London, British Library, BL Oriental 596
Marcin Krawczuk
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CLX, Wright 160
General description
Wǝddāse Māryām
Number of Text units: 13
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1800-1900
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 19r and following Hymn to the Virgin Mary (CAe 3108)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ይዌድስዋ፡ መላእክት፡ ለማርያም፡ በውስተ፡ ውሣጤ፡ መንጦላዕት፡
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check the viewerFols 21v and following A prayer
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ኦእግዚእትየ፡ ማርያም፡ ኦብፅዕት፡ ዘአልባቲ፡ ርስሐት፡
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check the viewerFols 23r and following To the blessed Virgin Mary Imperfect at the beginning.
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check the viewerFols 23vb and following Hymn to the Virgin Mary (CAe 3088)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ኦርኅርኅተ፡ ሕሊና፡ አፍቅሮተ፡ ሰብእ፡ ልማዳ፡
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check the viewerFols 28r and following Hymn to our Lord (CAe 2839)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምከ፡ ስመ፡ መሐላ፡ ዘኢይሔሱ፡
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check the viewerFols 38r and following Hymn to the Saviour of the World መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም፡ (CAe 2883)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምከ፡ ዘኢረከቡ፡ ተፍጻሜተ፡
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check the viewerFols 46r and following Hymn to St. Michael (CAe 2835)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምከ፡ ምስለ፡ ስመ፡ ልዑል፡ ዘተሳተፈ፡
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check the viewerFols 54v and following To the angel Gabriel (CAe 2965)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በሰላመ፡ ገብሬል፡ መልአክ፡ በላዕለ፡ ማርያም፡ ዘአዕረፈ፡
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check the viewerFols 60r and following A prayer to our Lord
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ኦእግዚእየ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ወልደ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ሕያው፡ ወወልደ፡ ማርያም፡ ሥግው፡ ዕቀበኒ፡ እምኵሉ፡ እኩይ፡
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check the viewerFols 71v and following Another prayer
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ኦእግዚእየ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ወልደ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ሕያው፡ በእንተ፡ ማርያም፡ ወላዲትከ፡ ርድአኒ፡
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 76v and following A hymn (CAe 2729)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሚካኤል፡ ዘትቀውም፡ በየማና፡ ለማርያም፡ ድንግል፡
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Additions In this unit there are in total .
Extras
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check the viewerFols. 22r, 23v
Owners Gabra Ḥannā and Ḫayla Mikāʾel are mentioned on check the viewerf. 22r , Walatta Māryām on check the viewerf. 23v .
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 107b-108a
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 6.125in |
Width | 4.125in |
Foliation
Two unnumbered blank leaves at the beginning and one at the end.
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: 2
Number of lines: 19
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Written in a good clear hand, of the 19th Cent.Check for additional bibliography
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- Marcin Krawczuk Marcin Krawczuk: Created entity on 24.11.2020