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Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth.109

Massimo Villa

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

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Collection: Aethiopici

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General description

Sawāsǝw

Number of Text units: 8

Number of Codicological units: 1

For a table of all relations from and to this record, please go to the Relations view. In the Relations boxes on the right of this page, you can also find all available relations grouped by name.

Origin

Original Location: According to (e1) , the book comes from Gondar↗ . It was donated to pope Pius XI by P. Gruson in 1927.

1800-1899

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 11r–113r ), Sawāsǝw (general record)
    1. ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 11r–31v ), Sawāsǝw
    2. ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 32r–33v ), Fragment of a sawāsǝw
    3. ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 35r–63 ), On the conjunctions
    4. ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 63v–93 ), On the prepositions
    5. ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 94–103v ), On the adverbs
    6. ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 104–107 ), On the numerals
    7. ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 110–113r ), Fragment of a vocabulary

Contents

check the viewerFols 11r–113r Sawāsǝw (general record) (CAe 2293)
check the viewerFols 11r–31v Sawāsǝw

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ንዌጥን፡ ጽሒፈ፡ ሰዋስው፡ ሰዋስው፡ ብሂል፡ መሰላል፡ መሸጋገሪያ፡ መሸጋገርያ፡ (!) (!)corrected by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran

Explicit (Amharic ): ሣልስ፡ ራብዕ፡ ኃምስ፡ ሳብዕ፡ የሆን፡ እንደ፡ ሆነ፡ ነቢር፡ ከተገብሮ፡ ያስተባብራል፨ ሳድስ፡ ግን፡ የሆነ፡ እንደሆን፡ ግብፅ፡ ዮርዳኖስ፡ ያለውን፡ ግብፀ፡ ዮርዳኖሰ፡ ሲል፡ ተገኝቷል፡ መጽሐፍ፨ የቀው፡ ግን፡ ገቢር፡ ከተገብሮ፡ ያስተባብራል፨ በዝየ፡ ተፈጸመ፡ ሰዋስው፡ በሰላመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፨ አሜን፨ ወአሜን፨

check the viewerFols 32r–33v Fragment of a sawāsǝw

Incipit (Amharic ): በሴት፡ ቅፅል፡ የሚጠብቁ፡ አናቅጽ፡ ፫ናቸው፤ ፫ናቼው፤ (!) (!)corrected by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ጠ፤ ደ፤ ተ፡ ይባላሉ፨

Explicit (Amharic ): አበየና፡ ዓብየ። ነጸፈና፡ ነጽፈ፤ ነደፍና፡ አስተናደፈ።

check the viewerFols 35r–63 On the conjunctions

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ንዌጥን፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ሎቱ፡ ስብሐት፡ ጽሕፈ፡ አገባብ፡ ዘዓቢይ፡ ወዘደቂቅ፡ ወዘንዑስ፡ ዘአስተጋብዕዎሙ፡ መምሕራን፡ እመጻሕፍት፡ ዘብሉይ፡ ወዘሐዲስ፡ እንዘ፡ ይረድኦሙ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ተወጥነ፡ ብሂል። ባሕል፡ ብሂል፡ ብሂሎት፡ ማለት፡ ይሆናል፡

Explicit (Amharic ): ሁሉ፡ እየወደቁ፡ ውእቱን፡ ፈልገው። ፈለገው። (!) (!)corrected by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ያጠፋሉ፡ በዝየ፡ ተፈጸመ፡ ዓቢይ፡ አገባብ።

check the viewerFols 63v–93 On the prepositions

Incipit (Amharic ): ደቂቅ፡ አገባብ፨ ዲበ፡ ነባር፡ ነው፡ በሰም፡ ላይ፡ ወድቆ፡ ለወርቅ፡ በወርቅ፡ ወድቆ፡ ለሰም፡ የሚተርፍ፡ አገባብ፡ ነው፡

