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Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 51

Massimo Villa

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

Stub
https://betamasaheft.eu/BAVet51
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana[view repository]

Collection: Aethiopici

General description

Maṣḥafa gǝnzat

Number of Text units: 7

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Original Location:

1400-1499

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 1r–45v ), Maṣḥafa gǝnzat
    1. ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 1r–3v ), ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ እለ፡ ኖሙ፡
    2. ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 4r–30r ),
    3. ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 30r–33r ), ጸሎተ፡ ፍትሐት፡
    4. ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 33v–35v ), Maṣḥafa fǝtḥat
    5. ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 36r–38v ), Ṣalot wa-ʾastabqʷǝʿot ḫaba ʾǝgzǝʾǝtǝna Māryām za-yǝtnabbab ba-lelit
    6. ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 39r–45v ), ትምህርተ፡ ኅቡኣት፡

Contents


check the viewerFols 1r–45v Maṣḥafa gǝnzat (CAe 1931)

check the viewerFols 4r–30r No item: LIT3843Bookth (CAe 3843)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘወፅአት፡ ናሁ፡ እምኢየሩሳሌም፡ ለመድኃኒተ፡ ነፍስ፡ ወሥጋ፨ በእንተ፡ ጻድቃብ፡ ወኃጥኣን፡ በእንተ፡ ጠቢባን፡ ወአብዳን፨ በእንተ፡ ጳጳሳት፡ ወሊቃነ፡ ጳጳሳት፡ በእንተ፡ ቀሳ〚ው〛ስት፡ ወዲያቆናት። በእንተ፡ አእሩግ፡ ወሕፃናት፨ በእንተ፡ ዕድ፡ ወአንስት፨ ዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘወፅአት፡ እምኢየሩሳሌም፡ በእንተ፡ አበዊነ፡ ወአኃዊነ፡

check the viewerFol. 25v ለዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ሶበ፡ ታወፅአ፡ (!) ታወፅአ፡ (!) (!) እምኢየሩሳሌም፡ ከመዝ፡ ኅባእ፡ ውስተ፡ ልብከ፡ ወኢትክሥት፡ ወኢለመኑሂ፨ እስመ፡ ይእቲሰ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘወረደት፡ እምሰማያት፡ ወረከበታ፡ እሌኒ፡ ንግሥት፡ አመ፡ ኃሠሠት፡ መስቀሎ፡ ለኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፨ ወወሀበቶ፡ ለሊቀ፡ ጳጳሳት፡ ወትቤሎ፡ ኢትክሥት፡ ወኢለመኑሂ፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ለማእምራን፡ (!) ለማእምራን፡ (!) (!) መጻሕፍት፨

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): በአፈ፡ ሰሎሜ፡ ወበአፈ፡ ማርያም፡ ግብጻዊት፡ ፍቱሐ፡ ረስዮ፡ ለገብርከ፡ እገሌ፨ በአፈ፡ ማርያም፡ ወላዲተ፡ አምላክ፡ ፍቱሐ፡ ረስዮ፡ ለገብርከ፡ እገሌ፨ እመሂ፡ በልብ፡ አው፡ በሕሊና፡ ወእመሂ፡ በምግባሪነ፡ ዘገበርነ፡ በአእምሮ፡ ወእመሂ፡ በኢያእምሮ፡ ኅድግ፡ ወተሣሃል፡ እስመ፡ መፍቀሬ፡ ምሕረት፡ አንተ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ወአምላክነ፡ ወመድኃኒነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ዘቦቱ፡ ለከ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran


check the viewerFols 30r–33r ጸሎተ፡ ፍትሐት፡ (CAe 2254)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): እግዚኦ፡ አኃዜ፡ ኵሉ፡ ዓ[ለ]ም፡ ፍትሖ፡ ለ[ዝ]ንቱ፡ በድን፨ በአፈ፡ ሙሴ፡ [ወ]በአፈ፡ ኢዩኤል፡ ፍቱሐ፡ ረስዮ፡ ለዝንቱ፡ በድን፡ በአፈ፡ ናታን፡ ወበአፈ፡ ኢሳዪያስ፡ (!) ኢሳዪያስ፡ (!) (!) ፍቱሐ፡ ረስዮ፡ ለዝንቱ፡ በድን፨

