London, British Library, BL Additional 16215
Massimo Villa
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography
Collection: Additional
Other identifiers: Dillmann cat. LVII, Dillmann 57
General description
Ṭabiba ṭabibān, Hymn to Jesus Christ, Māḫbara mǝʾǝmanān, Hymn to the Church, to Our Lady Mary, Malkǝʾ-hymn to the Three Patriarchs, Hymn to John the Baptist, Malkǝʾ-hymn to Gabra Manfas Qǝddus, Maṣḥafa nuzāze, Malkǝʾ-hymn to St Anna
Number of Text units: 12
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location:
350-1847 Not dated by the cataloguer.Provenance
Collected by Carl Wilhelm Isenberg and Johann Ludwig Krapf
Contents
check the viewerFols 27–36 Hymn to Jesus Christ (CAe 3034) It contains 41 stanzas. The first one is the following:
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ናሁ፡ ተማኅፀንኩ፡ በኆኅተ፡ ስምከ፡ ካፍ።
ወበቀዳማይ፡ የውጣ፡ ዘጥንተ፡ ፊደሉ፡ አሌፍ።
ከመ፡ ታድኅነኒ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ እምትንሣኤ፡ ልሳን፡ ወአፍ።
እስመ፡ ልሳን፡ ቀተሎሙ፡ ለማኅበረ፡ ሰማዕታታ፡ አእላፍ።
5በነገረ፡ ውዴት፡ ጽኑዕ፡ ዘይበልሕ፡ እምሰይፍ።
check the viewerFols 37–41 Māḫbara mǝʾǝmanān (CAe 2733) It contains 21 stanzas. The first one is the following:
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ማኅበረ፡ ምዕመናን፡ ወምዕመናን፡ እለ፡ ኪያከ፡ ተአምኑ።
ለነሢአ፡ ሥጋከ፡ ወትረ፡ ኀበ፡ ተአየኑ።
ወልደ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ዘኢትትፈለጥ፡ እምሕጽኑ።
እሰክብ፡ ሕማመከ፡ ወመስቀለከ፡ እዜኑ።
5ፀጋ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ሊተ፡ እምሰማይ፡ እፈኑ።
Text Bibliography , item 3
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Dillmann, A., ed., 1866. Chrestomathia Aethiopica edita et glossario explanata, tr. A. Dillmann (Lipsiae: T. O. Weigel, 1866). page 131-136
check the viewerFols 42–44 Malkǝʾ-hymn to the Church (CAe 2898) It contains 10 stanzas. The first one is the following:
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ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምኪ፡ እንተ፡ ላዕለ፡ ሕይወት፡ ወሞት፡ ሶበ፡
አድምዓ፡ (!)
ሥልጣነ።
ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ቅድስት፡ ተራድእኒ፡ ፍጡነ።
ለፀረ፡ ዚአየ፡ ኵሎ፡ ዘመነ።
እስመ፡ መፍቅድ፡ ከመ፡ ኢንትፋዕ፡
ዓነ። (!)
check the viewerFols 44v–56 Hymn to Our Lady Mary (CAe 3082) It contains 42 stanzas. The first one is the following:
( gez )
እግዚአብሔር፡ ወሃቤ፡ ዘይሤለስ፡ በአካሉ።
እንዘ፡ ተዋህዶ፡ ያጸንዕ፡ በመለኮቱ፡ ወኀይሉ።
ዐይነ፡ ልቡናየ፡ ያብርህ፡ በማኅቶተ፡ ጥበብ፡ ስነ፡ ጸዳሉ።
ከመ፡
5ማርያም፡ እግዝእተ፡ ኵሉ፡ ታሕቱ፡ ወላዕሉ።
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ለነባቤ፡ ዝንቱ፡ ድርሶት፡ ፵ወ፪።
Dillmann 1866check the viewerFols 56–58 Poem to Our Lady Mary (CAe 2967) It contains 12 stanzas. The first one is the following:
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በሰማይ፡ ወበምድር፡ አልብየ፡ ባዕደ።
አበ፡ ወእመ፡ እኅተ፡ ወውሉደ።
ማርያም፡ ድንግል፡ እትአመነኪ፡ ገሃደ።
ኪያኪ፡ ተስፋ፡ ኪያኪ፡ መፍቅደ።
5ኪያኪ፡ አውቀ፡ ኪያኪ፡ ዘመደ።
check the viewerFols 58–64 Hymn to God (CAe 3055) It contains 21 stanzas. The first one is the following:
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እሰግድ፡ ለመለኮትከ፡ ለዘፈጠርከ፡ ጽልመተ።
እምቅድመ፡ ብርሃን፡ ትግበር፡ ወታስተባሪ፡ መዓልተ።
እግዚአብሔር፡ ፩እንተ፡ ኮንከ፡ ፪ተ።
በስምሰ፡ ይሰመዩ፡ ፫ተ።
5እንዘ፡ በመለኮት፡ ዋህድ፡ ወብሁት፡ አንተ።
check the viewerFols 64–67 Malkǝʾ-hymn to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (CAe 2910) It contains 15 stanzas. The first one is the following:
( gez )
ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምክሙ፡ ፀሐየ፡ ልቡና፡ ሠረቀ።
ዜና፡ ቃለ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ቅድመ፡ ከመ፡ አጠየቀ።
በላዕለ፡ አብርሃም፡ ይስሐቅ፡ ወያዕቆብ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ተአውቀ።
ከመ፡ እዜኑ፡ ዕበዮሙ፡ ወስብሐቲሆሙ፡ ጥዩቀ።
5ኃይለ፡ ኪዳኖሙ፡ የሀበኒ፡ ጥበበ፡ ወጽፍቀ።
check the viewerFols 67v–76 Hymn to John the Baptist (CAe 2999) It contains 28 stanzas. The first one is the following:
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በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ እሳት፡ በሐቀለ፡ ህሊና፡ ነዳዲ።
ወበስመ፡ ማርያም፡ ድንግል፡ መጥበቢተ፡ ዓለም፡ አባዲ።
ማኅቶተ፡ ጸዳል፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ጽልመተ፡ አበሳ፡ ሰዳዲ።
ከመ፡ እዜኑ፡ ኂሩትከ፡ ዕዳ፡ ኀጣውኢየ፡ ፍዲ።
5በአየረ፡ ሰማይ፡ ዘይጸርሕ፡ ቃልከ፡ ዓዋዲ።
check the viewerFols 98–103 Malkǝʾ-hymn to Anna (CAe 2897) It contains 14 stanzas. The first one is the following:
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ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምኪ፡ እምዝክረ፡ ማኅሌት፡ አዳም።
ለርእስኪ፡ ሰ<ላ>ም፡ ወለስእርትኪ፡ ጸሊም።
እመ፡ ማርያም፡ ሐና፡ ሕይወተ፡ ኵሉ፡ ዓለም።
ብኪ፡ ተሣረሩ፡ እለ፡ ዘሥጋ፡ ወደም።
5ወመላእክት፡ ዘልዑል፡ አርያም።
Additions In this unit there are in total .
Catalogue Bibliography
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Dillmann, C. F. A. 1847. Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo Britannico asservantur, III: Codices Aethiopicos amplectens (n.p.: E Museo Britannico, 1847). page 53b-55a
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Foliation
State of preservation
good
Condition
The manuscript is affected by humidity.
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Written in a small handwriting
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