London, British Library, BL Oriental 597
Solomon Gebreyes, Daria Elagina
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCVII, Wright 207
General description
Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt
Number of Text units: 39
Number of Codicological units: 2
For a table of all relations from and to this record, please go to the Relations view. In the Relations boxes on the right of this page, you can also find all available relations grouped by name.
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.
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
-
check the viewerFol. 1v (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿAlam↗
( gez ) ግብረ፡ ሕማማት፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።
Catalogue Bibliography
-
Wright, W. 1877. Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1847 (London: Gilbert and Rivington, 1877). page 136a-138a
This manuscript has modern restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 16.125in |
Width | 12.625in |
Foliation
Foliation in the upper right corner by the library.
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
State of preservation
good
Condition
Some leaves are slightly stained and torn.
Binding
Two wooden boards.
Blind-tooled leather cover (with the gilded title and shelfmark on the spine).Sewing Stations
4Sewing Stations
Sewing stations are used in an irregular way.Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
No
Codicological Unit p1
Origin of codicological unit 1
1400-1500
Summary of codicological unit 1
- p1_i1 (check the viewerFols 1r–1v ), Revelation of John
Contents
Decoration of codicological unit 1 In this unit there are in total 2 .
Other Decorations
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFols 1r–1v
Ornamental elements in red and yellow in the margins and between the columns.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 1v
Polychrome ornamental band
Physical Description of codicological unit 1
Form of support of codicological unit 1
Parchment Leaf
Extent of codicological unit 1
Layout of codicological unit 1
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 22
Ruling of codicological unit 1
- (Subtype: pattern)1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C
- The upper line is written above the ruling, the lower line is written above the ruling.
Pricking of codicological unit 1
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible, horizontal pricks are visible.
Codicological Unit p2
Origin of codicological unit 2
1400-1500 (dating on palaeographic grounds)
Original Location: Dabra Libānos
Summary of codicological unit 2
- p2_i1
(check the viewerFols 2r and following ),
Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt
- p2_i1.1
(check the viewerFols 2r and following ),
Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Introduction
- p2_i1.1.1 (check the viewerFols 2r and following ), Didǝsqǝlyā, Chapter 31
- p2_i1.1.2 (check the viewerFols 3v and following ), Canons of Hippolytus
- p2_i1.1.3 (check the viewerFol. 4r ), Canons of the apostles
- p2_i1.1.4 (check the viewerFols 4r and following ), Introductory text
- p2_i1.2
(check the viewerFols 4v and following ),
Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Palm Sunday
- p2_i1.2.1 (check the viewerFols 5r and following ), Homily of John Chrysostom
- p2_i1.3
(check the viewerFols 17r and following ),
Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Monday
- p2_i1.3.1 (check the viewerFols 25r and following ), Homily of ʾabbā Sinodā
- p2_i1.3.2 (check the viewerFols 26r and following ), Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Homily by John Chrysostom for Monday morning
- p2_i1.3.3 (check the viewerFols 27v and following ), Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Homily by John Chrysostom on the fig tree for Monday morning (same as https://betamasaheft.eu/LIT2122OntheF)
- p2_i1.3.4 (check the viewerFols 38r and following ), Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Homily for the ninth hour of Monday morning (anonymous)
- p2_i1.3.5 (check the viewerFols 41r and following ), Homily of ʾabbā Sinodā
- p2_i1.4
(check the viewerFols 42r and following ),
Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Tuesday
- p2_i1.4.1 (check the viewerFols 49v and following ), Homily of ʾabbā Sinodā
- p2_i1.4.2 (check the viewerFols 62r and following ), Anonymous homily for the ninth hour
- p2_i1.5
