Saint Petersburg, Institut Vostočnyh Rukopisej Rossijskoj Akademii Nauk, IV Orlov 13
Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection:
Other identifiers: Ef. 43, Turaev cat. III.3
General description
Gospel of John
Number of Text units: 1
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1700-1800 Turaev does not propose any dating for the manuscript.
Provenance
Original owners include ቴዎዶሮስ owner , ተንሥአ᎓ ክርስቶስ᎓ owner . The manuscript was bought in Ethiopia by the Russian diplomat Alexander Orlov owner .
Acquisition
The manuscript was acquired by the Asian Museum on 10 September 1903.
Contents
check the viewerFols 4r–71r Gospel of John (CAe 2715)
Language of text:
Readings for the days of the week are indicated.Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 3 s.
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( gez ) ቃል፡ ዘኮነ፡ ኃበ፡ ኖኅ፡ (…)ommission by
( en ) Word that came to Noah
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Bǝḍǝʿt ʾanti (CAe 3012)
( gez ) ብፅጽዕት፡ አንቲ᎓ ወንግሥተ᎓ ጽድቅ᎓ ዘትመነኒ᎓ ማርያም᎓ መንበረ᎓ ስላቅ᎓ ታቦትነ᎓ አንቲ᎓ እንተ᎓ ወርቅ።ሃ። (…)ommission by
Text in English
The text is composed of 50 strophes separated by hallelujatic refrain. -
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Malkǝʾ-hymn to Jesus Christ (CAe 2861)
( gez ) ሰላም᎓ለዝክረ᎓ ስምከ᎓ ዘሀሎ᎓ ወይሄሉ᎓ ለትውልድ᎓ ኵሉ᎓
( en ) Hail to the mention of your name that exist and will exist for all generations.
The end of the text is on the last folium. The text contains 29 strophes, probably incomplete. -
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Ṣalota manfaqa lelit (CAe 4517)
( gez ) በጸሎታ᎓ ወበስእለታ᎓ ለእግዚእትነ᎓ ማርያም᎓ (…)ommission by
Text in English
The cataloguer indicates that the translation of the excerpt is printed in Turaev 1901a
Catalogue Bibliography
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Turaev, B. 1906. Ėfiopskija rukopisi v S.-Peterburgě, Pamjatniki ėfiopskoj pis’mennosti, 3 (St Petersburg: Tipografija imperatorskoj Akademii Nauk, 1906). page 49-50
Secondary Bibliography
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Platonov, V. 2017. Rukopisnaja kniga v traditsionnoj kulture Efiopii, ed. E. Gusarova (Sankt-Peterburg: Rossijskaja natsional’naja biblioteka, 2017). page 193
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 175mm |
Width | 165mm |
Depth | mm |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Binding
Bound on two wooden boards.
Binding decoration
Possibly two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding material
wood
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 18
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 25
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 14
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 25
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Ink: Black, red
Date: 1700-1800
1700-1800 Turaev indicates that the text is written in several hands but gives no further details and proposes no dating for the manuscript.Check for additional bibliography
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Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻSaint Petersburg, Institut Vostočnyh Rukopisej Rossijskoj Akademii Nauk, IV Orlov 13ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2018-10-12) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/IVorlov13 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Eugenia Sokolinski Corrections on 12.10.2018
- Denis Nosnitsin Created catalogue entry on 10.10.2018
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Denis Nosnitsin, editor
Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor