Hamburg, State and University Library Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky, Cod. orient. 271a
Eliana Dal Sasso, Nafisa Valieva
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Collection:
Other identifiers: Scrinio 130, Cod. in scrinium 130, PPN 1883155266, Westenholz MS
General description
Enoch
Number of Text units: 1
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1700-1800 (lettering context)
Provenance
Johann Flad owner bought the manuscript sometime between 1855 and 1894 during his stays in ኢትዮጵያ↗ . Johann Flad owner then gave the manuscript to his ´beloved brother Haussmann´. Albert von Westenholz owner bought the manuscript in the United States of America↗ from C. Haussmann owner . After obtaining the codex, Albert von Westenholz owner lent it for two years to Robert Henry Charles translator .
Acquisition
On October 29, 1905 the manuscript was presented to the Stadtbibliothek in Hamburg↗ .
Summary
- ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 2ra–69vb ), Enoch
Contents
check the viewerFols 2ra–69vb Enoch (CAe 1340)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFols 2ra–69vb ዘሄኖክ፡ ነቢይ፡ ምዕራፍ፡ ፩ቃለ ፡ በረከት ፡ ዘሄ ኖክ ፡ ዘከመ ፡ ባረከ ፡ ኅሩያነ ፡ ወጻድን፡ እለ ፡ ሀለዉ ፡ ይኩኑ ፡ በዕለተ ፡ ምንዳቤ ፡ ለአሰስሎ ፡ ኲሉ ፡ እኩያን ፡ ወረሲዓን ። ወአውሥአ ፡ ሄኖክ ፡ ወይቤ፡ ብእሲ ፡ ጻድቅ ፡ ዘእምኀበ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፤ እንዘ ፡ አዕይንቲሁ ፡ ክሡታት ፡ ወይሬኢ ፡ ራእየ ፡ ቅዱሰ ፡ ዘበሰማያት ፡ ዘአርአዩኒ ፡ መላእክት ፡ ወሰማዕኩ ፡ እምኀቤሆሙ ፡ ኲሎ ፡ ወአእመርኩ ፡ አነ ፡ ዘእሬኢ ፡ ወአኮ ፡ ለዝ ፡ ትውልድ ። አላ ፡ ለዘይመጽእ ፡ ትውልድ ፡ ርኁቃን በእንተ ፡ ኅሩያን ፡ እቤ ፡ ወአውሣእኩ ፡ በእንቲአሆሙ ፡ ምስለ ፡ ዘይወፅእ ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ ወዓቢይ ፡ እማኅደሩ ፡ ወአምላከ ፡ ዓለም ፡ ወእምህየ ፡ ይከይድ ፡ ውስተ፡ ሲና ፡ ደብር ፡ ወያስተርኢ ፡ በትዕይንቱ ፡ ወያስተርኢ ፡ በጽንዓ፡ ኀይሉ ፡ እምሰማይ ፡ ወይፈርህ ፡ ኲሉ ፡ ወያድለቀልቁ ፡ ትጉሃን ፡ ወይነሥኦሙ ፡ ፍርሃት ፡ ወረዓድ ፡ ዓቢይ ፡ እስከ ፡ አጽናፈ ፡ ምድር ፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFols 69rb–69vb ወኲሎ ፡ በረከቶሙ ፡ ነገርኩ ፡ በመጻሕፍት ፡ ወአሠዮሙ ፡ ለአርእስቲሆሙ ፡ እስመ ፡ እሉ ፡ ተረክቡ ፡ ያፈቅርዎ ፡ ለሰማይ ፡ እምእስትንፋሶሙ ፡ ዘለዓለም ፤ ወእንዘ ፡ ይትካየዱ ፡ እምእኩያን ፡ ወሰምዑ ፡ እምኀቤሆሙ ፡ ትዕይርተ ፡ ወጽርፈተ ፡ ወኃሥሩ ፡ እንዘ ፡ ይባርኩኒ ። ወይእዜኒ ፡ እጼውዕ ፡ መናፍስቲሆሙ ፡ ለኄራ
ን ፡ እምትውልድ ፡ እንተ ፡ ብርሃን ፡ ወእዌልጥ ፡ ለእለ ፡ ተወልዱ ፡ በጽልመት ፡ እለ ፡ በሥጋሆሙ ፡ ወእተፈድዩ ፡ ክብረ ፡ በከመ ፡ ይደሉ ፡ ለሃይማኖቶሙ ። ወአውፅኦሙ ፡ በብሩህ ፡ ብርሃን ፡ ለእለ ፡ ያፈቅርዎ ፡ ለስምየ ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ ወአነብር ፡ ፲፩ውስተ ፡ መንበረ ፡ ክብር ፡ ክብረ ፡ ዚአሁ ፡ ወይትወኃውኁ ፡ በአዝማን ፡ ዘአልቦሙ ፡ ኊልቊ ፡ እስመ ፡ ጽድቅ ፡ ኲነኔሁ ፡ ለአምላክ ፡ እስመ ፡ ለመሃይምናን ፡ ሃይማኖተ ፡ ይሁብ ፡ በማኅደረ ፡ ፍናዋተ ፡ ርቱዓት ፡ ወይሬእይዎሙ ፡ ለእለ ፡ ተወልዱ ፡ በጽልመት ፡ ይትወደዩ ፡ በጽልመት ፤ እንዘ ፡ ይትሀወኩ፡ ጻድቃን ፡ ወይጸርሑ ። ወይሬእይዎሙ ፡ ኃጥኣን ፡ እንዘ ፡ ይፈርሁ ፡ ወየሐውሩ ፡ እሙንቱሂ ፡ በኀበ ፡ ተጽሕፈ ፡ ሎሙ ፡ መዋዕል ፡ ወአዝማን ፡ አሜን፤ |ወአሜን። ለይኩን፡ ለይኩን። ። ።
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 1r (Type: DonationNote)
Donation note from J. M. Flad owner to his beloved brother Haussmann owner .
Extras
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Signature written in pencil: "Cod. Orient. 271a = 130 in Scrinio"
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Note written in pencil: "1905 5388"
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check the viewerFols. 1r, 2r (Type: StampExlibris)
Stamp of the Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky in blue ink.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .
Other Decorations
- punctuation:
check the viewerFol. 69vb
Two bands of black and red dots close the text.
Catalogue Bibliography
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Beta maṣāḥǝft: Manuscripts of Ethiopia and Eritrea (2018_2024) <http://betamasaheft.eu/>, accessed 6 September 2024 (DOI: 10.25592/BetaMasaheft).
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Brockelmann, C. 1908. Katalog der orientalischen Handschriften der Stadtbibliothek zu Hamburg: mit Ausschluss der hebräischen, Teil I, die arabischen, persischen, türkischen, malaiischen, koptischen, syrischen, äthiopischen Handschriften (Hamburg: Otto Meissner, 1908). page 180-181
