Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth.114
Massimo Villa
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General description
Number of Text units: 9
Number of Codicological units: 1
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1889-1926Summary
- ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 2r–8 ), Documents on the church of ʾAksum Ṣǝyon
- ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 8–9 ), Computation of the years of the world from Adam to king ʾƎskǝndǝr
- ms_i3 (check the viewerFol. 9 ), On the persecution of the Jacobite christians at the time of the Jesuits
- ms_i4 (check the viewerFols 9–11 ), List of the kings of ʾAksum
- ms_i5 (check the viewerFols 11–20v ), On the foundation of the kingdom of Ethiopia
- ms_i6 (check the viewerFols 20v–59v ), History of the patriarchs and kings from Adam
- ms_i7 (check the viewerFols 59v–60r ), On the Zāgʷe kings
- ms_i8 (check the viewerFol. 60 ), Note on the restoration of the Solomon dynasty
- ms_i9 (check the viewerFols 60–65v ), ብዕለ፡ ነገሥት፡
Contents
check the viewerFols 2r–8 Documents on the church of ʾAksum Ṣǝyon (CAe 1913)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ከመዝ፡ ኑባሬ፡ ሥርዓታ፡ ለእምነ፡ ጽዮን፡ ገበዘ፡ አክሱም፡ እስከ፡ ፲ወ፭በእመት፡ ኢረከቡ፡ መሠረታ፡
The incipit is followed by an account on the foundation and the history of the church:( gez ) ዝውእቱ፡ ዘወሀቦ፡ ሰሎሞን፡ ንጉሥ፡ ለዕብነ፡ ሐኪም፡ ወልዱ፨ ወወሀቦ፡ ሰብአ፡ ሕግ፡ እለ፡ የሐውሩ፡ ምስሌሁ፡ ሀገረ፡ ኢትዮጵያ፡
.Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ዘንተ፡ ኵሎ፡ ሠራዕነ፡ ወሐገግነ፡ በእንተ፡ ዕበያ፡ ወክብራ፡ ለእምነ፡ ጽዮን፡ ገበዘ፡ አክሱም፡ ትምክህተ፡ ኵሉ፡ ዓለም፡ ወትርሲቶሙ፡ ለነገሥት፨ ከመ፡ ትኩነነ፡ መርሐ፡ ለመንግሥተ፡ ሰማያት፡ ከመ፡ ትባርክ፡ ፍሬ፡ ከርሥነ፡ ዘይነብር፡ ዲበ፡ መንበረ፡ ዳዊት፡ አቡሁ፨
check the viewerFols 8–9 Computation of the years of the world from Adam to king ʾƎskǝndǝr
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወበዘተአምር፡ (!) ወበዘተአምር፡ (!) (!) ዓመታተ፡ ዓለም፡ እምአዳም፡ እስከ፡ ኖኅ፡ ፲፻ወ፯፻፶ወ፯፡ እምልደተ፡ ኖኅ፡ እስከ፡ አይኅ፡ ፯፻ዓመት፨ ወኮነ፡ ድሙር፡ ፳፻ወ፪፻፶ወ፯ዓመት። እምአይኅ፡ እስከ፡ ሕንጻ፡ ማኅፈድ፨ ፭፻፸ወ፩፡ ወኮነ፡ ድሙር፡ ፳ወ፰፻፳ወ፯ዓመት፨
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): በ፹ወ፯፡ ነግሠ፡ ዘርዓ፡ ያዕቆብ፡ እምልደተ፡ ክርስቶስ፨ እስከ፡ አሜሃ፨ ፱፻፸ወ፩ዓመት፨ ወእምዘርዓ፡ ያዕቆብ፡ እስከ፡ እስክንድር፡ ፵ወ፬ዓመት፨ ወኮነ፡ ኵሉ፡ ድሙር፡ ፷፻ወ፭፻፲ወ፯ዓመት፨
check the viewerFol. 9 On the persecution of the Jacobite christians at the time of the Jesuits
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ንጽሕፍ፡ ተዝካረ፡ ነገር፡ ጥዩቅ፡ ወዜና፡ ጽዱቅ። በእንተ፡ ዘኮነ፡ ስደት፡ ዓቢይ፡ ላዕለ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ያዕቆባውያን፨ እለ፡ ብሔረ፡ ኢትዮጵያ፨
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወተኈለቁ፡ ምስለ፡ ሰብአ፡ ቤታ፨
Text Bibliography , item 3
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Conti Rossini, C. 1909. Documenta ad illustrandam historiam, I: Liber Axumae, Textus, ed. C. Conti Rossini, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, Scriptores Aethiopici, Series Altera, 8 (Parisiis; Lipsiae: E Typographeo Reipublicae–Carolus Poussielgue Bibliopola; Otto Harrassowitz, 1909). 78
Translation Bibliography , item 3
