Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Bruce 94
Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Codices aethiopici, Bruce
Other identifiers: Dillmann cat. XXXIII, Dillmann 33
General description
Amharic Song of Songs, Vocabularies
Number of Text units: 8
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1769-1772
Original Location: Ethiopia↗
Provenance
This manuscript was copied for James Bruce patron .
Summary
- ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 1–4 ), Song of Songs
- ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 5–6 ), Amharic-Oromo Vocabulary
- ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 7–9 ), "Falāšā" Song of Songs
- ms_i4 (check the viewerFols 10–13 ), Vocabulary of Amharic, Falāšā, Gāfāt, ʾAgaw, Č̣irāč̣ā ʾAgaw
- ms_i5 (check the viewerFols 14–17 ), Gāfāt Song of Songs
- ms_i6 (check the viewerFols 18–20 ), "Damot ʾAgaw" Song of Songs
- ms_i7 (check the viewerFols 21–23 ), "Č̣irāč̣ā ʾAgaw" Song of Songs
- ms_i8 (check the viewerFols 24–27 ), "Gāllā" Song of Songs
Contents
check the viewerFols 1–4 Song of Songs (CAe 2362)
Language of text:
Text Bibliography , item 1
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Bruce, J. 1790. Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773, I (Edinburgh: J. Ruthven, 1790). page 400
check the viewerFols 5–6 Amharic-Oromo Vocabulary
Language of text: and Oromo
A third column was reserved for "Šānqǝllā" vocabulary, but these words have not been added.check the viewerFols 7–9 "Falāšā" Song of Songs (CAe 2362)
Text Bibliography , item 3
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Bruce, J. 1790. Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773, I (Edinburgh: J. Ruthven, 1790). page 400
check the viewerFols 10–13 Vocabulary of Amharic, Falāšā, Gāfāt, ʾAgaw, Č̣irāč̣ā ʾAgaw
Language of text: and Gāfāt
Text Bibliography , item 4
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Bruce, J. 1804. Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773, second edition, II (Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne for Archibald Constable and Company, 1804). page 494–497
check the viewerFols 14–17 Gāfāt Song of Songs (CAe 2362)
Language of text:
Explicit (Amharic ):ይህ፡ የጋፋት፡ ልሳን፡ ነው፡
Text Bibliography , item 5
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Bruce, J. 1790. Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773, I (Edinburgh: J. Ruthven, 1790). page 400
check the viewerFols 18–20 "Damot ʾAgaw" Song of Songs (CAe 2362)
Language of text:
Explicit (Amharic ):ይህ፡ የአገው፡ ልሳን፡ ነው፡
Text Bibliography , item 6
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Bruce, J. 1790. Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773, I (Edinburgh: J. Ruthven, 1790). page 400
check the viewerFols 21–23 "Č̣irāč̣ā ʾAgaw" Song of Songs (CAe 2362)
Explicit (Amharic ):ይህ፡ የጪራጫ፡ አገው፡ ልሳን፡ ነው፡
Text Bibliography , item 7
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Bruce, J. 1790. Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773, I (Edinburgh: J. Ruthven, 1790). page 400
check the viewerFols 24–27 "Gāllā" Song of Songs (CAe 2362)
Language of text:
Explicit (Amharic ):ይህ፡ የጋላ፡ ልሳን፡ ነው፡
Text Bibliography , item 8
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Bruce, J. 1790. Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773, I (Edinburgh: J. Ruthven, 1790). page 400
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 82b–83a
Secondary Bibliography
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Bruce, J. 1804. Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773, second edition, II (Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne for Archibald Constable and Company, 1804). page 491–499
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Gnisci, J., S. Brock, D. Appleyard, S. M. Winslow, S. Delamarter, Siam Bhayro, A. Brita, Girma Getahun, and D. Levene 2019. Treasures of Ethiopia and Eritrea in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, ed. J. Gnisci, Manar al-Athar Monograph, 5 (Oxford: Manar al-Athar–University of Oxford, 2019). page 95-101
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
State of preservation
deficient
Condition
The last leaves have been damaged at binding.
Layout
Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 1–4, check the viewer7–9, check the viewer14–27 )
Number of columns: 2
Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 5–6 )
Number of columns: 3
Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 10–13 )
Number of columns: 5
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Not very accurately copied.
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