London, British Library, BL Oriental 763
Marcin Krawczuk, Solomon Gebreyes
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography
Collection: Oriental
Other identifiers: Wright cat. CCLXIV, Wright 264
General description
Lives of the Holy Fathers
Number of Text units: 3
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.
Contents
check the viewerFols 2r–124v Lives of the holy fathers (CAe 1406)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):፩በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by ንዌጥን፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ወሥነ፡ ኅብረቱ፡ ጽሒፈ፡ ፈድለ፡ አበው፡ ቅዱሳን፡ ንጹሓን፡ ኅሩያን፡ ጻድቃን፡ መስተጋድላን፡ ኄራን፡ መነኮሳት፡ ጽሙዳን፡ አምላኪያን፡ እለ፡ ገደፉ፡ ዓለመ፡ ትፍስሕታ፡ ወፍግዓቲሃ፡ ወፍትወታትቲሃ፡ ወኵሎ፡ ጥሪታቲሃ። ወአመንደቡ፡ ነፍሳቲሆሙ፡ ወሥጋቲሆሙ፡ ወተመንደሙ፡ በዋዕየ፡ ሐጋይ፡ ወበቍረ፡ ክረምት፡ አፍቅሮ፡ በእንተ፡ ፈጣሪሆሙ፡ ወመድኃኒሆሙ። ወወሀቡ፡ ነፍሳቲሆሙ፡ በከመ፡ ወሀበ፡ ውእቱሂ፡ ነፍሶ፡ በእንቲአሆሙ፡ ወደለዎሙ፡ መንግሥተ፡ መንግሥተ፡ (!) ትፍስሕት፡ ወድኅኑ፡ እምኵነኔ፡ ሲኦል፡ ጸሎቶሙ፡ ወሀብተ፡ ረድኤቶሙ፡ ተሃሉ፡ ምስለ፡ አቡነ፡ ማቴዎስ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን። ዝንቱ፡ መርኆ፡ ኆኅተ፡ ገነተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ቦቱ፡ ትበርህ፡ አልባብ፡ ወልቡናት፡
(The chapters are numbered up to 630, but the series is ofter interrupted, and many numbers seem to be wanting.)Language of text:
Colophon
ተፈጸመ፡ ገነተ፡ መነኮሳት፡ መግመሬ፡ ኵሉ፡ መባልዕት፡ ወኅብራት፤ አስተጋባኤ፡ ፍሬያት፡ ትሩፋት፤ አስተዓቃቤ፡ እምግባራተ፡ አበሳ፡ መኑናት። . . . . .ommission by በረድኤተ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ተፈጸመት፡ ዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ነገረ፡ አበው፡ በዓመተ፡ ፸፻፸ወ፱፡ እምፍጥረተ፡ ዓለም። ወበ፲፻ወ፭፻፡ ፸ወ፱፡ እምዓመተ፡ ሥጋዌሁ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ መድኅነ፡ ዓለም፤ ወ፳ወ፭፡ ዓመተ፡ መንግሥቱ፡ ለመፍቀሬ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ንጉሥነ፡ ሠርፀ፡ ድንግል፡ ወዓመ፡ (!) ፳ወ፭፡ ለወርኃ፡ ጥቅምት፡ ጊዜ፡ ፱፡ ሰዓት፡ በዕለተ፡ ሰኑይ። ወአጽሐፍክዋ፡ አነ፡ ማቴዎስ፡ ውሂብየ፡ ንዋይየ፡ እምዘ፡ ጸገወኒ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ከመ፡ ይኩነኒ፡ ለመድኃኒተ፡ ንፍስየ፡
(According to the colophon the manuscript was written in the 25th year of king Śarḍa Dǝngǝl .)check the viewerFols 125r–131r Life of ʾAbunāfǝr (CAe 1414)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by አመ፡ ፲ወ፮ለሰኔ፡ ገድለ፡ አብ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አቡናፍር፡ ፈላሲ፡ ዘኮነ፡ እም፲ወ፮፡ በወርኃ፡ ሰኔ፡ ወዓዲ፡ በእንተ፡ ፈላስያን፡ ወአዕሩግ፡ ዘውስተ፡ ገዳም፡ ወበድው፡ በሰላመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አሜን። ዘአየድዓክሙ፡ ባቲ፡ ኦአበው፡ ወአኃው፡ መሢሓውያን፤ ሀሎ፡ እኍ፡ ፈላሲ፡ በብኑዳ፡ ተናገረ፡ በእንተ፡ አኃው፡ መፍቀርያነ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘንተ፡ ነገረ፡ ዘአይድዓነ፡ ቦቱ፡ እንዘ፡ ይብል፡ አነ፡ በብኑዳ፡ ኃለድኩ፡ አሐደ፡ ዕለተ፡ በልብየ፡ ከመ፡ እሖር፡ ኀበ፡ ገዳም፡ ውሣጢት፡ ለእመ፡ እሬኢ፡ በመነኮሳት፡ እግብርተ፡ ክርስቶስ።
