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Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 86

Massimo Villa

This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography

Stub
https://betamasaheft.eu/BAVet86
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana[view repository]

Collection: Aethiopici

Other identifiers: Delorme 1

General description

Gadla Qirqos, Taʾammǝra Qirqos, Malkǝʾa Qirqos, Biblical readings

Number of Text units: 30

Number of Codicological units: 1

For a table of all relations from and to this record, please go to the Relations view. In the Relations boxes on the right of this page, you can also find all available relations grouped by name.

Origin

Original Location: ()

1500-1699 ()

Summary

  1. ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 49r–55r ), Biblical readings for the liturgy
    1. ms_i2.3 (), Readings on the Resurrection
      1. ms_i2.3.5 (check the viewercheck the viewer67v ), Excerpts from 3:1-21
      2. ms_i2.3.1 (), Excerpts from 15:51-16:2
      3. ms_i2.3.2 (), Excerpts from 1:1-5
      4. ms_i2.3.3 (), Excerpts from 20:6-10
      5. ms_i2.3.4 (check the viewerFols 64v–65v ), Blessing of the prophets and the apostles
    2. ms_i2.1 (), Readings for the ninth hour
      1. ms_i2.1.1 (), Excerpts from 4:15-5:10
      2. ms_i2.1.2 (), Excerpts from 5:5-11
      3. ms_i2.1.3 (), Excerpts from 16:25-34
      4. ms_i2.1.4 (), Excerpts from 25:1-13
    3. ms_i2.2 (), Readings for the Sabbath
      1. ms_i2.2.1 (), Excerpts from 23:1-3
      2. ms_i2.2.2 (), Excerpts from 17:26-27
      3. ms_i2.2.3 (), Excerpts from 17:2-4
      4. ms_i2.2.4 (), Excerpts from 5:1-18
  2. ms_i1 (), Hagiographic Dossier of Sts Cyricus and JuLITta
    1. ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 2r–37v ), Gadla Qirqos
    2. ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 38r–48r ), Taʾammǝra Qirqos
      1. ms_i1.2.1 (check the viewerFols 38r–38v ), On the lazy worker
      2. ms_i1.2.2 (check the viewerFols 38v–39r ), On the arsonist
      3. ms_i1.2.3 (check the viewerFols 39v–41r ), On the man who scorned St Cyricus
      4. ms_i1.2.4 (check the viewerFols 41r–41v ), Precepts from the Gospels
      5. ms_i1.2.5 (check the viewerFols 41v–43r ), On the priest whose donkey was defended by St Cyricus against a hyena
      6. ms_i1.2.6 (check the viewerFols 43r–44v ), On the thief who took a garment and died
      7. ms_i1.2.7 (check the viewerFols 44v–45r ), On the donkey of the monk ʾabbā Garimā
      8. ms_i1.2.8 (check the viewerFols 45v–46v ), On the man who killed his wife's cow
      9. ms_i1.2.9 (check the viewerFols 46v–48v ), On the two brothers who found the book of the miracles of St Cyricus
    3. ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 49r–55r ), Malkǝʾa Qirqos

Contents


Hagiographic Dossier of Sts Cyricus and JuLITta (CAe 5739)

check the viewerFols 2r–37v Gadla Qirqos (CAe 1488)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ገድል፡ ወስምዕ፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ ቂርቆስ፡ ወእሙ፡ ኢየሉጣ፡ ፼ወ፲፻ወ፬፻፴፬ሰማዕተት፡ (!) እለ፡ ተከለሉ፡ በመዋዕለ፡ እለ፡ እስክንድሮስ፡ መኰንን፡ ወኮነ፡ ዓቢየ፡ ስደተ፡ ወንስተተ፡ ለአብያተ፡ ክርስቲያናት፡ ዘክርስቶስ፡ ወብእሲት፡ እንተ፡ ስማ፡ ኢየሉጣ፡ ፈራሂተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ እምንስቲታ።

