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Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien 6

Dorothea Reule

This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography

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Collection: Manuscrits orientaux, Fonds éthiopien

Other identifiers: Éth. 9

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General description

Book of Jeremiah, Book of Baruch, Lamentations of Jeremiah, Epistle of Jeremiah, Prophecy of Jeremiah, Paralipomena of Jeremiah, Book of Sirach, Amharic enumeration of villages and properties of some Ethiopian regions

Number of Text units: 8

Number of Codicological units: 1

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The explicit of Content Item 2 ጥበብ፡ ዘሆሴዕ፡ ወልደ፡ ሲራክ። (CAe 2358) states that the manuscript was written in 6170 of the Alexandrian era (ca. 677 CE) but probably the date should be read ፸፻ instead of ፷፻, dating the manuscript to 7170 (ca. 1677 CE) instead (internal-date)

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (), Cycle of Jeremiah
    1. ms_i1.1 (), Book of Jeremiah
    2. ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 57r and following ), Book of Baruch
    3. ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 59r and following ), ሰቆቃወ፡ ኤርምያስ፡ ነቢይ።
    4. ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 62v and following ), Epistle of Jeremiah
    5. ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFol. 63v ), ትንቢት፡ ዘኤርምያስ፡ ወይቤሎ፡ ኤርምያስ፡ ለፋክሶር፡ ከማሁ፡ አንትሙሰ፡ በኵሉ፡ መዋዕሊክሙ፡ ትትቃረንዋ፡ ለጽድቅ
    6. ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 63v and following ), ተረፈ፡ ነገር፡ ዘባሮክ፡ ዘኢኮነ፡ ኅቡዓ፡ ዘአመ፡ ፄወዉ፡ ባቢሎን።
  2. ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 71r and following ), ጥበብ፡ ዘሆሴዕ፡ ወልደ፡ ሲራክ።

Contents

Cycle of Jeremiah (CAe 2035)

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Book of Jeremiah (CAe 1685)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ቃለ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘኮነ፡ ኀበ፡ ኤርምያስ፡ ወልደ፡ ኬልቅዩ፡ ዘእምካህናት፡ ዘይነብር፡ ውስተ፡ አናቶት፡ በብሔረ፡ ብንያም። ወኮነ፡ ቃለ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ኀቤየ፡ በመዋዕለ፡ ኢዮስያስ፡ ወልደ፡ አሞጽ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ይሁዳ፡ አመ፡ ፲ ወ ፫ አመተ፡ መንግሥቱ። ወኮነ፡ በመዋዕለ፡ ኢዮአቂም፡ ወልደ፡ ኢዮስያስ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ይሁዳ፡ እስከ፡ ተፈጸመ፡ ፲ ወ ፩ አመተ፡ ሴዴቅያስ፡ ወልደ፡ ኢዮስያስ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ይሁዳ፡ እስከ፡ አመ፡ ተጼወወት፡ ኢየሩሳሌም፡ ዘኃምስ፡ ወርኅ። ወኮነ፡ ቃለ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ሀቤየ፡ ወይቤለኒ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘእንበለ፡ እፍጥርከ፡ እምከርሠ፡ እምከ፡ አእመርኩከ። ወዘእንበለ፡ ትፃእ፡ እማኅፀን፡ ቀደስኩከ፡ ወነቢየ፡ ረሰይኩከ፡ ለአሕዛብ፡

This text is the corrected version and follows the order of the Hebrew redaction.

It is divided into chapters (ምዕራፋት፡).

Chapters 1-12 of the Ethiopic text correspond to chapters 1-15 of the Hebrew text.

The Ethiopic chapter 13 corresponds to the Hebrew chapter 16:1-17:25.

