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Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien d'Abbadie 64

Denis Nosnitsin

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

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General description

Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles, Discourse of Dionysius on the Martyrdom of Sts Peter and Paul

Number of Text units: 2

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

16th century. (dating on palaeographic grounds) The manuscript was copied by the scribe Galāwdewos scribe . One of the commissioners was possibly Sankoris (mentioned on check the viewerfol. 138va , the name of the second commissioner is omitted on the same folium, and is unreadable in Colophon 1 , item 2 due to the poor duplicate quality). Dāgā ʾƎsṭifānos↗ .

Provenance

The manuscript was in the possession of Dāgā ʾƎsṭifānos↗ , and later was acquired by Antoine d’Abbadie [d’Arrast] owner (see (a2) ) sometime between 1840 and 1848.

Acquisition

The manuscript entered Bibliothèque nationale de France↗ in 1902.

Contents

check the viewerFols 2ra–162vb Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles (Recension II) (CAe 5814)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ: አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አሐዱ፡ አምላክ፡ ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ግብሮሙ፡ ለሐዋርያት፡ ወባዕዳንሂ፡ እምሰብዓ፡ ወክልኤቱ፡ አርድእት። ወዘኮነ፡ ኵሉ፡ እምኔሆሙ፡ ወለእለ፡ አዕረፉ፡ ጸሎቶሙ፡ ወበረከቶሙ፡ (…)ommission by Denis Nosnitsin ዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘአስተጋብኡ፡ ቦቱ፡ ግብረ፡ አርድእት፡ ኅሩያን፡ አርድእቱ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ወመድኃኒነ፨ ቃሉ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ሕያው፡ ወዘ፲ወ፪ሐዋርያት፡ ንጹሐን፡ ወቅዱሳን፡ ወቡሩካን፡

The collection contained in the manuscript belongs Recension II (see Bausi 2000).
check the viewerFols 163ra–172ra Discourse of Dionysius on the Martyrdom of Sts Peter and Paul (CAe 4841)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ: አብ፡ ወወልድ፡(…)ommission by Denis Nosnitsin ድርሳን፡ ፍናወ፡ መልእክት፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ ወክቡር፡ ድዮስያኖስ፡ አርዮስ፡ ፋጎስ፡ ኀበ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ጢሞቴዎስ፡ ፍንወ፡ ረድኡ፡ ለጳውሎስ፡ ሕሩይ፡ በእንተ፡ ፍጻሜ፡ ስምዖሙ፡ ለጴጥሮስ፡ ወጳውሎስ፡ ፍንዋን፡ ላእካን፡ ንጹሐን፡ በሀገረ፡ ሮምያ፡ አመ፡ ለወርኃ፡ ፭ሐምሌ፡ እግዚእነ፡ አሜን፨፨ ሰላም፡ ለረድእ፡ አምላካዊ፡ ወለእውልድ፡ መንፈሳዊ፨ ወልብ፡ ንቁሕ፡ ቀዋሚ፡ ረዓየ፡ መርዔተ፡ ለአምላኩ፡

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ተፈጸመ፡ በዝየ፡ ፍናወ፡ መልእክት፡ ድርሳን፡ ዘአባ፡ ድዮናስዮስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ በኑዛዜ፡ ወበላሕ፡ ለአባ፡ ጢሞቴዎስ፡ በረድኤተ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ አምላከነ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፨ ዘአስተትነ፡ (!) sic by Denis Nosnitsin በቃለ፡ ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ አብ፡ ክቡር፡ መንፈሳዊ፡ ንጹሕ፡ ወሕሩይ፡ አቡነ፡ ማርቆስ፡ በደብረ፡ [c. 3 chars lost]ommission by ለአኃው፡ ኢትዮጵያውያን፡ መንፈሳዊያን፡ መነኮሳት፡ ወእኁነ፡ ክርስቶስ፡(…)ommission by Denis Nosnitsin

The explicit mentions ʾabuna Mārqos who is said to have facilitated translation or composition of the work (?) at a place whose name is partly erased (but probably it was Dabra Sǝbrā↗ ).

