Saint Petersburg, Institut Vostočnyh Rukopisej Rossijskoj Akademii Nauk, IV Orlov 4
Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography
Collection:
Other identifiers: Turaev cat. III.14, Ef. 74
General description
Qerǝllos, ʾAragāwi manfasāwi
Number of Text units: 31
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1650-1699
The original commissioner or owner could have been Giyorgis whose name, though partly erased, can still be read in the formula on check the viewerfol. 92rb
Provenance
Collected by Alexander Orlov owner , acquired by the Asiatic Museum on 10 September 1903.
Summary
- ms_i1
(check the viewerFols 2r–177v ),
Qerǝllos
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 2ra–15vb ), Prosphoneticus to the Emperor Theodosius II on the right faith
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 15vb–47r ), Dialogue with Palladius on the Unity of Christ
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 47r–69 ),
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 70r–70v ), Homily by Theodotus of Ankyra for the feast of John the Apostle
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFol. 71r ), Homily by Cyril of Alexandria for the feast of John the Apostle
- ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFol. 71v ), Homily by Severus of Synnada
- ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 72r–72v ), Homily by Acacius of Melitene
- ms_i1.8 (check the viewerFol. 73r ), Homily by Juvenal of Jerusalem
- ms_i1.9 (check the viewerFols 73v–74r ), Homily by Cyril of Alexandria
- ms_i1.10 (check the viewerFol. 74v ), Homily by Rheginus of Constantia
- ms_i1.11 (check the viewerFols 75r–75v ), Homily by Cyril of Alexandria
- ms_i1.12 (check the viewerFol. 76r ), Homily by Eusebius of Heracleia
- ms_i1.13 (check the viewerFols 76r–76v ), Homily by Theodotus of Ankyra
- ms_i1.14 (check the viewerFol. 77r ), Homily by Firmus of Caesarea
- ms_i1.15 (check the viewerFol. 77v ), Letter of the Council of Ephesus to John of Antioch
- ms_i1.16 (check the viewerFol. 77v ), Sermon of Cyril of Alexandria said in the church of John the Baptist, on 23 Miyāzyā, Sunday
- ms_i1.17 (check the viewerFols 78r–79v ), Letter of Cyril of Alexandria to John of Antioch
- ms_i1.18 (check the viewerFols 80r and following ), Homily by Epiphanios of Cyprus
- ms_i1.19 (check the viewerFols 82r and following ), Homily of Epiphanios of Cyprus on Trinity
- ms_i1.20 (check the viewerFols 82v–84v ), Homily by Proclus of Cyzicus, Patriarch of Constantinople
- ms_i1.21 (check the viewerFols 84v–87v ), Homily by Severian of Gabala
- ms_i1.22 (check the viewerFol. 88r ), Symbol of Faith by Gregory of Neocaesarea
- ms_i1.23 (check the viewerFols 88r–89v ), First homily by Cyril of Alexandria on Melchizedek
- ms_i1.24 (check the viewerFols 89v–91r ), Second homily by Cyril of Alexandria on Melchizedek
- ms_i1.25 (check the viewerFols 131v–133 ), Treatise on the 318 Bishops of Nicaea
- ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 2r–177v ), Maṣḥaf za-ʾaragāwi ṣādǝq manfāsawi
- ms_i2.1 (check the viewerFols 94r–144v ), ʾAragāwi manfasāwi, 30 Homilies or treatises
- ms_i2.2 (check the viewerFols 144v–169v ), ʾAragāwi manfasāwi, Epistles
- ms_i2.3 (check the viewerFols 169v–170r ), ʾAragāwi manfasāwi, Compendium of three homilies on the spiritual life / Dǝrsān baʾǝnta ʾarʾǝsta ʾaʾǝmro
- ms_i2.4 (check the viewerFols 177r and following ), ʾAragāwi manfasāwi, Letter by John Saba to a monk called John in Kanūbiyūn Coenobium?and the latter's answer
Contents
check the viewerFols 2r–177v Qerǝllos (CAe 3309)
Colophon
Colophon stating that the translation of the work took place in the time of King Lǝbna Dǝngǝl .
