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Saint Petersburg, Rossijskaja Nacionalnaja Biblioteka, RNB Ef. n.s. 15

Denis Nosnitsin

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

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Collection:

Other identifiers: RNB Efiopsk. 15, Turaev cat. I.23

Persons IndexGeneralDescriptionPhysical DescriptionCatalogueAuthors

General description

Psalter

Number of Text units: 8

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

1800-1861 No dating is proposed by Boris Turaev

Provenance

The manuscript was aquired by Pavel Savvaitov owner probably after1842but before 1861.

Acquisition

The Imperial Public Library received the manuscript in 1896.

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 1r–151r ), Psalter
  2. ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFol. 1r ), Naʿa ḫabeya Dāwit nǝguśa ʾƎsrāʾel
  3. ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 1r–118r ), Mazmura Dāwit
  4. ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 118v–130 ), Book of Odes
  5. ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 131r–137r ), Song of Songs
  6. ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 137va and following ), Wǝddāse Māryām
  7. ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 147v and following ), ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān
  8. ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 151va–153rb ), ይዌድስዋ᎓ መላእክት᎓ ለማርያም᎓ በውስተ᎓ ውሳጤ᎓ መንጦላዕት᎓

Contents

check the viewerFols 1r–151r Psalter (CAe 2701)

Language of text:

check the viewerFol. 1r Naʿa ḫabeya Dāwit nǝguśa ʾƎsrāʾel (CAe 4009)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ነዓ᎓ ኀቤየ᎓ ዳዊት᎓ ንጉሠ፡ እስራኤል፡ በዓለ᎓ መዝሙር᎓ ሠናይ᎓ ወጥዑመ᎓ ቃል᎓ ታለብወኒ᎓ ነገረ᎓ ወፍካሬ᎓ ኵሉ᎓ አምሳል᎓ ከመ᎓ እወድሳ᎓ ለማርያም᎓ ድንግል። እንዘ᎓ አነ᎓ እጸርሕ᎓ ወእብል።

check the viewerFols 137va and following Wǝddāse Māryām (CAe 2509) Starting from Monday.

With musical notation.

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

  1. check the viewerFol. 153v (Type: ProtectivePrayer)

    ( am ) ኦእግዚየ᎓ ኢየሱስ᎓ ክርስቶስ᎓ አዳምን᎓ ከሲኦል᎓ ኖኅን᎓ ከማየ᎓ አይኅ᎓ እስራኤልን᎓ ከፈርዖን᎓ ዳዊትን᎓ ከሳኦል᎓(…)ommission by ከማሁ᎓ አድኅነኒ᎓ ለገብርከ᎓ ገብረ᎓ አቢብ።

    ( en ) Oh my Lord Jesus Christ , as You delivered Adam from Sheol, andNoah from the water of the flood, in the same way save me, your servantGabra ʾAbib

    The note lists all cases of salvation from the bibical and church history; the name of the owner is written over erasure.

  2. check the viewerFol. 154r (Type: RecordTransaction)

    ( gez ) በአኰቴተ᎓ አብ᎓ ወወልድ᎓ ወመንፈስ᎓ ተሣየጥኩ᎓ አነ᎓ ድምፀ᎓ ሚካኤል᎓ ቤተ᎓ ቤተ᎓ እምአቤቶ᎓ ሰይፈ᎓ ወልደ᎓ አቤቶ᎓ አካሉ᎓ በ፲፩ተቅራና᎓ መድኅንሂ᎓ አቤቶ᎓ ክንፉ᎓ ወልደ᎓ አቤቶ᎓ ድንፉ᎓ ምስክርሂ᎓ ዘነበሩ᎓ አቤቶ᎓ ወልደ᎓ ተክሌ᎓ ወልደ᎓ አቤቶ᎓ ተስፉ᎓ ሻለቃ᎓ ወልደ᎓ ገብርኤል᎓ ወልደ᎓ አቤቶ᎓ ተስፋ᎓ አቤቶ᎓ ገብረ᎓ ማርያም᎓ ወልደ᎓ አቤቶ᎓ 〚 〛

    ( en ) In praise of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. I, Dǝmḍa Mikāʾel, bought a house from ʾabeto Sayfa Wald, a son of ʾAkālu, for 11 taqrānā, and the quarantor is ʾabeto Kǝnfu a son of ʾabeto Danfā. The witnesses were ʾabeto Walda Takle, a son of ʾabeto Tasfu, šālaqā Walda Gabrǝʾel, a son of ʾabeto Tasfā, ʾabeto Gabra Māryām, a son of ʾabeto 〚 〛

    The note is partly erased. The list of names continues till the end of the column.

  3. check the viewerFol. 154r (Type: RecordTransaction)

    ( gez ) በአኰቴተ᎓ (…)ommission by ተሣየጥኩ᎓ ምድረ᎓ እ〚 〛corrected by Boris Turaev

    The note is written in same same hand as the note before.

  4. check the viewerFol. 154v (Type: Unclear)

    Several short prayers, carelessly written.

Catalogue Bibliography

  • Turaev, B. 1906. Ėfiopskija rukopisi v S.-Peterburgě, Pamjatniki ėfiopskoj pis’mennosti, 3 (St Petersburg: Tipografija imperatorskoj Akademii Nauk, 1906). page 28
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Secondary Bibliography

  • Platonov, V. 2017. Rukopisnaja kniga v traditsionnoj kulture Efiopii, ed. E. Gusarova (Sankt-Peterburg: Rossijskaja natsional’naja biblioteka, 2017). page 186
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

154 (leaf) .Entered as 154 185 140
Outer dimensions
Height 185mm
Width 140mm
Depth mm

State of preservation

good

Condition

Binding

Ethiopian, probably made of two wooden boards covered with blind-tooled leather.

Binding material

wood

leather

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 1r–137r )

Number of columns: 1

Number of lines: 22

Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 137v–154r )

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 22

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1800-1861

    1800-1861 The handwriting is described by Boris Turaev as "poor, recent"

    • 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
    21.2.2024 at 12:20:50
    date
    type=lastModified
    29.6.2018
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/RNBefns15/main
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/RNBefns15
    idno
    type=filename
    RNBefns15.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    RNBefns15

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    Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Dorothea Reule, ʻSaint Petersburg, Rossijskaja Nacionalnaja Biblioteka, RNB Ef. n.s. 15ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2018-06-29) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/RNBefns15 [Accessed: 2024-06-01]

    Revisions of the data

    • Dorothea Reule Replaced TransactionNote by RecordTransaction on 29.6.2018
    • Denis Nosnitsin Created catalogue entry on 28.8.2017

    Attributions of the contents

    Alessandro Bausi, general editor

    Denis Nosnitsin, editor

    Dorothea Reule, contributor

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