London, British Library, BL Oriental 598
Solomon Gebreyes, Daria Elagina
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCIX, Wright 209
General description
Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt
Number of Text units: 35
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
The name of Tewoflos (reign)
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 ),
Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 2r and following ), Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Introduction
- ms_i1.2
(check the viewerFols 4r and following ),
Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Palm Sunday
- ms_i1.2.1 (check the viewerFols 4v and following ), Homily of John Chrysostom
- ms_i1.3
(check the viewerFols 14r and following ),
Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Monday
- ms_i1.3.1 (check the viewerFols 20r and following ), Homily of ʾabbā Sinodā
- ms_i1.3.2 (check the viewerFols 22r and following ), Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Homily by John Chrysostom for Monday morning
- ms_i1.3.3 (check the viewerFols 23r and following ), Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Homily by John Chrysostom on the fig tree for Monday morning (same as LIT2122OntheF)
- ms_i1.3.4 (check the viewerFols 31r and following ), Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Homily for the ninth hour of Monday morning (anonymous)
- ms_i1.3.5 (check the viewerFols 33v and following ), Homily of ʾabbā Sinodā
- ms_i1.4
(check the viewerFols 34r and following ),
Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Tuesday
- ms_i1.4.1 (check the viewerFols 40v and following ), Homily of ʾabbā Sinodā
- ms_i1.4.2 (check the viewerFols 50v and following ), Anonymous homily for the ninth hour
- ms_i1.5
(check the viewerFols 54r and following ),
Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Wednesday
- ms_i1.5.1 (check the viewerFols 60v and following ), Anonymous homily
- ms_i1.5.2 (check the viewerFols 67r and following ), Homily of John Chrysostom
- ms_i1.5.3 (check the viewerFols 69r and following ), Homily of Severianus of Gabala
- ms_i1.6
(check the viewerFols 69v and following ),
Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Thursday
- ms_i1.6.1 (check the viewerFols 84r and following ), Homily of John Chrysostom
- ms_i1.6.2 (check the viewerFols 86v and following ), Homily of ʾabbā Sinodā
- ms_i1.7
(check the viewerFols 93v and following ),
Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Friday
- ms_i1.7.1 (check the viewerFols 102r and following ), Homily of John Chrysostom
- ms_i1.7.2 (check the viewerFols 120r and following ), Homily of John Chrysostom
- ms_i1.7.3 (check the viewerFols 122v and following ), Anonymous homily
- ms_i1.7.4 (check the viewerFols 130r and following ), Anonymous homily
- ms_i1.7.5 (check the viewerFols 130v and following ), Homily of Jacob of Serug
- ms_i1.7.6 (check the viewerFols 138r and following ), Homily of Athanasius
- ms_i1.7.7 (check the viewerFols 146v and following ), Homily of John of Chrysostom
- ms_i1.7.8 (check the viewerFols 147v and following ), Homily of Cyriacus on the blessed Virgin Mary
- ms_i1.7.9 (check the viewerFols 164v and following ), Third homily of Athanasius
- ms_i1.7.10 (check the viewerFols 171r and following ), Song of songs
- ms_i1.7.11 (check the viewerFols 175v and following ), Fourth homily of Athanasius
- ms_i1.7.12 (check the viewerFols 177r and following ), Revelation of John
- ms_i1.8
(check the viewerFols 193v and following ),
Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Saturday
- ms_i1.8.1 (check the viewerFols 202v and following ), ትምህርተ፡ ኅቡኣት፡
Contents
check the viewerFols 2r and following Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt (CAe 1544)
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check the viewerFols 2r and following Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Introduction (CAe 1544 Introduction)
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check the viewerFols 4r and following Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Palm Sunday (CAe 1544 PalmSundayGH)
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check the viewerFols 14r and following Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Monday (CAe 1544 Monday)
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check the viewerFols 22r and following Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Homily by John Chrysostom for Monday morning (CAe 1544 JohnMonday)
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check the viewerFols 23r and following Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Homily by John Chrysostom on the fig tree for Monday morning (same as LIT2122OntheF) (CAe 1544 JohnFig)
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check the viewerFols 31r and following Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Homily for the ninth hour of Monday morning (anonymous) (CAe 1544 MondayNinth)
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check the viewerFols 54r and following Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Wednesday (CAe 1544 Wednesday)
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check the viewerFols 69v and following Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Thursday (CAe 1544 Thursday)
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check the viewerFols 193v and following Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Saturday (CAe 1544 Saturday)
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Additions In this unit there are in total 2 , 1 , 1 , 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 1r (Type: Statutes)
A list of clergy, who were to undertake certain duties during the whole year.
