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Saint Petersburg, Rossijskaja Nacionalnaja Biblioteka, RNB Ef. n.s. 11

Denis Nosnitsin

This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography

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Collection:

Other identifiers: RNB Efiopsk. 11, Turaev cat. I.19

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Dated

General description

Sawāsǝw

Number of Text units: 16

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

1830 (internal-date) The manuscript dated with the year 7322 from the creation of the world (see ) was copied for Coptic Patriarch Peter VII owner by the scribe Wahiba Śǝllāse scribe ..

Provenance

The manuscript was acquired by Konstantin Tischendorf owner during his third trip to the Orient in 1858-1859.

Acquisition

Konstantin Tischendorf donated the manuscript to the Imperial Public Library in 1859.

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerpps 11–195 ),
    1. ms_i1.1 (check the viewerpps 11–188 ), Gǝʿǝz-Amharic vocabulary of verbs organized according to the alphabetic order of the last radicals.
    2. ms_i1.2 (check the viewerpp. 189 ), Glossary of the parts of human body (የሰው፡ አካል፡)
    3. ms_i1.3 (check the viewerpp. 189 ), Glossary of ecclesiastic titles (ሹመት፡)
    4. ms_i1.4 (check the viewerpp. 190 ), Glossary of domestic animals (እንስሳ፡ ዘቤት፡)
    5. ms_i1.5 (check the viewerpp. 190 ), Glossary of the laic titles (ወይዛሮ፡)
    6. ms_i1.6 (check the viewerpp. 191 ), Glossary of wild animals (የዱር፡ አራዊት፡)
    7. ms_i1.7 (check the viewerpp. 192 ), Glossary of trees and bushes (ዘፀዕው፡)
    8. ms_i1.8 (check the viewerpp. 192 ), Glossary of cereals (ዘእህል፡)
    9. ms_i1.9 (check the viewerpp. 193 ), Glossary of provinces (የነጋሪት፡ አገር፡)
    10. ms_i1.10 (check the viewerpp. 193 ), Names of Amharic letters (ፊደል፡ እራስ፡ ከብዶ፡)
    11. ms_i1.11 (check the viewerpp. 194 ), Names of the Evangelists (ወንጌላውያን፡)
    12. ms_i1.12 (check the viewerpp. 194 ), Names of the months (አውራኅ፡)
    13. ms_i1.13 (check the viewerpp. 194 ), Names of the days of the week (ዕለታት፡)
    14. ms_i1.14 (check the viewerpp. 194 ), Ethiopic numberals (ቍፅር፡ ያህበሽ፡)
    15. ms_i1.15 (check the viewerpp. 195 ), What was forgotten: food, bread, meat (የተረሳ፡ መብል፡ እንጀራ፡ ሥጋ፡)

Contents

check the viewerpps 11–195 (CAe 2293)

Language of text: and

Gǝʿǝz-Amharic entries are supplied with Arabic translations written in the margins.
check the viewerpps 11–188 Gǝʿǝz-Amharic vocabulary of verbs organized according to the alphabetic order of the last radicals.

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ᎓ አብ᎓ ወወልድ᎓ ወመንፈስ᎓ ቅዱስ᎓ ፩አምላክ᎓ ንጽሕፍ᎓ ፍካሬ᎓ ሰዋስው᎓ ዘኢትዮጵያ᎓ ለሊቀ᎓ ጳጳሳት᎓ ጴጥሮስ᎓ ዘእስክንድርያ᎓ ዓለም᎓ በተፈጠረ᎓ በ፯ሽ ፳፻፳፪ዘመን (internal) ᎓ ጸሎቱ᎓ ወበረከቱ᎓ ለአባ᎓ ጴጥሮስ᎓ ትኅድር᎓ በላዕሌነ᎓ ለዓለመ᎓ ዓለም᎓ አሜን። እንግዴሕ᎓ በሀ᎓ መጀመር᎓ In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God. We will write the exposition of the lexicon of Ethiopia for PatriarchPeter of Alexandria, in the year 7325 from the creation of the world. May the prayer and blessing of ʾabba Peter dwell upon us, for ever and ever. Amen. So, the beginning is with Ha.

Arabic meanings of verbs have been added in red ink in the margins.

Language of text: and

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

  1. check the viewerpp. 1 (Type: OwnershipNote)

    ( la ) Paradigmata verborum Amharicorum Patriarchae Petri Alexandrini DCXVII

    ( en ) Paradigms of Amharic verbs written for Peter VII of Alexandria sponsor 617.

