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Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 49

Massimo Villa

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

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Collection: Aethiopici

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General description

Revelation of John, Ṣalot za-ʾǝgzǝʾǝtna Māryām ba-Dabra Golgotā, Song of Songs, ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān, Ṣalota māḫtem, Magical prayer, Ḫoḫǝta bǝrḥān

Number of Text units: 7

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Original Location:

1400-1499

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 1r–48r ), Revelation of John
  2. ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 49r–68r ), Ṣalot za-ʾǝgzǝʾǝtǝna Māryām ba-Dabra Golgotā
  3. ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 68v–84r ), Song of Songs
  4. ms_i4 (check the viewerFols 84r–96v ), ውዳሴሃ፡ ለማርያም፡
  5. ms_i5 (check the viewerFols 96v–105v ), ጸሎተ፡ ማኅተም፡
  6. ms_i6 (check the viewerFols 106r–107v ), Magical prayer
  7. ms_i7 (check the viewerFols 108r–130v ), ኆኅተ፡ ብርሃን፡

Contents

check the viewerFols 49r–68r Ṣalot za-ʾǝgzǝʾǝtǝna Māryām ba-Dabra Golgotā (CAe 2246)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ጸሎት፡ ዘእግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡ ዘጸለየት፡ አመ፡ ፳ወ፩፡ በወርኃ፡ ሰኔ፡ በደብረ፡ ጎል<ጎ>ጎታ፡ ዝውእ<ቱ>፡ መቃብረ፡ እግዚ<እ>ነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ እንዘ፡ ትብል፡ እግዚእየ፡ ወአምለኪየ፨ (!) ወወልድየ፡ ወንጉሥየ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፨ ዘተወልድከ፡ እምኔየ፡ ወጠበውከ፡ ሐሊበ፡ እምአጥባትየ፡

check the viewerFols 68v–84r Song of Songs (CAe 2362)

Subscription ( ): check the viewerFol. 84r ተፈጸመ፡ በዝየ፡ ማህሌ<ት>፡ ዘስሎሞን፨ (!) ዘኀለየ፡ በእንተ፡ መርዓተ፡ መርዓዊ፨ The conclusion of the note subscription is erased.

check the viewerFols 96v–105v ጸሎተ፡ ማኅተም፡ (CAe 4322)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ጸሎተ፡ ማኅተም፡ አኀትም፡ ገጽየ፡ በማኅተመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፤ ዘይበርህ፡ እምፀሐይ፡ ወይበርቅ፡ እመብረቅ፡ ወይበልሕ፡ እምሰይፍ፡ ወኢይክሉ፡ ሰራዊተ፡ መስቴማ፡ ርኩሳን፡ ወጽልሙተን፡ (!) ከማሁ፡ ኢይቅረቦ፡ እኩይ፡ ለገብርከ፡

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): አሐትም፡ ገጽየ፡ በ<ማ>ኅተመ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ ተዐይነ፡ መለእክት። (!) ወበተዐይነ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፨ = ፨ ጾታ፡ ሰማያውያን፨ ወበማኅተመ፡ ማኅበረ፡ በኵር፡ ፍሡሐን፨ በጸለተ፡ (!) ሰማይ፡ ጽሑፋን፡ በስመ፡ ሥላሴ፡ ኅቱማን፨ ኀበ፡ ዐምደ፡ ወርቅ፡ ልኩአን፨

check the viewerFols 106r–107v Magical prayer

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ዙኀር፡ ሮጸ፡ ዙኀር፡ ቀንጸ፡ (!) ዙኀር፡ እምትእምርተ፡ ፀሐይ፡ ሰረጸ።

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ሰማያት፡ ይነግራ። እስከ፡ ወያጠብብ፡ ሕፃናተ፡

check the viewerFols 108r–130v ኆኅተ፡ ብርሃን፡ (CAe 1608)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran አውሎግሶን፡ ጊርዮስ፡ (!) ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ውዳሴ፡ ወግናይ፡ ዘእግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡ እንተ፡ ይእቲ፡ ኆኅተ፡ ብርሃን፡ ወሙፃአ፡ ፀሐይ፡ ወመራኁተ፡ ገነት፡ ምልእተ፡ ስን፡ ወቅዳሴ፨ እግዝእተ፡ ኵልነ፡ ወንግሥተ፡ ኵልነ፡ ወመድኃኒተ፡ ኵልነ፨ ወትምክህተ፡ ኵልነ፡ ማርያም፡ ቅድስት፡ ድንግል፡

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):አመ፡ ይወርሱ፡ ጸድቃን፡ (!) መንግሥተ፡ ሰማያት፨ በየማንከ፡ አመ፡ ትቀውም፡ ንግሥት፡ መሀረኒ፡ በእንተ፡ ጸሎታ፡ ወስእለታ፡ ለንጽሕት፡ በኵሉ፡ ጊዜ፡ ወጽሪት፡ በኵሉ፡ ሰዓት፨ ላቲ፡ ግናይ፡ ወውዳሴ፡ ወለከ፡ ስብሐት፡ ወለአቡከ፡ መሐሪ፡ ዕበይ፡ ወስግደት፡ ወለመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ማኅየዊ፡ ክብር፡ ወአኰቴት፨ ይእዜኒ፡ ወዘልፈኒ፡ ወለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፡ ወአሜን፨ = ፨ = ፨ = ፨

Additions In this unit there are in total 2 , 4 s, 1 , 1 , 1 .

  1. check the viewerFol. 1r (Type: StampExlibris)

    Stamp

    Seal of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.

  2. check the viewerFol. 47v (Type: ScribalSupplication)

    ( gez ) ሰላመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘወሀቦ፡ ለወልዱ፡ ሶበ፡ መጽአ፡ ውስተ፡ ዓለም፡ የሀቦሙ፡ ለዝንቱ፡ ሕዝብ፡ ከመ፡ ኢይርአዩ፡ ምንዳቤ፡ ወኢረኃበ፡ እስከ፡ ተፍጻሜተ፡ ዝንቱ፡ ትውልድ፨ ጸጋ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘወሀባ፡ ለገጸ፡ ሙሴ፡ እምቀዳሚ፡ የሀባ፡ ለገጽክሙ፡ ኦውሉድየ፡ ቀሳውስት፡ ወዲያቆናት ኅቡረ። ሀብተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘወሀበ፡ ለ፲ወ፪ሓዋርያት፡ የሀቦሙ፡ ለዝንቱ፡ ሕዝብ፡ ወለውሉዶሙ፡ ከመ፡ ይብጽሑ፡ ኀበ፡ ዛቲ፡ ዕለት፡ በዳግም፡ ዓመት፨ አሜን፨

  3. check the viewerFol. 48r (Type: ScribalSupplication)

    ( gez ) ስረዩ፡ ሊተ፡ ወባርኩኒ፨ = ፨ = ፨

  4. check the viewerFol. 68r (Type: ScribalSupplication)

    ( gez ) ጸሎታ፡ ወስዕለታ፡ ለእግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስሌየ፡ ለገብርከ፡ (!) ንሥእዮ፡ አሥረተ፡ (!) ምሕረት። ለዐለም፡ (!) ዐለም፡ አሜን፨

    The note mentions ʾAśrāta Mǝḥrat scribe , possibly as the scribe of the book.

  5. check the viewerFols 105v–106r (Type: ScribalSupplication)

    ( gez ) በረከተ፡ አፉሆሙ፡ ወበረከተ፡ ዕዴሆሙ፡ ወበረከተ፡ ጸሎቶሙ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ገብርከ፡ 〚 〛 ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም። አሜን። አሜን፡ ወአሜን፡ ለይኩ<ን>፡ በእንተ፡ ሥጋሁ፡ ወደሙ፡ ለመድኅን። ለይኩ<ን>፡ ለይኩን።

    The note is partly erased.

  6. check the viewerFol. 130v (Type: Unclear)

    ( gez ) ዘአጥረየ፡ ዘንተ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ መፍቅረ፡

    The note, perhaps a purchase note, is mostly erased. It mentions a certain Mafqǝra.

  7. check the viewerFol. 130v (Type: StampExlibris)

    Stamp

    Seal of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.

  8. check the viewerFols 132v–133r (Type: Poem)

    Chant in honor of the Resurrection in ʿǝzǝl-tone

    The note begins as follows:

    ( gez ) ባሕርኒ፡ ትቤ፡ ግበሩ፡ በዓለ፡ ፋሲካ፡ እንተ፡ ባቲ፡ አብ፡ አንሥኦ፡ ለወልዱ፡ እሙታን።

    , and it terminates as follows:

    ( gez ) ጌሰት፡ ማርያም፡ መግደላዊት፡ በጽባሕ፡ ኀበ፡ መቃብር፡ በፍሥሐ፡ ወበሰላም።

    .

