Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 25

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1. Fol. Ir

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   ( gez ) ይቤ፡ ቀሌምንጦስ፡ ወልዱ፡ ለአቡና፡ (!) ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት። ወዓዲ፡ ለአቡነ፡ ሳሙኤል፡ ዘደብረ፡ ቈየጻ፡ ነጋዲ፡ (!) ኢየሩሳሌም። ወተጽሕፈት፡ በሃገረ፡ ሮማ፡ በዝኅር፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ወጳውሎስ። በቅድመ፡ ፲ወ፬፡ ነጋድያን፡ በራይስ፡ ዮሐንስ። ወወሃበ፡ ጻሕል፡ (!) ዘብሩር፡ ዘልቡጥ፡ በወርቅ፡ ወጽዋዕኒ፡ እንተ፡ ላዕሉ፡ ብሩር፡ ዘስርግው፡ በወርቅ፡ ለደብረ፡ ቅዱስ፡ እስጢፋኖስ፡ በእንተ፡ መድኃኒተ፡ ነፍሱ። ወጻሕልኒ፡ አስራዚ፡ በዘ፡ ይትኃፀቡ፡ ቀሳውስት፡ በጊዜ፡ ቅዳሴ። ወተጽኅገት፡ በወ<ር>ሐ፡ ሐምሌ። ኣመ፡ (!) ፲ወ፪፡ ለሰርቀ፡ ሌሊት። ወኣመ፡ (!) ፳ወ፭፡ ለሰርቀ፡ ማዓልት። (!) በ፻፡ ፺፡ ወ፪፡ ዓመተ፡ ምሕረት፡ በመዋዕለ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወንጌላዊ። ወዘንተ፡ ዘተዓደዋ፡ ዘተዓዲዋ፡ (!) (!)corrected by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ወዘደምሰሳ፡ ወዘ፡ መተራ፡ ወዘ፡ ሰራቃ፡ (!) ወዘተአገላ፡ ለዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ። ውጉዘ፡ ይኩን፡ በኣፈ፡ (!) አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ። ወበአፉሃ፡ ለእግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡ ወበአፈ፡ ትጉሃን፡ መላእክት። ኣፈ፡ (!) ነቢያት፡ ወሓዋርያት። (!) ወበአፈ፡ ጻድቃን፡ ወሰማዕት። ወበሰይፈ፡ ቃሎሙ፡ ለጴጥሮስ፡ ወጰውሎስ፡ (!) ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ ኣሜን። (!) ወለውእቱኒ፡ ዘወሃብኩ፡ ለቤተ፡ ክርስተያን፡ (!) ዘሰረቆ፡ ወዘተአገሎ፡ ውስተዝ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘሃለወ፡ ግዘት፡ ይብጽሖ፡ ይብጽሐ፡ (!) (!)corrected by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ወይእስሮ፡ አሜን። አሜን፡

   ( en ) Qalemǝnṭos, (spiritual) son of Takla Hāymānot and also of Sāmuʾel of Dabra Qʷayyaṣā, pilgrim of Jerusalem said: (this book) was written in the city of Rome at the sepulchre of Peter and Paul before fourteen pilgrims, Yoḥannǝs being prior. He gave a silver dish plated with gold and a silver chalice adorned with gold to the monastery of St Stephen for the salvation of his soul. By the dish, (called) ʾasrāzi, the priests wash (their hands) during the mass. (This) was written in the month of Ḥamle, on the twelfth day from the beginning of the nights and on the twenty-fifth (day) from the beginning of the days in the year of mercy 192, year of John the evangelist. Those who destroy, cut out, steal or rob this book shall be excommunicated by the mouth of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of Our Lady Mary, by the mouth of the watcher angels, the mouth of the prophets and the apostles, by the mouth of the righteous and the martyrs, by the sword of the word of Peter and Paul for ever and ever. Amen. I gave this book to the church. Who steals and who robs it shall be excommunicated and imprisoned. Amen, amen.

