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Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien d'Abbadie 20

Carsten Hoffmann

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General description

Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews by John Chrysostom

Number of Text units: 5

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

18th century (dating on palaeographic grounds) . The manuscript has been dated to the end of the 18th/beginning of the 19th century by C. Conti Rossini, and to the 18th/19th century by M. Chaîne; a somewhat earlier period can be considered on palaeographical grounds (Hand 2). The name of the original commissioner at the end of the text on check the viewerfol. has been erased, the name Zawalda Māryām owner has been added over the erasure in a secondary later hand.

Provenance

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

Acquisition

The manuscript entered the Bibliothèque nationale de France↗ in 1902.

Contents

check the viewerFols 3r–127v Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews by John Chrysostom (CAe 3171)

Language of text:

check the viewerFols 3ra–4vb Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews by John Chrysostom: Index (CAe 3171 Summary) The indications to 'homilies' and 'admonitions' are preceded by numbers which, as guessed by A. d'Abbadie, may be indications to the number of the relevant pages in the exemplar manuscript.
check the viewerFols 5ra–7rb Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews by John Chrysostom: Introduction (CAe 3171 Introduction)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):እዘዝ፡ ወልዕልና፡ ኃይል፡ ወዕበይ፡ ይደሉ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ዘይትወሐድ፡ በመለኮት፡ ወይሤለስ፡ በአካላት፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፨ ንቀድም፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ሕያው፡ ቀዳሚ፡ በጽሒፈ፡ ትርጓሜ፡ ዘተርጐመ፡ አቡነ፡ ክቡር፡ በውስተ፡ ቅዱሳን፡ ዮሐንስ፡ አፈ፡ ወርቅ፨

check the viewerFols 7rb–125v Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews by John Chrysostom: Homilies and admonitions (CAe 3171 Homilies)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ድርሳን፡ ቀዳማዊ፡ በእንተ፡ ዘይቤ፡ በብዙኅ፡ ነገር፡ ወበብዙኅ፡ መክፈልት፡ አይድዓ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ቀዲሙ፡ ለአባዊነ፡ ወደኃሪሰ፡ በዛቲ፡ መዋዕል፡ ተናገረነ፡ ለነኒ፡ በወልዱ፡ ዘረሰዮ፡ ወራሴ፡

Colophon

check the viewerFol. 125vb

ወይእዜኒ፡ ተተርጐመት፡ እምልሳነ፡ ዐረቢ፡ ለግዕዝ፡ በአፈ፡ ዕንባቆም፡ ወሚካኤል፡ በ፸፻፲ወ፭ዓመተ፡ ምሕረት። ወእምልደተ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ወመድኃኒነ፡ በ፲፻ወ፭፻፡ ዓመት፤ ወእምዓመተ፡ ሰማዕታትኒ፨ በ፲፻ወ፪፻፴ወ፱ዓመት፨ ወፍጻሜሃኒ፡ ኮነ፡ በዕለተ፡ ሰኑይ፡ አመ፫ለወርኃ፡ ነሐሴ፡ አሜን፨

The translators' colophon mentions three dates, two of which (7015 year of mercy and 1239 according to the Era of the Martyrs, combined with 3 Naḥase) correspond to 27 July 1523 CE.

check the viewerFols 126r–127v Vita of John Chrysostom (CAe 3171 Vita)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ (…)ommission by Denis Nosnitsinንዌጥን፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ወስነ፡ ሀብቱ፡ ጽሒፈ፡ ዜናሁ፡ ለቅዱስ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ አፈ፡ ወርቅ፡ ሊቀ፡ ጳጳሳት፡ ዘቍስጥንጥንያ፡ ዘተረክበ፡ እምመጽሐፈ፡ ታሪክ፡ ዘጸሐፎ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ወልደ፡ አሚድ፨ ወዓዲ፡ እመጽሐፈ፡ ስንክሳር፡ ወአቡሻክር፡ ወእመጽሐፈ፡ መደብር፡ ዘትርጓሜሁ፡ ሠራዒ፡ ዘንቱ፡ አብ፡ ኮነ፡ እምሰብአ፡ ሀገረ፡ አንጾኪያ፡ ወአቡሁ፡ ኮነ፡ እምብዑላኑሃ፡ ለይእቱ፡ ሃገር፡

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 5 s, 3 s, 1 , 1 .

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

    Geographical Treatise from the Tārika Walda ʿAmid (CAe 4723) in a very crude hand on two guard leaves. Some words or single letter on check the viewerfol. 1r are erased due to the contact with the wooden book cover.

    ( gez ) ኆልቆሙ፡ ለእለ፡ ተጋብኡ። ለሕንፃ፡ ማኅፈድ፡ ፸ወ፪፡ መሳፍንት፡ እምደቂቀ፡ ሴም፡ ፳ወ፭ብእሲ፡ ወእሉ፡ ኀደሩ፡ እምአፍራጥስ፡ ↗ ወእስከ፡ ሶርያ፡ ↗ ወእስከ፡ ጽንፈ፡ ምሥራቅ፡ ወእምኔሆሙ፡ ሶርያውያን፡ ወአእፃዳተ፡ ዘረቢዐ፡ ወደሴተ፡ ወሐራምቃ፡ ከለዳውያን፡ ወእሙንቱ፡ ሰብአ፡ ባቢሎን፡ ↗ ወፋርስ፡ ↗ ወኵራስን፡ ወፌርያ፡ ወስንድ፡ ወህንዳኬ፡ ወየማን↗ ፡ ወጣይፍ፡ ወተማማ፡ ወ፪አብሕርት፡ ወዘመደ፡ ዐረብ፡↗ ወእለ፡ የአምሩ፡ ጽሒፈ፡ ሆኅያት፡ ፳እብራዊ፡ ↗ ወሥየናዊ፡ ወፋርሳዊ፡ ወካልዳዊ፡ ወሲኒ፡ ወኃማዚ፡ ወዐረቢ፡ ↗ ወሎሙ፡ እምአብሕርት፡ ኤፍራጦስ↗ ፡ ወፈለገ፡ በለከ፡

