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Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien d'Abbadie 16

Denis Nosnitsin

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

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https://betamasaheft.eu/BNFabb16
Bibliothèque nationale de France[view repository]

Collection: Manuscrits orientaux, Fonds éthiopien, d'Abbadie

Persons IndexGeneralDescriptionPhysical DescriptionCatalogueAuthors

General description

Books of the Old Testament

Number of Text units: 25

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

1800-1840 (lettering context) The names of the original and former owners or commissioners have been erased and overwritten, check the viewerfol. 26va .

Provenance

An owner of the manuscript was Walda Samāʿǝt from ʾAmhārā owner , probably the same mamḥǝr mentioned in in Abbadie 1859, from whom Antoine d'Abbadie bought the manuscript sometime between 1840 and 1848.

Acquisition

The manuscript entered the Bibliothèque nationale in 1902.

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 1ra–22vc ),
  2. ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 23ra–40vc ), Daqiqa nabiyāt
    1. ms_i2.1 (check the viewerFols 23ra–26va ), Za-Hoseʿ nabiyy
    2. ms_i2.2 (check the viewerFols 26va–29ra ), Za-ʾAmoṣ nabiyy
    3. ms_i2.3 (check the viewerFols 29ra–30vb ), Za-Mikyās nabiyy
    4. ms_i2.4 (check the viewerFols 30vb–31vb ), Book of Joel
    5. ms_i2.5 (check the viewerFols 31vb–32rb ), ዘአብድዩ፡ ነቢይ።
    6. ms_i2.6 (check the viewerFols 32rb–33ra ), Book of Jonah
    7. ms_i2.7 (check the viewerFols 33ra–33vb ), Book of Nahum
    8. ms_i2.8 (check the viewerFols 33vb–34va ), Book of Habakkuk
    9. ms_i2.9 (check the viewerFols 34va–35rc ), Za-Sofonyās nabiyy
    10. ms_i2.10 (check the viewerFols 35rc–36ra ), Za-Ḥagge nabiyy
    11. ms_i2.11 (check the viewerFols 36ra–39rc ), Za-Zakāryās nabiyy
    12. ms_i2.12 (check the viewerFols 39ra–40va ), Za-Milkǝyās nabiyy
  3. ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 41ra–62ra ), Book of Isaiah
  4. ms_i4 (check the viewerFols 62ra–85vc ), Books of Solomon
    1. ms_i4.1 (check the viewerFols 62rb–72vc ), Proverbs
      1. ms_i4.1.1 (check the viewerFols 62rb–70vc ), Mǝssālǝyāta Salomon
      2. ms_i4.1.2 (check the viewerFols 70vс–72rc ), Tagśāṣa Salomon
    2. ms_i4.2 (check the viewerFols 72va–80vb ), Ṭǝbaba Salomon
    3. ms_i4.3 (check the viewerFols 80vb–84va ), Ecclesiastes
  5. ms_i5 (check the viewerFols 86ra–93vc ), Daniel, Book of
  6. ms_i6 (check the viewerFols 94ra–112rc ),
  7. ms_i7 (check the viewerFols 112va–124va ), ʾIyob
  8. ms_i8 (check the viewerFols 124va–126vc ), Song of Songs

Contents

check the viewerFols 23ra–40vc Daqiqa nabiyāt (CAe 1315) Books of Minor Prophets.
check the viewerFols 33vb–34va Book of Habakkuk (CAe 1567) Book of Habakkuk.
check the viewerFols 62ra–85vc Books of Solomon (CAe 5832) Books of Salomon.
check the viewerFols 62rb–72vc Proverbs (CAe 2195)
check the viewerFols 80vb–84va Ecclesiastes (CAe 1320) Only the beginning of the work.
check the viewerFols 94ra–112rc ዘኢያሱ። (CAe 2358)

Colophon

check the viewerFol. 112rc

>ተፈጸመ᎓ በዝየ᎓ ጥበቢሁ᎓ ለኢያሱ᎓ ወልደ᎓ ሲራክ᎓ ዘተጽሕፈ᎓ በ፷፻ወ፱፻ወ፸᎓ ዓመት፨

The ፷፻ወ፱፻ወ፸ (internal) might refer to the date mentioned in the colophon of the antigraph.

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 3 s, 4 s.

  1. check the viewerFol. 1r (Type: OwnershipNote)

    Written in a very crude hand, mentioning an owner Walda Samāʿǝt of ʾAmhāra

    ( gez ) ዝመጽሐፍ፡ መምሕር፡ ወልደ፡ ሰማዕት፡ ዘአምሃራ፡ ዘአጥረዮ፡

  2. check the viewerFols 1r–272v (Type: Comment)

    Commentaries and corrections, in the margins and between the lines, on many folios, written in the main hand.

  3. check the viewerFols 1r–272v (Type: Comment)

    Commentaries, indications to verses and chapters, titles of the biblical books in a European language. Written in a tiny script, in a European hand, obviously by d'Abbadie himself, dictated to him by his teacher.

