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Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien 157

Dorothea Reule

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

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Collection: Manuscrits orientaux, Fonds éthiopien

Other identifiers: Éth. 90

General description

, , , , ,

Number of Text units: 44

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

1600-1699 (dating on palaeographic grounds)

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (), ዝንቱ፡ ዘተርጐመ፡ አባ፡ ድዮናስዮስ፡ ዘብሔረ፡ ምሥራቅ፡ በእንተ፡ ፲ወ፪፡ ሐዋርያት፡ እምነገደ፡ እስራኤል፡ እሙንቱ።
  2. ms_i2 (check the viewerFols. 4, check the viewer95–97, check the viewer2–3 ), በስመ፡ እዌጥን፡ ጽሒፈ፡ ዘአስተጋብኦ፡ ዝመጽሐፍ፤ ወውእቱ፡ ክፍል፡ ቀዳማዊ፡ ዘእምተስእሎታተ፡ ዜናሆሙ፡ ለአበው፡ መነኮሳት፡ ግብጻውያን። ዘጸሐፎ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ኤጲስ፡ ቆጶስ፡ ዘመንበግ፡
  3. ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 5r and following ), Maṣḥafa falāsfā ṭabibān
  4. ms_i4 (check the viewerFols 25r and following ), በስመ፡ ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘአቡነ፡ ወዘአንቲያኮስ፤ በእንተ፡ ተኀሥሦ፡ ቃላት፡ ዘውስተ፡ መጻሕፍት።
  5. ms_i5 (check the viewerFols 31v–33r ), ድርሳን፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ ወብፁዕ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ አፈ፡ ወርቅ፡ ትርጓሜሁ፡ ለአቡነ፡ ዘበሰማያት።
  6. ms_i6 (check the viewerFols 33r–34 ), ጥበብ፡ ዘተከሥተ፡ ለብእሲት፡ እንተ፡ ስማ፡ ሳቤላ፡ ወለተ፡ ህርቃል፡ ርእሰ፡ ኤፌሶን፡ ፈካሪተ፡ ህልም፡ እለ፡ ርእዩ፡ ሰብእ፡ ጠቢባን፡ በሀገረ፡ ሮሜ፡ በአሐቲ፡ ሌሊት፡ ወበአሐቲ፡ ሰዓት።
  7. ms_i7 (check the viewerFols 34v and following ), Fǝkkāre ʾIyasus
  8. ms_i8 (check the viewerFols 35r and following ), በስመ፡ ዝንቱ፡ መገሥጽ፡ ቃለ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘይነግር፡ ቃላተ፡ ዘአቡነ፡ ትሩፈ፡ ምግባር፡ መንፈሳዊ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ወብፁዕ፡ ማር፡ ይስሐቅ፡ ጸሎቱ
    1. ms_i8.1 (), Maṣḥafa Mār Yǝṣhāq, Preface by the translator Abū l-Fatḥ ʿAbdallāh b. al-Faḍl
    2. ms_i8.2 (check the viewerFols 35v and following ), Chapter 1
    3. ms_i8.3 (check the viewerFols 40r and following ), Chapter 2
    4. ms_i8.4 (check the viewerFols 45r and following ), Chapter 3
    5. ms_i8.5 (check the viewerFols 50r and following ), Chapter 4
    6. ms_i8.6 (check the viewerFols 56r and following ), Chapter 5
    7. ms_i8.7 (check the viewerFols 56v and following ), Chapter 6
    8. ms_i8.8 (check the viewerFols 60r and following ), Chapter 7
    9. ms_i8.9 (check the viewerFols 61v and following ), Chapter 8
    10. ms_i8.10 (check the viewerFols 62r and following ), Chapter 9
    11. ms_i8.11 (check the viewerFols 63r and following ), Chapter 10
    12. ms_i8.12 (check the viewerFols 63v and following ), Chapter 11
    13. ms_i8.13 (check the viewerFols 64r and following ), Chapter 12
    14. ms_i8.14 (check the viewerFols 65v and following ), Chapter 13
    15. ms_i8.15 (check the viewerFols 66v and following ), Chapter 14
    16. ms_i8.16 (check the viewerFols 67v and following ), Chapter 15
    17. ms_i8.17 (check the viewerFols 68v and following ), Chapter 16
    18. ms_i8.18 (check the viewerFols 70r and following ), Chapter 17
    19. ms_i8.19 (check the viewerFols 70v and following ), Chapter 18
    20. ms_i8.20 (check the viewerFols 71r and following ), Chapter 19
    21. ms_i8.21 (check the viewerFols 71v and following ), Chapter 20
    22. ms_i8.22 (check the viewerFols 74v and following ), Chapter 21
    23. ms_i8.23 (check the viewerFols 76r and following ), Chapter 22
    24. ms_i8.24 (check the viewerFols 78v and following ), Chapter 23
    25. ms_i8.25 (check the viewerFol. 79v ), Chapter 24
    26. ms_i8.26 (check the viewerFol. 79v ), Chapter 25
    27. ms_i8.27 (check the viewerFols 79v and following ), Chapter 26
    28. ms_i8.28 (check the viewerFols 80v and following ), Chapter 27
    29. ms_i8.29 (check the viewerFols 81v and following ), Chapter 28
    30. ms_i8.30 (check the viewerFols 85r and following ), Chapter 29
    31. ms_i8.31 (check the viewerFols 85v and following ), Chapter 30
    32. ms_i8.32 (check the viewerFols 86r and following ), Chapter 31
    33. ms_i8.33 (check the viewerFols 86v and following ), Chapter 32
    34. ms_i8.34 (check the viewerFols 89v and following ), Chapter 33
    35. ms_i8.35 (check the viewerFols 91v and following ), Chapter 34
    36. ms_i8.36 (check the viewerFols 92v and following ), Discourse on the solitary life

