Frankfurt, Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg, Frankfurt Ms. or. 41
Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection:
Other identifiers: Goldschmidt 20, Rüpp. I, d e f
Dated
General description
Composite manuscript of historiographic works
Number of Text units: 7
Number of Codicological units: 6
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Origin
Original Location: Ethiopia↗
Before 1834Provenance
This composite manuscript was compiled by Eduard Rüppell between 1831 and 1834 in Ethiopia↗ from the family archive of ʾAṣqu .
Secondary Bibliography
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Kropp, M. 1989. Die äthiopischen Königschroniken in der Sammlung des Däǧǧazmač Ḫaylu: Entstehung und handschriftliche Überlieferung des Werks, Heidelberger orientalische Studien, 13 (Frankfurt a. M.: Lang, 1989). page 245
Catalogue Bibliography
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Goldschmidt, L. 1897. Die Abessinischen Handschriften der Stadtbibliothek zu Frankfurt am Main (Rüppell’sche Sammlung) nebst Anhängen und Auszügen (Berlin: S. Calvary & Co., 1897). page 68–71
Secondary Bibliography
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Kropp, M. 1989. Die äthiopischen Königschroniken in der Sammlung des Däǧǧazmač Ḫaylu: Entstehung und handschriftliche Überlieferung des Werks, Heidelberger orientalische Studien, 13 (Frankfurt a. M.: Lang, 1989). page 303
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Bachmann, J. 1893. Aethiopische Lesestücke. Inedita Aethiopica für den Gebrauch in Universitäts-Vorlesungen (Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung, 1893). page 49-50
Physical Description
Form of support
Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 25cm |
Width | 22cm |
Binding
European half leather binding.
Binding material
leather
Original binding
Yes
Codicological Unit p1
Contents
History of Ethiopia (CAe 4831)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ፩አምላክ፡ ዘለዓለም፡ እንዘ፡ ነአምን፤ በ፸፻ወ፪፻በ፳ወ፰ዓመት፡ እንዘ፡ ወንጌላዊ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወአበቅቴ፡ ፀሐይ፡ ፬ወአበቅቴ፡ ወርኅ፡ ፲ወ፯፡ ወበ፯ዓመት፡ መንግሥቱ፡ ለንጉሠ፡ ነገሥት፡ ኢያሱ፡ ዘስመ፡ መንግሥቱ፡ ብርሃን፡ ሰገድ፡ በወርኃ፡ መስከረም፡ አመ፡ ዓሡሩ፡ ወረቡዑ፡ ሠርቀ፡ ሌሊት፡ አመ፡ ፳ወሰዱሱ፡ ሠርቀ፡ መዓልት። ንጽሕፍ፡ በዕለተ፡ ረቡዕ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ልደቶሙ፡ ወዘመኖሙ፡ ለአበው፡ ወነገሥት፡ አሜን። እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘሀሎ፡ እምቅድመ፡ ዓለም፡ ወይሄሉ፡ እስከ፡ ለዓለም፡ አመ፡ ፳ወተሥዐ፡ ለመጋቢት፡ በዕለተ፡ እሁድ፡ በቀዳሚ፡ ሰዓት፡ ገብረ፡ ሰማየ፡ ወምድረ፡ ነፋሰ፡ ወእሳተ፡ ወማየ፡ ጽልመተ፡ ወመላእክተ። ወበሰዓተ፡ ጽባሕ፡ ይቤ፡ ለይኩን፡ ብርሃን፡
The work breaks off in the middle, as the last leaf is missing.Secondary Bibliography of codicological unit 1 , item 1
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Rüppell, E. 1840. Reise in Abyssinien, II (Frankfurt am Main: Gedruckt auf Kosten des Verfassers, und in Commission bei Siegmund Schmerber, 1840). page 337, note 3
Additions of codicological unit 1 In this unit there are in total .
Extras of codicological unit 1
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Note added by Eduard Rüppell at the top of the page.
( de ) Chronik geschrieben im Jahre 7228, im 6ten Regierungs Jahre von Jasu Burhan Saged (welcher auch heisst Adiama Sagid), enthaltend die Geschichte & Chronologie der Jüdischen, & Persischen Fürsten, so wie der Ptolemäer (p. 1-66), endlich die Geschichte Abyssiniens von Menilek bis zum Regierungs Anfang von Jasu Burhan Saged .
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Note added by Eduard Rüppell at the bottom of the page.
( de ) Von pag. 1-108. Vollständig bis auf die letzte Seite welche fehlt. Eduard Rüppell.
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check the viewerpps 65ab and following
Starting from check the viewerpp. 65ab , proper names are transcribed in Latin letters by Eduard Rüppell .
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check the viewerpps 65ab and following
Remarks by Eduard Rüppell .
Physical Description of codicological unit 1
Form of support of codicological unit 1
Parchment Codex
Extent of codicological unit 1
Outer dimensions of codicological unit 1 | |
Height | 24cm |
Width | 21cm |
Layout of codicological unit 1
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 19
Codicological Unit p2
Contents
Short Chronicles (CAe 2352)
Language of text:
Fragment of a Short Chronicle, beginning with the end of a chapter on check the viewerpp. 1a , a King list B and a chronology from Yǝkunno ʾAmlāk to ʿAmda Ṣǝyon I . This fragment ends with the reign of Lǝbna Dǝngǝl , Basset 1882.Physical Description of codicological unit 2
Form of support of codicological unit 2
Parchment Codex
Extent of codicological unit 2
Outer dimensions of codicological unit 2 | |
Height | 24cm |
Width | 18cm |
Layout of codicological unit 2
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 25
Codicological Unit p3
Origin of codicological unit 3
Original Location: Ethiopia↗
1832Provenance
Commissioned by Eduard Rüppell . This composite manuscript was part of the familiy archive of ʾAṣqu .
