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Saint Petersburg, Rossijskaja Nacionalnaja Biblioteka, RNB SPbDA B III 16

Daria Elagina

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

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Rossijskaja Nacionalnaja Biblioteka[view repository]

Collection:

Other identifiers: Turaev cat. IV.15(10)

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General description

Protective prayers for the weekdays

Number of Text units: 21

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

1700-1800 (dating on palaeographic grounds)

Provenance

Walda Ḫanā owner

Acquisition

The manuscript was acquired by Aleksandr Golovin owner in 1896 during his stay in Ethiopia↗ with the mission of the Red Cross.

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 5r and following ), Protective prayers for the seven weekdays
    1. ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 5r and following ), Protective prayer for Monday
    2. ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 11r and following ), Psalm 90.
    3. ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 12r and following ), Protective prayer for Tuesday
    4. ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 15v and following ), The second protective prayer for Tuesday.
    5. ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 19r and following ), Psalm 120.
    6. ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 19v and following ), Protective prayers for the seven weekdays, Another prayer for Wednesday
    7. ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 23r and following ), Protective prayer for Thursday
    8. ms_i1.8 (check the viewerFols 30r and following ), Protective prayer for Friday.
    9. ms_i1.9 (check the viewerFols 36r and following ), Protective prayer for Saturday.
    10. ms_i1.10 (check the viewerFols 43r and following ), Psalm 139
    11. ms_i1.11 (check the viewerFols 44r and following ), Protective prayer for Sunday.
    12. ms_i1.12 (check the viewerFols 48r and following ), Another protective prayer for Sunday
    13. ms_i1.13 (check the viewerFols 52r and following ), Psalm 51.
    14. ms_i1.14 (check the viewerFols 52r and following ), Psalm 66.
    15. ms_i1.15 (check the viewerFols 53v and following ), Daily prayer
    16. ms_i1.16 (check the viewerFols 54v and following ), Prayer that was revealed to Enoch by angels
    17. ms_i1.17 (check the viewerFols 57r and following ), Psalm 19.
    18. ms_i1.18 (check the viewerFols 57r and following ), Psalm 20.
    19. ms_i1.19 (check the viewerFols 58v and following ), Hymn to Jesus Christ
    20. ms_i1.20 (check the viewerFols 59v and following ), Baʾǝnta śǝllāseka

Contents

check the viewerFols 5r and following Protective prayers for the seven weekdays (CAe 4668)

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check the viewerFols 5r and following Protective prayer for Monday (CAe 4668 Monday)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ (…)ommission by Boris Turaev ጸሎቱ፡ ለጴጥሮስ፡ ዝውእቱ፡ ዘየዐቢ፡ እምሐዋርያቲሁ፡ ዘኃረዮ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ እምቅድመ፡ ኲሎሙ፡ ሐዋርያቲሁ፡ ለኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ወልደ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ሕያው፡ ወጸውዖሙ፡ ለኲሎሙ፡ ሐዋርያቲሁ፡ ምስሌሆሙ፡ ወባረኮሙ፡ In the name (…)ommission by Boris Turaev a prayer of Peter, the chief Apostle of Him, chosen by Christ in front of all Apostles of Jesus Christ, Son of the living God. He summoned all His Apostles, stayed with them and blessed them.

check the viewerFols 11r and following Psalm 90. (CAe 2000 Ps90)

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check the viewerFols 12r and following Protective prayer for Tuesday (CAe 4668 Tuesday1)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ (…)ommission by Boris Turaev ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ መልከ፡ ጼደቅ፡ ወበእንተ፡ ጰራቅሊጦስ፡ In the name of (…)ommission by Boris Turaev a prayer of Melchizedek and Paraclete.

check the viewerFols 15v and following The second protective prayer for Tuesday. (CAe 4668 Tuesday2)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ጸሎተ፡ ምሕረት፡ ዘጸለዩ፡ መላእክት፡ ወሰማዕት፡ ጳጳሳት፡ ካህናት፡ Prayer of mercy, which is pronounced by angels, martyrs, bishops, priests.

check the viewerFols 19r and following Psalm 120. (CAe 2000 Ps120)

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check the viewerFols 19v and following Protective prayers for the seven weekdays, Another prayer for Wednesday (CAe 4668 Wednesday3)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ (…)ommission by Boris Turaev ጸሎተ፡ ሥርዓተ፡ እምነቶሙ፡ ለሐዋርያት፡ ወድኃኒተ፡ ነፍስ፡ ወሥጋ፡ ወመንጽሔ፡ ኃጢአት፡ The prayer of the ordination of the faith of the Apostles, the salvation of soul and body, and purification of sins.

check the viewerFols 23r and following Protective prayer for Thursday

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ (…)ommission by Boris Turaev ወይቤልዎ፡ መላእክት፡ ታስተኃፍሮሙ፡ ለእለ፡ ደገምዎ፡

check the viewerFols 30r and following Protective prayer for Friday. (CAe 4668 Friday)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ (…)ommission by Boris Turaev ቅዱሳን፡ አስማቲሁ፡ ለክርስቶስ፡

check the viewerFols 36r and following Protective prayer for Saturday. (CAe 4668 Saturday)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ (…)ommission by Boris Turaev ጸሎተ፡ ሥርየተ፡ ኃጢአት፡ ወሥርየተ፡ እምነቶሙ፡ ለሐዋርያት፡ ወለኲሎሙ፡ ፸ወ፪አርድእት፡ ከማሁ፡ ይቤሎሙ፡ ለአርዳኢሁ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ አንትሙ፡ ውእቱ፡ አዕርክትየ፡ The prayer of remission of sins and forgiveness of the faith of the Apostles and all 72 disciples, as Jesus said to His disciples: 'You are my friends!'

