Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Bruce 80
Dorothea Reule
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Collection: Codices aethiopici, Bruce
Other identifiers: Dillmann cat. XIV, Dillmann 14
General description
Catholic Epistles, Revelation, Acts of the Apostles
Number of Text units: 10
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Before 1772
Original Location: Ethiopia↗
Provenance
This manuscript was bought by James Bruce owner . This manuscript constitutes the first part of Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Bruce 81.
Summary
- ms_i1
(check the viewerFols 1ra–18vb ),
Catholic Epistles
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 1ra–5rb ), በስመ፡ አብ፡ ንቀድም፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ወመድኃኒነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ንጽሕፍ፡ መልእክተ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ቀዳሚት።
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 5rb–8ra ), መልእክተ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ዳግሚት፡
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 8ra–12ra ), መልእክተ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ሐዋርያ፡ ወልደ፡ ዘብዴዎስ፡ ቀዳማዊ።
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 12ra–12va ), መልእክተ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ዳግሚት፡
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 12va–13ra ), መልእክተ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ሣልሲት፡
- ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 13ra–17rb ), መልእክተ፡ ያዕቆብ፡ እኁሁ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡
- ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 17rb–18vb ), መልእክተ፡ ይሁዳ፡ እኁሁ፡ ለያዕቆብ፡
- ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 18va–36rb ), ዘዮሐንስ፡ ኤጲስ፡ ቆጶስ፡ ዘቍስጥንጥንያ፡ መጥሮጶሊስ፡ አመ፡ ሀለዎ፡ ይሰደድ።
- ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 36va–69vb ), መጽሐፈ፡ ግብረ፡ ልዑካን፡ ዝንቱ፡ ውእቱ፡ ዜና፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ንጹሓን፡ እምጊዜ፡ ዕርገቱ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ዘጸሐፈ፡ ሉቃስ፡ ወንጌላዊ፡ ወፈነዎ፡ ኀበ፡ ታኦፊላ፡ ዘጸሐፈ፡ ሎቱ፡ ቀዳማዊ፡ ወንጌለ።
Contents
check the viewerFols 1ra–18vb Catholic Epistles (CAe 3506)
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The text of the works contained in this manuscript agrees relatively well with the edition Platt 1830; however, it offers also many variants.check the viewerFols 1ra–5rb በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by Christian Friedrich August Dillmann ንቀድም፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ወመድኃኒነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ንጽሕፍ፡ መልእክተ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ቀዳሚት። (CAe 3507)
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Subscription (Gǝʿǝz ):መልአት፡ መልእክተ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ቀዳሚት፡ ወስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።
The text is divided into 10 chapters (ክፍል፡):
Chapter 1: 1:1;
Chapter 2: 1:13;
Chapter 3: 2:4;
Chapter 4: Middle of 2:25;
Chapter 5: 3:10;
Chapter 6: 3:15;
Chapter 7: 4:1;
Chapter 8: 4:12;
Chapter 9: 5:6;
Chapter 10: 5:12.
check the viewerFols 5rb–8ra መልእክተ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ዳግሚት፡ (CAe 3508)
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Subscription (Gǝʿǝz ):መልአት፡ መልእክተ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ዳግሚት፡ ወስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።
The text is divided into 4 chapters (ክፍል፡):
Chapter 1: 1:1;
Chapter 2: End of 1:16;
Chapter 3: 1:19;
Chapter 4: 3:1.
check the viewerFols 8ra–12ra መልእክተ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ሐዋርያ፡ ወልደ፡ ዘብዴዎስ፡ ቀዳማዊ። (CAe 3509)
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Subscription (Gǝʿǝz ):መልአት፡ መልእክተ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ቀዳሚት፡ በሰላመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አሜን።
The text is divided into 10 chapters (ክፍል፡):
Chapter 1: 1:1;
Chapter 2: 2:1;
Chapter 3: 2:7;
Chapter 4: 2:27;
Chapter 5: End of 3:1;
Chapter 6: 3:4;
Chapter 7: 3:7;
Chapter 8: 3:11;
Chapter 9: 3:18;
Chapter 10: 4:7.
check the viewerFols 12ra–12va መልእክተ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ዳግሚት፡ (CAe 3510)
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Subscription (Gǝʿǝz ):መልአት፡ መልእክተ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ዳግሚት፡ ወስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።
The text is divided into 3 chapters (ክፍል፡):
Chapter 1: 1:1;
Chapter 2: 1:4;
Chapter 3: 1:7.
check the viewerFols 12va–13ra መልእክተ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ሣልሲት፡ (CAe 3511)
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Subscription (Gǝʿǝz ):መልአት፡ መልእክተ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ሣልሲት፡ ወስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።
check the viewerFols 13ra–17rb መልእክተ፡ ያዕቆብ፡ እኁሁ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ (CAe 3512)
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Subscription (Gǝʿǝz ):መልአት፡ መልእክተ፡ ያዕቆብ፡ እኁሁ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ወስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።
The text is divided into 7 chapters (ክፍል፡):
Chapter 1: 1:1;
Chapter 2: 1:13;
Chapter 3: 2:14;
Chapter 4: 2:21;
Chapter 5: 3:1;
Chapter 6: 4:10;
Chapter 7: 5:9.
check the viewerFols 17rb–18vb መልእክተ፡ ይሁዳ፡ እኁሁ፡ ለያዕቆብ፡ (CAe 3513)
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Subscription (Gǝʿǝz ):መልአት፡ መልእክተ፡ ይሁዳ፡ እኁሁ፡ ለያዕቆብ። ወስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፡ ወአሜን፡ ለይኩን፡ ለይኩን።
check the viewerFols 18va–36rb ዘዮሐንስ፡ ኤጲስ፡ ቆጶስ፡ ዘቍስጥንጥንያ፡ መጥሮጶሊስ፡ አመ፡ ሀለዎ፡ ይሰደድ። (CAe 3179)
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Subscription (Gǝʿǝz ):በዝየ፡ ተፈጸመ፡ ራእየ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ አቡቀለምሲስ፡ ዝውእቱ፡ ብሂል፡ ዘርእየ፡ በሕይወቱ፡ ራእየ፡ መንክራተ። (!) sic by Christian Friedrich August Dillmann ተጽሕፈ፡ ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ አቡቀለምሲስ። ወተተርጐመ፡ እምአረብ፡ ለቅብጥ። ወእምቅብጥ፡ ለግዕዝ። በእደ፡ ዕንባቆም፡ ምስኪን። መምህረ፡ ዘደብረ፡ ሊባኖስ።↗ በረከተ፡ ጸሎቱ፡ ለቅዱስ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ገብሩ፡ መርቆሬዎስ፡ ኃጥእ፡ ወምስኪን፡ ወአብድ፡ ይዕቀበነ፡ ምስለ፡ ጸሐፊሁ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን። ጢባርዮስ፡ ቀላውዴዎስ፡ ጢጦስ፡ ኔሮን፡ ቦ፡ ዘይቤ፡ ቈስጠንጢኖስ፡ መርቅያን፡ ክስሪ፡ ዱቅልጥያኖስ፡ ወመሐመድ፡ ዓዲ፡ ዓዲ፡ (!) sic by Christian Friedrich August Dillmann በካልዕ፡ አንቀጽ፡ ዱቅልጥያኖስ፡ ወመክስምያኖስ፡ መሐመድ፡ ነቢዮሙ፡ ለእስላም። እመር፡ ወልደ፡ አፅ፡ ጋፍር፡ ንጉሠ፡ ተንበላት። ቦ፡ ዘይቤ፡ ሄሮድስ፡ ዳኬዎስ። ብስጥያን፡ ዱቅልጥያኖስ፡ መክስምያኖስ። በረከተ፡ ጸሎቱ፡ ወሀብተ፡ ረድኤቱ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁሩ፡ መርቆሬዎስ።
The text is divided into the following chapters:
Chapter 3: 1:7;
Chapter 4: 1:9;
Chapter 5: 2:1;
Chapter 6: 2:8;
Chapter 7: 2:12;
Chapter 8: 2:18;
Chapter 9: 3:7;
Chapter 10: 3:14;
Chapter 11: 4:1;
Chapter 12: 5:1;
Chapter 13: 5:6;
Chapter 14: 5:11;
Chapter 15: 6:1;
