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Grottaferrata, Exarchic Greek Abbey of St. Mary of Grottaferrata, Crypt. Aet. 2

Eliana Dal Sasso

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

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https://betamasaheft.eu/GAet2
Exarchic Greek Abbey of St. Mary of Grottaferrata[view repository]

Collection:

Other identifiers: Raineri 5, Z.ε.I

General description

Salām for Michael and Gabriel the Archangels, Salām for St. George, Tǝmhǝrta ḫǝbuʾāt

Number of Text units: 4

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

1900-1967 (nomenclature) The manuscript was registered in the inventory of the library by the monk Lorenzo Tardo (1883 - 1967).

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 1r–18v ), Image of Michael the Archangel
  2. ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 19r–28v ), Image of Gabriel the Archangel
  3. ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 29r–35r ), Image of St. George
  4. ms_i4 (check the viewerFols 35v–47v ), Tǝmhǝrta ḫǝbuʾāt

Contents


check the viewerFols 1r–18v Image of Michael the Archangel (CAe 2835)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምከ፡ ምስለ፡ ስመ፡ ልዑል፡ ዘተሳተፈ፡ ወልደ፡ ያሬድ፡ ሄኖክ፡ በከመ፡ ጸሐፈ፡ ሶበ፡ እጼውዕ፡ ስመከ፡ ከሲትየ፡ አፈ፡ ረዳኤ፡ ምንዱባን፡ ሚካኤል፡ በከመ፡ ታለምድ፡ ዘልፈ፡ ለረዲኦትየ፡ ነዓ፡


check the viewerFols 19r–28v Image of Gabriel the Archangel (CAe 2965)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላመ፡ ገብርኤል፡ መልአክ፡ በላዕለ፡ ማርያም፡ ዘአእረፈ፡ ከመ፡ እዜኑ፡ ሕዳጠ፡ ወአኮ፡ ትሩፈ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ሀበኒ። ሲሳየ፡ ልቡና፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ወአፉየ፡ ሙሴ፡


check the viewerFols 29r–35r Image of St. George (CAe 2927)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለፅንሰትከ፡ ወለልደትከ፡ ቡሩክ፡ በላዕለ፡ ድንግል፡ ቅድስት፡ ወመስቀሉ፡ [ለ]ክርስቶስ፡ አምላክ፡ ገባሬ፡ መንክራት፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ በዓውደ፡ ዱድያኖስ፡ ምዑክ፡ አጽራርየ፡ እለ፡ ተንሥኡ፡ በነገረ።


check the viewerFols 35v–47v Tǝmhǝrta ḫǝbuʾāt (CAe 2444)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በእንተ፡ ትኅምረተ፡ (sic) ኅቡአት፡ ቅድመ፡ ዘትትነገር፡ እምጵርስ፡ ፎራ፡ ለምእመናን፡ ኅቡአት፡ ትእምርተ፡ (sic) ኅቡአትሰ፡ ከመዝ፡ ንግር፡ ዘቅድመ፡ ሀሎ፡ ወይሄሉ፡ ዘመጽአ፡ ዘሐመ፡ ወሞተ፡ ወተቀብረ።

Additions In this unit there are in total .

    Extras

    1. check the viewerFols 49v–50v

      Pencil pen trials.

    Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .

    Other Decorations

    1. band: check the viewerFols. 1r, 19r, 35v

      Black ornamental band with interlaces and two lateral pendants.

    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.

    • ‘CaNaMEI digital catalogue’, n.d.

    Physical Description

    Form of support

    Parchment Codex

    Extent

    50 (leaf) , Entered as 50 3 (leaf, blank) .Entered as 3 5 (quire) .Entered as 5 118 70
    Outer dimensions
    Height 118mm
    Width 70mm

    Quire Structure Collation

    Position Number Leaves Quires Description
    1 10 Fols 1–10
    2 10 Fols 11–20
    3 10 Fols 21–30
    4 10 Fols 31–40 2, stub after 8 4, stub after 6 7, stub after 3 9, stub after 1
    5 10 Fols 41–50

    Collation diagrams



    Quire ID:q1
    Collation diagram Quire 1 1 10 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


    Quire ID:q2
    Collation diagram Quire 2 11 20 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


    Quire ID:q3
    Collation diagram Quire 3 21 30 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

    2, stub after 8 4, stub after 6 7, stub after 3 9, stub after 1
    Quire ID:q4
    Collation diagram Quire 4 31 40 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5 Unit #6 Unit #7


    Quire ID:q5
    Collation diagram Quire 5 41 50 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

    Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(10/Fols 1–10) – II(10/Fols 11–20) – III(10/Fols 21–30) – IV(6+4/s.l. 2, stub after 8; s.l. 4, stub after 6; s.l. 7, stub after 3; s.l. 9, stub after 1/Fols 31–40) – V(10/Fols 41–50) –

    Formula: Fols 1–10 ; Fols 11–20 ; Fols 21–30 ; Fols 31–40 2, stub after 8 4, stub after 6 7, stub after 3 9, stub after 1 ; Fols 41–50 ;

    Formula 1: 1 (10), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10),

    Formula 2: 1 (10), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10),

    State of preservation

    good

    Condition

    Binding

    The book is sewn on two sewing stations (one pair) linked to wooden boards with a leather quarter cover.

    The manufacture of the right board is more refined than the one of the left board. Along the outer edge of the right board there are inscriptions.

    The book has a leather quarter cover

    Sewing Stations

    2

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

    Binding material

    wood

    leather

    Original binding

    No

    Layout

    Layout note 1

    Number of columns: 1

    Number of lines: 14

    H 80mm
    W 50mm

    Ms Grottaferrata, Exarchic Greek Abbey of St. Mary of Grottaferrata, Crypt. Aet. 2 main part

    looks ok for measures computed width is: 50mm, object width is: 70mm, computed height is: 80mm and object height is: 118mm. but the following values are recognized as empty: top marginbottom marginright marginleft margin

    Palaeography

  1. Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: XXth cent.

    XXth cent.
  2. Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    availability
    This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
    date
    type=expanded
    14.3.2024 at 13:13:48
    date
    type=lastModified
    13.3.2024
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/GAet2/main
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/GAet2
    idno
    type=filename
    GAet2.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    GAet2

    Encoding Description

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    Alessandro Bausi, Eliana Dal Sasso, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻGrottaferrata, Exarchic Greek Abbey of St. Mary of Grottaferrata, Crypt. Aet. 2ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 13.3.2024) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/GAet2 [Accessed: 2024-04-20+02:00]

    Revisions of the data

    • Eugenia Sokolinski added link to CaNaMEI https://www.ipocan.it/index.php/it/ms/142-grottaferrata-crypt-aet-2, updated incipits and refs on 13.3.2024
    • Eliana Dal Sasso Created entity on 23.5.2018

    Attributions of the contents

    Alessandro Bausi, general editor

    Eliana Dal Sasso, editor

    Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor

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