Contents
Short Chronicles (Qʷaraṭā Recension) (CAe 4833)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ሥሉስ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ፩አምላክ፡ መሐሪ፡ ወመስተሣህል፡ ንዌጥን፡ ጽሒፈ፡ ዘይነግር፡ ኍልቈ፡ ዓመታተ፡ ዓለም፡ እምአመ፡ ተፈጥረ፡ እስከ፡ ዝየ። ወታሪከ፡ ነገሥት፡ ዘነግሡ፡ በበዕብሬቶሙ፡ ወበበመኖሙ፡ እስከ፡ ይእዜ፤ በኢየሩሳሌም፤ ወበሰማርያ፡ በሮም፡ ወበኢትዮጵያ፡ በበክፍሉ፡ ወበበፃታሁ፡ ዘአስተገብአ፡ አብ፡ ክቡር፡ ወትሩፍ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ወልደ፡ አሚድ፡ ዘብሔረ፡ ግብጽ፡↗ ጸሎቱ፡ ወበረከቱ፡ የሃሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁሩ፡ ሩፋኤል፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም።
Filiation: Kropp 1989
Physical Description of codicological unit 3
Form of support of codicological unit 3
Paper Leaf
Extent of codicological unit 3
Outer dimensions of codicological unit 3 | |
Height | 21cm |
Width | 15cm |
Layout of codicological unit 3
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 26
Codicological Unit p4
Contents
Śǝrʿāta mangǝśt (general record) (CAe 2341)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):
Fragment of an older witness of the Śǝrʿāta mangǝśt (general record).Secondary Bibliography of codicological unit 4 , item 1
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Kropp, M. 1989. Die äthiopischen Königschroniken in der Sammlung des Däǧǧazmač Ḫaylu: Entstehung und handschriftliche Überlieferung des Werks, Heidelberger orientalische Studien, 13 (Frankfurt a. M.: Lang, 1989). page 303
Physical Description of codicological unit 4
Form of support of codicological unit 4
Parchment Leaf
Extent of codicological unit 4
Outer dimensions of codicological unit 4 | |
Height | 24cm |
Width | 18cm |
Layout of codicological unit 4
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 16
Codicological Unit p5
Contents
Śǝrʿāta mangǝśt (general record) (CAe 2341)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):
Fragment of a Śǝrʿāta mangǝśt (general record), whose remaining part is contained in , f. 26.Secondary Bibliography of codicological unit 5 , item 1
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Kropp, M. 1989. Die äthiopischen Königschroniken in der Sammlung des Däǧǧazmač Ḫaylu: Entstehung und handschriftliche Überlieferung des Werks, Heidelberger orientalische Studien, 13 (Frankfurt a. M.: Lang, 1989). page 277; 303
Physical Description of codicological unit 5
Form of support of codicological unit 5
Parchment Leaf
Extent of codicological unit 5
Outer dimensions of codicological unit 5 | |
Height | 23cm |
Width | 20cm |
Layout of codicological unit 5
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 24
Codicological Unit p6
Summary of codicological unit 6
- p6_i1 (check the viewerpps 13–14, check the viewer1–10 ), Zenā zǝkra sǝmu
- p6_i2 (check the viewerpps 11 and following ), Zenā motā la-ʾǝmmǝna ʾƎskǝndǝryāwit
Contents
check the viewerpps 13–14, check the viewer1–10 Zenā zǝkra sǝmu (CAe 2627)
Language of text:
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):በረከተ፡ አምላኩ፡ ወሞገሰ፡ ኀብቱ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ወልዱ፡ ወፍቁሩ፡ ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፡ ወአሜን፡ ለይኩን።
Text Bibliography of codicological unit 6 , item 1
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Bachmann, J. 1893. Aethiopische Lesestücke. Inedita Aethiopica für den Gebrauch in Universitäts-Vorlesungen (Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung, 1893). page 33-44
check the viewerpps 11 and following Zenā motā la-ʾǝmmǝna ʾƎskǝndǝryāwit (CAe 4836)
Language of text:
Text Bibliography of codicological unit 6 , item 2
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Kropp, M. 1986. ‘An hypothesis concerning an author or compiler of the “Short Chronicles” of the Ethiopian kings’, in Ethiopian Studies. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies (Rotterdam–Boston: A. A. Balkema, 1986), 359–372. page 361-362
Physical Description of codicological unit 6
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Parchment Codex
Extent of codicological unit 6
Outer dimensions of codicological unit 6 | |
Height | 23cm |
Width | 20cm |
Layout of codicological unit 6
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 24-25
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Dorothea Reule, Alessandro Bausi, Solomon Gebreyes, ʻFrankfurt, Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg, Frankfurt Ms. or. 41ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2018-05-29) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/FSUor41 [Accessed: 2024-05-21]
Revisions of the data
- Solomon Gebreyes encoding persons and places on 29.5.2018
- Dorothea Reule Additions on 17.11.2017
- Dorothea Reule Created catalogue entry on 15.10.2017
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Dorothea Reule, editor
Solomon Gebreyes, contributor