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London, British Library, BL Oriental 549

Marcin Krawczuk, Solomon Gebreyes

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

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Collection: Oriental

Other identifiers: Wright cat. CXXXIX, Wright 139

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General description

The Faws Manfasāwi, the order of Celebrating Matrimony, the Order of Purification of an Apostle and other service texts

Number of Text units: 13

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

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.

Contents

check the viewerFols 62v and following The order of the purification of an apostate (CAe 1959)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):መጽሐፈ፡ ቄድር፡ ቀዳሚ፡ ዘሠርዑ፡ ፫፻፲ወ፰ርቱዓነ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ በእንተ፡ ዘድኅፀ፡ እምትእዛዘ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡

Language of text:

check the viewerFols 106r and following Faws manfasāwi (CAe 4018) (The text breaks off abruptly on check the viewerf. 96r , in the middle of the word በትሕትና፡)

Language of text:

check the viewerFols 118r and following The consecration of an altar (CAe 2326)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ንጽሕፍ፡ እንከ፡ ሥርዓተ፡ ዘአግብኦ፡ ታቦት፡ ውስተ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ወዘከመ፡ ትትነሣእ፡ እመካና፡ ምስለ፡ ኵሉ፡ ነዋየ፡ ገባሪሃ፡ እንዘ፡ ናስተዋጽእ፡ እመጻሕፍተ፡ ብሉይ፡ ወሐዲስ፡

Language of text:

check the viewerFols 128r and following Rules regarding the regulation and constitution of the Christian Church (CAe 4022)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):አንቀጽ፡ ቀዳማዊ፡ በእንተ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ወዘኵሉ፡ ሥርዓታ።

Language of text:

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

  1. check the viewerFols. 1, 2, 127v, 144r (Type: LandGrant)

    Various deeds by Takla Hāymānot II , Takla Giyorgis , Gʷālu , Gigār , ʾIyoʾas II , Sāhlu , and Theodore .

  2. check the viewerFol. 2r (Type: LandGrant)

    A copy of a grant by Takla Hāymānot II of various lands to the convent of Dabra Ṭǝbab↗ near Gondar.

  3. check the viewerFol. 4r (Type: OwnershipNote)

    The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿAlam↗

    ( gez ) መጽሐፈ፡ ፈውስ፡ መንፈሳዊ፡፡ ዘመድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።

  4. check the viewerFol. 96v (Type: LandGrant)

    A deed in Amharic.

    Text in Amharic

  5. check the viewerFols 129r and following (Type: MixedNote)

    A list of the sacred books which may be read in the Church.

    Text in Gǝʿǝz

  6. check the viewerFols 117v and following (Type: Condemnation)

    ( gez ) ዘሠረቃ፡ ወዘፈሐቃ፡ ለዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘወሀቦ፡ ወልደ፡ ዳዊት፡ ለኪዳነ፡ ምሕረት፡ ከመ፡ ትኵኖሙ፡ መድኃኒተ፡ ሥጋ፡ ወነፍስ፡ ለወልደ፡ ዳዊት፡ ወሰበነ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ በሥልጣነ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ወጳውሎስ፡ ውጉዝ፡ ከመ፡ አርዮስ።

Extras

  1. check the viewerFol. 3r (Type: OwnershipNote)

    Names of certain owners.

    ( gez ) ወልደ፡ ክሶስ፡ አቡሁ፡ ወልደ፡ ዳዊት፡ ወልዱ፡ ወብሲቱ፡ (!) ሰበነ፡ ጊዮርጊስ ።

  2. check the viewerFol. 50v (Type: OwnershipNote)

    Names of certain owners.

    ( gez ) ገብሩ፡ ወልዱ፡ (!) ዳዊት፡ ወአቡሁ፡ ወልደ፡ ክሶስ፡ ወብእሲቱ፡ ሰበነ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ወእማኒ፡ አርሴማ።

  3. check the viewerFol. 3v

    On check the viewerf. 3v the name of king ʾIyāsu, probably [!]The certainty about the value of ref is low. It might alternatively be other.ʾIyāsu III , for the manuscript does not seem to be so old as the time of ʾIyāsu II .

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 94b-95b
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

144 (leaf) .Entered as 144 11.875 10.25
Outer dimensions
Height 11.875in
Width 10.25in

Binding

In the original boards, lined with silk and covered with blind-tooled leather.

Binding material

wood

leather

silk

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 3

Number of lines: 20-24

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1700-1800 according to William Wright

    The manuscript is written in good hand of the 18th century. 1700-1800 according to William Wright

      • Publication Statement

      authority
      Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
      publisher
      Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
      pubPlace
      Hamburg
      availability
      This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
      date
      type=expanded
      2022-03-08T12:18:44.472+01:00
      date
      type=lastModified
      2.12.2020
      idno
      type=collection
      manuscripts
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      type=url
      https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient549
      idno
      type=URI
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      type=filename
      BLorient549.xml
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      BLorient549

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    Revision history

    • Marcin Krawczuk Marcin Krawczuk: Completed description on 2.12.2020
    • Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Created catalogue entry on 4.4.2019
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