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check the viewerFols 132r–163r Visions and prophecies of ʾabbā Nabiyud of Dabra Sǝnḥat (CAe 4023)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by ዘተነበየ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ወብፁዕ፡ አባ፡ ነቢዩድ፡ መነኮስ፡ ዘደብረ፡ ስንሐት። ጸሎቱ፡ ወበረኮቱ፡ ተሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁሩ፡ ማቴዎስ፡ አሜን። ወዝንቱ፡ ኄር፡ ወፈራሄ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ እምንእሱ፡ ዘሐይወ፡ ውስተ፡ ምኔተ፡ መነኮሳት፡ እምከመ፡ ኀደገ፡ ጥበ፡ እሙ፡ ፶ወ፫፡ ዓመት፤ ወከፈሎ፡ ይርአይ፡ ዘበሰማያት፡ ወዘበምድር። እንዘ፡ በምድር፡ ሀሎ፡ ዘበሰማያት፡ ሀገሪተ፡ ኮነ፡ ምስለ፡ መላእክት። ርእየ፡ ግብረ፡ ዘይከውን፡ በደኃሪ፡ መዋዕል፡ ላዕለ፡ መነኮሳት፡ ወነገሥት፡ ወመኳንንት። ወላዕለ፡ ኵሉ፡ አሕዛብ፡ እለ፡ ይነብሩ፡ ዲበ፡ ምድር፡ ወግብርሙሂ፡ ለመንኮሳት፡ ስሩዕ፡ በውስተ፡ መካኑ፡ በኵሉ፡ ቅዳሴ፡ ወቅዳሴ፡ ዘሌሌት፡ ወዘመዓልት፡ ሠርዓ፡ ሎቱ፡ ሥርዓተ፡ ሠናየ፡ ዘእምኀበ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ እስመ፡ መነኮሳትሰ፡ እለ፡ ውስተ፡ መካኑ፡ የአክሉ፡ ፫፻፶፡ ኅሩያን፡ እለ፡ ቦሙ፡ ቀኖና፡ ወሥሩዓን፡ በመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ። ወይረፍቁ፡ በበ፡ ፶ውስተ፡ ፮፡ ቤት። ወኵሉ፡ ንዋዮሙ፡ ውስተ፡ ፩መጋቢ፡ ይትዓቀብ፡ ወገብረ፡ ሎሙ፡ ማኅደር፡ በበ፡ ፫ውስተ፡ ፩፡ ማኅደር። ወሜሎጣትሂ፡ ቦሙ፡ በዘ፡ ይሰክቡ፡ ሌሊተ፡ ወአልባሰ፡ ንጹሓነ፡ ወቆብዓተ፡ ዘበዓላት፡ ወሰናብት፡ ይትዓቀቡ፡ ውስተ፡ ፩፡ መጋቢ። ወከመዝ፡ ሠርዓ፡ ሎሙ፡ ከመ፡ ይትግሁ፡ ሌሊተ፡ ይጹሙ፡ መዓልተ፡ ወፈድፋደሰ፡ አኃዊሆሙ። ያፍቅሩ፡ ወይትካበሩ፡ በበይናቲሆሙ፡ በኵሉ፡ ጊዜ። ወኢያድልው፡ ለርእሶሙ፡ አላ፡ ለቢጾሙ። በከመ፡ አዘዘ፡ እግዚእነ፡ እምያድልዉ፡ ለርእሶሙ፡ ይኄይስ፡ ያድልዉ፡ ለቢጾሙ። ወዘንተ፡ ትእዛዘ፡ ይሜህሮሙ፡ ወዘይመስሎ፡ እስመ፡ መንፈሰ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ላዕሌሁ። ወይቤሎሙ፡ ስምዑ፡ አኃውየ፡ መነኮሳት፡
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Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 2v (Type: OwnershipNote)
The note states that the manuscript belongs to the church of Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗ .
( gez ) መጽሐፈ፡ መነኮሳት፡ ዘ ቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም።↗
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check the viewerFol. 2r (Type: Supplication)
The name of the owner mentioned in the supplication is ʾabuna Mātewos 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 173b-175a
This manuscript has modern restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 356mm |
Width | 302mm |
Foliation
Foliation in the upper right corner by the library. One unnumbered blank leaf at the end, referred to as check the viewerfol. 164 in the library's digitization.
