Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Bruce 91
Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography
Collection: Codices aethiopici, Bruce
Other identifiers: Dillmann cat. XXXII, Dillmann 32, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project EMIP 3189
General description
Chronicles
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 1–30 ),
Chronicle of Bakāffā
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 1–11 ), Chronicle of Bakāffā, Part1
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 11–23 ), Chronicle of Bakāffā, Part2
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 23–30 ), Chronicle of Bakāffā, Part3
- ms_i2
(check the viewerFols 31–104, check the viewer111–116 ),
Chronicle of ʾIyāsu II
- ms_i2.1 (check the viewerFols 31–33 ), Chronicle of ʾIyāsu II, Genealogy of ʾIyāsu II (same as LIT3854KingList)
- ms_i2.2 (check the viewerFols 33–35 ), Chronicle of ʾIyāsu II, Genealogy of Bǝrhān Mogasā
- ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 105–110, check the viewer117–154 ), Chronicle of ʾIyoʾas
Contents
check the viewerFols 1–30 Chronicle of Bakāffā (CAe 4633)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 11–23 Chronicle of Bakāffā, Part2 (CAe 4633 Part2)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 11 ዝውእቱ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ታሪክ፡ ዘእጽሕፎ፡ እምአመ፡ አብጽሐኒ፡ ጠቢብ፡ ወማእምረ፡ ልብ፡ ንጉሥ፡ role: title በካፋ፡ እስከዝ፡ መዓርገ፡ ሢመት፡ ዘውእቱ፡ ጸሐፊ፡
Colophon
ወአመ፡ ፯ ለነሐሴ፡ አዕረፈ፡ አዛዥ፡ role: title ሲኖዳ፡ ዐቢይ፡ ካህን፡ መምህረ፡ ደቂቀ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ወጸሐፌ፡ ታሪክ፡ ዘጊቤ፡ ወጃዊ፡ ወላስታ፡ ወውእቱ፡ ዘጸሐፈ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ሰዋስው፡ ዘበጽሐ፡ ውስተ፡ ኵሉ፡ ዓለም። ወዓዲ፡ ደረሰ፡ መዝሙረ፡ ሐፄ፡ role: title ኢያሱ፡ ሰማዕት፡ ሐዲስ። ባሕቱ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ያዕርፍ፡ ነፍሶ፡ ውስተ፡ ሕፅነ፡ አብርሃም፡ ይስሐቅ፡ ወያዕቆብ፡
check the viewerFols 23–30 Chronicle of Bakāffā, Part3 (CAe 4633 Part3)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወእምዝ፡ ጸሐፈ፡ ወልዱ፡ ክንፈ፡ ሚካኤል፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):በዝየ፡ ተፈጸመ፡ ታሪከ፡ ንጉሥነ፡ በካፋ፡ በሰላመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አሜን፡
check the viewerFols 31–104, check the viewer111–116 Chronicle of ʾIyāsu II (CAe 4634)
Language of text:
Text Bibliography , item 2
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Guidi, I., ed., 1954. Annales regum ʹIyāsu II et ʹIyoʹas, tr. I. Guidi, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, 66, Scriptores Aethiopici, 29 (Louvain: Imprimerie Orientaliste, L. Durbecq, 1954).
check the viewerFols 31–33 Chronicle of ʾIyāsu II, Genealogy of ʾIyāsu II (same as LIT3854KingList) (CAe 4634 GenealogyIyasu)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ዜና፡ ልደቶሙ፡ ለነገሥት፡ እምአዳም፡ እስከ፡ ይእዜ።
check the viewerFols 33–35 Chronicle of ʾIyāsu II, Genealogy of Bǝrhān Mogasā (CAe 4634 GenealogyMentewwab)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወዳግመ፡ ንጽሕፍ፡ ኍልቈ፡ ልደት፡ ዘይቴጌ፡ ምንትዋብ፡ ዘኮነ፡ (!) sic by Christian Friedrich August Dillmann እምቤተ፡ መንግሥተ፡ ሐፄ፡ role: title ሚናስ።
check the viewerFols 105–110, check the viewer117–154 Chronicle of ʾIyoʾas (CAe 4635)
Language of text:
The work is divided into 15 chapters. The last year treated is 7261, corresponding to 1769.Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ናሁ፡ ፈጸምነ፡ ታሪከ፡ ዚአሆሙ፡ ለንጉሥነ፡ ኢያሱ፡ ወለንጉሥነ፡ ኢዮአስ፡ ወለንግሥትነ፡ ወለተ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አሜን፡ ወአሜን፡ ለይኩን፡ ለይኩን።
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 81b–82b
Secondary Bibliography
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Uhlig, S. 1988. Äthiopische Paläographie, Äthiopistische Forschungen, 22 (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, 1988). page 711–712
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Wion, A. 2009. ‘Le Liber Aksumae selon le manuscrit Bodleian Bruce 93 : le plus ancien témoin d’un projet historiographique sans cesse réactivé’, Oriens Christianus, 93 (2009), 135–171. page 143
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Foliation
Foliation in pencil probably by James Bruce .
Secondary Bibliography
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Wion, A. 2009. ‘Le Liber Aksumae selon le manuscrit Bodleian Bruce 93 : le plus ancien témoin d’un projet historiographique sans cesse réactivé’, Oriens Christianus, 93 (2009), 135–171. page 138, note 10
Quire Structure Collation
Binding
European binding; leather covering with gold leaf. The inner cover is reinforced with decorative paper. The title is given on the spine by James Bruce in French with golden letters. Many false paper and parchment guard leaves have been added. The edges were gilded, probably after the folios were recut.
Secondary Bibliography
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Wion, A. 2009. ‘Le Liber Aksumae selon le manuscrit Bodleian Bruce 93 : le plus ancien témoin d’un projet historiographique sans cesse réactivé’, Oriens Christianus, 93 (2009), 135–171. page 138, note 10
Binding material
leather
metal
paper
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Copied by several hands, rather quickly executed. Wion 2009a Large characters. For a detailed description, see Uhlig 1988.
Date: 1769-1772
1769-1772info | value |
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Standard date | 7261 |
Date in current calendar | no *-custom attributes |
Calendar | world |
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