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Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien d'Abbadie 55

Denis Nosnitsin

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

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https://betamasaheft.eu/BNFabb55
Bibliothèque nationale de France[view repository]

Collection: Manuscrits orientaux, Fonds éthiopien, d'Abbadie

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General description

Books of the Old Testament

Number of Text units: 34

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

1450-1550 The manuscript originally belonged to the monastery of Dāgā ʾƎsṭifānos↗ ; possibly to a monk called ʾabuna Takla ʾAb owner .

Provenance

The manuscript was bought by Antoine d'Abbadie owner sometime between 1840 1848.

Acquisition

The manuscript entered Bibliothèque nationale de France↗ in 1902.

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 1ra–14vc ), Book of Enoch
  2. ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 15ra–25vb ), Book of Job
  3. ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 26ra–43vb ), Books of Salomon
    1. ms_i3.1 (check the viewerFols 26ra–33rb ), Mǝssālǝyāta Salomon
    2. ms_i3.2 (check the viewerFols 33rb–34vc ), Tagśāṣa Salomon
    3. ms_i3.3 (check the viewerFols 34vc–38ra ), Ecclesiastes
    4. ms_i3.4 (check the viewerFols 38ra–43vb ), Ṭǝbaba Salomon
  4. ms_i4 (check the viewerFols 44ra–59vc ), ሲራክ፡ ወልደ፡ ዓልዓዛር
  5. ms_i5 (check the viewerFols 60ra–79vc ), Book of Isaiah
  6. ms_i6 (check the viewerFols 80ra–104vc ), ኤርምያስ᎓ነብይ
    1. ms_i6.1 (check the viewerFols 80ra–100vc ), Book of Jeremiah
    2. ms_i6.2 (check the viewerFols 101v–104vc ), 4 Baruch (Paralipomena of Jeremiah)
    3. ms_i7 (check the viewerFols 105ra–122vc ), Book of Ezekiel - Eth I, Text
    4. ms_i8 (check the viewerFols 123ra–140vc ), Book of Daniel
    5. ms_i9 (check the viewerFols 141ra–150vb ), The First Book of Ezra
    6. ms_i10 (check the viewerFols 150vb–157vb ), The Second Book of Ezra
    7. ms_i11 (check the viewerFols 157vb–161vc ), Book of Esther
    8. ms_i12 (check the viewerFols 162ra and following ), Books of Minor Prophets
      1. ms_i12.1 (check the viewerFols 162ra–164vb ), Book of Hosea
      2. ms_i12.2 (check the viewerFols 164b–166vc ), Book of Amos
      3. ms_i12.3 (check the viewerFols 166vc–168vb ), Book of Micah
      4. ms_i12.4 (check the viewerFols 168vb–169vc ), Book of Joel
      5. ms_i12.5 (check the viewerFols 169vc–170rb ), Book of Obadiah
    9. ms_i12.6 (check the viewerFols 170rb–170vc ), Book of Jonah
    10. ms_i12.7 (check the viewerFols 170vc–171va ), Book of Nahum
    11. ms_i12.8 (check the viewerFols 171vb–172rc ), Book of Habbakuk
    12. ms_i12.9 (check the viewerFols 172va–173rc ), Book of Zephania
    13. ms_i12.10 (check the viewerFols 173rc–173vc ), Book of Haggai
    14. ms_i12.11 (check the viewerFols 173vc–176rc ), Book of Zechariah
    15. ms_i12.12 (check the viewerFols 177rc–177vc ), Book of Malachi
  7. ms_i13 (check the viewerFols 178rc–202vc ), Three Ethiopian Books of Maccabees
    1. ms_i13.1 (check the viewerFols 178rc–191rb ), 1 Ethiopian Book of Maccabees
    2. ms_i13.2 (check the viewerFols 191rb–199rb ), 2 Ethiopian Book Maccabees
    3. ms_i13.3 (check the viewer3 Ethiopian Book Maccabees ), The Third Ethiopian Book of Maccabees

Contents

check the viewerFols 1ra–14vc Book of Enoch (CAe 1340)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ቃለ፡ በረከት፡ ዘሄኖክ፡ ዘከመ፡ ባረከ፡ ኅሩያነ፡ ወጻድቃነ፡ እለ፡ ሀለዉ፡ ይኩኑ፡ በዕለተ፡ ምንዳቤ፡ ለአሰስሎ፡ ኲሎ፡ ረሲዓነ፨

check the viewerFols 15ra–25vb Book of Job (CAe 1688)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀሎ፡ አሐዱ፡ብእሲ፡ በብሔረ፡ አውሲጢድ፡ ዘስሙ፡ ኢዮብ፡ ወውእቱ፡ ብእሲ፡ ራትዕ፡ ወንጹሕ፡ ወጻድቅ፡᎓ ወፈራሄ፡ እግዚአብሔር፨

check the viewerFols 26ra–43vb Books of Salomon (CAe 5832)
check the viewerFols 26ra–33rb Mǝssālǝyāta Salomon (CAe 3927)