check the viewerFols 43r and following Psalm 139 (CAe 2000 Ps139)

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check the viewerFols 44r and following Protective prayer for Sunday. (CAe 4668 Sunday)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ (…)ommission by Boris Turaev በርናኤል፡ አጉዳኤል፡ ፍለኤል፡ ዘንተ፡ እስማተ፡ ዘወሀቦ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ለአናንያ፡ ወአዛርያ፡ ወሚሳኤል፡ In the name of (…)ommission by Boris Turaev Barnāʾel, ʾAgudāʾel, Fǝlaʾel - these are the names, which God gave to Ananias, Azariah, and Mishael.

check the viewerFols 48r and following Another protective prayer for Sunday (CAe 4668 Andrew)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ (…)ommission by Boris Turaev አስማተ፡ ዘነገሮ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ለቅዱስ፡ እንድርያስ፡ ረድዕ፡ ሐዋርያ፡ ወሰማዕት፡ (…)ommission by Boris Turaev ወይቤሎ፡ ሑር፡ በሀገረ፡ በላዕተ፡ ሰብእ፡ In the name of (…)ommission by Boris Turaev Names, which Our Lord told to St Andrew, the disciple, Apostle, and martyr (…)ommission by Boris Turaev And he told him: 'Go to the country of cannibals!'

check the viewerFols 52r and following Psalm 51. (CAe 2000 Ps51)

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check the viewerFols 52r and following Psalm 66. (CAe 2000 Ps66)

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check the viewerFols 53v and following Daily prayer (CAe 4668 Daily)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ (…)ommission by Boris Turaev ተማኅፀንኩ፡ ከመ፡ ኢይሙት፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ጊዜየ፡ I received in trust that I would not die untimely.

check the viewerFols 54v and following Prayer that was revealed to Enoch by angels (CAe 4668 Enoch)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ (…)ommission by Boris Turaev ጸሎት፡ ዘነገርዎ፡ መላእክት፡ ለሄኖክ፡ In the name of (…)ommission by Boris Turaev Prayer, that angels revealed to Enoch.

check the viewerFols 57r and following Psalm 19. (CAe 2000 Ps19)

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check the viewerFols 57r and following Psalm 20. (CAe 2000 Ps20)

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check the viewerFols 58v and following Hymn to Jesus Christ (CAe 2082)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ኦዘወረድከ፡ እምሰማይ፡ በእንቲአነ፡ Oh, You, who descended fron the heaven on behalf of us!

With musical notation.

check the viewerFols 59v and following Baʾǝnta śǝllāseka (CAe 1191)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በእንተ፡ ሥላሴከ፡ እግዚኦ፡ ተሣሀለነ፡ በእንተ፡ ህላዌከ፡ እግዚኦ፡ ተሣሃለነ፡ Have mercy on us on behalf of Your Trinity, have mercy on us on behalf of Your Nature

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

  1. (Type: Comment)

  2. (Type: GuestText)

    Sawāsǝw (general record) (CAe 2293)

    ( gez )

    The following is the incipit:

    እጽሕፍ፡ ነገረ፡ ሰዋስው፡

    Glossary and paradigms

Decoration In this unit there are in total 5 s, 1 .

Miniatures notes

  1. miniature: check the viewerFol. 1v

    Miniature of Takla Hāymānot on the yellow background.

  2. miniature: check the viewerFol. 2r

    Miniature of the Crucifixion on the yellow background.

  3. miniature: check the viewerFol. 2v

    Miniature of Michael

  4. miniature: check the viewerFol. 3r

    Miniature of St Mary on the yellow background.

  5. miniature: check the viewerFol. 4v

    Miniature of St John the Baptist with a lamb. There is a legend: ነዋ፡ በግዕ፡

Other Decorations

  1. ornamentation: check the viewerFol. 5r

    Multicolored ornamemtation.

Catalogue Bibliography

  • Turaev, B. 1906. Ėfiopskija rukopisi v S.-Peterburgě, Pamjatniki ėfiopskoj pis’mennosti, 3 (St Petersburg: Tipografija imperatorskoj Akademii Nauk, 1906). page 112-114
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Secondary Bibliography

  • Platonov, V. 2017. Rukopisnaja kniga v traditsionnoj kulture Efiopii, ed. E. Gusarova (Sankt-Peterburg: Rossijskaja natsional’naja biblioteka, 2017). page 189
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

61 (leaf) .Entered as 61 125 84
Outer dimensions
Height 125mm
Width 84mm

Binding

Binding material

wood

leather

Original binding with tooled leather wrapped in cloth.

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 1

Number of lines: 16

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 18th century

    Regular, well-trained. 18th century

  • Hand 2

    Script: Ethiopic

  • Hand 3

    Script: Cyrillic

    • Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    availability
    This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
    date
    type=expanded
    21.2.2024 at 12:21:39
    date
    type=lastModified
    1.4.2019
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/RNBspbdaBIII16/main
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/RNBspbdaBIII16
    idno
    type=filename
    RNBspbdaBIII16.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    RNBspbdaBIII16

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    Alessandro Bausi, Daria Elagina, ʻSaint Petersburg, Rossijskaja Nacionalnaja Biblioteka, RNB SPbDA B III 16ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2019-04-01) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/RNBspbdaBIII16 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]

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    • Daria Elagina Corrected the encoding of additions. on 1.4.2019
    • Daria Elagina Changed idno, added bibliography on 4.2.2019
    • Daria Elagina Completed the description. on 29.11.2018
    • Daria Elagina Created entity, added physical description and content. on 19.11.2018

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