London, British Library, BL Oriental 788
Solomon Gebreyes, Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CXXXVIII, Wright 138
General description
Service books
Number of Text units: 12
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1700-1799
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 1r and following ), Maṣḥafa faws manfasāwi (by Michael of ʾAṯrīb)
- ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 67r and following ), መጽሐፈ፡ ቀንዲል፡
- ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 91r and following ), ሥርዓት፡ ዘአግብኦ፡ ታቦት፡ ውስተ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡
- ms_i4
(check the viewerFols 102r and following ),
ሥርዓተ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡
- ms_i4.1 (check the viewerFols 102r and following ), Caeremoniale sacerdotum
- ms_i4.2 (check the viewerFols 108r and following ), Regulae de Hierarchia ecclesiastica
- ms_i4.3 (check the viewerFols 120r and following ), Quaestiones de rebus ecclesiasticis subtiliores, cum solutionibus
- ms_i5 (check the viewerFols 125r and following ), Sǝmʿu la-ʿābiy mamhǝr kǝbur Yoḥannǝs ʾAfa Warq yǝnaggǝr sǝbḥatā wa-kǝbrā la-zātti beta krǝstiyān...
- ms_i6 (check the viewerFols 126r and following ), Maṣḥafa faws manfasāwi (Anonymous), Introduction, chapter 2:
- ms_i7 (check the viewerFols 132r and following ), Maṣḥafa faws manfasāwi (Anonymous), no id Introduction3
- ms_i8 (check the viewerFols 134v and following ), መጽሐፈ፡ ፈውስ፡ መንፈሳዊ፡
- ms_i9 (check the viewerFols 160r and following ), Maṣḥafa faws manfasāwi (by Michael of ʾAṯrīb), Index
Contents
check the viewerFols 1r and following Maṣḥafa faws manfasāwi (by Michael of ʾAṯrīb) (CAe 4017)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 91r and following ሥርዓት፡ ዘአግብኦ፡ ታቦት፡ ውስተ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ (CAe 2326)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 126r and following Maṣḥafa faws manfasāwi (Anonymous), Introduction, chapter 2: (CAe 4018 Introduction2)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 132r and following Maṣḥafa faws manfasāwi (Anonymous), no id Introduction3 (CAe 4018 Introduction3)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ነገር፡ ዘከመ፡ እፎ፡ ይደሉ፡ ለዓቃቤ፡ ሥራይ፡ አእምሮ፡
check the viewerFols 160r and following Maṣḥafa faws manfasāwi (by Michael of ʾAṯrīb), Index (CAe 4017 Index)
Language of text:
Additions In this unit there are in total 2 , 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 165r (Type: OwnershipNote)
Note written by an apparently later hand stating that this manuscript belongs to a church of Rufāʾel , possibly ሩፋኤል፡↗ , to which it was donated with a group of other books by ʾIsāyǝyyās .
( gez ) ዝመጽሐፍ፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ ሩፋኤል፡ ፈውስ፡ መንፈሳዊ፤ ዘምስለ፡ ቀንዲል፤ ወሥርዓተ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን። የፍትሐት፡ መጽሐፍ፤ ምስለ፡ ተክሊል፤ የሌሊትና፡ የመዓልት፡ ሰዓታት፤ ምስለ፡ ጸሎተ፡ ዕጣን፤ ያዓመት፡ እግዜር፡ ነግሥ፤ ተአምረ፡ እግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፤ እሉ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ ዘወሀቦሙ፡ መምህሬ፡ role: title ኢሳይያስ፡ ገብሩ፡ ለሩፋኤል። ዘሰረቆ፡ ወዘሤጣመ፤ ወዘተሣየጦሙ፤ በሥልጣነ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ወጳውሎስ፡ ውጉዘ፡ ለይኩን። ወበ፫፻፲ወ፰ጳጳሳት፡ ውጉዘ፡ ይኩን፡ ከመ፡ አርዮስ።
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check the viewerFol. 159r (Type: Record)
Amharic deed of the time of Gʷālu .
Text in Amharic
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check the viewerFol. 1r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) ፈውስ፡ መንፈሳዊ፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
Extras
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The name of ʾIsāyǝyyās is mentioned, probably in a supplication at the end of Content Item 8 መጽሐፈ፡ ፈውስ፡ መንፈሳዊ፡ (CAe 4018) .
Text in Gǝʿǝz በረከተ፡ ጸጋሁ፡ ወምሕረቱ፡ የሃሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁሩ፡ ? ኢሳይያስ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።
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 94a-94b
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 9.88in |
Width | 9.25in |
Binding
In the original boards, covered with blind-tooled leather, inlays of flowered silk.
Binding material
wood
leather
silk
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 20-21
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1700-1799 according to William Wright
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