Incipit ( ):ምሳልያተ፡ ሰሎሞን፡ ወልደ፡ ዳዊት፡ ዘነግሠ፡ ለእ ስራኤል፡ ለአእምሮ᎓ ጥበብ᎓ ወተግሣጽ፨

Proverbs.
check the viewerFols 33rb–34vc Tagśāṣa Salomon (CAe 2396)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ዝተግሣጸ፡ ሰሎሞን፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ኑፋቄ፡ ዘጸሐፉ፡ አዕርክቲሁ፡ ለሕዝቅያስ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ይሁዳ፡ ክብረ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ የኅብእ፡ ነገረ፡

Admonition of Salomon.
check the viewerFols 34vc–38ra Ecclesiastes (CAe 1320)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ቃለ፡ መክብብ፡ ወልደ፡ ዳዊት፡ ንጉሠ፡ እስራኤል፡ በኢየሩሳሌም። ከንቱ፡ ከንቱ፡ ኵሉ፡ ከንቱ፡ ይቤ፡ መክብብ፡ ከንቱ፡ ከንቱ፡ ምንት፡ ፈድፋዱ፡ ለሰብእ።

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):እመ᎓ ሠናይ᎓ ወእመ᎓ እኩይ፨

Ecclesiastes.
check the viewerFols 38ra–43vb Ṭǝbaba Salomon (CAe 2516)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):አፈቅርዋ፡ ለጽድቅ፡ መኳንንተ᎓ ምድር፨ ወሐልዩ᎓ በእንተ᎓ እግዚአብሔር᎓

Wisdom of Salomon. Lacuna occupies half of check the viewerfols. 43vb, 43vc . Dillmann 1861
check the viewerFols 44ra–59vc ሲራክ፡ ወልደ፡ ዓልዓዛር (CAe 2358)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ትምህርተ፡ ጥበብ፡ ወተግሣጽ፡ ዘጸሐፍኩ፡ ውስተ፡ ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ አነ፡ ኢያሱ፡ ሲራክ፡ ወልደ፡ አልዐዛር፡ ዘኢየሩሳሌም፡ ሥርዋ፡ ለጥበብ፡ ፈሪሃ፡ እግዚአብሔር፨

Book of Sirach. The title is added above the ornamental band, in a later hand. Dillmann 1861
check the viewerFols 60ra–79vc Book of Isaiahኢሳይያስ (CAe 1672)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ራእየ፡ ዘርእየ፡ ኢሳይያስ፡ ወልደ፡ አሞጽ፡ ዘርእየ፡ በእንተ፡ ይሁዳ፡ ወበእንተ፡ ኢየሩሳሌም፨

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወይሬእዩ፡ አብድንቲሆሙ፡ ለእለ፡ ዐለዉኒ፡ ወዕፄሆሙ፡ ዘይነውም፡ ወእሳቶሙ፡ ዘኢይጠፍእ፡ ወይከውኑ፡ አርአያ፡ ለኵሉ፡ ዘሥጋ፨

Book of Isaiah.
check the viewerFols 80ra–104vc ኤርምያስ᎓ነብይ (CAe 2035) The Cycle of Jeremiah. The title is written above the ornamental band. Cues - names of the Hebrew letters ff. 100r Dillmann 1894
check the viewerFols 80ra–100vc Book of Jeremiah (CAe 1685)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ቃለ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘኮነ፡ ኀበ፡ ኤርምያስ፡ ወልደ፡ ኬልቅዩ፡ ዘእምካህናት፡ ዘይነብር፡ ውስተ፡ አናቶት፡ በብሔረ፡ ብንያም። ወኮነ፡ ቃለ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ኀቤየ፡ በመዋዕለ፡ ኢዮስያስ፡ ወልደ፡ አሞጽ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ይሁዳ፡ አመ፡ ዓሠርቱ፡ ወሠለስቱ፡ አመተ፡ መንግሥቱ። ወኮነ፡ በመዋዕለ፡ ኢዮአቂም፡

