Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Aeth. g. 5
Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography
General description
Magic texts
Number of Text units: 12
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1700-1750 (dating on palaeographic grounds) ?
Provenance
The manuscript was purchased by the Bodleian Library↗ in 1885.
Summary
- ms_i1
(check the viewerFols 3r and following ),
Maṣḥafa ʾardǝʾt
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 3r and following ), Maṣḥafa ʾardǝʾǝt, Prayers for Monday
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 9r and following ), Maṣḥafa ʾardǝʾǝt, Prayers for Tuesday
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 14v and following ), Maṣḥafa ʾardǝʾǝt, Prayers for Wednesday
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 21r and following ), Maṣḥafa ʾardǝʾǝt, Prayers for Thursday
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 26r and following ), Maṣḥafa ʾardǝʾǝt, Prayers for Friday
- ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 31r and following ), Maṣḥafa ʾardǝʾǝt, Prayers for Saturday
- ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 36v and following ), Maṣḥafa ʾardǝʾǝt, Prayers for Sunday
- ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 44r and following ), Ṣalot za-Muse
- ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 49v and following ), Magical prayers and formulae
- ms_i4 (check the viewerFols 61r and following ), Lǝfāfa ṣǝdq
- ms_i5 (check the viewerFols 62r and following ), Incomplete magical prayer
Contents
check the viewerFols 3r and following Maṣḥafa ʾardǝʾt (CAe 3942)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 3r and following Maṣḥafa ʾardǝʾǝt, Prayers for Monday (CAe 3942 Monday)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): [በስ(?)]supplied by Edward Ullendorffመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by Edward Ullendorff [በእንተ፡(?)]supplied by Edward Ullendorff ፲ወ፪፡ [አርድእት፡(?)]supplied by Edward Ullendorff [ ዘከ(?)]supplied by Edward Ullendorffመ፡ ነገሮሙ፡ ኢየሱስ፡
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This section is largely illegible.check the viewerFols 9r and following Maṣḥafa ʾardǝʾǝt, Prayers for Tuesday (CAe 3942 Tuesday)
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check the viewerFols 14v and following Maṣḥafa ʾardǝʾǝt, Prayers for Wednesday (CAe 3942 Wednesday)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወአንበቡ፡ ዘንተ፡ አስማተ፡ ክርስቶስ፡
In Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Aeth. f. 13, the Wednesday portion begins at a place equivalent to check the viewerfol. 13r this manuscript (after name of owner).check the viewerFols 21r and following Maṣḥafa ʾardǝʾǝt, Prayers for Thursday (CAe 3942 Thursday)
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check the viewerFols 26r and following Maṣḥafa ʾardǝʾǝt, Prayers for Friday (CAe 3942 Friday)
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check the viewerFols 31r and following Maṣḥafa ʾardǝʾǝt, Prayers for Saturday (CAe 3942 Saturday)
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check the viewerFols 36v and following Maṣḥafa ʾardǝʾǝt, Prayers for Sunday (CAe 3942 Sunday)
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check the viewerFols 44r and following Ṣalot za-Muse (CAe 4002)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ንሕነ፡ ንነግረክሙ፡ በዘድሕነ፡ ሙሴ፡
check the viewerFols 61r and following Lǝfāfa ṣǝdq (CAe 1758)
Language of text:
Continuation of check the viewerfol. 53 .Additions In this unit there are in total .
Extras
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The name of the owner, mentioned on check the viewerfol. 6v and throughout, was Beza Giyorgis .
Text in Gǝʿǝz
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 26a
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 4.63in |
Width | 3.63in |
Quire Structure Collation
Binding
European binding.
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 3–52, check the viewer62 (?) )
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 16
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Written in a mediocre hand, possibly early 18th century.
Date: 1700-1750 ?
1700-1750 ?Hand 2
Script: Ethiopic
Written in a very small, slovenly, and often illegible hand.
Hand 3
Script: Ethiopic
Written in a very bad hand.
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