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Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien d'Abbadie 145

Denis Nosnitsin

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

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Collection: Manuscrits orientaux, Fonds éthiopien, d'Abbadie

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General description

Explications by Walda Rufāʾel of Goǧǧām in Amharic on the Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews by John Chrysostom

Number of Text units: 2

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Between 1840 and 1848 (internal-date) . The manuscript was copied by Antoine d'Abbadie owner sometime between 1840 and 1848, by three scribes (two of them being Walda Gabrǝʾel scribe and Walda Kidān scribe ).

Provenance

Acquisition

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

Contents

check the viewerFols 3ra–55ra, check the viewer57ra–106vc Explications by Walda Rufāel of Goǧǧām in Amharic on the Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews by John Chrysostom (CAe 6945)

Language of text: and Amharic

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ፩አምላክ፡ ንዌጥን፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ጽሒፈ፡ ዜናሁ፡ ለዮሐንስ፡ አፈ፡ ወርቅ፡ ይህን፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ጳውሎስ፡ ተናግሮታል፡ ዮሐንስ፡ አፈ፡ ወርቅ፡ ተርጉሞታል፡ የዚህም፡ ዮሐንስ፡ አፈ፡ ወርቅ፡ ጥንተ፡ ነገዱ፡ ብሔረ፡ ሙላዱ፡ አንጾኪያ፡ ነው፡ እናቱ፡ አባቱም፡ ከብዑላነ፡ ሃገር፡ ወንን፡ ነቸው፡ አባቱን፡ ሩሲኒዶስ፡ ይሉታል፡ እናቱን፡ አትናስያ፡ ይሏታል፡ እሊሁም፡ ወልደው፡ በበጎ፡ ማሳደግ፡ አሳደጉት፡ ኋላም፡ ለትምሕርት፡ ሲበቃ፡ ጊዜ፡ ከመምሕር፡ ሰደዱት፡

According to A. d'Abbadie, this copy of the work was made for him from a manuscript which belonged to daǧǧāč Goššu . A. d'Abbadie later collated both and corrected the copy.

Colophon

check the viewerFol. 106vc

ተፈጸመ፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ልዑል፡ ወሀብተ፡ ጸጋሁ፡ ወስብሐቲሁ፡ ትርጓሜ፡ ተግሣጽ፡ ዘአቡነ፡ ዓቢይ፡ በውስተ፡ ቅዱሳን፡ ዮሐንስ፡ አፈወርቅ፡ ጸሎቱ፡ ወበረከቱ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁሩ፡Antoine d’Abbadie [d’Arrast]እንጦንስ፡ ወምስለ፡ ጸሐፊሁ፡ ኀጥእ፡ ወአባሲ፡ ወልደ፡ ገብርኤል፡ scribe እስከ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፨

The name of the scribe is mentoned, Walda Gabrǝʾel scribe .

Colophon

check the viewerFol. 106vc

ወይእዜኒ፡ ተተርጐመት፡ እምልሳነ፡ ዓረቢ፡ ለግዕዝ፡ በአፈ፡ ዕንባቆም፡ ወሚካኤል፡ ግብጻዊ፡ በ፸፻፲ወ፭ዓመተ፡ ዓለም። ወእምልደተ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ መድኃኒነ፡ በ፲ወ፭፻ዓመት፡ ወእምዓመት፡ ሰማዕታትኒ፡ በ፲፻ወ፪፻፵ወ፱ዓመት፨

The translators' colophon mentions three dates which do not coincide, 7015 according to the Era of the World (=1523 CE), 1500 from the birth of Christ, and 1249 according to the Era of the Martyrs (=1533 CE).

check the viewerFols 55rb–56vc, check the viewer107ra–111vc A collection of qǝne-poems

