Saint Petersburg, Rossijskaja Nacionalnaja Biblioteka, RNB Ef. n.s. 4
Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection:
Other identifiers: IV Efiopsk. 4, Turaev cat. I.12
General description
Psalter
Number of Text units: 4
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1700-1859 Turaev did not propose any dating for the manuscript; 18th or the first half of the 19th century may be assumed.
Provenance
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 1r–133v ), Psalter
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 1r–112v ), Mazmura Dāwit
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 113r–125v ), Book of Odes
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 126r–133v ), Song of Songs
Contents
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 20
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 Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 120mm |
Width | 115mm |
Depth | mm |
State of preservation
deficient
Condition
The binding is damaged, the back board with leather cover is missing. The initial quires (probably two) are also missing.
Binding
Two wooden boards (the back board is missing); the spine is covered with reddish-brown tooled leather. One pair of sewing stations can be assumed (not indicated in the catalogue)
Binding material
wood
Binding material
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 1r–133v )
Number of columns: 1
Boris Turaev does not provide the number of written lines, neither he provides any information on the layout; 1 column layout as the most typical for the works Mazmura Dāwit, Book of Odes, Song of Songs may be assumed.Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Date: Before 1859
Before 1859 Boris Turaev describes the handwriting is "careful".Check for additional bibliography
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Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, ʻSaint Petersburg, Rossijskaja Nacionalnaja Biblioteka, RNB Ef. n.s. 4ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2016-12-21) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/RNBefns4 [Accessed: 2024-05-20]
Revisions of the data
- 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