London, British Library, BL Oriental 781
Daria Elagina
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCCLIII, Wright 353
General description
Talmid
Number of Text units: 1
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
(dating on palaeographic grounds)
Provenance
Looted by the British Napier expedition in 1868 from the church of Madḫāne ʿAlam↗
Summary
- ms_i1 (), Talmid
Contents
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 3r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) ተልሚድ፡ ዘ ቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
Extras
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The name of the first owner has been erased, and substituted by that of Zamāryām owner .
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 262b
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 14.625in |
Width | 12.75in |
Foliation
Two unnumbered blank leaves at the end.
State of preservation
good
Condition
Stained by water.
Binding
In the original boards, covered with blind-tooled leather and lined with flowered silk.
Binding material
wood
leather
silk
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 32-36
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: About the end of the 17th century.
Neatly written by several hands. About the end of the 17th century.Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
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