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. በዘመን፡ ቀዳማዊ፡ ኢይሕሚ፡ ቋዕ፡ ኤልያስሃ፡ በተእዘዞቱ፡ አክራመ፡ ፫፡ እንበለ፡ መብልዕ፡ ወልብስ፡ ለዕንቋዕ፡ ቋዕ፡ ዘዓቅሙ፡ ንዑስ። እስመ፡ ወሀብኮ፡ ዓይነከ፡ ማኅቶተ፡ ሥጋ፡ ግኁሡሥ። አድኃንኮ፡ ሐሜተ፡ ለኤልያስ። ገብረ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ዓለመ፡ ሰማየ፡ አፍራስ። ዘወረድከ፡ ይእዜ፡ በነፍስ። ።

Made for A. d'Abbadie, according to his own words, upon the advice of Ethiopians. I. Guidi in his publication provided only those poems which are on check the viewerfols 107ra–111vc, . The poems from check the viewerfols 55rb–56vc (in the midst of the Amharic Explications by Walda Rufāʾel) were obviously overlooked, by A. d' Abbadie, I. Guidi and the cataloguers.

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

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

    Short supplication for Antoine d’Abbadie [d’Arrast] owner , in the upper margin.

    Text in Gǝʿǝz

Extras

  1. (Type: StampExlibris)

    Shelfmark of the Library, title and language on the spine and on the inner side of the front board

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

    Stamp of the library

  3. check the viewerFol. iiv (Type: StampExlibris)

    Shelfmark of the Library

  4. check the viewerFols 3ra–55ra, check the viewer57ra–106vc (Type: Correction)

    Numerous corrections and comments made in the main hands, and in the hand of Antoine d’Abbadie [d’Arrast] owner (in reddish ink?).

Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .

Other Decorations

  1. headpieceBand: check the viewerFols 3ra–55ra, check the viewer57ra–106vc

    Small ornamental bands drawn with pen, marking the beginnings of the parts of ms_i1.1 not found in this file

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 109-110, number 69
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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 89, number 145
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  • Abbadie, A. d’ 1859. Catalogue raisonné de manuscrits éthiopiens appartenant à Antoine d’Abbadie (Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1859). page 159-160, number 144
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  • Guidi, I. 1907. ‘La raccolta di Qenê nel ms. d’Abbadie 145’, Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei, Rendiconti, Classe di scienze morale, storiche e filologiche, Serie quinta, 16 (1907), 529–569.
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Physical Description

Form of support

Paper Codex

Arabic paper

Extent

+NaN (leaf) .Entered as 2+111+2 310 230
Outer dimensions
Height 310mm
Width 230mm

Foliation

Foliation in the upper right corner of the leaves; in addition, each text column is numbered.

Quire Structure Collation

State of preservation

intact

Condition

Binding

European binding.

Binding material

cardboard

paper

Original binding

No

Layout

Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 1r–111v )

Number of columns: 3

Number of lines: 34

H 310mm
W 230mm
The leaves check the viewerfols. i, ii, 113 are neither ruled nor pricked.

Ms Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien d'Abbadie 145 main part

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Ruling
Pricking
  • Ruling is poorly visible.

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    First half of the 19th century.

    Ink: Black; red.

    check the viewerFols 3ra–55ra, check the viewer57ra–106vc Careless, rushed, irregular; by a poor scribe. Letters of small size. (Name: Walda Kidān scribe , mentioned on check the viewerfol. 55ra ).

  • Hand 2

    Script: Ethiopic

    First half of the 19th century.

    Ink: Black.

    check the viewerFols 55rb–56vc, check the viewer107ra–111vc Careful, somewhat irregular; by a mediocre scribe. Letters of bigger size.

  • Hand 3

    Script: Ethiopic

    First half of the 19th century.

    Ink: Black; red.

    check the viewerFols 57ra–106vc Careful, somewhat irregular; by a mediocre scribe. Letters of small size. Of superior quality if compared to Hand 1; similar to Hand 2 (name: Walda Gabrǝʾel scribe , mentioned in Colophon 1).

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