London, British Library, BL Oriental 698
Solomon Gebreyes
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCLXXII, Wright 272
Dated
General description
The Acts of Anthony, The Acts of Yonās, History of the Holy cross and of the emperors of Constantinople, Miracles of our Lord Jesus
Number of Text units: 8
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1715 (internal-date)
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
(),
Hagiographic Dossier of St Antony
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewer ), ዜናሁ፡ ለአቡነ፡ ቅዱስ፡ እንጦንዮስ፡
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewer ), Hymn to Anthony
- ms_i2
(check the viewerFols 53ra–96vb ),
ዜና፡ ኂሩቱ፡ ለብእሴ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ኅሩይ፡ አቡነ፡ ዮናስ፡
- ms_i2.1 (check the viewerFols 49r–95ra ), Gadla Yonās za-Bur
- ms_i2.2 (check the viewerFols 95ra–96vb ), Gadla Yonās za-Bur, letterPatriarch
- ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 97r and following ), The history of the holy Cross and Constantinople
- ms_i4 (check the viewerFol. 129r ), Miracles of Our Lord Jesus Christ, 44 in number
Contents
check the viewerFols 53ra–96vb ዜና፡ ኂሩቱ፡ ለብእሴ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ኅሩይ፡ አቡነ፡ ዮናስ፡ (CAe 1522)
check the viewerFols 49r–95ra Gadla Yonās za-Bur (CAe 1522)
Colophon
ለዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘአጽሐፋ፡ አቡነ፡ role: titleክርስቶዶሉ፡ በንዋዩ፡ ተዘኪሮ፡ ፍቅሮ፡ ለ አቡነ፡ role: title ዮናስ፡ ከመ፡ ትኩኖ፡ መርሐ፡ ለመንግሥተ፡ ሰማያት፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።
check the viewerFols 95ra–96vb Gadla Yonās za-Bur, letterPatriarch (CAe 1522 letterPatriarch)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ንጽሕፍ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ቡራኬ፡ ወፍሐት፡ ዘተፈነወ፡ እምኀበ፡ አብ፡ ክቡር፡ አቡነ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ሊቀ፡ ጳጳሳት፡ ዘለእስክንድርያ፡ ሶበ፡ ተስእሎ፡ ጳውሎስ፡ ልቡሰ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ከመዝ፡ ይቤ፡ በርእሰ፡ ነገር። ስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብHሔር፡ etc. ዝፍናወ፡ መልእክትየ፡ ይብጻሕ፡ በበረከተ፡ ኀበ፡ ዮናስ፡ ወልድየ፡ መምህር፡ ዘደብረ፡ ሣህል፡ ወኀበ፡ ኲሎን፡ እላ፡ እምታሕቴሁ፡ አብያተ፡ ክርስቲያናት።
check the viewerFols 97r and following The history of the holy Cross and Constantinople (CAe 5452)
Language of text:
check the viewerFol. 129r Miracles of Our Lord Jesus Christ, 44 in number (CAe 2382)
Language of text:
Colophon
ተፈጸመ፡ ጽሒፈ፡ ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ተአምሪሁ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ወአምላክነ፡ ወመድኃኒነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ አመ፡ ፩ ለወርኃ፡ መጋቢት፡ ጊዜ፡ ፯ ሰዓት፡ ዕለተ፡ ሐሙስ፡ በ፸፻ወ፪፻ወ፯ ዓመተ፡ ዓለም፡ በዘመኑ፡ ማርቆስ፡ ወንጌላዊ፨ ሣህሉ፡ ወምሕረቱ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ አቡነ፡ ክርስቶዶሉ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፨
Additions In this unit there are in total 2 , 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 3r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) ገድለ፡ እንጦንዮስ፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
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check the viewerFol. 96v (Type: DonationNote)
Donating note stating that the manuscript was donated by Yoḥannǝs III to Qāḥa ʾIyasus↗ .
( gez ) ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘአቡነ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ዘወሀቦ፡ ለኢየሱስ፡ ዘቃሐ፡↗ ከመ፡ ይኵኖ፡ ለመድኒተ፡ (!) ሥጋ፡ ወነፍስ፡ አሜን።
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check the viewerFol. 2v (Type: OwnershipNote)
Title in Arabic.
( ar ) ابونا انطونيوس ابونا يوناس قهى ايسوس↗
Extras
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The name of the scribe is ʾAsma Giyorgis
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 180b-181b
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 264mm |
Width | 235mm |
Foliation
Foliation by the library in the upper right corner.
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 24
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
Date: 1715 according to William Wright
The manuscript is written in a good hand and dated, 1715 . 1715 according to William Wrightinfo | value |
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Standard date | በ፸፻ወ፪፻ወ፯ ዓመተ፡ ዓለም፡ |
Date in current calendar | 7207 |
Calendar | world |
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