Colophon

check the viewerFols 172ra–172rb

በአኰቴተ፡ አብ፡ ወወልደ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፨ ተፈጸመ፡ ገድል፡ ወስምዕ፡ ዘ፲ወ፪ሐዋርያት፡ ዘጸሐፍከዋ፡ አነ፡ ኃጥዕ፡ ወአባሲ፨ ገላውዴዎስ፡ scribe ወዘአጽሐፉኒ፡ (…)ommission by Denis Nosnitsin ማርያም፡ መፍቀርያነ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ወፍቁራኒሃ፡ ለቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ወ|መፍቀርያኒሆሙ፡ ለሐዋርያት፨ (…)ommission by Denis Nosnitsin

Colophon

check the viewerFol. 1v

ተፈጸመ፡ በዝየ፡ ገድል፡ ዘ፲ወ፪ሐዋርያት፡ ወ፸ወ፪አርድእት፡ ጸለዩ፡ ወይቤሉ፡ ንሕነ፡ ጻመውነ፡ ወተቀሰፍነ፡ በእንተ፡ ስምከ፨ ምንተ፡ ዐሰብነ፡ በሰማያት፡ ወይቤሎሙ፡ እግዚእነ፡ በደኃሪት፡ ዕለት፡ ሐልፉ፡ በግህደት፨ ወይቤሉ፡ ዘይተአመን፡ በጸሎት፡ ወይገብር፡ ተዝካረነ፡ ወዘአጽሐፈ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ገድልነ፡ ምንት፡ ዐሰቡ፡ ተአስዮ፡ እግዚኦ፨(…)ommission by Denis Nosnitsin

Additions In this unit there are in total 4 s, 1 , 4 s, 2 .

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

    ( gez ) ዝመጽሐፍ፡ ዘዳጋ↗ ።

  2. check the viewerFol. 1va (Type: OwnershipNote)

    ( gez ) ዝመጽሐፍ፡ ዘእንጦንዮስ፡ ወልደ፡ ፈረንሳዊ፡ owner ዘአጥረዮ፡

  3. check the viewerFol. 172r (Type: OwnershipNote)

    Poorly written in crude hand, the name of the owner partly blotted out

  4. check the viewerFol. 172v (Type: OwnershipNote)

    Poorly written in the same hand as the previous note

    ( gez ) ዝ፡ ገድለ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ዘደብረ፡ ዳጋ↗ ፡

  5. check the viewerFol. 172v (Type: PoemQene)

    qǝne-poem of the type mawaddǝs , of mamhǝr Zawalda Giyorgis, written in the same crude hand as the previous notes, poorly readable

    ( gez ) ይዘርኡ፡ ዘርአ፡ መስተ፡ ገብራን፡ እለ፡ ይነብሩ፡ ሐቅለ፡ ወየሀድሩ፡ ገዳመ። እምከርሰ፡ ደመና፡ ታወርድ፡ ትፍስህተ፡ ዝናመ። (…)ommission by Denis Nosnitsin

Extras

  1. (Type: StampExlibris)

    Shelfmark of the Library glued onto the inner side of the front board

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

    Stamp of the Library

  3. check the viewerFol. 1r (Type: Unclear)

    Scribbles, possibly captions near the crude drawings on the same folium

  4. check the viewerFol. 1v (Type: Unclear)

    A few scribbles

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

    Shelfmark of the Library

  6. check the viewerFol. 172v (Type: StampExlibris)

    Stamp of the Library

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

Other Decorations

  1. drawing: check the viewerFol. 1r

    A few drawings surrounded with scribbles, such as a female figure (on the left), leopard attacking a donkey (in the right corner above), black figure of a demon hitting a human with a club (below).

  2. drawing: check the viewerFol. 1v

    A few drawings, such as of a horseman, human figures praying, Crucifixion of Jesus.

  3. ornamentation: check the viewerFol. 2r

    A fine ornamental band (interlaces), with multiple letters ሐ above.

  4. drawing: check the viewerFol. 172v

    A fine drawing of John the Evangelist as the scribe, with scribal instruments clearly depicted.

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 70-71, number 46
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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 40-41, number 58
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  • Abbadie, A. d’ 1859. Catalogue raisonné de manuscrits éthiopiens appartenant à Antoine d’Abbadie (Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1859). page 69-70, number 58
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Secondary Bibliography

  • Bausi, A. 2000. ‘Alcune osservazioni sul Gadla ḥawāryāt’, Annali dell’Istituto Orientale di Napoli, 60–61 (2000), 77–114.
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This manuscript has modern restorations.

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

172 (leaf) .Entered as 172 340 270
Outer dimensions
Height 340mm
Width 270mm

Foliation

Foliation in the upper right corner of the folia.

Quire Structure Collation

State of preservation

good

Condition

Binding

European binding.

Sewing Stations

4

Binding material

cardboard

paper

Original binding

No

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 21-33

Ruling
Pricking
  • Pricking is partly visible.

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    16th century.

    Ink: Black; red.

    Careful, regular; by a good scribe (name: Galāwdewos ).

    • Publication Statement

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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
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    Hamburg
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    18.4.2024 at 14:37:50
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    14.4.2022
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    BNFabb64.xml
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    BNFabb64

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