Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 73
Massimo Villa
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General description
ʾArgānona Māryām
Number of Text units: 14
Number of Codicological units: 1
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1600-1699Summary
- ms_i1
(check the viewerFols 1–132v ),
ʾArgānona wǝddāse
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 1–23v ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Monday
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFol. 23v ), Miracle of the apparition of Our Lady Mary to the pious child
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 24r–45r ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Tuesday
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 45v–67v ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Wednesday
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFol. 67v ), Miracle of the church destroyed in Jericho
- ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 68r and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Thursday
- ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFol. 90r ), Miracle of Our Lady Mary on the man who was washing his clothes
- ms_i1.8 (check the viewerFols 90v–110v ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Friday
- ms_i1.9 (check the viewerFol. 110v ), Miracle of Our Lady Mary on the women Juliana and Barbara and the thief who lost his teeth
- ms_i1.10 (check the viewerFols 111r–122r ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Saturday
- ms_i1.11 (check the viewerFols 122r–122v ), Miracle of the sick monks in the desert of Scete
- ms_i1.12 (check the viewerFols 123r–132v ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Sunday
- ms_i1.13 (check the viewerFols 133v–134r ), Conversation of Jesus Christ and Our Lady Mary on the Five Pains
Contents
check the viewerFols 1–132v ʾArgānona wǝddāse (CAe 1146) Six miracles of Mary are inserted between the readings for the weekdays.
check the viewerFol. 23v Miracle of the apparition of Our Lady Mary to the pious child (CAe 3908)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ተብህለ፡ ከመ፡ ሀሎ፡ ፩ሕፃን፡ ንዑስ፡ ዘያፈቅራ፡ ለእግ"ዝእትነ፡"
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወውእቱሰ፡ ሕፃን፡ ኮነ፡ ኅጽወ፡ ለመንግሥተ፡ ሰማያት፡ በረከተ፡ ጸሎታ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran
check the viewerFols 24r–45r ʾArgānona Māryām, Tuesday (CAe 1146 Tuesday) The text includes a short introduction and a long conclusive blessing.
check the viewerFols 45v–67v ʾArgānona Māryām, Wednesday (CAe 1146 Wednesday) The text includes a short introduction and a long conclusive blessing.
check the viewerFol. 67v Miracle of the church destroyed in Jericho (CAe 3599)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ተአምሪሃ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ስምዑ፡ ዘኮነ፡ በሀገረ፡ ጽርእ፡ ወሀሎ፡ ደብር፡ በጽንፈ፡ ባሕር፡ ዘኢያሪኮ፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወወረ<ደ>ት፡ ታሕተ፡ ጽንፈ፡ ኢያሪኮ፡ ወጽንዓ፡ (!) በኃይለ፡ እግዚአብሔር።
check the viewerFols 68r and following ʾArgānona Māryām, Thursday (CAe 1146 Thursday) The text includes a short introduction and a long blessing after the explicit.
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ይቤ፡ በመልእክቱ፡ ለብሔረ፡ ሮሜ፨ ጳውሎስ፡ ገብሩ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ዘተሰምየ፡ ሐዋርያሁ፡ ወተፈልጠ፡ ለትምህርተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘአቅደመ፡ ነጊረ፡ በአፈ፡ ነቢያቲሁ፡ ቅዱሳን፡ በእንተ፡ ወልዱ፡ ዘተወልደ፡ ወመጽአ፡ እምዘርአ፡ ዳዊት፡ በሥጋ፡ ሰብእ፨ስ
check the viewerFol. 90r Miracle of Our Lady Mary on the man who was washing his clothes (CAe 3865)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ተአ"ምረ፡" በል፡ ወሀሎ፡ ፩ብእሲ፡ እንዘ፡ የሐጽብ፡ አልባሲሁ፡ ወመጽአ፡ ካልዕ፡ ብእሲ፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወካዕበ፡ ተመይጠ፡ ማይ፡ ኀበ፡ ዘቀዳሚ፡ ምህዋሩ፡ በፈቃደ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ስብሐት፡ ለወላዲቱ፡ ቅ"ድስት፡" ድ"ንግል፡" በ፪፡ ማ"ርያም፡" ገባሪተ፡ ተአምራት፡ ወመንክራት፡
check the viewerFols 90v–110v ʾArgānona Māryām, Friday (CAe 1146 Friday) The text includes a short introduction before the incipit and a long blessing.
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ኦእግዝእትየ፡ ቅድስት፡ ድንግል፡ በክልኤ፡ ማርያም፡ ዘበዕብራይስጢ፡ ማሪሃም፡ ንዒ፡ ዝየ፡ ምስለ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ ማኅበረ፡ ነቢያት፡ ከመ፡ ታለበወኒ፡ (!) ኃይለ፡ ቃል፡ ዘወጽአ፡ እምኔሆሙ፡ ለስብሐተ፡ ዚአኪ፨
check the viewerFol. 110v Miracle of Our Lady Mary on the women Juliana and Barbara and the thief who lost his teeth (CAe 3597)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ተአምሪሃ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ወሐለዋ፡ ክልኤ፡ አምስት፡ እንዘ፡ የሐውራ፡ ውስተ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያና፡ ለእግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወዝንቱ፡ ኵሉ፡ ኮነ፡ በስዕለታ፡ ለእግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡ ዘበዕብራይስጢ፡ ማሪሃም፡ ጸሎታ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran
check the viewerFols 111r–122r ʾArgānona Māryām, Saturday (CAe 1146 Saturday) The text includes a short introduction and two blessings.
check the viewerFols 122r–122v Miracle of the sick monks in the desert of Scete (CAe 3907)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወሀለው፡ (!) በገዳመ፡ አስቄጥስ፡ ሕሙማን፡ እምአበው፡ ቅዱሳን፡ ወአዕረፉ፡ እለ፡ አልቦሙ፡ ኁልቍ፡ (!) በውስተ፡ ደብር፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወሶበ፡ ርእዩ፡ ቅዱሳን፡ ዘንተ፡ መንክረ፡ ራእየ፡ ተፈሥሑ፡ ዐቢየ፡ ፍስሐ፡ ወሰብሕዎ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ስቡሕ፡ ወአእኵትዋ፡ (!) ለእ"ግዝእትነ"፡ ቅ"ድስት"፡ ድ"ንግል"፡ በ፪፡ ወላ"ዲተ"፡ አ"ምላክ"፡ ጸሎታ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran
check the viewerFols 123r–132v ʾArgānona Māryām, Sunday (CAe 1146 Sunday) The blessing is separated from the invocation to Our Lady Mary.
check the viewerFols 133v–134r Conversation of Jesus Christ and Our Lady Mary on the Five Pains (CAe 3633)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ተአምሪሃ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ወአሐተ፡ ዕለተ፡ ይቤላ፡ እግዚእ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ዓይኑ፡ የዓቢ፡ እምነ፡ ኃዘናት፡ ዘረከበኪ፡ በእንቲአየ፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):አነ፡ እመጽእ፡ እምቅድመ፡ ትጸእ፡ (!) ነፍሱ፡ (!) በ፫ዕለት፡ ለናዝዞቱ፡ ምስሌኪ፡ ኦወላዲትየ፡ ወእንዘ፡ ዘንተ፡ ይትናገራ፡ ሶበ፡ ሰምዓ፡ ደቅስዮስ፡ ጸሐፈ፡ ከመ፡ ያንብብዎ፡ ምዕመናን፡ ጸሎታ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 , 2 , 1 .
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check the viewerFol. IIv (Type: DonationNote)
( la ) Donum Papae Leonis XIII Ioh. Bollig. Praefectus Bibl. Vat.
The note is written in Latin and states that pope Leo XIII bequeather donated the book to the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, in the person of the librarian Johann Bollig . -
check the viewerFol. 90r (Type: ScribalSupplication)
( gez ) ወለጸሐፊሁ፡ ቀውስጦስ፡ ኢ<ት>ርስዑኒ፡ በጸሎት።
The note mentions Qawǝsṭos scribe as the scribe. -
check the viewerFol. 133r (Type: GuestText)
Wa-kāʿba nāstabaqqʷǝʿo la-ʾamlāka mǝḥrat (CAe 4859) .
