London, British Library, BL Oriental 828
Solomon Gebreyes, Daria Elagina
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCCC, Wright 400
General description
Maṣḥafa madḫānit
Number of Text units: 3
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1800-1812 (prosopography)
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 2r and following ),
Maṣḥafa madḫānit
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 2r and following ), Index
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 5r and following ), Main text
Contents
check the viewerFols 2r and following Maṣḥafa madḫānit (CAe 1942)
Language of text: and Gǝʿǝz
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Language of text: and Gǝʿǝz
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz
):
፩ አንቀጽ፡ ጠጉር፡ የሚያበቅል።
፪ አንቀጽ፡ ዘሽበት።
፫ አንቀጽ፡ ዘላሽት።
፬ አንቀጽ፡ ዘባኃ።
፭ አንቀጽ፡ ዘዓይን፡ ጠጉር፡ እንዳያበቅል።
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Language of text: and Gǝʿǝz
Incipit (Amharic ): ዛቲ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ መድኃኒት፡ ዘወጽአት፡ እምኢየሩሳሌም፡ ለበሽታ፡ ሁሉ፡ ላካላትም፡ ሁሉ፡ በፊት፡ አዋዊወች፡ (!) ሁሉ፡ ያከማቿት፡ ነች፡ ለበሽታ፡ ሁሉ፡ እንድትፈውስ፡ ዓውቀው።
Additions In this unit there are in total .
Extras
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The name of the owner, the king of Shoa Walda Giyorgis Wasan Sagad is mentioned throughout the manuscript (for example, check the viewerfols. 127v, 166v ).
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 324a-b
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 12in |
Width | 8.75in |
Foliation
Foliation by the library in the upper right corner.
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
In the original boards, covered with blind-tooled leather and lined with cloth.
Binding material
wood
leather
textile
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 32
Ruling
- (Subtype: pattern)1A-1A-1A1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C
- The upper line is written above the ruling, the lower line is written above the ruling.
Pricking
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks and horizontal pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1800-1812
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