Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, BML Acq. e doni 679
Carsten Hoffmann
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Acquisizioni e doni
Other identifiers: Marrassini ms. 5
General description
Number of Text units: 21
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
19th to 20th century (dating on palaeographic grounds)
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 2r–132va
), Psalter
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 2r–103v
), Psalms 1-50
- ms_i1.2
(Fols 103v–115r
), 15 Songs of the Prophets
- ms_i1.2.1
(Fols 103v–104v
), The Prayer of Moses
- ms_i1.2.2
(Fols 104v–105v
), Second Prayer of Moses
- ms_i1.2.3
(Fols 105v–107r
), The Third Prayer of Moses
- ms_i1.2.4
(Fols 107r–107v
), The Prayer of Hannah, mother of Samuel the Prophet
- ms_i1.2.5
(Fols 107v–108v
), The Prayer of Hezekiah, King of Judah
- ms_i1.2.6
(Fols 108v–109r
), The Prayer of Manasseh
- ms_i1.2.7
(Fols 109r–109v
), The Prayer of Jonah
- ms_i1.2.8
(Fols 109v–110v
), Ṣalota Dānǝʾel nabiy sǝbḥat za-ʾǝm-ʾAzāryā
- ms_i1.2.9
(Fol. 110v
), Ṣalota śalastu daqiq
- ms_i1.2.10
(Fols 110v–111r
), Third Song of the Three Youths in the Furnace
- ms_i1.2.11
(Fols 111r–112v
), Ṣalota ʿƎnbāqom nabiyy
- ms_i1.2.12
(Fols 112v–113r
), Song of Isaiah
- ms_i1.2.13
(Fols 113r–113v
), Magnificat
- ms_i1.2.14
(Fols 113v–114r
), Song of Zachariah
- ms_i1.2.15
(Fol. 114r
), Now you dismiss
- ms_i1.2.1
(Fols 103v–104v
- ms_i1.3
(Fols 114r–119v
), Song of Songs
- ms_i1.4
(Fols 120ra–128vb
), Wǝddāse Māryām
- ms_i1.5
(Fols 128vb–132va
), ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 2r–103v
Contents
Fols 2r–132va
Fols 114r–119v
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):መሐልየ፡ መሐልይ፡ ዘውእቱ፡ ዘሶሎሞን፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወእመ፡ አኮ፡ ከመ፡ ወሬዛ፡ ሃየል፡ ውስተ፡ አድባረ፡ ድኁኃን።
Fols 120ra–128vb
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ውዳሴሃ፡ ለእግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡ ወላዲተ፡ አምላክ፡
Additions In this unit there are in total 5 s, 1 , 3 s, 1 .
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(Type: ProtectivePrayer)
Same text twice on both pages
( gez ) ይትባረክ፡ አብ፡ ህገ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወይትባረክ፡ ወልድ፡ እንተ፡ ምኒልክ፡ አርስት፡ ተወልደ፡ መድህን፡ ይቀባእ፡ ቅብዐ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ዘይት፤ ወለራብአዊ፡ መቃርዮስ፡ ዘክበበ፡ ገጹ፡ መብረቅወ፡ ስርጋዊሁ፡ ነደ፡ ዕሳት፡ ደምሂ፡ ዘይውህዛ፡ (…)ommission by
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(Type: ProtectivePrayer)
( am ) የክርስቶስ፡ ወገን፡ ሀይማኖት፡ ይማርዘጃ፡ ያገባዋል፡ ሀይተክርስትያን፡ አይቈጻርም፡
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(Type: ProtectivePrayer)
( gez ) ሐሰውከ፡ ሐሰውከ፡ ሐሰውከ፡ ዝውእቱ፡ ጸሎት፡ ዘስሙ፡ ሊቀ፡ ሰማያት፡ ወምድር፡ በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘኢይትመዋዕ፡ ወወልዱሂ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ፍጹማን፡ ወርቱዓን፡ ወኢየሐልፍ፡ እመኔሆሙ፡ ኄር፡ ወእኩይ፡ (…)ommission by
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(Type: MagicText)
Magical Prayer to David against snakes similar to Strelcyn 1976 and Turaev 1906a.
( gez ) ጸሎት፡ ዘተነድፈ፡ ለአርዌ፡ ምድር፡ ዘጸለየ፡ ዳዊት፡ እሴይ፡ ይቤ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አንተ፡ ዘቀተልከ፡ አንበሳ፡ ወከይሲ፡ ከማሁ፡ ቀትሎ፡ ለዝንቱ፡ እኩይ፡ አርዌ፡ ምድር፡ (…)ommission by
Extras
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(Type: StampExlibris)
"Acq. e doni" with pencil on the top left of the inner front plate, on the leather cover by a recent European hand.
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(Type: StampExlibris)
"Acq. e doni 679" with pencil on the center bottom part of the page by a recent European hand.