( gez ) ዝመጽሐፍ፡
The note mentions Mātewos owner as the owner of the book. His name, written in red, has been struck out with a black line and replaced with those of later owners: Malka Ṣedeq owner and Ḫayla Giyorgis owner , the latter written in red.<ዘ>ማቴዎስ፡ዘዓጥረየ፡ በንውዩ፡ ዘሠረቆ፡ ወዘፈሐቆ፡ ወዘተዓገሎ፡ ወዘተሣየጦ፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ፈቃደ፡ እግዚኡ፡ በሥልጣነ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ በሰፈይፈ፡ ቃሎሙ፡ ለሐዋርያት፡ ውጉዘ፡ ለይኩን፡ ለይኩን፨ -
check the viewerFol. 134r (Type: OwnershipNote)
( gez ) ዝመጽሐፍ፡ 〚 <ዘ>መልከ፡ ጼዴቅ፡〛 ወብእሲቱ፡ ወወለቱ፡ ኤልሳቤጥ፡ ድንግል፡ ስና፡ (!) ዘአጥረዮ፡ በንዋዩ፡ ከመ፡ ይኵኖ፡ (!) ለመድኃኒተ፡ ነፍስ፡ ወሥጋ፡ ዘሠረቆ፡ ወዘፈሐቆ፡ በሥልጣነ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ወጳው<ሎ>ስ፡ ውጉዘ፡ ለይኵን። (!)
The note states that Malka Ṣedeq owner is the owner of the book. It also mentions Walda Gabrǝʾel as his son, Walatta Gabrǝʾel as his wife, and ʾElsābeṭ as his daughter. -
check the viewerFol. 133r (Type: GuestText)
Saʾalnāka maḥari saʾalnāka faṭāri (CAe 5069) .
The blessing is written in another hand. It begins as follows:( gez ) ሰአልናከ፡ መሐሪ፡ ሰአልናከ፡ ፈጣሪ፡ ሰአልናከ፡ ገባሪ፡ ሰአልናከ፡ እግዚኦ፡ ወአስተብቋዕናከ፡
, and terminates as follows:( gez ) ወለእመኒ፡ ተገብረ፡ በውስቲቱ፡ (!) ሕምዝ፡ ወሥራይ፡ በስምከ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ይስዓር፡ ሀበነ፡ ንግበር፡ በሥምረትከ፡ ኵሎ፡ ጊዜ፡ ይኵነነ፡ (!) መብልዓ፡ ጽድቅ፡ ውስቴ፡ ሕይወት፡ ዘበአማን፡ ስብሐቲከ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም።
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Extras
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Several names are written in the supplication formulas: that of the first owner is illegible due to erasure. The names of Mātewos , Ḫayla Giyorgis , Malka Ṣedeq , and Walda ʾIyasus Moʾa (the last only on check the viewerfol. 67r ) are written over erasure.
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 258-261
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
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Height | 197mm |
Width | 185mm |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
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2 | 1 | 10 |
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3 | 2 | 10 |
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4 | 3 | 10 |
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5 | 4 | 10 |
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6 | 5 | 10 |
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7 | 6 | 10 |
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8 | 7 | 10 |
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9 | 8 | 10 |
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10 | 9 | 10 |
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11 | 10 | 10 |
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12 | 11 | 10 |
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13 | 12 | 10 |
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14 | 13 | 12 |
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15 | 14 | 3 |
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It is unfortunately not possible with the information provided to print the collation diagrams and formula.
- Quire with id:q15 and n 14 is made of 3 leaves, but there is no futher information about the reason this number is odd.
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
Two covers of red leather.
Binding material
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 16
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Written in a fine handwriting
Ink: Black, red
Rubrication: Initial lines, liturgical directives, nomina sacra, titles on the upper margin.
Date: After NaN
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