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Saint Petersburg, Institut Vostočnyh Rukopisej Rossijskoj Akademii Nauk, IV Orlov 4

Denis Nosnitsin

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

Stub
https://betamasaheft.eu/IVorlov4
Institut Vostočnyh Rukopisej Rossijskoj Akademii Nauk[view repository]

Collection:

Other identifiers: Turaev cat. III.14, Ef. 74

Persons IndexGeneralDescriptionPhysical DescriptionCatalogueAuthors

General description

Qerǝllos, ʾAragāwi manfasāwi

Number of Text units: 31

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

1650-1699

The original commissioner or owner could have been Giyorgis whose name, though partly erased, can still be read in the formula on check the viewerfol. 92rb

Provenance

Collected by Alexander Orlov owner , acquired by the Asiatic Museum on 10 September 1903.

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 2r–177v ), Qerǝllos
    1. ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 2ra–15vb ), Prosphoneticus to the Emperor Theodosius II on the right faith
    2. ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 15vb–47r ), Dialogue with Palladius on the Unity of Christ
    3. ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 47r–69 ),
    4. ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 70r–70v ), Homily by Theodotus of Ankyra for the feast of John the Apostle
    5. ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFol. 71r ), Homily by Cyril of Alexandria for the feast of John the Apostle
    6. ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFol. 71v ), Homily by Severus of Synnada
    7. ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 72r–72v ), Homily by Acacius of Melitene
    8. ms_i1.8 (check the viewerFol. 73r ), Homily by Juvenal of Jerusalem
    9. ms_i1.9 (check the viewerFols 73v–74r ), Homily by Cyril of Alexandria
    10. ms_i1.10 (check the viewerFol. 74v ), Homily by Rheginus of Constantia
    11. ms_i1.11 (check the viewerFols 75r–75v ), Homily by Cyril of Alexandria
    12. ms_i1.12 (check the viewerFol. 76r ), Homily by Eusebius of Heracleia
    13. ms_i1.13 (check the viewerFols 76r–76v ), Homily by Theodotus of Ankyra
    14. ms_i1.14 (check the viewerFol. 77r ), Homily by Firmus of Caesarea
    15. ms_i1.15 (check the viewerFol. 77v ), Letter of the Council of Ephesus to John of Antioch
    16. ms_i1.16 (check the viewerFol. 77v ), Sermon of Cyril of Alexandria said in the church of John the Baptist, on 23 Miyāzyā, Sunday
    17. ms_i1.17 (check the viewerFols 78r–79v ), Letter of Cyril of Alexandria to John of Antioch
    18. ms_i1.18 (check the viewerFols 80r and following ), Homily by Epiphanios of Cyprus
    19. ms_i1.19 (check the viewerFols 82r and following ), Homily of Epiphanios of Cyprus on Trinity
    20. ms_i1.20 (check the viewerFols 82v–84v ), Homily by Proclus of Cyzicus, Patriarch of Constantinople
    21. ms_i1.21 (check the viewerFols 84v–87v ), Homily by Severian of Gabala
    22. ms_i1.22 (check the viewerFol. 88r ), Symbol of Faith by Gregory of Neocaesarea
    23. ms_i1.23 (check the viewerFols 88r–89v ), First homily by Cyril of Alexandria on Melchizedek
    24. ms_i1.24 (check the viewerFols 89v–91r ), Second homily by Cyril of Alexandria on Melchizedek
    25. ms_i1.25 (check the viewerFols 131v–133 ), Treatise on the 318 Bishops of Nicaea
    26. ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 2r–177v ), Maṣḥaf za-ʾaragāwi ṣādǝq manfāsawi
    27. ms_i2.1 (check the viewerFols 94r–144v ), ʾAragāwi manfasāwi, 30 Homilies or treatises
    28. ms_i2.2 (check the viewerFols 144v–169v ), ʾAragāwi manfasāwi, Epistles
    29. ms_i2.3 (check the viewerFols 169v–170r ), ʾAragāwi manfasāwi, Compendium of three homilies on the spiritual life / Dǝrsān baʾǝnta ʾarʾǝsta ʾaʾǝmro
    30. ms_i2.4 (check the viewerFols 177r and following ), ʾAragāwi manfasāwi, Letter by John Saba to a monk called John in Kanūbiyūn Coenobium?and the latter's answer

Contents

check the viewerFols 2r–177v Qerǝllos (CAe 3309)