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): በአፈ፡ ፫ደቂቅ፡ አናንያ፡ ወአዛርያ፡ ወሚሳኤል፡ ፍቱሐ፡ ረስያ፡ ለዛቲ፡ ነፍስ፨ በአፈ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ ቅዱሳን፡ ወሰማዕት፡ ፍትሐ፡ (!) ፍትሐ፡ (!) (!) ለዛቲ፡ ነፍስ፨ በእግዚእ[ነ፡] ወመድኃኒነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ዘቦቱ፡ ለከ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran


check the viewerFols 33v–35v Maṣḥafa fǝtḥat (CAe 4500)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘወፅአት፡ እምኢየሩሳሌም፡ በእንተ፡ ኃጥአን፡ ወአብዳን፨ በእንተ፡ ርኩሳን፡ ወዘማዊያን፨ ለእለ፡ ነስሑ፡ በሕይወቶሙ፡ ይከውኑ፡ ኅሩያነ፡ በቅድመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፨ ወለእለሂ፡ ኢነስሑ፡ በሕይወቶሙ፡ ትስእል፡ ሎሙ፡ በእንቲአሆሙ፡ ቅድመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፨ ዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ፍትሐት፨ በአፈ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ወጳውሎስ፡ ፍቱሐ፡ ረስዮ፡ ለገብርከ፡ እገሌ፨ በአፈ፡ ናትናኤል፡ ወያዕቆብ፡ ሐዋርያ፡ ረስዮ፡ ፍቱሐ፡ ለገብርከ፡ እገሌ፨

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): በአፈ፡ እስጢፋኖስ፡ ሊቀ፡ ዲያቆናት፡ ፍቱሐ፡ ረስዮ፡ ለገብርከ፡ እገሌ፨ በአፉሃ፡ ለእግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡ ወላዲተ፡ አምላክ፨ ፍቱሐ፡ ረስዮ፡ ለገብርከ፡ እገሌ፡ በእግዚእነ፡ ወመድኃኒነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ዘቦቱ፡ ለከ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran


check the viewerFols 36r–38v Ṣalot wa-ʾastabqʷǝʿot ḫaba ʾǝgzǝʾǝtǝna Māryām za-yǝtnabbab ba-lelit (CAe 3582)

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ኦቅድስት፡ እመ፡ አምላክ፡ ጸልዪ፡ ወሰአሊ፡ በእንቲአነ፡ ጸሎትኪ፡ ወስእለትኪ፡ ወምሕረቱ፡ ለወልድኪ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስሌነ፡ ወይባርከነ፡ ቡሩክ፡ ወልድኪ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም።

Additions In this unit there are in total 2 .

  1. check the viewerFol. 35v (Type: ScribalSupplication)

    ( gez ) ለዘ፡ ጸሐፎ፡ ወለዘ፡ አጽሐፎ፡ ለዘአንበቦ፡ ወለዘተርጐሞ፡ ወለዘ፡ ሰምዐ፡ ቃላቲሁ፡ ኅቡረ፡ ይምሐሮሙ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ በመንግሥተ፡ ሰማያት፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፨

  2. check the viewerFol. 45v (Type: ScribalSupplication)

    ( gez ) ኦአቡየ፡ በኵረ፡ ልደት፡ ኢትርስዑኒ፡ (!) ኢትርስዑኒ፡ (!) (!) ለወልድክሙ፡ ፍሬ፡ ሚካኤል፡ በጸሎትክሙ፡ በእንተ፡ ፍ[ቅረ፡] አምላክክሙ፡

    The note mentions Fǝre Mikāʾel , possibly the scribe of the book, and Bakʷra Lǝdat .

Extras

  1. check the viewerFol. Ir

    The title of the book ( it ) Ceremonie o orationi sopra li morti was written by Felice Contelori .

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 209-211

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

+NaN (leaf) , Entered as 49 (III + 46) +NaN (quire) , Entered as 10 (A + 9) 7 (leaf, blank) : Entered as 7 check the viewerFolss. Iv, IIr, IIv, IIIr, IIIv, check the viewerFols 46r–46v 102 77
Outer dimensions
Height 102mm
Width 77mm

Foliation

Quire Structure Collation

Signatures: Quire marks have been added in the lower margin in a 17th-century hand with Latin letters. Letters "a" and "d"-"h" are still legible, the others being erased by a conservator with a knife.

Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 A 2 i-ii
2 1 2 iii-1
3 2 2 Fols 2r–3v
4 3 8 Fols 4r–11v
5 4 8 Fols 12r–19v
6 5 8 Fols 20r–27v
7 6 8 Fols 28r–35v
8 7 3 Fols 36r–38v
9 8 2 Fols 39r–40v
10 9 6 Fols 41r–46v

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

  • Quire with id:q8 and n 7 is made of 3 leaves, but there is no futher information about the reason this number is odd.

State of preservation

deficient

Condition

The text block has been crudely resewn with loss of text.

Binding

Two covers of red leather; two buckles.

Binding material

leather

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 1–38 )

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 14

Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 39–45 )

Number of columns: 1

Number of lines: 14

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Ink: Black, red

    Rubrication:

    Date: 15th century

    Ethiopic:

    15th century
  • Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    availability

    This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.

    date
    2017-02-06T09:53:37.552+02:00
    date
    type=expanded
    11.10.2022 at 22:00:55
    date
    type=lastModified
    3.2.2017
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    Massimo Villa, Alessandro Bausi, ʻVatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 51ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 3.2.2017) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BAVet51 [Accessed: 2024-04-25+02:00]

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    • Massimo Villa Created catalogue entry on 3.2.2017

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    Alessandro Bausi, general editor

    Massimo Villa, editor

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