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Books of Kings; Chronological list of the kings of Israel and Judah and of the prophets; Ethiopic explanation of several Hebrew names; Books of Chronicles, Prayer of Manasses, Kǝbra Nagaśt

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14th century at the latest Bezold 1905^{notAfter: 1399} Second half of the 15th century Piovanelli 2014^{notBefore: 1450
notAfter: 1500}

Summary

ms_i1 (Fols 1r–73va

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), Books of Kings
1. ms_i1.1 (Fols 1r–19v
  
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  ), Book of Samuel 1 = (Ethiopic) Book of Kings 1
2. ms_i1.2 (Fols 20r–33v
  
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  ), Book of Samuel 2 = (Ethiopic) Book of Kings 2
3. ms_i1.3 (Fols 33v–52r
  
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  ), Kings 1 = (Ethiopic) Book of Kings 3
4. ms_i1.4 (Fols 52v–73va
  
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ms_i2 (Fols 73vb–74rb

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ms_i3 (Fol. 74rb

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), Ethiopic explanation of several Hebrew names
ms_i4 (Fols 75r–107

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), Chronicles, Book of
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  ), 1 Chronicles
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  ), 2 Chronicles
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ms_i6 (Fols 108ra–154vb

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), Kǝbra nagaśt

Fols 1r–73va Books of Kings (CAe 1719)

Language of text:

The text agrees generally with that of Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien 2 and of Dillmann 1853a

Fols 1r–19v Book of Samuel 1 = (Ethiopic) Book of Kings 1 (CAe 2697)

Language of text:

Subscription (Gǝʿǝz ):ተፈጽመ፡ ዘነገሥት፡ ፩።

The following are the chapter divisions:

1:1;

2:1; 2:12; 2:21b; 2:27;

3:2;

4:10b; 4:18b;

5:7;

6:11; 6:17;

7:1; 7:10;

9:1;

10:1; 10:3;

11:15;

12:2b; 12:6;

13:10;

14:32b;

15:1; 15:3b; 15:11b; 15:17; 15:28; 15:33;

16:1b; 16:2; 16:14; 16:18;

17:33;

18:6;

19:2b; 19:14; 19:20;

20:1b; 20:5; 20:32; 20:43;

21:10b;

22:3; 22:9; 22:18b;

23:16;

24:4b;

25:23; 25:39b;

28:2; 28:8; 28:9;

29:2b;

30:5; 30:13; 30:25;

31:1; 31.:5; 31:7

In Chapters 1 and 2 there are the following variants compared to Dillmann 1853a:

Chapter 1:1: ብእሴ፡ ዘእምነ; አፍሬም፡ ; ሐልቃና፡ ; ኢያሬም፡ ያል፡ ; ቶቄብናሴ፡ ዘአፍሬም።

1:3: እምነ፡ አርማቴም፡; ወመጽአ፡ ኤሊ፡

1:4: ወወሀቦን፡ ክፍሎን፡

1:5: እምነ፡ እንታክቲ፡

1:6: በእንተ፡ ዝንቱ፡ ; ዐጸዋ፡

1:8: ነየ፡ አነ፡ እግዚእየ፡ ምንተ፡ ኮንኪ፡ ወምንተ፡ ያበኪየኪ፡

1:9:ወኤሌ፡

1:11: ብፅዓተ፡ ; ወእሁብ፡ ; ወወይነ፡; ኢይዐርግ፡

1:12: ወኤልሰ፡ ; ይትዓቀብ፡

1:13: ወኢሰምዓ፡

1:14: ስክረትኪ፡ ; ወይንኪ፡

1:15: ወተሠጠወቶ፡ ; እግዚእየ፡

1:16: እምነ፡ ብዙኅ፡

1:17: ስእለትኪ፡

1:18: ቅድሜከ፡ ; ወኢየውደቀት፡

1:19: ወይሰግዱ፡ ; ወየሐውሩ፡ ፍኖቶሙ፡

1:21: ይሡዑ፡; መዋዕለ፡

1:23: ለአዕይንቲኪ፡

1:24: ዘ፫፡ ዓመት፡ ; ኢፍ፡

1:25: መሥዋዕተ፡

1::26: ወትቤ፡ is missing; ሕይወተ፡

Chapter 2:1: ወተላዐለ፡ ቀርንየ፡ በአምላኪየ። ወርኅበ፡ አፉየ፡ ዲበ፡

2:2: ዘእንበሌከ፡ እግዚኦ።

2:3: እምነ፡ አፉክሙ፡ ዐቢየ፡ ነገረ። ; እግዚኣብሔር፡ ያስተዴሉ፡ ምግባሮ።

2:5: ስእነት፡ በወሊድ።

2:7: ያብዕል፡ ወያነዲ፡

2:8: እምነ፡ ምድር፡ ; ምስለ፡ ዐቢያን፡ ; ክብሩ፡

2:10: ያደውዮ፡ ; ወኢይትመካሕ፡ ጠቢብ ; ወገብረ፡ ፍትሐ፡ ; መሲሑ፡ is missing

2:11: ህየ፡ is missing; ውስተ፡ አርማቴም፡ ; ይትለአከ፡

2:13: መኆሠሠ፡

2:14: እመኒ፡; ጽሀርት፡ (but later ጽህርት፡ ); ወኵሉ፡ ; መኆሠሥ፡

2:15: ሀበነ፡ ሥጋ፡

2:16: ወይብሎ፡ ; ዘበሕግ፡ ; አሀይደከ፡

2:17: በቅድመ፡ ; ዐቢይ፡

2:19: ዐጽፋ፡

2:20: ወይቤሎሙ፡

2:21: ወካልኤ፡ አዋልደ፡

2:23: ዝንቱ፡ ነገር፡

2:25: ላዕለ፡ ብእሲ፡ is missing; ይጼልዩ፡ ኀበ፡

2:26: ወልድ፡is missing

2:27: አግብርቱ፡

2:28: ካህናትየ፡ ወይዕርጉ፡ ውስተ፡ መሥዋዕትየ፡

2:29: ቀዳሚ፡ ኵሎ፡ ; በዘ፡ ቅድሜየ፡

2:30: ትከብሩ፡ በቅድሜየ፡ ; አክበሩኒ፡ አከብር፡ ; አስተኀቅር፡

2:31: ወእሤርዎን፡

2:32: ወኢትረክብ፡ ; ልሂቀ፡

2:33: በኲናት፡

2:34: አፍኒ፡ ወፊናሐስ፡

2:35: መዋዕልየ፡

2:36: ተርፉ፡is missing; በብሩር፡ ; ወይብሉ፡ ; እምነ፡ ክህነት፡

Fols 20r–33v Book of Samuel 2 = (Ethiopic) Book of Kings 2 (CAe 2698)

Language of text:

Subscription (Gǝʿǝz ):ተፈጸመ፡ ዘነገሥት፡ ፪።

The following are the chapter divisions:

1:1;

2:4b; 2:5;

3:7;

3:27b;

4:7b;

5:3b; 5:6b; 5:11;

6:6b; 6:16;

7:1; 7:18;

8:3;

11:3; 11:18;

12:1; 12:15b; 12:24;

13:7; 13:29;

14:1; 14:24b;

15:9b; 15:21; 15:31;

16:2; 16:5; 16:21;

17:1; 17:23; 17:27;

18:6; 18:16; 18:27;

19:8; 19:11; 19:15; 19:24; 19:30; 19:42;

20:9; 20:22b;

21:1; 21:12; 21:17;

22:1;

21:2;

23:8; 23:17;

24:9; 24:15

Fols 33v–52r Kings 1 = (Ethiopic) Book of Kings 3 (CAe 2699)

Language of text:

Subscription (Gǝʿǝz ):ተፈጸመ፡ ነገሥት፡ ዘ፫።

The following are the chapter divisions:

1:1; 1:19b; 1:36;

2:10; 2:25; 2:31;

3:10b; 3:13; 3:19; 3:፯; 3:፳፬;

4:8; 4:22; 4:31;