   ( The note states that Qalemǝnṭos donor , (spiritual) son of Takla Hāymānot and of Sāmuʾel of Dabra Qʷayyaṣā , donated this book to the church of Santo Stefano dei Mori↗ . The note was written in Rome at the time rāyǝs role: title Yoḥannǝs was in tenure, on 19th July 1540 AD (cp. Fiaccadori 1989). )

2. Fol. 2v (Type: DonationNote)

   Donation note

   ( gez ) ዝንቱ፡ ወንግል፡ (!) ዘቤተ፡ መስቀል፡ ዘዕ[c. 3 chars lost]ommission by ዘወሀብኩ፡ አነ፡ ብቋዕ፡ ለጽዮን፡ ከመ፡ ይስረይ፡ ኀጢአትየ፡ ወከመ፡ ይደምስስ፡ ጌጋይየ፡ እለ፡ አንበብክሙ፡ ጸልዩ፡ ላዕሌየ፡ ወባርኩኒ፡ ወኢትስድዋ፡ ብሔረ፡ ባዕድ፡ (!)

   ( en ) This (is) the gospel of Beta Masqal, that I Bǝqʷāʿ Laṣǝyon donated. Might God absolve my sins and delete my mistakes. You, who read, pray for me, bless me and do not bring this (book) away to another region.

   (The note mentions Bǝqʷāʿ Laṣǝyon donor as the donor. The note is followed by two additional ownership notes, which are nearly entirely illegible. )

3. Fol. 259v

   Mention of ʾaṣe role: title Galāwdewos

   ( gez ) ኵሉ፡ ቃላቱ፡ (!) ለወንጌል፡ (!) ጽድቅ። ንጉስ። ገላውዴዎስ፡ ዘኢቶእያ፡ (!) ንጉሥነ፡ ሰላም፡ ወፍሥሓ፡ ለነ፡ በክርስቶስ፡

   ( en ) All the words of the gospels of justice. King Galāwdewos of Ethiopia, our king. Peace and joy to us in Christ.

   (Two empty lines in stichometry at the end of ms_i4.2 not found in this file have been filled in another hand with the name of ʾaṣe role: title Galāwdewos .)

4. Fol. 259v (Type: DonationNote)

   Donation note

   ( gez ) ለዝንቱ፡ ወንጌል፡ ወሀብነ፡ ነጋድያን፡ እንዘ፡ ራይስ፡ ጽጌ፡ ድንግል፡ ወኵልነ፡ ኀቢረነ፡ በኃርዘ፡ (!) ወይላ፡ (!) ዴርነ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ይዕቀበነ፡ አሜን፡ ወኀብነ፡ ለሮማ፡ መከንን፡ (!) ዘሴጦ፡ ወዘለወጦ፡ ወዘሄዶ፡ ወዘተአገሎ፡ ውጉዘ፡ ለይኩን፡ በአፈ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አሜን፡

   ( en ) We, the pilgrims, donated this book at the time Ṣǝge Dǝngǝl was prior and we all were gathered in our monastery Ḫārza Waylā. Shall God keep us safe. Amen. We donated (this book) to Rome, to our (sacred) place. Those who sell it, who alter it, who steal it and rob it shall be excommunicated by the mouth of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

   ( The note states that the book was donated by the monks of the monastery of Hāra Zuwayla↗ (here Ḫārza Waylā) at the time rāyǝs role: title Ṣǝge Dǝngǝl was in tenure. )

5. Fol. 260r

   Prayer to God

   Text in Gǝʿǝz

   (The prayer is written in a slightly later hand. It begins as follows:

   ( gez ) እግዚእነ፡ መፍቀሬ፡ ሰብእ፡ አምላክነ፡ ወመድኀኒነ፡ ኣንተ፡ ውእቱ፡ ዘፈነውከ፡ አርዳኢከ፡ ወላእካኒከ፡ ቅዱሳነ፡ ውስተ፡ አጽናፈ፡ ዓለም፡ ይስብኩ፡ ወንጌለ፡ መንግሥት፡

   , and terminates as follows:

   ( gez ) ወይኵን፡ (!) ጼናሁ፡ ማዐዛ፡ (!) ሠናየ፡ በቅድሜከ፡ በጸጋ፡ ወሣህል፡ (!) መፍቀሬ፡ ሰብእ፡ ወልድከ፡ ዋሕድ፡ <ሎቱ፡> ምስሌከ፡ አብ፡ ምስለ፡ አቡከ፡ (!) (!)corrected by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ቀዳማዊ፡ ወምስለ፡ መንፈስከ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ማሕየዊ፡ ስብሐት፡ ወክብር፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፡

   . The name inserted in the prayer are written in a secondary hand on check the viewerfol. 260va and are barely legible: )

6. Fol. 260v

   (The names mentioned in the preceding prayer are written in the same hand as (a3) on check the viewerfol. 260va and have been mostly erased: only

