London, British Library, BL Oriental 540
Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CXX, Wright 120
General description
Mazmura Dǝngǝl, Wǝddāse Māryām, ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān, Yǝweddǝsǝwwā malāʾǝkt la-Māryām..., Tǝmhǝrta ḫǝbuʾāt
Number of Text units: 8
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1700-1799 (dating on palaeographic grounds)
Provenance
The manuscript had 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
- ms_i1
(check the viewerFols 3r and following ),
Ethiopic Psalter
- ms_i1.1
(check the viewerFols 3r and following ),
Mazmura Dǝngǝl
- ms_i1.1.1 (check the viewerFols 3r and following ), Mazmura Dǝngǝl, Naʿa ḫabeya Dāwit nǝguśa ʾƎsrāʾel
- ms_i1.1.2 (), Mazmura Dǝngǝl, No item: Psalms: Psalms
- ms_i1.1.3 (check the viewerFols 149r and following ), Mazmura Dǝngǝl, div Canticles
- ms_i1.1.4 (check the viewerFols 164r and following ), Mazmura Dǝngǝl, div SongOfSongs
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 171v and following ), Wǝddāse Māryām
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 186v and following ), ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān
- ms_i1.1
(check the viewerFols 3r and following ),
Mazmura Dǝngǝl
Contents
check the viewerFols 3r and following Ethiopic Psalter (CAe 2701)
Language of text:
Additions In this unit there are in total 2 , 1 .
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check the viewerFols 193v–194r (Type: GuestText)
Yǝweddǝsǝwwa malāʾǝkt la-Māryām (CAe 3108) . The name of the scribe, Zarufāʾel , is mentioned on check the viewerfol. 194r .
Text in Gǝʿǝz ይዌድስዋ፡ መላእክት፡ ለማርያም፡
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check the viewerFols 194r and following (Type: GuestText)
Tǝmhǝrta ḫǝbuʾāt (CAe 2444)
Text in Gǝʿǝz በእንተ፡ ትምህርተ፡ ህቡዓት፡ ቅድመ፡ ዘትትነገር፡ እምርስፎራ፡ (!) sic by William Wright ለምእመናን፡ ህቡዓት፡
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check the viewerFol. 3r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) ዳዊት፡ ማርያም፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
Extras
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The name of ʾAṣma Giyorgis , partially erased, is mentioned on check the viewerfol. 194r , below that of Zarufāʾel .
Catalogue Bibliography
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Wright, W. 1877. Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1847 (London: Gilbert and Rivington, 1877). page 79ab
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 9in |
Width | 8.75in |
Layout
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Dorothea Reule, Alessandro Bausi, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 540ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-07-07) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient540 [Accessed: 2024-05-18]
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- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Created record on 7.7.2020