  2. check the viewerpp. 5 (Type: Inventory)

    List of numerals in Amharic.

  3. check the viewerpp. 2 (Type: Supplication)

    Supplication in Arabic but transcribed with Ethiopic letters

    Text in Arabic

    Noted in .

  4. check the viewerpp. 187 (Type: Subscription)

    ( gez ) ከተረሣው᎓ በቀር᎓ የሰዋስው᎓ እርባት። አለቀ᎓ በበረቀተ። አብ᎓ ወወልድ᎓ ወመንፈስ᎓ ቅዱስ᎓ በበረከታ᎓ ለእግዚእትነ᎓ ማርያም᎓ ወላዲተ᎓ አምላክ። ባሕቱ᎓ ይትባረክ᎓ እግዚአብሔር። ረዳኢ᎓ ላዕለ᎓ ወጣኒ᎓ ወፈጻሚ። ላእለ᎓ አመነ᎓ ቦቱ። አሜን᎓ ወአሜን᎓ ለይኩን᎓ ለይ። ዝመጽሐፍ᎓ ዘሊቀ᎓ ጳጳሳት᎓ ዘእስክንድርያ። አባ᎓ ጴጥሮስ ᎓ ወጸሐፊሁ᎓ ወሂበ᎓ ሥላሴ scribe ᎓ አነ᎓ ኃጥእ። ወመስኪን። ሀገራ᎓ እብናት↗ ᎓ አቡየ ᎓ ገብረ᎓ ማርያም ᎓ ወእምየ᎓ ፆታ᎓ ገብርኤል ᎓ ያቡይ᎓ ያስይዲ᎓ ሰምሐኒ᎓ በሰላተክ᎓ ምን᎓ ወስይት᎓ እልአንጆል᎓ ሽረጀት᎓ ሐልልኒ።

    ( en ) Apart from what was forgotten, the conjugation of the lexicon is finished with the blessing of Our Lady Mary, the Mother of God. Only God should be blessed, the helper of the one who starts and the one who finishes, and of those who believe in Him. Amen and amen, let it be, let it be. This is the book of ʾabba Ṗeṭros, the patriarch of Alexandria, and its scribe is Wahiba Śǝllāse, me, the sinful and meek one. My country is ʾƎbǝnnāt↗ , my father is Gabra Māryām, and my mother is Ḍotā Gabrǝʾel. My father, my master, forgive me by your prayer, from the Testament of the Gospel, (…)ommission by absolve for me!

  5. check the viewerpps 198–200 (Type: Unclear)

    Various notes on grammar and lexicon, in a different hand.

Catalogue Bibliography

  • Turaev, B. 1906. Ėfiopskija rukopisi v S.-Peterburgě, Pamjatniki ėfiopskoj pis’mennosti, 3 (St Petersburg: Tipografija imperatorskoj Akademii Nauk, 1906). page 26-27
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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 185
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Secondary Bibliography

  • Gusarova, E. 2017. ‘Lestvica (Säwasəw) v rukopisi RNB Ef. n.s. 11 – učebnoe posobie dlja buduščego mitropolita Ėfiopii ('Ladder (Säwasəw) in the manuscript Ef. n.s.11: a text book for the future metropolitan of Ethiopia’)’, Vestnik PSTGU: Serija III: Filologija, 53 (2017), 35–42 (DOI: https://periodical.pstgu.ru/en/pdf/article/6260).
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Physical Description

Form of support

Paper Codex

Arabic paper.

Extent

121 (page) , Entered as 121 40 (leaf, blank) .Entered as 40 163 190 20
Outer dimensions
Height 163
Width 190
Depth 20

State of preservation

good

Condition

Binding

Arabic binding, made of tooled leather.

Binding material

leather

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 1

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1800-1900

    1800-1900 The handwriting is described by Boris Turaev as fine.

      • Publication Statement

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      Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
      publisher
      Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
      pubPlace
      Hamburg
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    Standard date ዓለም᎓ በተፈጠረ᎓ በ፯ሽ ፳፻፳፪ዘመን (internal)
    Date in current calendar 7322
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    Revision history

    • Denis Nosnitsin Bibliographical addition, some corrections on the basis of Gusarova 2017 on 1.6.2022
    • Denis Nosnitsin Additions on 17.8.2017
    • Denis Nosnitsin Created catalogue entry on 10.8.2017
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