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Egypt, Dayr as-Suryān, DS Ethiop. 23

Dorothea Reule, Denis Nosnitsin

Newly catalogued in Beta maṣāḥǝft

Work in Progress
https://betamasaheft.eu/DSEthiop23
Dayr as-Suryān[view repository]

Collection: Ethiopic

Other identifiers: ٩٣٧, 937 ,

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General description

Canonical and liturgical texts in Tigrinyaنصوص كنسية وطقسية بالتغرينية

Number of Text units: 10

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

رُبَّما حوالي ١٩٩٤ Probably ca 1994 . The manuscript belonged to role: title Ṗeṭros Gabra Śǝllāse (also known as role: title Makāriyūs) ; it contains various texts and accomodates his personal documents. In the foreword (check the viewerfols 121r–122r ), Ṗeṭros Gabra Śǝllāse indicates that he finished the first part of Text IV (Missal in Tigrinya) on 21 Sana 1975 EC (= 29 June 1983 CE), in

Original Location: Washington, D.C.

. The last work contained in the manuscript, Text V (A Canon of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt) refers to the Statutes issued by the Coptic Church in 1985 , while Additional note 1 mentions the year 1994.

Provenance

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (), Hāhu Syllabarium
  2. ms_i2 (check the viewerFol. 1r ), Prayer of Penance
  3. ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 1r–9r ), Collection of prayers
  4. ms_i4 (), Tigrinya translation of Maṣḥafa qǝddāse (Missal)
    1. ms_i4.1 (check the viewerFols 12r and following ), Foreword
    2. ms_i4.2 (check the viewerFols 1r and following ), Tigrinya translation of Maṣḥafa qǝddāse (Missal), Śǝrʿāta qǝddāse
    3. ms_i4.3 (check the viewer–check the viewer122r ), Tigrinya translation of Maṣḥafa qǝddāse (Missal), Nāy ʾamānǝyān qǝddāse
      1. ms_i4.3.1 (), Foreword
      2. ms_i4.3.2 (check the viewerFols 66r–122r ), ‘Liturgy of the Faithful’ (ናይ፡ አማንያን፡ ቅዳሴ፡)
  5. ms_i5 (check the viewerFols 1–24r ), Canon of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt

Contents

Hāhu Syllabarium (CAe 5914)

Language of text:

check the viewerFol. 1r Prayer of Penance (CAe 5908)

Language of text: and Gǝʿǝz

Inscriptio ( Tigrinya ):ጸሎተ፡ ንስሐ። ናይ፡ ንስሐ፡ ጸሎት።

Incipit ( Tigrinya ):ዎ፡ ንዓለም፡ ኵሉ፡ ዝኀዝካ፡ ጐይታና፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አብ፡ ናይ፡ ነፍስናን፡ ናይ፡ መንፈስናን፡ ናይ፡ ሥጋናን፡ ቍስሊ፡ እትፍውሶ፡ ንስኻ፡ እኻ።

Explicit ( Tigrinya ): ብጐይታና፡ ብኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ምስኡ፡ አብኡ፡ ዘሎ፡ ክብርን፡ ስብሐትን፡ ጽንዓትን፡ ነአኻ፡ ይግባእ፡ ምስኡን፡ ምስ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስን፡ ሎምን፡ ንኵሉ፡ ጊዜን (ንወትሩ፡ መዓልትን፡) ንዘለዓለምን። ሕዝቢ፡ አሜን።

check the viewerFols 1r–9r Collection of prayers (CAe 5909)

Language of text:

Incipit ( Tigrinya ): check the viewerFol. 1r ብአቦ፡ ስም፡ ብወዲ፡ ስምን፡ ብመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ስምን፡ ሐደ፡ አምላክ፡ አሜን። በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አሐዱ፡ አምላክ፡ አሜን። እግዚኦ፡ ነመስግነከ፡ አሎና፡ እግዚኦ፡ ነክብረካ፡ አሎና፡ እግዚኦ፡ ብአኻ፡ ንእመን፡ አሎና።

Explicit ( Tigrinya ): check the viewerFol. 9r ከምቲ፡ ነቦታትና፡ ንአብርሃምን፡ ንዘርዑን፡ ዝነገሮም፡ ክሳዕ፡ ዘለዓለም፡ ምሕረቱ፡ እናዘከረ፡ ንእስራኤል፡ ባርያኡ፡ ተቀበሎ። (ብሥራተ፡ ሉቃ፡ 1፡ 46-55።) ካብ፡ እዙይ፡ ንደኀር፡ ዘሎ፡ ከአ፡ እቲ፡ ጸሎታት፡ እዩ። ሰለ፡ እዚ፡ ባህልን፡ እምነትን፡ ፍቅሪ፡ ዓድና፤ ሎሚ፡ ግዝእቲ፡ ጽባሕ፡ ሐራ፡ እትከውን፡ ኤርትራ፡ ከይትርስዑ፡ ኢለ፡ እነሄ፡ ጽሐፈልኩም፡ አሎኩ፡ ኤርትራዊ፡ አቦኩምን፡ ሐውኩምን፡ አባ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ገብረ፡ ሥላሴ።

Tigrinya translation of Maṣḥafa qǝddāse (Missal) (CAe 5910)
check the viewerFols 12r and following Foreword

Language of text: and Tigrinya

(In English (machine typed) and Tigrinya, concerning the Tigrinya translation of the Preparatory Service (Śǝrʿāta qǝddāse).)
check the viewer–check the viewer122r Tigrinya translation of Maṣḥafa qǝddāse (Missal), Nāy ʾamānǝyān qǝddāse (CAe 5910 Qeddase)

Language of text:

Foreword

Language of text: and Tigrinya

(In English and Tigrinya, on the two folia preceding check the viewerfol. 66 .)
check the viewerFols 66r–122r ‘Liturgy of the Faithful’ (ናይ፡ አማንያን፡ ቅዳሴ፡)

Language of text: and Tigrinya

(In Gǝʿǝz, with Tigrinya translation.)

Incipit ( Tigrinya ):ናይ፡ አማንያን፡ ቅዳሴ፡ አብዚ፡ ይጅመር፡ ዲያቆን፡ ፃኡ፡ ንኡሰ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ዘይተጠመቕኩም፡ ዉጹ። ካህን፡ አብዚ፡ ብድጋም፡ ዝብሎ፡ አሎ፡ ዲያቆን፡ ተንሥኡ፡ ለጸሎት። ንጸሎት፡ ተንሥኡ፡

Explicit ( Tigrinya ): check the viewerFol. 121r ናይ፡ ጐይታና፡ የሱስ፡ ክርስቶስን፡ ፍቕሪ፡ እግዚአብሔርን፡ ኅብረት፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስን፡ ምስ፡ ኵላትኩም፡ ይኩን፡ (፪ቆርንቶስ፡ ፲፫፡ ፲፬) ሕዝቢ፡ አሜን፡

check the viewerFols 1–24r Canon of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt (CAe 5911)

Language of text: and Gǝʿǝz

(The text is a collection of the Statutes of the Coptic Church approved on 2 June 1985 (a monthly feast of Gabra Manfas Qǝddus , corresponding to 25 Gǝnbot). The statutes were issued in Arabic and English. The translator, role: title Maqāryos , used for his translation the Arabic version (he added English words to the Tigrinya text, to clarify some terms). The text contains 89 chapters (ዓንቀጽ), or statutes. The last one concerns the procedure of making changes in the Canon (the stages marked ሀ, ለ, ሓ, መ). )

Incipit ( Tigrinya ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አሐዱ፡ አምላክ፡ አሜን። ዓንዲ፡ ሕጊ፡ ናይ፡ ግብጺ፡ ኦርቶዶክስ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ሲኖዶስ። ንናይ፡ ግብጺ፡ እስክንድርያ፡ ኦርቶዶክስ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያንን፡ ናይ፡ ሓውርያ፡ ማርቆስ፡ ሃገረ፡ ስብከትን፡ ኵሉ፡ መማኀዳደሪ።... ቀዳማይ፡ ክፍሊ፡ መእታዊ፡ (መቅድማት) ዓንቀጽ፡ (፩) ናይ፡ እስክንድርያ፡ ኦርቶዶክስ፡ ናይ፡ ግብጺ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ሓዋርያዊት፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ እያ፡ ርክባ፡ ከኣ፡ ምስተን፡ ናይ፡ ምብራቅ፡ (oriental orthodox) ኦርቶዶክስ፡ ብእምነትን፡