Chapter 16: Middle of 6:1;
Chapter 17: 6:3;
Chapter 18: 6:7;
Chapter 19: 6:9;
Chapter 20: 6:12;
Chapter 21: 8:1;
Chapter 22: 8:7;
Chapter 23: 8:8;
Chapter 24: 8:10;
Chapter 25: 8:12;
Chapter 26: 9:1;
Chapter 27: 9:13;
Chapter 28: 10:1;
Chapter 29: 11:15;
Chapter 30: 11:19;
Chapter 31: Middle of 13:1;
Chapter 32: 13:11;
Chapter 33: 14:1;
Chapter 34: 14:6;
Chapter 35: 14:9;
Chapter 36: 14:14;
Chapter 37: 15:1;
Chapter 38: 15:5;
Chapter 39: 16:2;
Chapter 40: 16:3;
Chapter 41: 16:4;
Chapter 42: 16:8;
Chapter 43: 16:10;
Chapter 44: 16:12;
Chapter 45: 16:17;
Chapter 46: 16:18;
Chapter 47: 17:1;
Chapter 48: 18:1;
Chapter 49: 19:1;
Chapter 50: 19:11;
Chapter 51 is missing from the numeration;
Chapter 52: 20:1;
Chapter 53: 20:4;
Chapter 54: 20:11;
Chapter 55: 21:9;
Chapter 56: 22:6.
check the viewerFols 36va–69vb መጽሐፈ፡ ግብረ፡ ልዑካን፡ ዝንቱ፡ ውእቱ፡ ዜና፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ንጹሓን፡ እምጊዜ፡ ዕርገቱ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ዘጸሐፈ፡ ሉቃስ፡ ወንጌላዊ፡ ወፈነዎ፡ ኀበ፡ ታኦፊላ፡ ዘጸሐፈ፡ ሎቱ፡ ቀዳማዊ፡ ወንጌለ። (CAe 1019)
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Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): This manuscript contains the longer ending typical for Ethiopic manuscripts, see Uhlig 1994. እስመ፡ ውእቱ፡ ቦአ፡ በቀዳማይ፡ ጊዜ፡ ኀበ፡ ኔሮን፡ ወሞኦ፡ ወሖረ፡ በሰላም፡ ወነበረ፡ ወእምድኅረ፡ ኑኃ፡ ፪ኤቱ፡ ዓመታት፡ ወጽአ፡ ወእምዝ፡ ተመይጠ፡ ወአጥመቀ፡ አዝማዲሁ፡ ለኔሮን፡ ወስምዓ፡ ኮነ፡ በእዴሁ፡ በሰይፍ፡ ዕጉሠ፡ እስከ፡ ዝ፡ ነገር፡ አብጽሖ፡ ሉቃስ፡ በዜናሁ፡ ወዘተሠወረ፡ እምኔሁ፡ እስመ፡ አንተሰ፡ ትረክብ፡ በቀዳሜ፡ ፍካሬ፡ መልእክተ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ዜና፡ ግብረ፡ ጳውሎስ፡ ስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ክቡር፡ ወልዑል፡ አኃዜ፡ ሥልጣን፡ ወኃይል፡ እስከ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።
The text is divided into the following chapters, indicated with rubricated beginnings:
Chapter 1: 1:1;
Chapter 2: 1:15;
Chapter 3: 2:1;
Chapter 4: 2:22;
Chapter 5: 3:12;
Chapter 6: 4:1;
Chapter 7: 5:12;
Chapter 8: 5:34;
Chapter 9: 7:11;
Chapter 10: Middle of 8:1;
Chapter 11: 8:26;
Chapter 12: 9:1;
Chapter 13: 9:32;
Chapter 14: 10:1;
Chapter 15: 10:9;
Chapter 16: Middle of 10:21;
Chapter 17: 10:25;
Chapter 18: 10:44;
Chapter 19: 11:2;
Chapter 20: 11:19;
Chapter 21: 11:27;
Chapter 22: 12:1;
Chapter 23: 13:16;
Chapter 24: 14:1;
Chapter 25: 15:1;
Chapter 26: 15:22;
Chapter 27: 17:5;
Chapter 28: End of 18:22;
Chapter 29: 18:24;
Chapter 30: 19:11;
Chapter 31: 19:21;
Chapter 32: 20:7;
Chapter 33: 20:36;
Chapter 34: 21:5;
Chapter 35: 21:20;
Chapter 36: 21:26;
Chapter 37: End of 21:34;
Chapter 38: 22:12;
Chapter 39: 23:1;
Chapter 40: 24:1;
Chapter 41: 24:24;
Chapter 42: 25:1;
Chapter 43: Middle of 25:19;
Chapter 44: 26:24;
Chapter 45: End of 27:9;
Chapter 46: 27:27;
Chapter 47: 27:35;
Chapter 48: 28:11.
