Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien d'Abbadie 78
Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Manuscrits orientaux, Fonds éthiopien, d'Abbadie
General description
Book of Clement
Number of Text units: 8
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
18th century, possibly 1755-1769. (dating on palaeographic grounds) The manuscript was commissioned by Wagris patron (possibly also by Giyorgis patron ?) and copied by the scribe Dāwit scribe , possibly during the reign of King ʾIyoʾas I (s. above other interpretations).
Provenance
The manuscript was acquired by Antoine d'Abbadie owner sometime between 1840 and 1848.
Acquisition
The manuscript entered the Bibliothèque nationale↗ in 1902.
Contents
check the viewerFols 1ra–207va Book of Clement (CAe 1957)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ፩፡ አምላክ፨ይቤ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ቀሌምንጦስ፡ እምድኅረ፡ ዕርገቱ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ወአምላክነ፡ ወመድኃኒነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ውስተ፡ ሰማይ፡ ተፈ ልጡ፡ አርድእት፡ እስከ፡ አጽናፈ፡ ዓለም፨ ከመ፡ ይስብኩ፡ ዜና፡ ወንጌል፡ ቅዱስ፡ ወይሚጥዎሙ፡ ለአሕዛብ፡ ውስተ፡ አሚን፡ ወአእምሮ፡ ወያጥምቅዎሙ፡ በቅድስት፡ ጥምቀት፡ ዘሐዲስ፡ ልደት። ወበእንተዝ፡ ፈቀዱ፡ ይኅሥሡ፡ ውስተ፡ በሓውርት።
Used for the edition of the work started in .check the viewerFols 1ra–42ra Book of Clement, An account of the creation, and a resumé of Scripture history down to the reign of Jehoram (CAe 1957 Book1)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):
check the viewerFols 42rb–68vb Book of Clement, Mysteries revealed by St Peter to Clement (CAe 1957 Book2)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):
check the viewerFols 68vb–121ra Book of Clement, The power and the wonders which God displayed to St Peter (CAe 1957 Book3)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):
check the viewerFols 121ra–160rb Book of Clement, Discourse of St Peter to Clement, concerning what shall take place in heaven and on earth for mercy to mankind (CAe 1957 Book4)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):
check the viewerFols 160rb–167va Book of Clement, Discourse of St Peter to Clement, concerning what shall take place in heaven and on earth for mercy to mankind (CAe 1957 Book4)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):
check the viewerFols 167vb–186ra Book of Clement, Discourse of St Peter to Clement, concerning what shall take place in heaven and on earth for mercy to mankind (CAe 1957 Book4)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):
check the viewerFols 186ra–206rb Book of Clement, Discourse of St Peter to Clement, concerning what shall take place in heaven and on earth for mercy to mankind (CAe 1957 Book4)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):
Colophon
check the viewerFols 206ra–206va
Translation Gǝʿǝz : ወተፈጸመት፡ ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ቀሌምንቶስ፡ በበ፷ወ፬ዓመተ፡ ምሕረት፨ ፨ በመዋዕለ፡ ኢዮስያስ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ወአባ፡ ይስሐቅ፡ ጳጳስ፨ ወስብሐት፡ ለ
እግዚአብሔር፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፨ አሜን፡ ወአሜን፨ ጸሐፍኩ፡ አነ፡ ኀጥእ፡ ወአባሲ፡ ዳዊት scribe ፨ ወአጽሐፈኒሰ፡ አባ፡ ወግሪስ፡ አቃቤ፡ ቤተ፡ መዛግብት፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ ቂርቆስ፨ sponsor እንዘ፡ መምህር፡ ታዕካ፡ ክርስቶስ፨ ኅቡረ፡ ይምሀሮሙ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ በመንግሥተ፡ ሰማያት፡ በጸሎቱ፡ ለቀሌምንጦስ፡ ብፁዕ፨ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፡ ወአሜን፨ ወፈድፋደሰ፡ ለጊዮርጊስ፡ sponsor ዘጻመወ፡ በብዙኅ፡ ትጋህ፨ ይጽሐፍ፡ ስሞ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ሊቅ፡ ኀበ፡ ዓምደ፡ ወርቅ፡ በቀለመ፡ ወርቅ፡ (…)ommission by Denis Nosnitsin
Translated in French in . C. Conti Rossini suggests in his catalogue that ኢዮስያስ፡ ንጉሥ፡ should be identified with King ʾIyoʾas I , thus dating the manuscript to his reign 1755-1769 (the catalogue transcribes the date with a mistake). M. Chaîne equates the year 61 (transcribed wrongly, instead of 64) to 7261 from the Creation of the World, that is 1769 CE, and refers to the same ʾIyoʾas I . According to an interpretation proposed in , the data in the colophon were taken over from an old manuscript. The year 64 should be counted as the year of mercy in a 532-year cycle and is equal to 1487/1488 CE, ʾIyosyās is the royal name of the 15th-century King ʾƎskǝndǝr , አባ፡ ይስሐቅ፡ ጳጳስ should be identified with Metropolitan Yǝsḥaq (II) (for the discussion about the colophon cp. also ).
Additions In this unit there are in total 3 s, 1 , 1 .
Extras
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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. 1ra (Type: StampExlibris)
Stamp of the Library.
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check the viewerFols 1ra–207vb (Type: Correction)
A few minor corrections, in the main hand.
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check the viewerFol. 206vb (Type: StampExlibris)
Stamp of the Library.
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check the viewerFol. 207v (Type: Unclear)
Pen trials.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 4 s.
