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Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien d'Abbadie 90

Denis Nosnitsin

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

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https://betamasaheft.eu/BNFabb90
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Collection: Manuscrits orientaux, Fonds éthiopien, d'Abbadie

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General description

Testament of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Testamentum Domini in Galilea

Number of Text units: 2

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Late 15th/first half of the 16th century. (dating on palaeographic grounds) C. Conti Rossini and M. Chaîne dated the manuscript to the 16th century.

Provenance

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

Acquisition

The manuscript entered the Bibliothèque nationale↗ in 1902.

Contents

check the viewerFols 1ra–80rb Testamentum Domini (CAe 2461)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ኪዳን፡ ዘእግዚእነ፡ ወመድኃኒነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ወኮነ፡ እንከ፡ እምድኅረ፡ ተንሥኣ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ እምነ፡ ምዉታን፡ አስተርአየነ፡ ወተገሠ፡ እምቶማስ፡ ወማቴዎስ፡ ወዮሐንስ፡ ወተፈዊሰነ፡ ከመ፡ |[]supplied by Denis Nosnitsin ተንሥኣ፡ ሊቅ፡ ወደቅነ፡ በገጽነ፨

Divided into 59 sections. The part Tǝmhǝrta ḫǝbuʾāt is located on check the viewerfols 33ra–38ra .
check the viewerFols 81ra–114rb Testamentum Domini in Galilea (CAe 2462)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ነገር፡ ዘተናገሮሙ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ለአርደአኢሁ፡ በገሊላ፡ እምድኅረ፡ ተንሥኣ፡ እምዉታን፡ እንዘ፡ ይብል፡ ስምዑኒ፡ ውሉደ፡ ብርሃን፡ ወአጽምኡ፡ ቃለ፡ አቡክሙ፡

Additions In this unit there are in total 2 , 2 , 1 .

    Extras

    1. (Type: StampExlibris)

      Shelfmark of the Library glued onto the inner side of the front board.

    2. check the viewerFol. 1ra (Type: StampExlibris)

      Stamp of the Library; the title of the book in Gǝʿǝz and the shelfmark, in an European hand.

    3. check the viewerFols 1r–114v (Type: Correction)

      Many corrections in various hands, interlineal and in the margins, through cancelling with thin line above and below the letters or through encircling.

    4. check the viewerFols. 1vb, 2ra, 14va, 15ra, 19va, 19vb, 23ra,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 26va, 39va, 40ra, 41va, 51ra, 54ra,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, , 58ra, 61rb, 74ra, 92rb (Type: Correction)

      Corrections by means of tamallas-sign of various shapes.

    5. check the viewerFols. 80v, 114r, 114v (Type: Unclear)

      Scribbles.

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

    Other Decorations

    1. headpieceBand: check the viewerFol. 115r

      An exercise in drawing an ornamental band.

    2. drawing: check the viewerFol. 115v

      Crude drawing of an angel, poorly visible.

    Catalogue Bibliography

    • Conti Rossini, C. 1914. Notice sur les manuscrits éthiopiens de la Collection d’Abbadie, Extrait du Journal Asiatique (Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1914). page 66, number 40
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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 58, number 90
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    • Abbadie, A. d’ 1859. Catalogue raisonné de manuscrits éthiopiens appartenant à Antoine d’Abbadie (Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1859). page 100-101, number 90
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    This manuscript has modern restorations.

    Physical Description

    Form of support

    Parchment Codex

    Extent

    +NaN (leaf) .Entered as 114+1 210 180
    Outer dimensions
    Height 210mm
    Width 180mm

    Foliation

    Foliation in the upper right corner of the folia. The first unfoliated (paper?) leaf is a part of the binding. The last parchment folium, unfoliated, is assigned the number check the viewer115 .

    Quire Structure Collation

    Establishing of the quire structure is not possible due to the condition of the manuscipt.

    State of preservation

    good

    Condition

    It appears that the original quires have been dissolved, all leaves are now separate.

    Binding

    Two boards.

    Binding material

    cardboard

    paper

    Original binding

    No

    Layout

    Layout note 1

    Number of columns: 2

    Number of lines: 17-19

    The pages check the viewer have less written lines because the upper part is left blank, probably reserved for decoration that was never executed. The last leaf check the viewerfol. 115 is pricked but ruled only in part.
    Ruling
    Pricking
    • Pricking is visible.
    • Ruling is not visible.

    Palaeography

  1. Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Late 15th-/first half of the 16th-century script.

    Ink: Black; red.

    check the viewerFols 1rb–31va, check the viewer57ra–71vb, check the viewer81ra–88ra Careful, somewhat irregular; by a mediocre scribe; described by A. d'Abbadie as ʻécriture guịlḥ ancienneʼ. Right-sloping handwriting, mostly rounded letter shapes.

  2. Hand 2

    Script: Ethiopic

    Late 15th-/first half of the 16th-century script.

    Ink: Black; red.

    check the viewerFols 31vb–56vb, check the viewer71vb–80rb, check the viewer88ra–114rb Careful, somewhat regular; by a mediocre scribe, similar to Hand 1 but somewhat inferior to it. Slightly right-sloping to upright and left-sloping handwriting. More angular letter shapes in comparison to Hand 1.

    3. Publication Statement

    authority
    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
    1.9.2023 at 09:44:13
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    type=lastModified
    13.7.2022
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BNFabb90/main
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/BNFabb90
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    BNFabb90.xml
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    BNFabb90

    Edition Statement

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    Encoded according to the Beta maṣāḥǝft Guidelines. These Guidelines detail the TEI format ruled by the Beta maṣāḥǝft Schema. The present TEI file is enriched with an Xquery transformation taking advantage of the exist-db database instance where the data is stored and of the many external resources to which this data points to.

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    Alessandro Bausi, Denis Nosnitsin, ʻParis, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien d'Abbadie 90ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2022-07-13) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BNFabb90 [Accessed: 2024-05-15]

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    • Denis Nosnitsin Created entity, description on the basis of images on 13.7.2022

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    Alessandro Bausi, general editor

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