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Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, BML S. Marco 741

Carsten Hoffmann

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

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Collection: S. Marco

Other identifiers: Marrassini ms. 8

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General description

Anaphoras

Number of Text units: 3

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

1400-1499 (dating on palaeographic grounds)

Acquisition

Donated by Andreas Datius Florentinus to the Convent of St. Marcus of Florence according to an aquisition note on fol. 1v

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Summary

  1. ms_i1 (Fols 5r–31v

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    ), Śǝrʿāta qǝddāse
  2. ms_i2 (Fols 32r–64r

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    ), ʾAkkʷateta qʷǝrbān za-Bāsǝlyos
  3. ms_i3 (Fols 65r–75r

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    ), ʾAkkʷateta qʷǝrbān za-ḥawāryāt

Contents

Fols 5r–31v

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Śǝrʿāta qǝddāse

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈሰ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አሐዱ፡ እምላክ፡ ዝንቱ፡ ሥርዐተ፡ ቅዳሴ፡ ዘይደሉ፡ ከመ፡ ይበሉ፡ ቀሲስ፡ ወዲያቆን፡ ወሕዝብ፡ ኵሎ፡ ዘመፍትው፡ በበጊዜሁ፡ በከመ፡ ሥርዓተ፡ አበዊነ፡ ግብጻዊያን፡

Fols 32r–64r

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ʾAkkʷateta qʷǝrbān za-Bāsǝlyos (CAe 1098)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወያነሥእ፡ መክደነ፡ ዲያቆን፡ ወይብል፡ እንዘ፡ ይጸውሮ፡ ውእቱ፡ ወቀሲስ፡ ቁሙ፡ ሠናየ፡ ቁሙ፡ በጻሕቅ፡ ቁሙ፡ በፈሪሀ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ወረዐድ፡ ወትሕትና፡ ቅረቡ፡ ወቁሙ፡ በረዐድ፡ ወስተ፡ ጽባሕ፡ ነጸሩ፡ አውሥኡ። ወይነሥእ፡ ዲያቆን፡ መክደነ፡ ለመንገሌሁ። እምዝየ፡ ትወጥን፡ በቅዳሴ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ባስልዮስ፡ ይ፡ ሕ፡

Fols 65r–75r

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ʾAkkʷateta qʷǝrbān za-ḥawāryāt (CAe 1104)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):የአውድ፡ ቀሲስ፡ ንፍቅ፡ በማዕጠንት፡ ዲበ፡ ታቦት፡ ወይቀውም፡ በየማነ፡ ካህን፡ ወእምዝየ፡ ትወጥን፡ በቅዳሴ፡ አብ፡ ይ፡ ካ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ምስለ፡ ኵልክሙ፡ ይ፡ ሕ፡ ምስለ፡ መንፈስከ፡ ይ፡ ካ፡ አልዐሉ፡ አልባሲክሙ፡ ይ፡ ሕ፡ ብነ፡ ኀበ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ይ፡ ካ፡ አአኵትዎ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ይ፡ ሕ፡ ርቱዕ፡ ወጽድቅ፡ ይደልዎ፡ የዐትብ፡ ካህን፡ ዐ፡ ዲበ፡ ነፍሱ፡ ዐ፡ ዲበ፡ ሕዝብ፡ ዐ፡ ዲበ፡ ላእካን፡ ናአኵተከ፡ እግዚኦ፡ በፍቁር፡ ወልድከ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ዘበደኀሪ፡ መዋዕል፡ ፈኖከ፡ ለነ፡ መድኅን፡

Additions In this unit there are in total 7 s, 1 , 1 , 2 .

    Extras

    1. Fol. i

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      (Type: StampExlibris)

      "S. Marco 741" with pencil on the bottom of the page by a recent European hand.

    2. Fol. i

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      "Liturgia (messa copta)" written by a recent European hand with pen on top of a small paper ticket, that was glued on the protective leaf.

    3. Fol. i

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      "prof. I. Guidi (6 sett. 1890 )", written with pencil on a small paper ticket, that was glued on the protective leaf.

    4. Fol. 1v

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      Writing in pen: "Ponatur in B(anco) 7 orientali Bibliotece Grece Hic liber est Conventus Sancti Marci de Florentia ordo predicatorum, quem eidem conventui donauit Andreas Datius Florentinus: anno domini 1543."

    5. Fols. 1v, 3v, 5r, 36r, 74r, 76v

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      Round stamp "R. BIBLIOTHECA MED. LAUR. FIRENZE"

    6. Fol. 74r

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      "207451" with pencil by a recent European hand at the center of the page below a stamp.

    7. (Type: StampExlibris)

      The inscription "Psalterium Aethyopice" is imprinted in gold at the top of the rib and "741" at the bottom, both framed in gold.

    8. Fol.

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      (Type: Comment)

      Short commentary written in red on the outer margin: ዝ፡ ቀሲስ፡ ንፍቅ፡ የአውድ፡ ታቦተ፡ በማዕጠንት፡ ወይሰቅለ፡ ወይቀውም፡ መስኖ፡

    9. Fol. 1v

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      (Type: MixedNote)

      Pen trial.

    10. Fol. 3v

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      (Type: ProtectivePrayer)

      ወጥን፡ በጽድቅ፡ ወጸም፡ በሠናይ፡ እ

    11. Fol. 76v

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      (Type: ProtectivePrayer)

      በለመለ አብ ወለ አብ ንወረኅ ቍድስ ኢላሕ ነወሕድ

    Decoration In this unit there are in total 2 , 2 .

    Other Decorations

    1. headpieceFrame: Fol. 5r

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      Ornament and dotted line to mark the incipit of the work.

    2. ornamentation: Fol. 64r

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      Ornaments marking the end of the work.

    3. headpieceFrame: Fol. 65r

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      Ornament and dotted line to mark the incipit of the work.

    4. ornamentation: Fol. 74r

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      Ornaments marking the end of the work.

    Catalogue Bibliography

    • 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 103-104
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    Physical Description

    Form of support

    Parchment Codex

    Holes in fols. 3, 62, 74, 76

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    without textloss.

    Extent

    +NaN (leaf) , Entered as 1+4+71+1 12 (leaf, blank) : Entered as 12Fols. i, ii, 1r, 1v, 2r, 2v, 3r, 3v, 4r, 4v, 64v, 74v, 75r, 75v, 76r, 76v, iii, iv

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    155 112

    Foliation

    Two protective leaves of paper as part of the European binding before and after the textblock; four protective leaves of parchment as part of the original Ethiopian textblock. Parchment leaves marked folio numbers in pencil by a recent European hand on the bottom left of every recto. Quire marks "a" and "b" by an assumed early European hand on folss. 5r, 6r, 7r, 8r,

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    and 13r

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    .

    Quire Structure Collation

    Position Number Leaves Quires Description
    1 A 1 Fols i–ii Single paper leave attached to European front cover, marked with folio no. "I".
    2 B 4 Fols 1r–4v
    3 1 8 Fols 5r–12v Quire marked with quire mark "a" and folios in this quire marked with a Roman number by an early European hand on fols. 5r, 6r, 7r, 8r
    4 2 8 Fols 13r–20v Quire marked with quire mark "b" and first folio in this quire marked with a Roman number "i" by an early European hand on fol. 13r
    5 3 8 Fols 21r–28v
    6 4 8 Fols 29r–36v
    7 5 8 Fols 37r–44v
    8 6 8 Fols 45r–52v
    9 7 8 Fols 53r–60v
    10 8 8 Fols 61r–68v
    11 9 8 Fols 69r–76v
    12 10 1 Fols iii–iv Single paper leave attached to European back cover marked with "I'".

    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 1 leaves, but there is no futher information about the reason this number is odd.
    • Quire with id:q12 and n 10 is made of 1 leaves, but there is no futher information about the reason this number is odd.

    State of preservation

    good

    Condition

    Fols. 63,

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    broken and repaired with parchment; The ink has detached in some places on 38v, 39r

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    .

    Binding

    Two wooden boards, spine and half of the outer boards are covered with leather; boards covered with paper from the inside.

    Sewing Stations

    4

    Binding material

    wood

    Layout

    Layout note 1

    Number of columns: 1

    Number of lines: 17

    Ruling
    • Ruling is partly visible
    Pricking
    • Pricking is visible

    Palaeography

  1. Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Script of the fifteenth century, angular and with triangular, rounded loops.

    Ink: Black, red.

    Rubrication: titles, incipits and halleluja.

    According to Marrassini 1984a possibility of various hands and certainly another hand on fols 36r–36v

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    2. Keywords

    Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    availability
    This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
    date
    type=expanded
    30.11.2023 at 09:11:40
    date
    type=lastModified
    21.2.2023
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BMLsmarco741/main
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/BMLsmarco741
    idno
    type=filename
    BMLsmarco741.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    BMLsmarco741

    Edition Statement

    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 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 S. Marco 741ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2023-02-21) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BMLsmarco741 [Accessed: 2024-05-22]

    Revisions of the data

    • Carsten Hoffmann added physical description and additions on 21.2.2023
    • Carsten Hoffmann added content description on 15.2.2023
    • 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

    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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