( gez ) መሪ ዘቀኝ፡ በመስከረን፡
ቄስ፡ አፄ፡ ገብረ፡ መድን።
መልአከ፡ ብርሃናት፡ ፈንታ።
አለቃ፡ ሀብተል ሥላሴ።
ቄስ፡ አፄ፡ ገብረ፡ ማርያም።
መሪ፡ ዘጥቅምት፡
አለቃ፡ ገብረ፡ ሐና።
አለቃ፡ ወልደ፡ ተክሌ፡ ሕጉ።
መሪ፡ ጌታ፡ ሐሤት።
ቀኝ፡ ጌታ፡ አልታሰብ።
አለቃ፡ ኂሩት።| መሪ፡ ዘግራ፡ በመስከረም።
ጸራግ፡ ማስሬ፡ ገብረ፡ ሥላሴ።
መልአከ፡ ብርሃናት፡ ካሳ።
መልአከ፡ ብርሃናት፡ ብርሃን።
አለቃ፡ ተክለ፡ እስጢፋኖስ።
አለቃ፡ ፈንታ።
መሪ፡ ዘጥቅምት፡
ሊቀ፡ ማእምራን፡ ጎሹ።
አለቃ፡ ፀዳሉ።
ኃይሉ፡ ገብረ፡ ማርያም፡
አለቃ፡ ኪዳነ፡ ማርያም፡
አለቃ፡ ወልደ፡ ተክሌ።
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check the viewerFol. 1v (Type: Statutes)
A list of clergy, who were to undertake certain duties during the whole year.
( gez ) ደብተራ፡ ዘቀኝ፡ በመስከረም፡
እጨጌ፡ ማሕፀንቱ።
መምር፡ ወልደ፡ ሥላሴ።
ሊቀ፡ ካህናት፡ እንግዳ።
መምር፡ እሴቱ። ፀባቲ፡ ኃይሉ።
አባ፡ ዘወልደ፡ ማርያም።| ደብተራ፡ ዘግራ፡ በመስከረም።
አፄ፡ ሣህሉ። እቴጌ፡ መነን።
ራስ፡ አሊ። መጋቢ፡ ከብቴ።
መምር፡ ወልደ፡ ተክሌ።
አለቃ፡ ተወልደ፡ መድን። -
check the viewerFol. 2r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿAlam↗
( gez ) ግብረ፡ ሕማማት፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።
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check the viewerFols 206r–207v (Type: GuestText)
Hymns and prayers, in different hands.
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check the viewerFol. 208r (Type: AcquisitionNote)
A note, which indicates that the manuscript subsequently belonged to the church of the Holy Trinity at Qārodā↗ , similar to a note in London, British Library, BL Oriental 600, Ownership Note a2.
( gez ) ለቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ዘሥሉስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ዘሐነፃ፡ ደጅ፡ አዝማች፡ አርከሌድስ፡ በምድረ፡ ቃሮዳ፤↗ ዘወሀብዋ፡ ምድረ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ነገሥት፡ ብርሃን፡ ሰገድ፤ ዘበጸጋ፡ ጥምቀት፡ ተሰምዩ፡ ኢያሱ፡ ከመ፡ ኢይንሣእ፡ መኑሂ፡ ወኢየሀብ፡ ለባዕድ፡ እምድኅረ፡ ዘመኖሙ፡ አውገዙ፡ እንዘ፡ ይብሉ፡ በሥልጣነ፡ አበዊነ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ውጉዘ፡ ለይኩን፤ ዘወሀበ፡ ወዘተመጠወ፡ አብ፡ ክቡር፡ መምህር፡ ዘደብረ፡ ሊባኖስ፡↗ እጨጌ፡ ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ወአብ፡ ዐቢይ፡ ጳጳስ፡ አቡነ፡ ክርስቶዶሉ።
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 138b-140a
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 15.875in |
Width | 13.75in |
Foliation
Foliation in the upper right corner by the library. One unnumbered blank leaf at the beginning, referred to as check the viewerfol. i in the library's digitization.
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
In the original boards covered with blind-tooled leather and lined with silk.
Binding material
wood
leather
silk
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 25-26
Ruling
- (Subtype: pattern)1A-1A-1A1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C
- The upper line is written above the ruling, the lower line is written above the ruling.
Pricking
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks and horizontal pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1708-1711 according to William Wright
The manuscript is written in a fine hand, 1708-1711 . 1708-1711 according to William WrightSelect one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
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