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Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 176

Augustine Dickinson, Dorothea Reule

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

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General description

Māḫleta ṣǝge, Saqoqāwa dǝngǝl, Anaphora of Mary, Maqābyān

Number of Text units: 6

Number of Codicological units: 2

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Origin

1700-1800

Provenance

According to the account on the manuscripts’ provenance given by Tisserant, this manuscript is among those acquired by Sylvain Grébaut in ʾAddis ʾAbabā↗ in 1925 with funds of Jean Saint . The manuscripts originated from Šawā (ʾAddis ʾAbabā, Dabra Libānos, Dabra Bǝrhan), Goǧǧām (Dimā Giyorgis, Marṭula Māryām, Dabra Warq) and Bagemdǝr (Gondar, ʾAzazo Takla Hāymānot) and very few from Tǝgrāy.

Acquisition

The manuscript entered the library on 18 April 1928.

Summary

  1. p1_i1 (check the viewerFols 3r–34v ), Māḫleta ṣǝge
  2. p1_i2 (check the viewerFols 34v–46v ), Saqoqāwa dǝngǝl
  3. p1_i3 (check the viewerFols 46v–50r ), Malkǝʾa Qʷǝsqʷām
  4. p1_i4 (check the viewerFols 50v–66r ), ʾAkkʷateta qʷǝrbān za-qǝddus Hǝryāqos za-hagara Bǝhnǝsā
  5. p1_i5 (check the viewerFols 66r–66v ), Hymn to Our Lady Mary
  6. p2_i1 (check the viewerFols 67r–87v ), Maccabees, Book of (Ethiopic)

Contents

Additions In this unit there are in total .

    Extras

    1. check the viewerFol. 1r

      A title indicating the first and third works is written in faded pencil. The catalogue separates the two parts, but does not state whether they are written together or separately.

      ( gez ) ማህለ (!) ለ (!) (!)ተ፡ ጽጌ፡ ቍስቋም፡

    2. check the viewerFols 1v–2r

      Scribbles and pen trials.

    3. check the viewerFol. 2v

      Scribbles.

    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 635-637
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    • Grébaut, S. and E. Tisserant 1936. Bybliothecae apostolicae Vaticanae codices manu scripti recensiti iussu Pii XI Pontificis maximi. Codices Aethiopici Vaticani et Borgiani, Barberinianus orientalis 2, Rossianus 865, II: Prolegomena, Indices, Tabulae (Città del Vaticano: In Bybliotheca Vaticana, 1936). page 20
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    Physical Description

    Form of support

    Parchment Codex

    Extent

    87 (leaf) .Entered as 87 135 90
    Outer dimensions
    Height 135mm
    Width 90mm

    Quire Structure Collation

    The catalogue states that there are eleven quires, but only describes the structure of eight. The first two folios are protective. There are no quire marks.

    Binding

    Wooden boards covered with blind-tooled brown leather (cross design on both covers).

    Binding material

    wood

    leather

    Layout

    Layout note 1

    Number of lines: 16

    Codicological Unit p1

    Summary of codicological unit 1

    1. p1_i1 (check the viewerFols 3r–34v ), Māḫleta ṣǝge
    2. p1_i2 (check the viewerFols 34v–46v ), Saqoqāwa dǝngǝl
    3. p1_i3 (check the viewerFols 46v–50r ), Malkǝʾa Qʷǝsqʷām
    4. p1_i4 (check the viewerFols 50v–66r ), ʾAkkʷateta qʷǝrbān za-qǝddus Hǝryāqos za-hagara Bǝhnǝsā
    5. p1_i5 (check the viewerFols 66r–66v ), Hymn to Our Lady Mary

    Contents

    check the viewerFols 3r–34v Māḫleta ṣǝge (CAe 1834)

    Language of text:

    Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): እምኵሉ<፡> ይኄይስ፡ በድንጋሌኪ፡ ተውክሎ፨ ወለወልድኪ፡ ለቤዛ፡ ዕጉሠ፡ ቅንዋት፡ ወተሰቅሎ፨ ምዕራን፡ (!) ምዕራን፡ (!) (!) አንብዑ፡ ማርያም፡ ለዳዊት፡ ነቢየ፡ ሴሎ፨ አዕርጊ፡ ጸሎትየ፡ ወቃለ፡ ጽራኅየ፡ ኵሎ፨ ፈንዊ፡ ሊተ፡ ለወልድኪ፡ ምሕረቶ፡ ወሣህሎ፨

    check the viewerFols 34v–46v Saqoqāwa dǝngǝl (CAe 2285)

    Language of text:

    Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ባዕድ፡ አልብየ፡ ማእምረ፡ ሶበ፡ ፈቀደ፡ ቀቲለ፡ ሕፃናት፡ ሄሮድስ፡ ክሃዲ፨ ተድኅለት፡ እሙ፡ ዘምስለ፡ ሕፃና፡ እብናዲ፨ ውስተ፡ ደብረ፡ (!) ደብረ፡ (!) (!) ርጉዕ፡ ኀበ፡ ይሰማዕ፡ ይስማዕ፡ (!) (!) ቃለ፡ ዓዋዲ፨ እፎ፡ ነበረ፡ ጐያየ፡ ጐይያ፡ (!) (!) ከመ፡ ፩ነጋዲ፨ ዘመነ፡ ወአዝማነ፡ ወመንፈቀ፡ ዓዲ፨

    check the viewerFols 66r–66v Hymn to Our Lady Mary (CAe 3063)

