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Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien d'Abbadie 126

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

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https://betamasaheft.eu/BNFabb126
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Collection: Manuscrits orientaux, Fonds éthiopien, d'Abbadie

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CatalogueAuthors

General description

Life of Shenoute, Life of Pishoy, Life of Gabra Manfas Qǝddus

Number of Text units: 11

Number of Codicological units: 3

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Origin

1350-1600 (dating on palaeographic grounds) The manuscript comes from Dāgā ʾƎsṭifānos↗ . The commissioner of the first part was Nob sponsor , and the scribe was ʾAbrǝhām scribe . The commissioner of the second part was Gabra Marʿāwi sponsor and the scribe was Zarʾa ʾAbrǝhām scribe . The last recorded owner was ʾƎnṭonyos owner .

Provenance

The manuscript was acquired by Antoine d'Abbadie sometime between 1840 and 1848

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .

    Extras

    1. check the viewerFol. 1r (Type: OwnershipNote)

      ( gez ) ዝመጽሐፍ፡ ዘእንጦንዮስ፡ ዘአበዲየ፡ ዘአጥረዮ፡ በንዋዩ።

    2. check the viewerFol. 1r

      Signature of Antoine d'Abbadie and library seal.

    3. check the viewerFol. 51r

      Indication for reading: አመ፡ ፰፡ ለኀምሌ፡ .

    Catalogue Bibliography

    • Abbadie, A. d’ 1859. Catalogue raisonné de manuscrits éthiopiens appartenant à Antoine d’Abbadie (Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1859). page 145-146, number 126
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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 80-81, number 126
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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 185-186, number 174
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    Physical Description

    Form of support

    Parchment Codex

    Extent

    136 (leaf) .Entered as 136 285 210
    Outer dimensions
    Height 285mm
    Width 210mm

    Codicological Unit p1

    Contents

    check the viewerFols 51r–73r Gadla Bǝsoy (CAe 6537)

    Language of text:

    Additions of codicological unit 1 In this unit there are in total 2 .

    1. check the viewerFol. (Type: ScribalSupplication)

      ( gez ) ለዘ፡ አጽሃፈኒ። አቡየ፡ አባኖብ፡ ጸሐፍክዋ፡ ለዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ አነ፡ አብርሃም። ዝክሩኒ፡ ወኢትርሥዑኒ፡ በበምንባቡ፡ ለአባሲኖዳ፡ ኦደቂቀ፡ [ዳ]ጋ። ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ ኤሜ[ን።]

      According to the note the commissioner was ʾabbā Nob and the scribe name is ʾAbrǝhām.

    2. check the viewerFol. (Type: ScribalSupplication)

      ( gez ) ጸሐፍክዋ፡ ለዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ አብርሃም፡ ኀጥዕ፡ ወዐባሲ፡ ዘገደፍኩ፡ በቃልየ፡ አርትዑ፡ በቃላቲክሙ። በእንተ፡ ፍቅረ፡ ተንሳዕ፡ (!) ክርስቶስ። አጽሐፈኒ፡ አቡየ፡ አባኖብ። ኅቡረ፡ ይምኅረነ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ በመንግሥተ፡ ሠማያት፡ (!) ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።

      According to the note the commissioner was ʾabbā Nob and the scribe name is ʾAbrǝhām.

    Layout of codicological unit 1

    Layout note 1

    Number of columns: 2

    Number of lines: 32

    Palaeography of codicological unit 1

  1. Hand 1

    of codicological unit 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1350-1500

    1350-1500

    2. Codicological Unit p2

    Contents

    check the viewerFols 74r–130v Gadla Gabra Manfas Qǝddus A (CAe 4074) This manuscript was used by Paolo Marrassini for his Marrassini 2003b.

