 111v and following ), Book of Habakkuk
    9. p1_i7.9 (check the viewerFols 113v and following ), Za-Sofonyās nabiyy
    10. p1_i7.10 (check the viewerFols 115r and following ), Za-Ḥagge nabiyy
    11. p1_i7.11 (check the viewerFols 116v and following ), Za-Zakāryās nabiyy
    12. p1_i7.12 (check the viewerFols 123v and following ), Za-Milkǝyās nabiyy
  8. p1_i8 (check the viewerFols 126v and following ), Daniel, Book of (includes Daniel, Susanna and Bel and the Dragon)
    1. p1_i8.1 (check the viewerFols 126v and following ), Susanna
    2. p1_i8.2 (check the viewerFols 127v–130v, check the viewer133r and following ), Daniel, Book of
    3. p1_i8.3 (check the viewerFols 141v and following ), Bel and the Dragon
  9. p1_i9 (check the viewerFols 143r and following ), Song of Songs
  10. p1_i10 (check the viewerFol. 146v ), Table of epact

Contents

check the viewerFols 2r and following ʾIyob (CAe 1688)

Language of text:

The text is based on the Septuagint as becomes clear from additions to the text as well as from slight deviations from the Masoretic version.
check the viewerFols 21r and following Proverbs (CAe 2195)

Language of text:

Also according to the Septuagint.
check the viewerFols 34r and following Tagśāṣa Salomon (CAe 2396)

Language of text:

Second part of Proverbs, chapter 25 to the end. This version appears to incorporate some variant readings of the Septuagint.
check the viewerFols 94r and following Daqiqa nabiyāt (CAe 1315)

Language of text:

check the viewerFols 126v and following Daniel, Book of (includes Daniel, Susanna and Bel and the Dragon) (CAe 3529)

Language of text:

check the viewerFols 126v and following Susanna (CAe 3194)

Language of text:

check the viewerFols 143r and following Song of Songs (CAe 2362)

Language of text:

Colophon

check the viewerFol. 146r

Colophon written in a later hand saying that the book was written in the year A.D. 1000. If this note has any significance at all, then it can only refer to the age of the manuscript from which the present one was copied in the 17th century.

Additions of codicological unit 1 In this unit there are in total 2 , 1 , 1 .

  1. check the viewerFol. 1r (Type: Unclear)

    Notes in Amharic

    Text in Amharic

  2. check the viewerFols 147v–148v (Type: GuestText)

    Malkǝʾ-hymn to St Kiros (CAe 2851) . Written in a hand different from that of the scribe of the principal part.

    Text in Gǝʿǝz

  3. (Type: Comment)

    There are many glosses, interpolations, emendations and erasures by a later hand.

    Text in Gǝʿǝz

Extras of codicological unit 1

  1. check the viewerFols. 20v, check the viewer93

    The name of the owner, Constantine owner , is mentioned on check the viewerfols. 20v, and check the viewerfol. 93 .

    Text in Gǝʿǝz

  2. check the viewerFol. 93v (Type: Unclear)

    Pen trials in Amharic, ፈቲነ፡ ብርዕ፡

    Text in Amharic

Physical Description of codicological unit 1

Form of support of codicological unit 1

Parchment Codex

Extent of codicological unit 1

146 (leaf) .Entered as 146 3 (folio, blank) : Entered as 3 check the viewerFols. 1v, 55v, 147r 10.25 9.25
Outer dimensions of codicological unit 1
Height 10.25in
Width 9.25in

Layout of codicological unit 1

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 3

Number of lines: 26

Palaeography of codicological unit 1

  • Hand 1

    of codicological unit 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    The writing is generally neat, the shape of the characters makes it fairly certain that the manuscript was written at the end of the 17th century.

    Date: 1650-1699 (conjecture)

    1650-1699 (conjecture)

  • Hand 2

    of codicological unit 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: Later than Hand h1 of codicological unit 1 .

    Later than Hand h1 of codicological unit 1 .

  • Hand 3

    of codicological unit 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: Later than Hand h1 of codicological unit 1 .

    Later than Hand h1 of codicological unit 1 .

  • Hand 4

    of codicological unit 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    • Codicological Unit p2

    Summary of codicological unit 2

    1. p2_i1 (check the viewerFols 131–132 ), Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Holy Children

    Contents

    check the viewerFols 131–132 Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Holy Children (CAe 4300)

    Language of text:

    This addition corresponds with LXX Daniel 3:28-88. It includes the full text of the prayer, while Content Item 8.2 of codicological unit 1 , item 8 Daniel, Book of (CAe 1259) only has the beginning and the end.

    Additions of codicological unit 2 In this unit there are in total .

    1. Notes in Gǝʿǝz and Amharic.

      Text in Gǝʿǝz

      Text in Amharic

    Physical Description of codicological unit 2

    Form of support of codicological unit 2

    Parchment Leaf

    Extent of codicological unit 2

    2 (leaf) : Entered as 2 check the viewerFols 131–132 10.25 9.25
    Outer dimensions of codicological unit 2
    Height 10.25in
    Width 9.25in

    Quire Structure Collation

    Fols. 131, and 132 are of slightly different material and constitute a later addition to this volume.

    Layout of codicological unit 2

    Layout note 1

    Number of columns: 3

    Number of lines: 26

    Palaeography of codicological unit 2

  • Hand 5

    of codicological unit 2

    Script: Ethiopic

    Written in a more recent hand than the rest of the manuscript.

    • Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    availability
    This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
    date
    type=expanded
    10.10.2022 at 18:43:18
    date
    type=lastModified
    9.6.2017
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    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BDLaethd3/main
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    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/BDLaethd3
    idno
    type=filename
    BDLaethd3.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    BDLaethd3

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    Dorothea Reule, Alessandro Bausi, ʻOxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Aeth. d. 3ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2017-06-09) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BDLaethd3 [Accessed: 2024-05-21]

    Revisions of the data

    • Dorothea Reule Changes on 9.6.2017
    • Dorothea Reule Changes on 1.1.2017
    • Dorothea Reule Created catalogue entry on 31.12.2016

    Attributions of the contents

    Alessandro Bausi, general editor

    Dorothea Reule, editor

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