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Veroli, Monumento Nazionale Abbazia di Casamari, MNC-009

Massimo Villa

Newly catalogued in Beta maṣāḥǝft

Stub
https://betamasaheft.eu/MNC009
Monumento Nazionale Abbazia di Casamari[view repository]

Collection:

Other identifiers: MS 37, Inventory number: 50434 ,

Persons IndexGeneralDescriptionPhysical DescriptionCatalogueAuthors

General description

Collection of prayers and liturgical texts

Number of Text units: 12

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

1882-1889 Metropolitan Ṗeṭros , who was in charge from 1882, is mentioned on check the viewerfols. 23r, 37v . King Yoḥannǝs , who reigned from 1872 to 1889, is mentioned on check the viewerfol. 24v .

Provenance

The name of Walda Māryām owner is frequently mentioned in the supplication formulas throughout the manuscript. The name is overwritten in a secondary hand over other effaced names. This strongly suggests that at some point he owned the manuscript.

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 3r–4v ), አካስ፡ አሜዕ፡ ቤካ፡ ኬንዕ፡ ካዜን፡ አርያኪ፡
  2. ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 5r–12v ), Covenant of the Morning
  3. ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 12v–19r ), Doctrina Arcanorum
  4. ms_i4 (check the viewerFols 19r–23r ), ‘O God of the lights’
  5. ms_i5 (check the viewerFols 23r–26v ), Supplications
  6. ms_i6 (check the viewerFols 26v–35r ), Anaphora of Our Lord Jesus Christ
  7. ms_i7 (check the viewerFols 36r–57r ), Anaphora of Our Lady Mary
  8. ms_i8 (check the viewerFol. 57r ), Wǝddāse Māryām
  9. ms_i9 (check the viewerFols 58r–68v ), Covenant of Mercy
  10. ms_i10 (check the viewerFols 69v–90r ), Malkǝʾa Māryām
  11. ms_i11 (check the viewerFols 90v–68v ), Protective prayers
  12. ms_i12 (check the viewerFols 97r–133v ), Canticle of the Flower

Contents

check the viewerFols 12v–19r Doctrina Arcanorum (CAe 2444)

Language of text:

check the viewerFol. 57r Wǝddāse Māryām (CAe 2509)

Language of text:

check the viewerFols 58r–68v Covenant of Mercy (CAe 1718)

Language of text:

check the viewerFols 69v–90r Malkǝʾa Māryām (CAe 2807)

Language of text:

Decoration In this unit there are in total 2 .

Other Decorations

  1. band: check the viewerFol. 57v

    Coloured ornamental band with simple geometrical drawings

  2. band: check the viewerFol. 97r

    Coloured ornamental band with simple geometrical drawings

Secondary Bibliography

  • Brita, A., K. Helmholz, S. Hummel, and M. Villa 2017. ‘Three Collections of Gǝʿǝz Manuscripts Recently Surveyed  in Italy: An Inventory’, Aethiopica, 20 (2017), 167–189. 182
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

134 (leaf) , Entered as 134 5 (leaf, blank) : Entered as 5 check the viewerFols. 1rv, 35v, 69r, 96v, 134rv +NaN (quire) .Entered as 16 (A + 15) 121 98 52 110 80 Data on leaf dimensions taken from check the viewerfol. 10r .
Outer dimensions
Height 121mm
Width 98mm
Depth 52mm
Leaf dimensions
Height 110mm
Width 80mm

Foliation

Quire Structure Collation

Signatures:

Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 A 2 Fols 1r–2v
2 1 2 Fols 3r–4v
3 2 10 Fols 5r–14v
4 3 10 Fols 15r–24v
5 4 10 Fols 25r–34v
6 5 10 Fols 35r–44v
7 6 10 Fols 45r–54v
8 7 3 Fols 55r–57v Three stubs after fol. 57.
9 8 9 Fols 58r–66v One stub before fol. 58.
10 9 10 Fols 67r–76v
11 10 10 Fols 77r–86v
12 11 10 Fols 87r–96v
13 12 10 Fols 97r–106v
14 13 10 Fols 107r–116v
15 14 10 Fols 117r–126v
16 15 8 Fols 127r–134v

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.
  • 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.

State of preservation

good

Condition

The manuscript displays traces of intensive use; some leaves are stained with dirt (e.g., check the viewerfols. 98v, ). Some leaves have been cut off between check the viewer57, and check the viewer58, . The ink on some leaves is partly faded out, e.g. on check the viewer97v, 101r, . Tears amended on check the viewer2, 92 . Rebound and professionally restored in the Badia of Grottaferrata on 5 November 1977.

Binding

Two wooden boards covered with reddish-brown tooled leather. Three pairs of sewing stations. European binding.

Binding decoration

Binding material

wood

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 1

Number of lines: 15-18

H 73
W 61
Margins
top 13
bottom 24
left 8
right 12
Data on text area dimensions taken from check the viewerfol. 8r .

Ms Veroli, Monumento Nazionale Abbazia di Casamari, MNC-009 main part

looks ok for measures computed width is: 81mm, object width is: 98mm, computed height is: 110mm and object height is: 121mm.
Pricking
  • Pricking and ruling are visible.

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Irregular.

    Ink: Black, red (different kinds of red)

    Rubrication: Nomina sacra. Several groups of lines on the incipit pages, alternating with black lines (e.g., check the viewerfols. 5r, 58r ). Refrains and other words in abbreviated form (e.g., ስብ for ስብሐት፡ (check the viewer78r ). Elements of the punctuation signs. Elements of the Ethiopic numerals.

    Date: late 19th century

    late 19th century The hand is sometimes fine (e.g., check the viewerfolss. 59r, 87r, ), sometimes mediocre and right-slanted (e.g., check the viewer4r, 119r ). It is possible that 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
    availability

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    date
    2018-04-24T11:46:37.552+02:00
    date
    type=expanded
    21.2.2024 at 10:11:44
    date
    type=lastModified
    24.4.2018
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/MNC009/main
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/MNC009
    idno
    type=filename
    MNC009.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    MNC009

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    Massimo Villa, Alessandro Bausi, ʻVeroli, Monumento Nazionale Abbazia di Casamari, MNC-009ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2018-04-24) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/MNC009 [Accessed: 2024-05-17]

    Revisions of the data

    • Massimo Villa Created catalogue entry on 24.4.2018

    Attributions of the contents

    Alessandro Bausi, general editor

    Massimo Villa, editor

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