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Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien d'Abbadie 173

Denis Nosnitsin (cataloguer)

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

Stub
https://betamasaheft.eu/BNFabb173
Bibliothèque nationale de France[view repository]

Collection: Manuscrits orientaux, Fonds éthiopien, d'Abbadie

Persons IndexGeneralDescriptionPhysical DescriptionCatalogueAuthors

General description

Four Gospels

Number of Text units: 5

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

1750-1848 A small-size Four Gospels. The name of the commissioner has been erased from the headings and explicits.

Provenance

The manuscript was possibly in possession of Walda Yoḥannǝs before it was acquired by Antoine d'Abbadie owner sometime between 1840 and 1848.

Acquisition

The manuscript entered the Bibliothèque nationale in 1902.

Summary

Contents

check the viewerFols 1ra–107ra Four Gospels (CAe 1560) (The Four Gospels lack prefatory texts.)
check the viewerFols 55rb–85rb Bǝsrāta Luqās (CAe 2713)

Language of text:

(The Gospel of Luke starts not on the recto side of a new folium, but in the column b (55rb not found in this file) immediately after the preceeding Gospel of Mark.)
check the viewerFols 86ra–107rb Gospel of John (CAe 2715)

Language of text:

Additions In this unit there are in total 5 s, 4 s.

    Extras

    1. (Type: StampExlibris)

      Shelfmark of the Library glued onto the inner side of the front board.

    2. (Type: StampExlibris)

      Shelfmark of the Library glued onto the spine.

    3. check the viewerFol. iir (Type: StampExlibris)

      Shelfmark of the Library.

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

      Stamp of the Library.

    5. check the viewerFols. 10v, 68v, 88v, 90r, 96v (Type: Unclear)

      Cross-like marks in the margin on some folia.

    6. check the viewerFol. 47v (Type: Unclear)

      Numerals written in the margins of some folia, possibly chapter numbers of cues for rubricators.

    7. check the viewerFols. 55r, 86rb (Type: Unclear)

      The name ʾAmata ʾIyasus owner , probably of an owner of the book, added in a crude secondary hand over erasures.

    8. check the viewerFol. 107rb (Type: Unclear)

      The name Gabra Krǝstos owner ?, probably another owner of the book, written in a crude secondary hand.

    9. check the viewerFol. 107r (Type: StampExlibris)

      Stamp of the Library, poorly visible.

    Decoration In this unit there are in total 3 s, 2 .

    Other Decorations

    1. other: check the viewerFol. 30rb

      Divider at the end of the text made out of two black dotted lines and multiple asterisks inbetween.

    2. other: check the viewerFol. 55ra

      Divider at the end of the text made out of two black dotted lines and multiple asterisks inbetween.

    3. ornamentation: check the viewerFol. 55rb

      Small, poorly drawn ornamental band at the beginning of Content Item 1.3 , item 1 Bǝsrāta Luqās (CAe 2713) .

    4. ornamentation: check the viewerFol. 107ra

      Divider at the end of the text made of a dotted line and multiple asterisks.

    5. other: check the viewerFol. 107rb

      Two text dividers at the end of the text made dotted black lines; one made of two black dotted lines and multiple asterisks inbetween.

    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 56, number 29
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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 105, number 173
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    • Abbadie, A. d’ 1859. Catalogue raisonné de manuscrits éthiopiens appartenant à Antoine d’Abbadie (Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1859). page 179, number 173
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    Physical Description

    Form of support

    Parchment Codex

    Extent

    +NaN (leaf) , Entered as 2+108 2 (leaf, blank) : Entered as 2 check the viewerFols. 30v, 85v, 107v, 108r, 108v (C. Conti Rossini indicates the number of leaves as 111.) +NaN (quire) .Entered as A + 7 + B 87 87
    Outer dimensions
    Height 87
    Width 87

    Foliation

    Foliation in the upper right corner of the folia. The first two leaves are unfoliated (assigned the numbers i and ii); the last leaf is also not foliated (assigned the number 108).

    Quire Structure Collation

    Position Number Leaves Quires Description
    1 A 2 No image availableFols ir–iiv
    2 1 12 No image availableFols 1r–12v
    3 2 10 No image availableFols 13r–22v
    4 3 8 No image availableFols 23r–30v
    5 4 6 No image availableFols 31r–46v The structure of the quire is uncertain.
    6 5 20 No image availableFols 47r–66v The structure of the quire is uncertain.
    7 6 19 No image availableFols 67r–85v s.l.: 1, no stub The structure of the quire is uncertain.
    8 7 12 No image availableFols 86r–107v The structure of the quire is uncertain.
    9 B 1 No image availableFols 108r–108v The structure of the quire is uncertain.

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

    • Quire with id:q7 and n 6 is made of 19 leaves, but there is no futher information about the reason this number is odd.
    • Quire with id:q9 and n B is made of 1 leaves, but there is no futher information about the reason this number is odd.

    State of preservation

    good

    Condition

    Some folia are damaged by water; 87r not found in this file, 99r not found in this file is damaged by rodents' feces.

    Binding

    Two wooden boards.

    Blind-tooled leather cover, textile inlays.

    Sewing Stations

    4

    Endbands intact.

    According to A. d'Abbadie, the manuscript has a well-preserved leather case made of two parts.

    Binding decoration

    Leaf string markers inserted in some folia.

    Binding material

    wood

    leather

    textile

    Original binding

    No

    Layout

    Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 1r–102r )

    Number of columns: 2

    Number of lines: 26-28

    (In some parts of the manuscript the number of written lines in much less, in some parts much more than 26-28.) (The headings of the Gospels have no special layout.) (The "genealogy of Christ" (Gospel of Luke) is written in four columns, 59va not found in this file and 60r not found in this file.)
    Ruling
    Pricking
    • Pricking and ruling are visible on only a few folia.

    Palaeography

  1. Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    18th or early 19th century (19th century according to C. Conti Rossini).

    Ink: Black, red.

    Somewhat irregular, careful; by a mediocre scribe. The script is very small and nearly impossible to to read, as in Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien d'Abbadie 95; in some parts of the manuscript it's size is bigger, according to the number of written lines.

      2. Publication Statement

      authority
      Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
      pubPlace
      Hamburg
      publisher
      Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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      17.12.2024 at 11:45:15
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      28.6.2021
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