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Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, BML Acq. e doni 720

Carsten Hoffmann

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

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https://betamasaheft.eu/BMLacq720
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana[view repository]

Collection: Acquisizioni e doni

Other identifiers: Marrassini ms. 12

Transcription of the manuscript
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  • Citation URI: https://betamasaheft.eu/BMLacq720.33ra
  • Collection API: https://betamasaheft.eu/api/dts/collections?id=https://betamasaheft.eu/BMLacq720
  • Navigation API: https://betamasaheft.eu/api/dts/navigation?id=https://betamasaheft.eu/BMLacq720&ref=33ra
  • Document API: https://betamasaheft.eu/api/dts/document?id=https://betamasaheft.eu/BMLacq720&ref=33ra

ሙ፡ አጋንንት።
እለሂ፡ ዘመዓል
ት። ወእለሂ፡ ዘሊ
ሊት፡ ወስብር፡ ኃ
5ይሎሙ፡ ለኵሎ
ሙ፡ ሰብእ፡ እለ፡ ይ
ገብሩ፡ እኩየ። ላ
ዕለ፡ ገብርኪዳ፡
ማርያም፡ በኃ
10ለ፡ ኦፍቱያል፡ ወ
በኃይሉ፡ ለአብ፡ ዘ
ላዕለ፡ ኵሉ። ወበ
ንጉሥ፡ ኢየሱስ፡
ክርስቶስ፡ ዘእም
15ድንግል፡ ኦፍቁረ፡

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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 73-75
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Alessandro Bausi, Carsten Hoffmann, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻFlorence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, BML Acq. e doni 720ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2023-03-30) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BMLacq720 [Accessed: 2024-06-01]

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  • Carsten Hoffmann added content description on 30.3.2023
  • Carsten Hoffmann added physical description on 27.3.2023
  • Pietro Maria Liuzzo added text from transkribus and facsimile with xi:include on 21.9.2021
  • Pietro Maria Liuzzo Created catalogue entry on 21.2.2019

Attributions of the contents

Alessandro Bausi, general editor

Carsten Hoffmann, editor

Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor

The images of the manuscript taken by Antonella Brita, Karsten Helmholz and Susanne Hummel during a mission funded by the Sonderforschungsbereich 950 Manuskriptkulturen in Asien, Afrika und Europa, the ERC Advanced Grant TraCES, From Translation to Creation: Changes in Ethiopic Style and Lexicon from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages (Grant Agreement no. 338756) and Beta maṣāḥǝft. The images are published in conjunction with this descriptive data about the manuscript with the permission of the https://www.bmlonline.it/la-biblioteca/cataloghi/, prot. 190/28.13.10.01/2.23 of the 24 January 2019 and are available for research purposes.
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