Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien d'Abbadie 99
Denis Nosnitsin (cataloguer)
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Manuscrits orientaux, Fonds éthiopien, d'Abbadie
General description
Book of Enoch
Number of Text units: 1
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
The first half of the 19th century, but before 1848. (context) According to Antoine d’Abbadie [d’Arrast] , the text was copied by an unnamed scribe under the supervision of his brother Arnauld [Michel] d’Abbadie [d’Arrast] , from a text that was approved and accepted by the church scholars of Gondar↗ . The manuscript was in possession of Antoine d'Abbadie owner .
Acquisition
The manuscript entered the Bibliothèque nationale de France↗ in 1902.
Summary
- ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 1ra–75vb ), Maṣḥafa Henok
Contents
check the viewerFols 1ra–75vb Maṣḥafa Henok (CAe 1340)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ክፍል፡ ፩ቃለ፡ በረከት፡ ዘሄኖክ፡ ዘከመ፡ ባረከ፡ ኅሩያነ፡ ወጻድቃነ፡ እለ፡ ሀለዉ፡ ይኩኑ፡ በዕለተ፡ ምንዳቤ፡ ለአሰስሎ፡ ኲሉ፡ እኩያን፡ ወረሲዓን፡ ወአውሥአ፡ እንከ፡ ሄኖክ፡ ወይቤ፡ ብእሲ፡ ጻድቅ፡ ዘእምኀበ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ እንዘ፡ አዕይንቲሁ፡ ክሡታት፡
Additions In this unit there are in total 3 s, 5 s, 1 .
Extras
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(Type: StampExlibris)
Stamp of the Library on the inner side of the leather cover.
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check the viewerFol. ir (Type: StampExlibris)
Shelfmark of the Library.
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check the viewerFol. ir (Type: Unclear)
The first words of the incipit of the Book of Enoch.
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check the viewerFol. iv (Type: Unclear)
Stamp of the Library.
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check the viewerFol. 1r (Type: Unclear)
Shelfmark of the Library.
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check the viewerFol. 19r (Type: Correction)
An omitted passage is written in the upper margin, in the main hand, its place in the text is indicated with a tamallas-sign.
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check the viewerFol. 65r (Type: Unclear)
Stamp of the Library.
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check the viewerFol. 75v (Type: Unclear)
Stamp of the Library.
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check the viewerFol. 152v (Type: StampExlibris)
Stamp of the Library.
Catalogue Bibliography
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Conti Rossini, C. 1914. Notice sur les manuscrits éthiopiens de la Collection d’Abbadie, Extrait du Journal Asiatique (Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1914). page 61, number 33
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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 63, number 99
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Abbadie, A. d’ 1859. Catalogue raisonné de manuscrits éthiopiens appartenant à Antoine d’Abbadie (Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1859). page 110, number 99
Secondary Bibliography
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Knibb, M. A. 1978. The Ethiopic Book of Enoch: A New Edition in the Light of the Aramaic Dead Sea Fragments, I: Text and Apparatus (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978).
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Knibb, M. A. 1978. The Ethiopic Book of Enoch: A New Edition in the Light of the Aramaic Dead Sea Fragments, II: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978).
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 220mm |
Width | 175mm |
Foliation
Foliation in the upper right corner of the folia.
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | 1 | 9 |
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2 | 2 | 8 |
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3 | 3 | 8 |
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4 | 4 | 8 |
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5 | 5 | 8 |
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6 | 6 | 8 |
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7 | 7 | 8 |
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8 | 8 | 8 |
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9 | 9 | 10 |
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Collation diagrams
s.l.: 1, stub after 8
Quire ID:q1, number:1, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q2, number:2, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q4, number:3, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q5, number:4, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q6, number:5, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q7, number:6, Ethiopic quire number:
፯
Quire ID:q8, number:7, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q9, number:8, Ethiopic quire number:
s.l. 1, no stub
Quire ID:q10, number:9, Ethiopic quire number:
Ethio-SPaRe formula : ፩I(8+1/s.l. 1, stub after 8/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (9), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (),
Formula 2: 1 (9), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (),
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
The binding is made of a rectangular piece of goat leather wrapped around the textblock. According to Antoine d'Abbadie, the leather was treated with ዋልቃ, a kind of soil from the lawland, to get the dark colour.
Sewing Stations
4Binding material
leather
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 1r–75v )
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 23
Data taken from check the viewerfol. 3r .Ruling
- (Subtype: pattern)1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
19th century.
Ink: Black, red.
Regular, careful; by a well-trained scribe.Check for additional bibliography
Publication Statement
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Revisions of the data
- Denis Nosnitsin Created catalogue entry on 25.2.2022
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Denis Nosnitsin, editor