London, British Library, BL Oriental 592
Solomon Gebreyes, Daria Elagina
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CLVII, Wright 157
General description
ʾArgānonā wǝddāse
Number of Text units: 8
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1600-1700 (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
(check the viewerFols 2r and following ),
ʾArgānona wǝddāse
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 2r and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Monday
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 20r and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Tuesday
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 35r and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Wednesday
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 51v and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Thursday
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 69v and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Friday
- ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 85v and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Saturday
- ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 94r and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Sunday
Contents
check the viewerFols 2r and following ʾArgānona wǝddāse (CAe 1146)
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check the viewerFols 20r and following ʾArgānona Māryām, Tuesday (CAe 1146 Tuesday)
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check the viewerFols 35r and following ʾArgānona Māryām, Wednesday (CAe 1146 Wednesday)
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check the viewerFols 51v and following ʾArgānona Māryām, Thursday (CAe 1146 Thursday)
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check the viewerFols 85v and following ʾArgānona Māryām, Saturday (CAe 1146 Saturday)
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Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 1r (Type: GuestText)
Hymn to John the Baptist (CAe 2999)
( gez ) በስመ: እግዚአብሔር፡ እሳት፡ በሐቅለ፡ ሕሊና፡ ነዳዲ፤ ወበስመ፡ መርያም፡ (!) ድንግል፡ መጥባቢተ፡ ዓለም፡ አባዲ።
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check the viewerFol. 2r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) አርጋኖን፡ ዘ ቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
Extras
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Names of the original owner and of the scribe has been erased.
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 107a
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 8.5in |
Width | 8.4in |
Binding
In the original boards.
Binding material
wood
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 18
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1600-1700
check the viewerFols 2–63 1600-1700Hand 2
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1600-1700
check the viewerFols 64–103 1600-1700Check for additional bibliography
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Solomon Gebreyes, Daria Elagina, Alessandro Bausi, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 592ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2021-10-25) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient592 [Accessed: 2024-05-18]
Revisions of the data
- Daria Elagina Daria Elagina: Completed the description according to the catalogue. on 25.10.2021
- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Created catalogue entry on 18.4.2019