Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Bruce 77
Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography
Collection: Codices aethiopici, Bruce
Other identifiers: Dillmann cat. XI, Dillmann 11
General description
Gospel of Luke, Gospel of John
Number of Text units: 4
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Estimated by Christian Friedrich August Dillmann as not predating the time of James Bruce 's visit by much.
Provenance
This manuscript was bought by James Bruce owner . It constitutes the second part of Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Bruce 76.
Summary
- ms_i1
(check the viewerFols 1r–75, check the viewer3r–77vb ),
Four Gospels
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 1r–41va, check the viewer3r–43va ), ብስራተ፡ አብ፡ ትሩፍ፡ ሉቃስ፡ ወንጌላዊ፡ ፩እምሰብዓ፡ ወክልኤቱ፡ አርድእት። ጸሎቱ፡ ወበረከቱ፡ ወሀብተ፡ ረድኤቱ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁሩ፡ ወምስለ፡ ብእሲቱ፡ ወምስለ፡ ወለቱ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 41va–42rb, check the viewer43va–44rb ), Gospel of John, Biography of John
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 43r–75vb, check the viewer45r–77vb ), ብስራተ፡ አብ፡ ትሩፍ፡ ረድእ፡ ትናጋሪ፡ በመለኮት፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ፍቁረ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ። በረከተ፡ ጸጋሁ፡ የሃሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁሩ፡
Contents
check the viewerFols 1r–75, check the viewer3r–77vb Four Gospels (CAe 1560)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 1r–41va, check the viewer3r–43va ብስራተ፡ አብ፡ ትሩፍ፡ ሉቃስ፡ ወንጌላዊ፡ ፩እምሰብዓ፡ ወክልኤቱ፡ አርድእት። ጸሎቱ፡ ወበረከቱ፡ ወሀብተ፡ ረድኤቱ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁሩ፡ ወልደ፡ ካህን፡ owner ወምስለ፡ ብእሲቱ፡ ወለተ፡ ማርያም፡ ወምስለ፡ ወለቱ፡ ወለተ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን። (CAe 2713)
Language of text:
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ተጽሕፈ፡ ጽሕፈተ፡ ብስራተ፡ ሉቃስ፡ ጠቢብ፡ እንተ፡ ጸሐፎ፡ በዮናኒ፡ በሀገረ፡ መቄዶንያ፡ እምድኅረ፡ ዕርገቱ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ በሥጋ፡ በ፳ወ፪ ዓመት፡ በዓመተ፡ ፲ወ፬እመንግሥተ፡ አቅሎንድዮስ፡ ቄሣር፡ ወስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።
check the viewerFols 41va–42rb, check the viewer43va–44rb Gospel of John, Biography of John (CAe 1693 BioJohn)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 43r–75vb, check the viewer45r–77vb ብስራተ፡ አብ፡ ትሩፍ፡ ረድእ፡ ትናጋሪ፡ በመለኮት፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ፍቁረ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ። በረከተ፡ ጸጋሁ፡ የሃሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁሩ፡ . . . . .ommission by Christian Friedrich August Dillmann (CAe 2715)
Language of text:
(The text is not at all correct and presents many variants in comparison to the printed edition.)Colophon
መልአ፡ ስብከተ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወልደ፡ ዘብዴዎስ፡ ሐዋርያ፡ ፩እም፲ወ፪እንተ፡ ጸሐፎ፡ በዮናኒ፡ ለሰብአ፡ ኤፌሶን። እምድኅረ፡ ዕርገቱ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ በሥጋ፡ ውስተ፡ ሰማይ፡ በ፴ወ፰ዓመተ፡ መንግሥቱ፡ ለኔሮን፡ ቄሣር፡ ጸሎቱ፡ ወበረከቱ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁሩ፡ ወልደ፡ ካህን፡ patron ወምስለ፡ ብእሲቱ፡ ወለተ፡ ማርያም፡ ወምስለ፡ ወለቱ፡ ወለተ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ወምስለ፡ ጸሐፊሁ፡ ወልደ፡ ሥላሴ፡ scribe ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን። ዝመጽሐፍ፡ ዘወልደ፡ ካህን፡ ዘአጽሐፎ፡ በንዋዩ፡ ከመ፡ ይኵኖ፡ መድኃኒተ፡ ነፍስ፡ ወሥጋ፡ ዘሠረቆ፡ ወዘፈሐቆ፡ ወዘነሥኦ፡ በኃይል፡ በሥልጣነ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ወጉዘ፡ (!) sic by Christian Friedrich August Dillmann ይኩን፡ በቃሎሙ።
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
Extras
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(Type: StampExlibris)
Ex libris of James Bruce glued on the inner front board, containing shelfmarks of the manuscript: 77. Aeth. Cat. 2. Bruce of Kinnaird Nº 2
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A pagemark of blue textile is sewn to the headband.
