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Or 721

Record Id:

032-003352604

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003352604

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100036360837.0x000001

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100054873132.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 721

Title:

ገድለ ተክለ ሃይማኖት Act of St. Takla Haymanot.

Scope & Content:

An Ethiopian manuscript containing:

ገድለ ተክለ ሃይማኖት Act of St. Takla Haymanot.

f. 2r. a notice of the death by violence of ‘Abba Nicolaus. ኒቆላውስ, አጽፈ ክርስቶስ, አውስግዮስ and others, on the 3rd of Miyazya; with an account of events connected therewith in the reigns of John I., ‘Iyasu I., and Bakafa, in whose reign (A.D 1721-30) these pages seem to have been written.

f. 6r. The Life and Acts of Takla Haimanot.At the end of f.184r, is a discourse on the translation of the saint, ፍልሰተ ሥጋሁ. 12th of Genbot.This MS., which is ornamented with pictures was wrteen for on Abranius, አብራንዮስ, ff.6r, 181b, 200r. The pictures on f.201r and f. 202r are only in outline.

f. 203r, Miracles of Takla Haimanot, 16 in number.

f. 210v, An invocation of Takla Haimanot and other saints, with a hymn addressed to them.

f. 211r. documents of the reigns of Gigar and Sahlu.

Owner: This part of the Ms. was written for Walatta Takla Haimanot. f.6r. ገድለ፡ ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ዘቅ፡ መ፡ ዓለም፡፡

This manuscript is illuminated by 50 miniatures illustrating the life and act of St. Takla Haymanot : (ff. 5r, 5v, 14v, 27r, 27v, 31v, 32r, 41v, 51v, 59v, 60r, 67v, 74v, 81v, 91v, 93r, 93v, 97v, 106r, 106v, 109v, 110r, 116v, 117r, 117v, 130r, 130v, 136r, 136v, 152r, 152v, 160r, 160v, 166v, 167r, 167v, 174r, 174v, 175r, 175v, 181v, 182r, 182v, 183r, 183v, 200v, 201r, 201v, 202r, 202v)

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Ethiopian Manuscripts

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003352604

Is part of:

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Hierarchy:

032-003352604

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100054873132.0x000001

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Languages:

Geez

Scripts:

Ethiopic (ge'ez)

Start Date:

1700

End Date:

1750

Date Range:

1700-1750

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Parchment codex, 355 x 380 mm. ff. 212. (i+212+i). In 2 columns, 17 lines ( except ff. 2-4 which have 33 lines, and ff. 203-210, which have 25). In the original boards, covered with stamped leather and lined with blue silk.

Custodial History:

Usage Statement: The Ethiopian manuscripts published in digitised format by the British Library are to the best of our knowledge not in copyright under Ethiopian law. However the British Library recognises broader interests in the cultural heritage which the Ethiopian manuscripts represent. The manuscripts included are often of a religious nature, and the Library has taken considerable care not to distort or alter the underlying material. We ask users also to show appropriate respect in reusing the digital images of the Ethiopian manuscripts, which should not be altered or reused in ways that might be derogatory or offensive to the Ethiopian communities for whom they are of special cultural importance.

Finding Aids:

For a more detailed catalogue entry see:Wright, William, Catalogue of the Ethiopic manuscripts in the British Museum acquired since the year 1847 (London: The British Museum, 1877), pp 194.

Publications:

Ayyala Takla Haymanot. (1958). Yaʻiteyopʻpʻeya bēta krestiyan sela krestos bahreyat akalawi tawahdo yammettamnaw temhert. Asmara, Pʻētros Silla Press.

Budge, E. A. T. W., DABRA LÎBÂNÔS, & WALDEBBÂN. (1906). The life of Takla Hâymânôt in the version of Dabra Lîbânôs, and the miracles of Takla Hâymânôt in the version of Dabra Lîbânôs, and the Book of the Riches of Kings: the Ethiopic texts, from the British Museum MS. Oriental 723, edited with English translations : to which is added an English translation of the Waldebbân version. London, privately printed for Lady Meux.

Chojnacki, S., 1983. Major themes in Ethiopian painting: Indigenous developments, the influence of foreign models, and their adaptation from the 13th to the 19th century. Wiesbaden: F. Steiner.

Colin, G., 2017. Saints fondateurs du christianisme éthiopien: Frumentius, Garimā, Takla-Hāymānot et Ēwosṭātēwos. Paris: Les belles lettres.

Denis Nosnitsin. (2011). Takla Haymanot.Leroy, J., 1967. Ethiopian painting in the late Middle Ages and under the Gondar dynasty. London: Merlin.St. Takla Haymanot the Ethiopian: A Short Summary from the Immense Hagiography of the Great St. Takla Haymanot. Chicago, Ill: St. George Coptic Orthodox Church, 1992. Print.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)