check the viewerFols 2ra–15vb Prosphoneticus to the Emperor Theodosius II on the right faith (CAe 3310)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ሕያው᎓ መሐሪ᎓ ወመስተሣህል᎓ ርኁቀ᎓ መዓት᎓ ወብዙኃ᎓ ምሕረት᎓ ወጻድቅ፨ ንዌጥን᎓ ጸሒፈ᎓ ነገር᎓ ዘጸሐፈ᎓ ቅዱስ᎓ ቄርሎስ᎓ ሊቀ᎓ ጳጳሳት᎓ ዘእለ᎓ እስክንድርያ᎓ ለታድስዮስ᎓ ንጉሥ፨
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀሎነ᎓ በዘአማን᎓ ወልዱ᎓ ኢየሱስ᎓ ክርስቶስ᎓ ውእቱ᎓ በዘአማን᎓ እግዚአብሔር᎓ ወሕይወት᎓ እንተ᎓ ዓለም᎓ ዘቦቱ᎓ ወምስሌሁ᎓ ለእግዚአብሔር᎓ አብ᎓ ወምስለ᎓ መንፈስ᎓ ቅዱስ᎓ ስብሐት᎓ ለዓለመ᎓ ዓለም᎓ አሜን᎓
check the viewerFols 15vb–47r Dialogue with Palladius on the Unity of Christ (CAe 3312)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ምዕራፍ፡ ስነ᎓ ዜና᎓ ዘዓለም᎓ ወምክህ᎓ ዘቅዱሳት᎓ አብያተ᎓ ክስቲያናት᎓
check the viewerFols 94r–144v ʾAragāwi manfasāwi, 30 Homilies or treatises (CAe 3989 Homilies) 36 homilies (dǝrsānāt).
check the viewerFols 169v–170r ʾAragāwi manfasāwi, Compendium of three homilies on the spiritual life / Dǝrsān baʾǝnta ʾarʾǝsta ʾaʾǝmro (CAe 3989 ChaptersKnowledge) Three concluding sermons.
check the viewerFols 177r and following ʾAragāwi manfasāwi, Letter by John Saba to a monk called John in Kanūbiyūn Coenobium?and the latter's answer (CAe 3989 LettersExplanation) Message on the origin of the book.
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 178r (Type: ProtectivePrayer)
Catalogue Bibliography
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Turaev, B. 1906. Ėfiopskija rukopisi v S.-Peterburgě, Pamjatniki ėfiopskoj pis’mennosti, 3 (St Petersburg: Tipografija imperatorskoj Akademii Nauk, 1906). page 60-62
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 192
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Francuzof, S. 2016. ‘Peterburgskie spiski ėfiopskogo dogmatičeskogo sbornika Kerėllos: kodikologičeskie i tekstologičeskie osobennosti’, in V. Semënova, ed., Kunstkamera: kollekcii i hraniteli. Pamjati Zoi Leonidovny Pugač, Sbornik MAĖ, 62 (Sankt-Peterburg: Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2016), 68–77.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 375mm |
Width | 360mm |
Foliation
Foliation
Foliation of the Bibliothèque nationale de France in the upper right corner of the recto sides (no foliation in quire A and B).
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | A | 1 |
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1, stub before 1 |
2 | 1 | 10 |
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3 | 2 | 8 |
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4 | 3 | 10 |
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5 | 4 | 10 |
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6 | 5 | 7 |
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1, stub after 6 |
7 | 6 | 10 |
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8 | 7 | 10 |
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9 | 8 | 3 |
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1, stub after 3 |
10 | 9 | 10 |
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11 | 10 | 10 |
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12 | 11 | 4 |
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13 | 12 | 10 |
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14 | 13 | 10 |
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1, stub after 10 2, stub after 10 |
15 | 14 | 10 |
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16 | 15 | 10 |
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17 | 16 | 10 |
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18 | 17 | 10 |
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19 | 18 | 10 |
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20 | 19 | 10 |
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21 | 20 | 5 |
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1, stub after 5 |
Collation diagrams
1, stub before 1
Quire ID:q1, number:A
Quire ID:q2, number:1
Quire ID:q3, number:2
Quire ID:q4, number:3
Quire ID:q5, number:4
1, stub after 6
Quire ID:q6, number:5
Quire ID:q7, number:6
Quire ID:q8, number:7
1, stub after 3
Quire ID:q9, number:8
Quire ID:q10, number:9
Quire ID:q11, number:10
Quire ID:q12, number:11
Quire ID:q13, number:12
1, stub after 10 2, stub after 10
Quire ID:q14, number:13
Quire ID:q15, number:14
Quire ID:q16, number:15
Quire ID:q17, number:16
Quire ID:q18, number:17
Quire ID:q19, number:18
Quire ID:q20, number:19
1, stub after 5
Quire ID:q21, number:20
Ethio-SPaRe formula : A(0+1/s.l. 1, stub before 1/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (1), 2 (10), 3 (8), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (7), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (4), 13 (10), 14 (), 15 (10), 16 (10), 17 (10), 18 (10), 19 (10), 20 (10), 21 (),
Formula 2: 1 (1), 2 (10), 3 (8), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (7), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (4), 13 (10), 14 (), 15 (10), 16 (10), 17 (10), 18 (10), 19 (10), 20 (10), 21 (),
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
Two wooden boards covered with blind-tooled leather.
Binding material
wood
leather
textile
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 29
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Written in a fine 17th-century hand.
Ink: Black, red
Date: 1650-1699
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