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(Type: StampExlibris)
"64927" with pencil by a recent European hand on top of the page.
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(Type: StampExlibris)
"59/2895" with pencil by a recent European hand on bottom margin.
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(Type: StampExlibris)
"BIBL. MED. LAUR. FLOR."
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Fols. 1r, 132v, 133v, 134r, 134v
(Type: MixedNote)Various pen trials and miscellaneous single words.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 3 s, 1 , 1 .
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
Fol. 1v
Color painting depicting a naked female figure bathing in a tub, assisted by another female figure, framed by the leaves and branches of a plant, with the following description included in the picture: በከመ፡ ተሐጽበት፡ መእከለ፡ ተክል፡ ቤርሳባ፡ and once again superscribed above the picture በከመ፡ ተጽበት፡ ማእ referring to Bathsheba in 1 Sam 11:2, but confused with Susanna in Dan 13:15.
- miniature:
Fol. 133v
Color painting depicting David enthroned and surrounded by angels, two human figures and a crouching lion.
- miniature:
Fol. 1r
Sketchy, pale drawing with a cross and a human figure.
Other Decorations
- Headband:
Fols. 2r, 7v, 13v, 20r, 28v, 35r, 40r, 47v, 57r, 64r, 69r, 80r, 95r, 103v, 114r
Geometric headbands with plant like patterns in the beginning of a section.
- marginal:
Fol. 63r
Small decoration in form of a blossom in the margin on the right side.
Catalogue Bibliography
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Marrassini, P. 1984. ‘I manoscritti etiopici della Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana di Firenze’, Rassegna di Studi Etiopici, 30 (1984), 81–116 (DOI: 10.2307/41299683). page 97-100
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
| Outer dimensions | |
| Height | 190mm |
| Width | 125mm |
Foliation
Foliated in pencil by a recent European hand at the bottom on the right.
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
| Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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| 1 | 1 | 10 |
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| 2 | 2 | 10 |
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| 3 | 3 | 10 |
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| 4 | 4 | 10 |
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| 5 | 5 | 10 |
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| 6 | 6 | 10 |
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| 7 | 7 | 10 |
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| 8 | 8 | 10 |
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| 9 | 9 | 10 |
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| 10 | 10 | 10 |
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| 11 | 11 | 10 |
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| 12 | 12 | 10 |
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| 13 | 13 | 10 |
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| 14 | 14 | 4 |
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Collation diagrams
Quire ID:q1, number:1
Quire ID:q2, number:2
Quire ID:q3, number:3
Quire ID:q4, number:4
Quire ID:q5, number:5
Quire ID:q6, number:6
Quire ID:q7, number:7
Quire ID:q8, number:8
Quire ID:q9, number:9
Quire ID:q10, number:10
Quire ID:q11, number:11
Quire ID:q12, number:12
Quire ID:q13, number:13
Quire ID:q14, number:14
Notes: 1)
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(10/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (10), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (4),
Formula 2: 1 (10), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (4),
State of preservation
good
Condition
New binding; Several folia are damaged and repaired: fols. 1,
Binding
Two wooden boards, with front plate broken vertically and held together by cords and leather upholstery, of which there is very little left on the outside and which are decorated with embossed rectilinear strips, but on the inside of the front plate rectangular recess. The inside of the back plate is covered with a red fabric with flower motifs, held by the edges of the leather cover.
Sewing Stations
4Binding material
wood
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1(Fols 120ra–134rb
)
Number of columns: 2
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
19th century
Fols 2r–132vaHand 2
Script: Ethiopic
19th or 20th century
Fols 132vb–133vbHand 3
Script: Ethiopic
Fols 134ra–134vbCheck for additional bibliography
Publication Statement
Edition Statement
The images of the manuscript taken by Antonella Brita, Karsten Helmholz and Susanne Hummel during a mission funded by the Sonderforschungsbereich 950 Manuskriptkulturen in Asien, Afrika und Europa, the ERC Advanced Grant TraCES, From Translation to Creation: Changes in Ethiopic Style and Lexicon from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages (Grant Agreement no. 338756) and Beta maṣāḥǝft.
The images are published in conjunction with this descriptive data about the manuscript with the permission of the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, prot. 190/28.13.10.01/2.23 of the 24 January 2019 and are available for research purposes.
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Alessandro Bausi, Carsten Hoffmann, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻFlorence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, BML Acq. e doni 679ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2023-02-09) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BMLacq679 [Accessed: 2024-05-15]
Revisions of the data
- Carsten Hoffmann updated contents and additions on 9.2.2023
- Carsten Hoffmann added content description, physical description, layout description, hand description, decoration note, additions on 8.2.2023
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo added text from transkribus and facsimile with xi:include on 20.9.2021
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Created catalogue entry on 21.2.2019
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Carsten Hoffmann, editor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor