London, British Library, BL Oriental 799
Solomon Gebreyes, Marcin Krawczuk
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCCLXV, Wright 365
Dated
General description
Didǝsqǝlya, Lǝdata ʾabawina manakosāt, Faws manfasāwi, Fǝtḥa nagaśt
Number of Text units: 15
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1706 (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.
Contents
check the viewerFols 5r and following Didascalia Apostolorum (CAe 1309)
Language of text: Gǝʿǝz
Chapter 24 is on check the viewerf. 32v .check the viewerFols 55v and following The Book of Good Works, on the services of the church and the duties of the priest (CAe 6164)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ፈጣሪ፡ ሕያው፡ ተናጋሪ። ወበላዕሌሁ፡ ንትወከል። ወቦቱ፡ ኵሉ፡ ይትከሀል፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ምግባራት፡ ሠናይት፡ ለተግሣጸ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ዐበይት፡ ጽሙድ፡ በክቡር፡ ኅብራት፡ ለቃል፡ ወምግባር፡ ሥርዓታት።
Language of text: Gǝʿǝz
check the viewerFols 70v and following Caeremoniale sacerdotum (CAe 4019)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ . . . . .ommission by William Wright ንጽሕፍ፡ ዘይደሉ፡ እምሥርዓተ፡ ቅኔ፡ መልእክት፡ ዘክህነት፡ ዘይትፈቀድ፡ በውስተ፡ ጸሎታት፡ ወቅዳስያት።
Language of text: Gǝʿǝz
check the viewerFols 73r and following Regulae de hierarchia ecclesiastica (CAe 4020)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by William Wright ንጽሕፍ፡ ሥርዓተ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ወመዓርጋቲሃ፡ ዘአንበሩ፡ አበው፡ ቅዱሳን።
Language of text: Gǝʿǝz
check the viewerFols 78r and following Quaestiones et interrogationes patrum earumque solutio (CAe 4021)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ታኃሥሥ፡ እለታት፡ (!) ዘአበው፡ ፍካሬሆሙ።
Language of text: Gǝʿǝz
check the viewerFols 81r and following Faws manfasāwi, or Epitome of canon law (CAe 4018)
Language of text: Gǝʿǝz
check the viewerFols 89r and following Fǝtḥa nagaśt (CAe 1395)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ አብ፡. . . . .ommission by William Wrightንዌጥን፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ወስነ፡ ሠርሖቱ፡ በጸሒፈ፡ መቅድመ፡ ጉባኤ፡ ዘአስተጋብእዎ፡ ሊቃውንት፡ ተወጥነት፡ ዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ በመንግሥተ፡ ንጉሥነ፡ ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ አመ፡ ነግሠ፡ በ፫አውራኅ፡ . . . . .ommission by William Wright በረከቶሙ፡ ትኩን፡ ምስለ፡ . . . . .ommission by William Wright
The text of the first part begins on check the viewerf. 93v , of the second on check the viewerf. 144r .Colophon
መልአ፡ ጽሒፈ፡ ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ቀኖና፡ ዘፍትሐ፡ ኵነኔ፡ ሕግ፡ መሲሓዊት፡ በዕለተ፡ ዓርብ፡ አመ፡ ፳ወ፯ለወርኃ፡ ግንቦት፡ በ፲፻፹ወ፬ዓመት (internal) ፡ እምዓመተ፡ ሰማዕታት፡ ንጹሓን፡ ቀዳሚ፡ ውስተ፡ ግብጽ። ወካዕበ፡ ተፈጸመ፡ ውስተ፡ ብሔረ፡ ኢትዮጵያ፡ በ፸፻ወ፪፻፲ወ፪ (internal) ዓመተ፡ ዓለም፡ ፪፻፺ወ፯ (internal) ዓመተ፡ ምሕረት፡ እምዓመተ፡ ሥጋዌ፡ በ፲፻ወ፯፻፲ወ፪ (internal) ። ወበ፲፻፬፻፴ወ፯ (internal) ዓመተ፡ ሰማዕታት፡ ወእምተንበላት፡ በ፲፻፺ወ፰ (internal) ዓመት፡ ወተጽሐፈ፡ በዘመነ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወንጌላዊ፡ በአብቅቴ፡ ፀሐይ፡ ፭ወበአብቅቴ፡ ወርኅ፡ ፳ወበ፬ዓመተ፡ መንጉሥቱ፡ ለንጉሠ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ መሲሕ፡ ሰገድ፡ ወበጸጋ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘተሰምየ፡ በካፋ፡ ወለእግዚእነ፡ አኰቴት፡ እስከ፡ ለዓለም። ወዘአዕለዋ፡ ሕፁፅ፡ ወኃጥእ፡ ብዙኃ፡ አበሳ፡ ዘኢይደልዎ፡ ይሰመይ፡ ሰብእ፡ ወፈድፋደሰ፡ ከመ፡ ይሰመይ፡ ዲያቆን፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ወልደ፡ አብደ፡ ሰይድ፡ እምዘ፡ አስተሐመመ፡ በዝንቱ፡ ቀሲስ፡ ትሩፈ፡ ምግባር፡ ብፁዓዊ፡ አብርሃም፡ ወልደ፡ ሐናናጥያን፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ያፈድፍድ፡ አስቦ። ወአዕላዊሃኒ፡ ስዑን፡ ወአባሲ፡ . . . . .ommission by William Wright ወዘአጽሐፋኒ፡ ነደየ፡ አእምሮ፡ ወምስኪነ፡ ጥበብ፡ ከመ፡ ያእምሩ፡ ባቲ፡ ኰሎሙ፡ ሰብእ፡ ምእመናን፡ ሥርዓተ፡ ቀኖና፡ ዘቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ቅድስት፡ መንፈሳዊት፡ ወሥርዓተ፡ ኵነኔ፡ ሥጋዊት፡ ንጉሣዊት፡ ዘብሉይ፡ ወዘሐዲስ፡ ወዘቅኖናት፡ (!) ከመ፡ ትኩኖ፡ ለመድኃኒተ፡ ነፍስ፡ ወሥጋ፡ ዘአስተጋብእዋ፡ አበው፡ ቅዱሳን፡ መንፈሳውያን፡ ዘውእቶሙ፡ ፫፻፲ወ፰ርቱዓነ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ በመዋዕሊሁ፡ ለመፍቀሬ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ቈስጠንጢኖስ፡ በረከተ፡ ጸሎቶሙ፡ ወሀብተ፡ ረድኤቶሙ፡ ለእሉ፡ አበው፡ ክቡራን፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ንጉሥነ፡ በካፋ፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁሩ፡ . . . . .ommission by William Wright ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፡ ለይኩን፡ ለይኩን።
The colophon has been tampered with, so as to make it appear that the manuscript was written A. D. 1720, in the first year of the reign of Bakāffā .
Additions In this unit there are in total 3 s, 1 , 1 , 1 .
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check the viewerFols 1r–8v, check the viewer86v–88r, check the viewer209v–219r (Type: LandGrant)
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check the viewerFol. 215r (Type: LandGrant)
Deed of gift by Bakāffā to the priests of the church of Raphael.
( gez ) ነዋ፡ ወሀብነ፡ ንሕነ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ነገሥት፡ በካፋ። ለካህናት፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ ሩፋኤል፡ ከመ፡ ይኩነነ፡ ለመድኃኒተ፡ ሥጋ፡ ወነፍስ። ፬፻፵፯ምድር፡ በፍንጥሮ፡ ወአባጌ፡ በባሕር፡ ሽሽ። በኰሰን፡ ፵፬ምድር። በፈንታይ፡ በወይዘሮ፡ ወለተ፡ ሐዋርያትና፡ በወይዘሮ፡ ጽዮን፡ ሞገሳ፡ እጅ፡ ላ፲፪ጫን፡ ማድጋ፡ በጎደለው፡ ያፄ፡ ቆሎ፡ ምድር፡ ፸ወ፯፡ ደብተራ፡ የተሰራ። በወይዘሮ፡ ባዩሽ፡ ወንድም፡ በውስጤ፡ እጅ፡ በነበረው።። በአለዋ፡ በጅአግሬው፡ በዱሪ፡ ማሞ፡ እጅ፡ በነበረው፡ ፲ወ፪፡ ደብተራ፡ ዘንተ፡ ሥርዓተ፡ ዘነሰተ፡ እመኒ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ወእመሂ፡ ንግሥት፡ እመኒ፡ መኰንን፡ ወእመሂ፡ ሕዝባዊ፡ በሥልጣነ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ወጳውሎስ፡ ወበ፲ወ፪ሐዋርያት፡ ውጉዘ፡ ለይኩን።
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check the viewerFols. 87b, 88r (Type: MixedNote)
List of priests in the above church.
