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Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien d'Abbadie 80

Marcin Krawczuk, Alessandro Bausi

Newly catalogued in Beta maṣāḥǝft

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https://betamasaheft.eu/BNFabb80
Bibliothèque nationale de France[view repository]

Collection: Manuscrits orientaux, Fonds éthiopien, d'Abbadie

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General description

Rǝtuʿa Hāymānot

Number of Text units: 25

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

1350-1500 The name ጻና mentioned in (a1) might be identified with Ṭānā lake, which could suggest that the manuscript was at some point in this region.

Provenance

The manuscript was bought by Antoine d'Abbadie owner sometime between 1840 and 1848.

Acquisition

The manuscript entered the Bibliothèque nationale in 1902.

Contents

Fols 3r–155r

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ርቱዐ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ (CAe 2222)

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Fols 3r–6v

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Homily by Rǝtuʿa Hāymānot on the Incarnation (CAe 6799)

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Fols 7r–15v

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On the Birth of God from Mary (CAe 2113)

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Fols 15v–24v

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On How Our Lord Christ was Baptized (CAe 2095)

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Fols 25r–25v,

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42r–42v,

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40r–40v,

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26r–27r

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Dǝrsān za-darasa Rǝtuʿa Hāymānot za-yǝtnabbab ba-qǝbalā ṣom (CAe 6060)

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Fols 27v–30r

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For the first Sunday in Lent (CAe 6049)

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Fols 30r–32r

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For the second Sunday in Lent (CAe 6050)

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Fols 32v–33r,

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41r–41v,

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33r

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For the third Sunday in Lent (CAe 6061)

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Fols 33r–35v

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Dǝrsān za-yǝtnabbab ba-4 ṣom sanbat ʾǝnta yǝʾǝti Dabra Zayt qǝddǝst (CAe 6440)

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Fols 35v–38v

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Mǝnbāb ba5 sanbat ṣom za-baʾǝnta sǝmʿ wa-baʾǝnta mǝnkʷǝsǝnnā (CAe 6442)

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Fols 39r–39v

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Dǝrsān za-yǝtnabbab ba-6 sanbat ṣom (CAe 6443) The end of the text is missing.

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Fols 44r–51r

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On the Washing of the Feet (CAe 2149)

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Fols 51r–55v

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ድርሳን፡ ዘርቱዓ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ በእንተ፡ ዘከመ፡ ክኅደ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ (CAe 6441)

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Fols 56r–62r

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Dǝrsān za-Rǝtuʿā Hāymānot za-yǝtnabbab ba-ʿarb sǝqlat gize 3 saʿāt za-kama ḥatato Ṗilāṭos la-ʾƎgziʾǝna gize 3 saʿāt (CAe 6444)

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Fols 62r–72r,

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43r–43v,

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72r

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Lāḥa Māryām (CAe 1750)

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Fols 72r–84r

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Dǝrsān za-Rǝtuʿa Hāymānot za-darasa baʾǝnta motu la-ʾǝgziʾǝna ʾIyasus Krǝstos gize 9 saʿat ba-ʿǝḍa masqal (CAe 2118)

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Fols 84v–95v

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Homily by the Orthodox on the Great Spiritual Easter (CAe 5862)

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Fols 95v–96v,

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98r–102r

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On the Ascension of Our Lord (CAe 2109)

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Fols 102r–104v,

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97rv,

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105r–111v

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On the Paraclete (CAe 2137)

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Fols 112r–115r

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On the twelve apostles (CAe 6047)

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Fols 115r–119v

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Dǝrsān za-kama tawallaṭa rāʾǝyu la-ʾǝgziʾǝna ba-wǝsta Dabra Tābor (CAe 2145)

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Fols 120r–133r

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Homily on the Assumption of Mary (CAe 1640)

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Fols 133r–138r

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Dǝrsān za-4 ʾǝnsǝsā kǝburān (CAe 2124)

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Fols 138r–143v

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Homily on the Archangel Michael (for Ṭǝrr) (CAe 3959)

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Fols 143v–155r

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Dǝrsān za-darasa Rǝtuʿā Hāymānot baʾǝnta ḥǝḍata ʾaʾǝmrotu (CAe 2097)

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Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 .

  1. Fol. 2r

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    (Type: PoemQene)

    qǝne-poem

    ( gez ) በእንተ፡ ብርዕ፡ ወቀለም፡ ወብራና። ፩ገብር፡ ጽሩዕ፡ ዘፈተና። ሰአሉ፡ ሎቱ፡ ደቂቀ፡ ጻና፡ ኀበ፡ ቂርቆስ፡ ፍሡሕ፡ ለአንጌበናዊት፡ ሕፃና፡ ለቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ቀርና፡ ከመ፡ ያድኅና፡ ለነፍሱ፡ እሞተ፡ ሙስና። ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።

Extras

  1. (Type: StampExlibris)

    Label with shelfmarks on the inner side of the front board.

Decoration In this unit there are in total 2 .

Other Decorations

  1. drawing: Fol. 1v

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    A drawing of a bearded male figure holding what is possibly a schematic representation of the Tablets of the Law. The caption written on the tablets reads: ፲፡ ቃ[ላ]ት፡ and the figure is labelled as ሙሴ፡ ሊቅ፡.

  2. drawing: Fol. 85v

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    A drawing of two male figures holding a book. The caption reads: ለዛቲ፡ ሥዕል፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ዘለበጣ፡↗ ሰአሉ፡ ሎቱ፡ ኀበ፡ ቂርቆስ፡ [ወ]ኢየሉ[ጣ]፡. The right-hand figure is labelled አንክሮጦስ፡, on the book the title ቄርሎስ፡ is written.

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Parchment repairs on fols. 100, 147

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Extent

155 (leaf) .Entered as 155 385 300
Outer dimensions
Height 385mm
Width 300mm

Foliation

Foliation of Bibliothèque nationale de France↗ in the upper right corner of the recto sides.

State of preservation

deficient

Condition

Many folios are mutilated at the edges.

Binding

Modern European binding.

Original binding

No

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 28-30

Ruling
  • (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C.
  • The upper line is written below the ruling.
  • The bottom line is written above the ruling.
Pricking
  • Ruling is partly visible; pricking is visible.

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1350-1500

    1350-1500 In Conti Rossini 1914a the manuscript is dated to 15th-16th Century on the basis of the "modern" form of the letter ሎ.

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    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    availability
    This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
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    type=expanded
    18.4.2024 at 14:37:50
    date
    type=lastModified
    7.2.2022
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    type=collection
    manuscripts
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    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BNFabb80/main
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/BNFabb80
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    type=filename
    BNFabb80.xml
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    type=ID
    BNFabb80

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    Alessandro Bausi, Marcin Krawczuk, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻParis, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien d'Abbadie 80ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2022-02-07) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BNFabb80 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]

    Revisions of the data

    • Marcin Krawczuk Updated the locus on 7.2.2022
    • Alessandro Bausi Aligned, transcribed and corrected in Transkribus on 12.11.2021
    • Pietro Maria Liuzzo Transformed Transkribus export to beta masaheft TEI on 12.11.2021
    • Marcin Krawczuk Created entity on 26.4.2021

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    Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor

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