Saint Petersburg, Institut Vostočnyh Rukopisej Rossijskoj Akademii Nauk, IV Ef. 40
Daria Elagina
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Collection:
Other identifiers: Platonov cat. II.12
General description
Homily on the Ark of the Covenant, Prayer by Philoxenus of Mabbug, The Organ of Mary
Number of Text units: 5
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
(dating on palaeographic grounds)
Acquisition
The manuscript was handed over to Institut Vostočnyh Rukopisej Rossijskoj Akademii Nauk (formerly, Aziatskij Muzej) in 1924 from the Great Gatschina Palace.
Summary
- ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 1v–2v ), Homily on the Ark of the Covenant
- ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 3r–12v ), ጸሎተ፡ ማር፡ ፊላክሲኖስ፡ ጳጳስ፡ ዘሀገረ፡ መንቡዝ፡
- ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 13r–183r ), አርጋኖነ፡ ማርያም፡
- ms_i4 (check the viewerFols 184r–184v ), Hymns to Mary
- ms_i6 (check the viewerFols 184v–185v ), Mastabqʷǝʿān
Contents
check the viewerFols 1v–2v Homily on the Ark of the Covenant (CAe 5439)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ (…)ommission by ድርሳን፡ ዘደረሰ፡ ፩ ርቱዓ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ወነደየ፡ ምግባር፡ ሶበ፡ ረከቦ፡ እምቃለ፡ መጻሕፍት፤ ይቤ፡ ናሁ፡ እጽሕፍ፡ ቃለ፡ ጽድቅ፡ ወተስፋ፡ ሰጊድ፡ ወጸሎት፡ ወቃለ፡ ማኅሌት።
With musical notation.check the viewerFols 3r–12v ጸሎተ፡ ማር፡ ፊላክሲኖስ፡ ጳጳስ፡ ዘሀገረ፡ መንቡዝ፡ (CAe 3990)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ፩ አምላክ። ጸሎተ፡ ማር፡ ፈላክሲኖስ፡ ጳጳስ፡ ዘሀገረ፡ መንጉዠ፡ ዘይጼልዩ፡ ቦቱ፡ ኲሉ፡ ሰብእ፡ በእንተ፡ መድኃኒተ፡ ነፍሶሙ።
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ዘንተ፡ ስብሐተ፡ አቄርብ፡ ለዕበይከ፡ ኦንጉሥየ፡ ወአምላኪየ፨ ተወከልኩ፡ ኪያከ፡ ስረይ፡ ሊተ፡ ኃጢአትየ፡ ወጌጋይየ፡ ወደምስስ፡ ኵሎ፡ አበሳየ፨ አድኀነኒ፡ እምጸላእትየ፡ ወእምኵሎሙ፡ እለ፡ ይትቃወምዋ፡ ለነፍስየ፡ ወእምትምይንተ፡ ሰይጣን፡ ፀርየ፡ ሊተ፡ ለገብርከ፡ አጽመ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ምስለ፡ ሰብአቤትየ፡ ዕቀበኒ፡ ወተማኅፀነኒ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፨
The name of the owner ʾAṣma Giyorgis owner is mentioned on check the viewerfol. 12vcheck the viewerFols 13r–183r አርጋኖነ፡ ማርያም፡ (CAe 1146)
Language of text:
Organized according to week days.check the viewerFols 184r–184v Hymns to Mary (CAe 3058)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ተፈሥሒ፡ ኦዘንስአለኪ፡ ዳኅና። ኦቅድስት፡ መልዕተ፡ ክብር፡ ድንግል፡ ኲሎ፡ ጊዜ።
check the viewerFols 184v–185v Mastabqʷǝʿān (CAe 4711)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ናስተበቍዓከ፡ ኦእግዚእነ፡ ወንጉሥነ፡ ክርስቶስ፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): በእንተ፡ ማርያም፡ ድንግል፡ መኅፈደ፡ መለኮት፨ እንተ፡ ተርሕብ፡ እምሰማየ፡ ሰማያት፡ ወተዓምቅ፡ እምቀላየ፡ ቀላያት፨ ወተፀድል፡ እምስነ፡ ፀሐይ፡ ወወርኅ፡ ወከዋክብት፨ እንተ፡ ይእቲ፡ አንቀጸ፡ ፍሥሐ፡ ወኃሤት፡ አንቀጸ፡ ቅዳሴ፡ ወአንቀጸ፡ ክህነት፡ ላቲ፡ ግናይ፡ በኵሉ፡ ጊዜ፡ ወበኵሉ፡ ሰዓት፡ እስከ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፨
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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check the viewerFols 185r–186r (Type: MagicText)
