Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. Borg. et. 9
Augustine Dickinson
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General description
Ṭabiba ṭabibān, Malkǝʾa masqal, Tǝmḥǝrta ḫǝbuʿāt, Miracles of ʾƎwosṭātewos
Number of Text units: 9
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1600-1799
Provenance
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 5r–34r
- ms_i2
(Fols 34v–44v
- ms_i3
(Fols 44v–53r
- ms_i4
(Fols 53v–64v
- ms_i4.1
(Fols 53v–54v
- ms_i4.3
(Fols 54v–58v
- ms_i4.4
(Fols 58v–64v
- ms_i4.2 (Fol. 54v ), Hymn to ʾEwosṭātewos
- ms_i4.1
(Fols 53v–54v
- ms_i5 (check the viewerFols 64v–72r ), Saʾali lana Māryām saʾali lana Māryām ḫaba waldǝki ḫer madhane ʿālam
Contents
Fols 5r–34r
Language of text:
Divided according to the seven days of the week: Monday (check the viewerfols. 5r, ), Tuesday (check the viewer10r, ), Wednesday (check the viewer14r, ), Thursday (check the viewer19r, ), Friday (check the viewer23r, ), Saturday (check the viewer27r, ), Sunday (check the viewer31r )Fols 53v–64v
Language of text:
Fols 53v–54v
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):መንክራቲከ፡ ሰማዕነ፡ እንዘ፡ ትገብር፡ <በ>አርማንያ፨ መካነ፡ ኤዎስጣቴዎስ፡ ተአምር፡ በኢትዮጵያ፡
Fols 54v–58v
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):እምብዙኅ፡ ተአምሪከ፡ ዕዜኑ፡ አሐተ፡ ኤዎስጣቴዎስ፡ ዘትገብር፨ ዓበይተ፡ ኃይላተ፡ መኰንን፡ ዝኁር፨ ሶበ፡ ፈቀደ፡ ነሢተ፡ መቃብሪከ፡ ክብርተ፨
Fols 58v–64v
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ኤዎስጣቴዎስ፡ መካህ፡ ተረፈ፡ ቈስጠንጢኖስ፡ ወልደ፡ እሌኒ፨ ሰአለቶ፡ ኢትዮጵያ፡ በንባበ፡ ቃልከ፡ ማኅዘኒ፨ አባ፡ አቡየ፡ ባርከኒ፨ ኢትኅድገኒ፡ ወኢትመን<ነ>ኒ፨ እስመ<፡> ለባርኮ፡ በትረ፡ መስቀልከ፡ ሀበኒ፨
check the viewerFols 64v–72r Saʾali lana Māryām saʾali lana Māryām ḫaba waldǝki ḫer madhane ʿālam (CAe 4960)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz
):
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):እስመ፡ እምኔኪ፡ ተወልደ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ስብሐት፨ ማርያም፡ ስብሕት፡ ወቡርክት፨ ሃሌ፡ ሉያ፡ መላእክት፡ ወሰብእ፡ ወእንስሳ፡ ምድር፨ አዕዋፈ፡ ሰማይ፡ ወዓሣተ፡ ባሕር፨ ይሴብሑኪ፡ ድንግል፡ በማኅበር፨ ሃሌ፡ ሉያ፡ ማርያም፡ አጽምዒ፡ ለኃይልኪ፡ ድምዖ፨ ለፀርነ፡ ዘልፈ፡ ዘየዓቅፆ፨ እስመ፡ አብዝኃ፡ ትዕግልተ፡ ወዓምፆ፨ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ በዝ<፡> ቃልኪ፡ አድንኒ፤ ወሠውሪ፡ እመከራ፡ ደዌ፡ ወእምገሃነመ፡ እሳት፤ ለገብብ (!) ብ (!) (!)ርኪ፤
Additions In this unit there are in total 3 s, 1 , 1 .
