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London, British Library, BL Additional 16252

Massimo Villa

This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography

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https://betamasaheft.eu/BLadd16252
British Library[view repository]

Collection: Additional

Other identifiers: Dillmann cat. XXXVI, Dillmann 36

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General description

ʾAbušākǝr

Number of Text units: 56

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Not dated by the cataloguer.

Provenance

Copied for Johann Ludwig Krapf .

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 1 and following ), ʾAbušākǝr
    1. ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 1–9 ), Index of the chapters
    2. ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 9 and following ), On the subject of the book and the various computations of the feasts amongst the Christians
    3. ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 13v and following ), On the Arabic calendar
    4. ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 15v and following ), On the Jewish calendar
    5. ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 16 and following ), On the solar calendar and the peoples who adopt it
    6. ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 19v and following ), On the Greek calendar and those used at the time of
    7. ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 20v and following ), On the calendars in use amongst the Romans, the Syriacs and the Franks
    8. ms_i1.8 (check the viewerFols 24v and following ), On the time of Yāzdǝǧǝrd, son of Šāhǝrmān of Iran
    9. ms_i1.9 (check the viewerFols 25 and following ), On the calendar of the Copts of Egypt
    10. ms_i1.10 (check the viewerFols 28v and following ), On the five foundations by means of which the names of the days are obtained
    11. ms_i1.11 (check the viewerFols 21 and following ), On the number of the days inserted in the several calendars, according to Zayǧ al-Ḥakīm's book
    12. ms_i1.12 (check the viewerFols 32v and following ), On the switching from the Islamic calendar to the solar calendar
    13. ms_i1.13 (check the viewerFols 40 and following ), How the day precedes the night in pre-eminence, and the night precedes the day in time course
    14. ms_i1.14 (check the viewerFols 44v and following ), When the moon and the sun were created
    15. ms_i1.15 (check the viewerFols 52v and following ), On the day in which the world was created, and the number of the days since the creation of the world according to the several calendars
    16. ms_i1.16 (check the viewerFols 66 and following ), On the time between the creation of the world and the third Sabbath of Yakkātit of the year 972 of the martyrs
    17. ms_i1.17 (check the viewerFols 68 and following ), On the time between the creation of the world and the creation of the moon and the sun, and up to the first day of the Arabic calendar ()
    18. ms_i1.18 (check the viewerFols 70 and following ), On the time between the creation of the world and the Syriac calendar, up to the years of the , ,
    19. ms_i1.19 (check the viewerFols 72v and following ), On the time between the creation of the world and the birth of Jesus Christ, his baptism, his resurrection, and his ascension
    20. ms_i1.20 (check the viewerFols 75 and following ), On the time between the creation of Adam and the flood, the exodus from Egypt and other events mentioned in the Old Testament
    21. ms_i1.21 (check the viewerFols 89 and following ), On the weeks of the Prophet Daniel, where the coming, birth and crucifixion of Jesus Christ are foretold; on the weeks and years of the Revelation of John on the coming of and the
    22. ms_i1.22 (check the viewerFols 115 and following ), On the years Jesus Christ lived on the earth
    23. ms_i1.23 (check the viewerFols 118v and following ), How the birth and baptism of Jesus Christ were on Wednesday and his Resurrection was on Sunday
    24. ms_i1.24 (check the viewerFols 119 and following ), On the solar epact and its use
