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Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 42

Massimo Villa

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

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General description

Prayer of Our Lady Mary in the country of Bartos, Nǝgǝranni sǝmaka, Prayer to Our Lady Mary, Protective prayer

Number of Text units: 4

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Original Location:

1400-1499

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 5r–54v ), Bārtos
  2. ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 56r–61r ), Nǝgǝranni sǝmaka
  3. ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 63r–109v ), Prayer to Our Lady Mary
  4. ms_i4 (check the viewerFols 111r–160v ), Protective prayer containing divine names

Contents

check the viewerFols 5r–54v Bārtos (CAe 1201) Conti Rossini 1896a
check the viewerFols 56r–61r Nǝgǝranni sǝmaka (CAe 3138)

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): አን፡ ገብርከ፨ ገብረ፡ ኄር፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፨ አሜን፨ ወአሜን፨

The name of the owner Gabra Ḫer owner is written in the explicit. Another name, Yosef owner , possibly of a later owner, is added in a secondary hand.
check the viewerFols 63r–109v Prayer to Our Lady Mary (CAe 4309)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ እግዚኣብሔር፡ እግዚእ፡ ልዑል፡ ወኀያል፡ ብሑተ፡ ህሉና፡ ወክሂል፡ ዘኢቀደሞ፡ ዘመን፡ ወአዝማን፡ ወኢዓመታተ፡ መዋዕል፡ ጸሎት፡ ወስእለት፡ ወአስተብቍዖት፡ ወውዳሴያት፡ ኀበ፡ እግዚእትነ፡ (!) እግዚእትነ፡ (!) (!) ማርያም፡ ድንግል፡ ንጽሕት፨ ኦእግዝእትየ፡ ማርያም፡ ወላዲተ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ዓለም፡ ዳግሚት፡ አርያም፡

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ሠዓሪ፡ እምላዕሌየ፡ መርገመ፡ ኀጢአት፡ ወበርክኒ፡ (!) ወበርክኒ፡ (!) (!) በበረከት፡ ቅድስት፡ ወብፅዕት፡ ሊተ፡ ለገብርኪ፡ ገብረ፡ ኄር፡ = ፡ ሰአሊ፡ ሊተ፡ ኀበ፡ ወልድኪ፡ ወጸልዪ፡ ኀጢአትየ፡ አስተስርዪ፨ ወጌጋይየ፡ አናሕስዪ፡ ስብሐት፡ ለኪ፡ ስብሐት፡ ወአኰቴት፡ ለፍቁር፡ ወልድኪ፡ ወለአቡሁ፡ መሐሪ፡ እምሰማይ፡ ለዘ፡ ነጸረኪ፨ ላማኅደረ፡ (!) ላማኅደረ፡ (!) (!) ወልዱ፡ ለዘ፡ ሠምረኪ፡ ወኀረየኪ፡ ወለመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ለዘ፡ ቀደሰኪ፡ ወአምዐዘኪ፡ አሐዱ፡ አምላክ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፨፡ አሜን፨ ወአሜን፨

The name of the owner Gabra Ḫer owner is written in the supplication formula at the end of the prayer.
check the viewerFols 111r–160v Protective prayer containing divine names (CAe 4310)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ስብሓት፡ ወጸሎት፡ ወወድሶ፡ መለኮት፨ ወተማኅፅኖ፡ በአስማት፡ ለስርየተ፡ ኀጢአት። ኦእግዚኦ፡ አነኒ፡ ገብርከ፡ ገብር፡ (!) ገብር፡ (!) (!) ኄር። ተማኅፀንኩ፡ በዝንቱ፡ ዘዚአከ፡ አስማት፡ አሌፍ፨ ኤፍ፨ ካፍ፨

The name of the owner Gabr(a) Ḫer owner is written in the supplication formula at the beginning of the prayer.

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): እሴብሐከ፡ ወእዌድሰከ፡ በኣምጣነ፡ ኀይልየ፡ እስመ፡ አንተ፡ ውእቱ፡ ኣምላከ፡ ክረምት፡ ወሐጋይ፡ ለኵሉ፡ ፍጥረት፡ ዘትሁብ፡ ሲሳየ። ለከ፡ ስብሐት፡ ለኢ<የ>ሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ እግዚእየ፡ ወኣምላክየ፡ ኵሎ፡ ጊዜ፡ ይእዜኒ፡ ወዘልፈኒ፡ ወለዓለመ፨ ዓለም፨ አሜን፨ አሜን፨ ወአሜን፨

Additions In this unit there are in total 2 , 1 , 1 , 1 .

