Saint Petersburg, Rossijskaja Nacionalnaja Biblioteka, RNB Ef. n.s. 22
Daria Elagina
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography
Collection:
Other identifiers: Platonov cat. I.3
Dated
General description
Four Gospels
Number of Text units: 15
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1895 (internal-date)
Acquisition
The manuscript was originally donated to Nicholas II by Mǝnilǝk . Afterwords it was acquired by Rossijskaja Nacionalnaja Biblioteka between 1914-1938.
Summary
- ms_i1
(check the viewerFols 5r–291v ),
Four Gospels
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 5r–20r ), መቅደመ፡ ፬ ወንጌላት፡
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 21r–38r ), ሥርዓተ፡ ቀመር፡
- ms_i1.3
(check the viewerFols 41r–108v ),
Wangel za-Mātewos
- ms_i1.3.1 (check the viewerFols 41r–42r ), Tituli of the Gospel of Matthew
- ms_i1.3.2 (check the viewerFols 42r–108v ), Bǝsrāta Mātewos
- ms_i1.4
(check the viewerFols 113r–154v ),
Wangel za-Mārqos
- ms_i1.4.1 (check the viewerFols 113r–113v ), Tituli of the Gospel of Mark
- ms_i1.4.2 (check the viewerFols 114r–154v ), Bǝsrāta Mārqos
- ms_i1.5
(check the viewerFols 155r–228r ),
Wangel za-Luqās
- ms_i1.5.1 (check the viewerFols 155r–156r ), Tituli of the Gospel of Luke
- ms_i1.5.2 (check the viewerFols 156r–228r ), Bǝsrāta Luqās
- ms_i1.6
(check the viewerFols 231r–291r ),
Gospel of John
- ms_i1.6.1 (check the viewerFol. 231r ), Gospel of John, Tituli of the Gospel of John
- ms_i1.6.2 (check the viewerFols 231v–291r ), Gospel of John
Contents
check the viewerFols 5r–291v Four Gospels (CAe 1560)
Language of text:
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz
):
ለዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘአጽሐፎ፡ ዳግማዊ፡
ምኒልክ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ነገሥት፡ ዘኢትዮጵያ፡ donor
መፍቀሬ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ወሰብእ፡
ዘግብጽ፡ ወሮምያ፡
እምደለዋ፡ ለትዕይንቱ፡
ትሰመይ፡ ኒክያ፡
ወመቅደሰ፡ መልአከ፡ ራጉኤል፡
ወመቅደሰ፡ ሰሎሞን፡ ነያ፡
ኵሉ፡ ዘሰምዓ፡ ወዘርእያ፡
ይትሬስሓ፡ አድባረ፡ ጽዮን፡
ወአዋልደ፡ ይሁዳ፡ ይትኃስያ፡
ወመዋዕለ፡ መንግሥቱ፡ ለትኩን፡
ሰማንያ፡
ወይትባረክ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘእፈጸመኒ፡
በደኅና፡ ለጸሐሬሁ፡ ድኩም፡ ወምስኪን፡
አለቃ፡ ካሳ፡ scribe
ዘማኅደረ፡ ማርያን፡
ሰማርያ፡
ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም። አሜን፡
Colophon
ወትጽሕፎቱ፡ ለዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡
እምአመ፡ ነግሠ፡ ዳግማዊ፡ ምኒልክ፡
ንጉሠ፡ ነገሥት፡ ዘኢትዮጵያ፡
በ፴ ዓመት፡
ወእምልደቱ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡
በ፲ወ፰፻፹ወ፯ ዓመት፡
ስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ለዘአብጽሐኒ፡
እስከ፡ ዛቲ፡ ሰዓት፡
ወለወላዲቱ፡ ድንግል፡ ማርያም፡
ቅድስት፡
ወላዕሌነ፡ ይኩን፡ ሣህል፡ ወምሕረት፡
ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም። አሜን፡
check the viewerFols 41r–108v Wangel za-Mātewos (CAe 1558)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 41r–42r Tituli of the Gospel of Matthew (CAe 1558 TituliMatthew)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 231r–291r Gospel of John (CAe 1693)
Language of text:
check the viewerFol. 231r Gospel of John, Tituli of the Gospel of John (CAe 1693 TituliJohn)
Language of text:
Additions In this unit there are in total 3 s.
Extras
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check the viewerFol. 38r (Type: StampExlibris)
A cast of a stamp of Mǝnilǝk .
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check the viewerFol. 228r (Type: StampExlibris)
A cast of a stamp of Mǝnilǝk .
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check the viewerFol. 291v (Type: StampExlibris)
A cast of a stamp of Mǝnilǝk .
Decoration In this unit there are in total 5 s.
Other Decorations
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 5r
Multicolored floral ornamentation.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 43r
Multicolored floral ornamentation.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 114r
Multicolored floral ornamentation.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 157r
Multicolored floral ornamentation.
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 232r
Multicolored floral ornamentation.
Catalogue Bibliography
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Platonov, V. 1996. Efiopskie rukopisi v sobranijakh Sankt-Peterburga: Katalog (St Petersburg: The Russian National Library Press, 1996). page 9-11
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 186, 201, 205, 213
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Very fine and white parchment.Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 315mm |
Width | 230mm |
Binding
Binding material
wood
leather
textile
Wooden boards with tooled red leather. The inner parts are covered with black silk. A red leather slipcase and a multi-colored textile bag. Bookmarks of colored threads in check the viewerfols. 5, 43, 114, 157, 232
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 17
The number of written lines vary from 17 to 22.Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Ink: Black, red
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