Explicit (Amharic ): ናዕስ፡ ንዕስ፡ ታናሽነት፡ ይሆናል፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ኢየሱስ፡ ኢያሱ፡ (!) (!)corrected by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ላዕለ፡ እግረ፡ ፀሐይ፡ ይትዋነይ፡ በጊዜ፡ ናዕሱ፡ ወማያተ፡ ይቀድሕ፡ በልብሱ፡ ይላል። ይለል። (!) (!)corrected by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran በንዕሱ፡ ወጠነ፡ መሠረተ፡ ስብሐት፡ ንድቅ፡ ለደብረ፡ ሊባኖስ፡ ስርጋዌ፡ ርእሰ፡ ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ አክሊለ፡ ወርቅ፡ ይላል። ነሥአ፡ አርዑተ፡ እምንዕሱ፡ ወተፀምዶ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ይላ<ል>፡ ወላዲተ፡ ሕያው፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ዘኢተአምር፡ (!) ዘኢተአምር፡ (!) (!) አበሳ፡ እንዘ፡ ለሐና፡ መካን፡ ውሣጤ፡ ከርሣ፡ ሕሙማነ፡ ትፌውስ፡ እምንዕሳ፡ ይላ<ል>፡ በዝየ፡ ተፈጸመ፡ ደቂቅ፡ አገባብ።

check the viewerFols 94–103v On the adverbs

Incipit (Amharic ): ንዑስ፡ አገባብ። አይ፡ ሚ፡ ምንት። ምን፡ ምንድር፡ አያት፡ ምንታት፡ ምኖች። ምንድሮች፡ ይሆናሉ። ይሆኖሉ። (!) (!)corrected by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran

Explicit (Amharic ): ለዓለም፡ ለግሙራ፡ ግሙራ፡ ለዝሉፉ፡ ለዝላፉ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran በደጊመ፡ ቃል፡ ከቶ፡ ተከቶ፡ አስከቶ፡ አስከትቶ፡ (!) (!)corrected by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ተካቶ፡ አካቶ፡ አከቶ፡ (!) (!)corrected by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ይሆናሉ።

check the viewerFols 104–107 On the numerals

Incipit (Amharic ):አኀዝ፡ ማላት፡ መጀመርያ፡ ማላት፡ ነው፡ ምነው፡ መጀመርያ፡ ተባለ፡ ቢሉ፡ ሁሉ፡ በቍፅር፡ ተጀምሮ፡ በቍፅር፡ ይጨረሳል፡

Explicit (Amharic ): ኍልቈ፡ ዕለት፡ እሁድ፡ አንድ፡ ሰኑይ፡ ሁለት፡ ሠሉስ፡ ሶስት፡ ረቡዕ፡ አራት፡ ሐሙስ፡ አም<ስትቅ> የፊደል፡ ግዕዝ፡ አንድ፡ ካዕበ፡ ሣልስ፡ ራብዕ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ፴ቀን፡ ወር፡ ፲፪አውራኅ፡ አመት፡

check the viewerFols 110–113r Fragment of a vocabulary

Incipit (Amharic ): ከሀ፡ ጀምሮ፡ እስከ፡ ፐ፡ ያለ፡ የአለ፡ (!) (!)corrected by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ግሥ፡ ሁሉ፡ በ፬ፀዋትው፡ በ፳፭ሠራዊት፡ የነገራል፡

Explicit (Amharic ): በማስደረግ፡ በማደራረግ፡ አስራው፡ በካልዓይ፡ በንዑስ፡ አንቀጽ፡ ራብዕ፡ ይሆናሉ።

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 , 1 .

