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Saint Petersburg, Institut Vostočnyh Rukopisej Rossijskoj Akademii Nauk, IV Orlov 20

Daria Elagina

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

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https://betamasaheft.eu/IVorlov20
Institut Vostočnyh Rukopisej Rossijskoj Akademii Nauk[view repository]

Collection:

Other identifiers: Turaev cat. III.46, IV Ef. 14

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CatalogueTranscription Authors

General description

Chronological treatises

Number of Text units: 25

Number of Codicological units: 2

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Catalogue Bibliography

  • Turaev, B. 1906. Ėfiopskija rukopisi v S.-Peterburgě, Pamjatniki ėfiopskoj pis’mennosti, 3 (Sanktpeterburg: Tipografija imperatorskoj Akademii Nauk, 1906).
    page 86-89
    ZoteroOther citations

Binding

Binding material

wood

Original binding

No

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: End of the 17th century

    End of the 17th century Regular, by a well-trained hand

  • Hand 2

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: End of the 17th century

    End of the 17th century Regular, by a well-trained hand

  • Hand 3

    Script: Ethiopic

  • Hand 4

    Script: Ethiopic

  • Hand 5

    Script: Ethiopic

    • Codicological Unit p1

    Origin of codicological unit 1

    Provenance

    Contents

    check the viewerFol. 2v Genealogy and chronology of the Ethiopian kings from Adam till ʾIyāsu I . (CAe 3860) writes that the names in this list differ from the 'normal' ones, he point to the similarity with Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien 149 and with the manuscript 22, f. 183v, which cannot be identified. He also notes that Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien 149 often has ታ istead of ፓ in the present manuscript

    Language of text:

    check the viewerFols 4v–5r Interpretation of Jewish alphabet (CAe 4980)

    Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 4v አሌፍ፡ ዘይቤ፡ ኍለቋሁ፡ ፳ወ፪ቱ፡ ይተረጐም፡ በ፳ወ፪ግብራት፡ ፍጡራት፡ ከመ፡ ፍካሬ (?)፡ ኲሉ፡ ዘሰሎሞን፡ አይሁዳዊ።

    Language of text:

    check the viewerFol. 5v Prayer concerning the Hebrew letters (CAe 4156)

    Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 5v ትርጓሜ፡ አሌፍ፡ ብሂል፡ ኦአብ፡ እግዚአብሔር። ቤት፡ ብሒል፡ ኦብፁዕ፡ እግዚአብሔር። ጋሜል፡ ብሂል፡ ኦግሩም፡ እግዚአብሔር፡

    Language of text:

    check the viewerFol. 6r Tǝrgʷāme fidalāt (CAe 2452)

    Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 6r ዝንቱ፡ ፊደል፡ ሃ፡ ብሂል፡ ሀልዎቱ፡ ለአብ፡ እምቅድመ፡ ዓለም፡

    Language of text:

    check the viewerFol. 6v History of Aksum (CAe 4981)

    Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 6v ንንግር፡ ፈካሬሃ፡ ለአክሱም፡ ዘፈረየት፡ ሦከ፡ ኃጢአት። በላዕሌሃ፡ ነግሠት፡ አርዌ፡ ፫፻ዓመት። ወካዕበ፡ ነግሠት፡ ጒዲት፡ ዘአማሰነት፡ ሀገረ፡ ፵ዓመት። ወበኃጢአት፡ ተወልደ፡ ዝኆተይ፡ ዓማጺ። ወካዕበ፡ ንንግር፡ ዘፈረየት፡ አክሱም፡ ዘሰብእ፡ ሕይወተ፡ ዘበእሲ፡ አንጋቦ። ዘሰደዶ፡ ለአርዌ፡ ንጉሥ። ዘተሎ፡ ለአርዌ፡ ፬፻ዓመት፡ ግዲር፡ ወልዱ፡ ነግሠ፡ ፻ዓመት። ሰደዶ፡ ለወልዳ፡ ዘሰበጸ፡ ነግሠት፡ ፶ዓመት። ዘቃስያ፡ ማትዳ፡ ነግሠት፡ ፶ዓመት። አዜብ፡ ነግሠት፡ ፶ዓመት፡ እምቅድመ፡ ትሪት፡ ኀበ፡ ሰሎሞን። በከመ፡ ይቤ፡ በወንጌል። ንግሥተ፡ አዜብ፡ ትትነሣእ። ትስማዕ፡ ጥበቦ፡ ለሰሎሞን፡ ወአመ፡ ፴ወ፯አመተ፡ መንግሥቱ፡ ለሳኦል። ቅድመ፡ ማትዳ፡ በኢትዮጵያ፡ ፻አመት። ወበመንግሥቱ፡ ለሰሎሞን፡ ወረደት፡ አዜብ፡ ኢየሩሳሌም። እምድኅረ፡ አርዌ፡ እስከ፡ ማክዳ፡ አመታተ፡ መንግሥታት፡ ዘአክሱም። ፬፻፶ዓመት፡ እምንግሥተ፡ ሳኦል፡ ንጉሠ፡ እስራኤል፡ ቀደመ፡ መንግሥተ፡ አክሱም። ፪፻፲ወ፭ዓመት፨

    Language of text:

    check the viewerFol. 7r List of canonical books (CAe 4982)

    Language of text:

    check the viewerFol. 7v List of the abbots of Dabra Libānos (CAe 4983)

    Language of text:

    check the viewerFols 8r–8v Lǝdata ʾabaw (CAe 3143)

    Language of text:

    check the viewerFol. 9v Zenā lǝdatomu la-nagaśtāt ʾǝm-ʾAddām ʾǝska yǝʾǝze (CAe 4952)

    Language of text:

    Starting from Yǝkunno ʾAmlāk till ʾIyāsu I the text is written in another hand.
    check the viewerFol. 10r ፲ወ፪፡ መሰረታቲሃ፡ (CAe 4990)

    Language of text:

    Names of the twelve foundations of the wall of the Celestial city described in Revelation of John.
    check the viewerFols 10r–10v Names of the months in Ethiopic, Latin, Hebrew, Arabic, and Coptic (CAe 4991)

    Language of text:

    Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 10r ወካዕበ፡ እጽሕፍ፡ ሠርቀ፡ አውራኂሆሙ፡ ለዕብራውያው፡ ወለሮማውያን፡ ኅቡራን፡ ሠርቅ፡ አምጣነ፡ መዋዕሊሆሙ። ወባሕቱ፡ ዓውደ፡ ዓመታቲሆሙ፡ ሊሉይ። በወርኃ፡ መስከረም፡ ዘሮማውያን፡ ወበወርኃ፡ ሚያዝያ፡ ዘዕብራውያን።

    The text has been edited in
    check the viewerFols 11r–13v Ḥassāba rәtuʿ (CAe 6291)

    Language of text:

    Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 11r ሐሳበ፡ እንተ፡ ኀበ፡ ይቀርብ፡ በ፩ዓመት፡ ፲ወ፩አበቅቴ፡ እም፲ወ፱፡ ለመስከረም፡ መጥዕ።

    check the viewerFols 14r–14v Computus of Sybil (CAe 4992)

    Language of text:

    Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 14r ሐሳበ፡ ሳቤላ፡ ወለተ፡ ሕርቃል፡ ዘርእየት፡ አዝማነ፡ ፀሐይ፱፡

    This text circulates also probably as a part of We have written a computus that we will remember in order not to congregate with apostates...

    Additions of codicological unit 1 In this unit there are in total 3 s, 1 , 2 .

    1. check the viewerFols 1r–2r (Type: GuestText)

      Rhymed chants in honor of Iyäsus Moʾa , Archangels, St Mary , mostly from the local Maṣḥafa saʿātāt (general record). On check the viewerfol. 1r some text was erased, on its place later Mawaddǝs was written.

