Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, BML Acq. e doni 812
Carsten Hoffmann
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Acquisizioni e doni
Other identifiers: Marrassini ms. 7
General description
Psalter
Number of Text units: 20
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
19th to 20th century (dating on palaeographic grounds)
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–182v
), Psalter
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–141r
), 150 Psalms
- ms_i1.2
(Fols 141r–158
), 14 Songs of the Prophets
- ms_i1.2.1
(Fols 141r–142r
), The Prayer of Moses
- ms_i1.2.2
(Fols 142v–144r
), Second Prayer of Moses
- ms_i1.2.3
(Fols 144r–146r
), The Third Prayer of Moses
- ms_i1.2.4
(Fols 146r–147r
), The Prayer of Hannah, mother of Samuel the Prophet
- ms_i1.2.5
(Fols 147r–148r
), The Prayer of Hezekiah, King of Judah
- ms_i1.2.6
(Fols 148r–149r
), The Prayer of Manasseh
- ms_i1.2.7
(Fols 149r–149v
), The Prayer of Jonah
- ms_i1.2.8
(Fols 149v–151r
), Ṣalota Dānǝʾel nabiy sǝbḥat za-ʾǝm-ʾAzāryā
- ms_i1.2.9
(Fols 151r–152r
), Ṣalota śalastu daqiq
- ms_i1.2.10
(Fols 152r–153v
), Ṣalota ʿƎnbāqom nabiyy
- ms_i1.2.11
(Fols 153v–154v
), Song of Isaiah
- ms_i1.2.12
(Fols 154v–155r
), Magnificat
- ms_i1.2.13
(Fols 155r–155v
), Song of Zachariah
- ms_i1.2.14
(Fol. 155v
), Now you dismiss
- ms_i1.2.1
(Fols 141r–142r
- ms_i1.3
(Fols 155v–171r
), Song of Songs
- ms_i1.4
(Fols 171r–181r
), Wǝddāse Māryām
- ms_i1.5
(Fols 181r–182v
), ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–141r
Contents
Fols 1r–182v
Fols 1r–141r
Fols 141r–158
Fols 151r–152r
Fols 155v–171r
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ማሐልየ፡ ማሐልይ፡ ዘውእቱ፡ ሰሎሞን፡
Fols 171r–181r
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ውዳሴሃ፡ ለእግዝእተ፡ ማርያም
Additions In this unit there are in total 2 , 1 .
Extras
-
(Type: StampExlibris)
"Acq. e doni 812" with pencil on the bottom margin by a recent European hand.
-
(Type: StampExlibris)
Small round stamp "BIBL. MED. LAUR. FLOR."
-
(Type: Correction)
Various corrections and comments by another hand throughout the text.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 8 s.
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
Fol. 9r
Rough tempera drawing in color depicting an angel.
- miniature:
Fol. 37v
Rough tempera drawing in color depicting two human figures painted over written text.
- miniature:
Fol. 93v
Rough tempera drawing in color depicting a human face or an angel on the bottom part of the page.
- miniature:
Fol. 106r
Rough tempera drawing in color depicting a human face or an angel on the top part of the page painted over written text.
- miniature:
Fol. 158v
Rough tempera drawing in color depicting an angel painted over written text.
- miniature:
Fol. 163r
Rough tempera drawing in color depicting a human figure with a beard.
- miniature:
Fol. 163v
Rough tempera drawing in color depicting a human figure with a beard.
- miniature:
Fol. 166r
Rough tempera drawing in color depicting an angel painted over written text and partly repaired leaf.
Catalogue Bibliography
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Marrassini, P. 1984. ‘I manoscritti etiopici della Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana di Firenze’, Rassegna di Studi Etiopici, 30 (1984), 81–116 (DOI: 10.2307/41299683). page 102-103
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
| Outer dimensions | |
| Height | 163mm |
| Width | 148mm |
State of preservation
good
Condition
Watershed and insect damage throughout the codex. Some leaves are brittle and have holes in them. Text in various places erased and corrected by another hand or painted over with colorful miniatures. Book covers have been removed and various leaves are attached to the codex with an improvised new binding. Repairs with thread on folss. 74, 114, 159,
Binding
Without boards.
Sewing Stations
4Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 20
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
19th to 20th centuries
Very mediocre and rushed writing.Check for additional bibliography
Publication Statement
Edition Statement
The images of the manuscript taken by Alessandro Bausi, 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 Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, prot. 190/28.13.10.01/2.23 of the 24 January 2019 and are available for research purposes.
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Alessandro Bausi, Carsten Hoffmann, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻFlorence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, BML Acq. e doni 812ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2023-02-14) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BMLacq812 [Accessed: 2024-05-15]
Revisions of the data
- Carsten Hoffmann Updated contents and physDesc on 14.2.2023
- 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