Colophon

check the viewerFol. 177v

Colophon stating that the translation of the work took place in the time of King Lǝbna Dǝngǝl .

check the viewerFols 2ra–15vb Prosphoneticus to the Emperor Theodosius II on the right faith (CAe 3310)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ሕያው᎓ መሐሪ᎓ ወመስተሣህል᎓ ርኁቀ᎓ መዓት᎓ ወብዙኃ᎓ ምሕረት᎓ ወጻድቅ፨ ንዌጥን᎓ ጸሒፈ᎓ ነገር᎓ ዘጸሐፈ᎓ ቅዱስ᎓ ቄርሎስ᎓ ሊቀ᎓ ጳጳሳት᎓ ዘእለ᎓ እስክንድርያ᎓ ለታድስዮስ᎓ ንጉሥ፨

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀሎነ᎓ በዘአማን᎓ ወልዱ᎓ ኢየሱስ᎓ ክርስቶስ᎓ ውእቱ᎓ በዘአማን᎓ እግዚአብሔር᎓ ወሕይወት᎓ እንተ᎓ ዓለም᎓ ዘቦቱ᎓ ወምስሌሁ᎓ ለእግዚአብሔር᎓ አብ᎓ ወምስለ᎓ መንፈስ᎓ ቅዱስ᎓ ስብሐት᎓ ለዓለመ᎓ ዓለም᎓ አሜን᎓

check the viewerFols 15vb–47r Dialogue with Palladius on the Unity of Christ (CAe 3312)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ምዕራፍ፡ ስነ᎓ ዜና᎓ ዘዓለም᎓ ወምክህ᎓ ዘቅዱሳት᎓ አብያተ᎓ ክስቲያናት᎓

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .

  1. check the viewerFol. 178r (Type: ProtectivePrayer)

    The note is erased

Catalogue Bibliography

  • Turaev, B. 1906. Ėfiopskija rukopisi v S.-Peterburgě, Pamjatniki ėfiopskoj pis’mennosti, 3 (St Petersburg: Tipografija imperatorskoj Akademii Nauk, 1906). page 60-62
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Secondary Bibliography

  • Platonov, V. 2017. Rukopisnaja kniga v traditsionnoj kulture Efiopii, ed. E. Gusarova (Sankt-Peterburg: Rossijskaja natsional’naja biblioteka, 2017). page 192
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  • Francuzof, S. 2016. ‘Peterburgskie spiski ėfiopskogo dogmatičeskogo sbornika Kerėllos: kodikologičeskie i tekstologičeskie osobennosti’, in V. Semënova, ed., Kunstkamera: kollekcii i hraniteli. Pamjati Zoi Leonidovny Pugač, Sbornik MAĖ, 62 (Sankt-Peterburg: Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2016), 68–77.
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

178 (leaf) .Entered as 178 375 360
Outer dimensions
Height 375mm
Width 360mm

Foliation

Foliation

Foliation of the Bibliothèque nationale de France in the upper right corner of the recto sides (no foliation in quire A and B).

Quire Structure Collation

Signatures:

Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 A 1 Fols 1r–1v 1, stub before 1
2 1 10 Fols 2r–9v
3 2 8 Fols 10r–17v
4 3 10 Fols 18r–27v
5 4 10 Fols 28r–37v
6 5 7 Fols 38r–44v 1, stub after 6
7 6 10 Fols 45r–54v
8 7 10 Fols 55r–64v
9 8 3 Fols 65r–67v 1, stub after 3
10 9 10 Fols 68r–76v
11 10 10 Fols 77r–86v
12 11 4 Fols 87r–90v
13 12 10 Fols 91r–100v
14 13 10 Fols 101r–110v 1, stub after 10 2, stub after 10
15 14 10 Fols 111r–120v
16 15 10 Fols 121r–130v
17 16 10 Fols 131r–140v
18 17 10 Fols 141r–150v
19 18 10 Fols 151r–160v
20 19 10 Fols 161r–170v
21 20 5 Fols 171r–175v 1, stub after 5

Collation diagrams


1, stub before 1
Quire ID:q1, number:A
Collation diagram Quire 1 1 Unit #1


Quire ID:q2, number:1
Collation diagram Quire 2 2 11 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q3, number:2
Collation diagram Quire 3 12 19 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4


Quire ID:q4, number:3
Collation diagram Quire 4 20 29 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q5, number:4
Collation diagram Quire 5 30 39 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

