Saint Petersburg, Rossijskaja Nacionalnaja Biblioteka, RNB Ef. n.s. 12
Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection:
Other identifiers: RNB Efiopsk. 12, Turaev cat. I.20
General description
Saʿātat
Number of Text units: 8
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1833 7325 from the creation of the world.
Provenance
The manuscript was owned by ʿAmda Giyorgis owner . The manuscript was acquired by Konstantin Tischendorf owner during his third trip to the Orient in 1858-59.
Acquisition
Konstantin Tischendorf donated the manuscript to the Imperial Public Library in 1859.
Summary
- ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 1r–142v ),
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 1r–43r ), ነግህ
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 43r–61r ), Ṣalot ba-3 saʿāt
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 61r–77r ), Ṣalot ba-6 saʿāt
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 77r–88v ), Ṣalot ba-9 saʿāt
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 88v–96r ), ጸሎተ᎓ ሰርክ᎓
- ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 96r–96v ), ጸሎተ᎓ ንዋም᎓
- ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 96r–100r ), ጸሎተ᎓ መንፈቀ᎓ ሌሊት᎓
Contents
check the viewerFols 1r–142v (CAe 2230)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 1r በስመ᎓ ሥሉስ᎓ ቅዱስ᎓ ንወጥን᎓ በረኤተ᎓ እግዚአብሔር᎓ ወበሥነ᎓ ሀብቱ። በጸሒፈ᎓ ሰብዐቱ᎓ ጸሎታተ᎓ ሰዐታት᎓ ዘመዓልት᎓ ወዘሌሊት። ቀዳሚሁ᎓ ለለኵሉ᎓ ጊዜ᎓ ትብል። In the name of the Threefold, Holy One, we commence with the help of God and goodness of His richness the writing of the seven hours' prayers of the day and of the night. In the beginning, each time you will say.
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 88v–96r ጸሎተ᎓ ሰርክ᎓ (CAe 3129) The evening prayers. Starting from f. 95r, many prayers and psalms appear in abridged form, as references only.
check the viewerFols 96r–96v ጸሎተ᎓ ንዋም᎓ (CAe 3130) Starting from here, only short references to Mazmura Dāwit are included, not psalms in full.
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 27-28
Secondary Bibliography
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Turaev, B. 1895. Časoslov’ ėfi̇opskoj cerkvi: izd. i perev. na osnovanii něskol’kich’ rukopisej, Zapiski Imperatorskoj Akademii Nauk po Istoriko-Filologičeskomu Otděleniju, 7 (St. Pétersbourg: Acad. Imp. des Sciences, 1895). page ii-iii
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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 | 150mm |
Width | 120mm |
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
Two wooden boards.
Binding material
wood
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 16-20
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1800-1900
1800-1900 The handwriting is defined by Boris Turaev as fine.Check for additional bibliography
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Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, ʻSaint Petersburg, Rossijskaja Nacionalnaja Biblioteka, RNB Ef. n.s. 12ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2017-08-17) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/RNBefns12 [Accessed: 2024-05-19]
Revisions of the data
- Denis Nosnitsin Additions on 17.8.2017
- Denis Nosnitsin Created catalogue entry on 10.8.2017
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Denis Nosnitsin, editor