Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 9
Massimo Villa
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Psalter, Missal, Prayers for the blessing of meal, fragment of a malkǝʾ-hymn to Our Lady Mary, fragment of a praise to Our Lady Mary, biblical readings
Number of Text units: 19
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 2r–99v
- ms_i2
(Fols 100r–120
- ms_i2.1
(Fols 112r and following
- ms_i2.2
(Fols 112v and following
- ms_i2.1
(Fols 112r and following
- ms_i3
(Fols 121v–123
- ms_i4
(Fols 123r–123v
- ms_i5
(Fols 124r–126r
- ms_i6 (Fol. 126v ), Praise to Our Lady Mary
- ms_i7
(Fols 127v–133v
- ms_i7.1 (), Excerpt from 19:28-30
- ms_i7.2 (), Excerpt from 1:12-20
- ms_i7.3 (), Excerpt from 1:3-7
- ms_i7.4 (), Excerpt from 2:14-21
- ms_i7.5 (), Excerpt from 23:13-26
- ms_i7.6 (), Excerpt from 4:15-5:1
- ms_i7.7 (), Excerpt from 1:12-14
- ms_i7.8 (), Excerpt from 4:7-12
- ms_i7.9 (), Excerpt from 1:1-17
- ms_i7.10 (), Excerpt from 5:1-12
Contents
Fols 2r–99v
Fols 100r–120
Fols 112v and following
Fols 123r–123v
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ጸሎተ፡ ማአድ፡ (!) ማአድ፡ (!) (!) ሶበ፡ ይደረሩ፡ ወይመስሑ። ንስእለከ፡ መሐሪ፡ ዘሰእልናከ፡ (!) ዘሰእልናከ፡ (!) (!) ዘኢትከልእ፡ ዘኢትፈልጥ፡ ወኢትሌሊ፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ይኩን፡ መብልዓ፡ ጽድቅ፡ ወስታየ፡ ሕይወት፡ ዘለዓለም፡ ዘኢያረስዓነ፡ ስብሐተ፡ በኩሉ፡ (!) በኩሉ፡ (!) (!) መዋዕለ፡ ሕይወትነ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።
Fols 124r–126r
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ክሳድኪ፡ ይመስል፡ በትረ፡ ወርቅ፡ ዘሕብራት፡ ዘቦ፡ ጽድላተ፡ ማርያም፡ ድንግል፡ እንተ፡ ፈረይኪ፡ እሳተ፨
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ሰላም፡ ለኪ፡ እግዝእትየ፡ ማርያም፡ እምስዕርትኪ፡ እስከ፡ አእጋርኪ፡ ቅድስተ፡ ቅዱሳን፡ አንቲ፡ ተሰመይኪ፨ ተንስኢ፡ ድንግል፡ ልበሲ፡ ሐይልኪ፡ ወሙኢዮሙ፡ ለአይሁድ፡ ጸርኪ፨
Fol. 126v Praise to Our Lady Mary (CAe 4056) The end is missing.
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ንወጥን፡ በረድኤተ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ውዳሴሀ፡ (!) ውዳሴሀ፡ (!) (!) ለእግዝእትነ፡ መርያም፨ ንጽሕኪ፡ (!) ንጽሕኪ፡ (!) (!) ማርያም፡ ጻዕደ፡ (!) ጻዕደ፡ (!) (!) ለመ፡ በረድ፨
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ሜሮነ፡ ፍቅርኪ፡ አፀብዕየ፡ (!) አፀብዕየ፡ (!) (!) የስተዋድደ፡ (!) የስተዋድደ፡ (!) (!) በእንቲአኪ፡ ኮነኒ፡ እንግደ፨ (!) እንግደ፨ (!) (!)
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 99v (Type: Supplication)
( la ) እልማኖስ፡ ቱወስ፡ ደሚኔ፡ ኮሜደ፡ እስቢሪቶ፡ ሜዮም፡ አሌሉየ፡ ኣሌሉየ።
The note is in Latin language transliterated into Ethiopic script, i.e., in manus tuas, Domine, commendo spiritum meum, alleluiah, alleluiah.
Extras
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The shelfmark ( la ) Vat. | 9 | Aethiop. is written on the cover, together with the coat of arms of pope Pius IX and of the librarian Giovanni Battista Pitra .
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The shelfmark of the book ( la ) Aethiop. 9 is written on a sheet glued to the paper.
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An image, now missing, was previously glued to the folio. The following title is written in Latin under the frame of the image: ( la ) Missa Caldea.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 4 s, 1 , 1 .
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
Fol. 111r
Image of St Dominic .
Other Decorations
- engraving:
Fol. 1v
Engraving of Our Lady Mary with child. Legend: ( gez ) ሥዕለ፡ እግዝእትየ፡ ማርያም፡ ምሥለ፡ ፍቁር፡ ደ፡ (!) ደ፡ (!) (!) ንግሥት፡ (!) ንግሥት፡ (!) (!) ሰማይ፡ ወምድር፡ ዘከመ፡ የአውደ፡ (!) የአውደ፡ (!) (!) ጸሐይ፡ ወወርሕ፡ ተኅተ፡ (!) ተኅተ፡ (!) (!) እገሪሀ፡ (!) እገሪሀ፡ (!) (!) መኀሪ፡ ሊተ።
- engraving:
Fol. 111v
Engraving of Jesus Christ with Our Lady Mary, John and Marie Magdalene. Crudely coloured. Legend: ( gez ) ስቅለተ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡.
- engraving:
Fol. 114v
Engraving of St Fabian . Crudely coloured in red, yellow and green.
- drawing:
Fol. 120v
Image of Our Lady Mary so-called Lauretana. On the upper margin is the following legend: Legend: ( gez ) ሥዕለ፡ እግዝእትየ፡ ማርያም፡ ምስላ፡ (!) ምስላ፡ (!) (!) ፍቁር፡ ወልደ፡ (!) ወልደ፡ (!) (!)
- engraving:
Fol. 123vb
Engraving of St Gregory while celebrating the mass and looking at the Lord. Small in size.
Catalogue Bibliography
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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 31-33
Physical Description
Form of support
Paper Codex
Watermark
No
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 189mm |
Width | 137mm |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
Two covers of red leather.
Binding material
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
16th-century script
Rubrication:
Date: 16th century
16th century Several hands were involved in the writing.More bibliography
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Massimo Villa, Alessandro Bausi, Dorothea Reule, ʻVatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 9ʼ, 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/BAVet9 [Accessed: 2024-03-29+01:00]
Revisions of the data
- Dorothea Reule decoNote updated on 8.6.2017
- Massimo Villa Created catalogue entry on 28.9.2016
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Massimo Villa, editor
Dorothea Reule, contributor