    Language of text:

    Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):

    ( gez ) ለዘ፡ ጸሐፎ፡ ወለዘ፡ አጽሐፎ፡ ወለዘ፡ አንበቢ፡ ወለዘ፡ ተርጉሞ፡ ወለዘ፡ ሰምዓ፡ ቃላቲሁ፡ ሕቡረ፡ ይምሐሮው፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ በመንግሥተ፡ ሰማያት። ወፈድፋደሰ፡ ለእሉ፡ አኃዊነ፡ ፍሬ፡ ሰንበት፡ ዘም<፡> ወጽሕቁ፡ ለአጽሐፎቱ፡ ገድለ፡ ገብረ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ። ይጽሐፍ፡ ስሞሙ፡ ውስተ፡ ታልፍዮስ፡ ኀበ፡ አልቦ፡ ደምሳሴ፡ ምስለ፡ አቡነ፡ ገብረ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ። ወምስለ፡ ዛቲ፡ ደቂቅ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን። ዘምስለ፡ ጸሐፌሁ፡ መቃርስ፡ ኃጥእ። ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን። ዘንተ፡ ገደለ፡ አቡነ፡ ገብረ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ዘአጽሐፉኒ፡ ሊተ፡ ለኃጥእ፡ መቃርስ፡ እሉ፡ ነዳያን፡ ፍሬ፡ ሰንበት፡ ዘምስለ፡ አቡሁ፡ ። እስመ፡ ይትሐበየነ፡ አቡነ፡ ገብረ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ። ተሰፊወነ፡ ዘይቤ፡ እግዚእነ፡ በወንጌል፡ ጸጋሁ፡ ዘተወከፈ፡ ጻደቀ፡ ዕሴተ፡ ጻድቅ፡ ይነስእ። ወይረክብ፡ ሠናየ፡ ዘዓይን፡ ኢርእየ፡ ውስተ፡ ልበ፡ ሰብእ፡ ዘኢተሀለዮ። ወካዕበ፡ ይቤ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ሰማይ፡ ወምድር፡ የሐልፍ፡ ወቃልየሰ፡ ኢየሐልፍ። ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን። ወአነኒ፡ ጸሐፍኩ፡ በእንተ፡ ፍቅረ፡ እስጢፋኖስ፡ ወበእንተ፡ ፍቅር፡ አቡነ፡ ስምዖን፡ ወሒሩት፡ መድሕን። ወበእንተ፡ አቡነ፡ ሲላስ፡ ወኤልያስ። ወበእንተ፡ አቡነ፡ ገብረ፡ ኢየሱስ። ወበንተ፡ አቡነ፡ ዮሐንስ። ወበእንተ፡ አቡነ፡ መሐሪ፡ አምላክ፡ በእንተ፡ አቡነ፡ አኖርዮስ፡ ወበእንተ፡ ዘርአ፡ አብር<ሃ>ም። ወበእንተ፡ ጐርጐርዮስ። ወበእንተ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ተስፋነ። በእንተ፡ ተንሥአ፡ ክርስቶስ። ወበእንተ፡ አብርሃም። በእንተ፡ በርተ፡ ሎምዮስ። ለእሉ፡ አበዊነ፡ ኮከበ፡ ዳጋ፡ ጸሎቶሙ፡ ወስእለቶሙ። ትብጽሐነ፡ ለኵልነ፡ ውሉደ፡ ጥምቀት፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።

    Additions of codicological unit 2 In this unit there are in total 1 .

    1. check the viewerFol. (Type: ScribalSupplication)

      ጸሎቱ፡ ወበረከቱ፡ የሃሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ጸሐፊሁ፡ ዘርአ፡ አብርሃም፡ ወምስለ፡ አጽሐፊሁ፡ ገብረ፡ መርዓዊ፡ ወምስለ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ ደቂቀ፡ ዳጋ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።

      According to the note the scribe's name is Zarʾa ʾAbrǝhām and the commissioner was Gabra Marʿāwi.

    Layout of codicological unit 2

    Layout note 1

    Number of columns: 2

    Number of lines: 25

    Palaeography of codicological unit 2

  2. Hand 2

    of codicological unit 2

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1350-1500

    1350-1500

    3. Codicological Unit p3

    Contents

    check the viewerFols 131r–136v Taʾammǝra Gabra Manfas Qǝddus (CAe 3977)

    Language of text:

    Layout of codicological unit 3

    Layout note 1

    Number of columns: 2

    Number of lines: 26

    Palaeography of codicological unit 3

  3. Hand 3

    of codicological unit 3

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1500-1600

    1500-1600

    4. Keywords

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    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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    Hamburg
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