London, British Library, BL Oriental 766
Marcin Krawczuk, Solomon Gebreyes
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCLXII, Wright 262
General description
History of the Fathers
Number of Text units: 1
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.
Contents
Additions In this unit there are in total 5 s, 1 .
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check the viewerFols. 134v, 135r (Type: GuestText)
The names of the months in different languages.
Text in Gǝʿǝz ዓዲ፡ በልሳነ፡ ጽርዕ። ታርም፡ ሚያዝያ። ጳጉም፡ ግንቦት። ጲዮን፡ ሰኔ። ኤጳራ፡ ሐምሌ። ሜሴር፡ ነሐሴ። ቲቶ፡ መስከረም። ታውፊ፡ ጥቅምት። ኣቴር፡ ኅዳር። ኪርቂ፡ ታኅሣሥ። ጦጢ፡ ጥር። ሚካር፡ የካቲት። ሚምንዮስ፡ መጋቢት። ። እጽሕፍ፡ ሠርቀ፡ አውራኂሆሙ፡ ለዕብራውያን፡ ወሮማውያን፡ ወቅብጢ፡ ወዕረቢ፡ ባሕቱ፡ ዓውደ፡ ዓመታቲሆሙ፡ ሊሉያን።
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check the viewerFols. 134v, 135r (Type: GuestText)
Distribution of the races springing from the sons of Noah.
Text in Gǝʿǝz ውሉደ፡ ያፌት፡ ፲ወ፭ነገድ፡ ወመክፈልቶሙ፡ ኮነ፡ ምድረ፡ የማን፡ ወመንፈቀ፡ ምዕራብ።
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check the viewerFol. 134r (Type: GuestText)
Rules of Pachomiusግብረ፡ አበው፡ ዘመንኮሳት፡ (CAe 2228)
Text in Gǝʿǝz ይቤ፡ ፩እምአበው፡ ቅዱሳን፡ ተዘኪሮ፡ ድሪተ፡ ዓለም፡
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check the viewerFol. 2v (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) ዜና፡ አበው፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
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check the viewerFol. 1r (Type: GuestText)
Comparison of the lights of heaven
Text in Gǝʿǝz ምሳሌ፡ ዘሚጠተ፡ ብርሃንተ፡ ሰማይ። ፀሐይ፡ ይትሜሰል፡ በእግዝእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ፀሐየ፡ ጽድቅ።
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check the viewerFol. 1r (Type: GuestText)
The names of the months in different languages.
Extras
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check the viewerFols. 2r, 133v
The name of the first owner has been erased, and those of Naṣṣara ʾAbነጸረ፡ አብ፡ owner and Walatta Lǝʿul ወለተ፡ ልዑል፡ owner substituted.
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 172b-173a
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 11.125in |
Width | 9.875in |
Binding
In the original boards, covered with blind-tooled leather.
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 20
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1700-1800 according to William Wright
The manuscript is written in a good hand of the earlier part of the 18th century. 1700-1800 according to William WrightCheck for additional bibliography
Publication Statement
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Marcin Krawczuk, Solomon Gebreyes, Alessandro Bausi, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 766ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2021-08-11) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient766 [Accessed: 2024-05-21]
Revisions of the data
- Marcin Krawczuk Marcin Krawczuk: Completed description on 11.8.2021
- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Created catalogue entry on 1.3.2019