London, British Library, BL Oriental 571
Solomon Gebreyes, Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CLXXXIV, Wright 184
General description
ʾƎgziʾabǝḥer nagśa
Number of Text units: 16
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1700-1799 (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
No item: LIT6592EgziabeherN (CAe 6592)
Language of text: Gǝʿǝz
No item: LIT6592EgziabeherN, could not check for HedarFirstPart (CAe 6592 HedarFirstPart)
Language of text: Gǝʿǝz
No item: LIT6592EgziabeherN, could not check for Yakkatit (CAe 6592 Yakkatit)
Language of text: Gǝʿǝz
No item: LIT6592EgziabeherN, could not check for Maggabit (CAe 6592 Maggabit)
Language of text: Gǝʿǝz
No item: LIT6592EgziabeherN, could not check for Pagwemen (CAe 6592 Pagwemen)
Language of text: Gǝʿǝz
No item: LIT6592EgziabeherN, could not check for Maskaram (CAe 6592 Maskaram)
Language of text: Gǝʿǝz
No item: LIT6592EgziabeherN, could not check for HedarSecondPart (CAe 6592 HedarSecondPart)
Language of text: Gǝʿǝz
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Language of text: Gǝʿǝz
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ንጽሕፍ፡ ኍልቈ፡ ከዋክብት፡ ዘ፲ወ፪፡ አውራኅ፡ ሐመል፡ ዘመጋቢት። ወምግቡ፡ ፴ ዕለት፡ ፵ወ፫ ኬክሮስ። ሰውር፡ ዘማያ፡ ፴ወ፩ ዕለ፡ ፲ወ፪ኬ፡ ጀውዛ፡ ዘግ፡ ፴ወ፩፡ ዕለ፡ ወ፴ኬ፡
Described as almanac in the catalogue.Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 1v (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿAlam↗
( gez ) ነግሥ፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ ፡ ዓለም።
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 118b-a
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 6.5in |
Width | 5.5in |
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 17-18
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1700-1799
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