Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Aeth. e. 5
Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography
General description
Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, Māḫbara mǝʾǝmanān
Number of Text units: 10
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1700-1799 (dating on palaeographic grounds) ?
Provenance
The manuscript was acquired by Frederick Roome , a member of the British Napier expedition, in 1868 in Sanʿāfe↗ . It was purchased by the Bodleian Library↗ in 1887.
Summary
- ms_i1
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Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 2r and following ), Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Monday
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 20v and following ), Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Tuesday
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 49r and following ), Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Wednesday
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 71r and following ), Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Thursday
- ms_i1.5
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Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Friday
- ms_i1.5.1 (check the viewerFols 102r and following ), Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, : FridayShenute
- ms_i1.5.2 (check the viewerFols 113r and following ), Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, : FridayPachomius
- ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 123r and following ), Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Saturday
- ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 141r and following ), Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Sunday
Contents
check the viewerFols 2r and following Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk (CAe 2505)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 2r and following Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Monday (CAe 2505 Monday)
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check the viewerFols 20v and following Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Tuesday (CAe 2505 Tuesday)
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check the viewerFols 49r and following Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Wednesday (CAe 2505 Wednesday)
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check the viewerFols 71r and following Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Thursday (CAe 2505 Thursday)
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check the viewerFols 102r and following Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Friday (CAe 2505 Friday)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 102r and following Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, : FridayShenute (CAe 2505 FridayShenute)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 113r and following Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, : FridayPachomius (CAe 2505 FridayPachomius)
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check the viewerFols 123r and following Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Saturday (CAe 2505 Saturday)
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check the viewerFols 141r and following Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Sunday (CAe 2505 Sunday)
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Additions In this unit there are in total 2 , 1 .
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Māḫbara mǝʾmanān (CAe 2733) ; The text is fully identical with Dillmann 1866, but breaks off in what corresponds to verse 18 of the edition.
Text in Gǝʿǝz
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ʾAkko-nu bǝʾsi (CAe 4274) ; the following is the incipit:
( gez ) አኮኑ፡ ብእሲ፡ ሶበ፡ ኀኒጸ፡ ቤት፡
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( en ) Major General F. Roome owner , C.B., late Chief of the Political & Intelligence Department Senafé↗ Abyssinia in 1868.
Extras
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The name of the owner is erased throughout.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .
Other Decorations
- drawing:
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Faint outline of an unfinished drawing of St Mary with the Child.
Catalogue Bibliography
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Ullendorff, E. 1951. Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, II, Catalogi Codd. Mss. Bibliothecae Bodleianae, 7 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1951). page 13ab
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 7.75in |
Width | 7in |
Binding
Ethiopian binding, wooden boards covered with leather, kept in a leather case with strap.
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 159r–164r )
Number of columns: 2
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Written in a good hand, probably 18th century.
Date: 1700-1799 ?
1700-1799 ?Hand 2
Script: Ethiopic
Written in a poor hand.
Date: 1700-1799 ?
1700-1799 ?Hand 3
Script: Ethiopic
Writing very poor.
Date: 1700-1799 ?
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