Saint Petersburg, Rossijskaja Nacionalnaja Biblioteka, RNB Ef. n.s. 18
Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography
Collection:
Other identifiers: RNB Efiopsk. 18, Turaev cat. I.26
General description
The Spiritual Elder
Number of Text units: 9
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1600-1699
Acquisition
The Imperial Public Library aquired the manuscript in1899.
Summary
- ms_i1
(check the viewerFols 4r–178v ),
ʾAragāwi manfasāwi
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 4r–108v ), 36 homilies
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 109r–161v ), 48 epistles
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 162r–175v ), Three homilies on the highest degree of knowledge
- ms_i1.4
(check the viewerFols 176v–177v ),
መልእክተ᎓ አረጋዊ᎓ ቅዱስ᎓ ኀበ᎓ እኁሁ᎓
- ms_i1.4.1 (check the viewerFols 176v and following ), Epistles
- ms_i1.4.2 (check the viewerFols 177v and following ), ስእለተ᎓ እኁሁ᎓
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 178r–178v ), Subscription concerning the translation of the work
- ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 178v–179v ), Unknown
Contents
check the viewerFols 4r–178v ʾAragāwi manfasāwi (CAe 3989)
check the viewerFols 162r–175v Three homilies on the highest degree of knowledge (CAe 3989 ChaptersKnowledge)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ድርሳን᎓ በእንተ᎓ አርእስተ᎓ አእምሮ᎓
check the viewerFols 176v–177v መልእክተ᎓ አረጋዊ᎓ ቅዱስ᎓ ኀበ᎓ እኁሁ᎓ (CAe 3989 LettersExplanations) Epistles of the Elder to his brother.
check the viewerFols 177v and following ስእለተ᎓ እኁሁ᎓ (CAe 3989 LettersExplanations) Questions of his brother.
check the viewerFols 178r–178v Subscription concerning the translation of the work (CAe 3989 NoteTranslationExplicit) Defined by Boris Turaev as "afterword"; erased with the exception of the first four lines.
check the viewerFols 178v–179v Unknown ፭ቅንዋት᎓ Only the first word has been preserved; the rest eight columns of the text are erased.
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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check the viewerFols 1r–3r (Type: GuestText)
Beginning of the same work, ʾAragāwi manfasāwi (CAe 3989) , ʾAragāwi manfasāwi.
Text in Gǝʿǝz
The repeated part is on check the viewerfols 4r–6r
Extras
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Indication for the reading on Monday, check the viewer, written probably in the upper margin.
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Indication for the reading on Tuesday, check the viewer, written probably in the upper margin.
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Indication for the reading on Wednesday, check the viewer, written probably in the upper margin.
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Indication for the reading on Thursday, check the viewer, written probably in the upper margin.
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Indication for the reading on Friday, check the viewer, written probably in the upper margin.
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Many corrections (or commentaries) are written in a different hand, interlineally or in the upper margin.
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 31
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Platonov, V. 2017. Rukopisnaja kniga v traditsionnoj kulture Efiopii, ed. E. Gusarova (Sankt-Peterburg: Rossijskaja natsional’naja biblioteka, 2017). page 186
Secondary Bibliography
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 185mm |
Width | 165mm |
Depth | mm |
Foliation
Foliation made in the library
State of preservation
deficient
Condition
The manuscript is damaged by water The text of has been erased with the exception of the first word.
Binding
Binding not Ethiopian
Binding material
leather
The cataloguer Boris Turaev did not indicate wheather wood has been used in the binding.
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 20
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