London, British Library, BL Oriental 728
Solomon Gebreyes
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCCIV, Wright 304
General description
The Life and Acts of Takla Haymānot and Acts of Filǝṗṗos
Number of Text units: 5
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
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 viewerFols 3r and following ),
Hagiographic Dossier of Takla Hāymānot
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 3r–133v ), The Life and Acts of Takla Haymānot
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 134r and following ), Miracles of Takla Haymānot, 20 in number
- ms_i2
(check the viewerFols 150r and following ),
The Acts of Filǝṗṗos
- ms_i2.1 (check the viewerFol. 147r ), A service in honour of Filǝṗṗos
Contents
check the viewerFols 3r and following Hagiographic Dossier of Takla Hāymānot (CAe 1008)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 3r–133v The Life and Acts of Takla Haymānot (CAe 3973)
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ይቤ፡ ጸሐፊሁ፡ ቂርቆስ፡ ዘርኩስ፡ በኃጥያቱ። ወርቱዕ፡ በሃይማኖቱ፡ ፩ውእቱ፡ ለተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ እመርዔቱ። ስርየተ፡ አበሳ፡ ሰአሉ፡ ሎቱ። እለ፡ አንበብክምዎ፡ ለዝንቱ። ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን። ለዘጸሐፎ፡ ወለዘአጽሐፎ፡ ወለዘአንበቦ፡ ወለዘተርጐሞ፡ ወለዘሰምዓ፡ ቃላቶ። ለኲልነ፡ ኅቡረ፡ በኢያስትቶ። እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘነአኲቶ። ይጸግወነ፡ ሣህሎ፡ ወምሕረቶ። ወያውርስነ፡ መንግሥቶ። በእንተ፡ ማርያም፡ ኮነት፡ ወላዲቶ። ወበእንተ፡ ኲሎሙ፡ ቅዱሳን፡ እለ፡ ፈጸሙ፡ ሥምረቶ። ወለተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ አቡነ፡ ይክፍለነ፡ መክፈልቶ፡ ወርስቶ። ወይክድነነ፡ ሞገሶ፡ ወአሦቶ። ወይቀጥቅጥ፡ ታሕተ፡ እገሪሁ፡ ሠይጣነ፡ ወሠራዊቶ፡ ለገብረ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ምናሴ፡ ወያዕርፉ፡ ለነፍሰ፡ ንጉሥነ፡ ኢያሱ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፡ ወአሜን፡ ለይኩን፡ ለይኩን። check the viewerfol. 133v According to the explicit, the MS was written by one Qirqos , for one Mǝnāse , in the reign of King ʾIyāsu II
Additions In this unit there are in total 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፡ ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
Many pictures, some unfinished
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 196a-b
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 343mm |
Width | 292mm |
Foliation
Foliation by the library in the upper right corner. One unnumbered blank leaf at the end, referred to as check the viewerfol. 200 in the library's digitization.
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
In the metal covers of copper gilt, with three crosses on each.
Binding material
metal
other
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 20-23
The ruling pattern 1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/J is used on the first quire of the manuscript.Ruling
- (Subtype: pattern)1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C
- (Subtype: pattern)1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/J
- 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: 1700-1800 according to William Wright
The first part of this manuscript check the viewer to check the viewer145 is written in a fine hand, towards the middle of 18th century; the second part, check the viewer147, to check the viewer199 somewhat later. 1700-1800 according to William WrightSelect one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
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