1, stub after 6
Quire ID:q6, number:5
Collation diagram Quire 6 40 46 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4


Quire ID:q7, number:6
Collation diagram Quire 7 47 56 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q8, number:7
Collation diagram Quire 8 57 66 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

1, stub after 3
Quire ID:q9, number:8
Collation diagram Quire 9 67 Unit #1 Unit #2


Quire ID:q10, number:9
Collation diagram Quire 10 70 79 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q11, number:10
Collation diagram Quire 11 80 89 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q12, number:11
Collation diagram Quire 12 90 93 Unit #1 Unit #2


Quire ID:q13, number:12
Collation diagram Quire 13 94 103 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

1, stub after 10 2, stub after 10
Quire ID:q14, number:13
Collation diagram Quire 14 104 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5 Unit #6


Quire ID:q15, number:14
Collation diagram Quire 15 114 123 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q16, number:15
Collation diagram Quire 16 124 133 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q17, number:16
Collation diagram Quire 17 134 143 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q18, number:17
Collation diagram Quire 18 144 153 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q19, number:18
Collation diagram Quire 19 154 163 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q20, number:19
Collation diagram Quire 20 164 173 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

1, stub after 5
Quire ID:q21, number:20
Collation diagram Quire 21 174 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3

Ethio-SPaRe formula : A(0+1/s.l. 1, stub before 1/Fols 1r–1v) – I(10/Fols 2r–9v) – II(8/Fols 10r–17v) – III(10/Fols 18r–27v) – IV(10/Fols 28r–37v) – V(6+1/s.l. 1, stub after 6/Fols 38r–44v) – VI(10/Fols 45r–54v) – VII(10/Fols 55r–64v) – VIII(2+1/s.l. 1, stub after 3/Fols 65r–67v) – IX(10/Fols 68r–76v) – X(10/Fols 77r–86v) – XI(4/Fols 87r–90v) – XII(10/Fols 91r–100v) – XIII(8+2/s.l. 1, stub after 10; s.l. 2, stub after 10/Fols 101r–110v) – XIV(10/Fols 111r–120v) – XV(10/Fols 121r–130v) – XVI(10/Fols 131r–140v) – XVII(10/Fols 141r–150v) – XVIII(10/Fols 151r–160v) – XIX(10/Fols 161r–170v) – XX(4+1/s.l. 1, stub after 5/Fols 171r–175v) –

Formula: Fols 1r–1v 1, stub before 1 ; Fols 2r–9v ; Fols 10r–17v ; Fols 18r–27v ; Fols 28r–37v ; Fols 38r–44v 1, stub after 6 ; Fols 45r–54v ; Fols 55r–64v ; Fols 65r–67v 1, stub after 3 ; Fols 68r–76v ; Fols 77r–86v ; Fols 87r–90v ; Fols 91r–100v ; Fols 101r–110v 1, stub after 10 2, stub after 10 ; Fols 111r–120v ; Fols 121r–130v ; Fols 131r–140v ; Fols 141r–150v ; Fols 151r–160v ; Fols 161r–170v ; Fols 171r–175v 1, stub after 5 ;

Formula 1: 1 (1), 2 (10), 3 (8), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (7), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (4), 13 (10), 14 (), 15 (10), 16 (10), 17 (10), 18 (10), 19 (10), 20 (10), 21 (),

Formula 2: 1 (1), 2 (10), 3 (8), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (7), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (4), 13 (10), 14 (), 15 (10), 16 (10), 17 (10), 18 (10), 19 (10), 20 (10), 21 (),

State of preservation

good

Condition

Binding

Two wooden boards covered with blind-tooled leather.

Binding material

wood

leather

textile

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 3

Number of lines: 29

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Written in a fine 17th-century hand.

    Ink: Black, red

    Date: 1650-1699

    1650-1699

    • Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    availability

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    date
    2016-06-24T10:04:41.671+02:00
    date
    type=expanded
    21.2.2024 at 11:02:48
    date
    type=lastModified
    29.3.2019
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/IVorlov4/main
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/IVorlov4
    idno
    type=filename
    IVorlov4.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    IVorlov4

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    Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, ʻSaint Petersburg, Institut Vostočnyh Rukopisej Rossijskoj Akademii Nauk, IV Orlov 4ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 29.3.2019) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/IVorlov4 [Accessed: 2024-04-30+02:00]

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    • Denis Nosnitsin Created catalogue entry on 29.3.2019

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