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London, British Library, BL Oriental 507

Eugenia Sokolinski

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

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British Library[view repository]

Collection: Oriental

Other identifiers: Wright cat. XXXIII, Wright 33

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General description

Four Gospels

Number of Text units: 5

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

(dating on palaeographic grounds)

Provenance

The manuscript had very probably belonged to a church in the Gondar↗ area, from where it was taken by Tewodros II and brought to Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ . It was then looted by the British Napier expedition in 1868.

Summary

Contents

check the viewerFols 2r–147v Four Gospels (CAe 1560)

Additions In this unit there are in total 3 s, 1 , 2 , 1 .

  1. check the viewerFol. 46v (Type: OwnershipNote)

    A note giving the name of one Māḫtama Krǝstos donor , who bought this manuscript for a church of St Michael .

    ( gez ) ዝመጽሐፍ፡ ዘማኅተመ፡ ክርስቶስ። ዘአጥረዮ፡ በነዋዩ፡ ለታበተ፡ ሚካኤል።

  2. check the viewerFol. 147v (Type: OwnershipNote)

    A note, in the same hand as the manuscript, stating that it belonged to one Takla Giyorgis owner .

    ( gez ) ለዝንቱ መጽሐፈ፡ ወንጌል፡ ቅዱስ፡ ዘአጥረዮ፡ በንዋዩ፡ ተክለ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ከመ፡ ይኲኖ፡ ተዝካረ፡ በዕለተ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ይጽሐፍ፡ ስሞ፡ ውስተ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ሕይወት፡ ዘኢይደመሰስ፡ በከመ፡ ጸሐፈ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ስመ፡ ረድኡ፡ አብሮኮሮስ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ንጉሥ፡ ወይክፍሎ፡ ኃዲረ፡ ውስት፡ መካነ፡ ዛሕን፡ ወመርስ፡ አሜን። etc.

  3. check the viewerFol. 147v (Type: OwnershipNote)

    Subsequently the ms belonged to one Mātewos owner and his son ʾabbā role: title Kǝnfa Mikāʾel owner .

    ( gez ) ዝመጽሐፍ፡ ዘማቴዎስ፡ ወለውሉዱ፡ አባ፡ ክንፈ፡ ሚካኤል።

  4. check the viewerFol. 148r (Type: PoemSalam)

    Salām to various saints, in an old hand.

    ( gez ) ሰላም፡ ለዮሐንስ፡ ዘይሴሰይ፡ አሕማላተ። ...

  5. check the viewerFol. 148v (Type: Genealogy)

    A genealogy, ( gez ) መጽሐፈ፡ ልደቱ፡ ለእነማይ፡ ..., ending with the name of the writer, ʿƎsba Giyorgis author , followed by a continuation, ( gez ) መጽሐፈ፡ ልደቱ፡ ለ፬ልጀ፡ (sic) እነማይ ....

  6. check the viewerFol. 149r (Type: Genealogy)

    Another genealogy, ( gez ) ወበዋተይሂ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ልደቱ፡ ለነመራጌ፡ ..., ending with the name of the writer, Wākā Dǝngǝl author , ዋካ፡ ድንግል።

  7. check the viewerFol. 149r (Type: GuestText)

    An extract from a homily (dǝrsān) on the holy Eucharist (qʷǝrbān) and on the last hours of our Lord.

Decoration In this unit there are in total 4 s, 4 s.

Frame notes

  1. frame: check the viewerFol. 2r

    The commencement of each Gospel is ornamented in the usual style.

  2. frame: check the viewerFol. 47r

    The commencement of each Gospel is ornamented in the usual style.

  3. frame: check the viewerFol. 74r

    The commencement of each Gospel is ornamented in the usual style.

  4. frame: check the viewerFol. 115r

    The commencement of each Gospel is ornamented in the usual style.

Miniatures notes

  1. miniature: check the viewerFol. 1v

    Portrait of St Matthew the Evangelist

  2. miniature: check the viewerFol. 46v

    Portrait of St Mark the Evangelist

  3. miniature: check the viewerFol. 73v

    Portrait of St Luke the Evangelist

  4. miniature: check the viewerFol. 114v

    Portrait of St John the Evangelist

Catalogue Bibliography

  • Wright, W. 1877. Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1847 (London: Gilbert and Rivington, 1877). page 23ab
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

149 (leaf) .Entered as 149 13 10
Outer dimensions
Height 13in
Width 10in

Foliation

Foliation by the library in the upper right corner.

Quire Structure Collation

Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 A 1 Fols 1r–1v s.l., no stub
2 1 8 Fols 2r–9v
3 2 8 Fols 10r–17v 3, stub after 5 6, stub after 2
4 3 8 Fols 18r–25v
5 4 8 Fols 26r–33v 3, stub after 5 6, stub after 2
6 5 8 Fols 34r–41v
7 6 8 Fols 42r–50v 5, stub before 5
8 7 8 Fols 51r–58v 3, stub after 5 6, stub after 2
9 8 8 Fols 59r–66v
10 9 8 Fols 67r–74v
11 10 8 Fols 75r–82v
12 11 8 Fols 83r–90v 3, stub after 5 6, stub after 2
13 12 8 Fols 91r–98v
14 13 8 Fols 99r–106v
15 14 8 Fols 107r–114v 3, stub after 5 6, stub after 2
16 15 8 Fols 115r–122v
17 16 8 Fols 123r–130v
18 17 8 Fols 131r–138v

It is unfortunately not possible with the information provided to print the collation diagrams and formula.

  • Quire with id:q1 and n A is made of 1 leaves, but there is no futher information about the reason this number is odd.

State of preservation

good

Condition

The last two leaves are slightly torn.

Binding

Two wooden boards.

Blind-tooled leather quarter cover (with the gilded title and shelfmark on the spine).

Sewing Stations

4

Sewing Stations

Sewing stations are used in an irregular way.

Binding material

wood

leather

Original binding

No

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 25-26

Ruling
  • (Subtype: pattern)1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C
  • The upper line is written above the ruling, the lower line is written above the ruling.
Pricking
  • Pricking and ruling are visible.
  • Upper primary pricks are visible, lower primary pricks are mostly not visible, horizontal pricks are visible.

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Ink: Black, red

    Date: 1400-1500

    A fine character of the 15th century. The ligature ግዚ is used (check the viewerfol. 4rb ). 1400-1500

      • Publication Statement

      authority
      Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
      pubPlace
      Hamburg
      publisher
      Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
      availability

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      date
      2016-06-07T17:34:44.685+02:00
      date
      type=expanded
      4.7.2022 at 17:22:37
      date
      type=lastModified
      29.6.2022
      idno
      type=collection
      manuscripts
      idno
      type=url
      https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient507/main
      idno
      type=URI
      https://betamasaheft.eu/BLorient507
      idno
      type=filename
      BLorient507.xml
      idno
      type=ID
      BLorient507

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    Eugenia Sokolinski, Dorothea Reule, Solomon Gebreyes, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 507 (encoded from the catalogue)ʼ, in Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2022-06-29) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient507 [Accessed: 2024-11-21]

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    Revision history

    • Dorothea Reule Added binding on 29.6.2022
    • Dorothea Reule Added layout and collation on 1.6.2022
    • Dorothea Reule Updated keywords and catalogue range on 4.11.2019
    • Dorothea Reule Added link to images on 4.6.2019
    • Solomon Gebreyes correction to fidal on 8.6.2018
    • Dorothea Reule Updated binding on 29.11.2017
    • Eugenia Sokolinski Created catalogue entry on 15.5.2017
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    Attribution of the content

    Alessandro Bausi, general editor

    Eugenia Sokolinski, editor

    Dorothea Reule, contributor

    Solomon Gebreyes, contributor

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