London, British Library, BL Oriental 807
Solomon Gebreyes
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCCLXXIV, Wright 374
General description
Fǝtḥa nagaśt
Number of Text units: 6
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 9r and following ), Fǝtḥa nagaśt, Introduction
- ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 13v and following ), Fǝtḥa nagaśt, Index of Part 1
- ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 14r and following ), Fǝtḥa nagaśt, Part 1: On religious matters
- ms_i4 (check the viewerFols 85v and following ), Fǝtḥa nagaśt, Part 2: On civil matters
- ms_i5 (check the viewerFols 181r and following ), Fǝtḥa nagaśt, Appendix on heritages, not present in all Arabic manuscripts
- ms_i6 (), Fǝtḥa nagaśt
Contents
check the viewerFols 9r and following Fǝtḥa nagaśt, Introduction (CAe 1395 Introduction)
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check the viewerFols 13v and following Fǝtḥa nagaśt, Index of Part 1 (CAe 1395 IndexPart1)
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check the viewerFols 14r and following Fǝtḥa nagaśt, Part 1: On religious matters (CAe 1395 Part1)
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check the viewerFols 85v and following Fǝtḥa nagaśt, Part 2: On civil matters (CAe 1395 Part2)
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check the viewerFols 181r and following Fǝtḥa nagaśt, Appendix on heritages, not present in all Arabic manuscripts (CAe 1395 Appendix)
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Fǝtḥa nagaśt (CAe 1395)
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Colophon
መልዓ፡ ጽሒፈ፡ ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ቀኖና፡ ዘፍትሕ፡ ኩነኔ፡ ሕግ፡ መሲሐዊት፡ በዕለተ፡ ሠሉስ፡ አመ፡ ፲ወ፭ለወርኃ፡ ሐምሌ፡ በዘመን፡ ሉቃስ፡ እምአመ፡ ተወጥነ፡ በ፱አውራኅ፡ ወዘኢተጽሕፈ፡ ቦቶን፡ ሀሎ፡ ዕለት። በ፸፻ወ፪፻፶ወ፯ዓመተ፡ ምሕረት። ወእምአመ፡ መንግሥቱ፡ ለንጉሥነ፡ ሣህለ፡ ድንግል፡ በ፫ዓመት፡ በላመ፡ (sic)እግዚአብሔር፡ አሜን። ዘአዕለዋ፡ ሕፁዕ፡ ወኃጥእ፡ etc.
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 9r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) ፍትሐ፡ ነገሥት፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ አለም።↗
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 283b-284b
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 289mm |
Width | 257mm |
Binding
In the original boards, covered with blind-tooled leather and lined with flowered cloth.
Binding material
wood
leather
textile
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 27
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1835
The manuscript is well written, and dated 1835 1835Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
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