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
Extras
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marginal
The chapter numbers of the Gospel harmony, amounting to 54, are indicated in the margin.
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marginal
The chapter numbers of the Gospel harmony, amounting to 29, are indicated in the margin.
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marginal
The chapter numbers of the Gospel harmony, amounting to 50, are indicated in the margin.
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marginal
The chapter numbers of the Gospel harmony, amounting to 41, are indicated in the margin.
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(Type: StampExlibris)
Ex libris of James Bruce glued on the inner front board, containing shelfmarks of the manuscript: 80. Aeth. Cat. 2. Bruce of Kinnaird Nº 3
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A pagemark of blue textile 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 18b–21a
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 247mm |
Width | 221mm |
Depth | 33mm |
Leaf dimensions | |
Height | 240mm |
Width | 217mm |
Foliation
Foliation in pencil in the upper right corner. The paper fly-leaves, three guard leaves at the beginning and one at the end are not foliated.
Quire Structure Collation
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Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | A | 3 |
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2, stub before 2 |
2 | 1 | 8 |
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3 | 2 | 8 |
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3, stub after 5 6, stub after 2 |
4 | 3 | 8 |
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5 | 4 | 8 |
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6 | 5 | 8 |
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7 | 6 | 8 |
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8 | 7 | 8 |
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3, stub after 5 6, stub after 2 |
9 | 8 | 8 |
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10 | 9 | 3 |
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1, no stub
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11 | 10 | 2 |
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12 | B | 1 |
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1, no stub
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It is unfortunately not possible with the information provided to print the collation diagrams and formula.
- Quire with id:q10 and n 9 is made of 3 leaves, but there is no futher information about the reason this number is odd.
- Quire with id:q12 and n B is made of 1 leaves, but there is no futher information about the reason this number is odd.
State of preservation
good
Condition
Parchment repairs on check the viewerfol. 35
Binding
European binding, red leather with gilded borders. Imprinted on the spine: The Apostl. Tom I Cover of the inner board and first fly-leaf gilded paper with geometrical 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(check the viewerFols 1ra–56rb )
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 24
H | 176mm |
W | 179mm |
Margins | |
top | 25mm |
bottom | 40mm |
right | 22mm |
left | 18mm |
intercolumn | 17mm |
Ms Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Bruce 80 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 219mm, object width is: 221mm, computed height is: 241mm and object height is: 247mm.Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 56va–69vc )
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 24
H | 173mm |
W | 175mm |
Margins | |
top | 22mm |
bottom | 43mm |
right | 19mm |
left | 15mm |
intercolumn | 12mm |
Ms Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Bruce 80 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 209mm, object width is: 221mm, computed height is: 238mm and object height is: 247mm.Ruling
- Ruling and pricking are visible.
- Ruling and pricking are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Written by one hand, not very accurately.
Rubrication: Chapter beginnings of Content Item 3 መጽሐፈ፡ ግብረ፡ ልዑካን፡ ዝንቱ፡ ውእቱ፡ ዜና፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ንጹሓን፡ እምጊዜ፡ ዕርገቱ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ዘጸሐፈ፡ ሉቃስ፡ ወንጌላዊ፡ ወፈነዎ፡ ኀበ፡ ታኦፊላ፡ ዘጸሐፈ፡ ሎቱ፡ ቀዳማዊ፡ ወንጌለ። (CAe 1019) .
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