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Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, BML Acq. e doni 784

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

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Collection: Acquisizioni e doni

Other identifiers: Marrassini ms. 18

General description

Prayers; Ṭabiba ṭabibān

Number of Text units: 4

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

19th to 20th century (dating on palaeographic grounds)

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (Fols 1r–1v

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    ), Protective Prayer (general record)
  2. ms_i2 (Fols 2r–3r

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    ), Maftǝḥe śǝrāy
  3. ms_i3 (Fols 4r–65r

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    ), Ṭabiba ṭabibān
  4. ms_i4 (Fols 65r–69v

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    ), Ba-samāy wa-ba-mǝdr ʾalbǝya bāʿd

Contents


Fols 1r–1v

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Protective Prayer (general record) (CAe 6609) Beginning mostly not legible, but with some magical expressions as the name of a demon: ባርያ፡ ጸሊም፡.

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ፩፡ አምላክ፡ ተ+ommission by + + + + +ommission by ባርያ፡ ጸሊም፡ አዝመ [...]ommission by

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):


ንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ተሰደድ፡ ውፃእ፡ በሳሬአዴቀ፡ እሳት፡ ተተኰስ፡ ከመ፡ መሬት፡ በስሕናና፡ በአርአስተ፡ እሳት፡ ተመንሰግ፡ በሰሬይሰ፡ አጸናይ፡ ይስደድከ፡ +ommission by ስቅኤል፡ ዕመቀ፡ ሲኦል፡ ያሥጥምከ፡ ለእመ፡ ኅለፍከ፡ ወተአደውከ፡ ላዕለ፤ ገብረ፡ እግዚአብሔር። + + + + + + +ommission by


Fols 2r–3r

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Maftǝḥe śǝrāy (CAe 1824)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ አብ፡ (…)ommission by እሙናዝር፡ ክሙናዝር፤ ኤልናዝር፤ ፍታሕ፤ ወዘርዝር፤ ሰአር፤ ወመንዝር፡ በስምከ፤ በ+ommission by ናዝር፡ ሥራየ፡ ብእሲ፡ ወብእሲት፤ ሥራየ፡ ነህቢ፡ ወነሃቢት፡ ሥራየ፡ ቦላ፤ ወሸንቀላ፤ ሥራየ፡ ትርኵ፤ ወአገው፤ ሥራየ፡ ቅማንት፡ ወአስማት፤ ሥራየ፡ እስላም፡ ወክርስቲያን፤ ሥራየ፡ አምሀራ፡ ትግራይ፡

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወነጽር፡ ኀበ፡ ገፀ፡ ገ+ + + + + +ommission by ። ። ። ወገፁ፡ ዘፍፁም፡ በጽልመት፡ ፈርሃ፡ ወወደንገፀ፡ ዲያብሎስ፡ ርእዮ፡ ብሁተ፡ ልደት፡ በሥጋ፡ አምላክ፡ በሲኦል፡


Fols 4r–65r

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Ṭabiba ṭabibān (CAe 2393) The text is divided for reading on the various days of the week (indications on the upper margins on fols. 11v, 20r, 29r, 38v, 46r, 54r

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).

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ኦእግዚአብሔር፡ ጥበበ፡ ጠቢባን፡ ከሀሊ። እስከ፡ ለዓለም፡ እምጥንት፤ እንተ፡ ኢትበሊ፤ ድኩመ፡ ሐሊና፡ ገብርከ፡ ወፈራሃ፡ ልብ፡ ኢተሐባሲ።

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ቀትረ፡ መዓልትነ፡ እንዘ፡ ኢይመሲ። እግዚአብሔር፡ አብ፡ ተሰላሢ። ጌጋይ


ነ፡ ሣሀልከ፡ ያናሕሲ። ስብሐት፡ ለከ፡ ፡ ።


Fols 65r–69v

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Ba-samāy wa-ba-mǝdr ʾalbǝya bāʿd (CAe 2967)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በሰማይ፡ ወምድር፡ አልብየ፡ ባዕደ፤ አበ፡ ወእመ፡ እኅተ፡ ወውሉደ፤ ማርያም፡ ድንግል፡ እትአመነኪ፡ ገሀዳ። ኪያኪ፡ ተስፋ፡ ኪያኪ፡ መፍቅደ።

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ስብሐት፡ ለኪ፡ ማርያም፡ በስብሐት፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ማኅየዊ። ስብሐት፡ ለኪ፡ ማርያም፡ ወለይሁዳ፡ ወሌዊ። ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ ዘልፈ፡ ምስሌየ፡ ሀልዊ።

Additions In this unit there are in total 3 s, 1 , 1 .

