St Petersburg, Etnografičeskij Muzej Akademii Nauk, 2103-22
Daria Elagina
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection:
Other identifiers: Platonov cat. III.115
General description
Collection of Magic Texts
Number of Text units: 7
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1670-1850 (dating on palaeographic grounds)
Provenance
The manuscript was acquired by A.I. Kohanovskij during his stay in Ethiopia↗ in 1905-1913.
Acquisition
The manuscript was donated to Etnografičeskij Muzej Akademii Nauk in 1913.
Summary
Contents
Ṣalota dǝngāḍe za-wahabo ʾƎgziʾabǝḥer la-ʾAddām kama yǝdangǝṣ lǝbbu[!]The certainty about the value of ref is medium. (CAe 4576)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ (…)ommission by ጸሎተ፡ ድንጋፄ፡
Lines 173-203.Additions In this unit there are in total .
Extras
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The name of the previous owner Takla Hāymānot owner has been crossed out, the name of the new owner Walda Gabrǝʾel owner has been inserted in pale ink.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .
Other Decorations
- drawing:
Drawing of an eight-pointed cross with angels on both sides in black, red, and yellow colors. The drawing has been published by Sevir Borisovich Chernetsov in Černecov 1975.
Catalogue Bibliography
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Černecov, S. 1975. ‘Opisanie ėfiopskix rukopisnyx amuletov (“magičeskix svitkov”) iz sobranija MAĖ’, in D. Ol’derogge and R. Kinžalov, eds, Iz kulturnogo nasledija narodov Ameriki i Afriki, 31st, Sbornik MAĖ (Leningrad: Nauka, 1975), 208–226. page 216
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Platonov, V. 1996. Efiopskie rukopisi v sobranijakh Sankt-Peterburga: Katalog (St Petersburg: The Russian National Library Press, 1996). page 68
Secondary Bibliography
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Platonov, V. 2017. Rukopisnaja kniga v traditsionnoj kulture Efiopii, ed. E. Gusarova (Sankt-Peterburg: Rossijskaja natsional’naja biblioteka, 2017). page 199
Physical Description
Form of support
Leather Scroll
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 1790mm |
Width | 70mm |
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 203
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Sevir Borisovich Chernetsov in Černecov 1975 describes the script as archaic, angular, and regular. The word dividers are missing.
Ink: Black.
Date: End 17th-mid 19th-cent.
End 17th-mid 19th-cent.Check for additional bibliography
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Alessandro Bausi, Daria Elagina, ʻSt Petersburg, Etnografičeskij Muzej Akademii Nauk, 2103-22ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-04-02) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/InEtn210322 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Daria Elagina Corrected MsDesc element. on 2.4.2020
- Daria Elagina Corrected certainty expression. on 9.3.2020
- Daria Elagina Created entity, added description and content. on 5.3.2020
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Daria Elagina, editor