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Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien 50

Dorothea Reule

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

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Bibliothèque nationale de France[view repository]

Collection: Manuscrits orientaux, Fonds éthiopien

Other identifiers: Éth. 114

General description

Book of Henoch, Books of Kings, Daniel, Tobit, 1 Ezra, 2 Ezra

Number of Text units: 13

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

1600-1699 (dating on palaeographic grounds)

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (Fols 4r–18v (?)

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    ), ዘሄኖክ፡ ነቢይ፡ በረከተ፡ አምላኩ፡ ወኀይለ፡ ረድኤቱ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁሩ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፡ ወአሜን።
  2. ms_i2 (Fols 20r and following

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    ), Books of Kings
    1. ms_i2.1 (Fols 20r and following

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      ), መጽሐፈ፡ ነገሥት፡ ቀዳማዊ።
    2. ms_i2.2 (Fols 29v and following

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      ), Book of Samuel 2 = (Ethiopic) Book of Kings 2
    3. ms_i2.3 (Fols 37v and following

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      ), Kings 1 = (Ethiopic) Book of Kings 3
    4. ms_i2.4 (Fols 47r and following

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      ), Kings 2 = (Ethiopic) Book of Kings 4
  3. ms_i3 (Fols 59r and following

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    ), ዘዳንኤል፡ ነቢይ።
    1. ms_i3.1 (Fols 59r and following

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      ), Susanna
    2. ms_i3.2 (), Daniel, Book of
    3. ms_i3.3 (64r

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      ), Bel and the Dragon
    4. ms_i4 (Fols 64v and following

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      ), Tobit, Book of
    5. ms_i5 (Fols 67r and following

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      ), Apocalypse of Ezra
    6. ms_i6 (Fols 73v and following

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      ), ዘዕዝራ፡ ነቢይ፡ ካልእ፡

Contents


Fols 4r–18v (?)

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ዘሄኖክ፡ ነቢይ፡ በረከተ፡ አምላኩ፡ ወኀይለ፡ ረድኤቱ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁሩ፡ መዝራዕተ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ owner ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፡ ወአሜን። (CAe 1340)

Language of text:

The chapter division is the same as in the other manuscripts of Maṣḥafa Henok, but it is only marked at the beginning. The text of this manuscript agrees always with one of the five manuscripts used for Dillmann 1851.

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Books of Kings (CAe 1719)

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There are no chapter divisions except the marking of European chapters in the margins.

Fols 20r and following

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መጽሐፈ፡ ነገሥት፡ ቀዳማዊ። (CAe 2697)

Language of text:


Colophon

ለመጽሐፈ፡ ነገሥት፡ ቀዳማዊ፡ ወጠኖ፡ ሳሙኤል scribe ፡ ወፈጸምዎ፡ ናታን scribe ፡ ወጋድ scribe

See for the variants of the first chapter of Content Item 2.1 , item 2 መጽሐፈ፡ ነገሥት፡ ቀዳማዊ። (CAe 2697) t:div.

Fols 29v and following

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Book of Samuel 2 = (Ethiopic) Book of Kings 2 (CAe 2698)

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Kings 1 = (Ethiopic) Book of Kings 3 (CAe 2699)

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Fols 47r and following

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Kings 2 = (Ethiopic) Book of Kings 4 (CAe 2700)

Language of text:

Subscription (Gǝʿǝz ):ተፈጸመ፡ በዝየ፡ ነገሥት፡ ፬።


Fols 59r and following

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ዘዳንኤል፡ ነቢይ። (CAe 3529)

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Subscription (Gǝʿǝz ):በዝየ፡ ተፈጸመ፡ ዘዳንኤል፡ ነቢይ።

The text of this manuscript agrees mostly with Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien 7, except for many passages which have been erased and replaced by others. The corrected passages often have the same reading as Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien 7, but there are also several different readings in both manuscripts.

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Susanna (CAe 3194)

Language of text:

For examples of the variants of this manuscript, see t:div

Daniel, Book of (CAe 1259)

Language of text:

For examples of the variants of Daniel 7, see t:div The text is divided in twelve visions as in Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien 7, (in ms_i2). The text of Daniel 11:14-15 had been omitted in the manuscript and was added later on fol. 58v

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, see also (a32) .

