Saint Petersburg, Rossijskaja Nacionalnaja Biblioteka, RNB Ef. n.s. 7
Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection:
Other identifiers: RNB Efiopsk. 7, Turaev cat. I.15
General description
Revelation of John, Teaching of Mysteries, The Morning Covenant, Protect me...
Number of Text units: 4
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1500-1599 The sponsors mentioned are Yoḥannǝs donor , ʾabuna Yoḥannǝs donor and Gabra ʾƎgziʾabǝḥer donor .
Provenance
The manuscript was aquired 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 1r–63r ), Revelation of John
- ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 63v–73v ), በእንተ᎓ ትምህርተ᎓ ኅቡአት᎓
- ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 74r–81v ), ኪዳን᎓ ዘእግዚእነ᎓ ኢየሱስ᎓ ክርስቶስ᎓
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 74r–81r ), ʿƎqabanni (longer version)
Contents
check the viewerFols 1r–63r Revelation of John (CAe 3179)
Language of text:
The text is not divided into chapters.Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 1r ዘዮሐንስ᎓ ኤጲስ᎓ ቆጶስ᎓ ዘቍስጥንጥንያ᎓ መጥሮጶሊስ᎓ አመ᎓ ሃለዎ᎓ ይስደድ። ረእዩ᎓ ለዮሐንስ᎓
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 63r ዝየ᎓ ተፈጸመ᎓ ራእየ᎓ ዮሐንስ᎓ አቡቀለምስስ᎓ ዘውእቱ᎓ በሂል᎓ ዘርእየ᎓ በሕይወቱ᎓ ራእየ። ወተጽሕፈ᎓ ለአቡነ᎓ ዮሐንስ᎓ ለገብረ᎓ እግዚአብሔር᎓ ወሊተኒ᎓ ለገብርከ᎓ ዮሐንስ᎓ ይምሐረኒ᎓ በጸሎትከ᎓ ለዓለመ᎓ ዓለም᎓ አሜን።
check the viewerFols 74r–81r ʿƎqabanni (longer version) (CAe 4663) The prayer was received from the sky by a nobleman, makʷannǝnin the city of Franks, ʾafrǝngi, the indication in Turaev 1906a
Additions In this unit there are in total .
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .
Other Decorations
- band:
check the viewerFol. 1r
Polichrome ornamental band.
Presence of other ornamental bands is indicated in the catalogue, but no folio numbers are provided.
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 22-23
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 | 18mm |
Width | 16mm |
Depth | mm |
Foliation
The leaves of the first paper quire (i-iv) have no numbers. Pagination on verso-sides of the folios in , from 112 to 195
Quire Structure Collation
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
Binding not Ethiopian, made of tooled Morocco leather.
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
No
Layout
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: 1500-1600
1500-1600 The handwriting is defined by Boris Turaev as "fine".Check for additional bibliography
Publication Statement
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Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Daria Elagina, ʻSaint Petersburg, Rossijskaja Nacionalnaja Biblioteka, RNB Ef. n.s. 7ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-11-03) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/RNBefns7 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Daria Elagina Corrected labiovelars. on 3.11.2020
- Denis Nosnitsin Additions on 21.12.2016
- Denis Nosnitsin Created catalogue entry on 12.12.2016
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Denis Nosnitsin, editor
Daria Elagina, contributor