London, British Library, BL Oriental 605
Solomon Gebreyes, Daria Elagina
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCXIV, Wright 214
General description
Nagara Māryām, Homilies for the Festivals of the blessed Virgin Mary
Number of Text units: 28
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1700-1750
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 3r and following ),
Nagara Māryām
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 3r and following ), Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Maskaram
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 11v and following ), Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Ṭǝqǝmt
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 23v and following ), Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Ḫǝdār
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 31r and following ), Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Tāḫśāś
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 35r and following ), Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Ṭǝrr
- ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 36v and following ), Nagara Māryām, Yakkatit
- ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 45v and following ), Nagara Māryām, Maggabit
- ms_i1.8 (check the viewerFols 51r and following ), Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Miyāzyā
- ms_i1.9 (check the viewerFols 55r and following ), Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Gǝnbot
- ms_i1.10 (check the viewerFols 59v and following ), Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Sane
- ms_i1.11 (check the viewerFols 64r and following ), Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Ḥamle
- ms_i1.12 (check the viewerFols 71r and following ), Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Naḥāse
- ms_i1.13 (check the viewerFols 73r and following ), Nagara Māryām, Narrative regarding the raising to life of the son of Caiaphas
- ms_i2
(check the viewerFols 74r and following ),
Homilies for the Festivals
of the blessed Virgin Mary
- ms_i2.1 (check the viewerFols 74r and following ), Nagar zakama ḍansat ʾǝgzǝʾtǝna Māryām ʾǝmma ʾAmlāk
- ms_i2.2 (check the viewerFols 83r and following ), Dǝrsān za-yǝtnabbab ʾama 3 la-tāḫśāś baʾǝnta lǝdatā la-ʾǝgzǝʾtǝna Māryām walādita ʾAmlāk wa-zakama boʾat wǝsta beta maqdas wa-zakama ʾawaffayǝwwā la-Yosef wa-zakama ḥorat beta Zakāryās ḫaba bǝʾǝsitu ʾElsābeṭ
- ms_i2.3 (check the viewerFols 89v and following ), Dǝrsāna kidāna mǝḥrat
- ms_i2.4 (check the viewerFols 94r and following ), Rāʾǝya [ʾǝgzǝʾǝtǝna] Māryām
- ms_i2.5 (check the viewerFols 108r and following ), The History of the Death and Assumption of the blessed Virgin, as narrated on the authority of St John
- ms_i2.6 (check the viewerFols 114v and following ), Dǝrsan zäyǝnäggǝr zäkämä täräkbä zenaha läqǝddǝst Maryam
- ms_i2.7 (check the viewerFols 118v and following ), Maṣḥafa fǝlsatā la-Māryām
- ms_i2.8 (check the viewerFols 133v and following ), ላሀ፡ ማርያም፡
- ms_i2.9 (check the viewerFols 149r and following ), ድርሳን፡ በእንተ፡ ሕንጻ፡ አብያተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ለእግዝእትነ፡ ቅድስት፡ ማርያም፡ በዕለተ፡ ቅዳሴሃ፡ አመ፡ ፳ወ፩ለሰኔ፡
- ms_i2.10 (check the viewerFols 150r and following ), Baʾǝnta ḥǝnḍā beta krǝstiyān la-ʾǝgzǝʾtǝna nǝṣǝḥt Māryām ba-ʿǝlata qǝddāse ʾama 20wa1 la-Sane ba-salāma ʾƎgziʾabǝḥer
- ms_i2.11 (check the viewerFols 158r and following ), Hymn to Our Lady Mary
- ms_i2.12 (check the viewerFols 162r and following ), ዘይትነበብ፡ በበዓለ፡ ቍስቋም፡
- ms_i2.13 (check the viewerFols 177v and following ), Homily on the Church of the Rock
Contents
check the viewerFols 3r and following Nagara Māryām (CAe 2051)
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check the viewerFols 3r and following Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Maskaram (CAe 2051 Maskaram)
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check the viewerFols 11v and following Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Ṭǝqǝmt (CAe 2051 Teqemt)
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check the viewerFols 23v and following Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Ḫǝdār (CAe 2051 Hedar)
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check the viewerFols 31r and following Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Tāḫśāś (CAe 2051 Tahsas)
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check the viewerFols 35r and following Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Ṭǝrr (CAe 2051 Terr)
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check the viewerFols 36v and following Nagara Māryām, Yakkatit (CAe 2051 Yakkatit)
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check the viewerFols 45v and following Nagara Māryām, Maggabit (CAe 2051 Maggabit)
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check the viewerFols 51r and following Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Miyāzyā (CAe 2051 Miyazya)
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check the viewerFols 55r and following Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Gǝnbot (CAe 2051 Genbot)
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check the viewerFols 59v and following Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Sane (CAe 2051 Sane)
