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Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 5

Massimo Villa

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

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https://betamasaheft.eu/BAVet5
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana[view repository]

Collection: Aethiopici

Other identifiers: 10

General description

Catholic Epistles, Epistle to the Hebrews

Number of Text units: 9

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Original Location: Rome

1500-1599 according to More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran 1475-1525 according to Siegbert Uhlig

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (Fols 1r and following

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    ), Catholic Epistles
    1. ms_i1.1 (Fols 1r and following

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      ), First Epistle of Peter
    2. ms_i1.2 (Fols 11r and following

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      ), Second Epistle of Peter
    3. ms_i1.3 (Fols 17r and following

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      ), First Epistle of John
    4. ms_i1.4 (Fols 27r and following

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      ), Second Epistle of John
    5. ms_i1.5 (Fols 28v and following

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      ), Third Epistle of John
    6. ms_i1.6 (Fols 29v and following

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      ), Epistle of James
    7. ms_i1.7 (Fols 39r and following

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      ), Epistle of Jude
  2. ms_i2 (Fols 41r and following

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    ), Epistle to the Hebrews

Contents


Fols 1r and following

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Catholic Epistles (CAe 3506)

Fols 1r and following

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First Epistle of Peter (CAe 3507)

Fols 11r and following

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Second Epistle of Peter (CAe 3508)

Fols 17r and following

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First Epistle of John (CAe 3509)

Fols 27r and following

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Second Epistle of John (CAe 3510)

Fols 28v and following

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Third Epistle of John (CAe 3511)

Fols 29v and following

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Epistle of James (CAe 3512)

Fols 39r and following

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Epistle of Jude (CAe 3513)

Fols 41r and following

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Epistle to the Hebrews (CAe 3524)

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .

  1. Fol. 69v (Type: DonationNote)

    ( gez ) ዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ መልእክተ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ወመልእክተ፡ ጳውሎስ፡ ዕብራውያን። ዘወሀበ፡ ፍሬ፡ ሚካኤል፡ ወልዱ፡ ለአቡነ፡ ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ለቅዱስ፡ እስጢፋኖስ፡ በቅድመ፡ ነጋድያን፡ ፯። ራይስ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወቀሲስ፡ ዘርአ፡ ልዑል። ወቀሲስ፡ ያዕቆብ። ወቀሲስ፡ ተክለ፡ ብርሃን። ወተንሥአ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ወልደ፡ አቡነ፡ ኤዮስጣቴዎስ። ወዓሥራተ፡ ማርያም፡ ወልዱ፡ ለአቡነ፡ ሳሙኤል፡ ከመ፡ ትኩኖ፡ መድኃኒ<ተ>፡ ነፍሱ። ዘሰረቃ፡ ወዘተአገላ፡ ውጉዘ፡ ይኩን፡ በአፉሆሙ፡ ለጴጥሮስ፡ ወለጳውሎስ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን። ወአሜን።

    The note states that Fǝre Mikāʾel donor , spiritual son of ʾabuna Takla Hāymānot , donated the book to the monastery of Santo Stefano dei Mori . The donation took place in the presence of seven pilgrims, i.e.: rāyǝs role: title Yoḥannǝs (cp. Fiaccadori 1989), priest Zarʾa Lǝʿul , priest Yāʿqob , priest Takla Bǝrhān (presumably the same as Takla Bǝrhān Walda Qʷayyaṣā ), Tanśǝʾa Krǝstos , spiritual son of ʾabuna ʾEyosṭātewos , ʿAśrāta Māryām , spiritual son of ʾabuna Sāmuʾel of Wāldǝbbā .

