Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien d'Abbadie 137
Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography
Collection: Manuscrits orientaux, Fonds éthiopien, d'Abbadie
General description
Books of Kings, Prophets
Number of Text units: 9
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1600-1699 The manuscript was probably copied for Walda Ḥannā by the same scribes Nātān , Gād Gad and Sāmuʾel , who copied Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien 50 dated to 1663 year of Incarnation (=1671/72 CE).
Provenance
Antoine d'Abbadie acquired the manuscript possibly in 1845, in Ennarya ↗ , in any case before he left Ethiopia in 1848.
Acquisition
Contents
check the viewerFols 1ra–1v No item: LIT2689Sam (CAe 2689)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወከመ᎓ ሐመልማል᎓ ወከመ᎓ ሣዕረ᎓ አንኅስት᎓ ወሴዳማ᎓ ቅድመ᎓ ዘይቀውም᎓ መንበር᎓
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):እስመ᎓ ኃደግሙኒ᎓ ወዓጠንክሙ᎓ ለባዕዳን᎓ አማልክት᎓ ከመ᎓ ታምዕዑኒ᎓
4 Kings = Ethiopic 2 Kings 19:26-22:17 (C. Conti Rossini's identification of the text as a fragment of the Book of Isaiah is wrong)check the viewerFols 3ra–18vb ቀዳማይ᎓ ነገሥት᎓ (CAe 2697)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀሎ᎓ ፩ብእሲ᎓ ዘእምነ᎓ አርማቴም᎓ ዘመሴፋ᎓ እ እመነ᎓ ደብረ᎓ አፍሬም᎓ ወስመ᎓ ሕልቃና᎓ ወልደ᎓ ኢያርሜያል᎓ ወልደኤሊ᎓ ወልደ᎓ ተቆ᎓ ወልደ᎓ ናሴብ᎓ ኤፍራታዊ፨
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወዳዊትኒ᎓ አተወ᎓ እምኀበ᎓ ቀተሎሙ᎓ ለአማሌቅ᎓ ወነበረ᎓ ዳዊት᎓ ውስተ᎓ ሴቄላቅ᎓ ሠኑየ᎓ መዋዕል፨ ፨ ፨
1 Kings = Ethiopic 1 Samuel (the work is called 1 Kings in the colophon).Colophon
check the viewerFols 18vb–30ra ደጋማይ᎓ ነገሥት᎓ (CAe 2699)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወአመ᎓ ሣልስት᎓ ዕለት᎓ መጽአ᎓ ብእሲ᎓ እምነ᎓ ትዕይንት᎓ እምሕዝቡ᎓ ለሳኦል᎓ ወስጡጥ᎓ አልባሲሁ᎓ ወሐመድ᎓ ዲበ᎓ ርእሱ፨
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወነደቀ᎓ ዳዊት᎓ በህየ᎓ ምሥዋዓ᎓ ለእግዚአብሔር᎓ ወአዕረገ᎓ መሥዋዕተ᎓ ሰላም። ወተሣሃለ᎓ እግዚአብሔር᎓ ለምድር᎓ ወኃደጎሙ᎓ ሞት᎓ ለእስራኤል፨ ፨ ፨ ፨ ወበልዓ᎓ እሳተ᎓ ሰማይ᎓ ወኢገብረ᎓ መሥዋዕተ᎓ በደብተራ᎓ እስመ᎓ ፈርሆ᎓ ለመልአክ፨ ፨ ፨ ፨
2 Kings = Ethiopic 2 Samuel (the work is called 2 Kings in the colophon).Colophon
check the viewerFols 30rb–44rb መጽሐፈ᎓ ነገሥት᎓ ሠለስቱ᎓ (CAe 2689)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ምዕራፍ᎓ ፩ዳዊትሰ᎓ ንጉሥ᎓ ልሕቀ᎓ ወኃለፈ᎓ መዋዕሊሁ᎓ ወይከድንዎ᎓ በአልባስ᎓ ወይያመውቆ᎓
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወዓለውዎሙ᎓ ሞአብ᎓ ለእስራኤል᎓ እምድኅረ᎓ ሞተ᎓ አከአብ፨ ፨
3 Kings = Ethiopic 1 Kings (but the work is called 3 Kings in the colophon).Colophon
