London, British Library, BL Oriental 565
Solomon Gebreyes, Daria Elagina
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CLXV, Wright 165
General description
Ṣalot za-ʾǝgzǝʾǝtǝna Māryām za-sane Golgotā, Mazgaba hāymānot, Hymns
Number of Text units: 29
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1550-1600 (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
- ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 2r and following ), Ṣalot za-ʾǝgzǝʾǝtǝna Māryām ba-Dabra Golgotā
- ms_i2
(check the viewerFols 13v and following ),
Mazgaba hāymānot
- ms_i2.6 (check the viewer–check the viewer44v ), Mazgaba hāymānot, Chapter 5
- ms_i2.1
(check the viewerFols 13v and following ),
Mazgaba hāymānot, Introduction with an account on four Councils
- ms_i2.1.1 (check the viewerFols 16v–25v ), Account of the four Councils
- ms_i2.2 (check the viewerFols 25v and following ), Mazgaba hāymānot, Chapter 1
- ms_i2.3 (), Mazgaba hāymānot, Chapter 2
- ms_i2.4 (), Mazgaba hāymānot, Chapter 3
- ms_i2.5 (), Mazgaba hāymānot, Chapter 4
- ms_i2.7 (check the viewerFols 44v and following ), Confutation of propositions of Sabellius
- ms_i2.8 (check the viewerFols 47r and following ), Mazgaba hāymānot, Chronography of the Church
- ms_i2.9 (check the viewerFols 47r and following ), Mazgaba hāymānot, On the human nature of Christ and Mary
- ms_i2.10
(check the viewerFols 48v and following ),
Selections from various Fathers
- ms_i2.10.1 (check the viewerFol. 49r ), Selection from , patriarch of Constantinople
- ms_i2.10.2 (check the viewerFol. 49r ), Selection from
- ms_i2.10.3 (check the viewerFols 49r and following ), Selection from Irenaeus,
- ms_i2.10.4 (check the viewerFols 50r and following ), Selection from Dionysius the Areopagite
- ms_i2.10.5 (check the viewerFols 51r and following ), Selection from , bishop of Antioch, third in succession to St. Peter
- ms_i3
(check the viewerFols 51v and following ),
Hymns
- ms_i3.1 (check the viewerFols 51v and following ), Malkǝʾa maṭlali
- ms_i3.2 (check the viewerFols 53v and following ), Hymn to the blessed Virgin, the Angels and the Prophets
- ms_i3.3 (check the viewerFols 54v and following ), Hymn to George
- ms_i3.4 (check the viewerFols 55r and following ), Hymn to Takla Hāymānot
- ms_i3.5 (check the viewerFols 56r and following ), Hymn to Eustathius
- ms_i3.6 (check the viewerFols 56v and following ), Hymn to the holy Cross
- ms_i3.7 (check the viewerFols 57r and following ), Hymn to the Church
- ms_i3.8 (check the viewerFols 57r and following ), Hymn to the blessed Virgin
- ms_i3.9 (check the viewerFols 58v and following ), Hymn to our Lord Jesus
- ms_i3.10 (check the viewerFols 59r and following ), Hymn to Jesus Christ
Contents
check the viewerFols 2r and following Ṣalot za-ʾǝgzǝʾǝtǝna Māryām ba-Dabra Golgotā (CAe 2246)
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check the viewerFols 13v and following Mazgaba hāymānot (CAe 1994)
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check the viewerFols 13v and following Mazgaba hāymānot, Introduction with an account on four Councils (CAe 1994 Introduction)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡(…)ommission by ንጽሕፍ፡ ዘንተ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ዘይሰመይ፡ መዝገበ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ከመ፡ ያለብውዎ፡ ማኅበረ፡ መሃይምናን፡ ወመሃይምንት፡ ካህናት፡ ወዲያቆናት፡ አዕሩግ፡ ወሕፃናት፡ እድ፡ ወአንስት፡ ዘውስቴቱ፡ እስትግቡእ፡ እምቃለ፡ ቅዱሳት፡ መጻሕፍት፡ ዘያሌቡ፡ ጽምረተ፡ ፩ መለኮት፡ ወኈልቈ፡ ፫ አካላት፤ ተዋሕዶተ፡ ትስብእት፡ ወመለኮት። ዘከመ፡ ኮነ፡ ለጉባኤ፡ ቀዳማዊ፡ ወዳግማዊ፡ ወሣልሳዊት፡ ከመ፡ አርትዑ፡ ለነ፡ ርቱዐነ፡ ቃላት፡ ወዘከመ፡ አስተሐፈርዎሙ፡ ወሰደድዎሙ፡ ለሰብአ፡ ዕልወት። ወአውገዘቶሙ፡ አሐቲ፡ ጉባኤ፡ እንተ፡ ሐዋርያት። ወለጉባኤሰ፡ ራብዒት፡ ወሳኪት፡ ዐካል፡ ራብዓይ፡ ዲበ፡ ሥላሴ፡ ቅድስት።
check the viewerFols 25v and following Mazgaba hāymānot, Chapter 1 (CAe 1994 Chapter1)
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check the viewer–check the viewer44v Mazgaba hāymānot, Chapter 5 (CAe 1994 Chapter5)
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check the viewerFols 44v and following Confutation of propositions of Sabellius (CAe 1994 Heresies)
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check the viewerFols 47r and following Mazgaba hāymānot, Chronography of the Church (CAe 1994 Chronography)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): እም፡ ስብከተ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ እስከ፡ መንግሥተ፡ ዲዮግልጢያኖስ፡ ፪፻፸፯፡
check the viewerFols 47r and following Mazgaba hāymānot, On the human nature of Christ and Mary (CAe 1994 Nature)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በእንተ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ዘፈጸመ፡ ሕገ፡ ስብእት፡ እንዘ፡ ውእቱ፡ መለኮታዊ፡
check the viewerFols 51v and following Hymns
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check the viewerFols 51v and following Malkǝʾa maṭlali (CAe 2896)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምኪ፡ አምሳለ፡ ስቴ፡ ወይን፡ መጥለሊ።
check the viewerFols 59r and following Hymn to Jesus Christ (CAe 2952)
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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ስብሐት፡ ለከ፡ ዘበሰማያት፡ አቡነ፡ ወዘበምድር፡ ዓዲ።
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check the viewerFol. 2r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) ጎልጎታ፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
Extras
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Pen trial
( gez ) ብርዕ፡ ሠናይ፡ ዘሕርያቆስ፡ ዘኃገረ፡ ብህንሳ፡
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Names of the owners are Sarḍa Krǝstos owner and ʾAmata Yoḥannǝs owner .
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 111a-b
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 7.125in |
Width | 7.25in |
Binding
In the original boards, covered with blind-tooled leather.
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 15-21
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1550-1600
The manuscript is written in a good hand, of the latter part of the 16th century. 1550-1600Check for additional bibliography
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Revisions of the data
- Daria Elagina Daria Elagina: Completed the description according to catalogue on 22.11.2021
- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Created catalogue entry on 23.4.2019