    Extras

    1. Fol. 1r

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      (Type: StampExlibris)

      "Acq e doni 784" with pencil on the bottom right by a recent European hand and according to Marrassini 1987a, in the centre of the outside of the wooden front cover, under the fabric.

    2. Fol. 69v

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      (Type: StampExlibris)

      Small round stamp: Bibl. Med. Laur. Flor.

    3. Fol. 69v

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      (Type: StampExlibris)

      "116885"

    4. Fols. 6r, 7r, 8v, 9r, 15r, 19r, 37r, 44r, 57r, 67v

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      (Type: Unclear)

      Various pen trials.

    5. Fols. 11v, 20r, 29r, 38v, 46r, 54r

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      (Type: findingAid)

      Indications for the reading on the various days of the week on the upper margins by later hand.

    Decoration In this unit there are in total 2 , 1 .

    Other Decorations

    1. ornamentation: Fol. 1v

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      Two crosses in the lower margin.

    2. ornamentation: Fol. 3r

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      A band of symmetrical figures in the lower margin.

    3. drawing: Fol. 3v

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      A full-page drawing in black and red with human faces arranged in and around a rectangular box at the centre of a cross, with branches ending in two spirals.

    Catalogue Bibliography

    • Marrassini, P. 1987. ‘I manoscritti etiopici della Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana di Firenze’, Rassegna di Studi Etiopici, 31 (1987), 69–110 (DOI: 10.2307/41299700). page 99-100

    Physical Description

    Form of support

    Parchment Codex

    Extent

    69 (leaf) .Entered as 69 9 (quire) .Entered as 9 Dimensions indicated below may concern outer dimensions of bookcover or dimensions of folia (not clearly specified in cataloque). 80 70
    Outer dimensions
    Height 80mm
    Width 70mm

    Foliation

    Foliated in pencil by a recent European hand at the bottom on the right.

    Quire Structure Collation

    Position Number Leaves Quires Description
    1 1 3 Fols 1–3
    2 2 10 Fols 4–13
    3 3 10 Fols 14–23
    4 4 10 Fols 24–33
    5 5 10 Fols 34–43
    6 6 10 Fols 44–53
    7 7 10 Fols 54–63
    8 8 4 Fols 64–67
    9 9 2 Fols 68–69

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    • Quire with id:q1 and n 1 is made of 3 leaves, but there is no futher information about the reason this number is odd.

    State of preservation

    deficient

    Condition

    Some lose folios, water stains throughout, text partly erased on fol. 1r

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    , some repairs with a thread.

    Binding

    Two wooden boards, covered with black fabric with horizontal white stripes, partially detached.

    Sewing Stations

    2

    Binding material

    wood

    Original binding

    No

    Layout

    Layout note 1

    Number of columns: 1

    Number of lines: 9

    Number of written lines vary from 9 to 12.

    Palaeography

  1. Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    19th to 20th century script

    Ink: black, red

    Rubrication: Incipits, sacred names, name of the owner

    Minute and regular script.
  2. Keywords

    Publication Statement

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    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    availability
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    type=expanded
    5.12.2023 at 14:47:20
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    20.9.2021
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BMLacq784/main
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/BMLacq784
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    BMLacq784.xml
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    type=ID
    BMLacq784

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    Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻFlorence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, BML Acq. e doni 784ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2021-09-20) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BMLacq784 [Accessed: 2024-05-21]

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    • 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

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    Alessandro Bausi, general editor

    Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor

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