Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien d'Abbadie 102
Denis Nosnitsin (cataloguer)
Newly catalogued in Beta maṣāḥǝft
Collection: Manuscrits orientaux, Fonds éthiopien, d'Abbadie
General description
Nagara Māryām, malkǝʾ-hymns and other texts
Number of Text units: 9
Number of Codicological units: 2
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Origin
18th/early 19th century . Unit 1 was copied in blue ink and extraordinary richly illuminated in the 18th century. At a somewhat later point Unit 2, contemporary or of a slightly later time, was introduced to Unit 1 (having been attached to check the viewerfol. 52 ), possibly with the aim of extending the iconographic program with one important miniature ( Decoration d61 of codicological unit 2 ).
Provenance
The manuscript was acquired by Antoine d'Abbadie owner sometime between 1840 and 1848.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 220mm |
Width | 210mm |
Foliation
Foliation in the upper right corner of the folia. The last parchment leaf, unnumbered, has been assigned the number check the viewerfol. 85 .
Quire Structure Collation
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
European binding (according to A. d'Abbadie, the manuscript was originally in a damaged Ethiopian binding).
Sewing Stations
Pairs of sewing stations used irregularly.According to A. d'Abbadie, the manuscript had a poorly preserved leather case.Binding material
cardboard
paper
Original binding
No
Codicological Unit p1
Origin of codicological unit 1
18th century. The name of the original owner was erased throughout and the name of Manbara Krǝstos has been written over erasures in a later hand.
Summary of codicological unit 1
- p1_i1 (check the viewerFols 3v–4v ), Collection of salām-hymns (general record)
- p1_i2 (check the viewerFols 5r–51v ), Nagara Māryām
- p1_i3 (check the viewerFols 53r–59r ), ʾO-rǝḫrǝḫta ḫǝllinā
- p1_i4 (check the viewerFols 59v–69v ), Several miracles of the Virgin Mary
- p1_i5 (check the viewerFols 69v–72v ), One Miracle of St George: St George appears to a pagan from Bǝbā who entered his church
- p1_i6 (check the viewerFols 73ra–76r ), One Miracle of Archangel Michael: Miracle on the man from whom the evil spirit was cast out during Mass service
- p1_i7 (check the viewerFols 76r–77v ), One Miracle of Archangel Gabriel
- p1_i9 (check the viewerFols 78r–84v ), Collection of salām-hymns (general record)
Contents
check the viewerFols 3v–4v Collection of salām-hymns (general record) (CAe 6764)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በእንተ፡ ዝንቱ፡ ኅብስት፡ ሥጋከ፡ ዘሥጋዌሁ፡ መስቀል፨ በእንተ፡ ደምከ፡ ክቡር፡ ቤዛ፡ ኀጣን፡ እምኃጕል፨
check the viewerFols 5r–51v Nagara Māryām (CAe 2051)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ አብ፡(…)ommission by Denis Nosnitsin ንቀድም፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ወንጽሕፍ፡ ዘንተ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ዘይሰመይ፡ በነገረ፡ ግብጻውያን፡ ንኡስ፡ ወንጌል፨ ወበይትዮጵያውያን፡ ነገረ፡ ማርያም፡
check the viewerFols 53r–59r ʾO-rǝḫrǝḫta ḫǝllinā (CAe 3088)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ኦርኅርኅተ፡ ሕሊና፡ አፍቅሮተ፡ ሰብእ፡ ልማዳ፨ ሰአሊተ፡ ምሕረት፡ ይእቲ፡ ማርያም፡ ሐፁረ፡ መስቀል፡ ዘየዓውዳ፨
check the viewerFols 59v–69v Several miracles of the Virgin Mary (CAe 2384)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ተአምሪሃ፡ ለእግዝእትነ፡ ቅድስት፡ ወድንግልት፡ (…)ommission by Denis Nosnitsin ወሀሎ፡ ፩ብእሲ፡ ዘስሙ፡ ጊዮርጊስ ሐዲስ፡ መስተጋድል፡ ፈድፋደ፡ በከዊነ፡ ስምዕ፨
check the viewerFols 69v–72v One Miracle of St George: St George appears to a pagan from Bǝbā who entered his church (CAe 6227)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ተአምሪሁ፡ ለቅዱስ፡ ወብፁዕ፡ ማር፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ በረከተ፡ (…)ommission by Denis Nosnitsin ተብህለ፡ በአሐቲ፡ ሀገር፡ እምአህጉረ፡ ግብጽ፡ ዘትሰመይ፡ ብባ፨ ወ
ሀሎ፡ ፩ብእሲ፡ ዘስሙ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ዓቃቤ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡
check the viewerFols 73ra–76r One Miracle of Archangel Michael: Miracle on the man from whom the evil spirit was cast out during Mass service (CAe 5066)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ተአምሪሁ፡ ለሊቀ፡ መላእክት፡ ሚካኤል፡ መልአከ፡ ሠርዌሆሙ፡ ለመላእክት፡(…)ommission by Denis Nosnitsin ወኮነ፡ ካዕበ፡ በአሐቲ፡ ዕለት፡ አመ፡ በዓሉ፡ ለሊቀ፡ መላእክት፡ ሚካኤል፡ ወኤጲስቆጶስ፡ አብ፡ እንዘ፡ ሀለዉ፡ ምስለ፡ ሕዘበ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ውሳጤ፡ መርጡል፨
check the viewerFols 76r–77v One Miracle of Archangel Gabriel (CAe 4652)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ተአምሪሁ፡ ወመንክራቲሁ፡ ለቅዱስ፡ ገብርኤል፡ (…)ommission by Denis Nosnitsin