Secondary Bibliography
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Knibb, M. A. 1978. The Ethiopic Book of Enoch: A New Edition in the Light of the Aramaic Dead Sea Fragments, II: Introduction, Translation and Commentary (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978). page xi
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Uhlig, S. 1984. Das äthiopische Henochbuch, V, 6: Apokalypsen, Jüdische Schriften aus hellenistisch-römischer Zeit (Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus Gerd Mohn, 1984).page 475
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Erho, T. M. and L. T. Stuckenbruck 2013. ‘A Manuscript History of Ethiopic Enoch’, Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, 23/2 (2013), 87–133.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 198mm |
Width | 145mm |
Depth | 40mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | 9 | No image availableFols 1–9 |
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2 | 8 | No image availableFols 10–17 |
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3 | 8 | No image availableFols 18–25 |
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4 | 8 | No image availableFols 26–33 |
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5 | 8 | No image availableFols 34–41 |
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6 | 6 | No image availableFols 42–47 |
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7 | 8 | No image availableFols 48–55 |
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8 | 8 | No image availableFols 56–63 |
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9 | 8 | No image availableFols 64–71 |
Collation diagrams
1, stub after 9
Quire ID:q1, Ethiopic quire number:
6, stub after 2 1, stub after 5
Quire ID:q2, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q3, Ethiopic quire number:
6, stub after 3 3, stub after 6
Quire ID:q4, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q5, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q6, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q7, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q8, Ethiopic quire number:
Quire ID:q9
Ethio-SPaRe formula : ፩I(8+1/s.l. 1, stub after 9/No image availableFols 1–9) – ፪II(6+2/s.l. 6, stub after 2; s.l. 1, stub after 5/No image availableFols 10–17) – ፫III(8/No image availableFols 18–25) – ፬IV(6+2/s.l. 6, stub after 3; s.l. 3, stub after 6/No image availableFols 26–33) – ፭V(8/No image availableFols 34–41) – ፮VI(6/No image availableFols 42–47) – ፯VII(8/No image availableFols 48–55) – ፰VIII(8/No image availableFols 56–63) – IX(8/No image availableFols 64–71) –
Formula: No image availableFols 1–9 1, stub after 9 ; No image availableFols 10–17 6, stub after 2 1, stub after 5 ; No image availableFols 18–25 ; No image availableFols 26–33 6, stub after 3 3, stub after 6 ; No image availableFols 34–41 ; No image availableFols 42–47 ; No image availableFols 48–55 ; No image availableFols 56–63 ; No image availableFols 64–71 ;
Formula 1: 1 (), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (6), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8),
Formula 2: 1 (), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (6), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8),
State of preservation
good
Condition
The link between the third chain-stitch and the front board is broken. The leaves are intact. The parchment is of medium quality: hairs and fat haven't been completely removed during the scraping of the skin. Tears occurred during the manufacture have been repaired using a thread of animal origin.
Binding
Ethiopic bookbinding with fine tooled leather cover.
Two boards of the same light brown wood. The space between the turn-ins on the inner surface of the boards is left uncovered. Fine blind tooled red-brownish leather cover. The upper and lower board, the spine and the turn-ins are decorated. The decoration is identical on both sides of the cover. Five frames surround a central panel with a diamond-shaped cross. The frames, enclosed between triple straight lines, are composed by the repetition of single tools, alternated with empty frames. The outer frame is formed by a criss-cross motif. The middle one is composed by straight strapwork elements. The inner frame is formed by dotted lines arranged in a V-form motif. Double circles decorate the surface, printed at the intersection of the three straight lines or in group of four in the empy frames. The same tool is present also in the central panel at the end of the arms of the cross. The spine is decorated with triple straight lines crossing each other diagonally. The turn-ins are 60 mm wide and an additional leather patch covers the inner border of the wooden board. The turn-ins are decorated with triple straight lines forming concentric frames. Slit-braid endbands are present but they are very deteriorated, only their extensions between the boards and the text block are well preserved. They are sewn to the codex with a thread of animal origin. The headband is sewn starting from the front cover while the tailband is sewn starting from the back cover. In the end, the thread is knotted to the closest sewing station.Sewing Stations
4 On the spine is glued a piece of paper with the signature "Scrinio 130". One leaf has been added in the first quire as endleaf.Binding decoration
The box where the codex is preserved contains also a letter with the details of the purchase.
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Accompanying Material
Small stripe of paper: "Handschriften Sammlung Freihr. a.d. v. Westenholz Hamburg↗ " check the viewerfol. 1v
Layout
Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 2r–63v )
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 24
H | 137mm |
W | 107mm |
Margins | |
top | 21 |
bottom | 38 |
right | 20 |
left | 12 |
intercolumn | 10 |
Ms Hamburg, State and University Library Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky, Cod. orient. 271a main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 139mm, object width is: 145mm, computed height is: 196mm and object height is: 198mm.Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 64r–69v )
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 26-27
H | 145mm |
W | 105mm |
Margins | |
top | 15 |
bottom | 34 |
right | 22 |
left | 10 |
intercolumn | 10 |
Ms Hamburg, State and University Library Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky, Cod. orient. 271a main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 137mm, object width is: 145mm, computed height is: 194mm and object height is: 198mm.Ruling
- (Subtype: pattern)1-1-11/0/0/C
- (Subtype: pattern)1-1-11/0/0/C
Pricking
- (Subtype: pattern) The layout corresponds to the Pattern I as defined by : the text is written above the first ruled line, the vertical and horizontal pricks are visible and they are located in the margins. Probably, the pricking was made opening the quire in the middle and piercing the folios together. Indeed, the pricks are more marked in the internal bifolio than in the outer.
- (Subtype: pattern) The layout corresponds to the Pattern I as defined by : the text is written above the first ruled line, the vertical and horizontal pricks are visible and they are located in the margins. Probably, the pricking was made opening the quire in the middle and piercing the folios together. Indeed, the pricks are more marked in the internal bifolio than in the outer.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Ink: 18th cent. Black, red
Rubrication: A few lines, alternating with black lines, on the incipit page of text 1.1(check the viewerfols. 2r, ), of part 71 (check the viewer36v ); navigating element ክፍል፡ for indicating the beginning of a new part of the text and its number, number of the first quire; partial rubrication of the numerals and elements of the punctuation signs.
Date: 1700-1800
1700-1800 (According to Robert Henry Charles ´s handwritten note, copied in Brockelmann 1908, 'It was written in the 18th cent.' In the same note Robert Henry Charles suggested similiarity of the present handwriting with the handwriting of London, British Library, BL Oriental 491.)Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
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