Saint Petersburg, Institut Vostočnyh Rukopisej Rossijskoj Akademii Nauk, IV Ef. 56
Daria Elagina
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Collection:
Other identifiers: IV Orlov22, Turaev cat. III.49
General description
Maṣḥafa ʾardǝʾt
Number of Text units: 10
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Provenance
Summary
- ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 1r–54r ), Maṣḥafa ʾardǝʾt
- ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 55r–75v ), Prayer of Moses
- ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 75v–85r ), Prayer of Mary for Healing
- ms_i4 (check the viewerFols 85v–95r ), Magic Prayer of the Virgin Mary
- ms_i5 (check the viewerFols 95v–107r ), Magic Paryer of the Virgin Mary
- ms_i6 (check the viewerFols 107v–113r ), Magical prayer with the names that Jesus Christ gave to the apostles durin his Ascension
- ms_i7 (check the viewerFols 113–115v ), Nǝgǝranni sǝmaka
- ms_i8 (check the viewerFols 116r–118v ), Magic prayer to Mary
- ms_i9 (check the viewerFols 119r–125r ), Prayer (ba-sǝmu la-ʾǝgziʾabḥer bazayǝtfallaṭu semāyāt wa-mǝdr)
- ms_i10 (check the viewerFols 126v–127v ), Magic Formulas
Contents
check the viewerFols 1r–54r Maṣḥafa ʾardǝʾt (CAe 3944)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ነገረ፡ ዘ፲ወ፪፡ ሐዋርያት፡ መግረሬ፡ ፀር፡ The word of twelve Apostles, the conqueror of enemies.
Magic 'mixed' text for 'healing the soul and body' organized according to week days.check the viewerFols 55r–75v Prayer of Moses (CAe 4995)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ (…)ommission by Boris Turaev ጸሎተ፡ ሙሴ፡ ንነግረክሙ፡ ንሕነ፡ በዘድኅነ፡ ሙሴ፡ እምእዴሁ፡ ለፈርኦን፡ ጸሎቱ፡ (…)ommission by Boris Turaev ወቀዲሙሰ፡ ወረደ፡ ገብርኤል፡ መልአክ፡ ኢትፍራሕ፡ ሙሴ፡
A prayer of Moses through which he escaped from the Pharaoh's hands.check the viewerFols 75v–85r Prayer of Mary for Healing (CAe 5009)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ (…)ommission by Boris Turaevጸሎት፡ ዘእግዚእትነ፡ ድንግል፡ ማርያም፡ (…)ommission by Boris Turaev ዘእም፳ወ፩፡ አመ፡ ፭ዓመተ፡ ወ፩ወርኀ፡ እም፩ለሚያዝያ።
Magic prayer of Virgin Mary to be pronounced over water for healing.check the viewerFols 85v–95r Magic Prayer of the Virgin Mary (CAe 5010)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በዓመት፡ ፭አመ፬ለወርኅ፡ ኃምስ፡ ተንሥአት፡ ማርያም፡ ድንግል፡ እሙ፡ ለእግዚነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ወቆመት፡ በእገሪሃ፡ ወሚጠት፡ ገጻ፡ መንገለ፡ ምስራቅ፡ ወሠፍሐት፡ እደዊሃ፡ ወከሥተት፡ አፉሃ፡ ወነበበት፡ ዘንተ፡ In the fifth year on the first day of the fifth month, the Virgin Mary, Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ, stood up and turned her face to the East, she stretched out her hands, opened her month and said as follows
check the viewerFols 95v–107r Magic Paryer of the Virgin Mary (CAe 5011)
Language of text:
The text is written in red ink.check the viewerFols 107v–113r Magical prayer with the names that Jesus Christ gave to the apostles durin his Ascension (CAe 4525)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡(…)ommission by Boris Turaevዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘሰአሉ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ኀበ፡ እግዚኦሙ፡ አመ፡ የአርግ፡ ሰማየ። This book the Apostles prayed for to their Lord when He ascended to the sky.
check the viewerFols 116r–118v Magic prayer to Mary (CAe 5013)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡(…)ommission by Boris Turaev በተከዮስ፡ ተሀርዝልዮስ፡ እምደዋዮስ፡
Protective prayer beginning with ʾasmat.check the viewerFols 119r–125r Prayer (ba-sǝmu la-ʾǝgziʾabḥer bazayǝtfallaṭu semāyāt wa-mǝdr) (CAe 5028)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ (…)ommission by Boris Turaev በስሙ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ በዘይትፈለጡ፡ ሰማያት፡ ወምድር። In the name of God through which the sky and earth were divided.
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 90-91
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 194
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Turaev describes the parchment as rough.Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 140mm |
Width | 110mm |
Binding
Binding material
leather
wood
Wooden boards with a leather spine.
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 16
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Ink: Black, red
IrregularHand 2
Script: Ethiopic
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Alessandro Bausi, Daria Elagina, ʻSaint Petersburg, Institut Vostočnyh Rukopisej Rossijskoj Akademii Nauk, IV Ef. 56ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2019-01-31) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/IVEf56 [Accessed: 2024-05-17]
Revisions of the data
- Daria Elagina Changed idno, added bibliography, made corrections. on 31.1.2019
- Daria Elagina Added content and physical description on 26.7.2018
- Daria Elagina Created entity on 18.7.2018
- Daria Elagina Added owner on 2.7.2018
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Daria Elagina, editor