Contents


check the viewerFols. 4, check the viewer95–97, check the viewer2–3 በስመ፡ . . . . .ommission by Hermann Zotenberg እዌጥን፡ . . . . .ommission by Hermann Zotenberg ጽሒፈ፡ ዘአስተጋብኦ፡ ዝመጽሐፍ፤ ወውእቱ፡ ክፍል፡ ቀዳማዊ፡ ዘእምተስእሎታተ፡ ዜናሆሙ፡ ለአበው፡ መነኮሳት፡ ግብጻውያን። ዘጸሐፎ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ፊልክስዮስ፡ ሶርያዊ፡ ኤጲስ፡ ቆጶስ፡ ዘመንበግ፡ (CAe 1399)

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(The leaves containing this work have been misplaced.) (This exemplar contains the story of two brothers who had used their goods in different for good works and Pambo 's judgment, followed by a commentary on this apophthegma. It is followed by an apophthegma by Yǝstir and apophthegmata by Antony , Arsenius Pambo , Babnūda ?, etc. )

check the viewerFols 5r and following Maṣḥafa falāsfā ṭabibān (CAe 7144)

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(The text is not divided into chapters. It agrees with the excerpts published in Cornill 1875 and Dillmann 1866, its readings agree partly with Frankfurt, Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg, Frankfurt Ms. or. 16 and partly with Tübingen, Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen, Tübingen Aeth. 6. However, in the introduction this manuscript, , (in ms_i1) and , (in ms_i1) have ምስጢራተ፡ instead of ምስጢራቲሃ፡, see Cornill 1875.) (On check the viewerfol. 12ra , there is a sentence attributed to the author of the work.)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ መሓሪ፡ ወመስተሣህል፡ ወላዕሌሁ፡ ትውክልትነ፡ ወረድኤትነ፡ ዘውእቱ፡ ይሁብ፡ መክፈልተ፡ ሀብታት፡ በከመ፡ ፈቀደ፤ ውእቱ፡ ይጼጉ፡ ወውእቱ፡ ያስተነቢ፡ ወይሁብ፡ መንፈሶ፡ ለኵሉ፡ . . . . .ommission by Hermann Zotenberg ንዌጥን፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ በጽሒፈ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ፈላስፋ፡ ጠቢባን፡ ዘተናገሩ፡ ባቲ፡ ለለ፡ ፩፡ እምኔሆሙ፡ በአምጣነ፡ ክሂሎቱ፤

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFols 5v and following ይቤ፡ ጠቢብ፡ ወሬዛ፡ ጠቢብ፡ ይኄይስ፡ እምነ፡ አረጋዊ፡ አብድ። ተብህለ፡ እስመ፡ ተግሣጽሰ፡ ይከብር፡ እምነ፡ አዕናቍ፡ ክቡራት፡ ወያከብር፡ ዘመደ፡ ኅሡራን፡ ወያቀውሞሙ፡ ውስተ፡ ምቅዋመ፡ ክቡራን፡ ወያከብር፡ እንበለ፡ ተባይጾ፡ ወያብዝኅ፡ ረድኤተ፡ እንዘ፡ አልቦቱ፡ ዘርእ። ተብህለ፡ እስመ፡ ጥበብሰ፡ ይጸንዕ፡ እምነ፡ ዘመድ፡ ብዙኃን፡ ወአእምሮሂ፡ ይከብር፡ እምነ፡ ዘመድ፡ ክቡራን። ተብህለ፡ ግዕዝ፡ ሠናይ፡ ይኄይስ፡ እምነ፡ ቢጽ፡ ሠናይ፡ ወመጽሐፍሂ፡ ናዛዚሁ፡ ለትኩዝ፡ ውእቱ። ተብህለ፡ ሕስዋ፡ ለጥበብ፡ እስመ፡ ይእቲ፡ ተውሳከ፡ ልቡና፡ ወመራኂተ፡ ፍኖት፡ ይእቲ፡ ወዓርክ፡ ይእቲ፡ በውስተ፡ ተአንግዶ፡ ወሞገስ፡ ይእቲ፡ በውስተ፡ ጉባኤ። ተብህለ፡ መቅድመ፡ ኵሉ፡ ዘይፈቅድ፡ ባቲ፡ ሰብእ፡ ልቡና፡ ወተግሣጽ፡ ወጽድቅ፡ ወትዕግሥት፡ ወጥበብ፡ ወንጽሕና፡ ወተገድሎ፡ ወአእኵቶ፡ ወጸልዮ፡ ጸሎታት፡ እንተ፡ ይእቲ፡ መሠረተ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ዘታበጽሕ፡ ኀበ፡ ፈጣሪ፡ ሎቱ፡ ስብሐት። ወጽድቀ፡ ቃል፡ ወዜና፡ ወርኂቅ፡ እመሐላ፡ በሐሰት፡ ወተቀብሎ፡ በገጽ፡ ፍሡሕ፤ ወአክብሮ፡ አናግድ፡ ወአሠንዮ፡ ለኵሉ፡ ወዓዊበ፡ ጎር፡