    ( de )

    Die Zahl derer, die für den Bau des Turms versammelt wurden, waren 72 Hauptleute. Unter ihnen waren von den Nachkommen Sems 25 Mann. Diese wohnten vom Euphrat bis Syrien und bis zum östlichen Randbereich. Zu ihnen gehören die Syrer, die Gebiete von Rabiʿa, die Insel Waḥarāmqā, die Chaldäer - das sind die Leute von Babylon, Persien, Khorasan, Feryā, Sind, Indien, Jemen, Ṭayǝf, Tamāmā sowie zwei Meere und die Araber. Diejenigen, die mit Buchstaben zu schreiben wissen, sind acht: Hebräer, Śǝyanāwi, Perser, Inder, Chaldäer, Sini, Ḫāmāzi und Araber. An Gewässern haben sie den Euphrat und den Strom Balaka.

    Rabiʿa should be understood as Diyar Rabia, the island Waḥarāmqā as Ǧarāmiqa, Feryā as Fergana, Ṭayf as the oasis Ṭayfa, Tamāmā as al-Yamāma, Śǝyanāwi as Syrian, Sini are Chinese, Ḫāmāzi are Himyarites, Balaka is Balkh.

  2. check the viewerFol. 127vc (Type: Unclear)

    An erased note

Extras

  1. (Type: StampExlibris)

    Shelfmark of the Library on the spine and the front board (with the title in French), and on the inner side of the front board

  2. check the viewerFols. 1r, 127v (Type: StampExlibris)

    Shelfmark of the Library on the spine and inner side of the front board

  3. check the viewerFol. 3r (Type: StampExlibris)

    Name of the owner

  4. check the viewerFol. 2r (Type: Unclear)

    A note in Arabic, crudely written

  5. check the viewerFol. 2r (Type: Unclear)

    Crude minor notes in Gǝʿǝz, in different hands

  6. check the viewerFol. 3r (Type: Unclear)

    Pen trials

  7. check the viewerFols 4r–4v (Type: CalendaricNote)

    A few minor notes related to calendar, possibly pen trials

  8. check the viewerFols 3r–127v (Type: Correction)

    Corrections on many leaves, executed by different hands, including cancelling through encircling with thin lines and dashes, interlineal additions, the use of tamallas-sign of various types.

  9. check the viewerFols. 8r, 9r, 13v, 15r, 17r, 18r (Type: Unclear)

    On these and many other folia, abbreviated names of the biblical books written in tiny script in the margins, possibly to identify quotation in the main text

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 109, number 67
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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 15, number 20
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  • Abbadie, A. d’ 1859. Catalogue raisonné de manuscrits éthiopiens appartenant à Antoine d’Abbadie (Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1859). page 25, number 20
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Secondary Bibliography

  • Cowley, R. W. 1988. Ethiopian Biblical Interpretation: A Study in Exegetical Tradition and Hermeneutics, University of Cambridge Oriental Publications, 38 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988). page 449-450
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  • Hoffmann, C. 2023. Das geographische Traktat in der Weltgeschichte des Wäldä Amid: Text, Übersetzung und Kommentar, Marburg: Philipps-Universität Marburg (2023).
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

128 (leaf) .Entered as 128 290 270
Outer dimensions
Height 290mm
Width 270mm

Foliation

Foliation in the upper right corner of the leaves.

Quire Structure Collation

State of preservation

intact

Condition

Binding

Two wooden boards.

Sewing Stations

4

Endbands.

According to A. d'Abbadie, the manuscript has a leather case.

Binding material

wood

leather

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 3r–127v )

Number of columns: 3

Number of lines: 18-19

H 275mm
W 257mm
The leaves check the viewerfols. 1, 2, 128 are not ruled.

Ms Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien d'Abbadie 20 main part

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Ruling
Pricking
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Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    End of the 18th/beginning of the 19th century according to C. Conti Rossini, and 18th/19th century according to M. Chaîne, but it could be of somewhat earlier time.

    Ink: Black; red.

    check the viewerFols 3ra–125vb, check the viewer126rb_l19–128rc Careful, very regular; by a well-trained scribe.

  • Hand 2

    Script: Ethiopic

    18th century

    Ink: Black; red.

    check the viewerFols. 125vb, check the viewer126ra l. 1-126rb l.18 Careful, very regular; by a well-trained scribe, of superior quality than Hand 1, but similar to it, of the same period. This scribe wrote Colophon 1. The hand was not identified and not considered by C. Conti Rossini and M. Chaîne

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    Hamburg
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    25.3.2024 at 11:49:30
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    16.2.2024
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    • Carsten Hoffmann provided marked-up text from Marburg on 14.6.2018

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