  1. check the viewerFol. 1r (Type: StampExlibris)

    Stamp

    Seal of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.

  2. check the viewerFol. 2r (Type: ProtectivePrayer)

    Prayer to God

    The prayer terminates as follows:

    ( gez ) እስመ፡ ዚአከ፡ ይእቲ፡ መንግሥት፡ ኀይል፡ ወስብሐት፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።

    .

  3. check the viewerFol. 3r (Type: CalendaricNote)

    List of the commemorative feasts of the apostles

    ( gez ) አመ፡ ፩ለመስከረም፡ በርተሎሜዎስ። አመ፡ ፲ወ፪ለጥቅምት፡ ማቴዎስ፨ አመ፡ ፲፰ለሕዳር፡ ፊልጰስ፡ (!) ፊልጰስ፡ (!) (!) አመ፡ ፬፡ ለታኅሣሥ፡ እንድርያስ። አመ፡ ፬ለጥር፡ ዮሐንስ፨ አመ፡ ፲ለየካቲት፡ ያዕቆብ፡ አመ፡ ፰ለመጋቢት፡ ማትያስ፡ አመ፡ ፲፯፡ ለሚያዝያ፡ ያዕቆብ፡ ወዮሐንስ፡ አመ፡ ፳፮ለግንቦት፡ ቶማስ፨ አመ፡ ፪ለኀምሌ፡ ታዴዎስ፡ አመ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ወጰውሎስ፡ (!) ወጰውሎስ፡ (!) (!) አመ፡ ፲ናትናኤል፡ አመ፡ ያዕቆብ፡ አመ፡ ፲፰ቂርቆስ፨ = ፨ አመ፡ ፴ለነሐሴ፡ እንድርያስ፡

  4. check the viewerFols 161r–164v (Type: GuestText)

    Untitled prayer to Our Lady Mary

    The prayer begins as follows:

    ( gez ) አነ፡ ዕዝራ፡ ግዱፍ፡ ለማኅበረ፡ በርያ፡ (!) በርያ፡ (!) (!) ወንዋይየኒ፡ ግዱፍ፡ ወለዛቲ፡ ጸሎተ፡ ማርያም፡ ንዋዮሙ፡ ኢይንሥእዋ፡ ካልእ፡

    . It terminates as follows:

    ( gez ) ኦንጽሕት፡ ኣንጽሕኒ፡ (!) ኣንጽሕኒ፡ (!) (!) በንጽኅኪ፡ ኦቅድስት፡ ቀድስኒ፡ በቅድስ<ና>ኪ፡ 〚 〛 ኦቡርክት፡ ኦቡርካት፡ (!) (!)corrected by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran በርኪኒ፡ (!) በርኪኒ፡ (!) (!) ወበረከትኪ፡ ወ<አ>ጽንዕኒ፡ በፍቅርኪ፡ ለዓለም።

    .

  5. check the viewerFol. 165r (Type: StampExlibris)

    Stamp

    Seal of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.

Extras

  1. check the viewerFol. Iv

    The shelfmark of the Vatican Library ( ) 42 is written in a 18th-century hand.

  2. check the viewerFol. IIr

    The title of the book ( it ) Historia della Madonnawas erroneously written by Felice Contelori .

  3. check the viewerFol. 1

    Pen trial.

  4. The name of the owner or of the scribe, Gabra Ḫer , is written in the supplication formulas throughout the manuscript, e.g. on check the viewerfols. 64r, 67v, 68v, 76v, 79v, 83r, 87v, 88v, 93r, 99v, 102v, 104v, 105r,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, , 106r, 109r, 111r, 118v, 120r . The names of other individuals are also written: ʾAbrānyos (check the viewerfol. 92r ), Nob together with Gabra Ḫer (check the viewerfol. 115v ).

Decoration In this unit there are in total 4 s.

Miniatures notes

  1. miniature: check the viewerFol. 4v

    Our Lady Mary and the Child. Legend: Legend: ( gez ) ሠዕለ፡ (!) ሠዕለ፡ (!) (!) እግዝእትነ፡ ማ<ር>ያም፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁር፡ ወልዳ።.

  2. miniature: check the viewerFol. 55v

    Our Lady Mary praying with open hands. Legend: Legend: ( gez ) ሥዕለ፡ እግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡ ዘከ<መ፡> ትጼሊ፡ ቀዊማ፡ ጸሎታ፡ ይዕቀበነ።.

  3. miniature: check the viewerFol. 62v

    St Paul . Legend: Legend: ( gez ) ሥዕለ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ጰውሎስ፡ (!) ጰውሎስ፡ (!) (!) .

  4. miniature: check the viewerFol. 110v

    Prochorus . Legend: Legend: ( gez ) ሥዕለ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አብራ"ኮሮስ፡" .

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 184-187
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Secondary Bibliography

  • Conti Rossini, C. 1896. ‘La redazione etiopica della preghiera della Vergine tra i Parti’, Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei, Rendiconti, Classe di scienze morale, storiche e filologiche, Serie quinta, 5 (1896), 457–479. page 461 n. 1
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

+NaN (leaf) , Entered as 173 (IV + 169) 165 according to Conti Rossini 1896a. 22 (quire) , Entered as 22 19 (leaf, blank) : Entered as 19 check the viewerFols. Ir, check the viewerFolss. IIv, Iv, 4r, 55r, 110r, check the viewerFols 165v–169v 92 76 According to Conti Rossini 1896a, the dimensions of the manuscript are 110 and 82 ca.
Outer dimensions
Height 92mm
Width 76mm

Foliation

Quire Structure Collation

Signatures: Quire marks are written in the inner upper corner of the first and last leaf of , except for the first leaf of (fols 12v–61v): ፩ (); ፪ (); ፫ (); ፬ (); ፭ (); ፮ (); ፯ (). Additional quire marks have been written in a 17th-century hand in the lower margin with Latin letters from a to x. The quire marks are partly erased.

Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 A 4 i-iv
2 1 5 Fols 1r–5v
3 2 8 Fols 6r–13v
4 3 8 Fols 14r–21v
5 4 8 Fols 22r–29v
6 5 8 Fols 30r–37v
7 6 8 Fols 38r–45v
8 7 8 Fols 46r–53v
9 8 9 Fols 54r–62v
10 9 9 Fols 63r–71v
11 10 8 Fols 72r–79v
12 11 8 Fols 80r–87v
13 12 8 Fols 88r–95v
14 13 8 Fols 96r–103v
15 14 8 Fols 104r–111v
16 15 8 Fols 112r–119v
17 16 8 Fols 120r–127v
18 17 8 Fols 128r–135v
19 18 8 Fols 136r–143v
20 19 8 Fols 144r–151v
21 20 8 Fols 152r–159v
22 21 8 Fols 160r–167v

It is unfortunately not possible with the information provided to print the collation diagrams and formula.

  • Quire with id:q2 and n 1 is made of 5 leaves, but there is no futher information about the reason this number is odd.
  • Quire with id:q9 and n 8 is made of 9 leaves, but there is no futher information about the reason this number is odd.
  • Quire with id:q10 and n 9 is made of 9 leaves, but there is no futher information about the reason this number is odd.

State of preservation

good

Condition

Binding

Two covers of red leather.

Binding material

leather

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of lines: 10-11

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Written in a very fine handwriting.

    Ink: Black, red

    Rubrication: Titles, initial lines on the incipit page of the text, lines written in form of spiral in the left margin for ornamental purposes.

    Date: 15th century

    15th century Old palaeographical features: ዐ and sometimes መ and ሠ have angular shapes; the upper part of ቆ, ቶ, የ, ደ, and ጸ have an angular shape; ሎ has the loop marking the 7th order attached directly to the body of the letter, without the linking line (it is written with the linking line on check the viewerfol. 52r1 , cp. also Conti Rossini 1896a and Conti Rossini 1914a); the left stroke of በ and ዘ is slanted; አ is sometimes written in the fourth order in words like ኣነ፡, ኣመ፡ and እግዚኣብሔር፡ (cp. also Conti Rossini 1896a).

    • 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
    availability

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    date
    2017-01-11T12:03:37.552+02:00
    date
    type=expanded
    11.10.2022 at 22:00:55
    date
    type=lastModified
    8.6.2017
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    type=collection
    manuscripts
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BAVet42/main
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/BAVet42
    idno
    type=filename
    BAVet42.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    BAVet42

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    Massimo Villa, Alessandro Bausi, Dorothea Reule, ʻVatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 42ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 8.6.2017) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BAVet42 [Accessed: 2024-04-18+02:00]

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    • Dorothea Reule decoNote updated on 8.6.2017
    • Massimo Villa Created catalogue entry on 11.1.2017

    Attributions of the contents

    Alessandro Bausi, general editor

    Massimo Villa, editor

    Dorothea Reule, contributor

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