5:2;

6:1; 6:32;

7:49;

8:22b;

9:3; 9:9b; 9:14;

10:2;

11:1; 11:11; 11:29b;

13:25;

16:፳፪b; 16:፳፰b; 16:11b;

17:1; 17:10b;

18:2; 18:16b; 18:22; 18:46;

19:9b;

21:1; 21:11; 21:27; 21:28;

20:13; 20:35; 20:32;

22:7; 22:21; 22:40b

Fols 52v–73va Kings 2 = (Ethiopic) Book of Kings 4 (CAe 2700)

Language of text:

Subscription (Gǝʿǝz ):ተፈጸመ፡ በዝየ፡ ዘነገሥት፡ አርባዕቱ።

The following are the chapter divisions:

1:1; 1:9b; 1:19;

2:1; 2:15; 2:19; 2:23b; 2:24b;

3:27;

4:6b; 4:38; 4:39; 4:42;

5:14; 5:25b;

6:15b; 6:18b; 6:24b; 6:32b;

7:3; 7:8b; 7:18;

8:1; 8:8; 8:15b; 8:24;

9:1; 9:10b; 9:24; 9:34;

10:7b; 10:24; 10:34;

11:5; 11:17;

12:1b; 12:17; 12:19;

13:3; 13:13b; 13:20; 13:24;

14:7; 14:13b; 14:21; 14:28;

15:5; 15:16; 15:19; 15:23; 15:27; 15:30b; 15:32;

16:5; 16:12; 16:20b; 17:7;

17:13b; 17:28; 17:30;

18:1; 18:13;

19:1; 19:14b;

20:1b; 20:11; 20:16b; 20:21;

21:6; 21:14b; 21:17; 21:18b; 21:23;

22:15;

23:21; 23:30b; 23:35;

24:6b; 24:10; 24:17;

25:8; 25:21b; 25:27b

Fols 73vb–74rb Chronological list of the kings of Israel and Judah and of the prophets

Language of text:

Fol. 74rb Ethiopic explanation of several Hebrew names

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ኤሎሄ፡ ብሂል፡ አምላከ። ኣዶናይ፡ ብሂል፡ እግዚእ። ፀባኦት፡ ብሂል፡ ዘኀይላት።

Fols 75r–107 Chronicles, Book of (CAe 1243)

Language of text:

Fols 75r–91rb 1 Chronicles (CAe 3499)

Language of text:

There are rubrics in the upper and lower margins A part from those rubrics there are chapter divisions at the following passages:

16:36b;

17:16;

18:1; 18:16b;

21:1; 21:20; 21:26b;

22:8; 22:13b;

23:1; 23:26;

28:2; 28:9;

29:28

25:28-19 and 26:1-7 are omitted See also t:div

Fols 91rb–107vb 2 Chronicles (CAe 3500)

Language of text:

The following are the chapter divisions:

2:17;

10:1;

12:16b;

14:1b;

16:7;

17:1; 17:7;

21:8; 21:12;

22:1b;

26:16b; 26:19b; 26:23b;

27:8b;

28:8; 28:15; 28:21; 28:27b;

30:1;

32:1; 32:20; 32:33b;

33:9; 33:13 (here the is inserted);

33:20b; 33:25b;

34:14b; 34:22;

35:1; 35:20;

36:1; 36:4; 36:8b; 36:10b; 36:22

17,17-21,5 and 23,10b-26,10 are missing.

No item: LIT2180Prayer (CAe 2180)

Language of text:

Inserted in Content Item 4.2 , item 4 2 Chronicles (CAe 3500) after 33:13.

Fols 108ra–154vb Kǝbra nagaśt (CAe 1709)

Language of text:

There are no chapter divisions. Zotenberg 1877

Text Bibliography , item 6

Bezold, C. 1905. Kebra Nagast: Die Herrlichkeit der Könige, Nach den Handschriften in Berlin, London, Oxford und Paris, zum ersten Mal im äthiopischen Urtext herausgegeben und mit deutscher Übersetzung versehen von Carl Bezold, ed., tr. C. Bezold, Abhandlungen der philosophisch-philologischen Klasse der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 23, Denkschriften, 77 (München: Verlag der K. B. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Kommission des G. Franz’schen Verlags (J. Roth), 1905).