ወበውእቱ፡ ሰዓተ፡ መዓልት፡ እንተ፡ ጊዜ፡ ይበውኡ፡ ሥዕሎ፡ ለቅዱስ፡ ግብርኤል፡ ወሶቤሃ፡ ተገብረ፡ ተኣምር፡ ዓቢይ፡
check the viewerFols 78r–84v Collection of salām-hymns (general record) (CAe 6764)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ እብል፡ እሎንተ፡ ፫እደወ፨ ሞኡ፡ እሉ፡ አርዌ፡ ባሕር፡ ሌዋወ፨ አብርሃም፡ ይስሐቅ፡ ወያዕቆብ፡
(Possibly a continution of Content Item 1 of codicological unit 1 Collection of salām-hymns (general record) (CAe 6764) or vice versa.)Additions of codicological unit 1 In this unit there are in total 5 s, 2 , 2 .
Extras of codicological unit 1
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(Type: StampExlibris)
Shelfmark of the Library glued onto the inner side of the front board.
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check the viewerFol. 1r (Type: Unclear)
A two lines incipit formula written in black and read ink, in the main Hand h1 of codicological unit 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 1v (Type: StampExlibris)
Stamp of the Library.
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check the viewerFol. 2r (Type: StampExlibris)
Stamp and shelfmark of the Library.
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check the viewerFol. 2r (Type: StampExlibris)
Stamp and shelfmark of the Library.
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check the viewerFol. 30r (Type: StampExlibris)
Stamp of the Library.
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check the viewerFols. 5r, 9v, 10v, 19r, 23v, 25v, 31r, 39r, 40r, 43r (Type: Directive)
Monthly readings are indicated by the names of the months (starting from maskaram) written in the upper margin in Hand h1 of codicological unit 1 .
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check the viewerFols. 5r, 9v, 10v, 19r, 23v, 25v, 31r, 39r, 40r, 43r (Type: Directive)
Monthly readings are indicated by the names of the months (starting from maskaram) written in the upper margin in Hand h1 of codicological unit 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 44v (Type: Unclear)
Indication to the content.
Text in Gǝʿǝz ነገረ፡ ስዒድ፡
Decoration of codicological unit 1 In this unit there are in total 59 s.
Miniatures notes
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 2v
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 3r
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 3v
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 4r
Miracle of Mary: Elizabeth, the blind daughter of Abraham and Gerā ʾAnǝśt of Badǝrmān.
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 4v
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 4v
How the Virgin Mary expelled the Devil from a man, who came out in the shape of boar.
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 10r
How the Virgin Mary expelled a snake from the belly of a man.
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 12r
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 13r
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 14r
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 15r
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 16r
How the Virgin Mary expelled a snake from a man through his mouth.
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 17r
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 18r
How the Virgin Mary raised from the dead a son of the country's chief.
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 20r
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 20v
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 23r
The commissioner Manbara Krǝstos praying in front of the Virgin Mary.
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 24r
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 24r
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 28v
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 28v
How the Virgin Mary expelled a demon who went out in the shape of boar.
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 28v
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 33r
How the Virgin Mary felt pity for an old man and made him young again.
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 34v
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 36r
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 36r
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 38r
How the Virgin Mary had mercy upon the old man and his children.