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check the viewerFols 64r and following Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Ḥamle (CAe 2051 Hamle)
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check the viewerFols 71r and following Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Naḥāse (CAe 2051 Nahase)
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check the viewerFols 73r and following Nagara Māryām, Narrative regarding the raising to life of the son of Caiaphas (CAe 2051 SonCaiaphas)
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check the viewerFols 74r and following Homilies for the Festivals of the blessed Virgin Mary
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Content Item 1.12 , item 1 Nagara Māryām, Reading for the 21st of Naḥāse (CAe 2051 Nahase) and Content Item 2.13 , item 2 Homily on the Church of the Rock (CAe 1643) are divided so as to form in connection a complete course of readings for the 12 months.check the viewerFols 74r and following Nagar zakama ḍansat ʾǝgzǝʾtǝna Māryām ʾǝmma ʾAmlāk (CAe 6189)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ዜና፡ ፅንሰታ፡ ወዘልደታ፡ ለእግዝእትነ፡ ድንግል፡ በክልኤ፡ ማርያም።
check the viewerFols 89v and following Dǝrsāna kidāna mǝḥrat (CAe 1290)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አብ፡ ዘኃረያ፡ ለማርያም፡ ወቀደሶ፡ (…)ommission by ድርሳን፡ ዘእመ፡ ምሕረት፡ ድርሳን፡ ዘእመ፡ ሕይወት። ድርሳን፡ ዘእመ፡ መድኃኒት፡ ድርሳን፡ ዘእመ፡ ጸባዖት፡ ዘወላዲተ፡ ሣህል፡ ዘይትነበብ፡ ዮም፡ በዛቲ፡ ዕለት፡ በዓለ፡ ኪዳና፡ ለማርያም፡ ድንግል፡ እንተ፡ ይእቲ፡ አምደ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ዘኢታንቀለቅል፡ እመ፡ ተንሥአ፡ ሞገደ፡ ማዕበል፡ አልቦቱ፡ ድቀት፡ ለዘባቲ፡ ይትዌከል።
check the viewerFols 94r and following Rāʾǝya [ʾǝgzǝʾǝtǝna] Māryām (CAe 1124)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ (…)ommission by ይቤ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወልደ፡ ዘብዴዎስ፡ ዘያፈቅሮ፡ እግዚእ፡ ፈድፋደ፡ በእንተ፡ ንጽሕናሁ፡ ወእግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡ ታፈቅሮ፡ ፈድፋደ፡ በከመ፡ አፍቀሮ፡ ወልዳ። ወአውሥአቶ፡ ወትቤሎ፡ ኦዮሐንስ፡ ስማዕ፡ አነ፡ እነግረከ፡ ኅቡዓ፡ ምሥጢረ፡ ወመድምመ፡ በልብ፡ ዘኢይጤየቅ፡ ወበሕሊና፡ ዘኢይጠነቀቅ፡ ዘከሠተ፡ ሊተ፡ እግዚእየ፡ ወወልድየ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ፍቁርየ፡ ወመድኃንየ፡ እንዘ፡ እጼሊ፡ በጎልጎታ፡ ጊዜ፡ ፯ ሰዓት፡ ዝውእቱ፡ ቀትር፡ በዕለተ፡ ዓርብ፡ መጽአ፡ ደመና፡ ብሩህ፡ ወጾረኒ፡ ወኣዕረገኒ፡ መልዕልተ፡ ሣልስ፡ ሰማይ። ወአንበረኒ፡ ማእከለ፡ ጽንፈ፡ ምድር፡ ወአስተርአየኒ፡ ወልድየ። ወይቤለኒ፡ ሰላም፡ ለኪ፡ ኦማርያም፡ እምየ፡
check the viewerFols 114v and following Dǝrsan zäyǝnäggǝr zäkämä täräkbä zenaha läqǝddǝst Maryam (CAe 1278)
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check the viewerFols 149r and following ድርሳን፡ በእንተ፡ ሕንጻ፡ አብያተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ለእግዝእትነ፡ ቅድስት፡ ማርያም፡ በዕለተ፡ ቅዳሴሃ፡ አመ፡ ፳ወ፩ለሰኔ፡ (CAe 6180)
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check the viewerFols 158r and following Hymn to Our Lady Mary (CAe 3082)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): እግዚአብሔር፡ ወሃቤ፡ ብርሃን፡ ዘይሤለስ፡ በአካሉ።
check the viewerFols 177v and following Homily on the Church of the Rock (CAe 1643)
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Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 3r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿAlam↗
( gez ) ነገረ፡ ማርያም፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።
Extras
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Blank spaces for pictures.
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Name of the first owner has been erased; the oldest substitution was with the name Yonātān owner (check the viewerfols. 95v, 115r ); later the names of Takla Hāymānot owner (check the viewerfol. 11r ), Ḫāyla Śǝllāse owner (check the viewerfol. 11v ), Walatta Nǝgǝśt owner (check the viewerfol. 50v ).
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .
Other Decorations
- drawing:
check the viewerFol. 4r
Drawing or an unfinished outline of a miniature.
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 141b-142b
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 14.5in |
Width | 12.25in |
Foliation
Foliation by the library in the upper right corner. One unnumbered blank leaf at the end, 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.
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 25
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 are mostly visible, horizontal pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1700-1750 according to William Wright
The manuscript is written in a good hand, of the first half of the 18th century.. 1700-1750 according to William WrightCheck for additional bibliography
Publication Statement
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Solomon Gebreyes, Daria Elagina, Alessandro Bausi, Dorothea Reule, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 605ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2022-06-08) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient605 [Accessed: 2024-05-21]
Revisions of the data
- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Added layout. on 8.6.2022
- Daria Elagina Daria Elagina: Completed the description. on 26.7.2021
- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Added link to images on 26.11.2020
- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Created catalogue entry on 5.6.2019
Attributions of the contents
Dorothea Reule, contributor