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ከማሁ፡ ውእቱ፡ ኃጥእ፡ መምዕላይ፡ መኰንን፡ አዘዘ፡ ይዝርው፡ (!) ሥጋሆሙ፡ ለቅዱሳን። ወመላእክተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዓቀቡ፡ መለያልይሆሙ፡ ወሥጋሆሙ፨ ወተከለለ፡ አመ፡ ፲ወ፯ለወርኃ፡ ጥር፨ ወሀሎ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ቂርቆስ፡ በየማነ፡ መንበሩ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ይቀውም፡ ወይተነብል፡ በእንቲአነ፡ ኀበ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ንጉሥ፡ ዘሎቱ፡ ስብሐት፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን። ለይኩን፡ ለይኩን። ተፈጸመ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ገድሉ፡ ለቅዱስ፡ ቂርቆስ፡ ሰማዕቱ፡ ለኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ጸሎቱ፡ ወበረከቱ፡ የሃሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ገብሩ፡ 〚 〛

(The name of an individual, possibly the owner, has been erased in the supplication formula at the end of the text.)

check the viewerFols 38r–48r Taʾammǝra Qirqos (CAe 4669)

check the viewerFols 49r–55r Malkǝʾa Qirqos (CAe 3095)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ኦክርስቶስ፡ ናዝራዊ፡ ዘተወከፈከ፡ (!) ሕማመ፡ ፀሐይ፡ ብሩህ፡ ወጽዱል፡ አመ፡ ሱራሄሁ፡ አጽለመ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ዜናሁ፡ ለቂርቆስ፡ መንፈሳዊ፡ ወዘመልክኡ፡ ሰላመ፨ ጸሐፍ፡ ውስተ፡ ልብየ፡ እንዘ፡ ትገብር፡ ቀለመ፨ ደመከ፡ አምላካዌ፡ በመስቀል፡ ዘዘንመ። ሰላመ፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምከ፡ ቂርቆስ፡ ሕፃን፡ ተብህለ፡ ጽጌ፡ ምዑዝ።

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ሰላም፡ ለመልክዑ፡ ለቂርቆስ፡ ወለኢየሉጣ፡ አባሉ፨ ናሁ፡ ጸሐፍኩ፡ እንዘ፡ አስተዋፅእ፡ እምነ፡ ገድሉ፨ ባርኪ፡ ሊተ፡ ማርያም፡ እግዝእተ፡ ኵሉ፡ ዘባረከኪ፡ (!) በዲበ፡ ምድር፡ ቡሩክ፡ ውእቱ፡ በላዕሉ፨ ወዘቀደስኪዮ፡ ለዓለም፡ ይሄሉ፨ በዝንቱ፡ ቃለ፡ ማኅሌት፡ ወበዝንቱ፡ ድርሳን፨ ለዘጸሐፎ፡ በአዕዳው፡ ወለዘሰምዓ፡ ቃላቲሁ፡ በ፪አዕዛን፨ ኅቡረ፡ ይባርኩነ፡ በእዘዘ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ብርሃን፨ ቅዱሳት፡ አፃብዒሁ፡ ለቂርቆስ፡ ሕፃን፨

()

check the viewerFols 49r–55r Biblical readings for the liturgy

Readings for the ninth hour

Readings for the Sabbath

Readings on the Resurrection

check the viewerFols 64v–65v Blessing of the prophets and the apostles (CAe 5655)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ነዓ፡ ባርከነ፡ እግዚኦ፡ በበረከተ፡ ነቢያት፡ ወሐዋርያት፡ ቅዱሳን፡ በአቡነ፡ አዳም፡ በአቤል፡ በሴት፡ በሄኖስ፡ በቃይናን፡ በመላልኤል፡ በያሬድ፡ በሄኖክ፡

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): በበረከታ፡ ለእግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡ ወላዲተ፡ አምላክ፡ እንተ፡ ይእቲ፡ ወለተ፡ ነቢያት፡ ወእመ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ላቲ፡ ይደሉ፡ ክብር፡ ወስብሐት፡ ለገብሩ፡ 〚 〛 ማርያም፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፨

(The name of an individual, possibly the owner, has been erased in the supplication formula at the end of the text.)