( gez ) ኈልቈ፡ ካህናት፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ ሩፋኤል፡ ዘአስተጋብኦሙ፡ ነጉሠ፡ ነገሥት፡ በካፋ።
They are arranged into right, check the viewerf. 87v , and left, check the viewerf. 88r , according to the months of the year. -
check the viewerFol. 3r (Type: DonationNote)
Deed of gift of Iyāsu II and Walatta Giyorgis to the convent of Dabra Ḍaḥāy↗ near Gondar↗ . The deed is dated to 1723-1755 .
Text in Gǝʿǝz ነዋ፡ ወሀብነ፡ ንሕነ፡ አያሱ፡ (!) ዘስመ፡ መንግሥትነ፡ ብርሃን፡ ሰገድ፡ ወእመነ፡ ንግሥት፡ ወለተ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ብርሃን፡ ሞገሳ፡ ለቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ቍስቋም፡ እንተ፡ ሕንጽት፡ በምድረ፡ ላይ፡ ጎደር፡ (!) ዘተሰምየት፡ ደብረ፡ ፀሐይ፡ አልባሰ፡ ዘሐሪር፡ ወዘርቤታተ፡ ወማዕጠንታተ፡ ወአክሊላተ፡ ዘወርቅ፡ ወዘብሩር፡ ፃሕለ፡ ወጽዋዓ፡ ዘብሩር፡ ወመጻሕፍተ፡ ዘብሉይ፡ ወዘሐዲስ፡ ወኵሎ፡ ንዋያተ፡ ቅድሳት፡ ከመ፡ ይግበሩ፡ ባሙ፡ (!) መስዋዕተ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ለመድኃኒተ፡ ንፍስነ፡ ወለካህናቲሃ፡ ወሀብናሆሙ፡ ሀገረ፡ ዘይሰመይ፡ ባጀና፡ ቀዳሚ፡ ዘነበረ፡ ቦቱ፡ ጋላ፡ ወድኅረ፡ ዘተሠርዓ፡ ቦቱ፡ ዘዌ፡ ከመ፡ ይኩን፡ ለሲሳዮሙ፡ ወለቁርባንሂ፡ ወሀብነ፡ ሀገረ፡ ዘነበረ፡ በእደ፡ ወይዘሮ፡ መስለ፡ ንትያ፡ ዘስሙ፡ ጉንትር፡ ወዘተዝካረ፡ ንጉሥኒ፡ ሀገረ፡ ዘይሰመይ፡ ከች፡ ወለመካንሂ፡ ወለጥነ፡ መካነ፡ ዘይሰመይ፡ ቆፋሮች፡ በቅድመ፡ አቡነ፡ ክርስተደወሉ፡ ጳጳስ፡ ዘኢትዮጵያ፡ ወበቅድመ፡ አቡነ፡ ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ መምኅረ፡ ዘደብረ፡ ሊባኖስ፡ መበቅድመ፡ (!) ዓቃቤ፡ ሰዓት፡ ወሊቃው፡ (!) አብያተ፡ ክርስቲያናት፡
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check the viewerFol. 4r (Type: LandGrant)
Deed of gift of Takla Haymānot, Ṭǝbab Sagad , to the priests of Dabra Ṭǝbab↗ , near Gondar. The deed is dated to 1769-1777 .
