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Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien d'Abbadie 41

Denis Nosnitsin

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

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https://betamasaheft.eu/BNFabb41
Bibliothèque nationale de France[view repository]

Collection: Manuscrits orientaux, Fonds éthiopien, d'Abbadie

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General description

Psalter with Amharic commentary

Number of Text units: 19

Number of Codicological units: 1

For a table of all relations from and to this record, please go to the Relations view. In the Relations boxes on the right of this page, you can also find all available relations grouped by name.

Origin

1700-1799 According to Antoine d’Abbadie [d’Arrast] , the Amharic orthography attested in the text might point to Dambǝyā↗ or Bägemdǝr↗ .

Provenance

The manuscript was bought by Antoine d'Abbadie owner sometime between 1840 and 1848.

Acquisition

The manuscript entered the Bibliothèque nationale in 1902.

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerpps 1r–403 ), The Ethiopic Psalter with Amharic commentary
    1. ms_i1.1 (check the viewerpps 1–403 ), Amharic Commentary on the Psalter, Psalms of David with Amharic commentary
    2. ms_i1.2 (check the viewerpps 403–471 ), Amharic Commentary on the Psalter, Canticles of the Prophets with Amharic commentary
      1. ms_i1.2.1 (check the viewerpps 403–406 ), Amharic Commentary on the Psalter, SongsProphetsMoses1
      2. ms_i1.2.2 (check the viewerpps 406–411 ), Amharic Commentary on the Psalter, CanticlesProphetsMoses2
      3. ms_i1.2.3 (check the viewerpps 411–417 ), Amharic Commentary on the Psalter, CanticlesProphetsMoses3
      4. ms_i1.2.4 (check the viewerpps 417–420 ), Amharic Commentary on the Psalter, CanticlesProphetsHannah
      5. ms_i1.2.5 (check the viewerpps 420–422 ), Amharic Commentary on the Psalter, CanticlesProphetsHezekiah
      6. ms_i1.2.6 (check the viewerpps 422–425 ), Amharic Commentary on the Psalter, CanticlesProphetsManasseh
      7. ms_i1.2.7 (check the viewerpps 425–426 ), Amharic Commentary on the Psalter, CanticlesProphetsJonah
      8. ms_i1.2.8 (check the viewerpps 426–430 ), Amharic Commentary on the Psalter, CanticlesProphetsThreeYouths1
      9. ms_i1.2.9 (check the viewerpps 430–431 ), Amharic Commentary on the Psalter, CanticlesProphetsThreeYouths2
      10. ms_i1.2.10 (check the viewerpps 431–436 ), Amharic Commentary on the Psalter, CanticlesProphetsThreeYouths3
      11. ms_i1.2.11 (check the viewerpps 436–441 ), Amharic Commentary on the Psalter, CanticlesProphetsHabakkuk
      12. ms_i1.2.12 (check the viewerpps 441–444 ), Amharic Commentary on the Psalter, CanticlesProphetsIsaiah
      13. ms_i1.2.13 (check the viewerpps 444–445 ), Amharic Commentary on the Psalter, CanticlesProphetsMary
      14. ms_i1.2.14 (check the viewerpps 445–447 ), Amharic Commentary on the Psalter, CanticlesProphetsZachariah
      15. ms_i1.2.15 (check the viewerpp. 447 ), Amharic Commentary on the Psalter, CanticlesProphetsSimeon
    3. ms_i1.3 (check the viewerpps 447–471 ), Amharic Commentary on the Psalter, Song of Songs with Amharic commentary

Contents

check the viewerpps 1r–403 The Ethiopic Psalter with Amharic commentary (CAe 6368) The commentary comes close to a thorough translation of the Ethiopic text. The works Wǝddāse Māryām and ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān are not included in the Psalter.
check the viewerpps 1–403 Amharic Commentary on the Psalter, Psalms of David with Amharic commentary (CAe 6368 Psalms)