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .

  1. check the viewerFol. 67v (Type: Excerpt)

    Account of the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ

    ( gez ) በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran በደብረ፡ ታቦር፡ ዮም፡ መለኮተ፡ ወልድ፡ አንበልበለ፡ ወበላዕሌሁ፡ መንፈስ፡ ጸለለ፡ አብ፡ እምላእሉ፡ ወኃበ፡ ቃለ፡ (!) ወበእንተ፡ ዝ፡ ነአምን፡ ፫ተ፡ አካለ፡ በኃበ፡ ኅሩያን፡ ሊቃውንት፡ ከመዝ፡ ተብህለ። ስብሐት፡ ለአብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ በል፡ ፫ጊዜ፡ ክርስ፡ ቶስ፡ (!) በምህረቱ፡ ይዘከረነ፡ አመ፡ ዳግም፡ ምጽአቱ፡ ኢያስተ፡ ህፍረነ፡ (!) ለሰብሆተ፡ ስሙ፡ ያንቅሐነ፡ ለዘያብልአነ፡ (!) ዘንተ፡ ሕብስተ፡ ወለዘአስተየነ፡ ዘንተ፡ ጽውአ፡ (!) ወለዘሰርአ፡ ለነ፡ ሲሳየነ፡ ወአራዘነ፡ ወለዘ፡ ተአገለ፡ ለነ፡ ኃጢአተነ፡ በኵሉ፡ ጊዜ፡ ወበኵሉ፡ ሰአት።

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Extras

  1. Pen trial on check the viewerfol. 1r .

  2. The incipit of Content Item 1 Hagiographic Dossier of Sts Cyricus and JuLITta (CAe 5739) is written in a rather careless hand on check the viewerfol. 1v .

  3. Scribbles on the margins of check the viewerfols. 2r, 6v, 8v, 10v, 11r, 16v, 20v, 21r, 22v, 23r, 24v, 25r, 42v, 43r .

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 338-341

Secondary Bibliography

  • Grébaut, S. 1912. ‘Les manuscrits éthiopiens de M. E. Delorme’, Revue de l’Orient Chrétien, 17 (1912), 113–132. page 113-127

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

67 (leaf) .Entered as 67 +NaN (quire) .Entered as 10 (A + 8 + B) (The manuscript consists of eight quaternions and one bifolium. A single leaf of rough parchment is inserted at the beginning of the manuscript as a guardleaf.) 172 125
Outer dimensions
Height 172mm
Width 125mm

Foliation

Quire Structure Collation

Signatures: Quire marks have been added in the inner upper corner of the first leaf of each quire from the second quire (marked as ) onward.

State of preservation

good

Condition

Binding

Two wooden boards

Binding material

leather

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 18

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Written in a fine handwriting.

    Ink: Black, red

    Rubrication: Titles; initial letters; nomina sacra.

    Date: 1500-1699

    1500-1699 Some palaeographical features: the left stroke of ዘ is often slanted; ሎ has the loop marking the 7th order sometimes attached to the body of the letter without linking line; the upper parts of ቆ and ቶ have sometimes triangular shapes.
    • Publication Statement

      authority
      Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
      pubPlace
      Hamburg
      publisher
      Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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      2017-07-14T09:17:37.552+02:00
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      23.8.2024 at 09:57:17
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      14.7.2017
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    Massimo Villa, ʻVatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 86 (encoded from the catalogue)ʼ, in Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2017-07-14) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BAVet86 [Accessed: 2024-12-27]

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    • Massimo Villa Created catalogue entry on 14.7.2017
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    Massimo Villa, editor

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