Saint Petersburg, Rossijskaja Nacionalnaja Biblioteka, RNB Dorn 613
Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection:
Other identifiers: RNB Vostochn. 613, Turaev cat. I.5
General description
Gospel of John
Number of Text units: 1
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1400-1499
Provenance
The manuscript was aquired by the diplomat Pjotr Dubrovskij owner , probably in Paris, after1780but before 1800.
Acquisition
The manuscript entered the Imperial Public Library in 1805.
Contents
check the viewerFols 3r–146v Gospel of John (CAe 1693)
Language of text:
No division into chapters, no readings are marked.Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 .
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 1v
St John the Evangelist
Only the bottom half of the miniature and a fragment of the upper part have been preservedSecondary Bibliography
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Gusarova, E. 2015. ‘Ethiopian Manuscripts in the State and Private Collections of St Petersburg: An Overview’, Aethiopica, 18/2015 (2015), 109–127. page 118-119
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Other Decorations
- band:
check the viewerFol. 2r
Ornamental band
Secondary Bibliography
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Gusarova, E. 2015. ‘Ethiopian Manuscripts in the State and Private Collections of St Petersburg: An Overview’, Aethiopica, 18/2015 (2015), 109–127. page 119-120
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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 13-14
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Dorn, B. 1852. Catalogue des manuscrits et xylographes orientaux de la Bibliothèque Impériale Publique de St. Pétersbourg (St Petersburg: Imprimerie de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences, 1852). page 557, number 613
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 185
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Gusarova, E. 2015. ‘Ethiopian Manuscripts in the State and Private Collections of St Petersburg: An Overview’, Aethiopica, 18/2015 (2015), 109–127. page 118-119
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 120mm |
Width | 95mm |
Depth | mm |
Foliation
Foliation provided by the Library
Quire Structure Collation
State of preservation
good
Condition
The upper half of the leaf with the miniature of St John) is cut. Remains of two leaves are at the end, that were torn off or cut of, would constitute folios check the viewerfols 149–150, . Starting from check the viewerfol. 128 , the upper part of the leaves is damaged, with the loss of text.
Binding
Wooden boards covered with redish-brown blind-tooled leather.
Binding decoration
One pair of sewing stations.
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 13-14
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Careful big handwriting
Ink: Black, red
Date: 1400-1499
1400-1499Check for additional bibliography
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Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻSaint Petersburg, Rossijskaja Nacionalnaja Biblioteka, RNB Dorn 613ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2023-08-21) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/RNBdorn613 [Accessed: 2024-06-01]
Revisions of the data
- Denis Nosnitsin Minor revision, Dorn catalogue included on 21.8.2023
- Eugenia Sokolinski Corrections on 27.5.2016
- Denis Nosnitsin Created catalogue entry on 25.5.2016
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Denis Nosnitsin, editor
Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor