Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien 163
Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Manuscrits orientaux, Fonds éthiopien
Other identifiers: Éth. 88 bis
Dated
General description
Letter from ʾIyāsu I to Clement XI
Number of Text units: 1
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1701 (internal-date)
Summary
- ms_i1 (), Letter from ʾIyāsu I to Clement XI
Contents
Letter from ʾIyāsu I to Clement XI (CAe 4128)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): መጽሐፈ፡ መልእክት፡ ዘንጉሠ፡ ነገሥተ፡ ዓለም፡ በተወልዶትነ፡ እምከርሠ፡ አሐቲ፡ እምነ፡ እንተ፡ ይእቲ፡ ጥምቀት፡ ዘተሰመይነ፡ ንሕነ፡ ኢያሱ ፤ ወበስመ፡ መንግሥትነ፡ ዘተሰመይነ፡ አድያም፡ ሰገድ፡ ገብረ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ነገሥተ፡ ዓለም፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘይሤለስ፡ ወይትወሐድ። ወንጉሠ፡ ነገሥት፡ አድያም፡ ሰገድ፡ ወልደ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ነገሥተ፡ ዓለም፡ አእላፍ፡ ሰገድ ። ወንጉሠ፡ ነገሥተ፡ ዓለም፡ አእላፍ፡ ሰገድ፡ ወልደ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ንገሥተ፡ (!) sic by Dorothea Reule ዓለም፡ ዓለም፡ ሰገድ ። ወንጉሠ፡ ነገሥተ፡ ዓለም፡ ዓለም፡ ሰገድ፡ ወልደ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ነገሥተ፡ ዓለም፡ ሥልጣን፡ ሰገድ ። ትብጻሕ፡ ኀበ፡ ብፁዕ፡ ቀሌምንጦስ፡ ፓፓ፡ ሮሜ፡ አሠርቱ፡ ወአሐዱ ። መጽሐፈ፡ መልእክትነሰ፡ ዘንጽሕፎ፡ ለከ። እስመ፡ ናሁ፡ ነገረነ፡ ዮሴፍ፡ ኵሎ፡ ዜና፡ ሀልዎትከ፡
Before the colophon Colophon 1 , item 1 , there is a signature of the king:( gez ) ወአነ፡ ኢያሱ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ንገሥተ፡ (!) sic by Hermann Zotenberg ኢትዮጵያ።
Colophon
1701-1702 (internal)
The letter was written in Gondar↗ in Ṭǝrr 7194, Era of the World; 1694 Era of the Incarnation; the 20th year of the reign of ʾIyāsu I . According to Hermann Zotenberg , the first two dates are wrong.
An Arabic letter with the same content and origin is contained in BnF Arabe 321 http://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc89597m. A part from some omissions and transpositions, the text is nearly identical to Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien 162.Additions In this unit there are in total .
Extras
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The name of the original recipient has been erased and replaced by Clement XI , written on a piece of paper.
Catalogue Bibliography
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Zotenberg, H. 1877. Catalogue des manuscrits éthiopiens (gheez et amharique) de la Bibliothèque nationale, Manuscrits Orientaux (Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1877). page 265ab
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Scroll
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 780mm |
Width | 542mm |
Depth | mm |
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1701 (internal)
1701 (internal)More bibliography
Publication Statement
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Definitions of prefixes used.
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Standard date | Ṭǝrr 7194, Era of the World |
Date in current calendar | no *-custom attributes |
Calendar | world |
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Standard date | 1694 Era of the Incarnation |
Date in current calendar | no *-custom attributes |
Calendar | ethiopian |
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Revisions of the data
- Dorothea Reule Created record on 16.11.2016
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Dorothea Reule, editor