Language of text: and Gǝʿǝz

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerpp.
ተግሣጽ፡ ለጻድቃን፡ ወለኃጥአን።
የጻድቃንን፡ የኃጥአንን፡ ግብራቸውን፡ ትርጓሜ፡ ይሚነግር፡ ይህ፡ ነው፨
መዝሙር፡ ዘዳዊት፡ ሃሌ፡ ሉያ።
የዳዊት፡ ነገር፡ ነው፡ ማለት፡ ፍቁር፡ ኅሩይ፡ ማለት፡ ነው፨
5፩ብፁዕ፡ ብእሲ፡ ዘኢሖረ፡ በምክረ፡ ረሲዓን።
እግዚአብሔር፡ የለም፡ ቀድሞም፡ ፍጥረታትን፡ አልፈጠረም፡ ዛሬም፡ ዓ
ለምን፡ አይመግብም፡ በሚሉ፡ ምክር፡ ያልሔደ፡ ንዑድ፡ ሰው፡ ነው።
ወዘኢቆመ፡ ውስተ፡ ፍኖተ፡ ኃጥአን፨
በአምልኮትም፡ አለን፡ ሲሉ፡ ኃጢአት፡ በሚሰሩ፡ ሰው፡ በሟያቸው፡ ያልተገነ፡ ሰው፡ ንዑድ፡ ነው።

check the viewerpps 403–471 Amharic Commentary on the Psalter, Canticles of the Prophets with Amharic commentary (CAe 6368 CanticlesProphets)

Language of text: and Gǝʿǝz

check the viewerpps 403–406 Amharic Commentary on the Psalter, SongsProphetsMoses1 (CAe 6368 SongsProphetsMoses1)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerpp.
መኃልየ፡ ነቢያት፡ ወጸሎቱ፡ ለሙሴ። የነቢያት፡ ምስጋና፡ የሙሴም፡ ጸሎት፡ ይኽ፡ ነው።
፩፡ ንሴብሖ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ስቡሕ፡ ዘተሰብሐ፨
ቀድሞ፡ በመላእክት፡ አፍ፡ አሁንም፡ ግብጽን፡ በማጥፋት፡ የተመሰገነ፡
እግዚአብሔርን፡ እናመሰግነዋለን።
5ፈረስ፡ ወመስተፅዕናነ፡ ወረወ፡ ውስተ፡ ባሕር፨
የፈርዖን> ሠራዊት፡ ፈረሱን፡ ከለሰራሪው፡ በኤርትራ፡ ስላስጠመ፨
ረዳኤ፡ ወመሰውረ፡ ኮነኒ፡ ለአድኅኖትየ፨
ለኔ፡ ግን፡ ረጅ፡ ኾነኝ፡ ፍርዖንም፡ በተከተለኝ፡ ጊዜ፡ ያድኅነኝ፡ ዘንድ፡ ደመና፡ ጋርዶ፡ ሰወረኝ፨

check the viewerpps 447–471 Amharic Commentary on the Psalter, Song of Songs with Amharic commentary (CAe 6368 SongSongs)

Language of text: and Gǝʿǝz

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerpp. 447
መኃልየ፡ መኃልይ፡ ዝውእቱ፡ ዘሰሎሞን። እግዚአብሔርና፡ እስራኤል፡ የተመሰገኑበት፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ይኽ፡ ነው።
፩ይስዕመኒ፡ በስዕመተ፡ አፉሁ፨ ወትሮ፡ በሚናገር፡ አፉ፡ ይናገረኛል፨
አዳም፡ አጥባትኪ፡ እም፡ ወይን፨ ኹለቱ፡ ጽላትሽ፡ ከወይን፡ ይሻላሉ፡ ሲል፡ ይናገረኛል፨
ዕፍረትሰ፡ ዘተሰውጠ፡ ስምከ፨