64r

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Bel and the Dragon (CAe 3195)

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Fols 64v and following

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Tobit, Book of (CAe 2473)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):መጽሐፈ፡ ነገሩ፡ ለጦቢት፡ ወልደ፡ ጦብያ፡ ወልደ፡ ገባኤል፡ ዘእምነ፡ አሳሔል፡ ዘእምነ፡ ነገደ፡ ንፍታሴም፡ ዘተጼወወ፡ በመዋዕለ፡ አሜሶር፡ ንጉሠ፡ ፋርስ፡ ዘእምነ፡ ታቤስ፡ እንተ፡ እምየማና፡ ለቃዴስ፡ እንተ፡ ንፍታሌም፡ ዘገሊላ፡ እንተ፡ መንገለ፡ መልዕልተ፡ ኤሶር። አነ፡ ጦቢት፡ በፍኖተ፡ ጽድቅ፡ ሖርኩ፡ ወበርትዕ፡ በኵሉ፡ መዋዕለ፡ ሕይወትየ፡ ወምጽዋተ፡ ብዙኀ፡ ገበርኩ፡ ለአሐውየ፡ ወሕዝብየ፡ እለ፡ ሖሩ፡ ምስሌየ፡ ብሔረ፡ ፋርስ፡ ውስተ፡ ነነዌ። . . . . .ommission by Hermann Zotenberg ወኵሉ፡ ሕዝብ፡ እለ፡ ክሕዱ፡ ሦዑ፡ ለበዓል፡ ወለዲማሊ፡ "τῇ δαμάλει"supplied by Hermann Zotenberg ወቤተ፡ ንፍታሌምኒ፡ አቡየ። ወአነ፡ ባሕቲትየ፡ መብዝኅቶ፡ አሐውር፡ ኢየሩሳሌም፡ አመ፡ በዓላት፡ በከመ፡ ጽሑፍ፡ ለኵሉ፡ ፳ኤል፡


Colophon

check the viewerFol. 66v

ተፈጸመ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ጦቢት፡ ስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔ[ር፡(?)]supplied by Hermann Zotenberg ዘአብጽሐኒ፡ እስከ፡ ፍጻሜ፡ በሰላም፡ በሳምንት፡ ዕለት፡ ምስለ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ዳንኤል፡ ነቢይ።


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Apocalypse of Ezra (CAe 1376)

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The text is not divided into chapters. The text of this manuscript differs in many places from that of the Latin, Arab, Armenian and Syriac versions, as well as from the Ethiopic version of Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Aeth. d. 13, published in Laurence 1820.

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ዘዕዝራ፡ ነቢይ፡ ካልእ፡ (CAe 1377)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወአምጽአ፡ ኢዮስያስ፡ ፋሲካ፡ ለአምላኩ፡ ውስተ፡ ኢየሩሳሌም፡ ወጠብሐ፡ ፋሲካ፡ አመ፡ አሡሩ፡ ወረቡዑ፡ ለቀዳሚ፡ ወርኅ፡ ወአቀሞሙ፡ ለካህናት፡ ወአልባሲሆሙ፡ ወሠርዖሙ፡ በበዕጠራቶሙ፡ በቤተ፡ መቅደስ፡ ዘእግ"ር፡ ወይቤሎሙ፡ ለሌዋውያን፡ ተቀነዩ፡ ለካህናተ፡ ፳ኤል፡ ወቀድስዎሙ፡ በሥርዓተ፡ ታቦተ፡ ቅድሳቱ፡ ለእግ"ር፡ በውስተ፡ ቤት፡ ዘሐነጸ፡ ሰሎሞን፡ ወልደ፡ ዳዊት፡ ንጉሥ፡ ወአልብክሙ፡ ጸዊሮታ፡ በመታክፍቲክሙ።


Colophon

ተፈጸሙ፡ መጻሕፍተ፡ ዕዝራ፡ ፪፡ አመ፡ ዕስራ፡ ወትሱዑ፡ ለወርኀ፡ የካቲት፡ እምፍጥረተ፡ ዓለም፡ በ፸፻ወ፩፻፷ወ፫፡ በዘመነ፡ ሉቃስ፡ ወንጌላዊ፡ ወእምዓመተ፡ ሥጋዌ፡ ፲፻ወ፯፻፷ወ፫፡ ወእ[ም(?)]supplied by Hermann Zotenbergዓመተ፡ ስማዕታት፡ ፲፻፫ወ . . . . .ommission by Hermann Zotenberg

The colophon dates the manuscript's completion to the year 7163 Era of the World and 1663 Year of Incarnation.

Additions In this unit there are in total 22 s, 1 , 6 s, 4 s, 2 , 1 , 1 .