  4. check the viewerFols 23r–272v (Type: Comment)

    Commentaries and notes written in a crude hand, possibly more than one, in the upper margins of some folios.

Extras

  1. (Type: StampExlibris)

    The label of the Bibliothèque nationale with the shelf-mark Ethiopi. Abb. 16 on the inner side of the front board.

  2. check the viewerFol. ir

    Signature Abb. 16 in a European hand.

  3. check the viewerFol. iv

    Pen trials, in a crude hand.

  4. check the viewerFol. 1r (Type: StampExlibris)

    Stamp of the Bibliothèque nationale.

  5. check the viewerFol. 126v (Type: StampExlibris)

    Stamp of the Bibliothèque nationale.

  6. (Type: StampExlibris)

    A label of the Bibliothèque nationale with the shelf-mark (written out in words) and short indication of the content in French, glued on the spine of the volume.

Decoration In this unit there are in total 2 , 2 .

Other Decorations

  1. ornamentation: check the viewerFol. 1r

    Bichrome (red, black) ornamental band, with four crosses above and title written above the upper edge.

  2. drawing: check the viewerFol. 127v

    Crude drawing of a human face. Caption Legend: ( gez ) መምሕር፡ወልደ፡ ሰማዕት

  3. drawing: check the viewerFol. 127v

    Crude drawing of an angel.

  4. ornamentation: check the viewerFol. 59r

    Bichrome (black, red) ornamental band decorated with four crosses above.

Catalogue Bibliography

  • Conti Rossini, C. 1914. Notice sur les manuscrits éthiopiens de la Collection d’Abbadie, Extrait du Journal Asiatique (Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1914). page 36-37, number 11
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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 15, number 16
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  • Abbadie, A. d’ 1859. Catalogue raisonné de manuscrits éthiopiens appartenant à Antoine d’Abbadie (Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1859). page 16-18, number 16
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

+NaN (leaf) , Entered as i-iv+127 The first four parchment leaves check the viewerfols i–iv, and the last parchment leaf check the viewer127 are not foliated. 3 (leaf, blank) .Entered as 3 246 223
Outer dimensions
Height 246mm
Width 223mm

Foliation

Foliation of the Bibliothèque nationale de France in the upper right corner of the recto sides.

Quire Structure Collation

Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 A 2 Fols ir–iiiv Leaves of irregular form, not ruled, with big holes.
2 1 8 Fols 1r–8v
3 2 8 Fols 9r–16v
4 3 6 Fols 17r–22v
5 4 8 Fols 23r–30v
6 5 8 Fols 31r–38v
7 6 8 Fols 39r–46v
8 7 8 Fols 47r–54v
9 8 8 Fols 55r–62v ፭
10 9 8 Fols 63r–70v
11 10 8 Fols 71r–78v
12 11 7 Fols 79r–85v The structure of the quire cannot be discerned.
13 12 8 Fols 86r–93v
14 13 8 Fols 94r–101v
15 14 6 Fols 102r–107v
16 15 6 Fols 108r–113v
17 16 10 Fols 114r–123v
18 17 4 Fols 124r–127v

It is unfortunately not possible with the information provided to print the collation diagrams and formula.

  • Quire with id:q12 and n 11 is made of 7 leaves, but there is no futher information about the reason this number is odd.

State of preservation

good

Condition

The text block has been trimmed, probably in Europe.

Binding

Two wooden boards.

Sewing Stations

4

Pastedowns, endleaves at the front and at the back of the volume are made of paper, of European origin.

Missing.

Binding material

wood

leather

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 1r–126v )

Number of columns: 3

Number of lines: 27

Data taken from check the viewerfol. 17r .

Layout note 1(check the viewerFol. 116v )

Number of columns: 3

Number of lines: 28

Data taken from fol. 116v.

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Ink: Black, red (light vermillion)

    Date: 1800-1840

    1800-1840 Written in a skilled but irregular, hasty hand. Small script, ca. 20-22 signs per line.

  • Hand 2

    Script: Ethiopic

    Ink: Black, red

    Date: 1800-1840

    check the viewerFol. 116v 1800-1840 The text on check the viewerfol. 116v seems to have been written in a different hand (more regular and careful, letters of bigger size, ca. 16 per column). Possibly more hands were involved in writing the main text.

  • Hand 3

    Script: Ethiopic

    Ink: Black

    Date: 1800-1840

    check the viewerFols 1r–125v 1800-1840 Neat and regular hand, tiny thin letters; apparently the hand of Antoine d'Abbadie .

  • Hand 4

    Script: Ethiopic

    Ink: Black

    Date: 1800-1840

    check the viewerFols 23r–127v 1800-1840 Crude hand in additional notes, on some folios.

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    • Denis Nosnitsin Corrected date encoding on 26.8.2024
    • Denis Nosnitsin Created entity on 12.12.2019
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