Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 62
Massimo Villa
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Malkǝʾ-hymns to Our Lady Mary, to St Peter and Paul, Taʾamḫotā la-Māryām, protective prayers, excerpt of rhymed invocation and of a miracle of St George
Number of Text units: 9
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location:
1500-1599Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–8v
- ms_i2
(Fols 9r–21r
- ms_i3
(Fols 21v–25r
- ms_i4
(Fols 25v–69r
- ms_i5
(Fols 69r–70r
- ms_i6
(Fols 71r–73r
- ms_i7
(Fols 74r–82v
- ms_i8 (Fol. 83r ), Excerpt of a rhymed invocation
- ms_i9 (Fol. 83v ), Excerpt of the rhymed story of St George's miracle
Contents
Fols 1r–8v
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ከነ፡ (!) ከነ፡ (!) (!) ዘይሰምያ፡ ነገ[…]ommission by ኃቤ[…]ommission by ዘነገደ፡ ይረ[…]ommission by ዘ[…]ommission by ሰለም፡ (!) ሰለም፡ (!) (!) ለአዕ[ይ]ንት[…]ommission by ርግብየ፡ ሰሎሞን፡ አንቲ፡ ውእቱ፡ ዘኢ[ተ]ኵሕላ፡ በእሞን፡ (!) በእሞን፡ (!) (!) አማን፡ በአማን፡ ምስካይ፡ ወግዕዛን። ሰለም፡ (!) ሰለም፡ (!) (!) ለማር[ያ]ም፡ እንተ፡ በክልኤ፡ ድንግል፡ ወለቶሙ፡ አንቲ፡ ለእስራኤል፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): እስእለኪ፡ ማርያም፡ ዕፅውት፡ ሕሕውት፡ (!) ሕሕውት፡ (!) (!) አኮ፡ ዘእስእለኪ፡ ከመ፡ ደቅስዮስ፡ ሲመተ፡ ዳእሙ፡ ኢታርእይኒ፡ ዘሲኦል፡ ፍኖት፡ (!) ፍኖት፡ (!) (!)
Fols 9r–21r
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ሰለም፡ (!) ሰለም፡ (!) (!) ሰለም፡ (!) ሰለም፡ (!) (!) ለኵሎን፡ መልክዕኪ፡ እመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ እምየ፡ እግዝእትየ፡ ማርያም። ዓዲ፡ ሰላም፡ ለክልኤ፡ ማሕተመ፡ ድንግልናኪ፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ሰለም፡ (!) ሰለም፡ (!) (!) ሰለም፡ (!) ሰለም፡ (!) (!) ለኵሎን፡ መልክዕኪ፡ እምቅድመ፡ ዓለም፡ ወልደ፡ አምለክ፡ (!) አምለክ፡ (!) (!) ለከዊነ፡ እሙ፡ እምውሉደ፡ ሰብእ፡ አልቦ፡ ከማኪ፡ ማርያም፡ ድንግል፡ በሕልናኪ፡ (!) በሕልናኪ፡ (!) (!) ወስጋኪ፡ አባግዓ፡ ወንጌል፡ ሕዝብኪ፡ ባርኪ።
Fols 21v–25r
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ደቂቀ፡ እስራኤል፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ተማከሩ፡ በእኪቶሙ፡ ነዊሕ፡ (!) ነዊሕ፡ (!) (!) ዓንቀፀ፡ ደናግል፡ ሰበሩ፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): እምድንግል፡ እመስቀል፡ አይኑ፡ ይከብር፡ ድንግልኒ፡ ወላዲቱ፡ መስቀልኒ፡ ዓራተ፡ ሞቱ፡ እስመ፡ ክልኤሆሙ፡ ዕሩየን፡ (!) ዕሩየን፡ (!) (!) እሞንቱ፡ (!) እሞንቱ፡ (!) (!) በከመ፡ ይቤ፡ ነቢይ፡ በአውታር፡ ዓሰርቱ፡ አሓዜ፡ ዓለም፡ ዝንቱ፡ ባሕቲቱ፡ እፎኬ፡ ባሕቲቱ፡ ከመ፡ ሰብእ፡ ሞቱ።
Fols 25v–69r
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወሊተኒ፡ ለገብርኪ፡ ተክለ፡ ብርሃን፡ ረስዪኒ፡ (!) ረስዪኒ፡ (!) (!) እኩን፡ ድርገተ፡ ምስሌሆሙ፡ ምስለ፡ ኄራን፡ መሃይምናን፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም። አሜን፡ አሜን፡ ወአሜን። ለይኩን፡ ለይኩን። ለይኩን።
The name of the owner of the book Takla Bǝrhān owner (perhaps the same as Takla Bǝrhān Walda Qʷayyaṣā ) is written in the supplication formula at the end of the text.Fols 69r–70r
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): በዝንቱ፡ ኅቡእ፡ ስሙ፡ ተማሕፀንኩ፡ አና፡ (!) አና፡ (!) (!) ገብርከ፡ 〚 [ተ]ክለ፡ ብርሃን፡〛 ክርስቶ
The text ends abruptly. The name of the owner of the book Takla Bǝrhān owner (perhaps the same as Takla Bǝrhān Walda Qʷayyaṣā ) is written and erased in the supplication formula at the end of the text.Fols 71r–73r