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | 1 | 11 | No image availableFols 1r–11v | 1, stub after 11 |
2 | 2 | 10 | No image availableFols 12r–21v |
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3 | 3 | 10 | No image availableFols 22r–31v |
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4 | 4 | 10 | No image availableFols 32r–41v |
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5 | 5 | 8 | No image availableFols 42r–49v |
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6 | 6 | 10 | No image availableFols 50r–59v |
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7 | 7 | 10 | No image availableFols 60r–69v |
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8 | 8 | 10 | No image availableFols 70r–79v |
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9 | 9 | 10 | No image availableFols 80r–89v |
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10 | 10 | 9 | No image availableFols 90r–98v |
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11 | 11 | 10 | No image availableFols 99r–108v |
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12 | 12 | 10 | No image availableFols 109r–118v |
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13 | 13 | 10 | No image availableFols 119r–128v |
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14 | 14 | 3 | No image availableFols 129r–131v | 1, stub after 3 |
15 | 15 | 10 | No image availableFols 132r–141v |
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16 | 16 | 10 | No image availableFols 142r–151v |
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17 | 17 | 10 | No image availableFols 152r–161v |
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18 | 18 | 3 | No image availableFols 162r–164v |
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Collation diagrams
1, stub after 11
Quire ID:q1, number:1
Quire ID:q2, number:2, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q3, number:3, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q4, number:4, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q5, number:5, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q6, number:6, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q7, number:7, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q8, number:8, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q9, number:9, Ethiopic quire number:
6፥ ስቱብ ኣፍቴር 3
Quire ID:q10, number:10, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q11, number:11, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q12, number:12, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q13, number:13, Ethiopic quire number:
1, stub after 3
Quire ID:q14, number:14
Quire ID:q15, number:15, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q16, number:16, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q17, number:17, Ethiopic quire number:
2, stub after 2
Quire ID:q18, number:18, Ethiopic quire number:
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(10+1/s.l. 1, stub after 11/No image availableFols 1r–11v) – ፪II(10/No image availableFols 12r–21v) – ፫III(10/No image availableFols 22r–31v) – ፬IV(10/No image availableFols 32r–41v) – ፭V(8/No image availableFols 42r–49v) – ፮VI(10/No image availableFols 50r–59v) – ፯VII(10/No image availableFols 60r–69v) – ፰VIII(10/No image availableFols 70r–79v) – ፱IX(10/No image availableFols 80r–89v) – ፲X(9/No image availableFols 90r–98v) – ፲፩XI(10/No image availableFols 99r–108v) – ፲፪XII(10/No image availableFols 109r–118v) – ፲፫XIII(10/No image availableFols 119r–128v) – XIV(2+1/s.l. 1, stub after 3/No image availableFols 129r–131v) – ፩XV(10/No image availableFols 132r–141v) – ፪XVI(10/No image availableFols 142r–151v) – ፫XVII(10/No image availableFols 152r–161v) – ፬XVIII(2+1/s.l. 2, stub after 2/No image availableFols 162r–164v) –
Formula: No image availableFols 1r–11v 1, stub after 11 ; No image availableFols 12r–21v ; No image availableFols 22r–31v ; No image availableFols 32r–41v ; No image availableFols 42r–49v ; No image availableFols 50r–59v ; No image availableFols 60r–69v ; No image availableFols 70r–79v ; No image availableFols 80r–89v ; No image availableFols 90r–98v 6፥ ስቱብ ኣፍቴር 3 ; No image availableFols 99r–108v ; No image availableFols 109r–118v ; No image availableFols 119r–128v ; No image availableFols 129r–131v 1, stub after 3 ; No image availableFols 132r–141v ; No image availableFols 142r–151v ; No image availableFols 152r–161v ; No image availableFols 162r–164v 2, stub after 2 ;
Formula 1: 1 (), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (8), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (9), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (), 15 (10), 16 (10), 17 (10), 18 (3),
Formula 2: 1 (), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (8), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (9), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (), 15 (10), 16 (10), 17 (10), 18 (3),
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
Two wooden boards. Both inner boards are darkened around the edges, possibly showing traces of a former cover.
Blind-tooled leather quarter cover (with the gilded title and shelfmark on the spine).Sewing Stations
6Sewing Stations
Sewing stations are used in an irregular way.Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 27
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: 1586-1587 according to William Wright
The manuscript is written in fine hand between 1586 and 1587 1586-1587 according to William Wrightinfo | value |
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Standard date | ፸፻፸ወ፱፡ |
Date in current calendar | 7079 |
Calendar | world |
info | value |
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Standard date | ፲፻ወ፭፻፡ ፸ወ፱፡ |
Date in current calendar | 1579 |
Calendar | ethiopian |
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