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Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien 64

Dorothea Reule

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

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Bibliothèque nationale de France[view repository]

Collection: Manuscrits orientaux, Fonds éthiopien

Other identifiers: Éth. 108

General description

Commentaries and Calendar Treatises

Number of Text units: 7

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

1500-1599 (dating on palaeographic grounds)

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (Fols 2r–15r

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    ), እስራኤል።
  2. ms_i2 (Fols 15r–33r

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    ), ትርጓሜ፡ ቃላት፡ ዘከመ፡ ባረኮሙ፡ ያዕቆብ፡ ለደቂቁ።
  3. ms_i3 (Fols 34r–57r

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    ), ወሙላዳቲሆሙ፡ ወበበ፡ አውራኂሆሙ፡ ዘጸሐፈ፡ ሄኖክ፡ ወልደ፡ ያሬድ፡ በከመ፡ አርአዮ፡ ኡራኤል፡ መልአክ።
  4. ms_i4 (Fols 58r–76v

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    ), አምላክ፡ ጸሐፍነ፡ በዘንዜከር፡ ኀሳበ፡ ከመ፡ ወመነኮስ፡ ዘኢያአምር፡ ኀሳበ፡ ይመስል፡ ከመ፡ ቦ፡ ሰብአ።
  5. ms_i5 (Fols 78r–94v

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    ), ምላክ፡ ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘይሰመይ፡ ትምህርተ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ወቃለ፡ በቍዔት፡ ወረባሕ፡ እንተ፡ ነሐሥሥ፡ ምአምናን፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ኦርቶዶክሳዊት፡ ዘአበዊነ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ በዘንሌቡ፡ ጽምረተ፡ ስላሴ፡ ቅድስት።
  6. ms_i6 (Fols 94v–98r

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    ), Genealogy of the Twelve Apostles
  7. ms_i7 (Fols 98v–99v

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    ), King list A

Contents


Fols 2r–15r

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ትርጓሜ፡ ቃላት፡ ዘባረኮሙ፡ ሙሴ፡ ለደቂቀ፡ እስራኤል። (CAe 3848)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ቃለ፡ ኦሪት፡ ወይቤ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ እምነ፡ ሲና፡ መጽአ። ትርጓሜ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ እምነ፡ ሲና፡ መጽአ፡ ይቤ፡ ሙሴ፡ ወሄኖክኒ፡ ይቤ፡ ወይቀውም፡ እገሪሁ፡ ውስተ፡ ሲና፡ ደብር።


Fols 15r–33r

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ትርጓሜ፡ ቃላት፡ ዘከመ፡ ባረኮሙ፡ ያዕቆብ፡ ለደቂቁ። (CAe 3849)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወቅድምሰ፡ ዘንተ፡ አእምር፡ አምጣነ፡ አብርሃም ፡ ባሕቱ፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ይትወለድ፡ ይስሓቅ ፡ አብርሃም፡ ይትፌከር፡ በወልድ።

At the end of the commentary the names of the wives and children of Jacob 's twelve sons are enumerated. For the prophecy on ʾAser , see t:div.

Fols 34r–57r

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ዘሄኖክ፡ ነቢይ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ሚጠተ፡ ብርሃናተ፡ ሰማይ፡ ፩፩በበ፡ ስልጠኖሙ፡ ወበበ፡ ዘመኖሙ። ወበበ፡ ሕዘቢሆሙ፡ ወበበ፡ ስሞሙ፡ ወሙላዳቲሆሙ፡ ወበበ፡ አውራኂሆሙ፡ ዘጸሐፈ፡ ሄኖክ፡ ወልደ፡ ያሬድ፡ በከመ፡ አርአዮ፡ ኡራኤል፡ መልአክ። (CAe 3850)

Language of text:

For the chapter titled ኀሳበ፡ ክንትሮሳቲሁ፡ ለፀሓይ፡ see also t:div.

Fols 58r–76v

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በስመ ኣብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ። ፩ አምላክ፡ ጸሐፍነ፡ በዘንዜከር፡ ኀሳበ፡ ከመ፡ ኢንደመር፡ ምስለ፡ ከሓድያን። ካህን፡ ወመነኮስ፡ ዘኢያአምር፡ ኀሳበ፡ ይመስል፡ ከመ፡ ፈለግ፡ ዘአልቦ፡ ማየ፡ ወከመ፡ ሀገር፡ ዘአልቦ፡ ሰብአ። (CAe 3851)

Language of text:

The text is followed by a table of thirteen cycles indicating the number of years per cycle.