  1. Fol. 1r

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    Explanation of the Hebrew names of the angels, patriarchs and other Biblical figures, of the Greek and Latin names of the Evangelists, Church Fathers, etc. and of some other foreign words.

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  2. Fol. 1r

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    Summary of the Exodus narration.

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  3. Fol. 1r

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    Computus according to the Ethiopian months of the destruction of Jerusalem, the captivity, etc.

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  4. Fol. 1r

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    Explanation of biblical names of idols, foreign kings, etc.

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  5. Fol. 1r

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    Enumeration of the ten plagues of Egypt.

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  6. Fol. 1r

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    Explanation of some Hebrew names of God.

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  7. Fol. 1r

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    The first words of the On Ten Commandments.

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  8. Fol. 1r

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    Note on some symbols of the Old Testament and New Testament.

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  9. Fol. 1v

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    Explanation of the Hebrew, Greek and Syriac words in the Four Gospels and other Ethiopic holy books.

    ( gez ) ፍካሬሆሙ፡ ለኵሎሙ፡ ቃላት፡ ዕብራውያን፡ ወፅርዓውያን፡ ወሶርያውያን። ዝውእቱ፡ ነገር፡ ቀዳማዊ፡ እም፭፡ ዘውእቱ፡ ፍካሬሆሙ፡ ለኵሎሙ፡ ቃላት፡ ዕብራውያን፡ ወፅርዓውያን፡ ወሶርያውያን፡ እለ፡ ሀለዉ፡ ውስተ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ፬፡ ወንጌላት፡ ወካልኣን፡ መጻሕፍት፡ ቅዱሳት።

  10. Fol. 2r

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    Excerpts of the Tārika Walda ʿAmid by Giyorgis Walda ʿAmid on the chronology of the Old Testament and the first centuries of Christianity. They finish with a chronological list of the kings of Ethiopia starting from Yǝkunno ʾAmlāk .

    ( gez ) በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ መሐሪ፡ ወመስተሣህል፡ ንወጥን፡ ንወጠን፡ (!) sic by Hermann Zotenberg(!)corrected by Dorothea Reule በጽሒፈ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘይነግር፡ ኍልቈ፡ ዓመታተ፡ ዓለም፡ ዘአስተጋብአ፡ አብ፡ ክቡር፡ ወትሩፍ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ወልደ፡ ዓሚድ ፡ ዘብሔረ፡ ግብጽ፡ ጸሎቱ፡ . . . . .ommission by Hermann Zotenberg

  11. Fol. 2v

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    Explanation of some Arabic words.

    ( gez ) አስማት፡ ዘዓረቢ፡ ፍካሬሆሙ፡ እጽሕፍ።

  12. Fol. 2v

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    Note on Melchizedek 's offering.

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  13. Fol. 2v

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    Note on the authors of the Books of Kings.

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  14. Fol. 3r

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    Prayer against hail, etc.

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  15. Fol. 3r

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    Other prayers and magic formulas.

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  16. Fol. 3r

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    Some hymns (ዋዜማ፡).

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  17. Fol. 3r

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    (Type: Inventory)

    Inventory of eight books: two ትርጓምያተ፡ ወንጌል፡, probably in Amharic; one Daniel, Book of (includes Daniel, Susanna and Bel and the Dragon), one ሥርዓተ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡, one ʾIyob, one chronicle and one vocabulary.

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  18. Fol. 3r

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    Other magic formulas.

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  19. Fol. 3v

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    Table of sunrises, with explanations.

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  20. Fol. 3v

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    Excerpt from the Book of Numbers on the Israelites' wandering in the desert.

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  21. Fol. 3v

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    Chronological fragment on the history of the Old Testament.

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  22. Fol. 3v

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    Enumeration of the different creations.

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  23. Fol. 3v

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    List of the judges of Israel.

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  24. Fol. 3v

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    Other chronological fragments on the history of the Old Testament.

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  25. Fol. 19r

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    Abridged history of the monasteries founded by Takla Hāymānot and his disciples (CAe 3143) , slightly shortened at the end

    ( gez ) ንወጥን፡ ልደተ፡ አበዊነ፡ መነኮሳት። አባ፡ እንጦንስ ፡ ለብሰ፡ ልብሰ፡ ምንኵስና፡ በሥምረተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ በእደ፡ መልአክ። አባ፡ እንጦንስ ፡ ወለዶ፡ ለአባ፡ መቃርስ፡ ዘየዓቢ . . . . .ommission by Hermann Zotenberg

  26. Fol. 19v

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    Number of the books of the Bible, ( en ) according to the Fathers of Nicaea and Giyorgis Walda ʿAmid : 46 books of the Old Testament, including the two books of Book of Ezra and Nehemiah and the three books of Maccabees, Book of (Ethiopic); 35 books of the New Testament, including the eight books of Book of Clement.

