Saint Petersburg, Rossijskaja Nacionalnaja Biblioteka, RNB Ef. n.s. 10
Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography
Collection:
Other identifiers: RNB Efiopsk. 10, Turaev cat. I.18
General description
Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk
Number of Text units: 8
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1700-1799
Provenance
The original owner is unknown. Later owners could be ʾArka Dǝngǝl owner and Walda ʾAb owner . The manuscript was acquired by Konstantin Tischendorf owner during his third trip to the Orient in 1858-59.
Acquisition
Konstantin Tischendorf donated the manuscript to the Imperial Public Library in 1859.
Summary
- ms_i1
(check the viewerFols 2r–20v ),
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 2r–20v ), Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Monday
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 21r–49v ), Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Tuesday
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 50r–73v ), Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Wednesday
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 74r–101v ), Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Thursday
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 102r–121v ), Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Friday
- ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 122r–138v ), Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Saturday
- ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 139r–156v ), Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Sunday
Contents
check the viewerFols 2r–20v (CAe 2505)
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The version of the work corresponds to the one in Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien 90, according to Turaev 1906acheck the viewerFols 2r–20v Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Monday (CAe 2505 Monday)
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check the viewerFols 21r–49v Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Tuesday (CAe 2505 Tuesday)
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check the viewerFols 50r–73v Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Wednesday (CAe 2505 Wednesday)
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check the viewerFols 74r–101v Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Thursday (CAe 2505 Thursday)
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check the viewerFols 102r–121v Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Friday (CAe 2505 Friday)
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check the viewerFols 122r–138v Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Saturday (CAe 2505 Saturday)
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check the viewerFols 139r–156v Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk, No item: chapter: Sunday (CAe 2505 Sunday)
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Additions In this unit there are in total 2 , 1 , 3 s, 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 1v (Type: OwnershipNote)
( gez ) ዝመጽሐፍ᎓ ዘደብተራ᎓ መነኮስ᎓ ዘአጥረዮ᎓ በንዋዩ᎓ ከመ᎓ ይኩኖ᎓ ለመድኃኒተ᎓ ወነፍሱ᎓ ዘሠረቆ᎓ ወፈሐቆ᎓ በሥልጣነ᎓ ጴጥሮስ᎓ ወጳውሎስ᎓ ውጉዘ᎓ ለይኩን
( en ) This book is of the dabtarā monk ʾArka Dǝngǝl , the monk, which he acquired with his own money so that it might become salvation for his soul. Anyone who has stole it or erase its (text) will be excommunicated through the authority of Peter and Paul.
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( gez ) ዝመጽሐፍ᎓ ዘአቡነ᎓ ወልደ᎓ አብ
( en ) This book is of our father Walda ʾAb.
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( gez ) በስመ᎓ አብ᎓ ወወልድ᎓ ወመንፈስ᎓ ቅዱስ᎓ ፩አምላክ᎓ ወአመ᎓ ይመጽእ᎓ እግዚእነ᎓ ውስተ᎓ ዓለም᎓ ከመ᎓ ይኅድር᎓ ውስተ᎓ ማኅፀና᎓ ለድንግል᎓ ማርያም᎓ አርዌ᎓ ምድር᎓ ተካይደ᎓ ወዲያብሎስ᎓ ተሰደ᎓ ይልሳሕ᎓ ኅምዙ᎓ ለአርዌ᎓ ምድር᎓ ወይትቀጥቀጥ᎓ መሰረታተ᎓ ኅምዝ᎓ ወይቤሎ᎓ ለሙሴ᎓ “
( gez ) ግበር᎓ ለከ᎓ አርዌ᎓ ምድር᎓ ዘብረት᎓ ኵሉ᎓ ዘነሰኮ᎓ ይርአይ᎓ ኪያሁ᎓ ወይሕየው᎓
” ኪዮስ᎓ ኪዮሳዊ᎓ አቅላሚድ᎓ መልአኩ᎓ ለአርዌ᎓ ምድር᎓ ወአግዓዚ᎓ በኃይለ᎓ ክርስቶስ᎓ ወአኅዝኩ᎓ ቀረፀ᎓ ወአፃፃ᎓ ወአፀውኩ᎓ ፈውሳ᎓ ፈውሰ᎓ ኩን᎓ ፈውስ᎓ ተመን᎓ ኩን᎓ ፈውስ᎓ ፈውሰ᎓ አፍዖት᎓ በጸሎተ᎓ ማቴዎስ᎓ ወማርቆስ᎓ ሉቃስ᎓ ወዮሐንስ᎓ አርባዕተ᎓ ወንጌላውያን᎓ ኅደግ᎓ ይቤለከ᎓ ኢየሱስ᎓ ክርስቶስ᎓ አንተ᎓ መዝገበ᎓ ሕየው᎓ አርጣን᎓ አርዮን᎓ እቶንክዮን᎓ ድምናኤል᎓ ካዙዛኤል᎓ ካፍ᎓ ካፍ᎓ ፯᎓ ፯᎓ ጊዜ᎓ በል᎓ ኅምዙ᎓ ለከይሲ᎓ ኢይዕርግ᎓ ላዕሌሁ᎓ ወኢይረድ᎓ ታሕቴሁ᎓ ለገበረ᎓ እግዚአብሔር᎓ 〚 〛 h1᎓ በዙኃ᎓ ጊዜ᎓ ወዘንተ᎓ ማየ᎓ ስተይ᎓ ወተጠመቅ᎓ ቦቱ᎓ በዙኃ᎓ ጊዜ᎓ እስከ᎓ ትትፌውስ( en ) In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God. And when Our Lord came into the world in order to dwell in the womb of the Virgin Mary, the snake of the earth was crushed and Devil was banned and the gift of the snake of the earth became weak, and the foundation of the (strength of the) gift was destroyed. And it said to Moses, "Make an iron snake of earth Numbers 21:8, anyone whom (a snake) would bite, should look at it, and he will recover". Kiyos, kiyosawi, ʾaqlāmid . . . . .ommission by
Spell against snake bites -
check the viewerFol. 73v (Type: Unclear)
( gez ) ተክለ᎓ ሃይማኖት᎓ ንስር᎓ ወዘሐቅለ᎓ ገዳም᎓ አንበሳ᎓ በቅድሜከ᎓ ይክበር᎓ ኢያሱ᎓ ለደብረ᎓ ሊባኖስ
( en ) Takla Haymānot, eagle, and the lion of the field of the desert, ʾIyāsu of Dabra Libānos↗ may be honoured in front of you!
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check the viewerFol. 138v (Type: Poem)
( gez ) መኑ᎓ ከማከ᎓ ዘታነሀሲ᎓ አበሳሆሙ᎓ ለሕዝብከ᎓ መኑ᎓ ከማከ᎓ ጽልመተ᎓ በርህ᎓ ዘአስተአጸቡ᎓ ታቀልል᎓ መኑ᎓ ከማከ᎓ እስመ᎓
( en ) Who are like you who forgive the sins of your people; who are like you, who drove out the darkness; who made light what they made heavy; who are like you, since
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Decoration In this unit there are in total 6 s.
Other Decorations
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Polychrome ornamental band.
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Polychrome ornamental band.
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Polychrome ornamental band.
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Polychrome ornamental band.
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Polychrome ornamental band.
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Polychrome ornamental band.
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 24
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 185
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Paper Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 138mm |
Width | 95mm |
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
Two wooden boards
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Only the name of the owner ʾArka Dǝngǝl ʾArka Dǝngǝl (a1) written over an erasure.Hand 2
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1700-1800
check the viewerFols 2r–156v 1700-1800 The handwriting is defined by Boris Turaev as "fine, careful".Hand 3
Script: Ethiopic
check the viewerFol. 49r The hand of (a3)Hand 4
Script: Ethiopic
check the viewerFols 72v–73r The main hand of (a4) , before erasure.Hand 5
Script: Ethiopic
check the viewerFol. 73r The hand of the few last lines of (a4) , after erasure.Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
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