   ( gez ) ዘኢየሩሳሌም። ተልሚድሂ።

   ("disciple from Jerusalem↗ ") is legible. On check the viewerfol. 260va the following names are legible:

   ( gez ) ዘውገ፡ ማርያም፡ ዘሮማ፡ ራይስ፡ ዮሐንስ።

   ("Zawga Māryām , Yoḥannǝs prior of Rome"), cp. Fiaccadori 1989. )

7. check the viewerFol. 261r (Type: Supplication)

   Supplication of the owner

   ( gez ) ለዘገብረ፡ [...]ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ለነ፡ ይምኃሮ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ኃጢኣቶሙ፡ (!) ይስረዮ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡

   (The note is mostly illegible.)

8. Fol. 262v

   Rule of the monastery

   ( gez ) በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ጸሐፍነ፡ ወሠራዕነ፡ ንሕነ፡ ፈላሲያን፡ ሐበሲ፡ ወዓቃቤ፡ ሰዓት፡ ፍሥሓነ፡ ወምስሌነ፡ እግዚእ። ንቡረ፡ እድ፡ ንብርእድ፡ (!) (!)corrected by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ዘጻምዎ፡ (!) ለቤተ፡ ማኅበር፡ ለኢየሩሳሌም፡ ወዝዘጸሐፍነ፡ አኮ፡ ዘተመኵሖ፡ (!) አላ፡ በእንተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ከመ፡ ይጽንሁ፡ ፈላሲያን፡ በኢየሩሳሌም፡ ከመ፡ ኢይግብኡ፡ ድግግሪተ፡ ወኢያንሶስዉ፡ ኀበ፡ ንዋይ፡ ወኢይሖሩ፡ ዘእንበል፡ በመበሕተ፡ (!) ዓቃቤ፡ ሰዓት፡ ወደቂቀ፡ ማኅበር፡ ወዘይፈቅድ፡ ያንሶሱ፡ ኀበ፡ ንዋይ፡ ወይፈቅድ፡ ይግባእ፡ ውስተ፡ ብሔሩ፡ ኢይባእ፡ ውስተ፡ ቤተ፡ ማኅበር፡ ወዘይፈቅድ፡ ይባእ፡ ውስተ፡ ማኅበር፡ ይሀብ፡ (!) ዘሎቱ፡ ለዓቃቤ፡ ሰዓት፡ እመሂ፡ ብዙኀ፡ አው፡ ሕዳጠ፡ ወለእመቦ፡ ዘፈቀደ፡ ነቢረ፡ ባሕቲቱ፡ ንዋየ፡ ዘሰሳይ፡ (!) ወዘንዋሙ፡ አኀዊየ፡ አጽንዕዋ፡ ለዝንቱ፡ ሥርዐት፡ ወለንዋሙ፡ ኦኀዊየ፡ (!) አክብሩ፡ ዘይልህቀክሙ፡ ወታፈቀሩ፡ (!) በበይናቲክሙ፡ መአስረ፡ (!) ተፍጻሜት፡ ፍቅር፡ እግዚአ፡ ብሔር፡ ምስለ፡ ኵልክሙ፡ አሜን።

   ( The note is incomplete and partly erased. It mentions the ʿaqqābe saʿat role: title Fǝśśǝḥāna and the nǝbura ʾǝd role: title Mǝslena ʾƎgziʾ . )

9. Fol. 263v (Type: Inventory)

   Inventory list

   ( gez ) ጸሐፍነ፡ ንዋየ፡ ለማርያም፡ ዘቀራንዮ፡ አልባስ፡ (!) ቀሚስ፡ ፲፡ አክማም፡ ፲፮፡ በደላ፡ (!) ዘሐፊር፡ ፮። ተዘከርዋ፡ ለስ[...]ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseranደርዘወ[ሀበ]ት፡ አመታ፡ ለማርያም።

   ( The inventory lists the items probably kept in the Calvary chapel. The note is partly illegible and mentions a certain ʾAmatā Lamāryām . )

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1. The shelfmark ( la ) Etiop. is written on the cover.

2. Fol. IIr

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   The title of the book ( la ) quatuor Evangelia was written by Felice Contelori , librarian of the Vatican library.

3. Fol. 201v

   Name of an individual, Takla ʾAbrǝḥam , possibly a reader or a owner.

4. Fol. 263v

   Pen trials, names of Our Lady Mary and of the apostles, amongst whom ያቆቡስ፡ that recalls the Latin form Jacobus.