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):እስከ፡ ዕለተ፡ ሞቱ፡ በኵሉ፡ መዋዕለ፡ ሕይወቱ፨

check the viewerFols 101v–104vc 4 Baruch (Paralipomena of Jeremiah) (CAe 2167)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ተረፋተ፡ ነገር፡ ዘባሮክ፡ ወኢኮነ፡ ኅቡእ፡ ዘአመ፡᎓ፄወዉ፡ ባቢሎን፡ ወኮነ፡ ሶበ፡ ፄወውዎሙ፡ ለደቂቀ፡ እስራኤል፡᎓ንጉሠ፡᎓ከለድዮን፡

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ነዋ፡ ጽሕፍት፡ ውስተ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ባሮክ፨

Colophon

check the viewerFol. 104vc

ተፈጸመ፡ በዝየ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ባሮክ፡ ወትሩፋተ፡ ነገሩ፡ ለኤርምያስ፨

check the viewerFols 105ra–122vc Book of Ezekiel - Eth I, Textሕዝቅኤል (CAe 5801 Text)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወኮነ፡ አመ፡ ሣልስ፡ ክረምት፡ በራብዕ፡ ወርኅ፡ በኀሙስ፡ ሠርቅ፡ ወሀሎኩ፡ ማእከለ፡ ፄዋ፡ በፈለገ፡ ኮቦር፨

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):

Explanations of some Hebrew names and words at the end are lacking. At the end of the last column, the scribe had to compress the writing.
check the viewerFols 123ra–140vc Book of Daniel (CAe 1259)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀሎ፡ አሐዱ፡ ብእሲ፡ ዘይነብር፡ ባቢሎን፡ ወስሙ፡ ኢዮአቄም፡ ወአውሰበ፡ ብእሲተ፡ እንተ፡ ስማ፡ ሶስና፡

check the viewerFols 141ra–150vb The First Book of Ezra (CAe 3581)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):አመ፡ ሠላሳ፡ ዓመት፡ እምዘወድቀት፡ ሃገርነ፡ ወሀለውኩ፡ ውስተ፡ ባቢሎን፡ አነ፡ ሱትኤል፡ ዘተሠመይኩ፡ ዕዝራ፡

Dillmann 1871
check the viewerFols 150vb–157vb The Second Book of Ezra (CAe 1377)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወአምጽኦ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ፋሲካ፡ ለአምላኩ፡ ውስተ፡ ኢየሩሳሌም፡ ወጠብሐ፡ ፋሲካ፡ አመ፡ ዓሡሩ፡ ወረቡዑ፡ ለቀዳሚ፡ ወርኅ፡ ወአቀሞሙ፡

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ተፈሥሑ᎓ ሶበ᎓ ሰምዑ᎓ ቃለ᎓ ዘመሀርዎሙ᎓ በኀበ᎓ ተጋብኡ፨

Dillmann 1871
check the viewerFols 157vb–161vc Book of Esther (CAe 1362)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በካልእ፡ ዓመት፡ እምዘ፡ ነግሠ፡ እርጤክሴርኮርከሴስ፡ ዐቢይ፡ አመ፡ ቀዳሚት

Dillmann 1871
check the viewerFols 162ra and following Books of Minor Prophets (CAe 1315)
check the viewerFols 162ra–164vb Book of Hosea (CAe 3144)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ቃለ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘኮነ፡ ኀበ፡ ሆሴዕ፡ ወልደ፡ በዕርም፡᎓በመዋዕለ፡ ዖዝያን፡ ወኢዮአታም፡

check the viewerFols 164b–166vc Book of Amos (CAe 3145)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ቃለ፡᎓አሞጽ፡᎓ዘኮነ፡᎓በአቃሬም፡ ዘቴቅሑ፡

check the viewerFols 166vc–168vb Book of Micah (CAe 3146)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወኮነ፡ ቃለ፡᎓እግዚአብሔር፡ ኀበ፡ ሚክያስ፡ ወልደ፡ ሞራት፡

check the viewerFols 168vb–169vc Book of Joel (CAe 1689)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ቃለ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘኮነ፡ ኀበ፡᎓ኢዩኤል፡᎓ወልደ፡᎓ባቱኤል፡

check the viewerFols 169vc–170rb Book of Obadiah (CAe 3147)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ዘርእየ፡ አብድዩ፡ ከመዝ፡ ይቤ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ በእንተ፡ ኢዶምያስ፡

check the viewerFols 170rb–170vc Book of Jonah (CAe 1694)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወኮነ፡ ቃለ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ኀበ፡ ዮናስ፡ ወልደ፡ አማቴ፡

check the viewerFols 170vc–171va Book of Nahum (CAe 2057)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ተረፈ፡ ነነዊ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ራእዩ፡ ለናሖም፡ ወልደ፡ ሔልቂዩስ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ቀናኢ፡ ወመስተበቅል፡ ወይትቤሎሙ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡

check the viewerFols 171vb–172rc Book of Habbakuk (CAe 1567)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ተረፈ፡ ዘርእየ፡ ዕንባቆም፡ ነቢይ᎓ እስከ፡ ማእዜኑ፡ እግዚኦ፡ ንኬልሕ፡ ወኢትሰምዐነ፡