Catalogue Bibliography
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Dillmann, C. F. A. 1848. Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae Oxoniensis, Pars VII: Codices Aethiopici (Oxonii: E Typographeo Academico, 1848). page 15b–17b
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 327mm |
Width | 249mm |
Depth | 39mm |
Leaf dimensions | |
Height | 320mm |
Width | 243mm |
Foliation
- The foliation refered to in Dillmann 1848 is not visible in the manuscript anymore. It counted the first folio containing text as 1, the current check the viewerfol. 3
- check the viewerFols 1r–80v The manuscript is foliated in pencil in the upper right corner, beginning with 1 on the first blank leaf. The paper fly-leaves, one each at the beginning and end of the manuscript, are not foliated.
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | A | 2 | No image availableFols 1r–2v | |
2 | 1 | 8 | No image availableFols 3r–10v | 3, stub after 5 6, stub after 2 |
3 | 2 | 8 | No image availableFols 11r–18v | |
4 | 3 | 8 | No image availableFols 19r–26v | |
5 | 4 | 8 | No image availableFols 27r–34v | 3, stub after 5 6, stub after 2 |
6 | 5 | 6 | No image availableFols 35r–40v | |
7 | 6 | 4 | No image availableFols 41r–44v | 2, stub after 3 3, stub before 3 |
8 | 7 | 8 | No image availableFols 45r–52v | |
9 | 8 | 8 | No image availableFols 53r–60v | 3, stub after 6 6, stub after 3 |
10 | 9 | 8 | No image availableFols 61r–68v | 3, stub after 6 6, stub after 3 |
11 | 10 | 8 | No image availableFols 69r–76v | 3, stub after 5 6, stub after 2 |
12 | 11 | 4 | No image availableFols 77r–80v |
Collation diagrams
Quire ID:q1, number:A
3, stub after 5 6, stub after 2
Quire ID:q2, number:1
Quire ID:q3, number:2
Quire ID:q4, number:3
3, stub after 5 6, stub after 2
Quire ID:q5, number:4
Quire ID:q6, number:5
2, stub after 3 3, stub before 3
Quire ID:q7, number:6
Quire ID:q8, number:7
3, stub after 6 6, stub after 3
Quire ID:q9, number:8
3, stub after 6 6, stub after 3
Quire ID:q10, number:9
3, stub after 5 6, stub after 2
Quire ID:q11, number:10
Quire ID:q12, number:11
Ethio-SPaRe formula : A(2/No image availableFols 1r–2v) – I(6+2/s.l. 3, stub after 5; s.l. 6, stub after 2/No image availableFols 3r–10v) – II(8/No image availableFols 11r–18v) – III(8/No image availableFols 19r–26v) – IV(6+2/s.l. 3, stub after 5; s.l. 6, stub after 2/No image availableFols 27r–34v) – V(6/No image availableFols 35r–40v) – VI(2+2/s.l. 2, stub after 3; s.l. 3, stub before 3/No image availableFols 41r–44v) – VII(8/No image availableFols 45r–52v) – VIII(6+2/s.l. 3, stub after 6; s.l. 6, stub after 3/No image availableFols 53r–60v) – IX(6+2/s.l. 3, stub after 6; s.l. 6, stub after 3/No image availableFols 61r–68v) – X(6+2/s.l. 3, stub after 5; s.l. 6, stub after 2/No image availableFols 69r–76v) – XI(4/No image availableFols 77r–80v) –
Formula: No image availableFols 1r–2v ; No image availableFols 3r–10v 3, stub after 5 6, stub after 2 ; No image availableFols 11r–18v ; No image availableFols 19r–26v ; No image availableFols 27r–34v 3, stub after 5 6, stub after 2 ; No image availableFols 35r–40v ; No image availableFols 41r–44v 2, stub after 3 3, stub before 3 ; No image availableFols 45r–52v ; No image availableFols 53r–60v 3, stub after 6 6, stub after 3 ; No image availableFols 61r–68v 3, stub after 6 6, stub after 3 ; No image availableFols 69r–76v 3, stub after 5 6, stub after 2 ; No image availableFols 77r–80v ;
Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (6), 7 (4), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (4),
Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (6), 7 (4), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (4),
State of preservation
good
Condition
Parchment repair on check the viewerfol. 18 .
Binding
European binding, red leather with gilded borders. Imprinted on the spine: New Testame. Tom II Cover of the inner board and first fly-leaf gilded paper with floral pattern. The text block has been trimmed and its edges were gilded. One paper fly leaf each, containing watermarks, at the front and back.
Binding material
leather
paper
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 25
H | 241mm |
W | 195mm |
Margins | |
top | 31mm |
bottom | 49mm |
right | 27mm |
left | 22mm |
intercolumn | 10mm |
Ms Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Bruce 77 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 244mm, object width is: 249mm, computed height is: 321mm and object height is: 327mm.Ruling
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Scribe: Walda Śǝllāse scribe
Script: Ethiopic
Same hand as Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Bruce 76, handNote h1?
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