      Text in Gǝʿǝz

    2. check the viewerFol. 2r (Type: GuestText)

      Instead of the erased half of the chant in honor of St Mary there is a hymn in honor of Gabra Manfas Qǝddus .

      ( gez ) ሰላም፡ ለከ፡ ገብረ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ጻድቅ፡ ሰረገላከ፡ መብረቅ፡ ቅናትከ፡ ጋጋ፡ ወልብስከ፡ ሰቅ፡

    3. check the viewerFols 2v–3r (Type: Genealogy)

      List of the children of Lǝbna Dǝngǝl written under the line.

      Text in Gǝʿǝz

      gives his regnal name Wanāg Sagad, and identifies him with Minās.

    4. check the viewerFol. 4r (Type: GuestText)

      On the death of ʾAḥmad, written under the line.

      Text in Gǝʿǝz

    5. check the viewerFol. 4v (Type: MagicText)

      On the 'fruits' of reading Mazmura Dāwit. Written under the line.

      Text in Gǝʿǝz

    6. check the viewerFol. 7r (Type: MagicText)

      Names of St Mary in Hebrew, Coptic, Syriac and Latin for invocations. Written under the line.

      Text in Gǝʿǝz

      Text in Hebrew

      Text in Syriac

      Text in Coptic

      Text in Latin

    Physical Description of codicological unit 1

    Form of support of codicological unit 1

    Parchment Codex

    Extent of codicological unit 1

    (leaf) .Entered as 165 145
    Outer dimensions of codicological unit 1
    Height 165mm
    Width 145mm

    Layout of codicological unit 1

    Layout note 1(check the viewerFol. 2v )

    Number of columns: 4

    Number of lines: 17

    Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 3r–16v )

    Number of columns: 2

    Number of lines: 17

    Codicological Unit p2

    Origin of codicological unit 2

    Provenance

    Contents

    check the viewerFols 17r–48v Maṣḥafa ḥassāb (CAe 3141)

    Language of text:

    The text lacks title, and begins with the first verses from Gospel of John and from Genesis. The text contains calender and astronomic instructions, and many tables: nineteen tables on check the viewerfols 19r–31r, , seven tables with eight columns each on check the viewerfols 41r–42v, containing plinthium, lunar circle, new moon, epact, beginning of the lent, Jewish Easter, its week day, Christian Easter; on check the viewerfols. 43r, there is a table of the month; on check the viewer there is a table with seven columns with the same content as oncheck the viewerfols 41r–42v, for a cycle of nineteen years, for each week day starting from Wednesday. On check the viewerfol. 47v there is a table with seven concentric cycles divided into twelve parts with radius. These parts are called ማኅፈድ፡ (pillar) of each zodiac sign, the circles are called ሰረገላ፡ (chariot).

    Physical Description of codicological unit 2

    Form of support of codicological unit 2

    Parchment Codex

    Extent of codicological unit 2

    (leaf) .Entered as 195 175
    Outer dimensions of codicological unit 2
    Height 195mm
    Width 175mm

    Layout of codicological unit 2

    Layout note 1

    Number of columns: 2

    Number of lines: 23

    Publication Statement

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    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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    Hamburg
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    This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
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    type=expanded
    12.10.2022 at 18:13:44
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    type=lastModified
    28.2.2021
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    IVorlov20.xml
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    IVorlov20

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    • Denis Nosnitsin Revision p1_i17 on 28.2.2021
    • Daria Elagina Corrections on 31.1.2019
    • Pietro Maria Liuzzo Added relations as promised in issue 927 on 20.9.2018
    • Daria Elagina Added additions, corrected references on 2.7.2018
    • Daria Elagina Added content, additions on 29.6.2018
    • Daria Elagina Added content on 27.6.2018
    • Daria Elagina Created entity on 20.6.2018
    • Daria Elagina Added content on 20.6.2018

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