Together with Prayer of Habbakuk (the words ጸሎተ፡ ዕንባቆም፡ ዘምስለ፡᎓ስብሐት፡ are rubricated).
check the viewerFols 172va–173rc Book of Zephania (CAe 3148)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ቃለ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘኮነ፡ ኀበ፡ ስፎንያስ፡ ወልደ፡ ጎዶልያ፡ እሞራዊ፡ ዘስዴቅያ፡ በመዋዕለ፡ ዮስያ፡

check the viewerFols 173rc–173vc Book of Haggai (CAe 3149)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በካልእ፡ ዐመት፡ መንግሥቱ፡ ለዳርዮስ፡ ንጉሥ፡ በሳድስ፡ ወርኅ፡ አመ፡ ሠርቅ፡ ኮነ፡ ቃለ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ በእደ፡ ሐጌ፡ ነቢይ

check the viewerFols 173vc–176rc Book of Zechariah (CAe 3150)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በካልእ፡ ዐመተ፡ መንግሥቱ፡ ለዳርዮስ፡ በሳ ድስ፡ ወርኅ፡ ኮነ፡ ቃለ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ኀበ፡ ዘካርያስ፡ ወልደ፡ በራክዩ፡

check the viewerFols 177rc–177vc Book of Malachi (CAe 3151)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ተረፈ፡ ቃለ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ላዕለ፡ እስራኤል፡ በእደ፡ መልአኩ፡ ኀልይዎኬ፡ በልብክሙ፡ አፍቀር ኩክሙ፡ ይቤ፡ እግዚአብሔር፨ ወትቤሉ፡ በበይነ፡

The title ዘሚኪያስ appears at the very end. The scribe had to compress the handwriting in the last two columns of the text.
check the viewerFols 178rc–202vc Three Ethiopian Books of Maccabees (CAe 5841)
check the viewerFols 178rc–191rb 1 Ethiopian Book of Maccabees (CAe 1819)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በመንግሥተ፡ ሚደናዊያን፡ ወሞአባዊያን፡ ወሃሎ፡ አሐዱ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ዘስሙ፡ ጺሩጸይዳን፡ ፈታዊሃ፡ ለእኪት፡

check the viewerFols 191rb–199rb 2 Ethiopian Book Maccabees (CAe 5840)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በእንተ᎓ ረከቦሙ᎓ መቀቢስ᎓ ለአይሁድ᎓ በጰስጦምያ᎓ ዘሶርያ᎓ ወቀተሎሙ᎓ በቈላቲሆሙ᎓ እስከ᎓ ዐውዳ᎓

check the viewer3 Ethiopian Book Maccabees The Third Ethiopian Book of Maccabees (CAe 5839)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ይትፌሥሑ፡ ደሰያተ፡ ግብጽ፡ እስመ፡᎓ በዳኃሪ፡ መዋዕል፡ በእንተ፡ ዘይመጽእ፡ ዲቤሆሙ፡ ኄር፡

Additions In this unit there are in total 2 , 1 , 8 s.

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

    ( gez ) ዝጉባኤ፡ ነቢያት፡ ዘደብረ፡ ዳጋ፡↗ ዘሠረቆ፡ ውጉዘ፡ ለይኩን። This collection of the Prophets is of Dāgā ʾƎsṭifānos↗ . Whoever steals it, will be excommunicated.

    Written in the upper margin of the folio.

  2. check the viewerFol. 60r (Type: Supplication)

    ( gez ) ዝንቱ፡ ጐበኤ፡ ነቢየት፡[…]ommission by ጸሎቱ፡ ወበረከቱ፡ ተሀሉ፡ ምስሌ፡[…]ommission by

    The supplication is written above the ornamental band, in a secondary hand. The name has been erased, probably it was ʾabuna Takla ʾAb .