ሽቱሰ፡ የአምልኮትኽ፡ ነው፡ እንጂ፡ በኔ፡ ያደረበኝ፨
ወበእንተዝ፡ ደናግል፡ አፍቀራከ፨
ስለዜኽ፡ ነገር፡ ከአምልኮትኽ፡ ድንግል፡ የነበሩ፡ ረዓብ፡ ሩት፡ ወደዱኽ፨
ወሰሐባከ፡ ድኅሬከ፨ ዃለኸንም፡ ተከተሉ፡ እንደእስራኤል፡ አምላኮትኸን፡ ይዘው፨
5በመዓዛ፡ ዕፍረትከ፡ ንረውፅ፨
እኛም፡ እስራኤል፡ የኾንነ፡ በረድኤትኽ፡ ኃይል፡ እንሮጻለን፨
አብአኒ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ውስተ፡ ጽርሑ፨ ቀድሞ፡ ከግብጽ፡ ባወጻኸን፡ ጊዜ፡
እግዚአብሔር፡ ደብተራ፡ አሰርቶ፡ መሥዋዕት፡ እንድሠዋለት፡ አገባልኝ፨
ንትፈሣሕ፡ ወንትኃሠይ፡ ብከ፨
10ዛሬ፡ በቤተ፡ መቅደስ፡ ኾነን፡ በአንተ፡ ረድኤት፡ ደስ ይለናል፨
ናፍቅር፡ አጥባተኪ፡ እምወይን፨
ኹለቱ፡ ጽላትሽን፡ ከወይን፡ እንወደው፡ ዘንድ፡ ይገባናል፨
ወርቱዕ፡ አፍቅሮትኪ፨ አንችንም፡ መውደድ፡ ቅን፡ ነው፨
ጸላም፡ አነ፡ ወሠናይት፡ እምአዋልድ፡ ኢየሩሳሌም፨ ጠቁሬ፡ አለኹ፨
15ቀድሞ፡ በሕግ፡ ክብር፡ ሳለኹ፡ ከከነዓን፡ ልጆች፡ አምር፡ የነበር፡ ዛሬ፡ ግን፡ በኀዘን፡ነጽቼ፡ የነበር
መጥቈሬም፡ እንደ፡ ዘላን፡ ጎዦ፡ ኾነ፡ እንደሰሎሞን፡ ድንዃን፡ በትፍሥሕት፡
ኢትርአያኒ፡ እስመ፡ አነ፡ ጸላም፨ በኀዘን፡ ጠቁሬ፡ አለኹና፡ አትዩኝ፨
እስመ፡ ኢርእየኒ፡ ፀሐይ፨
ይኽ፡ መጥቈሬ፡ ግን፡ የእግዚአብሔር፡ ረድኤት፡ ባያየኝ፡ ነው፨
20ደቂቀ፡ እምየ፡ ተበዓሱ፡ በእንቲአየ፨
እስራኤል፡ ሕጌን፡ ቢያፈርሱ፡ ካህናት፡ ነቢያት፡ ለኔ፡ ብሎ፡ ተጻሉዋቸው፨
አንበሩኒ፡ ዓቃኒተ፡ ዓፀደ፡ ወይን፨ ሕግ፡ ለመጠበቅ፡ ካህናት፡ አስቀመጡኝ፨
ዓፀደ፡ ወይን፡ ዘዚአየ፡ ኢዓቀብኩ፨ እኔ፡ ግን፡ ሕግን፡ አልጠበቅኹም፨

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

  1. check the viewerpps 1–471 (Type: Comment)

    Additional short commentaries in Amharic are carefully written to the left from the main text, in small script, in the main hand, always between two black and red dotted lines. Text in Amharic

Extras

  1. (Type: StampExlibris)

    check the viewerpp. 1 Stamp of the library.

  2. (Type: StampExlibris)

    Labels with shelfmarks on the spine and the inner side of the front boards, stamp of the library.

  3. (Type: StampExlibris)

    check the viewerpp. 471 Stamp of the library.

Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .

Other Decorations

  1. ornamentation: check the viewerpp. 471

    Text divider at the end consisting of two red and black dotted lines and ornament of red and black dot punctuation signs.

Catalogue Bibliography

    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 50-51, number 22
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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 29, number 41
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    • Abbadie, A. d’ 1859. Catalogue raisonné de manuscrits éthiopiens appartenant à Antoine d’Abbadie (Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1859). page 49-50, number 41
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

+NaN (page) .Entered as 474 (2+471+1) 3 (page, blank) .Entered as 3 Two blank unnumbered pages at the beginning and one unnumbered blank page at the end. 440 385
Outer dimensions
Height 440mm
Width 385mm

Foliation

Pagination by Antoine d'Abbadie owner in the upper right corner of the pages, after check the viewerpp. 40 , only on the recto-sides.

Quire Structure Collation

State of preservation

good

Condition

Leather is slightly abraded on the corners of the boards.

Binding

Two wooden boards covered with reddish-brown tooled leather.

Endbands probably European.

Binding material

leather

wood

textile

Original binding

No

Layout

Layout note 1(check the viewerpps 1–471 )

Number of columns: 1

Number of lines: 24

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    18th-century script.

    Ink: Black; red.

    Date: 1700-1799

    1700-1799 Finely executed, large-size script (letter size 7-11 mm).

    • Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    availability

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    4.10.2023 at 14:26:15
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    10.1.2021
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    BNFabb41

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    Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, ʻParis, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien d'Abbadie 41ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2021-01-10) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BNFabb41 [Accessed: 2024-05-17]

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    • Denis Nosnitsin Created catalogue entry on 10.1.2021

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    Alessandro Bausi, general editor

    Denis Nosnitsin, editor

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