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Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien d'Abbadie 168

Denis Nosnitsin

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

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https://betamasaheft.eu/BNFabb168
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Collection: Manuscrits orientaux, Fonds éthiopien, d'Abbadie

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General description

Miracles of Jesus Christ

Number of Text units: 3

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Late 18th/first half of the 19th century . The names of the original commissioners or owners have been erased from the supplication formulas. Names of other individuals have been written instead, such as Zawga Mikāʾel owner , his son Walda Wāḥǝd owner , Gabra Wāḥǝd owner and others (possibly belonging to the same family). Additional note 1 seems to tell that Zawga Mikāʾel donor donated the manuscript to Dabra Giyorgis↗ in the district Guč̣āri↗ .

Provenance

The manuscript was acquired by Antoine d'Abbadie owner sometime between 1840 and 1848.

Acquisition

The manuscript entered the Bibliothèque nationale↗ in 1902.

Contents

check the viewerFols 1ra–105va Miracles of Jesus (42 stories) (CAe 2382)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ፩አምላክ። ተአምር፡ ዘገብረ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ወአምላክነ፡ ወመድኃኒነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ በረከተ፡ ጸጋሁ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ገብ ወአቡሁ፡ ዘለዓለም፡ ዓሜን፨ ዘንቱ፡ ምሥጢር፡ አምላካዊ፡ ዘነገሮ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ወአምላክነ፡ ወመድኃኒነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ለረድኡ፡ ወሐዋርያሁ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወልደ፡ ዘብዴዎስ፡ እምቅድመ፡ ዕርገቱ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡

The Miracles are numbered. The witness has been extensively used in the edition started with Grébaut 1917.
check the viewerFols 105vb–111rb Legend of Abgar (general record) (CAe 1759)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ ሥሉስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አበ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ፩አምላክ፨ ንዌጥን፡ ኀበ፡ ጥንተ፡ ነገር፡ ዘከመ፡ ለአከ፡ ብፁዕ፡ አቃርዮስ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ሮሃ፡ ኀበ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስስ፡ ለዘክሮቱ፡ ይደሉ፡ ሰጊድ፡ እንዘ፡ ሀሎ፡ በመዋዕለ፡ ትሥጉቱ፡ እምቅድመ፡ ይዕርግ፡ ዲበ፡ ዕፀ፡ መስቀል፡ ከመ፡ ይግዝማ፡ ለኃይለ፡ ኃጢአት፡ በድካመ፡ ትሕትናሁ፡ ማሕያዊት፨

check the viewerFols 111va–129vb Maṣḥafa dorho (CAe 1922)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ አበ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ፩አምላክ፨ ድርሳን፡ ወትምህርት፡ ዘአባዊነ፡ ሕዋርያት፡ ቅዱሳን፡ ዘመሀሩ፡ ከመንፈሳውያን፡ እሉ፡ እሙንቱ፡ እሉ፡ ገብሩ፡ ኃይላተ፡ ወተአምራተ፡ ወትምህርተ፡ መድኃኒት፡

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

  1. check the viewerFols 130ra–130rb (Type: DonationNote)

    The original note (written in a hand different from the main Hand 1) was in part erased, and new names were inserted (written in a hand similar, but not identical to the main hand). In its new version (not well readable), the note states that the manuscript was donated by Walda Wāḥǝd to the church or monastery of Dabra Giyorgis↗ in the district called Guč̣āri↗ . The name of the donor is extended by a traditional genealogy.

    Text in Gǝʿǝz

    The note is translated in Conti Rossini 1914a.

Extras

  1. (Type: StampExlibris)

    Shelfmark of the Library glued onto the inner side of the front board.

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

    Stamp of the Library, name of the collector and the shelfmark, in an European hand.

  3. check the viewerFol. (Type: Directive)

    ( gez ) መጽሐፈ፡ ዶርሆ፡ ዘይትነበብ፡ በጸሎተ፡ ሐሙስ፡ በጊዜ፡ ፮ሰዓት፡ ዘመዓልት፡

  4. check the viewerFol. 119v (Type: Directive)

    ( gez ) ምንባብ፡ ዘዓርብ፡ በጊዜ፡ ፫ሰዓት፡

  5. check the viewerFol. 130r (Type: StampExlibris)

    Stamp of the Library.

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 67-68, number 42
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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 119, number 100
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  • Abbadie, A. d’ 1859. Catalogue raisonné de manuscrits éthiopiens appartenant à Antoine d’Abbadie (Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1859). page 176, number 168
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Secondary Bibliography

  • Van Rompay, L. and V. Arras 1975. ‘Les manuscrits éthiopiens des “Miracles de Jésus”’, Analecta Bollandiana, 93 (1975), 133–146. page 140, number A.2b
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This manuscript has no restorations.

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

130 (leaf) , Entered as 130 3 (leaf, blank) .Entered as 3 275 235
Outer dimensions
Height 275mm
Width 235mm

Foliation

Foliation in the upper right corner of the folia. The initial unfoliated parchment folium is assigned the number check the vieweri .

Quire Structure Collation

Signatures: Undecorated quire marks are written in the upper left corner of the first page of each quire (fols. 1r, 9r, 17r, 25r, 33r, 41r, 49r, 57r, 73r, 81r, 89r, 97r, 103r, 111r, 119r, 127r).

The quire structure cannot be discerned, for the biggest part of the volume, because of the tight binding.

State of preservation

intact

Condition

Binding

Two wooden boards.

Blind-tooled leather cover.

Textile inlays.

Sewing Stations

4

The traditional leather case, in poor condition (according to the description of A. d'Abbadie).

Binding material

wood

leather

textile

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 22-29

The number of written lines increases to 28-29 starting from check the viewerfol. 120v .The first leaf check the viewerfol. i is neither ruled nor pricked.
Ruling
  • Ruling is poorly visible.
  • (Subtype: pattern)1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C
  • The upper line is written above the ruling.
Pricking
  • Pricking is visible.

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    First half of the 19th century.

    Ink: Black; red.

    Careful, regular; by a mediocre scribe (the name of the scribe is erased from the supplication formula on 105va not found in this file 129v not found in this file, a secondary scribe name is inserted instead).

  • Hand 2

    Script: Ethiopic

    First half of the 19th century.

    Ink: Black.

    Crude, irregular; by a mediocre scribe (name: Ḫiruta Śǝllāse scribe ). The scribe who modified (a1) and added new names in the supplication formulas

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    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
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    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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    Hamburg
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    Alessandro Bausi, Denis Nosnitsin, ʻParis, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien d'Abbadie 168ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 18.7.2022) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BNFabb168 [Accessed: 2024-04-30+02:00]

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