London, British Library, BL Oriental 762
Solomon Gebreyes
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCLIX, Wright 259
Dated
General description
ʾAragāwi manfasāwi, Maṣḥafa zenāhomu la-ʾabaw
Number of Text units: 2
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1673 (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.
Summary
- ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 2ra–97ra ), ʾAragāwi manfasāwi
- ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 98ra–158rc ), Maṣḥafa zenāhomu la-ʾabaw
Contents
check the viewerFols 2ra–97ra ʾAragāwi manfasāwi (CAe 3989)
Language of text:
Colophon
ተተርጐመ፡ ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ እምልሳነ፡ ዐረቢ፡ ኀበ፡ ልሳነ፡ ግዕዝ፡ ሐዲስ፡ በትእዛዝ፡ ቃሉ፡ ለልብነ፡ ድንግል፡ ንጉሥ። ተፈጸመ፡ ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ በ፸፻ወ፩፻፷ወ፭ ዓመተ፡ ዓለም፡ በ፪፻፵ወ፱ ዓመተ፡ ምሕረት። በዘመነ፡ ማቴዎስ፡ ወንጌላዊ፡ ዘተወጥነ፡ በወርኃ፡ የካቲት፡ ወፍጻሜሁ፡ አመ፡ ፪ለሐምሌ። በ፲ወ፱ለሠርቀ፡ ሌሊት። ስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ዘተዓገሰኒ፡ እስከ፡ እፌጽም።
check the viewerFols 98ra–158rc Maṣḥafa zenāhomu la-ʾabaw (CAe 2169)
Language of text:
Inscriptio (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ (…)ommission by መጽሐፈ፡ ዜናሆሙ፡ ለአበው፡ ክቡራን፡ ፩፡ ዘተስእሉ፡ በበይናቲሆሙ፡ በዘቦቱ፡ በቍዔተ፡ ወሠናይተ፡ ለዘአንበቦ፡ ወለዘሰምዖ፡ ወይሰመይ፡ ገነተ። ወእግዚአብሔር፡ ይጸግዎ፡ በረከቶሙ፡ ወለወልዶሙ፡ Walda ʾAbuhuወልደ፡ አቡሁ፡ አሜን።
Divided into 283 sections, the first is transcribed in div.Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 , 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 159va (Type: LandGrant)
Amharic record, containing a rim land grant and other transactions, from the sixth year of reign of Takla Hāymānot II .
Text in Amharic
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check the viewerFol. 159vb (Type: Record)
Amharic record, possibly listing inheritances.
Text in Amharic
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check the viewerFol. 2r (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) አረጋዊ፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።
Extras
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The name of the owner, Walda ʾAbuhu owner is mentioned in supplications on check the viewerfols. 98r, 158r .
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 170a-170b
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 13in |
Width | 11.63in |
Foliation
Foliation in the upper right corner by the library. One unnumbered blank leaf after check the viewerfols. 1, , referred to as check the viewer1a in the library's digitization.
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | A | 2 |
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1, stub after 1 2, stub before 2 |
2 | 1 | 8 |
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3 | 2 | 8 |
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4 | 3 | 8 |
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5 | 4 | 8 |
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6 | 5 | 8 |
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7 | 6 | 8 |
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8 | 7 | 8 |
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9 | 8 | 8 |
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10 | 9 | 8 |
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11 | 10 | 8 |
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12 | 11 | 8 |
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13 | 12 | 8 |
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14 | 13 | 8 |
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15 | 14 | 8 |
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16 | 15 | 8 |
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17 | 16 | 8 |
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18 | 17 | 8 |
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19 | 18 | 8 |
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20 | 19 | 8 |
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21 | 20 | 6 |
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3, stub after 5 2, stub before 6 |
Collation diagrams
1, stub after 1 2, stub before 2
Quire ID:q1, number:A
Quire ID:q2, number:1
Quire ID:q3, number:2, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q4, number:3, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q5, number:4, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q6, number:5, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q7, number:6, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q8, number:7, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q9, number:8, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q10, number:9, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q11, number:10, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q12, number:11, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q13, number:12, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q14, number:13
Quire ID:q15, number:14
Quire ID:q16, number:15
Quire ID:q17, number:16
Quire ID:q18, number:17
Quire ID:q19, number:18
Quire ID:q20, number:19
3, stub after 5 2, stub before 6
Quire ID:q21, number:20
Ethio-SPaRe formula : A(0+2/s.l. 1, stub after 1; s.l. 2, stub before 2/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (8), 15 (8), 16 (8), 17 (8), 18 (8), 19 (8), 20 (8), 21 (6),
Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (8), 15 (8), 16 (8), 17 (8), 18 (8), 19 (8), 20 (8), 21 (6),
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
In the original boards, covered with blind-tooled leather, with textile inlays.
Binding material
wood
leather
textile
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Ruling
- (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.
- (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 are visible, horizontal pricks are not visible.
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks and horizontal pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1673
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