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London, British Library, BL Additional 16257

Massimo Villa

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

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Collection: Additional

Other identifiers: Dillmann cat. XLV, Dillmann 45

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General description

Gadla Takla Hāymānot, Maṣḥafa lǝdatu la-ʾabuna Takla Hāymānot, Maṣḥafa fǝlsatu la-Takla Hāymānot, Taʾammǝra Takla Hāymānot, Gadla Takla Ṣǝyon, Malkǝʾa Takla Hāymānot

Number of Text units: 9

Number of Codicological units: 2

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Codicological Unit p1

Origin of codicological unit 1

Not dated by the cataloguer.

Provenance

Copied for Johann Ludwig Krapf .

Summary of codicological unit 1

  1. p1_i0 (), Hagiographic Dossier of St Takla Hāymānot
    1. p1_i1 (check the viewerFols 1–118 ), Gadla Takla Hāymānot (Dabra Libānos recension, second sub-recension)
    2. p1_i2 (check the viewerFols 118–119 ), መጽሐፈ፡ ልደቱ፡
    3. p1_i3 (check the viewerFols 119–127 ), መጽሐፈ፡ ዜናሁ፡ ለክቡር፡ ወቅዱስ፡ ወብፁዕ፡ ፍቁረ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘይትነበብ፡ በዕለተ፡ ፍልሰተ፡ ሥጋሁ፡ አመ፡ ፲ወ፪ግንቦት፡ ዝውእቱ፡ ድሙር፡ ምስለ፡ በዓለ፡ ትንሣኤሁ፡ ለእግዝእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ወበዓለ፡ ሚካኤል፡ ሊቀ፡ መላእክት፡ ፍቁሩ፡ ለአቡነ፡ ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡
    4. p1_i4 (check the viewerFols 127–164 ), Taʾammǝra Takla Hāymānot
    5. p1_i5 (check the viewerFols 164–183 ), Another history of the translation of the body of ʾabuna Takla Hāymānot

Contents

Hagiographic Dossier of St Takla Hāymānot (CAe 1008)
check the viewerFols 1–118 Gadla Takla Hāymānot (Dabra Libānos recension, second sub-recension) (CAe 4115) See Nosnitsin 2003.

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 1 ንጽሕፍ፡ ገድለ፡ ጻማሁ፡ ለአቡነ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ብፁዓዊ፡ ተክለ፡ አብ፡ ተክለ፡ ወልድ፡ ተክለ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ዝውእቱ፡ ትርጓሜሁ፡ አባ፡ ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ፀዋሬ፡ ስመ፡ ሥላሴ፡ ዘይትነበብ፡ አመ፡ ፳ወ፬ነሐሴ።

Colophon

check the viewerFol. 118

በትእዛዘ፡ አባ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ዲበ፡ መንበረ፡ አቡነ፡ ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ዘነበረ፡ ወሜላተ፡ ጽድቁ፡ ዘተአፅፈ፡ ወበሐፀ፡ ፍቅሩ፡ ዘተነድፈ፡ ለካዕነ፡ ዘንተ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ከመ፡ የሀሉ፡ ዘልፈ፡ በ፷፻በ፭፻፵ወ፪ዓመት፡ በ፷፻በ፭፵ወ፪ዓመት፡ (!) (!)corrected by Christian Friedrich August Dillmann እምዓመተ፡ ኵነኔ፡ በ፲፻በ፳ወ፮እምልደተ፡ ድንግል፡ በ፲፻በ፵ወ፪ዓመት፡ እምልደተ፡ ወልደ፡ ኬንያ፡ በ፮፻በ፺ወ፯እምእምነተ፡ ኢትዮጵያ፡ በ፯፻፶ወ፬እምዓመተ፡ ሰማዕታት፡ አንጾኪያ፡ በ፯፻በ፲ወ፬ዓመት፡ እምሃይማኖተ፡ ኒቅያ፡ እንዘ፡ አበቅቴ፡ ፀሐይ፡ ፫ወእንዘ፡ አበቅቴ፡ ወርኅ፡ ፳ወ፯ወእንዘ፡ ዕለተ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ፮ለማቴዎስ፡ ወንጌላዊ፡ በዘመነ፡ ዕብሬቱ፡ ለአቡነ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ በዓሥራይ፡ ዓመተ፡ ሢመቱ፡ ተፈጸመ፡ ጽሕፈቱ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ በሥምረቱ፡ ስብሐት፡ ወክብር፡ ይደሉ፡ ለመንግሥቱ፡ ...

The note refers to the composition of the work: the work was completed in the year 6542 of the judgment (i.e., of the world), year 1026 from the birth of the Virgin, year 1042 from the birth of the son of the craftsman (i.e., Jesus Christ), year 697 from the conversion of Ethiopia, year 754 of the Martyrs of Antiochia, year 714 from the council of Nicaea, year of Matthew. Most of the dates point to the year 1042, which has to be considered incorrect.

check the viewerFols 127–164 Taʾammǝra Takla Hāymānot (CAe 3971)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 127 ንጽሕፍ፡ ዘከመ፡ ገብረ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ተአምረ፡ ወመንክረ፡ በእደዊሁ።

Additions of codicological unit 1 In this unit there are in total .

    Catalogue Bibliography of codicological unit 1

    • 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 49b-50a
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    Physical Description of codicological unit 1

    Form of support of codicological unit 1

    Paper Codex

    Extent of codicological unit 1

    183 (leaf) : Entered as 183 check the viewerFols 1–183 formae 4ae mediae

    Foliation of codicological unit 1

    Quire Structure Collation

    State of preservation of codicological unit 1

    good

    Condition

    Palaeography of codicological unit 1

  1. Hand 1

    of codicological unit 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: First half of the 19th century.

    Written by Johann Ludwig Krapf 's scribe. First half of the 19th century.

    2. Codicological Unit p2

    Origin of codicological unit 2

    Not dated by the cataloguer.

    Provenance

    Copied for Johann Ludwig Krapf .

    Summary of codicological unit 2

    1. p2_i1 (check the viewerFols 184–213 ), ገድል፡ ወዜና፡ ብፁዕ፡ ወኅሩይ፡ ብእሴ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ተክለ፡ ጽዮን፡ ድንግል፡ ወንጹሕ፡ ዘፈጸመ፡ ገድሎ፡ በሠናይ፡ ወአእረፈ፡ በሰላም፡ አመ፡ ፯ለወርኀ፡ ኒሳን፡ ዘውእቱ፡ ሚያዝያ።
    2. p2_i2 (check the viewerFols 214–217 ), Excerpts from 20 and 21
    3. p2_i3 (check the viewerFols 217–225 ), Malkǝʾa ʾAbuna Takla Hāymānot

    Contents

    Additions of codicological unit 2 In this unit there are in total .

      Catalogue Bibliography of codicological unit 2

      • 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 50a-b
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      Physical Description of codicological unit 2

      Form of support of codicological unit 2

      Parchment Codex

      Extent of codicological unit 2

      42 (leaf) : Entered as 42 check the viewerFols 184–225 formae 4ae mediae

      Foliation of codicological unit 2

      Leaves are numbered from 1 to 42.

      State of preservation of codicological unit 2

      good

      Condition

      Palaeography of codicological unit 2

    1. Hand 2

      of codicological unit 2

      Script: Ethiopic

      Date: First half of the 19th century.

      Written by Johann Ludwig Krapf 's scribe. First half of the 19th century.

        2. Publication Statement

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        Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
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        Hamburg
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        Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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      • Dorothea Reule Gadla Takla Hāymānot recension specified on 29.11.2016
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