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): <አ>ምላኪየ፡ አምላኪተ፡ ለምንት፡ ሐደገኒ፡
Fols 74r–82v
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በእንቲአኪ፡ ለሙሴ፡ ዘተናበቦ፡ በእንቲአኪ፡ ለሙሴ፡ በደብረ፡ ሲና፡ ዘተናበቦ፡ በእንቲ[አ]ኪ፡ ለሙሴ፡ ዕላተ፡ ሕግ፡ ወሀቦ፡ ማርያም፡ ድንግል፡ መቅለሊት፡ ለዘ፡ ዓጸቦ፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ለእለ፡ ነአምን። መንግሥታ። ለእለ፡ ንሰብሕ። (!) ንሰብሕ። (!) (!) ስብሓታ። ይርከበነ። በረከታ። ትመግበነ። በረድኤታ። አመ። ይከውን። ቅስት። ወሐተታ። ለዓለመ። ዓለም።
Fol. 83r Excerpt of a rhymed invocation
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz
):
Fol. 83v Excerpt of the rhymed story of St George's miracle
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ቢሮታዊት፡ ወለት፡ ኪያከ፡ ተአሚና፡ ልደራጎን፡ አርዌ፡ ሰሐበቶ፡ ዲበ፡ ዘባና፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): አንሰ፡ አአምን፡ ገሃደ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ አቡየ፡ ከ
The end is missing, the text terminates abruptly.Additions In this unit there are in total .
Extras
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The shelfmark of the Vatican Library ( la ) Vat. 62 Aethiop. is written on the cover, together with the coat of arms of pope Leo XIII and of the librarian Giovanni Battista Pitra .
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Notes written in Arabic within a frame outlined in black ink: ( ar ) يا رب عبد الاس, ( ar ) غبريال, and ( ar ) ٢٥.
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Pen trial.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .
Other Decorations
- band:
Fol. 9r
Ornamental band with interlaces outlined in black on the incipit page of i2 not found in this file.
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 235-238
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 135mm |
Width | 101mm |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
State of preservation
deficient
Condition
Some leaves are possibly missing with loss of text.
Binding
Two covers of red leather.
Binding material
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 12-16
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Written in mediocre handwriting.
Ink:
Rubrication:
Date: After NaN
After NaN Some palaeographical features: ቆ, ቶ, ዐ, የ, ደ, and ጸ are of angular shape; በ is of squared shape; the left strokes of ሰ and ዘ are slightly slanted; ቍ is written without the linking line.More bibliography
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Massimo Villa, Alessandro Bausi, ʻVatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 62ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 7.3.2017) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BAVet62 [Accessed: 2024-03-29+01:00]
Revisions of the data
- Massimo Villa Created catalogue entry on 7.3.2017
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Massimo Villa, editor