  9. check the viewerFol. 134r (Type: ProtectivePrayer)

    Protective prayer against the wild beasts of the desert

    ( gez ) በሰለመ፡ (!) እግዚአብሔር፡ አምለክ፡ (!) መሃሪ፡ ወመሰተሣኅል፡ (!) ርሁቀ፡ መኣት፡ ወብዙሐ፡ ምኅረት፡ ወፃድቅ፡ ዘአስተናበረ፡ (!) ሠማይ፡ (!) ወመድር፡ (!) በጥበቡ፡ ዘሰርአ፡ ክረምተ፡ ወሀጋየ፡ መአልተ፡ ወሌሊተ፡ ዘፈጠረ፡ ፀሐየ፡ ወወርሃ፡ ወከዋክ<ብ>ተ፡ አረዊተ፡ (!) ገዳም፡ ወአ<ዕ>ዋፈ፡ ሰማይ፡ ወአሣተ፡ በኅር፡ (!) ወመለእክተ፡ (!) ሰማይ፡ ወኵሉ፡ (!) ዘይተሐወሰ፡ (!) ወእምድኅረዝ፡ ፈጠሮ፡ ለአዳም፡ በዐርባዐቱ፡ (!) ጠበይእ፡ (!) ወአንገሦ፡ ላዕለ፡ ኵሉ፡ ፍጥረት፡ በዝንቱ፡ አሰማቲከ፡ (!) አድሕነኒ፡ እምአረዊተ፡ (!) ገዳም፡ ለገብርከ፡ እገሌ፡ ለአለም፡ (!) ዐለም፡ አሜን፨

Extras

  1. check the viewerFol. IIr

    The title of the book ( la ) Apocalypsis Passio secundu"m" Ioannem was written by Felice Contelori .

Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .

Other Decorations

  1. ornamentation: check the viewerFols. 1, 49, 68, 84, 96v, 106

    Ornamentation drawn in black or black and red ink.

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 202-205
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

+NaN (leaf) , Entered as 137 (III + 134) +NaN (quire) , Entered as 19 (A + 18) 8 (leaf, blank) : Entered as 8 check the viewerFols. Ir, IIv, IIIr, 48v, 131r, 132r, 133v, 134v 96 90
Outer dimensions
Height 96mm
Width 90mm

Foliation

Quire Structure Collation

Signatures: Quire marks have been added in a 17th-century hand in the lower margin of the first leaf of each quire, by using Latin letters from "a" to "s" ("p" has been omitted), then "a" again.

Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 A 3 i-iii
2 1 8
3 2 8
4 3 8
5 4 8
6 5 8
7 6 8
8 7 8
9 8 8
10 9 8
11 10 6
12 11 8
13 12 6
14 13 8
15 14 5
16 15 8
17 16 8
18 17 8
19 18 4 Fols 131r–134v

It is unfortunately not possible with the information provided to print the collation diagrams and formula.

  • Quire with id:q1 and n A is made of 3 leaves, but there is no futher information about the reason this number is odd.
  • Quire with id:q15 and n 14 is made of 5 leaves, but there is no futher information about the reason this number is odd.

State of preservation

good

Condition

The upper margin of check the viewerfols 123–130 has been cut off; text on the first line is illegible.

Binding

Two covers of red leather; two buckles.

Binding material

leather

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 1–48 )

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 13-23

Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 49–130 )

Number of columns: 1

Number of lines: 13-23

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Ink: Black, red

    Rubrication: Titles, initial lines on the incipit pages of the texts, Ethiopic numerals in Content Item 1 Revelation of John (CAe 3179) .

    Date: 15th century

    Ethiopic:

    15th century Several hands were involved in the writing. ሎ has the loop marking the 7th order attached directly to the body of the letter, without the linking line; መ, ሠ, ቆ, ቶ, ዐ, የ, ደ, ጸ have a triangular shape; the left stroke of ሰ, በ and ዘ is slanted.

      • Publication Statement

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      Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
      pubPlace
      Hamburg
      publisher
      Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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      2017-01-26T15:07:37.552+02:00
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      9.5.2018
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      BAVet49

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    Massimo Villa, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻVatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 49 (encoded from the catalogue)ʼ, in Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2018-05-09) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BAVet49 [Accessed: 2024-11-21]

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    Revision history

    • Eugenia Sokolinski changed ID on 9.5.2018
    • Massimo Villa Created catalogue entry on 26.1.2017
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    Attribution of the content

    Alessandro Bausi, general editor

    Massimo Villa, editor

    Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor

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