Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien 51
Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Manuscrits orientaux, Fonds éthiopien
Other identifiers: Éth. 115
General description
Hymn to St Stephen, Maṣḥafa kufāle
Number of Text units: 1
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1400-1499 (dating on palaeographic grounds)
Summary
- ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 2r–110v (?) ), Maṣḥafa kufāle
Contents
check the viewerFols 2r–110v (?) Maṣḥafa kufāle (CAe 1697)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ዝንቱ፡ ነገረ፡ ኩፋሌ፡ መዋዕል፡ ለሕግ፡ ወለስምዕ፡ ለግብረ፡ ዓመታት፡ በተሰብዖቶሙ፡ ለኢየቤላስቲሆሙ፡ ውስተ፡ ኵሉ፡ ዓመታተ፡ ዓለም፡ በከመ፡ ተናገሮ፡ እግዚእ፡ ለሙሴ፡ በደብረ፡ ሲና፡ አመ፡ ዐርገ፡ ይንሣእ፡ ፪፡ ጽላተ፡ ዘሕግ፡ ወዘትእዛዝ፡ በቃለ፡ እግዚኣብሔር፡ በከመ፡ ይቤሎ፡ ዕረግ፡ ውስተ፡ ርእሰ፡ ደብር።
This manuscript represents an older version than those used for the edition Dillmann 1859 and translation Dillmann 1850. For a list of the most noteworthy variants for the first twenty pages of the printed edition, see not found in this file.Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 .
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(Type: DonationNote)
Note stating that the manuscript was produced for Baḫāyla Mikāʾel , who donated it to the Tābot of Māryām of Dāgā ʾƎsṭifānos↗ .
( gez ) ለደሴተ፡ ዳጋ↗ ፡ ለታቦተ፡ ማርያም፡ እመ፡ ብርሃን፡ ወለእስጢፋኖስ፡ ቀዳሜ፡ ሰማዕት፡ . . . . .ommission by Hermann Zotenberg
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(Type: GuestText)
A hymn to St Stephen the Protomartyr has been added later at the beginning of the manuscript.
Text in Gǝʿǝz
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .
Miniatures notes
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 34r A portrait of the patriarch Isaac , drawn with a feather.
Catalogue Bibliography
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Zotenberg, H. 1877. Catalogue des manuscrits éthiopiens (gheez et amharique) de la Bibliothèque nationale, Manuscrits Orientaux (Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1877). page 51b–53b
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 285mm |
Width | 210mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 23-25
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1400-1499
1400-1499Check for additional bibliography
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Dorothea Reule, Alessandro Bausi, ʻParis, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien 51ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2017-01-31) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BNFet51 [Accessed: 2024-05-26]
Revisions of the data
- Dorothea Reule Small changes on 31.1.2017
- Dorothea Reule Small changes on 27.10.2016
- Dorothea Reule ID changed on 31.8.2016
- Dorothea Reule Created catalogue entry on 28.7.2016
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Dorothea Reule, editor