ምሥጢራተ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያንን፡ ልማድን፡ (ecclesiastical tradition) ምሳኣ፡ ርክብ (ኅብረት፡ ዘለወን፡ እይ

Explicit ( Tigrinya ): check the viewerFol. 24r መእቲ፡ ዝልወጥ፡ ዓንቀጽ፡ ወይክፍሊ፡ ቅ/ፓፓ፡ ብዘይብሉ፡ ጊዜ፡ ክኸውን፡ ኣይከኣልን፡ እዩ። ተርጉዋሚኡን፡ ጻሓፊኡን፡ መቃርዮስ፡ አቡን፡ ዲበኵሉ፡ ፲፱የኲሩ 1994

Additions In this unit there are in total .

  1. check the viewerFol. 24v

    Arabic description of the contents of the manuscript, stating that Text V (Canon of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt) was translated into Tigrinya in 1994, by role: title Makāriyūs .

    ( ar ) لائحة الكنيسة القبطية مترجمة من اللغة العربية إلى لغة الإريترية على يد الأنبا مكاريوس ١٩٩٤

Extras

  1. Arabic shelfmark on a sticker on the front board.

    ( ar ) ٩٣٧

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Form of support

Paper Codex

(Industrial paper.)

Extent

170 (leaf) .Entered as 170 حوالي ١٧٠ ورقة (leaf) .Entered as حوالي ١٧٠ ورقة 285 220 20 ٢٨٥ ٢٢٠ ٢٠
Outer dimensions
Height 285mm
Width 220mm
Depth 20mm
Outer dimensions
Height ٢٨٥mm
Width ٢٢٠mm
Depth 20mm

Foliation

The manuscript has no thourough foliation, only partial foliations of the single texts. The first five leaves, containing Text I (Hāhu Syllabarium), are unnumbered. The next leaves, containing part of Text II (Prayer of Penance) are foliated check the viewerfols 1–5 . The next leaves, containing the continuation of Text II (Prayer of Penance), are foliated check the viewerfols 1–9 . Three unnumbered leaves, containing Text IV-1 (Foreword to the Tigrinya translation of ), follow. The leaves are then foliated check the viewerfols 1–122 , containing Text IV-2 (Tigrinya translation of ) and Text IV-3-2 (‘Liturgy of the Faithful’), followed by check the viewerfols 1–24 with Text V (Canon of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt).

Binding

Modern reddish hardcover binding.

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 1

Number of lines: 18-26

(The number of written lines varies.)
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  • Pricking and ruling are not visible.

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Twentieth-century script.

    Ink: Black.

    Date: 1950-1999

    1950-1999 Careful, regular; by a trained scribe (name: Ṗeṭros Gabra Śǝllāse scribe ). Script of two sizes has been employed, to distinguish the Gǝʿǝz text from its Tigrinya translation.

      • 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.
      date
      type=expanded
      2022-01-05T13:36:28.446+01:00
      date
      type=lastModified
      15.12.2020
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      type=collection
      manuscripts
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      type=url
      https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/DSEthiop23
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      https://betamasaheft.eu/DSEthiop23
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      DSEthiop23.xml
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      type=ID
      DSEthiop23

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    Dorothea Reule, Denis Nosnitsin, ʻEgypt, Dayr as-Suryān, DS Ethiop. 23ʼ, in Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-12-15) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/DSEthiop23 [Accessed: 2025-01-01]

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    • Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Continued description and revision on 15.12.2020
    • Denis Nosnitsin Denis Nosnitsin: Continued description and revision on 15.12.2020
    • Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Continued description on 6.5.2020
    • Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Created catalogue entry on 5.4.2018
    • Denis Nosnitsin Denis Nosnitsin: Recorded manuscript on 1.3.2018
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