Magic Prayer for Travellers (CAe 5440)
( gez ) ቦልፀ፡ ለስም። ርዶሳ፡ ርይራአ፡ ስናዲ፡ ራዴአ፨ ስዳሮ፡ ማዕተብ፡ ዘወልደ፡ አብ፡ ጸጋ፡ ዘተውህበ፡ ለአሕዛብ። ይኩኖ፡ ረዳኤ፡ ለጊርዮጊስ፡ መጸአለ፡ ፈልፈለ፡ ጥበብ፨ በኵሉ፡ ፍኖቱ፡ ኀበ፡ ሖረ፡ በምሥራቅ፡ ወበምዕራብ፡ በሰሜን፡ ወበድቡብ፨ ብአ፡ ይመሰይ፡ ስኦታ፨ ድልወ፡ ይመስይ፡ ስኦታ፨ ስዱቅ፡ ስፈንመ፡ ይመስይ፡ ስኦታ፡ ሙስ፡ ብአለ፡ ልኤራሙ፨ ሙስ፡ ደልወለ፡ ርቴናም፨ ሙስ፡ ስዱቅ፡ ስፈንመለ፡ ርቴያብአ፨ ሙስ፡ ስዱቅ፡ ስፈንመ፡ ቂየኅማ፡ ስኖቃጢኖጢ፨ ዝንቱ፡ አስማተ፡ ሥሉስ፡ ቅዱስ፨ ይኩኖ፡ ዓቃቤ፡ ወረዳኤ፡ ወመድኅነ፡ በሥጋ፡ ወነፍስ፨ ለአጽመ፡ ሰማዕት፡ መዋኢ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ጊዮስ፡ በቤት፡ ወበገዳም፡ በባሕር፡ ወበየብስ፨ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፨
The name of the owner ʾAṣma Giyorgis owner is mentioned on check the viewerfol. 186r
Decoration In this unit there are in total 8 s.
Other Decorations
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 3r
Ornamentation in black and red.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 13r
Ornamentation in black and red.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 39r
Ornamentation in black and red.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 71r
Ornamentation in black and red.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 99r
Ornamentation in black and red.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 129r
Ornamentation in black and red.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 156r
Ornamentation in black and red.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 170v
Ornamentation in black and red.
Catalogue Bibliography
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Turaev, B. 1901. ‘Ėfiopskija rukopisi Gatčinskago Dvorca’, Zapiski Imperatorskoj Akademii Nauk po Istoriko-Filologičeskomu Otděleniju, 13 (1901), 1–7. page 1-7
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Platonov, V. 1996. Efiopskie rukopisi v sobranijakh Sankt-Peterburga: Katalog (St Petersburg: The Russian National Library Press, 1996). page 20-21
Secondary Bibliography
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Platonov, V. 2017. Rukopisnaja kniga v traditsionnoj kulture Efiopii, ed. E. Gusarova (Sankt-Peterburg: Rossijskaja natsional’naja biblioteka, 2017). page 193
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 155mm |
Width | 140mm |
Binding
Binding material
wood
leather
Wooden boards covered with tooled leather. A rectangular mirror on the inner part of the upper board in a silver frame. The binding is warpped in linen cloth. reading aids: 43, 99, 129, 156
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 15
written area on check the viewerfol. 153r 84 mm :95 mmPalaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Ink: Black, red.
Hand 2
Script: Ethiopic
Ink: Black, red.
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