Saint Petersburg, Rossijskaja Nacionalnaja Biblioteka, RNB Ef. n.s. 8
Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection:
Other identifiers: RNB Efiopsk. 8, Turaev cat. I.16
General description
Psalter
Number of Text units: 8
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Before 1859 Boris Turaev did not propose a dating for the manuscript
Provenance
The manuscript was acquired by Konstantin Tischendorf 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 3r–89v ),
ʾArgānona wǝddāse
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 3r and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Monday
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 19r and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Tuesday
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 33r and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Wednesday
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 49r and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Thursday
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 65r and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Friday
- ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 77r and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Saturday
- ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 83v–89v ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Sunday
Contents
check the viewerFols 3r–89v ʾArgānona wǝddāse (CAe 1146)
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check the viewerFols 19r and following ʾArgānona Māryām, Tuesday (CAe 1146 Tuesday)
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check the viewerFols 33r and following ʾArgānona Māryām, Wednesday (CAe 1146 Wednesday)
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check the viewerFols 49r and following ʾArgānona Māryām, Thursday (CAe 1146 Thursday)
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check the viewerFols 77r and following ʾArgānona Māryām, Saturday (CAe 1146 Saturday)
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Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 3 s, 1 .
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check the viewerFols 1r–2v (Type: Unclear)
The note has been completely erased.
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check the viewerFols 18r and following (Type: MagicFormula)
A magic formula against headache. Turaev 1899
( gez ) አልፋ᎓ ወኦ᎓ አወያስ᎓ ፯ጊዜ᎓ በል᎓ አድኅኖ᎓ እምሕማመ᎓ ርእስ᎓ ለገብርከ።
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check the viewerFols 32v and following (Type: MagicFormula)
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check the viewerFols 64v and following (Type: MagicFormula)
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check the viewerFols 89v–92r (Type: GuestText)
Za-yǝnaggǝś (CAe 2605)
The text starts with the supplication for the sick; the introduction is placed at the end, after the supplication "for the peace of the church".
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 21-22
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 185
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 165mm |
Width | 150mm |
Binding
Two wooden boards.
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: Before 1859
Before 1859 Boris Turaev describes the hand as fine, proposes no dating.Hand 2
Script: Ethiopic
Date: Before 1859
Before 1859 Boris Turaev describes the hand as different from the main hand.Hand 3
Script: Ethiopic
Date: Before 1859
Before 1859 Boris Turaev describes the hand as different from the other two hands.Check for additional bibliography
Publication Statement
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Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, ʻSaint Petersburg, Rossijskaja Nacionalnaja Biblioteka, RNB Ef. n.s. 8ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2016-12-21) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/RNBefns8 [Accessed: 2024-05-17]
Revisions of the data
- Denis Nosnitsin Additions on 21.12.2016
- Denis Nosnitsin Created catalogue entry on 12.12.2016
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Denis Nosnitsin, editor