( gez ) በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by William Wrightንሕነ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ነገሥት፡ ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ዘስመ፡ መንግሥትነ፡ ጥበብ፡ ሰገድ፡ ነዋ፡ አዘዝነ፡ ወወሀብነ፡ ለካህናተ፡ በአታ፡ ውስተ፡ ቤተ፡ መግደስ፡ ዘትሰመይ፡ ደብረ፡ ጥበብ፡ እንተ፡ ተሐንጸት፡ ጽንፈ፡ ጐንደር፡ ከመ፡ ይኩነነ፡ ለመድኃኒተ፡ ሥጋ፡ ወነፍስ፡ አህጉረ፡ ብዙኃተ፡ ዘውእቶን፡ ምድረ፡ ሠረቀርን፡ ባሻ፡ ቀመስ፡ ወዓረቢያ፡ ባለአምባ፡ ራስ፡ ቀመስ፡ ወኮሰን፡ ዝፋን፡ ቤት፡ በጅሮንድ፡ ቀመስ፡ ወካልአተ፡ ብዙኃተ፡ አህጉረ። ወእምነ፡ አላንቱ፡ አህጉር፡ ዘበጽሖሙ፡ ለእሉ፡ ካህናት፡ በጅዋና፡ ፪፻፺፪ምድር፡ ተቅራና። በካብ፡ ላይ፡ ማርያም፡ ፯፻፲፭ምድር፡ ከቅራና። በብራሄላ፡ ፻፴፪ምድር። . . . . .ommission by William Wrightወእለ፡ ይመጽኡ፡ እምድኅሬነ፡ ነገሥት፡ ወመኳንንት፡ ከመ፡ ኢይንሥቱ፡ ዘንተ፡ ሥርዓተ፡ አውገዙ፡ ጳጳስነ፡ አቡነ፡ ዮሳብ፡ ወመምህረ፡ ደብረ፡ ሊባኖስ፡ እጨጌ፡ ተስፋ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ወኵሎሙ፡ ሊቃውንተ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ወዓቃቤ፡ ሰዓት፡ ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት።
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check the viewerFol. 5r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) ሲኖዶስ፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
Extras
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The name of the owner has been erased. That of his wife Qǝddǝsta Krǝstos is still legible on check the viewerfol. 5r .
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 278a-280a
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 13.5in |
Width | 12.625in |
Binding
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 28-31
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1700-1750 according to William Wright
check the viewerFols 5–26 1700-1750 according to William WrightHand 2
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1700-1750 according to William Wright
check the viewerFols 27–87 1700-1750 according to William WrightHand 3
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1706 according to William Wright
check the viewerFols 89–214 1706 according to William WrightCheck for additional bibliography
Publication Statement
Encoding Description
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Definitions of prefixes used.
info | value |
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Standard date | በ፲፻፹ወ፬ዓመት (internal) |
Date in current calendar | 1720 |
Calendar | alexander |
Evidence | internal |
info | value |
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Standard date | በ፸፻ወ፪፻፲ወ፪ (internal) |
Date in current calendar | 1720 |
Calendar | world |
Evidence | internal |
info | value |
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Standard date | ፪፻፺ወ፯ (internal) |
Date in current calendar | 1720 |
Calendar | grace |
Evidence | internal |
info | value |
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Standard date | በ፲፻ወ፯፻፲ወ፪ (internal) |
Date in current calendar | 1720 |
Calendar | ethiopian |
Evidence | internal |
info | value |
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Standard date | ፲፻፬፻፴ወ፯ (internal) |
Date in current calendar | 1720 |
Calendar | diocletian |
Evidence | internal |
info | value |
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Standard date | ፲፻፺ወ፰ (internal) |
Date in current calendar | 1720 |
Calendar | islamic |
Evidence | internal |
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Solomon Gebreyes, Alessandro Bausi, Marcin Krawczuk, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 799ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-11-17) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLorient799 [Accessed: 2024-05-20]
Revisions of the data
- Marcin Krawczuk Marcin Krawczuk: Changed work record for ms_i5 on 17.11.2020
- Marcin Krawczuk Marcin Krawczuk: Completed the description on 7.8.2020
- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Created catalogue entry on 14.5.2019