    25. ms_i1.25 (check the viewerFols 123 and following ), How the solar epact of each year is calculated in the Coptic calendar
    26. ms_i1.26 (check the viewerFols 127 and following ), On the lunar epact and its use
    27. ms_i1.27 (check the viewerFols 130 and following ), How the lunar epact of each year is calculated in the Coptic calendar
    28. ms_i1.28 (check the viewerFols 132v and following ), How the Coptic Easter, the beginning of the time of Fasting and the Jewish Passover are calculated
    29. ms_i1.29 (check the viewerFols 133v and following ), How the epact, Easter and the beginning of the time of Fasting is calculated amongst the Syriacs and the Franks ()
    30. ms_i1.30 (check the viewerFols 139 and following ), How the epact, Easter and the beginning of the time of Fasting is calculated amongst the Romans
    31. ms_i1.31 (check the viewerFols 141 and following ), How the epact, the Christian Easter, the beginning of the time of Fasting and the Jewish Passover are calculated in the Roman calendar, according to Saʿīd son of Batrik
    32. ms_i1.32 (check the viewerFols 151 and following ), On the numbers used by the Copts, the Romans, and Saʿīd son of Batrik for calculating Easter
    33. ms_i1.33 (check the viewerFols 157v and following ), On the Periods () established without any foundation
    34. ms_i1.34 (check the viewerFols 158 and following ), How to calculate years and months of the Jewish, Arabic and Coptic calendars from each other
    35. ms_i1.35 (check the viewerFols 161–164 ), Tables
    36. ms_i1.36 (check the viewerFols 164v and following ), How to calculate a date of the lunar year from a date of the solar year and vice versa
    37. ms_i1.37 (check the viewerFols 172 and following ), On the two days of the wise men, to be added to the epact in order to calculate the new moon in the Coptic calendar
    38. ms_i1.38 (check the viewerFols 173v and following ), On the small differences between the solar and lunar years
    39. ms_i1.39 (check the viewerFols 178 and following ), How the duration of the solar year is slightly shorter than 365 days and one fourth
    40. ms_i1.40 (check the viewerFols 185 and following ), On the rules established in the Old and the New Testament and in the Canons on the Christian feasts and the fasting
    41. ms_i1.41 (check the viewerFols 210 and following ), On Christmas
    42. ms_i1.42 (check the viewerFols 241v and following ), The ten rules established in order to calculate Easter
    43. ms_i1.43 (check the viewerFols 249v and following ), On the two days to be added to the fourteenth of the Jewish month Nisān
    44. ms_i1.44 (check the viewerFols 252v and following ), On the differences in calculating Resurrection amongst the Christians
    45. ms_i1.45 (check the viewerFols 260v and following ), On the difference in years up to Abušākǝr's age
    46. ms_i1.46 (check the viewerFols 273 and following ), On the miscalculation introduced by ʾabba Marcus son of Konbar in determining Easter
    47. ms_i1.47 (check the viewerFols 297 and following ), On the calculation in the several ages
    48. ms_i1.48 (check the viewerFols 298v and following ), How to switch from the Roman and Syriac months to the Coptic ones
    49. ms_i1.49 (check the viewerFols 299v–489 ), Chronology from Adam to and names of the Church Fathers
    50. ms_i1.50 (check the viewerFols 489v–565 ), On the Patriarchs of Alexandria
    51. ms_i1.51 (check the viewerFols 565 and following ), On the names of the Fathers from Adam to and their chronology
    52. ms_i1.52 (check the viewerFols 572–579v ), On the calculation amongst the four peoples, i.e., Copts, Greeks, Franks and Syriacs, what is true and what is false
    53. ms_i1.53 (check the viewerFols 579v–592 ), On the miscalculation amongst the Saidis (), who add 76 years to the age of the incarnation
    54. ms_i1.54 (check the viewerFols 592–599 ), On the miscalculation amongst the Hebrews
    55. ms_i1.55 (check the viewerFols 599 and following ), On the miracles performed by Jesus Christ and the authors who reported them

