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Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv University Sourasky Central Library, Faitlovich 1

This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography

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https://betamasaheft.eu/TAfait001
Tel Aviv University Sourasky Central Library[view repository]

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Other identifiers: PID 9933182494404146

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General description

Faitlovich 1

Number of Text units: 37

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Summary

Fol. 1a. The Book of Job. Division into chapters is lacking -- 9a. The Book of Proverbs. Divided, like the text of the Septuagint, into Misleiat (Proverbs) comprising chapters 1-24 and 30, 1-31, 9, and Tagsatsa Salomon (The reprimand of Solomon) comprising chapters 25-29 and 31,10-31. The book is divided into small sections (kifl) which do not correspond to the traditional division into chapters. There are altogether 43 such divisions in the Misleiat and 4 in the Tagsatza. -- 16a. The Book of Ecclesiastes. Divided into 20 small divisions (kifls) -- 18b. The Wisdom of Solomon. Divided into 28 kifls. In this and the following book, the writing is still nice, but the lettersare slender and mean in comparison with the writing in the previous books -- 24a. The Song of songs. Divided into 5 songs, namely 1, 1-2,7; 2,8-3,5; 3,6-5,8; 5,9-6,8; 6,9 ad finem. The songs 2-5 are headed by the following captions:2,8 - Second song relating the descent of the unique and his incarnation by means of the Virgin ; 3,6 - Third song telling the ascension of Him who became man; to the God with whom he had been One .5,9 - Fourth song telling the praise of the Pride of the Bridegroom. 6.9 - Fifth song being a Monologue of the Holy Christian Church. -- 26. The Epistle to the Romans. This Epistle and all the following are preceded each by an introduction styled "mekeniat" = occasion, cause (full title: "the occasion of Paul's the Apostle's writing to..."). The introductions are of considerable interest. Only part of them can be traced in the N.T. manuscripts listed in the catalogues of other public and private libraries hitherto published. But Dillmann lists in his Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscripts of the British Museum (London 1841), under No .12 a "Mashafa Mekeniat" containing the introductions to all the Epistles of Paul without the texts of the Epistles. In the title the Epistle to the Romans is designated as the first (!). -- 32a. The first Epistle to the Corinthians. In fol. 38a a new handwriting begins. The letters are small, rather broad and rounded -- 38b. The second Epistle to the Corinthians.. Besides the division into kifls, there is on the margin a division into smaller sections, altogether 50 of them, for instance: l,l-7; 8-14; 15-19 etc. -- 43b. The Epistle to the Galatians -- 45b. The Epistle to the Ephesians. Divided into 30 small sections, besides the division into kifls -- 48a. The Epistle to the Philippians -- 49b. The Epistle to the Colossians. In the title the name Colossians is written "qosaye", which is only a mistake. In the text, the name is written correctly "qolasaye" -- 51b. The first Epistle to the Thessalonians -- 52b.The second Epistle to the Thessalonians -- 53b. The first Epistle to Timothy -- 55a. The second Epistle to Timothy -- 56a. The Epistle to Titus -- 57a. The Epistle to Philemon -- 57b. The Epistle to the Hebrews -- 62b. The Revelation of St. John (Only until Chap. 19.) -- 69a. The Acts of the Apostles (Only until Chap. 22.17 -- 81a. The Book of Hosea -- The Book of Amos -- 85b. The Book of Micah -- 87b. The Book of Joel -- 88a. The Book of Obadiah -- 88b. The Book of Jonah -- 89a. The Book of Nahum -- 90a. The Book of Habakuk -- 90b. The Book of Zephaniah -- 91b. The Book of Haggai -- 92a. The Book of Zechariah -- 95a. The Book of Malachi -- The folios 98b and 99a are covered by a hymn to the honor of St. Peter and St. Paul, written according to the well known pattern of the Ethiopic Salams,in which every member of the body of the Saint is addressed and praised in turn.
  1. ms_i1 (), Old Testament books
    1. ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 1r and following ), The Book of Job
    2. ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 9r and following ), The Book of Proverbs
      1. ms_i1.2.1 (), Misleiat (Proverbs) comprising chapters 1-24 and 30, 1-31, 9
      2. ms_i1.2.2 (), Tagsatsa Salomon (The reprimand of Solomon) comprising chapters 25-29 and 31,10-31
    3. ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 16r and following ), Book of Ecclesiastes
    4. ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 18v and following ), The Wisdom of Solomon
    5. ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 24r and following ), The Song of songs
    6. ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 26r and following ), Epistles
      1. ms_i1.6.1 (check the viewerFols 26r and following ), The Epistle to the Romans
      2. ms_i1.6.2 (check the viewerFols 32r and following ), The first Epistle to the Corinthians
      3. ms_i1.6.3 (check the viewerFols 38v and following ), The second Epistle to the Corinthians
      4. ms_i1.6.4 (check the viewerFols 43v and following ), The Epistle to the Galatians
      5. ms_i1.6.5 (check the viewerFols 45v and following ), The Epistle to the Ephesians
      6. ms_i1.6.6 (check the viewerFols 48r and following ), The Epistle to the Philippians
      7. ms_i1.6.7 (check the viewerFols 49v and following ), The Epistle to the Colossians
      8. ms_i1.6.8 (check the viewerFols 51v and following ), The first Epistle to the Thessalonians
      9. ms_i1.6.9 (check the viewerFols 52v and following ), The second Epistle to the Thessalonians
      10. ms_i1.6.10 (check the viewerFols 53v and following ), The first Epistle to Timothy
      11. ms_i1.6.11 (check the viewerFols 55r and following ), The second Epistle to Timothy
      12. ms_i1.6.12 (check the viewerFols 56r and following ), The Epistle to Titus
      13. ms_i1.6.13 (check the viewerFols 57r and following ), The Epistle to Philemon
      14. ms_i1.6.14 (check the viewerFols 57v and following ), The Epistle to the Hebrews
    7. ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 62v and following ), The Revelation of St. John (Only until Chap. 19.)
    8. ms_i1.8 (check the viewerFols 69r and following ), The Acts of the Apostles (Only until Chap. 22.17)
    9. ms_i1.9 (check the viewerFols 81r and following ), The Book of Hosea
    10. ms_i1.10 (check the viewerFols 85v and following ), The Book of Hosea
    11. ms_i1.11 (check the viewerFols 85v and following ), The Book of Micah
    12. ms_i1.12 (check the viewerFols 87v and following ), The Book of Joel
    13. ms_i1.13 (check the viewerFols 88v and following ), The Book of Obadiah
    14. ms_i1.14 (check the viewerFols 89r and following ), The Book of Jonah
    15. ms_i1.15 (check the viewerFols 89r and following ), The Book of Nahum
    16. ms_i1.16 (check the viewerFols 90r and following ), The Book of Habakuk
    17. ms_i1.17 (check the viewerFols 90v and following ), The Book of Zephaniah
    18. ms_i1.18 (check the viewerFols 91v and following ), The Book of Haggai
    19. ms_i1.19 (check the viewerFols 92r and following ), The Book of Zechariah
    20. ms_i1.20 (check the viewerFols 95r and following ), The Book of Malachi

Contents

Old Testament books The manuscript is apparently part of a full sized Bible which comprised both the Old and the New Testaments. Test collations of the books of the 0.T. with the Asmara Bible Edition, of the Wisdom of Solomon with the text in Dillmann's Libri Apocryphi, 1894, and of the books of the N.T. with Platt's edition (Novum Testamentum, 1899), proved that there are numerous variants, among which quite interesting readings. The corrections are also interesting to study, although they are not always commendable.
check the viewerFols 1r and following The Book of Job Division into chapters is lacking
check the viewerFols 9r and following The Book of Proverbs The book is divided into small sections (kifl) which do not correspond to the traditional division into chapters
check the viewerFols 16r and following Book of Ecclesiastes Divided into 20 small divisions (kifls)
check the viewerFols 18v and following The Wisdom of Solomon Divided into 28 small divisions (kifls) In this and the following book, the writing is still nice, but the lettersare slender and mean in comparison with the writing in the previous books
check the viewerFols 24r and following The Song of songs Divided into 5 songs, namely 1, 1-2,7; 2,8-3,5; 3,6-5,8; 5,9-6,8; 6,9 ad finem. The songs 2-5 are headed by the following captions:2,8 - Second song relating the descent of the unique and his incarnation by means of the Virgin ; 3,6 - Third song telling the ascension of Him who became man; to the God with whom he had been One .5,9 - Fourth song telling the praise of the Pride of the Bridegroom. 6.9 - Fifth song being a Monologue of the Holy Christian Church
check the viewerFols 26r and following Epistles
check the viewerFols 26r and following The Epistle to the Romans This Epistle and all the following are preceded each by an introduction styled "mekeniat" = occasion, cause (full title: "the occasion of Paul's the Apostle's writing to..."). The introductions are of considerable interest. Only part of them can be traced in the N.T. manuscripts listed in the catalogues of other public and private libraries hitherto published. But Dillmann lists in his Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscripts of the British Museum (London 1841), under No .12 a "Mashafa Mekeniat" containing the introductions to all the Epistles of Paul without the texts of the Epistles. In the title the Epistle to the Romans is designated as the first (!).
check the viewerFols 32r and following The first Epistle to the Corinthians In fol. 38a a new handwriting begins. The letters are small, rather broad and rounded
check the viewerFols 38v and following The second Epistle to the Corinthians Besides the division into kifls, there is on the margin a division into smaller sections, altogether 50 of them, for instance: l,l-7; 8-14; 15-19 etc
check the viewerFols 45v and following The Epistle to the Ephesians Divided into 30 small sections, besides the division into kifls
check the viewerFols 49v and following The Epistle to the Colossians In the title the name Colossians is written "qosaye", which is only a mistake. In the text, the name is written correctly "qolasaye"

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .

  1. check the viewerFols. 98v, 99a (Type: GuestText)

    The folios 98b and 99a are covered by a hymn to the honor of St. Peter and St. Paul, written according to the well known pattern of the Ethiopic Salams,in which every member of the body of the Saint is addressed and praised in turn.

Extras

  1. The owner or owners of the book have added marginal notes, partly in Amharic, some of them of a pious character and others of an exegetic nature.

Catalogue Bibliography

  • Wurmbrand, M. 1960. Draft catalogue of the Ethiopian Manuscripts in the Faitlovitch collection (unpublished manuscript: 1960).
    number 1
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

99 (leaf) .Entered as 99 320 290
Outer dimensions
Height 320 mm
Width 290mm

Quire Structure Collation

Binding

wooden boards

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 3

Number of lines: 37

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Several hands collaborated to copy this manuscript. The hand which wrote the first section distinguishes itself by its fine calligraphy. Beginnings of books and chapters and important words or passages are written with red ink. In the second section the writing is poor and faulty. Whole lines had to be erased and written anew by a corrector. In the third section no more red ink has been employed.Sometimes place has been left for the insertion of lines in red ink, but these places have been filled afterwards with the missing words in black ink.

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      Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
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      Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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      28.2.2024 at 15:34:45
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