    Language of text:

    Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): እሴብሕ፡ ጸጋኪ፡ ኦእግዝእትየ፡ ( left for rubrication and never filled) ዖፈ፡ ብርጋና፡ ዘቀላይ፡ ዘእንቈ፡ ባሕርይ፡ ሙዳይ፡ ፀዳለ፡ ስንኪ፡ የሐቱ፡ እምብርሃነ፡ ፀሐይ፡

    Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ስብሐት፡ ለኪ፡ ሰጊድ፡ ለፍሬ፡<፡> ከርሥኪ፡ ወምሕረቶ፡ (!) ወምሕረቶ፡ (!) (!) ለሕዝብኪ፡ ላዕለ፡ ኵልነ፡ አግብር<ት>ኪ፡ ወአዕማትኪ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን<፨>

    Additions of codicological unit 1 In this unit there are in total 1 .

    1. (Type: Supplication)

      check the viewerFol. 34v The catalogue description does not allow to ascertain whether this supplication is part of the main text or a later addition.

      ( gez ) ኦእግዝእትየ፡
      ማርያም<፡> ሥረዪ፡
      ኃጢአትየ፡ ወአ
      በሳየ፡ ለገብርኪ፡
      ወልደ፡ ማርያም፡ owner ገብረ፡ ስላሴ<፡> owner ወምስለ፡ ጸሐ
      ፊሁ፡ ኃጥእ፡ ወ
      ጊጉይ፡ ወልደ፡ ስምዖን፡ scribe

    Extras of codicological unit 1

    1. check the viewerFols. 50, 55

      The names of Walda Māryām owner , Gabra Sǝllāse owner and Walda Sǝmʿon scribe are indicated.

    Decoration of codicological unit 1 In this unit there are in total 2 .

    Other Decorations

    1. Headband: check the viewerFol. 3r

      Headband in the margin, imitating Decoration d1 of codicological unit 2 .

    2. Headband: check the viewerFols. 34v, 50v

      Drawn after the manuscript was written.

    Physical Description of codicological unit 1

    Form of support of codicological unit 1

    Parchment Codex

    Extent of codicological unit 1

    64 (leaf) : Entered as 64 check the viewerFols 3–66

    Palaeography of codicological unit 1

  1. Hand 1

    of codicological unit 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Rubrication: Titles.

    Date: 1700-1800

    1700-1800

    2. Codicological Unit p2

    Summary of codicological unit 2

    1. p2_i1 (check the viewerFols 67r–87v ), Maccabees, Book of (Ethiopic)

    Contents

    check the viewerFols 67r–87v Maccabees, Book of (Ethiopic) (CAe 1819)

    Language of text:

    The text breaks off at the end.

    Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):እጽሕፍ፡ ነገረ<፡> ትካዝ፡ ዘመቃብያን። እግዚኦ፡ ሰማዕነ፡ በዕዘኒነ። ወአበዊነሂ፡ ዜነውነ። (!) ዜነውነ። (!) (!) ግብረ፡ ዘገበርከ፡ በመዋዕሊሆሙ፡ በመዋዕለ፡ ትካት። እዴከ፡ ሠረወቶሙ፡ ለፀር፡ ወተከልከ፡ ኪያሆሙ፤ ሣቀይኮሙ፡ ለአሕዛብ፡ ወሰደድኮሙ። ዘአኮ፡ በኵናቶሙ፡ ወረስዋ፡ ለምድር። ወመዝራዕቶሙኒ፡ ኢያድኃኖሙ። ዘእንበለ፡ የማንከ፡ ወመዝራዕትከ፡ ወብርሃነ፡ ገጽከ።

    Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):እግዚኦ፡ ኢትጸመመኒ፡ ስእለትየ። እስመ፡ አገ፡ ዓማፂ፡ ወአፈ፡ ኃጥእ፡ አብቀው፡ (!) አብቀው፡ (!) (!) ላዕሌየ። ወነበቡ፡ ላዕሌየ፡ በልሰነ፡ ዓመፃ። ዐገቱኒ፡ በጽልዕ። ወጸብዑኒ፡ በከንቱ። ዘእምዓፍቀሩኒ፡ (!) ዘእምዓፍቀሩኒ፡ (!) (!) አስተዋደዩኒ። ወአንሰ፡ እጼሊ። (…)ommission by

    Decoration of codicological unit 2 In this unit there are in total 1 .

    Other Decorations

    1. Headband: check the viewerFol. 67r

    Physical Description of codicological unit 2

    Form of support of codicological unit 2

    Parchment Codex

    Extent of codicological unit 2

    21 (leaf) : Entered as 21 check the viewerFols 67–87

    Palaeography of codicological unit 2

  2. Hand 2

    of codicological unit 2

    Script: Ethiopic

    Rubrication: Titles.

    Date: 1700-1800

    1700-1800

    3. Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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    Hamburg
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    This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
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    type=expanded
    7.2.2024 at 15:54:47
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    type=lastModified
    7.2.2024
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    manuscripts
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BAVet176/main
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/BAVet176
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    BAVet176.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    BAVet176

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    Alessandro Bausi, Augustine Dickinson, Dorothea Reule, ʻVatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 176ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 7.2.2024) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BAVet176 [Accessed: 2024-05-07+02:00]

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