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 39v
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 39v
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 43v
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 45r
How the Virgin Mary encountred a dead body carried on the road and resurrected it.
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 46v
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 47v
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 48v
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 50r
Miracle of Mary: Unidentified miracle: How St John the Baptist baptized the people.
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 51r
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 62r
Miracle of Mary: Unidentified miracle: How the Virgin Mary appeared to Giyorgis in the shape of a dove.
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 64r
Miracle of Mary: Bārok of Finǝqi whom his enemies could not kill until he had confessed himself to a priest: How the man called Bārok was beaten by robbers and saved by the Virgin Mary (cp. Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the Phoenician evil man called Bārok).
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 68r
Miracle of Mary: The deacon ʾAnǝsṭāsyos who recited the prayer tafaśśǝḥi and was healed by Mary: How the Virgin Mary appeared to the deacon Athanasius of Rome (cp. Miracle of Mary: Miracle of Anastasius, a deacon of Rome).
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 72r
How St George of Lydda scared a governor.
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 73v
How Archangel Michael healed a man in the time of the Gospels reading.
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 74v
How Archangel Michael beat Satan.
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 77v
How Archangel Gabriel healed someone possessed by a demon, the prone figure of the owner below.
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 78r
How God made a covenant with ʾAbrǝhāmAbraham , Isaac and ያዕቆብ፡ , the prone figure of the owner below.
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 78v
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 79r
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 79v
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 80r
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 80v
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 80v
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 81r
Covenant of Mercy, the prone figure of the donor.
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 81v
Covenant of Mercy, the prone figure of the donor.
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 81v
Hagiographic Scene: Antony receiving monastic insignia from an angel.
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 82r
Hagiographic Scene: Antony receiving monastic insignia from an angel.
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 82r
Hagiographic Scene: Antony receiving monastic insignia from an angel.
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 82v
Hagiographic Scene: Latṣun praying.
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 83r
Equestrian Saint: St Victor riding.
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 83v
Equestrian Saint: St Eusebius riding.
- miniature: check the viewerFol. 84r
Physical Description of codicological unit 1
Form of support of codicological unit 1
Parchment Codex
Extent of codicological unit 1
Layout of codicological unit 1
Ruling of codicological unit 1
- Ruling is partly visible on the images.
- (Subtype: pattern)1A-1A/0-0/0-0/C
Pricking of codicological unit 1
- Pricking is visible on the images.
Palaeography of codicological unit 1
Hand 1
of codicological unit 1Script: Ethiopic
18th century.
Ink: Black, blue, red. According to A. d'Abbadie, the text on the first three leaves is written in black, the rest (the text on check the viewerfols 5r–84v is probably meant) is written in blue ink, ʻle seul exemple venu à ma connaissance d'un livre éthiopien écrit en encre bleueʼ).
Careful, slightly irregular; by a good scribe; described by A. d'Abbadie as ʻun beau guịlḥʼ.Hand 2
of codicological unit 1Script: Ethiopic
18th century.
Ink: Black.
Careful; by an experienced scribe but inferiour to Hand h1 of codicological unit 1 , and possibly of somewhat later time. The hand of the legends to the miniatures (all except that of Codicological Unit p2 ), written in the upper margin of the folia, always between two thin black lines.Codicological Unit p2
Origin of codicological unit 2
18th or early 19th century . Unit 2 is represented by a part of one sole single leaf mounted on the leaf check the viewerfol. 52 (possibly originally left blank) of Codicological Unit p1 , which bears the miniature Decoration d61 of codicological unit 2 on one side and the beginning of the text [link] on another side.
Summary of codicological unit 2
- p2_i1 (check the viewerFol. 52v ), Malkǝʾ-hymn to St George
Contents
check the viewerFol. 52v Malkǝʾ-hymn to St George (CAe 2799)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለከ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡(…)ommission by Denis Nosnitsin ዘልዳ፡ መስተፅዕነ፡ ፈረስ፡ ፃዕዳ፡
Decoration of codicological unit 2 In this unit there are in total 1 .
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 52r
The Virgin and Child, the prone figure of the owner depicted beneath. The miniature in painted in a style similar to the miniatures in Unit 1, but most probably by a different artist, and to a somewhat later time.
Physical Description of codicological unit 2
Form of support of codicological unit 2
Parchment Codex
Extent of codicological unit 2
Layout of codicological unit 2
Layout note 1(check the viewerFol. 52 )
Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 16
(The original size of the leaf is unknown as its margins were cut, probably comparable to the other leaves of the volume.)Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
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