After chapter 13, the chapters are no longer numbered. ምዕራፍ፡ is then inserted at the places which correspond to the following passages of the Hebrew text:

18:1;

19:1;

20:1; 20:14;

21:1;

22:1; 22:29;

24:1;

25:1;

26:1;

27:1;

28:1; 28:12;

29:30;

32:1; 32:26;

33:1; 33:19; 33:23;

34:1; 34:8;

35:1; 35:12;

36:1; 36:27;

37:1;

40:1;

41:1; 41:16;

43:1; 43:8;

44:1;

46:1;

47:1;

48:1;

49:1; 49:7; 49:23; 49:34;

50:1;

51:1; 51:59;

52:1

This text has been translated from the Septuagint. This is shown by a passage in 25:10 where the translation መዓዘ፡ "መዐዛ፡"supplied by Hermann Zotenberg ዕፍረት፡ (translating the Septuagint's ὀσμπὴν μύρου) is found next to ቃለ፡ ማኅረፅ፡, which corresponds more closely to the sense of the Hebrew קול רחים.

The text was revised and rewritten according to a Hebrew original, which is shown by many Ethiopic roots, which have been employed here analogous to their Hebrew equivalents, as well as some untranslated Hebrew words (נגב, ኖጌብ፡ 13:19; כתרת, ኰታሪት፡ 52:22).

check the viewerFols 57r and following Book of Baruch (CAe 1202)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ዝነገረ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘጸሐፈ፡ ባሮክ፡ ወልደ፡ ኔርዩ፡ ወልደ፡ ማሴው፡ ወልደ፡ ሴዴቅዩ፡ ወልደ፡ ኬልቅዩ፡ ባቢሎን፡ በኃምስ፡ ዓመት፡ በሰቡዓ፡ ሠርቅ፡ አመ፡ ነሥእዋ፡ ፋርስ፡ ለኢየሩሳሌም፡ ወአውዓይዋ። ወአንበበ፡ ባሮክ፡ ዘንተ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ በኀበ፡ ኢኮንያስ፡ ወልደ፡ ኢዮአቄም፡ ንጉሠ፡ ይሁዳ፡ ወኵሉ፡ ሕዝብ፡ ዘመጽአ፡ ወለእከ፡ ኀበ፡ ካህናት፡ ኢየሩሳሌም፡ አመ፡ ነሥኡ፡ ንዋየ፡ ቤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ እምቤተ፡ መቅደስ፡

This text is given as an appendix to the Book of Jeremiah; according to Hermann Zotenberg it is a mutilated translation of the Greek original
check the viewerFols 59r and following ሰቆቃወ፡ ኤርምያስ፡ ነቢይ። (CAe 1753) This version has been revised according to the Hebrew text; in 3:12 the Hebrew מטרא has been preserved in the translation as መ ጠራ፡

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ምዕራፍ፡ ፩። ወእምዝ፡ እምድኅረ፡ ፄወዎ፡ ለኤርምያስ፡ ወለኢየሩሳሌምኒ፡ አማሰንዋ፡ ነበረ፡ ኤርምያስ፡ ይበኪ፡ ወአስቆቀወ፡ ዘከመዝ፡ ሰቆቃወ፡ ላዕለ፡ ኢየሩሳሌም። አሌፍ፡ እፎ፡ ነበረት፡ ባሕቲታ፡ ሀገር፡ እንተ፡ ምልዕት፡ ሕዝበ፡ ወትኴንን፡ በሐውርተ፡ ወገብአት፡ ውስተ፡ እደ፡ ፀዋር።

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check the viewerFols 62v and following Epistle of Jeremiah (CAe 1686)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):አርአያ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘኤርምያስ፡ ዘፈነወ፡ ኀበ፡ እለ፡ ጼወዎሙ፡ ሀገረ፡ ባቢሎን፡ ንጉሠ፡ ባቢሎን፡ ይንግርዎሙ፡ ዘአዘዘ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ በእንተ፡ ኀጢአትክሙ፡ ዘአበስክሙ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ወሰዱክሙ፡ ባቢሎን፡ ትንበሩ፡ ህየ፡ ብዙኀ፡ መዋዕለ፡ እስከ፡ ሳብዕ፡ ትውልድ።

This text, which is attached to Content Item 1.3 , item 1 ሰቆቃወ፡ ኤርምያስ፡ ነቢይ። (CAe 1753) , is mutilated similarly to Content Item 1.2 , item 1 Book of Baruch (CAe 1202) .
check the viewerFols 63v and following ተረፈ፡ ነገር፡ ዘባሮክ፡ ዘኢኮነ፡ ኅቡዓ፡ ዘአመ፡ ፄወዉ፡ ባቢሎን። (CAe 2167)

