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[DariaElagina]

BL Orient 743 (not online), has following texts which I can not identify: 1) A hymn (?): እደግም፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ወራእየ፡ መንክረ፡ ዘተመሰለ፡ ሎሙ፡ ለነብያት፡ ወኵሎሙ፡ በበአስማቲሆሙ፡ ወርእዩ፡ ትእምርተ፡ አምላኮሙ፡ ዘኮነ፡ ወዘይከውን፡ እነግር፡ ወእብል፡ እሳትኒ፡ ዘኮነ፡ በቅድመ፡ ሙሴ፡ ወመብረቅኒ፡ ዘኮነ፡ በቅድመ፡ ዕዝራ። ወብእሴ፡ አረጋዌ፡ ዘሄኖክ፡ ዘኮነ፡ ወወረደ፡ ነቅዐ፡ ጽድቅ፡ እምሰማይ፡ ወአዕረፈ፡ ጸጋ፡ ለከዊነ፡ ትእምርት፡ ላዕሌሁ። 2) The Song of Songs, concerning the Son and the Christian Church, and His Mother, an exposition of words and phrases in the Song of Songs: በስመ፡ አብ፡ መኀልየ፡ መኃልይ፡ በእንተ፡ ወልድ፡ ወበእንተ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ወበእንተ፡ እሙ፡ ሰላሙ፡ ለገብርኤል፡ አጥባቲሃ፡ ዘይቤ፡ ዕፍረት። ሃይማኖት፡ አፈው፡ አፈወ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ደናግል፡ መላእክት፡ ድኅሬሁ፡ ዕርገቱ፡ ጽርኁ፡ ዘይቤ፡ ሰማያት። ለንጉሥ፡ ዘይቤ፡ ወልድ። ንትፌሣሕ፡ ወንትኃሠይ፡ ብከ፡ ዘይቤ፡ በእንተ፡ ትንሣኤ። ናፍቅር፡ አጥባትኪ፡ ዘይቤ፡ ሥጋሁ፡ ወደሙ። ርቱዕ፡ አፍቅሮቱ፡ ዘይቤ፡ አሚን። 3) Expositions of some passages of the Old and New Testament: ኦሪት፡ ዘፀአት። ወበዕለተ፡ ዓርብ፡ ያተጋብኡ፡ ካዕበተ፡ ጎሞር፡ ወቦአ፡ ኵሉ፡ መኳንንተ፡ ማኅበር።

Any ideas on the texts? Should I just create entries for them? @thea-m @DenisNosnitsin1970

[DariaElagina]

Since I was able to find some additional information, the issue is temporarily closed.

[DariaElagina]

The issue appears to be more complex. According to the article on Enbaqom (EAE, II, 282b), BL Orient 743 and d'Abbadie 9 "more or less the same texts", and both mention that the collection was translated by Enbaqom. D'Abbadie 9 is online: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b100906858/f1.item.r=Abbadie%209.zoom But neither in the manuscript nor in its catalogue descriptions I find considerable similarities. Remarkably, Wright identifies most of the texts in the manuscript as "expositions": https://archive.org/details/catalogueofethio00brituoft/page/208/mode/2up I would be grateful for any help!

[DenisNosnitsin1970]

Yes, the statement on p. 282b is unclear, but i see that it may be just an imperfection in wording from whomever it could originate. I assume that it originates from the author because I see a very close wording - and the same problem - in French though, on p. 32 of Van Donzel's edition of "Anqasa amin" (here the text is complex as it presents an opinion by another person, L. Ricci. However, I assume that the author had in mind somehow not the entire contentof the bothe manuscripts, but maybe a part, i.e. the notes concerning the translator (that both are similar?). Is it possible? (perhaps the part "in ms. BN Abbadie 9 ... 743" can be just disregarded).

[DariaElagina]

Thank you, Denis! I did not even come to reading this statement like that. I think you are right So, the only question is, if the work records for those texts should be created.

[eu-genia]

is there a solution in the meanwhile?