Other Decorations
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 68vb
Simple ornamental band.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 121ra
Simple ornamental band.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 160vb
Simple ornamental band.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 194r
Simple ornamental band in the margin, between the text columns.
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 65, number 38
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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 52, number 78
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Abbadie, A. d’ 1859. Catalogue raisonné de manuscrits éthiopiens appartenant à Antoine d’Abbadie (Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1859). page 91-92, number 78
Secondary Bibliography
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Proverbio, D. V. and G. Fiaccadori 2004. ‘Un nuovo testimone etiopico della Rivelazione di Pietro a Clemente: il ms. 121 del Monumento Nazionale di Casamari (Veroli). “Appendice” di G. Fiaccadori: Sul ms. Parigi, B.n.F., d’Abb. 78 (C.R. 38) e i metropoliti Yesḥaq, Yāʿqob e Mārqos d’Etiopia (sec. XV-XVI)’, Atti della Accademia nazionale dei Lincei, Rendiconti, Classe di scienze morale, storiche e filologiche, Serie nona, 15 (2004), 665–693.
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Grébaut, S. 1911. ‘Littérature éthiopienne pseudo-clémentine. III Traduction du Qalêmentos’, Revue de l’Orient Chrétien, 16 (1911), 72–84, 167–175, 225–233.
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Bausi, A. 1992. ቀሌምንጦስ፡ Il Qalēmenṭos etiopico: La rivelazione di Pietro a Clemente, I libri 3–7, Traduzione e introduzione, Studi Africanistici, Serie Etiopica, 2 (Napoli: Istituto Universitario Orientale, Dipartimento di Studi e Ricerche su Africa e Paesi Arabi, 1992).
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Bausi, A. 2006. ‘The Manuscript Tradition of the Ethiopic Qalēmenṭos. A Short Note’, in W. Witakowski and L. Łykowska, eds, Wälättä Yohanna. Ethiopian Studies in Honour of Joanna Mantel-Niećko on the Occasion of the 50th Year of Her Work at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Warsaw University (Warszawa: Dom Wydawniczy Elipsa, 2006), 47–57.
This manuscript has modern restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 270mm |
Width | 230mm |
Foliation
Foliation in the upper right corner of the folia. The first leaf, of paper and unfoliated, is a part of the binding. Below, the next two unfoliated parchment leaves are assigned numbers check the vieweri and check the viewerii . The last parchment folium, also unfoliated, is assigned number check the viewer207 . The following paper leaf, unfoliated, is again considered as part of the binding.
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
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1 | A | 2 |
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s.l.: 1, stub after 1 s.l.: 2, stub before 2 |
2 | 1 | 8 |
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3 | 2 | 8 |
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4 | 3 | 8 |
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5 | 4 | 8 |
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6 | 5 | 8 |
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7 | 6 | 8 |
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8 | 7 | 8 |
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9 | 8 | 8 |
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10 | 9 | 8 |
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11 | 10 | 8 |
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12 | 11 | 8 |
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13 | 12 | 8 |
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14 | 13 | 8 |
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15 | 14 | 8 |
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16 | 15 | 8 |
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17 | 16 | 8 |
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18 | 17 | 8 |
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19 | 18 | 8 |
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20 | 19 | 8 |
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21 | 20 | 8 |
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22 | 21 | 8 |
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23 | 22 | 8 |
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24 | 23 | 8 |
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25 | 24 | 8 |
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26 | 25 | 8 |
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27 | 26 | 8 |
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28 | B | 1 |
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s.l.: 1, stub before 1 |
Collation diagrams
s.l.: 1, stub after 1 s.l.: 2, stub before 2
Quire ID:q1, number:A
Quire ID:q2, number:1
Quire ID:q3, number:2, Ethiopic quire number:
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Quire ID:q6, number:5, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q7, number:6, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q8, number:7, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q9, number:8, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q10, number:9, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q11, number:10, Ethiopic quire number:
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Quire ID:q17, number:16, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q18, number:17, Ethiopic quire number:
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Quire ID:q21, number:20, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q22, number:21, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q23, number:22, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q24, number:23, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q25, number:24, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q26, number:25, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q27, number:26, Ethiopic quire number:
s.l.: 1, stub before 1
Quire ID:q28, number:B
Ethio-SPaRe formula : A(0+2/s.l. 1, stub after 1; s.l. 2, stub before 2/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (8), 15 (8), 16 (8), 17 (8), 18 (8), 19 (8), 20 (8), 21 (8), 22 (8), 23 (8), 24 (8), 25 (8), 26 (8), 27 (8), 28 (1),
Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (8), 15 (8), 16 (8), 17 (8), 18 (8), 19 (8), 20 (8), 21 (8), 22 (8), 23 (8), 24 (8), 25 (8), 26 (8), 27 (8), 28 (1),
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
Two wooden boards.
Leather quarter cover.Sewing Stations
Two pairs of sewing stations.Sewing Stations
4 European paper leaves pasted upon the inner surfaces of the boards; one paper leaf is inserted between each of the boards and the textblock.Binding material
wood
leather
paper
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 18
The last leaf check the viewerfol. 207 is pricked and ruled only in part.Ruling
- (Subtype: pattern)1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C
- The upper line is written above the ruling.
Pricking
- Pricking and ruling are hardly visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
18th century.
Ink: Black; red.
Careful, regular; by a good scribe (name: Dāwit scribe ). The handwriting is described by A. d'Abbadie as ʻbeau guịlḥ moderneʼ.info | value |
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Standard date | በ፷ወ፬ዓመተ፡ ምሕረት፨ |
Date in current calendar | 64 |
Calendar | grace |
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