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Grottaferrata, Exarchic Greek Abbey of St. Mary of Grottaferrata, Crypt. Aet. 1

Eliana Dal Sasso

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

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https://betamasaheft.eu/GAet1
Exarchic Greek Abbey of St. Mary of Grottaferrata[view repository]

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Other identifiers: Raineri 1

GeneralDescriptionPhysical DescriptionCatalogueTranscription Authors

General description

Tǝmhǝrta ḫǝbuʾāt, Ǝgziʾabǝḥer za-bǝrhānāt, Ṣalota madḫānit, Salām to Phanuel, Salām to the Trinity, Salām to Takla Hāymānot, Ba'ǝnta zaḫadarka, Ṣalot ba'ǝnta lǝssana sab'

Number of Text units: 8

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

1600-1799

Acquisition

The manuscript was bought on 7th June 1990 by the restoration laboratory of the Abbey from a private individual, together with the ms. Crypt. Aet. 10 for 300.000 lire.

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 3ra–8vb ), Tǝmhǝrta ḫǝbuʾāt
  2. ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 9ra–12ra ), Ǝgziʾabǝḥer za-bǝrhānāt
  3. ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 12ra–17va ), Ṣalota madḫānit
  4. ms_i4 (check the viewerFols 17vb–26rb ), Salām to Phanuel
  5. ms_i5 (check the viewerFols 26vb–35vb ), Salām to the Trinity
  6. ms_i6 (check the viewerFols 36vb–46rb ), Salām to Takla Hāymānot
  7. ms_i7 (check the viewerFols 46va–58ra ), Ba'ǝnta zaḫadarka
  8. ms_i8 (check the viewerFols 58rb–65ra ), Ṣalot ba'ǝnta lǝssāna sab'

Contents

check the viewerFols 3ra–8vb Tǝmhǝrta ḫǝbuʾāt (CAe 2444)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በእንተ፡ ትምህረተ፡ ኅቡዓት፡ ቅድመ፡ ዘትትነገር፡ እምጵርስፎራ፡ ለምዕመናን፡ ኅቡዓት[፡] ትምህርተ፡ ኅቡዓትሰ፡ ከመዝ፡ ንግር፡ ዘቅድመ፡ ሀሎ፡ ወይሄሉ፡ ዘመጽአ፡ ዘሐመ፡ ወሞተ፡ ወተቀብረ፡ ወተንሥአ፡

check the viewerFols 9ra–12ra Ǝgziʾabǝḥer za-bǝrhānāt (CAe 3083)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘብርሃናት፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘሥልጣናት፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘአርእስተ[፡] መላእክት፡ ዘእምታሕተ፡ እኂዘትከ[፡] ኵሉ፡ ፍጥረት። ንጉሠ፡ ነገሥት፡ ወእግዚአ፡ አጋእዝት።

check the viewerFols 12ra–17va Ṣalota madḫānit (CAe 1758)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ፩አምላከ፡ ጸሎተ፡ መድ()ኃኒት፡ አስማተ፡ ኃይላት፡ ዘወረደ፡ እምአርያም። ሰለታዊ፡ ኤላዊ፡ ኤላዊ፡ ሕዝቅያህ፡ ሰሮባኤላዊ፡ ኬንያዊ፡ ዴጋና፡

check the viewerFols 17vb–26rb Salām to Phanuel (CAe 2885)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምከ፡ ዘይደልዎ፡ ተበፅዓ። እምኀበ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ ሰብእ፡ በተዚያንዎ[፡] ወተዛውይ። እስመ[፡] ቀዋሚሆሙ፡ አንተ፡ ዘትተግህ፡ ለተራድኦ። ፋኑኤል፡ ስመከ፡ ሶበ፡ እዌጥን[፡] ጸውዖ።

check the viewerFols 26vb–35vb Salām to the Trinity (CAe 2736)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለህላዌክሙ፡ ዘይመውእ፡ ህላዌያተ። ለረኪበ[፡] ስሙ፡ ኅቡዕ፡ አመ[፡] ወጠኑ፡ ተምኔተ። እምግብርክሙ፡ ሥላሴ፡ ሶበ፡ ረከብኩ፡ አስማተ።

check the viewerFols 36vb–46rb Salām to Takla Hāymānot (CAe 2930)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለፅንሰትከ፡ ወለልደትከ፡ እምከርሥ። አመ፡ እስራ፡ ወረቡዑ፡ ለወርኃ፡ ታኅሣሥ። ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ በኵሉ፡ ወበውስተ፡ ኵሉ፡ ውዱስ። ናሁ፡ ወጠንኩ፡ ወእቤ፡ እምስብሐቲከ፡ ሐዲስ፡

check the viewerFols 46va–58ra Ba'ǝnta zaḫadarka (CAe 3091) ʿƎqabanni (“Protect me”, Chaine nr. 371), long version. It includes a section telling how a Frank nobleman received the prayer from heaven

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ … ኦእግዚእየ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ዕቀበኒ፡ በእንተ፡ ዘኃደርከ፡ በከርሠ፡ ማርያም[፡] እምከ፡ በእንተ፡ ማኅፀና፡ ለማርያም፡ ዘፆረተከ፡ ፱አውራኃ፡ ወ፭ዕለተ፡ ማርያም፡ ድንግል፡ እቀብኒ፡

check the viewerFols 58rb–65ra Ṣalot ba'ǝnta lǝssāna sab' (CAe 1771)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ናሁ፡ ተማኀፀንኩ፡ በኆኅያተ፡ ስምከ፡ ካፍ፡ ወበቀዳማይ፡ የውጣ፡ ዘፕንተ፡ ፈደሎን፡ አሌፍ። ከመ፡ ታድኅነኒ፡ ክርስቶ[ስ]፡ እምትንሣኤ፡ ልሳን፡ ወአፍ።

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .

  1. check the viewerFol. 1v

    text of probable protective content. It consists of 5 poorly readable lines. Incipit: ፆዮ፡ ዸዶ፡ ጸጶ፡ በእሉ፡ ፯ቱ፡ አስማተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ etc.

  2. check the viewerFol. 2r

    Protective prayer. The conclusion is not legible because the ink is washed away. Incipit: ቃልያን። እግዚኦ፡ በዓትከን። እግዚኦ፡ አምላኪየ፡ ብከ፡ ተወከልኵን። አድኅነኒን። እስከማዕዜኑን። ዕቀበኒን። እግዚ፡ ስምዓኒ፡ ጽድቅየን። አምላኪየ፡ አምላኪየን። ኀቤከን።

  3. check the viewerFol. 65ra

    Ownership note, partially washed away. The legible text states: ዝመጽሐፍ፡ ዘ…፡ ወውልዱ፡ …. The entire text on f. 65rb has been washed away

  4. check the viewerFols 65va–66va (Type: MagicFormula)

    Protective prayers and text of unknown content. The ink is mostly washed away and the texts are poorly legible

  5. check the viewerFols 66va–66vb

    Malkǝʾ-hymn (Chaine nr. 170). The text is barely legible due to faded ink. Incipit: ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምኪ፡ ጸዳላ፡ ምሥራቅ፡ ወምዕራብ፡

Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .

Frame notes

  1. frame: check the viewerFols. 3r, 9r, 26v, 58rb polychrome ornamental frames (ḥaräg) decorated with interweaving motifs.

Catalogue Bibliography

  • Proverbio, D. V. 2000. ‘Inventario sommario dei manoscritti arabi, ebraici, etiopici – con notizia dei turchi – conservati presso la Biblioteca della Badia di Grottaferrata’, Atti della Accademia nazionale dei Lincei, Memorie, Classe di scienze morali, storiche e filologiche, Serie nona, 12 (2000), 468–570.
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

66 (leaf) , Entered as 66 2 (leaf, blank) .Entered as 2 8 (quire) .Entered as 8 160 110
Outer dimensions
Height 160mm
Width 110mm

Quire Structure Collation

Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 2 Fols 1r–2v
2 10 Fols 3r–12v
3 10 Fols 13r–22v
4 10 Fols 23r–32v
5 10 Fols 33r–42v
6 10 Fols 43r–52v
7 10 Fols 53r–62v
8 4 Fols 63r–66v

Collation diagrams



Quire ID:q1
Collation diagram Quire 1 1 2 Unit #1


Quire ID:q2
Collation diagram Quire 2 3 12 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q3
Collation diagram Quire 3 13 22 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q4
Collation diagram Quire 4 23 32 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q5
Collation diagram Quire 5 33 42 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q6
Collation diagram Quire 6 43 52 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q7
Collation diagram Quire 7 53 62 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q8
Collation diagram Quire 8 63 66 Unit #1 Unit #2

Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(2/Fols 1r–2v) – II(10/Fols 3r–12v) – III(10/Fols 13r–22v) – IV(10/Fols 23r–32v) – V(10/Fols 33r–42v) – VI(10/Fols 43r–52v) – VII(10/Fols 53r–62v) – VIII(4/Fols 63r–66v) –

Formula: Fols 1r–2v ; Fols 3r–12v ; Fols 13r–22v ; Fols 23r–32v ; Fols 33r–42v ; Fols 43r–52v ; Fols 53r–62v ; Fols 63r–66v ;

Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (4),

Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (4),

Binding

The book has an Ethiopian binding on four sewing stations (two pairs) linked to uncovered wooden boards.

Both boards are broken. The two halves of the right board are held together by threads of vegetal and animal origin. On the outer surface of the right board are carved geometrical motives, a cross and the drawing of a bird. The outer part of the left board is missing and along the fracture are visible traces of tape.

Sewing Stations

4

On the spine of the quires, close to the head and to the tail, there are small holes, probably used for quire tackets. The parchment of the spine of the book is brownish.

Binding material

wood

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 17

H 104mm
W 82mm

Ms Grottaferrata, Exarchic Greek Abbey of St. Mary of Grottaferrata, Crypt. Aet. 1 main part

looks ok for measures computed width is: 82mm, object width is: 110mm, computed height is: 104mm and object height is: 160mm. but the following values are recognized as empty: top marginbottom marginright marginleft margin
Ruling

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 17th-18th cent.

    check the viewerFols 3–58rb 17th-18th cent.

  • Hand 2

    Script: Ethiopic

    check the viewerFols 58rb–63v

    • Publication Statement

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    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
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    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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    Hamburg
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    14.3.2024 at 13:13:48
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    13.3.2024
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/GAet1/main
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/GAet1
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    type=filename
    GAet1.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    GAet1

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