THE BOOK OF ENOCH

q. Berlin Manuscript Petermann II. Supplement No. 29 (Dillmann's Catalog 1). 167 folios A folio is a single leaf of a manuscript. 17 x 14 cm. 2 columns of 13 to 14 lines. 16th century. Without division into chapters. Contains Enoch only.

r. Abbadianus 16 (see Reasoned Catalog of Ethiopic Manuscripts belonging to Antoine d'Abbadie, Paris, 1859). 19th century. Enoch (77 chapters) and other works.¹

s. Abbadianus 30. 18th century. Enoch and other works.²

t. Abbadianus 35. 40 x 35 cm. 3 columns of 38 to 39 lines. 17th century. There are many erasures and corrections and marginal notes. The latter belong to the later type of text, and are designated as t². The division into chapters is marked in the margin on the first few folios. Contains Enoch, Job, Samuel I and II, Kings, Chronicles, Books ascribed to Solomon, Prophets, Sirach, i-v Ezra, Tobit, Judith, Esther.

u. Abbadianus 55. 191 folios. 51 x 39 cm. 3 columns of 48 to 50 lines. Possibly as early as the 15th century. Enoch (without division into chapters) and other works. Text of Enoch much abbreviated after chapter 83.

v. Abbadianus 99. 70 folios. 23 x 17 cm. 2 columns. 19th century. Copy made for Monsieur d'Abbadie from a manuscript in high estimation among the native scholars. This manuscript has all the bad characteristics of the later type of text. Contains Enoch only.³

¹ This is a poor manuscript, but it exhibits a few good readings In textual criticism, a "reading" is a specific version of a passage found in a manuscript. Thus it agrees with a, a d in chapter 6, verse 5, note 40: originally it supported g in the right reading against all other manuscripts on 17:2, note 22: it agrees with q t, β-a b d x on 39:10, note 1, with a-m, d e k l n w ,a on 45:3, note 28, with a-q, d e f h k l y ,a on 46:7, note 7, with a e h k n v w on 63:1, note 30, with a-t, a e f h k n on 69:4, note 18, with a, a e f h i k l n ,a on 71:1, note 16, with a, f i l o y ,a ,b on 91:3, note 18, with a-u, a c e f h i k n on 89:42, note 6, with a-m, a c f h i k n on 93:10, note 16, with a-m, a c d i k l o ,a ,b on 90:29, note 24, with m, c f h i k l n x ,a on 102:4, note 28. From the above it is clear that this manuscript, though it does not follow closely any of the special groups of the second class of manuscripts original: "β", yet it shows some affinity for manuscript e and its related copies.

² This is a poor manuscript, but has some notably good readings. Agrees with u, e v x on 9:8, note 21, agrees with a, d e f h k l n y ,a on 24:2, note 40, with t², d e f k l n y ,a on 29:2, note 31, with g m u on 39:10, note 1, with g m q, a d f o y ,b on 40:1, note 29, with a-m, d e k l n w y ,a on 45:3, note 28, with a-q, d e f h k l y ,a on 46:7, note 7, with a-q, d e f h k n o ,b on 48:6, note 3, with a, β-b c x on 53:7, note 19, with a-u, k n on 62:9, note 15, with a, i on 62:15, note 22, with a e h k n v w on 63:1, note 30, with e h on 67:3, note 26, with a-t, a e f h k n on 69:4, note 18, with a, a e f h i k n on 71:1, note 16, agrees with h on 83:8, note 30, with a-u, c d f i l o y ,a ,b on 83:11, note 10, with g m t, a b c f h i k n x on 84:1, note 24, with a-g, a e l o x y ,b on 86:2, note 12, with a-m, a c f h i k n on 93:10, note 16, with g, g t, b i l o p x y ,a ,b on 100:12, note 31, with m, c f i k l n x ,a on 102:4, note 28. This manuscript, so far as it agrees with any special group within the second class original: "β", does so with e h.

³ This manuscript, which embodies the text approved by the Mamheran Native Ethiopian scholars or teachers or native scholars, exhibits most of the vices of the second class of manuscripts, but some excellent readings. See on 89:1, note 20, and 100:4, note 7 below. It agrees with b o x ,b on 9:10, note 3, with ,a on 17:3, note 27, with a, β-a b d w x ,a on 39:7, note 24, with q t, c e f h k l n o y ,a ,b on 39:10, note 1, with g m q, a d f o y ,b on 40:1, note 29, with c h on 40:2, note 30, with a-q, d e f h k n o p on 48:6, note 3, with a, β-b c x on 53:7, note 19, with e h on 62:9, note 14, with q, β on 62:12, note 12, with a e h k n w on 63:1, note 30, with g q, e f originally (?), but with t u, β-e f over an erasure on 63:7, note 5, with e h