(check the viewerFols 66r and following ),
Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Wednesday
- p2_i1.5.1 (check the viewerFols 75v and following ), Anonymous homily
- p2_i1.5.2 (check the viewerFols 84v and following ), Homily of John Chrysostom
- p2_i1.5.3 (check the viewerFols 86v and following ), Homily of Severianus of Gabala
- p2_i1.6
(check the viewerFols 87v and following ),
Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Thursday
- p2_i1.6.1 (check the viewerFols 94r and following ), Homily of John Chrysostom
- p2_i1.6.2 (check the viewerFols 109r and following ), Homily of John Chrysostom
- p2_i1.6.3 (check the viewerFols 113r and following ), Homily of ʾabbā Sinodā
- p2_i1.7
(check the viewerFols 124r and following ),
Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Friday
- p2_i1.7.1 (check the viewerFols 133r and following ), Homily of John Chrysostom
- p2_i1.7.2 (check the viewerFols 154v and following ), Homily of John Chrysostom
- p2_i1.7.3 (check the viewerFols 157v and following ), Anonymous homily
- p2_i1.7.4 (check the viewerFols 168r and following ), Anonymous homily
- p2_i1.7.5 (check the viewerFols 169r and following ), Homily of Jacob of Serug
- p2_i1.7.6 (check the viewerFols 191r and following ), Homily of John of Chrysostom
- p2_i1.7.7 (check the viewerFols 203v and following ), Homily of Athanasius
- p2_i1.7.8 (check the viewerFols 221r and following ), Second homily of Athanasius
- p2_i1.7.9 (check the viewerFols 215r and following ), Song of songs
- p2_i1.8
(check the viewerFols 223r and following ),
Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Saturday
- p2_i1.8.1 (check the viewerFols 225r and following ), Revelation of St. John
- p2_i1.8.2 (check the viewerFols 225r and following ), ትምህርተ፡ ኅቡኣት፡
- p2_i1.1
(check the viewerFols 2r and following ),
Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Introduction
Contents
check the viewerFols 2r and following Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt (CAe 1544)
Language of text:
Colophon
check the viewerFols 259v and following
ተፈጸመ፡ በዝየ፡ በጸጋሁ፡ ለክርስቶስ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ኅብረተ፡ ቃላት፡ ዘይደሉ፡ ለአንብቦ፡ በሰሙነ፡ ሕማማት፡ እምቅዳሚት፡ ሰንበት፡ ሆሣዕና፡ ሰርክ፡ እስከ፡ እሑደ፡ ሰንበተ፡ ትንሣኤ፡ ሰርክ። ። ወዘአጽሐፋ፡ እንከ፡ አቡነ፡ ክቡር፡ ወዐቢይ፡ ሥሙር፡ ወኅሩይ፡ ማኅደረ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ርሱይ። ዘተሐንጸ፡ በእሳት፡ ወማይ፡ ንጹሕ፡ ወጽሩይ፡ በቃለ፡ ሰላም፡ ዘይመይጦ፡ ለጊጋይ። አቡነ፡ መንፈሳዊ፡ መልአክ፡ ዘእምሰማይ፡ ምድራዊ፡ ወብእሲ፡ እምድር፡ ሰማያዊ፡ አባ፡ ሰላማ፡ ጳጳስ፡ ዘብሔረ፡ አግዓዚ፡ በቃለ፡ ወንጌል፡ መርዔቶ፡ ናዛዚ፡ ፂአተ፡ አበሳ፡ በትምህርቱ፡ አምዓዚ። (…)ommission by ለዛቲ፡ ግብረ፡ ሕማማት፡ ዘአጽሐፋ፡ አቡነ፡ መርሐ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ donor ሠርፀ፡ አቡነ፡ ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ይጽሐፍ፡ ስሞ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ጸባኦት፡ ኀበ፡ ዓምደ፡ ወርቅ፡ በሰማያት። (…)ommission by ለይሱቅ፡ ትንታኔክሙ፡ ወይናዝዝ፡ ትካዘክሙ፡ ለያጽንዕ፡ ድካማክሙ፡ ምስለ፡ ጸሓፊሁ፡ ገብረ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ scribe እኀወ፡ ዚአክሙ፡ ጥቡዕ፡ ለመልእክተ፡ አቡክሙ። (…)ommission by
check the viewerFols 2r and following Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Introduction (CAe 1544 Introduction)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 3v and following Canons of Hippolytus (CAe 1225)
Language of text:
Cann. xxii and xxxviii.check the viewerFols 4r and following Introductory text
Language of text:
The text is transcribed in divcheck the viewerFols 4v and following Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Palm Sunday (CAe 1544 PalmSundayGH)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 17r and following Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Monday (CAe 1544 Monday)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 26r and following Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Homily by John Chrysostom for Monday morning (CAe 1544 JohnMonday)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 38r and following Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Homily for the ninth hour of Monday morning (anonymous) (CAe 1544 MondayNinth)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 66r and following Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Wednesday (CAe 1544 Wednesday)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 87v and following Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Thursday (CAe 1544 Thursday)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 124r and following Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Friday (CAe 1544 Friday)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 169r and following Homily of Jacob of Serug