  3. check the viewerFol. 166v (Type: Unclear)

    ( gez ) ለዓለም፡ አቡነ፡ ተክለ፡ […]ommission by

  4. check the viewerFol. 168v (Type: Unclear)

    The note refers to the possible owner of the book, ʾabuna Takla ʾAb .

    ( gez ) ለአቡነ፡ ተክለዐብ፡

  5. check the viewerFol. 178ra (Type: OwnershipNote)

    ( am ) ጐበኤ፡ ነቢየት፡ የአቡነ[…]ommission by

    The name of the owner is erased, probably it was ʾabuna Takla ʾAb .

Extras

  1. check the viewerFol. ir (Type: Unclear)

    Scribbles and crude drawings.

  2. check the viewerFol. iv (Type: Unclear)

    Scribbles and crude drawings.

  3. check the viewerFol. 1r

    The stamp and signature of the Library (no 55 Antoine d'Abbadie) in the bottom margin.

  4. check the viewerFol. 4v (Type: Unclear)

    A crude drawing in the bottom margin.

  5. check the viewerFols 100r–101r

    Cues for the rubricators (names of Hebrew letters).

  6. check the viewerFols. 164v, 169v, 170r, 170v, 171v, 172r, 172v, 173r, 173v, 177r

    Cues for the rubricators on many folios (a few lines, the same as those written red in the column below), on check the viewerfols. 169v, 170v, erased.

  7. check the viewerFol. 202vc (Type: Unclear)

    An unclear note at the bottom of the text column.

  8. check the viewerFols 203r–203v (Type: Unclear)

    Scribbles in various hands, crude drawings.

  9. check the viewerFols 203r–203v (Type: Unclear)

    Scribbles in various hands; possibly writing excercises (excerpts from various texts).

Decoration In this unit there are in total 9 s, 3 s.

Other Decorations

  1. ornamentation: check the viewerFol. 1r

    Monochrome (red) ornamental band.

  2. drawing: check the viewerFol. 13r

    Drawing of an angel with holding a sword.

  3. ornamentation: check the viewerFol. 15r

    Monochrome (red) ornamental band.

  4. ornamentation: check the viewerFol. 26r

    Bicolour (black, red) ornamental band.

  5. ornamentation: check the viewerFol. 44r

    Bicolour (black, red) ornamental band.

  6. drawing: check the viewerFol. 59vc

    Drawing of Virgin and Child with two Angels.

  7. ornamentation: check the viewerFol. 60r

    Bicolour (black, red) ornamental band.

  8. ornamentation: check the viewerFol. 80r

    Bicolour (red, black) ornamental band.

  9. ornamentation: check the viewerFol. 105r

    Bicolour (red, black) ornamental band.

  10. ornamentation: check the viewerFol. 123r

    Bicolour (red, black) ornamental band.

  11. ornamentation: check the viewerFol. 141r

    Monochrome (red) ornamental band.

  12. drawing: check the viewerFol. 203r

    Drawing of an equestrian saint.

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 37-38, number 12
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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 39, number 55
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  • Abbadie, A. d’ 1859. Catalogue raisonné de manuscrits éthiopiens appartenant à Antoine d’Abbadie (Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1859). page 65-68, number 55
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Parchment.

Extent

203 (leaf) , Entered as 203 (leaf, blank) .Entered as 410 500
Outer dimensions
Height 410mm
Width 500mm

Foliation

Foliation of Bibliothèque nationale de France↗ in the upper right corner of the recto sides (no foliation in quire A and B; numbers 131 to 140 are missed).

Quire Structure Collation

The original quire structure cannot be discerned.

State of preservation

good

Condition

Binding

European binding.

Binding material

leather

cardboard

paper

Original binding

No

Layout

Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 1r–202v )

Number of columns: 3

Number of lines: 48-60

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Ink: Black, red

    Rubrication: Incipits of the texts or text parts, elements of the punctuation signs.

    Date: 1450-1550 Mid-15th to mid-16th-century script.

    1450-1550 Mid-15th to mid-16th-century script. Regular, in a well-trained hand. Possibly more than one scribe took part in the copying work.

  • Hand 2

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1500-1599

    1500-1599 A later hand that wrote additional notes (a1) , (a2) , (a3) , (a4) , (a5) .

  • Hand 3

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1600-1699

    1600-1699 Another hand that added titles for Content Item 4 ሲራክ፡ ወልደ፡ ዓልዓዛር (CAe 2358) , Content Item 6 ኤርምያስ᎓ነብይ (CAe 2035) , Content Item 7 , item 6 Book of Ezekiel - Eth I, Textሕዝቅኤል (CAe 5801 Text) .

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