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Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 9

Massimo Villa

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

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https://betamasaheft.eu/BAVet9
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana[view repository]

Collection: Aethiopici

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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Origin

Original Location: Rome

Mid-16th century.

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (Fols 2r–99v

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    ), Psalter
  2. ms_i2 (Fols 100r–120

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    ), Maṣḥafa qǝddāse
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      ), Maṣḥafa qǝddāse, Śǝrʿāta qǝddāseሥርዓተ፡ ቅዳሴ፡
    2. ms_i2.2 (Fols 112v and following

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      ), Sections of the New Testament
  3. ms_i3 (Fols 121v–123

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    ), Biblical reading for liturgical purpose
  4. ms_i4 (Fols 123r–123v

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    ), Blessing of meal
  5. ms_i5 (Fols 124r–126r

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    ), Fragment of a hymn to Our Lady Mary
  6. ms_i6 (Fol. 126v ), Praise to Our Lady Mary
  7. ms_i7 (Fols 127v–133v

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    ), Biblical readings
    1. ms_i7.1 (), Excerpt from 19:28-30
    2. ms_i7.2 (), Excerpt from 1:12-20
    3. ms_i7.3 (), Excerpt from 1:3-7
    4. ms_i7.4 (), Excerpt from 2:14-21
    5. ms_i7.5 (), Excerpt from 23:13-26
    6. ms_i7.6 (), Excerpt from 4:15-5:1
    7. ms_i7.7 (), Excerpt from 1:12-14
    8. ms_i7.8 (), Excerpt from 4:7-12
    9. ms_i7.9 (), Excerpt from 1:1-17
    10. ms_i7.10 (), Excerpt from 5:1-12

Contents


Fols 2r–99v

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Psalter (CAe 2701) Printed. Same exemplar of Potken 1513. The image of David at the beginning, the preface and the Song of Songs are missing.

Fols 100r–120

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Maṣḥafa qǝddāse (CAe 1960) The text seems to be different from the edited one, both for the arrangement of the prayers and for the textual variation.

Fols 112r and following

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Maṣḥafa qǝddāse, Śǝrʿāta qǝddāseሥርዓተ፡ ቅዳሴ፡ (CAe 1960 SerataQeddase)

Fols 112v and following

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Sections of the New Testament Excerpts from Wangel za-Mātewos 25:31-34, 25:1-13.

Fols 121v–123

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Biblical reading for liturgical purpose Excerpt from Gospel of John 20:1-23.

Fols 123r–123v

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Blessing of meal (CAe 4038 Meal2)

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

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Fragment of a hymn to Our Lady Mary The beginning is missing.

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፨ (!) (!)


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Biblical readings

Excerpt from Epistle to the Colossians 1:12-20 Wrongly attributed to the Epistle to the Philippians

Excerpt from Wangel za-Mātewos 5:1-12 The excerpt ends abruptly with the word

( gez ) እመ፡

.

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .

  1. 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

  1. 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 .

  2. Fol. 1r

    The shelfmark of the book ( la ) Aethiop. 9 is written on a sheet glued to the paper.

  3. Fol. 99v

    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

  1. miniature: Fol. 111r

    Image of St Dominic .

Other Decorations

  1. 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።

  2. engraving: Fol. 111v

    Engraving of Jesus Christ with Our Lady Mary, John and Marie Magdalene. Crudely coloured. Legend: ( gez ) ስቅለተ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡.

  3. engraving: Fol. 114v

    Engraving of St Fabian . Crudely coloured in red, yellow and green.

  4. 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፡ (!) (!)

  5. engraving: Fol. 123vb

    Engraving of St Gregory while celebrating the mass and looking at the Lord. Small in size.

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 31-33

Physical Description

Form of support

Paper Codex

Watermark

No

Extent

+NaN (leaf) , Entered as 134 (1 + 133) 3 (leaf, blank) : Entered as 3 check the viewerFols. 114r, 121r, 127r 189 137
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.
  • Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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    2016-10-25T16:31:37.552+02:00
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    11.10.2022 at 22:00:55
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    8.6.2017
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BAVet9/main
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    BAVet9.xml
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    type=ID
    BAVet9

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