Language of text:
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ለዝንቱ፡ ድርሳን፡ ዘአጽሐፋ፡ አቡነ፡ አባ፡ ሰላማ፡ ጳጳስ፡ ርቱዐ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ እምዐረቢ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ዚአሁ፡ ለግዕዝ፡ ይተሉ፡ ዝየ፡ ተጽሕፎ፡ ዘይቤ፡ አባ፡ አትናስዮስ።
check the viewerFols 223r and following Gǝbra Ḥǝmāmāt, Saturday (CAe 1544 Saturday)
Language of text:
Additions of codicological unit 2 In this unit there are in total 3 s, 1 .
-
check the viewerFol. 260v (Type: GuestText)
Prayer
Text in Gǝʿǝz
-
check the viewerFol. 260v (Type: Excommunication)
Excommunication by Yǝmrǝḥanna Krǝstos .
( gez ) ለዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘአውፅአ፡ እምዛቲ፡ መቅደስ፡ በአፈ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ (…)ommission by ውጉዘ፡ ለይኩን፡
-
check the viewerFol. 261r (Type: GuestText)
Prayers
Text in Gǝʿǝz
-
check the viewerFol. 262r (Type: GuestText)
Hymns with musical notes
Decoration of codicological unit 2 In this unit there are in total 5 s, 35 s.
Frame notes
- frame:
check the viewerFol. 2r
Polychrome ornamental frame with depiction of three faces (possibly, the Trinity) at the upper part and two birds at the bottom.
- frame:
check the viewerFol. 17r
Polychrome ornamental frame
- frame:
check the viewerFol. 42r
Polychrome ornamental frame
- frame:
check the viewerFol. 46r
Polychrome ornamental frame
- frame:
check the viewerFol. 143v
Polychrome ornamental frame
Other Decorations
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 10r
Small polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 14v
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 21r
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 27v
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 34r
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 35r
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 66r
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 67v
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 68v
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 76v
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 77v
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 79v
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 85v
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 87v
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 88v
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 91v
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 92v
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 94v
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 96v
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 97r
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 101r
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 122r
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 124r
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 129r
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 131r
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 133r
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 137v
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 158v
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 169r
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 178v
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 192v
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 201r
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 215r
Polychrome ornamental band
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 225r
Big polychrome ornamental band with an image of John .
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 248r
Polychrome ornamental band
Physical Description of codicological unit 2
Form of support of codicological unit 2
Parchment Codex
Extent of codicological unit 2
Layout of codicological unit 2
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 34
Ruling of codicological unit 2
- (Subtype: pattern)1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C
- The upper line is written above the ruling, the lower line is written above the ruling.
Pricking of codicological unit 2
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible, horizontal pricks are visible.
Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
Use the tag BetMas:BLorient597 in your public hypothes.is annotations which refer to this entity.