London, British Library, BL Oriental 631
Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography
General description
Ḥǝmāmātihu la-ʾǝgziʾǝna, Taʾammǝra ʾIyasus
Number of Text units: 2
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1721-1730 (reign)
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 viewerFol. 2v ), Ḥǝmāmātihu la-ʾǝgziʾǝna ʾIyasus Krǝstos
- ms_i2 (), Taʾammǝra ʾIyasus
Contents
check the viewerFol. 2v Ḥǝmāmātihu la-ʾǝgziʾǝna ʾIyasus Krǝstos (CAe 5020)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ዝንቱ፡ ሕማማቲሁ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ መድኅነ፡ ዓለም፡ ዘለሊሁ፡ ከሠተ፡ ሎን፡ ለሥላስ፡ ቅድስት፡ አንስት። እለ፡ ይሰመያ፡ ቅድስት፡ መግደላዊት፡ ወቅድስት፡ ሰሎሜ፡ ወቅድስት፡ ኤልሳቤጥ።
Additions In this unit there are in total .
Extras
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Written for Bakāffā owner , later owners were Ḫāyla Malakot owner and Śahla Śǝllāse owner .
Text in Gǝʿǝz
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 42b
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 11.5in |
Width | 10.13in |
Foliation
Foliation in the upper right corner by the library. One unnumbered blank leaf at the end and one between check the viewerfols. 1, and check the viewer2, , both referred to as check the vieweri in the library's digitzation.
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
In the original boards, lined with striped cloth and covered with blind-tooled leather.
Binding material
wood
leather
textile
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 19-35
Ruling
- (Subtype: pattern)1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C
- The upper line is written above the ruling, the lower line is written above the ruling.
Pricking
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible, horizontal pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Written in a good hand.
Date: 1700-1733
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