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Conti Rossini, C. 1910. Documenta ad illustrandam historiam, I: Liber Axumae, Versio, tr. C. Conti Rossini, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, Scriptores Aethiopici, Series Altera, 8 (Parisiis; Lipsiae: E Typographeo Reipublicae–Carolus Poussielgue Bibliopola; Otto Harrassowitz, 1910). 94
check the viewerFols 9–11 List of the kings of ʾAksum (CAe 3852)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ዓመታተ፡ ነገሥት፡ አክሱም፡ ዘአርዌ፡ ፬ዓመት፡ ዘብእሲ፡ አንጋቦ፡ ዘሰደዶ፡ ለአርዌ፡ ወቀተሎ፡ ፪፻ዓመት፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወተሐይደት፡ መንግሥት፡ ኀበ፡ ሕዝብ፡ እለ፡ ኢኮኑ፡ እምዘመደ፡ ( left for rubrication and never filled) ወሕዝበ፡ ፳ኤል፡ በከመ፡ ይቤ፡ እግዚእነ፡ አነ፡ አቀንዖሙ፡ በዘኢኮነ፡ ሕዝበ፡ ዘ〚እ〛ለ፡ ዛጔ፨
check the viewerFols 11–20v On the foundation of the kingdom of Ethiopia (CAe 4954)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ናሁ፡ ጸሐፍነ፡ ኈልቈ፡ ዘመን፡ ወሢመተ፡ መንግሥተ፡ ዓለም፨ በ፸<፻>ወ፫፻፹ወ፬ዓመት፡ እንዘ፡ ወንጌላዊ፡ ዮሐንስ፨ ወእምአመ፡ ነግሠ፡ ዳግማዊ፡ ምኒልክ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ነገሥት፡ ዘኢትዮጵያ፡ በ፪ዓመት፡ ወ፮አውራኅ፡ ተረክበ፡ <በ>ባሕረ፡ ዘዋይ፡ በዓመተ፡ ሰሎሞን፡ ወልደ፡ ዳዊት፡ ንጉሠ፡ እስራኤል፡ ሖረት፨ ዘገብረ፡ ሰሎሞን፡ ለቤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ወእ+ + + + +ommission by ወ+ + + + + + +ommission by ሞን፡ ንጉሥ፡ ለንግሥተ፡ አዜብ፡ ወፀንሰት፡ ሎቱ፡ ወወለደት፨ ወልደ፡ ወሰመየቶ፡ ዕብነ፡ ሐኪም፨
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወበላዕሌሁ፡ ይመክር፡ ዓቃቤ፡ ሰዓት፡ ወድኅሬሁ፡ ይመክር፡ ብላቴንጌታ፨ ወበላዕሌሁ፡ ይመክር፡ ብሕትወደድ፨ ወበላዕሌ<ሆ>ሙ፡ በፍጻሜሁ፡ ይመክር፡ ንጉሥ፡ ሕሉቀ፡ ወምቱረ፨
check the viewerFols 20v–59v History of the patriarchs and kings from Adam (CAe 4952)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ንጽሕፍ፡ ዜና፡ ልደቶሙ፡ ለነገሥታት፡ እምአዳም፡ እስከ፡ ይእዜ፡ ወዝውእቱ፡ አዳም፡ ወለዶ፡ ለሴት፡ ወሴት፡ ወለዶ፡ ለሄኖስ፨ ወሄኖስ፡ ወለዶ፡ ለቃይናን፡ ወቀይናን፡ ወለዶ፡ ለመላልኤል፨ ወመላልኤል፡ ወለዶ፡ ለያሬድ፡ ወያሬድ፨ ወለዶ፡ ለሄኖክ፡ ወሄኖክ፡ ወለዶ፡ ለማቱሳላ፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወእምዝ፡ በ፲፻ወ፰፻፹ወ፩ዓመተ፡ ምሕረት፡ በዘመነ፡ ማቴዎስ፡ ወንጌላዊ፡ አበቅቴ፡ ፳ወ፰መጥቅዕ፡ ፪እምዘ፡ ሞተ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ንጉሥ፡ በ፯አውራኅ፡ አመ፡ ፳ወ፫ለነሐሴ፡ መጽአ፡ ድርቡሽ፡ ሌሊተ፡ እንዘ፡ የሐውር፨ ጽሚተ፡ በጽባሕ፡ ቦአ፡ ሀገረ፡ ጎንደር፡ ወቀተለ፡ ኵሎ፡ እደ፡ ወአንስተ፡ አእሩገ፡ ወሕፃናተ፡ እምዓቢይ፨ እስከ፡ ንዑስ፡ ወሊቃውንትሂ፡ ዘሀለዉ፡ ውስተ፡ ጕባዔ፡ (!) ጕባዔ፡ (!) (!) ምስለ፡ አርዳኢሆሙ፡ ተመትሩ፡ አርእስቲሆሙ፡ በሰይፍ፨ ወነሥኡ፡ አክሊለ፡ ወብዙኃነ፡ ፄወወ፨ ወማኅረከ፡ ወአልቦ፡ ዘተርፉ፡ ውስተ፡ ጎንደር፡ እንበለ፡ ኅዳጣን፡ ሰብእ፨ ወእለ፡ ተርፉሰ፡ ጐየ፡ በበገጾሙ፡ ወእምዝ፡ አብጽሐ፡ ሥርዓተ፡ መንግሥት፡ ዳግማዊ፡ ምኒልክ፡ ከመ፡ ሥርዓተ፡ አበዊሁ፨
The last historical event recorded in the text is dated 23 naḥāse 1881, i.e. 1889. The date provides a terminus post quem as to the composition of the text and, indirectly, the manuscript production.check the viewerFols 59v–60r On the Zāgʷe kings (CAe 4953)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran በዝየ፡ ንኌልቍ፡ ዕድሜ፡ መንግሥቶሙ፡ ወአስማቲሆሙ፨ ለነገሥተ፡ ዛጔ፡ በከመ፡ ሰማዕነ፡ አማዕምራነ፡ ወግ፡ ቀዳሚ፡ መራ፡ ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፨
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): መይራሪ፡ ነግሠ፡ ፲ወ፭ዓመተ፡ ሐርበይ፡ ነግሠ፡ ፰ዓመተ፡ ወኵሉ፡ ድሙር፡ ፫፻፶ወ፬እድሜ፡ መንግሥቶሙ፡ ወውእቶሙ፡ ፲ወ፩፨
check the viewerFol. 60 Note on the restoration of the Solomon dynasty The note reads as follows:
( gez ) በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ወበውእቱ፡ መዋዕል፡ በዘመነ፡ መንግሥቶሙ፡ ለአቡነ፡ ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ እምድኅረ፡ ብዙኅ፡ ዓመታት፡ እምዘ፡ ተኃይደት፡ መንግሥቶሙ፡ ለ፳ኤል፡ አመ፡ ፲ወ፯ለሐምሌ፡ አግብአ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ እምነገደ፡ ሔጳፃ፡ ለይኵኖ፡ አምላክ፡ እስራኤላዊ፨ ወኮነ፡ ሰላም፡ ወዛኅን፡ ላዕለ፡ ኵሉ፡ በሐውርት፡ ጸሎቱ፡ ወበረከቱ፡ ለአቡነ፡ ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ የሃሉ፡ ምስለ፡ መምሕርነ፨ ገብረ፡ ሥላሴ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።
