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Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 129

Marcin Krawczuk

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

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Collection: Aethiopici

GeneralDescriptionPhysical DescriptionCatalogueTranscription Authors

General description

The Harp of the Virgin, Malkǝʾ-hymn to St George, Anaphora of John, chronological miscellanea

Number of Text units: 11

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Contents

check the viewerFols 1–121v The Harp of the Virgin (CAe 1146)

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Explicit ( ):ወሰርሕኒ፡ ከመ፡ ያዕርፍ፡ ላዕሌየ፡ በረከተ፡ አዳም፡ ወአቤል፡ ወሴት፡ ወኵሎሙ፡ አበው፨ ኄራን፨ በረከተ፡ ሄኖክ፡ ወኖኅ፡ ወሴም፡ ወኵሎሙ፡ ኅሩያን፨ . . . . .ommission by ወበረከተ፡ ፳ወ፬ካህናት፡ ሰማያውያን፡ ወኵሎሙ፡ መላእክት፨ ኦእግዝእትየ፡ ቅድስት፡ ድንግል፡ በክልኤ፡ ማርያም፡ ዘበዕብራይስጢ፡ ማሪሃም፡ በረከትኪ፨ ወበረከተ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅጉስ፡ ይኩን፡ ምስለ፡ ኃጥእ፡ ገብርኪ፡ […]ommission by ወምስለ፡ ጸሐፊሁ፡ ስነ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ጊጉይ፡ ዘአልቦ፡ ከማሁ፡ በውስተ፡ ዓለም፨ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፨

check the viewerFols 1–24v ʾArgānona Māryām, Monday (CAe 1146 Monday)

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check the viewerFols 24v–45 ʾArgānona Māryām, Tuesday (CAe 1146 Tuesday)

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check the viewerFols 45v–65v ʾArgānona Māryām, Wednesday (CAe 1146 Wednesday)

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check the viewerFols 65v–86 ʾArgānona Māryām, Thursday (CAe 1146 Thursday)

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check the viewerFols 86v–104 ʾArgānona Māryām, Friday (CAe 1146 Friday)

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check the viewerFols 104–113 ʾArgānona Māryām, Saturday (CAe 1146 Saturday)

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check the viewerFols 121v–123v Malkǝʾ-hymn to St George

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምከ፡ እንተ፡ የዐውዶን፡ መዐዛ። ወለስእርትከ፡ ጽሁድ፡ ዘርእስከ፡ አክሊለ፡ ቤዛ።

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ከመ፡ እስራኤል፡ ድኅኑ፡ እመልአከ፡ ሞት፡ በደመ፡ ጠሊ፨ አድኅነኒ፡ ወባልሐኒ፡ ጊዜ፡ ተንሥኦ፡ ቀታሊ፨ በደመ፡ ስምዕከ፡ ዘተክዕወ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ከሐሊ፨ ስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ለወሀቤ፡ ልቡና፡ ወትረ፡ እስከ፡ ለዓለም።

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check the viewerFols 124–131v Anaphora of St John, Son of Thunder (the Evangelist) (CAe 1570)

Explicit ( ):ንሥአተ፡ ዘቅዱስከ፡ ምሥጢር፡ ኢለርስሐት፡ ወኢለኵነኔ። አላ፡ ለኅድገተ፡ ኃጢአት፡ ወለሕይወት፡ ዘለዓለም፨ ወለአእምሮ፡ አማን፨ ጸግወነ፡ አንተ፡ ወበከመ፡ ከፈልከነ፡ በዝ፡ ዓለም፡ ንሥአተ፡ ዘቅዱስከ፡ ምሥጢር፨ ከማሁ፡ ለዘሀሎ፡ ትንሣኤ፡ ሙታን፡ ምስለ፡ ቅዱሳን፡ ንቁም፡ ክፍለነ፨ በእግዚእነ፡ ወመድኃኒነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ዘቦቱ፡ ለከ፡ . . . . .ommission by ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።

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check the viewerFol. A chronological fragment

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by ዘርአ፡ ያዕቆብ፡ ነግሠ፡ ፴ወ፬ዓመተ፡ በዕደ፡ ማርያም፡ ነግሠ፡ ፲ዓመተ። አስክንድር፡ ምስለ፡ ዓምደ፡ ጽዮን፡ ወልዱ፡ ነግሠ፡ ፲ወ፯ዓመተ። ናዖድ፡ ነግሠ፡ ፲ወ፯ዓመተ። ወእምድኅሬሁ፡ ነግሠ፡ ወልዱ፡ ልብነ፡ ድንግል፡ ፳ወ፩ዓመተ። በትፍሥሕት።

Language of text:

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

  1. (Type: ScribalSignature)

    The name of the scribe given in various parts of the manuscript is Śǝna Krǝstos.

  2. check the viewerFol. 131v (Type: OwnershipNote)

    The owners of the manuscripts were: Takla Māryām, Za-Giyorgis, Habta Mikāʾel, Yosef and finally ʾErmǝyās who authored the ownership note.

    ( gez ) ዝመጽሐፍ፡ ዘኤርምያስ፡ ዘአጥረዮ፡ በንዋዩ፡ ዘሠረቆ፡ ወዘፈሐቆ፡ እንበለ፡ ፈቃደ፡ እግዚኡ፡ በሥልጣነ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ወጳውሎስ፡ ውጉዘ፡ ለይኩን።

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 519-521
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

131 (leaf) .Entered as 131 17 (quire) .Entered as 17 200 176
Outer dimensions
Height 200mm
Width 176mm

Quire Structure Collation

Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 1 7 Fols 1r–5v
2 2 8 Fols 6r–13v
3 3 8 Fols 14r–21v
4 4 8 Fols 22r–29v
5 5 8 Fols 30r–37v
6 6 8 Fols 38r–45v
7 7 8 Fols 46r–53v
8 8 8 Fols 54r–61v
9 9 8 Fols 62r–69v
10 10 8 Fols 70r–77v
11 11 8 Fols 78r–85v
12 12 8 Fols 86r–93v
13 13 8 Fols 94r–101v
14 14 8 Fols 102r–109v
15 15 8 Fols 110r–115v
16 16 6 Fols 116r–123v
17 17 8 Fols 124r–131v

It is unfortunately not possible with the information provided to print the collation diagrams and formula.

  • Quire with id:q1 and n 1 is made of 7 leaves, but there is no futher information about the reason this number is odd.

Binding

Two wooden boards covered in leather with a cross impressed on the cover.

Binding material

leather

wood

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 19

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Ink: Black, red

    Date: 17th century according to More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran

    17th century according to More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran

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