London, British

Library, BL Add. 16,222

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Massimo Villa

Akademie der Wissenschaften in Hamburg

Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik, Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens

und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft, Hamburg

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ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale
Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 4.8.2016) https://betamasaheft.eu/
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Table of Contents
↗ድርሳን፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወልደ፡ ዘብዴዎስ፡ ወንጌላዊ፡ ዘደረሰ፡ በእንተ፡ ዕበያ፡
ወክብራ፡ ለቅድስት፡ ድንግል፡ ማርያም፡ እግዝእትነ።...............................................................4
↗መጽሐፈ፡ ኑዛዜ፡......................................................................................................................... 4
↗Tǝmhǝrta ʾabaw........................................................................................................................... 4
↗Monastic rules..............................................................................................................................4
↗Untitled Amharic treatise on the creation and the creatures.................................................. 5
↗Untitled treatise on the Christian faith, in Amharic............................................................... 5
↗Rules for determining Easter..................................................................................................... 5
↗ድርሳን፡ ዘደረሰ፡ አባ፡ ያዕቆብ፡ ዘስሩግ፡ በእንተ፡ ቅድስት፡ ሰንበት፡ ዘደረሰ፡ ርቱዐ፡
ሃይማኖት።.......................................................................................................................................5
↗ሥርዓተ፡ ማኅበር፡ ዘእምነገረ፡ አበው፡ ሣልስ።....................................................................... 5
↗ፍካሬ፡ ኢየሱስ፡........................................................................................................................... 5
 Codicological Information
Identifier BL Add. 16,222

Alternative Identifier Dillmann cat. XVIII

Alternative Identifier Dillmann 18

Collection Additional

Repository ↗British Library

Date 1500-1847

Keywords ↗Apocrypha↗Theology↗Homily↗Christian Literature↗

Postaksumite II↗Gondarine↗Zamana Masāfǝnt
Catalogue Dillmann, C. F. A. 1847. Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum
orientalium qui in Museo Britannico asservantur, Pars tertia:
Codices Aethiopicos amplectens (London: British Museum,
1847).page

Form of support Parchment Codex

Extent 154 leaf

Layout Columns: 2, Written lines: n/a

Hand h1 (Ethiopic) Written in a fine handwriting. Several scribes have been

involved in the writing.

Contents
ms_i1: ↗ድርሳን፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወልደ፡ ዘብዴዎስ፡ ወንጌላዊ፡ ዘደረሰ፡ በእንተ፡ ዕበያ፡
ወክብራ፡ ለቅድስት፡ ድንግል፡ ማርያም፡ እግዝእትነ።
Explicit: ተፈጸመ፡ በዝየ፡ አርአያሃ፡ ለእግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡ በሥምረተ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡
ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡
ms_i2: ↗መጽሐፈ፡ ኑዛዜ፡ (ff. 28r and following)
ms_i3: ↗Tǝmhǝrta ʾabaw (ff. 36r and following)
Incipit: በርድኤተ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ተጽሕፈት፡ ዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ፡
ለእለ፡ ይገብሩ፡ ፈቃደ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ትምህርተ፡ አበው፡ ቅዱሳን። ቀዳሜ፡ ኵሉ፡
እመን፡ ከመ፡ ፩እግዚአብሔር፡ ፈጣሬ፡ ኵሉ፡ ዓለም፡ ወውእቱ፡ አምላክ፡ በኵሉ፡ ለኵሉ፡
በሰማይ፡ ወበምድር።
ms_i4: ↗Monastic rules (ff. 76v and following)
Incipit: በርድኤተ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ተጽሕፈት፡ ዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ፡
ለእለ፡ ይገብሩ፡ ፈቃደ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ትምህርተ፡ አበው፡ ቅዱሳን። ቀዳሜ፡ ኵሉ፡
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 Beta maṣāḥǝft - 5

እመን፡ ከመ፡ ፩እግዚአብሔር፡ ፈጣሬ፡ ኵሉ፡ ዓለም፡ ወውእቱ፡ አምላክ፡ በኵሉ፡ ለኵሉ፡
በሰማይ፡ ወበምድር።
ms_i5: ↗Untitled Amharic treatise on the creation and the creatures (ff. 78v and following)
Incipit: ይትባረክ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘአምጽአ፡ ለነ፡ ዓለመ፡ በኂሩቱ፡ ከመ፡ ይኩን፡
ረብሃ፡ ዚአነ፡ ወከመ፡ ይትዓወቅ፡ ክሂሎቱ። ቀድሞ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ እምቅድመ፡
ዓለማት፡ በሥሉሰ፡ ቅዱስነቱ፡ ነበረ፡ ከዝያ፡ ኈላ፡ ዓለምን፡ ልፍጠር፡ ብሎ፡ ቢሐሱብ፡
በ፳ወ፱ቀን፡ በመጋቢት፡ ፳ፈጠረት፡ ፈጠረ፡ ፯ን፡ በአርምሞ፡ ሐንዱን፡ በመናገር፡
ፈጠረ።
ms_i6: ↗Untitled treatise on the Christian faith, in Amharic (ff. 86 and following)
Incipit: ሃይማኖት፡ ለሚየከስ፡ የሐይማኖት፡ ስመለለስ፡ እንዴህነው፡ በማን፡
ታመልካላሕ፡ በእግዚአብሔር፡ ስንትነው፡ አንድም፡ ነው። ሶስትም፡ ነው። አንድ፡
ሶስት፡ መኾን፡ በምን፡ ይቻላል። ይኸሳ፡ ፀሐይ፡ ነፋስ፡ ወኸ፡ እሳት፡ አንድም፡ ናቸው፡
ሶስትም፡ ናቸው፡ የፀሐይ፡ ሶስትነቱ፡ እንዴትነው፡ ክበቡ፡ ብርሃኑ፡ መቀቱ፡ ክበቡ፡
በምን፡ ይታወቃል፡ ፀሐይ፡ ወፃ፡ ሰለስት፡ ኾነ፡ ቀትር፡ ኾነ፡ ሰዓት፡ ኾነ፡ ባሉ፡ ጊዜ፡
ክበቡ፡ ይታወቃል።
ms_i7: ↗Rules for determining Easter (ff. 117v and following)
ms_i8: ↗ድርሳን፡ ዘደረሰ፡ አባ፡ ያዕቆብ፡ ዘስሩግ፡ በእንተ፡ ቅድስት፡ ሰንበት፡ ዘደረሰ፡
ርቱዐ፡ ሃይማኖት። (ff. 121 and following)
Incipit: ስምዑ፡ ፍቁራንየ፡ ኦውሉደ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ በእንተ፡ ዕበያ፡ ወክብራ። አብ፡
ቀደሳ፡ ወልድ፡ ባረካ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አልዓላ።
ms_i9: ↗ሥርዓተ፡ ማኅበር፡ ዘእምነገረ፡ አበው፡ ሣልስ። (ff. 139 and following)
ms_i10: ↗ፍካሬ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ (ff. 146 and following)

Revisions of the data

- Massimo Villa Created catalogue entry on 4.8.2016

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Massimo Villa, ʻLondon, British Library, BL Add. 16,222ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas:
Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 4.8.2016) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BLadd16222
(DOI:10.25592/BetaMasaheft.BLadd16222) [Accessed: 2019-03-14+01:00]

Beta maṣāḥǝft, London, British Library, BL Add. 16,222.

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