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Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien 92

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. 71, Saint-Germain 216

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General description

Collection of chants

Number of Text units: 37

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

1400-1499

Provenance

From the library of Abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Prés↗ , came to the Bibliothèque nationale de France↗ during the French Revolution 1790-1795 .

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 1r and following ), Collection of chants (stages before the formation of Dǝggwa, with no indication of the authorship by Yared)
    1. ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 1r–6 ),
    2. ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 2r–20r, check the viewer29v–37 (?) ), በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ጸሐፍነ፡ በዘ፡ ንዜከር፡ ሃሌላት፡ ዘኵሉ፡ መዋዕል፡ በ፬፡ ሃሌላት፡ በዜማሁ፡
      1. ms_i1.2.1 (), ቀዳሚሁ፡ ዘ።
      2. ms_i1.2.2 (), ተከዜኒ፡
      3. ms_i1.2.3 (), ዘ
      4. ms_i1.2.4 (), The Holy Cross
      5. ms_i1.2.5 (), ዘጽገያት፡ ዘሰንበት፡
      6. ms_i1.2.6 (), ዘ
      7. ms_i1.2.7 (), ዘ
      8. ms_i1.2.8 (), ዘ
      9. ms_i1.2.9 (check the viewerFols 2v and following ), ዘ
      10. ms_i1.2.10 (), ዘ
      11. ms_i1.2.11 (), ዘ፡
      12. ms_i1.2.12 (), ዘልደት፡
      13. ms_i1.2.13 (), ዘ
      14. ms_i1.2.14 (), ዘጥምቀት፡
      15. ms_i1.2.15 (), ዘ
      16. ms_i1.2.16 (check the viewerFols 3r and following ), በጾም፡
      17. ms_i1.2.17 (check the viewerFols 3v and following ), ዘመፃጕዕ፡
      18. ms_i1.2.18 (), ዘ
      19. ms_i1.2.19 (), ዘአግብርት፡
      20. ms_i1.2.20 (), ዘ
      21. ms_i1.2.21 (check the viewerFol. 37 ), Some stanzas for the Sunday of the Righteous
      22. ms_i1.2.22 (check the viewerFol. 37 ), Some stanzas for the feast of the Church
      23. ms_i1.2.23 (check the viewerFol. 37 ), Hymn for Lent
    3. ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 20v–29r ), Hymns
      1. ms_i1.3.1 (check the viewerFols 20v and following ), አምላኪየ፡ ዘሰንበት። ዘሂመ፡ በዜማሁ፡ በ፯፡ ዘአምላኪየ።
      2. ms_i1.3.2 (check the viewerFols 21v and following ), ናሁ፡
      3. ms_i1.3.3 (check the viewerFols 23r and following ), Winter Hymns
    4. ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 38r and following ), ዘሂ፡ በዜማሁ፡ ስምዐኒ፡ በ፫።
    5. ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 39v and following ), Hymns mostly with three, some with two hālleluyās
    6. ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 69r and following ), በአኰቴተ፡ አብ፡ ጸሐፍነ፡ ስምዐኒ፡ በ፫፡ ዘኵሉ፡ መዋዕል፡ እምዮሐንስ፡ እስከ፡ ዮሐንስ።
    7. ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 82r and following ), እግዚአብሔር፡ ነግሠ፡
    8. ms_i1.8 (check the viewerFols 91v and following ), በስመ፡ ጸሐፍነ፡ በዘ፡ ንዜከር፡ ስብሐተ፡ ነግህ፡ ዘዮሐንስ፡
    9. ms_i1.9 (check the viewerFols 93r and following ), Hymns mainly for Lent
    10. ms_i1.10 (check the viewerFols 110r and following ), ንቅድም፡ ንጽሐፍ፡ በረዲኤተ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ዋዜማ፡ ዘዮሐንስ።

Contents

check the viewerFols 1r and following Collection of chants (stages before the formation of Dǝggwa, with no indication of the authorship by Yared) (CAe 4078)

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check the viewerFols 1r–6

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(The beginning and end are missing.) (The hymns have the refrain

( gez ) ሃሌሉያ፡ ለአብ፡ ሃሌሉያ፡ ለወልድ፡ ሃሌሉያ፡ ለመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡

) (See also the beginning of one of these chants at t:div.)
check the viewerFols 2r–20r, check the viewer29v–37 (?) በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ጸሐፍነ፡ በዘ፡ ንዜከር፡ ሃሌላት፡ ዘኵሉ፡ መዋዕል፡ በ፬፡ ሃሌላት፡ በዜማሁ፡