Contents

check the viewerFols 1 and following ʾAbušākǝr (CAe 1011)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 1 በስመ፡ እጊዛብሔር፡ ፈጣሪ፡ ሕያው፡ ነባቢ። እግዚኦ፡ ርድአነ፡ በረድኤትከ። ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ቡሩክ፡ ዘደረሰ፡ እግዚእ፡ ትሩፈ፡ ምግባር፡ ማዕምረ፡ መጻሕፍት፡ አቡሻክር፡ ወልደ፡ አቢእልከረም፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ መነኮሰ፡ እብነ፡ እልመሐደብ፡ ዘበትርጓሜሁ፡ ወልደ፡ ግሡጽ፡ ወእመ፡ አኮ፡ ወልደ፡ ምሁር፡ ዘእሙር፡ በሪሽ፡ ዘተሠይመ፡ ዲያቆነ፡ በቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ዘማዕልቃ፡ እንዘ፡ ይነግር፡ በእንተ፡ ሐሳበ፡ ዓለም፡ እምፍጥረተ፡ አዳም፡ ሎቱ፡ ሰላም፡ እስከ፡ ፷፻ወ፯፻ወ፶ዓመት፡ በሐሳበ፡ ግብጽ፡ እምዓመተ፡ ዓለም፡ ዘየኀብር፡ ምስለ፡ ፲፻ወ፭፻፷ወ፱ዓመተ፡ እምዓመተ፡ እስክንድር፡ ወየኀብር፡ ካዕበ፡ ምስለ፡ ፮፻፶፭ዓመተ፡ ተንበላት። ወአስተጋብአ፡ ምዕራፋተ፡ ካልኣተ፡ ዘናመጽእ፡ ዘክሮታ፡ ወፀመወ፡ በአስተጋብኦታ፡ ወአስተናብሮታ። እግዚአብሔር፡ ልዑል፡ ይምሐሮ፡ ወይሣሀሎ፡ አሜን። ወኍልቈ፡ ምዕራፋቲሁ፡ ፶ወ፱።

Colophon

check the viewerFol. 604

ተፈጸመ፡ ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ አቡሸክር፡ በሰላመ፡ እግዚአብሔር። ሣህሉ፡ ወምሕረቱ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ገብሩ፡ ክራጵፍ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ሉዊስ፡ ወምስለ፡ ጸሓፊሁ፡ ወርቅነህሀብተ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ለዓለም፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን። ለዘጸሐፎ፡ በክርታስ፡ ወለዘአጽሐፎ፡ በክርታስ፡ ኅቡረ፡ ያንብሮሙ፡ በመንግሥተ፡ ሰማይ፡ ሐዲስ፡ ወያብጽሖሙ፡ ጸጋ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ወይባልሖሙ፡ እምገጸ፡ ዲያብሎስ፡ ርኩስ።

The colophon mentions Johann Ludwig Krapf as the commissioner of the book and Warqǝnah Habta Giyorgis as the scribe.

check the viewerFols 118v and following How the birth and baptism of Jesus Christ were on Wednesday and his Resurrection was on Sunday (CAe 1011 Chapter22)

( gez ) ለዝንቱ፡ ፳ወ፪አንቀጽ፡ ዘይነግር፡ . . . . .ommission by Christian Friedrich August Dillmann ኢፈቀደ፡ ጽሒፎቶ፡ እስመ፡ የሐብር፡ ምስለ፡ ፳ወ፩አንቀጽ፡ በኵሉ፡ ግብሩ፡ ወስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ይእዜኒ፡ ወዘልፈኒ፡ ወለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፡

check the viewerFols 299v–489 Chronology from Adam to Muḥammad and names of the Church Fathers (CAe 1011 Chapter48) This chapter consists of 166 sections providing a picture of the history according to several authors

Catalogue Bibliography

  • 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 40b-44b
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Secondary Bibliography

  • Neugebauer, O. 1988. Abu Shaker’s ‘Chronography’. A Treatise of the 13th Century on Chronological, Calendrical, and Astronomical Matters, written by a Christian Arab, preserved in Ethiopic, Sitzungsberichte Österreichischer Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, 498 (Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1988). page 170-171
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Physical Description

Form of support

Paper Codex

Extent

604 (leaf) .Entered as 604 formae 4ae mediae.

Foliation

State of preservation

good

Condition

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 1

Number of lines: 24

Information provided in: Neugebauer 1988.

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Scribe: Warqǝnah Habta Giyorgis scribe

    Script: Ethiopic

    Mostly written in a poor handwriting.

    Ink: Black, red.

    Rubrication: Titles are rubricated.

    Date: First half of the 19th century.

    Warqǝnah Habta Giyorgis scribe First half of the 19th century.

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      Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
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      Hamburg
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