Extras

  1. The shelfmark ( la ) Vat. | 5 | Aethiop. is written on the cover, together with the coat of arms of pope Pius IX .

  2. Fol. Ir

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    A remark "( it ) Tratta della conuersione di S. Pietro sorsa ex Actis Apostolor"um" " was written by Felice Contelori . The note is erased. Other notes are written in a later hand (presumably of the 17th century): ( ) 10 (previous shelfmark of the manuscript, then erased); the titles of the work in Latin( la ) Epistola Petri. 1. f. 1 | 2 da f. 11 | Epistola s. Iohannis. 1. f. 17 | 2a. f. 27. | Epistola Iudae. f. 39. | Epistola ad Ebraeos. f. 41. | N° 5". The shelfmark ( la ) 5. Aethiop. is also written on the same leaf in a 18th-century.

  3. Fol. 17r

    ( la ) S. Io Chrysostomus is written in a 16th-century hand and erased.

  4. Doodles on check the viewerfols 62–65r, and on check the viewer66r, 68v, 69v .

  5. Corrections, additions and the chapter numbers according to the Latin Vulgata have been inserted on the left margin of many leaves by Tasfā Ṣǝyon . The same scholar also numbered the pages containing the text to be printed in his edition of the New Testament: Petrus Ethyops 1548

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 20-21

Text Bibliography

  • Petrus Ethyops 1548. Testamentum Novum: Cum Epistola Pauli Ad Hebreos tantum, cum concordantijs Evangelistarum Eusebii & numeratione omnium verborum eorundem. Missale cum benedictione incensi cerae et c. Alphabetum in lingua ግእዝ፡ gheez, idest libera quia a nulla alia originem duxit, & vulgo dicitur Chaldea, Quae omnia Fr. Petrus Ethyops auxilio piorum sedente Paulo. III. Pont. MAx. & Claudio illius regni Imperatore imprimi curavit (Romae: Impensis Petri Comos Ethiopis, Valerius Doricus, 1548).

Physical Description

Form of support

Paper Codex

Watermark

A scale in a circle and a six-pointed star. The watermark support an Italian origin of the paper.

Extent

+NaN (leaf) , Entered as 70 (I + 69) 6 (leaf, blank) : Entered as 6 check the viewerFols. 1v, 65v, 66r, 67r, 67v, 68r, 69r 10 (quire) .Entered as 10 222 155
Outer dimensions
Height 222mm
Width 155mm

Foliation

Quire Structure Collation

Signatures: Quires are marked with Ethiopic numbers written on the upper inner corner of the first leaf of each quire and on the lower inner corner of the last leaf of each quire. The upper quire mark on fol. 49r (corresponding to the first leaf of ) is missing.

Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 a 1 fol. Irv s.l. 1, no stub
2 1 8 Fols 1r–8v
3 2 8 Fols 9r–16v
4 3 8 Fols 17r–24v
5 4 8 Fols 25r–32v
6 5 8 Fols 33r–40v
7 6 8 Fols 41r–48v
8 7 8 Fols 49r–56v
9 8 7 Fols 57r–63v
10 9 6 Fols 64r–69v

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  • Quire with id:q1 and n a is made of 1 leaves, but there is no futher information about the reason this number is odd.
  • Quire with id:q9 and n 8 is made of 7 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 columns: 2

Number of lines: 17-22

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    16th-century script

    Ink: Black, red

    Rubrication: The first, third and fifth lines on the incipit page of the epistles, alternating with black lines.

    Date: 1500-1599 according to More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran 1475-1525 according to Siegbert Uhlig

    1500-1599 according to More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran 1475-1525 according to Siegbert Uhlig

    Secondary Bibliography

    • Uhlig, S. 1988. Äthiopische Paläographie, Äthiopistische Forschungen, 22 (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, 1988). page 402-403

    Some paleographic features: the loop marking the 5th order of some letters, e.g. በ, ሐ, ቀ, is open (cp. Uhlig 1988); ሎ has the loop marking the 7th order attached directly to the body of the letter, without the linking line (e.g., check the viewerfol. 56v , cp. Uhlig 1988);
  • 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
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    2016-10-10T11:24:37.552+02:00
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    11.10.2022 at 22:00:55
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    10.10.2016
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    BAVet5.xml
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    BAVet5

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