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(Chants with four halleluyās for each day of the year.) (Each chant has the heading ዘሂመ፡ በዜማሁ፡ በ፬፡ ሃሌሉያ፡ and is divided into stanzas and verses which refer to feasts, commemorations, persons or sacred objects. They usually begin with one or several stanzas dedicated to St John the Baptist followed by others related to different feasts. ) (The end is missing.) (The following are the headings and numbers of verses of the first hymn:) (See one of these chants at t:div.)
ቀዳሚሁ፡ ዘዮሐንስ ።

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(Nine verses)
ተከዜኒ፡

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(One verse)
ዘዘካርያስ፡

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(Two verses)
The Holy Cross

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(Five verses)
ዘጽገያት፡ ዘሰንበት፡

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(Six Verses)
ዘአስጢፋኖስ፡

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(One verse)
ዘሚካኤል፡

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(Two verses)
ዘሚናስ፡

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(Two verses)
ዘኤልያስ፡

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(One verse)
ዘሙሴ ፡

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(Five verses)
ዘልደት፡

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(Six verses)
ዘናዝሬት፡↗

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(One verse)
ዘጥምቀት፡

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(Nine verses)
ዘማርያም፡

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(Two verses)
check the viewerFols 3r and following በጾም፡

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(Eleven stanzas)
ዘደብረ፡ ዘይት፡↗

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(Four stanzas)
ዘአግብርት፡

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(Four stanzas) (Referring to Matthew 25:14ff.)
ዘኒቆዲምስ፡

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check the viewerFol. 37 Hymn for Lent

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( ዘአምላኪየ፡ )
check the viewerFols 20v–29r Hymns

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(These chants have been inserted by the scribe into Content Item 1.2 , item 1 በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ጸሐፍነ፡ በዘ፡ ንዜከር፡ ሃሌላት፡ ዘኵሉ፡ መዋዕል፡ በ፬፡ ሃሌላት፡ በዜማሁ፡ .)
check the viewerFols 20v and following አምላኪየ፡ ዘሰንበት። ዘሂመ፡ በዜማሁ፡ በ፯፡ ዘአምላኪየ።

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ዘዮሐንስ፡ ቃለ፡ አዋዲ፡ ሰበከ፡ ሎሙ፤ በገዳም፡ ለንስሓ፡ ከመ፡ ይእመኑ፡ ሕዝብ፡ በብርሃን። በ፯፡ ዘእመነገደ፡ (!) sic by Hermann Zotenbergሌዊ፤ ገዳማዊ፡ ዐርሉ፡ ለመርዓዊ። በ፯፡ ዘሰንበት፡ ዘዮሐንስ፡ አጥመቆሙ፡ ወይቤሎሙ፡

check the viewerFols 21v and following ናሁ፡ ይእዜ፡ ያእዜ፡ (!) sic by Hermann Zotenberg(!)corrected by Hermann Zotenberg

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): መዋሥእት፡ ዘናሁ፡ ያእዜ፡ ዘዮሐንስ፡ በ፪፡ መኒነከ፡ ቀጠንተ፡ አልባሰ፡ ጸጕረ፡ ገመል፡ ረሰይከ፡ ዐራዘከ። አብያተ፡ ዘውቅሮ፡ መኒነከ፡ ገዳመ፡ ኀደርከ፡ ወሰበከ፡ ቃለ፡ ወንጌል። ዘመስቀል፡ በ፪፡ መስቀል፡ ብርሃን፡ ለኵሉ፡ ዓለም፡ መሰረተ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን። በ፪፡ ውእቱ፡ ቀደሳ፡ ለሰንበት፡ በመስቀሉ፡ ገብረ፡ ለአሕዛብ፡ መድኀኒተ።

(Most verses have to be sung with two hālleluyās, some with three.)
check the viewerFols 23r and following Winter Hymns

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(The beginning and end are missing.) (Hymns to ask for rain, to be sung in winter at the feasts of the Apostles, Cyricus , Fǝremnāṭos , the Virgins, etc.) (Most of the hymns are in ʿǝzl mode, some in gǝʿǝz, with two, four or six hālleluyās.)