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Fol. 1r

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Note mentioning the names of some of the manuscript's owners, Walda Giyorgis Wasan Sagad owner and his father Tewodros

( am ) ነገሥተ፡ ክብረ፡ ነገሥት፡ ኅፁፃን፡ ናቸው፡ ዝመጽሐፍ፡ ዘወልደ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ወሰን፡ ሰገድ፡ ው (!) sic by Dorothea Reuleአቡሁ፡ ቴዎድሮስ።

Extras

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The rubrics have been added on the top of the pages and the lower margins.

Catalogue Bibliography

Zotenberg, H. 1877. Catalogue des manuscrits éthiopiens (gheez et amharique) de la Bibliothèque nationale, Manuscrits Orientaux (Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1877). page 6b–9a

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Secondary Bibliography

Bezold, C. 1905. Kebra Nagast: Die Herrlichkeit der Könige, Nach den Handschriften in Berlin, London, Oxford und Paris, zum ersten Mal im äthiopischen Urtext herausgegeben und mit deutscher Übersetzung versehen von Carl Bezold, ed., tr. C. Bezold, Abhandlungen der philosophisch-philologischen Klasse der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 23, Denkschriften, 77 (München: Verlag der K. B. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Kommission des G. Franz’schen Verlags (J. Roth), 1905). page VIII–IX

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Grébaut, S. 1930. ‘Rectification paléographique: Âge du ms. éthiopien N. 5 de Paris’, Aethiops, 3/1 (1930), 14.

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Marrassini, P. 2007. ‘Kǝbrä nägäśt’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, III (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2007), 364a–368a. page 365b

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Piovanelli, P. 2014. ‘“Orthodox” Faith and Political Legitimization of a “Solomonic” Dynasty of Rulers in the Ethiopic Kebra Nagast. Essays Presented in Honour of Professor Robert W. Thomson on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday’, in K. B. Bardakjian and S. La Porta, eds, The Armenian Apocalyptic Tradition. A Comparative Perspective (Leiden–Boston: Brill, 2014), 688–705. page 689–690, note 8

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Wion, A. 2009. ‘Le Kebrä Nägäśt, “La Gloire des Rois”, compte rendu critique de quatre traductions réecentes’, Annales d’Éthiopie, 24 (2009), 317–323. page 318

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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

455 350

Outer dimensions
Height	455mm
Width	350mm

State of preservation

deficient

Condition

Between fols. 99,

and 100, as well as between 100, and 101 a leaf is missing.

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 41-47

Palaeography

Hand 1

Script: Ethiopic

Very beautifully written, cp. Bezold 1905.

Ink: Black, red.

Date: 13th century according to Zotenberg 1877.^{notBefore: 1200
notAfter: 1299}14th century at the latest according to Bezold 1905. ^{notAfter: 1399}15th century according to Grébaut 1930. ^{notBefore: 1400
notAfter: 1499}First half of the 15th century according to Piovanelli 2014. ^{notBefore: 1450
notAfter: 1500}

13th century according to Zotenberg 1877. 14th century at the latest according to Bezold 1905. 15th century according to Grébaut 1930. First half of the 15th century according to Piovanelli 2014. The dating to the 13th century is impossible to maintain, see ‘Kǝbrä nägäśt’, EAe, III (2007), 364a–368a (P. Marrassini).

Walda Giyorgis Wasan Sagad
Tewodros

Keywords

BibleOld TestamentApocryphaOtherChristian LiteraturePostaksumite I Postaksumite II

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Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik

publisher

Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft

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Hamburg

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BNFet5

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Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien 5

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Books of Kings; Chronological list of the kings of Israel and Judah and of the prophets; Ethiopic explanation of several Hebrew names; Books of Chronicles, Prayer of Manasses, Kǝbra Nagaśt

Number of Text units: 12

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Text Bibliography , item 6

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