Saint Petersburg, Rossijskaja Nacionalnaja Biblioteka, RNB Ef. n.s. 17
Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography
Collection:
Other identifiers: RNB Efiopsk. 17, Turaev cat. I.25
General description
Number of Text units: 19
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1800-1894 According to Turaev , the early date mentioned in Addition 1 cannot be supported; the manuscript can be dated to the 19th century on palaeographic grounds.
Provenance
Arhimandrit Antonin owner bought the manuscript in Jerusalem↗ in 1865-94.
Acquisition
The manuscript was aquired by the Imperial Public Library in1899.
Summary
- ms_i1
(check the viewerFols 1r–84v ),
Four Gospels
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 1r–4v ), መቅደመ᎓ ወንጌል᎓
- ms_i1.1.1 (check the viewerFols 1r–2v ), The seven chapters
- ms_i1.1.2 (check the viewerFols 1r–2v ), Letter of Eusebius to Carpianus
- ms_i1.1.3 (check the viewerFol. 4r ), Canon tables
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 5r–28r ), Gospel of Matthew
- ms_i1.2.1 (check the viewerFols 5r–28r ), Gospel of Matthew
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 28r–42v ), Gospel of Mark
- ms_i1.3.1 (check the viewerFols 28r–28v ), Biography of Mark
- ms_i1.3.2 (check the viewerFol. 28v ), Tituli of the Gospel of Mark
- ms_i1.3.3 (check the viewerFols 29r–42v ), Gospel according to Mark
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 42v–64v ), Gospel of Luke
- ms_i1.4.1 (check the viewerFols 42v–43r ), Biography of Luke
- ms_i1.4.2 (check the viewerFols 43r–43v ), Tituli of the Gospel of Luke
- ms_i1.4.3 (check the viewerFols 44r–64v ), Gospel of Luke
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 64v–83r ), Gospel of John
- ms_i1.5.1 (check the viewerFols 64v–65v ), Biography of John
- ms_i1.5.2 (check the viewerFol. 65v ), Tituli of the Gospel of John
- ms_i1.5.3 (check the viewerFols 66r–83r ), Gospel of John
Contents
check the viewerFols 1r–84v Four Gospels (CAe 1560) The leaves with the Canons tables are cut off, except fol. 4.
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 83r (Type: Subscription)
( gez ) እምልደተ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ በ፲፻ወ፭፻ወ፩ዓመት᎓ ተጽሕፈ᎓ ወአሜሃ᎓ ንጉሠ᎓ ኢትዮጵያ᎓ ናዖድ᎓ ወልደ᎓ እስክንድር᎓ ኦርቶዶክሣዊ᎓ ውእቱ
Text in English
It is written in the year 1501, when the king of Ethiopia was Nāʿod , the son of ʾƎskǝndǝr the Orthodox. The date mentioned correspond to 1508 or 1509 CE., but this is certainly not the date of the manuscript production.
Catalogue Bibliography
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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 30-31
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 186
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 345mm |
Width | 267mm |
Depth | mm |
Foliation
Foliation provided by the library.
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
Wooden boards covered with blind-tooled leather.
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 31-41
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Poor, very careless
Ink: Black, red
Date: 19th century
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