Some musical notes are marked in the margins, especially the sign حا.

check the viewerFols 38r and following ዘሂ፡ በዜማሁ፡ ስምዐኒ፡ በ፫።

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ዮሐንስ፡ ክቡር፡ ዐርኩ፡ ለመርዓዊ፡ ገዳማዊ፡ ዘእምነገደ፡ ሌዊ፡ ምጽአቶ፡ ትዜኑ፡ ፈነወከ፡ ቃል፡ ከመ፡ ትስብክ፡ ቃላተ፡ ወንጌል፡ ዘልዑል፡ ይሠርር፡ ይጸርሕ፡ ወይሜህር፡ ወይሰብክ፡ ቃላተ፡ ወንጌል።

check the viewerFols 69r and following በአኰቴተ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by Hermann Zotenberg ጸሐፍነ፡ ስምዐኒ፡ በ፫፡ ዘኵሉ፡ መዋዕል፡ እምዮሐንስ፡ እስከ፡ ዮሐንስ።

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሖረ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ እምገሊላ፡ ኀበ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ያጥምቆ፡ በዮርዳኖስ፡ ፈለግ፡ ወወፂኦ፡ እማይ፡ ተርኅወ፡ ሰማይ፡ ወመጽአ፡ ቃል፡ እንዘ፡ ይብል፡ ዝንቱ፡ ወልድየ፡ ዘአፈቅር፡ ወሎቱ፡ ስምዑዎ። ካህን፡ ወነብይ፡ (!) sic by Hermann Zotenberg ድንግል፡ ወሰማዕት፡ እግዚኡ፡ ዘአጥመቀ፡ በፈለገ፡ ማየ፡ ዮርዳኖስ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ የዓቢ፡ ወይከብር፡ እምነቢያት። እንዘ፡ ሰማያዊ፡ ውእቱ፡ እፎ፡ ተጠምቀ፡ በእደ፡ መሬታዊ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ መንክር፡ ወዕፁብ፡ ግብሩ፡ ለመድኀኒነ።

check the viewerFols 82r and following እግዚአብሔር፡ ነግሠ፡

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ጺሑ፡ ፍኖቶ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ወእመኑ፡ በስሙ፡ በከመ፡ ይቤ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወንጌላዊ፡ እመኑ፡ ወተጠመቁ፡ በስሙ። ዮሐንስ፡ ክቡር፡ ዐርኩ፡ ለመርዓዊ፡

check the viewerFols 93r and following Salām Hymns mainly for Lent

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(The beginning is missing.)
check the viewerFols 110r and following ንቅድም፡ ንጽሐፍ፡ በረዲኤተ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ዋዜማ፡ መዝሙር፡ መስሙር፡ (!) sic by Hermann Zotenberg(!)corrected by Hermann Zotenberg ዘዮሐንስ።

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በ፫፡ በእንተ፡ ዕበዮሙ፡ ወስነ፡ ገድሎሙ፡ ለሰማዕት፡ እቀድም፡ አእኵቶቶ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ በእንተ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ። በ፪፡ በውእቱ፡ መዋዕል፡ በጽሐ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ እንዘ፡ ይስብክ፡ በገዳመ፡ ይሁዳ፡ ወይብል፡ ንስሑ፡ እስመ፡ ቀርበት፡ መንግሥተ፡ እግዚአብሔር። በ፪፡ ቀዳሚሁ፡ ለወንጌል፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ በከመ፡ ጽሑፍ፡ በኢሳይያስ፡ ነቢይ፡ ቃለ፡ አዋዲ፡ በገዳም፡ ዘይሰብክ፡ ጥምቀተ። በ፪፡ መጽአ፡ ቃል፡ እምሰማይ፡ ላዕለ፡ ዮሐንስ፡

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Catalogue Bibliography

  • Zotenberg, H. 1877. Catalogue des manuscrits éthiopiens (gheez et amharique) de la Bibliothèque nationale, Manuscrits Orientaux (Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1877). page 91a–93b
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

152 (leaf) .Entered as 152 273 168
Outer dimensions
Height 273mm
Width 168mm

State of preservation

good

Condition

Some leaves have been misplaced.

The manuscript is incomplete at the beginning and the end, and there are lacunae between check the viewerfols. 3, and check the viewer4, ; check the viewer4, and check the viewer5, ; check the viewer5, and check the viewer6, ; check the viewer22, and check the viewer23, ; check the viewer36, and check the viewer37, ; check the viewer92, and check the viewer93, ; check the viewer123, and check the viewer124 .

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 30-48

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1400-1499

    1400-1499

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      Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
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      Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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      Hamburg
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      27.3.2017
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    • Dorothea Reule Changes on 8.12.2016
    • Dorothea Reule Created catalogue entry on 14.9.2016
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