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  27. Fol. 57r

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    Note on the priests and Levites.

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  28. Fol. 57r

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    Note on Genesis 6:6.

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  29. Fol. 57r

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    Note on the paradise.

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  30. Fol. 57r

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    Coptic-Arabic-Gǝʿǝz Vocabulary

    ( gez ) ነገረ፡ ቅብጢ፡ ወዐረብ፡ ወግእዝ። ስመስላሴ፡ በነገረ፡ ቅብጢ፡ ከእንብራን፡ አሜፍዎት፡ . . . . .ommission by Hermann Zotenberg። እብኖዲ፡ ወታኦስ፡ በቅ። አላ፡ በዓረ፡ እግ"ር፡ በግእዝ። እትባ፡ በቅ፡ ሰማ፡ በዓረቢ፡ ሰማይ፡ በግ።

  31. Fol. 58v

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    Daniel 11:14-45 (see also Content Item 3.2 , item 3 Daniel, Book of (CAe 1259) ).

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  32. Fol. 77v

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    Continuation of the vocabulary of (a30) beginning on check the viewerfol. 57r .

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  33. Fol. 77v

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    Beginning of ትርጓሜ፡ ዘኩፋሌ፡, an explanation of the Book of Jubilees

    ( gez ) ወዝንቱ፡ ነገረ፡ ኩፋሌ፡ መዋዕል፡ ዘ፡ ክፍለታተ፡ እለታት[።(?)]supplied by Hermann Zotenberg ለሕግ፡ ወለስምእ፡ ዘ፡ ለስርአት[።(?)]supplied by Hermann Zotenberg ለግብርተ፡ ዓመታት፡ ዘ፡ አመት፡ ፍጹም፡ በዘይከውን[።(?)]supplied by Hermann Zotenberg ለተሳብዓቶሙ፡ ዘ፡ ለሱባዔ[።(?)]supplied by Hermann Zotenberg በኢዮቤላቲሆሙ፡ ዘ፡ ሱባዔ፡ ይከውን፡ ፩፡ ዔዮል፡ እምሒ፡ በአመተ፡ ደልቁ፡ ወእመሒ፡ በእለት፡. . . . .ommission by Hermann Zotenberg

  34. Fol. 78v

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    Note on the names, lives, etc. of the twelve Apostles

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Extras

  1. (Type: Unclear)

    marginal

    European chapters are marked in the margins.

  2. (Type: Correction)

    There are many corrections throughout the manuscript.

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  3. (Type: Gloss)

    marginal

    There are Gǝʿǝz and Amharic glosses in the margins, especially in Content Item 2 Books of Kings (CAe 1719) .

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    Text in Amharic

Catalogue Bibliography

  • Zotenberg, H. 1877. Catalogue des manuscrits éthiopiens (gheez et amharique) de la Bibliothèque nationale, Manuscrits Orientaux (Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1877). page 47a–51b

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

78 (leaf) .Entered as 78 260 230
Outer dimensions
Height 260mm
Width 230mm

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 3

Number of lines: 36

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1600-1699

    1600-1699
  • Hand 2

    Scribe: Sāmuʾel scribe

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1600-1699

    Fols 20r and following

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    Sāmuʾel scribe 1600-1699
  • Hand 3

    Scribe: Nātān scribe

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1600-1699

    29r (?)

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    Nātān scribe 1600-1699
  • Hand 4

    Scribe: Gād scribe

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1600-1699

    29r (?)

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    Gād scribe 1600-1699
  • Publication Statement

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    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
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    date
    type=expanded
    29.8.2022 at 22:05:37
    date
    type=lastModified
    29.3.2017
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    manuscripts
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/BNFet50
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    BNFet50.xml
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    BNFet50

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    Date in current calendar no *-custom attributes
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    Standard date ወእ[ም(?)]supplied by Hermann Zotenbergዓመተ፡ ስማዕታት፡ ፲፻፫ወ
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    • Dorothea Reule Values added on 29.3.2017
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    • Dorothea Reule small changes on 29.8.2016
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    Alessandro Bausi, general editor

    Dorothea Reule, editor

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