London, British Library, BL Oriental 659
Marcin Krawczuk, Solomon Gebreyes
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCXXXVII, Wright 237
General description
Sǝnkǝssār (Maggābit-Ṗagʷǝmen)
Number of Text units: 8
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
It is the second part of the manuscript London, British Library, BL Oriental 658. 1670-1682 (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.
Contents
check the viewerFols 1r and following The second part of the Synaxarium. (CAe 4035 SecondHalf)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 1r and following Maggābit (CAe 4035 Maggabit) Incomplete at the beginning.
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 240r and following Ṗagʷǝmen (CAe 4035 Pagwemen) Incomplete at the end.
Language of text:
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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The names which appear at the foot of the page, at the beginning of the months, are ዘአፈ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ scribe and ዘአምሳለ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ scribe . In some cases there is no name.
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check the viewerFols. 100v, 239v, 239v (Type: LandGrant)
Deeds of the reigns of Fāsiladas , Bakāffā , Takla Giyorgis , Śāhla Dǝngǝl and Theodore .
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 155a
This manuscript has modern restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 17.875in |
Width | 15.875in |
Foliation
Foliation by the library in the upper right corner.
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
Two wooden boards.
Blind-tooled leather quarter cover (with the gilded title and shelfmark on the spine).Sewing Stations
6Sewing Stations
Sewing stations are used in an irregular way.Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 30
Ruling
- (Subtype: pattern)1A-1A-1A1A-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 and horizontal pricks are visible.
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Marcin Krawczuk, Solomon Gebreyes, Alessandro Bausi, Dorothea Reule, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 659ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2022-07-04) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient659 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Dorothea Reule Added binding on 4.7.2022
- Dorothea Reule Added layout on 14.6.2022
- Marcin Krawczuk Completed the description on 24.11.2020
- Dorothea Reule Added link to images on 30.10.2019
- Solomon Gebreyes Created catalogue entry on 20.5.2019
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Marcin Krawczuk, editor
Solomon Gebreyes, editor
Dorothea Reule, contributor