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check the viewerFols. 1v, 4r (Type: GuestText)
Register of the Church feasts for the entire year (CAe 6011)
( gez ) ሥረቀ፡ መስከረም፡ በ፲ጽንዕት፡ ወዘተረፈ፡ ጽንጽንት፨ በጳጕሜ<ን>፡ በ፫ጽንዕት፡ በ፫ጽንጽንት፨
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check the viewerFols 2r–3r (Type: GuestText)
Prayers in the form of a litany
( gez )
በእንተ፡ ሥላሴከ፨ እግዚኦ፡ ተሣሃለነ፨ በእንተ፡ ማርያም፡ እምከ፨ እግዚኦ፡ ተሣሃለነ፨ በእንተ፡ ማኅፀና፡ ዘጾረከ፨ እግዚኦ፡ ተሣሃለነ፨ በእንተ፡ ትስብእትከ፡ እግዚኦ፡ ተሣሃለነ፨ በእንተ፡ ሥላሴከ፨ እግዚኦ፡ ተሣሃለነ፨ በእንተ፡ ማርያም፡ እምከ፨ እግዚኦ፡ ተሣሃለነ፨ በእንተ፡ ማኅፀና፡ ዘጾራከ፨ እግዚኦ፡ ተሣሃለነ፨ በእንተ፡ ትስብእትከ፡ እግዚኦ፡ ተሣሃለነ፨ (!) (!)በእንተ፡ ትንሣኤከ፡ እግዚኦ፡ ተሣሃለነ። በእንተ፡ ዕርገትከ፡ እግዚኦ፡ ተሣሃለነ። በእንተ፡ ምጽዓትከ፡ እግዚኦ፡ ተሣሃለነ። በእንተ፡ ሥጋከ በእንተ፡ ትንሣኤከ፡ እግዚኦ፡ ተሣሃለነ። በ፡እንተ፡ ፅርገትከ፡ እግዚኦ፡ ተሣሃለነ። በእንተ፡ ምጽዓትከ፡ እግዚኦ፡ ተሣሃለነ። በእንተ፡ ሥጋከ ወደምከ፡ እግዚኦ፡ ተሣሃለነ። (!) (!)፡ ወደምከ፡ እግዚኦ፡ ተሣሃለነ። -
check the viewerFol. 3v (Type: OwnershipNote)
A note, part of which is lost, indicating that the manuscript belonged to Gabra Giyorgis owner .
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check the viewerFol. 72v (Type: GuestText)
A fragment of the Passion of Christ
( gez )
ወከመ፡ ጢስ፡ ዘይወጽእ፡ እመሣክው፡ ከማሁ፡ ብዙህ፡ ህማማት፡ ወጽአ፡ እምላዕለ ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ተእህዘ፡ ሐመ፡ ተኰርዓ፡ ዘባኖ፡ ተዘብጠ፡ ወህየንተ፡ ማይ፡ ሀሞተ፡ ሰትየ፡ -
check the viewerFol. 72v (Type: Supplication)
A petition for God to bless the pen of Gabra Giyorgis owner like the pens of Enoch and Elijah.
Text in Gǝʿǝz
አሰንያ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ለዛቲ፡ ብርዕ፡ ከመ፡ ብርዓ፡ ሄኖክ፡ ወኤልያስ፡ ጸሐፍያነ፡ ትዕዛዙ፡ ለፈጣሪ፡ ጸሐፊሃ፡ ገብረ፡ ጊዮርጊስ አሰንያ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ለዛቲ፡ ብርዕ፡ ከመ፡ ብርዓ፡ ሄኖክ፡ ወኤልያስ፡ ጸሐፍያነ፡ ትዕዛዙ፡ ለፈጠሪ፡ ጸሐፊሃ፡ ገብረ፡ ጊዮርጊስ (!) (!)።
Extras
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The word ሠረቀ፡ is written at the bottom right of the folio.
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check the viewerFols. 5r, 10r, 14r, 19r, 23r, 27r, 31r
The days of the week have been written in the upper margin, dividing the first item into seven parts.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .
Other Decorations
- drawing:
check the viewerFol. 74r
A crude drawing of a man and a bird in black ink.
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 798-802
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 92mm |
Width | 93mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | A | 4 |
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2 | 1 | 8 |
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3 | 2 | 8 |
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4 | 3 | 8 |
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5 | 4 | 8 |
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6 | 5 | 8 |
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7 | 6 | 8 |
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8 | 7 | 8 |
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9 | 8 | 8 |
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10 | 9 | 6 |
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Collation diagrams
Quire ID:q1, number:A
Quire ID:q2, number:1
Quire ID:q3, number:2
Quire ID:q4, number:3
Quire ID:q5, number:4
Quire ID:q6, number:5
Quire ID:q7, number:6
Quire ID:q8, number:7
Quire ID:q9, number:8
Quire ID:q10, number:9
Ethio-SPaRe formula : A(4/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (4), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (6),
Formula 2: 1 (4), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (6),
Binding
Two wooden boards with a tooled leather quarter cover.
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 11-13
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Ink: Black, red
Rubrication: Titles, holy names, and the first two letters of each stanza
Hand 2
Script: Ethiopic
Ink: Black
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