Saint Petersburg, Institut Vostočnyh Rukopisej Rossijskoj Akademii Nauk, IV Ef. 38
Daria Elagina
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection:
Other identifiers: Platonov cat. II.10, Turaev cat. III.12, Wright
Dated
General description
Psalter
Number of Text units: 5
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location: Madḫāne ʿĀlam↗
Before 1868 (internal-date)Provenance
Looted by the British Napier expedition in 1868 from the church of Madḫāne ʿAlam↗ .
Acquisition
The manuscript was handed over to Imperatorskaja Akademija Nauk on the 6th of July 1871 by William Wright .
Summary
- ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 2r–111v ), መዝሙረ፡ ዳዊት፡
- ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 112r–123r ), መሐልየ፡ ነቢያት፡ ወጸሎቱ፡ ለሙሴ፡
- ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 123r–130v ), መኀልየ፡ መኀልይ፡ ዝውእቱ፡ ዘሰሎሞን፡
- ms_i4 (check the viewerFols 131r–139v ), ውዳሴሃ፡ ለእግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡
- ms_i5 (check the viewerFols 139v–143v ), ውዳሴ፡ ወግናይ፡ እሙ፡ ለአዶናይ፡
Contents
check the viewerFols 2r–111v መዝሙረ፡ ዳዊት፡ (CAe 2000)
Language of text:
All Psalms have titles and are grouped in decades. After each tenth Psalm there is a navigation help (a colored thread at the corner).check the viewerFols 131r–139v ውዳሴሃ፡ ለእግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡ (CAe 2509)
Language of text:
According to week days starting from Monday.Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 143v (Type: Condemnation)
( gez ) ዝዳዊት፡ ዘወልደ፡ መድኅን፡ owner ዘሰረቆ፡ ወዘፈሐቆ፡ በሥልጣነ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ወጳ
Not completed.
Extras
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Pen trial
( gez ) ብርዕ፡ ዘፈተነ፡ ወዘወጠነ፡ ብርዕ፡ ሥዐህር። በአበተ፡ ሬቡ፡
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The name of the previous owner Kǝfla Samāʿǝt owner has been erased, despite invocations on check the viewerfols. 130r, 143v
Decoration In this unit there are in total 3 s, 18 s.
Other Decorations
- drawing: check the viewerFol. 1r
- drawing:
check the viewerFol. 55v
Small drawing of a Maltese cross .
- drawing:
check the viewerFol. 56r
Small drawing of a Maltese cross .
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 8r
Ornamentation of black and red dots.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 14v
Ornamentation of black and red dots.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 21v
Ornamentation of black and red dots.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 30v
Ornamentation of black and red dots.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 37v
Ornamentation of black and red dots.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 43r
Ornamentation of black and red dots.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 61r
Ornamentation of black and red dots.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 68v
Ornamentation of black and red dots.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 73v
Ornamentation of black and red dots.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 85v
Ornamentation of black and red dots.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 97v
Ornamentation of black and red dots.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 100r
Ornamentation of black and red dots.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 105v
Ornamentation of black and red dots.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 111v
Ornamentation of black and red dots.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 123r
Ornamentation of black and red dots.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 130v
Ornamentation of black and red dots.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 139v
Ornamentation of black and red dots.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 143v
Ornamentation of black and red dots.
Catalogue Bibliography
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Platonov, V. 1996. Efiopskie rukopisi v sobranijakh Sankt-Peterburga: Katalog (St Petersburg: The Russian National Library Press, 1996). page 18-19
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Turaev, B. 1906. Ėfiopskija rukopisi v S.-Peterburgě, Pamjatniki ėfiopskoj pis’mennosti, 3 (St Petersburg: Tipografija imperatorskoj Akademii Nauk, 1906). page 55
Secondary Bibliography
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Platonov, V. 2017. Rukopisnaja kniga v traditsionnoj kulture Efiopii, ed. E. Gusarova (Sankt-Peterburg: Rossijskaja natsional’naja biblioteka, 2017). page 192
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 160mm |
Width | 105mm |
Binding
Binding material
wood
leather
textile
Wooden boards covered with tooled leather. Inner parts of the boards are covered with colored textile.
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 25
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Ink: Black, red.
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Revisions of the data
- Daria Elagina Created entity, added physical description and content. on 22.3.2019
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Daria Elagina, editor