Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien 5
Dorothea Reule
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Collection: Manuscrits orientaux, Fonds éthiopien
Other identifiers: Éth. 94
General description
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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Origin
14th century at the latest Bezold 1905 Second half of the 15th century Piovanelli 2014
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–73va
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–19v
- ms_i1.2
(Fols 20r–33v
- ms_i1.3
(Fols 33v–52r
- ms_i1.4
(Fols 52v–73va
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–19v
- ms_i2
(Fols 73vb–74rb
- ms_i3
(Fol. 74rb
- ms_i4
(Fols 75r–107
- ms_i4.1
(Fols 75r–91rb
- ms_i4.2
(Fols 91rb–107vb
- ms_i4.1
(Fols 75r–91rb
- ms_i5 (),
- ms_i6
(Fols 108ra–154vb
Contents
Fols 1r–73va
Language of text:
The text agrees generally with that of Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien 2 and of Dillmann 1853aFols 1r–19v
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
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
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
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
Fol. 74rb
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ኤሎሄ፡ ብሂል፡ አምላከ። ኣዶናይ፡ ብሂል፡ እግዚእ። ፀባኦት፡ ብሂል፡ ዘኀይላት።
Fols 75r–107
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Fols 75r–91rb
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:divFols 91rb–107vb
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
Language of text:
There are no chapter divisions. Zotenberg 1877Text Bibliography , item 6
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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).
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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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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marginal
The rubrics have been added on the top of the pages and the lower margins.
Catalogue Bibliography
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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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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
Secondary Bibliography
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 455mm |
Width | 350mm |
State of preservation
deficient
Condition
Between fols. 99,
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. 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.
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).Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
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