. The note mentions mamḥǝr role: title Gabra Śǝllāse .check the viewerFols 60–65v ብዕለ፡ ነገሥት፡ (CAe 1208)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በሥሉስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ፫አካላት፡ ወይትወሀዱ፡ በመለኮት፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ናሁ፡ ዘንተ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ንጽሕፍ፡ ዘይሰመይ፡ ብዕለ፡ ነገሥት፡ ዘተረክበ፡ በእደ፡ አቡነ፡ ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፨ ዘውገ፡ መላእክት፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ጸሎቱ፡ ወበረከቱ፡ ያድኅኖ፡ ለፍቁሩ፨ ወልደ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፡ ወአሜን፡ ለይኩን፡ ለይኩን፨ ወነበረ፡ ፩ንጉሥ፡ ዘተንሥአ፡ እምነገሥተ፡ ዛጔ፡ ዘይሰመይ፡ እልመክኑን፨ ወፍካሬሁ፡ ይትባረክ፡ ወምስለ፡ እለ፡ ነግሡ፡ ነገሥታት፡ ኮነ፡ ዘመነ፡ መንግሥቶሙ፡ ፫፻፸ወ፪
The name of the owner Walda Giyorgis is written in the incipit.Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወናሁ፡ ከሠትኩ፡ ለከ፡ ኅቡዓተ፡ ዚአሁ፡ ኵሎ፡ ለእግዚአብሔ
Additions In this unit there are in total .
Extras
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( gez ) መጋቢት፡
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Several notes are written in Greek in the margins, e.g.
( grc ) Ελιαμπ, Χετ
(check the viewerfol. 11v ),( grc ) Αδδελ, Γιδεον
(check the viewerfol. 12r ), etc.
Catalogue Bibliography
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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 443-447
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 263mm |
Width | 205mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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2 | 8 |
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3 | 8 |
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4 | 8 |
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5 | 8 |
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6 | 8 |
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7 | 8 |
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8 | 8 |
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It is unfortunately not possible with the information provided to print the collation diagrams and formula.
- Quire with id:q1 and n is made of 9 leaves, but there is no futher information about the reason this number is odd.
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
Two wooden boards.
Binding material
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of lines: 28
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Ink: Black, red
Rubrication: Titles
Date: 1889-1926
1889-1926Check for additional bibliography
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Standard date | 23 naḥāse 1881 |
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Calendar | ethiopian |
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- Massimo Villa Created catalogue entry on 5.4.2018
Attributions of the contents
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Massimo Villa, editor
Dorothea Reule, contributor