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Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien d'Abbadie 122

Denis Nosnitsin (cataloguer)

This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography

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https://betamasaheft.eu/BNFabb122
Bibliothèque nationale de France[view repository]

Collection: Manuscrits orientaux, Fonds éthiopien, d'Abbadie

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General description

Book of Sirach, Canon of the Doctors of the Church for those who Abjure, and other texts

Number of Text units: 8

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

1700-1800 (dating on palaeographic grounds) The texts were written by up to as many as four scribes.

Provenance

One of the owners was ʾƎnṭonyos Walda ʾAbdiyu (unless he is identical to Antoine d'Abbadie ). The manuscript was acquired by Antoine d'Abbadie sometime between 1840 1848.

Acquisition

The manuscript entered the Bibliothèque nationale de France↗ in 1902.

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 1ra–63vb ), Book of Sirach
  2. ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 64ra–68rb ), Canon of the Doctors of the Church on those who abjure
  3. ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 69ra–148vb ), Maṣḥafa falāsfā ṭabibān (general record)
  4. ms_i4 (check the viewerFols 149ra–168ra ), The Ten Questions
  5. ms_i5 (check the viewerFols 169ra–179vb ), Hāymānotu la-qǝddus ʿābiyy māri Yāʿqob ʾƎlbarādʿi
  6. ms_i6 (check the viewerFols 180ra–193ra ), The Teaching of the Orthodox Faith
  7. ms_i7 (check the viewerFols 193rb–213ra ), Untitled Amharic treatise on the Christian faith
  8. ms_i8 (check the viewerFols 213ra–218va ), Fǝkkāre ʾIyasus

Contents

check the viewerFols 1ra–63vb Book of Sirach (CAe 2358)

Language of text:

check the viewerFols 64ra–68rb Canon of the Doctors of the Church on those who abjure (CAe 3177)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ፩አምላክ። ቀኖና፡ ዘአንበሩ፡ አበው፡ መምህራነ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፤ በእንተ፡ ዘክሕደ፡ ሃይማኖቶ፡ አው፡ ዘአርኰሰ፡ ሥጋሁ፡ ምስለ፡ ዘኢማእምንት።

check the viewerFols 69ra–148vb Maṣḥafa falāsfā ṭabibān (general record) (CAe 1925)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ መሐሪ፡ ወመስተሣህል፡ ወላዕሌሁ፡ ትውክልነትነ፡ ወርድኤትነ፡ ንወጥን፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ በጸሒፈ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ፈላስፋ፡ ጠቢባን፡ ዘተናገሩ፡ ባቲ፡ ለለ፡ ፩፩፡ እምኔሆሙ፡ በአምጣነ፡ ክሂሎቶሙ፨ ወናሁ፡ አስተጋብኡ፡ ውስቴታ፡ ነገረ፡ ማዕዳን፡

check the viewerFols 149ra–168ra The Ten Questions (CAe 6574)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ኃያል፡ ንወጥን፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ሎቱ፡ ስብሐት፡ በጸሒፈ፡ ዓሠርቱ፡ ተስእለታት፡ ተስአሎ፡ ቀዳማዊት፡ ዘ ብዩን፡ ውስቴታ፡ ትርጓሜ፡ ትሥልስት፡ ወተዋሕዶ፨ ይቤ፡ ረድእ፡ ኦመምህር፡ ነገር፡ ኅፁር፡ ብያኔ፡ ለዓለማውያን፡

Published in Cerulli 1960
check the viewerFols 169ra–179vb Hāymānotu la-qǝddus ʿābiyy māri Yāʿqob ʾƎlbarādʿi (CAe 4010)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ፩አምላክ። ንቀድም፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ወሥነ፡ ሰርሒቱ፡ በጸሒፈ፡ ሃይማኖቱ፡ ለቅዱስ፡ ዐቢይ፡ ማሪ፡ ያዕቆብ፡ እልበራድዒ፡ ጳጳሶሙ፡ ለያዕቆባውያን፡ ለሶርያ፨ ወለቅብጥ፡ ወለኢትዮጵያ፨

check the viewerFols 180ra–193ra The Teaching of the Orthodox Faith (CAe 6575)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ትምህርተ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ርትዕት፡ ወፍኖተ፡ አምላክ፡ ጽይሕት፡ ዘጼሕዋ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ወተለውዋ፡ ሊቃውንተ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ርቱዓነ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ትብል፡ ከመዝ፨ ነአምን፡ ወንትአምን፡ በልብ፡ ወበቃል፡ በአብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡

check the viewerFols 193rb–213ra Untitled Amharic treatise on the Christian faith (CAe 3560)

Language of text:

Incipit (Amharic ): ሃይማኖት፡ ለሚየከስ፡ የሃይማኖት፡ አመላለስ፡ እንዴኽ፡ ነው። በማን፡ ታምናለኽ፡ በእግዚአብሔር፤ እግዚአብሔር፡ ስንትነው፡ ሶስትም፡ ነው፡ ሐንድም፡ ነው፨ ሶስትም፡ ሐንድም፡ በምን፡ ይቻላል፨ ይኸሳ፡ ፀሐይ፤ እሳት፤ ባሕር፤ ነፍስ፤ ሶስትምናቸው፡ ሐንድምቸው፨

check the viewerFols 213ra–218va Fǝkkāre ʾIyasus (CAe 1385)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ፩አምላክ። ፍካሬ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፨ ዘተስእልዎ፡ አርዳኢሁ፡ ለኢየሱስ፡ እምዘ፡ ይመስሕ፡ ምስሌሆሙ፡ ሐተትዎ፡ ወይቤልዎ፨ እስኩ፡ ንገሩነ፡ ኦሊቅነ፡ በደኃሪ፡ ትውልድ፡ ዘይመጽእ፡ መዋዕል፡ ወምንተ፡ ይከውን፡ ትእምርቱ፨

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 , 3 s, 2 , 1 .

  1. check the viewerFol. 1r (Type: OwnershipNote)

    The third part of the owner's name is not well readable, it can be reconstructed as ʾƎnṭonyos Walda ʾAbdiyu .

    ( gez ) ዝመጽሐፍ፡ ዘእንጦንዮስ፡ ወልደ፡ [አብዲዩ(?)]supplied by Denis Nosnitsin ዘአጥረዮ፡ በንዋዩ፡

  2. check the viewerFol. 218va (Type: DonationNote)

    The name of the donor has been erased.

Extras

  1. (Type: StampExlibris)

    Shelfmark of the Library on the inner side of the front board.

  2. check the viewerFol. 1r (Type: StampExlibris)

    Shelfmark and stamp of the Library.

  3. check the viewerFols. 2r, 9r, 11r, 11v, 35v, 38v, 39r, 41, 43r, 43v (Type: Unclear)

    Minor corrections or additions on these and few other folia.

  4. check the viewerFol. 161r (Type: Correction)

    A writing in the upper margin is possibly an omitted passage, written in a secondary crude hand, its place in the text is indicated with a tamallas-sign.

  5. check the viewerFol. 218r (Type: StampExlibris)

    Stamp of the Library.

  6. check the viewerFol. 75v (Type: Unclear)

    Stamp of the Library.

Catalogue Bibliography

  • Conti Rossini, C. 1914. Notice sur les manuscrits éthiopiens de la Collection d’Abbadie, Extrait du Journal Asiatique (Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1914). page 62-63, number 35
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  • Chaîne, M. 1912. Catalogue des manuscrits éthiopiens de la Collection Antoine d’Abbadie (Paris: Imprimerie nationale–Ernest Leroux, éditeur, 1912). page 78, number 122
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  • Abbadie, A. d’ 1859. Catalogue raisonné de manuscrits éthiopiens appartenant à Antoine d’Abbadie (Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1859). page 139-141, number 122
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Secondary Bibliography

  • Cerulli, E. 1960. Scritti teologici etiopici dei secoli XVI-XVII, II: La Storia dei Quattro Concili ed altri opuscoli monofisiti, Studi e Testi, 204 (Città del Vaticano: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1960). page 187-211
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

218 (leaf) .Entered as 218 200 180
Outer dimensions
Height 200mm
Width 180mm

Foliation

Foliation in the upper right corner of the folia.

Quire Structure Collation

State of preservation

good

Condition

The biggest part of check the viewerfol. 168 is cut off.

Binding

Two wooden boards.

Leather quarter cover, possibly of European origin

Sewing Stations

4

Common leather case, according to Abbadie 1859.

Binding decoration

Leaf string markers (threads) inserted in some folia.

Binding material

leather

Original binding

No

Layout

Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 1r–218v )

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 19

Ruling

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    18th century.

    Ink: Black, red.

    check the viewerFols 1ra–63vb Regular, careful; by a well-trained scribe.

  • Hand 2

    Script: Ethiopic

    18th century.

    Ink: Black, red.

    check the viewerFols 64ra–148vb, check the viewer213va–219va Regular, careful; by a well-trained scribe.

  • Hand 3

    Script: Ethiopic

    18th century.

    Ink: Black, red.

    check the viewerFols 149ra–179vb Regular, careful; by a well-trained scribe.

  • Hand 4

    Script: Ethiopic

    18th century.

    Ink: Black, red.

    check the viewerFols 179vb–213ra Regular, careful; by a well-trained scribe.

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    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
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    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
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    This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
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    7.6.2023 at 14:46:52
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    25.2.2022
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BNFabb122/main
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/BNFabb122
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    BNFabb122.xml
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    BNFabb122

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    • Denis Nosnitsin Created catalogue entry on 25.2.2022

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