Text Bibliography , item 4

  • Grébaut, S. 1918. ‘Table de comput et de chronologie’, Revue de l’Orient Chrétien, 21 (1918), 323–330. page 324–326, 329

Translation Bibliography , item 4

  • Grébaut, S. 1918. ‘Table de comput et de chronologie’, Revue de l’Orient Chrétien, 21 (1918), 323–330. page 326–328, 330


Fols 78r–94v

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[!]The certainty about the value of ref is low. በስመአብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ፩ አምላክ፡ ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘይሰመይ፡ ትምህርተ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ወቃለ፡ በቍዔት፡ ወረባሕ፡ እንተ፡ ነሐሥሥ፡ ምአምናን፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ኦርቶዶክሳዊት፡ ዘአበዊነ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ በዘንሌቡ፡ ጽምረተ፡ ስላሴ፡ ቅድስት። (CAe 2443)

Language of text:


Fols 94v–98r

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Genealogy of the Twelve Apostles (CAe 5849)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 94r ዝውእቱ፡ ነገረ፡ ጥበብ፡ በእንተ፡ ፲ወ፪ሐዋርያት፡ እም፲ወ፪ነገድ፡ ዘእስራኤል፡ አቡሆሙ፡ ለጴጥሮስ፡ ወለእንድርያስ፡ እምቤተ፡ ሮቤል፡ ወእሞሙ፡ እምቤተ፡ ስምዖን፨ ወይትኈለቍ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ኀበ፡ ሮቤል፨ ወእንድርያስ፡ ኀበ፡ ስምዖን፨ ለያዕቆብ፡ ወዮሐንስ፡ አቡሆሙ፡ እምቤተ፡ ሌዊ፡ ወእሞሙ፡ እምቤተ፡ ይሁዳ፨ ወይትኈለቍ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ኀበ፡ ይሁዳ፡ በእንተ፡ እሙ፨ ወያዕቆብ፡ ኀበ፡ ሌዊ፨ ወፊልጶስ፡ ወጽአ፡ ዛብሎን፨

The text has been edited and translated in Grébaut 1913a.

Fols 98v–99v

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King list A (CAe 3853)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): እምቅድመ፡ መንግሥተ፡ አርዌ፡ አልቦ፡ ዘተሰምዐ፡ ስሞሙ፡ ለነገሥተ፡ አክሡም፡ ወነግሠ፡ አርዌ፡ ፬፻፡

Conti Rossini 1909a The list starts with Arwe and ends with David .

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 6 s, 1 .

  1. Fol. 1v

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    Excerpt from a work by John Chrysostom , on the manner of reading the Bible.

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  2. Fol. 33v

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    (Type: Unclear)

    Note on the nature of Jesus Christ .

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    (Type: Unclear)

    On the creation and the names of the seven heavens and the seven circles of Earth.

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  4. Fol. 77v

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    (Type: Unclear)

    Chronology of the reigns of Zarʾa Yāʿqob and his successors until Lǝbna Dǝngǝl

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  5. Fol. 77v

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    (Type: Unclear)

    Summary of the history of Ethiopia from 122 to 199 (1462 to 1539 C.E.)

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  6. Fol. 100r

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    On the nature of the Trinity

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    Ecclesiastical computus

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    Note by Charles-François Xavier Rochet d’Héricourt , stating that he brought this manuscript from his third journey.

    ( fr ) [c. 16 chars lost]ommission by abrégé d'astronomie. rapporté de mon 3me voyage. Rochet Dhéricourt

Catalogue Bibliography

  • Zotenberg, H. 1877. Catalogue des manuscrits éthiopiens (gheez et amharique) de la Bibliothèque nationale, Manuscrits Orientaux (Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1877). page 71a–72b

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

100 (leaf) .Entered as 100 130 113
Outer dimensions
Height 130mm
Width 113mm

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of lines: 11-15

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1500-1599

    1500-1599 This manuscript has been written by several hands.
  • Hand 2

    Scribe: Charles-François Xavier Rochet d’Héricourt scribe

    Script: Latin

    Date: Before 1851

    Before 1851 Charles-François Xavier Rochet d’Héricourt scribe
    • Publication Statement

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      Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
      publisher
      Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
      pubPlace
      Hamburg
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      29.8.2022 at 22:05:37
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      24.1.2017
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      BNFet64

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    Revision history

    • Dorothea Reule Changes on 24.1.2017
    • Dorothea Reule Changes on 5.9.2016
    • Dorothea Reule ID changed on 31.8.2016
    • Dorothea Reule Created catalogue entry on 18.8.2016
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