ተፈጸመ᎓ መጽሐፈ᎓ ነገሥት᎓ ሠለስቱ፨ ፨ ፨ ፨
check the viewerFols 44rb–56va መጽሐፈ᎓ ነገሥት᎓ ፬ (CAe 2689)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ምዕራፍ᎓ ፩ወእምድኅረ᎓ ሞተ᎓ አክኣብ᎓ አጽረሩ᎓ ሞአብ᎓ ወደወየ᎓ አካዝያስ᎓ ወሰከበ᎓ ውስተ᎓ ሰማርያ᎓ ወለአከ᎓ ሐዋርያተ᎓ ሰማርያ᎓
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወይበልዑ᎓ ምስሌሁ᎓ ዘልፈ᎓ ወሲሳዮ᎓ ኵሎ᎓ አሚረ᎓ ይነሥእ᎓ እምቤተ᎓ ንጉሥ᎓ ወይሁብዎ᎓ እንተ᎓ ጸብሐት᎓ በኵሉ᎓ መዋዕለ᎓ ሕይወቱ፨
Colophon
ተፈጸመ᎓ መጽሐፈ᎓ ነገሥት᎓ ፬በሥምረተ᎓ እግዚአብሔር፨
4 Kings = Ethiopic 2 Kings (called 4 Kings in the colophon).check the viewerFols 118va–119rb ነገሥት᎓ እለ᎓ ነግሡ᎓ ለእስራኤል᎓ ነግሠ᎓ ሳኦል᎓ (CAe 5798)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ነገሥት᎓ እለ᎓ ነግሡ᎓ ለእስራኤል᎓ እሉ᎓ እሙንቱ᎓ ቀዳሚ᎓ ኵሉ᎓ ነግሠ᎓ ሳኦል᎓ ለእስራኤል᎓ ዓመታት᎓ ፵ዘእም᎓ ነገደ᎓ ብንያም᎓ ወእምነገደ᎓ ይሁዳ፨ ወእምድኅረዝ᎓ ነግሠ᎓ ዳዊት᎓
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወዛካርያስ᎓ ወፈጸምያነ᎓ ትንቢት᎓ ወዕዝራ᎓ ተነበየ᎓ በባቢሎን᎓ ወበሚጠትኒ᎓ ቦአ᎓ ውስተ᎓ ምድረ᎓ ርስትተ᎓᎓ ወዳንኤልሰ᎓ ወሕዝቅኤልሰ᎓ በፄዋዌ᎓ ተነበዩ᎓ በባቢሎን᎓ ወኮኑ᎓ ካህናተ᎓ ኵሎሙ᎓ ፯፡
check the viewerFols 57ra–78va Book of Isaiah (CAe 1672) Book of Isaiah.
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ክፍል᎓ ዘኢሳይያስ᎓ ነቢይ᎓ በረከተ᎓ አምላኩ᎓ ትኩን᎓ ምስሌነ᎓ ለዓለመ᎓ ዓለም። ዘእይ᎓ ዘርእየ᎓ ኢሳይያስ᎓ ወልደ᎓ አሞጽ። ዘርእየ᎓ በእንተ᎓ ይሁዳ᎓ ወበእንተ᎓ ኢየሩሳሌም᎓
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወዕፄሆሙ᎓ ዘኢይነውም᎓ ወእሳቶሙኒ᎓ ዘኢይጠፍእ᎓ ወይከውኑ᎓ አርአያ᎓ ለኵሉ᎓ ዘሥጋ፨ ፨ ፨
Colophon
ተፈጸመ᎓ መጽሐፈ᎓ ቅዱስ᎓ ኢሳይያስ᎓ ነቢይ᎓ በረከተ᎓ አምላኩ᎓ የሃሉ᎓ ምስለ᎓ ፍቁሩ᎓ ወልደ᎓ ሐና ፨ ፨ ፨
check the viewerFols 78va–90vb ʾIyob (CAe 1688)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ዘኢዮብ᎓ በጽድቅ᎓ በረከተ᎓ አምላኩ᎓ ትኩን᎓ ምስለ᎓ ፍቁሩ᎓ ወልደ᎓ ሐና ᎓ ለዓለመ᎓ ዓለም᎓ አሜን፨ ወሀሎ᎓ ፩ብእሲ᎓ በሀገረ᎓ አውስጢድ᎓ ዘስሙ᎓ ኢዮብ᎓ ወውእቱ᎓ ብእሲ᎓ ራትዕ᎓ ወንጹሕ᎓
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወእለ᎓ መጽኡ᎓ ኀቤሁ᎓ አዕርክቲሁ᎓ ኤልፋስ᎓ ንጉሠ᎓ ቴምኖን᎓ እምደቂቀ᎓ ዔሳው᎓ ወበልዳዶስ᎓ መስፍነ᎓ አውኬናዎን᎓ ወሳፍር᎓ ንጉሠ᎓ አሜኔዎን፨ ይትባረክ᎓ አምላከ᎓ ኢዮብ᎓ ዘአፈጸመኒ᎓ በሠናይ᎓ ትዕግሥቱ᎓ ለኢዮብ᎓ ተሃሉ᎓ ምስለ᎓ ፍቁሩ᎓ ወልደ᎓ ሐና ። ወምስሌሁኒ᎓ ለዓለመ᎓ ዓለም᎓ አሜን፨ ወአሜን᎓ ለይኩን᎓ ለይኩን፨ ፨
Book of Job.check the viewerFols 91r–98rb Daniel, Book of (CAe 1259)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ዘዳኒኤል᎓ ነቢይ᎓ በረከተ᎓ አምላኩ᎓ ትኩን᎓ ምስለ᎓ ገብሩ᎓ ወልደ᎓ ሐና ᎓ ወሀሎ᎓ ፩ብእሲ᎓ ዘይነብር᎓ በባቢሎን᎓ ዘስሙ᎓ ኢዮአቄም᎓ ወአውሰበ᎓ ብእሲቱ᎓ እነተ᎓ ስማ᎓ ሶስና፤
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወአውረድዎሙ᎓ ውስተ᎓ ግበ᎓ አናብስት᎓ ወበልዕዎሙ᎓ ሶቤሃ᎓ በቅድሜሁ፨ ተፈጸመ᎓ ራዕየ᎓ ዳንኤል᎓ ነቢይ᎓ በረድኤተ᎓ እግዚአብሔር ሎቱ᎓ ሰብሐት᎓ ለዓለመ᎓ ዓለም᎓ አሜን፨ ወልደ᎓ ሐና ። ወምስሌሁኒ᎓ ለዓለመ᎓ ዓለም᎓ አሜን᎓ ወአሜን᎓ ለይኩን᎓ ለይኩን ፨ ፨ ፨
Book of Daniel.Additions In this unit there are in total 5 s, 1 , 2 , 1 , 1 .
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check the viewerFols 2va–2vb (Type: Unclear)
( gez ) ዘተገድፈ᎓ ጸሐፍኩ᎓ አነ᎓ […]ommission by
The note refers to Content Item 1 No item: LIT2689Sam (CAe 2689) , the scribe says that he completed (here) what was omitted, probably referring to Content Item 5 መጽሐፈ᎓ ነገሥት᎓ ፬ (CAe 2689) . -
check the viewerFols 2va–2vb (Type: Letter)
( gez ) ዛቲ᎓ ጦመር᎓ ዘተፈነወ᎓ እምኀበ᎓ ሊቀ᎓ ረድትኩ᎓ ፯ማዲ᎓ በደጊባል᎓ ጠፋ᎓ ለኮልባና᎓ ለወዘሮ᎓ ጽላት᎓ ማከላዳን᎓ ላድሳ᎓
The note is written in a crude hand. It lists names of some indivuduals and uses abbreviations, but the meaning remains completely unclear. -
check the viewerFols 2va–2vb (Type: Unclear)
( la ) Legebam Inarya cum maerore et tristitiâ animi anno MDCCCXLV.
( en ) I read in Ennarya with grief and sadness of soul in the year 1845
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check the viewerFol. 99r (Type: Unclear)
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check the viewerFol. 98rb (Type: Unclear)
Extras
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check the viewerFol. 3r (Type: Unclear)
Shelf-mark of the library
( ) No. 137 Antoine d'Abbadie
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check the viewerFol. 3r (Type: StampExlibris)
( ) Stamp of the Library.
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check the viewerFols 3r–98r (Type: Correction)
( ) Corrections in small fine script written in the margins, sometimes with the use of the tamallas-sign.
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check the viewerFols 3r–98r (Type: Comment)
( ) Commentaries in Gǝˁǝz and Amharic.
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check the viewerFol. 98r (Type: StampExlibris)
( ) Stamp of the Library.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 2 , 1 .
Other Decorations
- drawing:
check the viewerFol. 2r
Drawing of a man holding ṣanāṣǝl and a staff of dabtarā, identified by the caption ገብሩ፡ ዘዘጌ. Below an unclear inscription Legend: ( gez ) ወንድሞቸ፡ ደርሰአሊባ
- drawing:
check the viewerFol. 90v
Drawing of a man and a devil behind holding a saw.
- band:
check the viewerFol. 90v
Bichrome (black, red) ornamental band.
Catalogue Bibliography
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Conti Rossini, C. 1914. Notice sur les manuscrits éthiopiens de la Collection d’Abbadie, Extrait du Journal Asiatique (Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1914). page 34-35, number 10
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Chaîne, M. 1912. Catalogue des manuscrits éthiopiens de la Collection Antoine d’Abbadie (Paris: Imprimerie nationale–Ernest Leroux, éditeur, 1912). page 86, number 137
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Abbadie, A. d’ 1859. Catalogue raisonné de manuscrits éthiopiens appartenant à Antoine d’Abbadie (Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1859). page 153, number 137
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Parchment.Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 210mm |
Width | 180mm |
Foliation
Foliation of the Bibliothèque nationale de France in the upper right corner of the recto sides, along with indications of chapter numbers.
Quire Structure Collation
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
European binding.
Binding material
leather
cardboard
paper
Original binding
No
Layout
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1600-1699
1600-1699Hand 2
Scribe: Sāmuʾel scribe
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1600-1699
Sāmuʾel scribe 1600-1699Hand 3
Scribe: Nātān scribe
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1600-1699
Nātān scribe 1600-1699Hand 4
Scribe: Gād scribe
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1600-1699
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