Subscription (Gǝʿǝz ):ተፈጸመ፡ በዝየ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ባሮክ፡ ወትሩፋተ፡ ነገሩ፡ ለኤርምያስ።

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check the viewerFols 71r and following ጥበብ፡ ዘሆሴዕ፡ ወልደ፡ ሲራክ። (CAe 2358)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ቀዳሚሃ፡ ኵላ፡ ጥበብ፡ እምኀበ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ይእቲ፡ ወምስሌሁ፡ ሀለወት፡ ለዓለም[።(?)]supplied by Hermann Zotenberg ኆፃ፡ ባሕር፡ ወነጠብጣበ፡ ዝናም፡ ወመዋዕለ፡ ዓለም፡ መኑ፡ ኈለቈ፡ ሉዓሌ፡ ሰማይ፡ ወራኅበ፡ ምድር፡ ወዕመቀ፡ ቀላይ። ወለጥበብ፡ መኑ፡ ሰፈሮሙ [።]supplied by Hermann Zotenberg ቅድመ፡ ኵሉ፡ ተፈጥረት፡ ጥበብ፡ ወሕሊናሃ፡ ለጥበብ፡ ዘእምፍጥረተ፡ ዓለም [።(?)]supplied by Hermann Zotenberg ሥርዋ፡ ለጥበብ፡ ለመኑ፡ ተከሥተ፡ ወመኑ፡ አእመረ፡ ምክራ[።(?)]supplied by Hermann Zotenberg ፩ ጥበብ፡ ወፈድፋደ፡ ግሩም፡ ውእቱ፡ ወይነብር፡ ላዕለ፡ መንበሩ፡ ውእቱ።

Subscription (Gǝʿǝz ):ተፈጸመ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ሲራክ፡ ዘተጽሕፈ፡ በ፷፻ ወ፻ ወ፸ ዓመት።

See for a discussion of the subscription: ‘Wisdom books, biblical’, EAe, IV (2010), 1189a–1191a (A. Bausi) There are chapter divisions only at 44:1 and 51:1; the beginnings of 32, 34, 40, 41 and 42 are indicated in the margin by ክፍል፡.

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

  1. (Type: Correction)

    Many corrections have been added to the manuscript in the margins and between the lines

    Text in Gǝʿǝz

  2. (Type: Unclear)

    Amharic enumeration of villages and properties of some Ethiopian regions at the end of the volume. The following is the beginning:

    ( am )
    ኁልቈ፡ ምድር፡ ዘስረቀርን፡
    በፀዳ፡ ፫፻፵።
    በ ቢቸመር፡ ፵፬።
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Catalogue Bibliography

  • Zotenberg, H. 1877. Catalogue des manuscrits éthiopiens (gheez et amharique) de la Bibliothèque nationale, Manuscrits Orientaux (Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1877). page 9a–10b
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

105 (leaf) .Entered as 105 182 155
Outer dimensions
Height 182mm
Width 155mm

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 23

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1677 (internal)

    1677 (internal)

      • Publication Statement

      authority
      Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
      publisher
      Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
      pubPlace
      Hamburg
      availability
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      date
      type=expanded
      29.8.2022 at 22:05:37
      date
      type=lastModified
      2.3.2017
      idno
      type=collection
      manuscripts
      idno
      type=url
      https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BNFet6/main
      idno
      type=URI
      https://betamasaheft.eu/BNFet6
      idno
      type=filename
      BNFet6.xml
      idno
      type=ID
      BNFet6

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    Dorothea Reule, ʻParis, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien 6 (encoded from the catalogue)ʼ, in Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2017-03-02) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BNFet6 [Accessed: 2024-09-18]

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    Revision history

    • Dorothea Reule Small changes on 2.3.2017
    • Dorothea Reule foreign added and rubric changed to note on 26.10.2016
    • Dorothea Reule ID changed on 31.8.2016
    • Dorothea Reule Small change on 24.8.2016
    • Dorothea Reule deleted locus="unknown" on 22.7.2016
    • Dorothea Reule ID added and msItem titles transcribed on 20.6.2016
    • Dorothea Reule Changes on 16.6.2016
    • Dorothea Reule Created catalogue entry on 13.6.2016
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