  1. check the viewerFol. 1v (Type: MagicText)

    Protective prayers

    ( gez ) መጽሐፈ፡ ዠረደሸት፡ መቅጁል፡ ሐጁል፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ዠረደ〚 〛ሸት፡ መቅጁል፡ ሐጁል፡ አልፋ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ተኀባዕ፡ ውስተ፡ ልብየ፡ በኃይለ፡ ዝንቱ፡ አስማቲከ፡

  2. check the viewerFol. 2v (Type: MagicFormula)

    ( gez ) ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ዘተፈነወ፡ ሀበ፡ ዕዝራ፡ በዕደ፡ ሱራኤል፡ ዶቤር፡ ቶቤር፡ ፫ጊዜ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran በሐይለ፡ ዝንቱ፡ አስማቲከ፡

    The following text was added in a different hand in dark red ink:

    ( gez ) ቀለም፡ ዳዕሙ፡ ወባሕቱ፡ ሓሰ፡ ለከ፡ ዕፁብ፡ ምንት፡ ውእቱ፡ ዝንቱ፨ እንዳዒ፨ ኳሄላ፡ ው<እቱ።>

  3. check the viewerFols 3r–10v (Type: PoemQene)

    The text begins as follows:

    ( gez ) መንደ፡ ቅኔያት፡ ቀሠመ፡ ጣዕመ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ አስካለ፡ ቄርሎስ፡ ወይነ፡ ኒቅያ፡

Extras

  1. check the viewerFol. 1r

    Nine lines, partly faded out.

Catalogue Bibliography

  • Grébaut, S. and E. Tisserant 1935. Bybliothecae apostolicae Vaticanae codices manu scripti recensiti iussu Pii XI Pontificis maximi. Codices Aethiopici Vaticani et Borgiani, Barberinianus orientalis 2, Rossianus 865, I: Enarratio codicum (Città del Vaticano: In Bybliotheca Vaticana, 1935). page 400-403
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

113 (leaf) , Entered as 113 10 (leaf, blank) : Entered as 10 check the viewerFolss. 34rv, 58v, 93v, check the viewerFols 107v–109v, check the viewerFol. 113v 15 (quire) .Entered as 15 112 75
Outer dimensions
Height 112mm
Width 75mm

Foliation

Leaves are numbered in the upper outer corner of the first leaf up to check the viewerfol. 107 .

Quire Structure Collation

Signatures: Quire marks are written in the upper inner corner of the first leaf from fol. 11r.

Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 4 Fols 1r–4v
2 6 Fols 5r–10v
3 8
4 8
5 8
6 8
7 8
8 8
9 8
10 8
11 8
12 8
13 8
14 8
15 6

Collation diagrams



Quire ID:q1
Collation diagram Quire 1 1 4 Unit #1 Unit #2


Quire ID:q2
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Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(4/Fols 1r–4v) – II(6/Fols 5r–10v) – III(8/) – IV(8/) – V(8/) – VI(8/) – VII(8/) – VIII(8/) – IX(8/) – X(8/) – XI(8/) – XII(8/) – XIII(8/) – XIV(8/) – XV(6/) –

Formula: Fols 1r–4v ; Fols 5r–10v ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

Formula 1: 1 (4), 2 (6), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (8), 15 (6),

Formula 2: 1 (4), 2 (6), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (8), 15 (6),

State of preservation

good

Condition

Binding

Two wooden boards.

Binding material

leather

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 25

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Written in a fine and small handwriting.

    Ink: Black, red

    Rubrication: Titles

    Date: 1800-1899

    1800-1899

    • Publication Statement

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    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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    date
    2017-09-04T12:53:37.552+02:00
    date
    type=expanded
    11.10.2022 at 22:00:55
    date
    type=lastModified
    5.1.2018
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    manuscripts
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BAVet109/main
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/BAVet109
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    type=filename
    BAVet109.xml
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    type=ID
    BAVet109

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    Massimo Villa, Alessandro Bausi, ʻVatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth.109ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 5.1.2018) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BAVet109 [Accessed: 2024-04-16+02:00]

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    • Massimo Villa Created catalogue entry on 5.1.2018

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    Massimo Villa, editor

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