check the viewerFols 25r and following በስመ፡ . . . . .ommission by Hermann Zotenberg ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘአቡነ፡ አትናሲስ፡ ሊቀ፡ ጳጳሳት፡ ዘእስክንድርያ፡ ወዘአንቲያኮስ፤ በእንተ፡ ተኀሥሦ፡ ቃላት፡ ዘውስተ፡ መጻሕፍት። (CAe 1914)

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(The questions are not numbered.)

check the viewerFols 31v–33r ድርሳን፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ ወብፁዕ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ አፈ፡ ወርቅ፡ ትርጓሜሁ፡ ለአቡነ፡ ዘበሰማያት። (CAe 2133)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ናሁ፡ ጸሎቶሙ፡ ለሰብእ፡ ዘዘዚአሁ፡ ውእቱ፡ ከመ፡ ሐረዩ፡ ለርእሶሙ፡ ለሊሆሙ፡ እንዘ፡ ይመስሎሙ፡ ዘይሔይሶሙ፡ ለርእሶሙ፡ እስመቦ፡ እምኔሆሙ፡ ዘይቀውም፡ ውስተ፡ ጸሎት።

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Secondary Bibliography , item 5

  • Proverbio, D. V. 1998. La recensione etiopica dell’omelia pseudocrisostomica de ficu exarata ed il suo tréfonds orientale, Aethiopistische Forschungen, 50 (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 1998). page 78


check the viewerFols 33r–34 ጥበብ፡ ዘተከሥተ፡ ለብእሲት፡ እንተ፡ ስማ፡ ሳቤላ፡ ወለተ፡ ህርቃል፡ ርእሰ፡ ኤፌሶን፡ ፈካሪተ፡ ህልም፡ እለ፡ ርእዩ፡ ሰብእ፡ ጠቢባን፡ በሀገረ፡ ሮሜ፡ በአሐቲ፡ ሌሊት፡ ወበአሐቲ፡ ሰዓት። (CAe 2353)

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(This exemplar does not contain the appendix at the end of the ninth era. Schleifer 1908 )

Secondary Bibliography , item 6

  • Schleifer, J. 1908. Die Erzählung der Sibylle: Ein Apokryph nach den karschunischen, arabischen und äthiopischen Handschriften zu London, Oxford, Paris und Rom., 1st, Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 53 (Wien: In Kommission bei Alfred Hölder, 1908). page 4a


check the viewerFols 34v and following Fǝkkāre ʾIyasus (CAe 1385)

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(Only the beginning is present.)

check the viewerFols 35r and following በስመ፡ . . . . .ommission by Hermann Zotenberg ዝንቱ፡ መገሥጽ፡ ቃለ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘይነግር፡ ቃላተ፡ ዘአቡነ፡ ትሩፈ፡ ምግባር፡ መንፈሳዊ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ወብፁዕ፡ ማር፡ ይስሐቅ፡ ጸሎቱ (CAe 1948)

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check the viewerFols 76r and following Chapter 22 (CAe 1948 Chapter22)

Incipit ( ):

(Chapter 22 of this exemplar contains Maṣḥafa Mār Yǝṣhāq, and Maṣḥafa Mār Yǝṣhāq, .)

check the viewerFol. 79v Chapter 24 (CAe 1948 Chapter25)

check the viewerFol. 79v Chapter 25 (CAe 1948 Chapter26)

Catalogue Bibliography

  • Zotenberg, H. 1877. Catalogue des manuscrits éthiopiens (gheez et amharique) de la Bibliothèque nationale, Manuscrits Orientaux (Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1877). page 257a–258b

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

97 (leaf) .Entered as 97 265 230
Outer dimensions
Height 265mm
Width 230mm

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 30-40

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1600-1699

    1600-1699 The manuscript was written by several hands.
  • Hand 2

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1600-1699

    1600-1699 Written in dense script. Schleifer 1908
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