Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth.107
Massimo Villa
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General description
Four Gospels
Number of Text units: 12
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Summary
- ms_i1
(check the viewerFols 1r–259v ),
Four Gospels
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 3r–39v ), Gospel of Matthew
- ms_i1.2
(check the viewerFols 40r–59v ),
Gospel of Mark
- ms_i1.2.1 (check the viewerFols 40 and following ), Wangel za-Mārqos, Tituli of the Gospel of Mark
- ms_i1.2.2 (check the viewerFols 41r–59v ), Bǝsrāta Mārqos
- ms_i1.3
(check the viewerFols 60r–95 ),
Gospel of Luke
- ms_i1.3.1 (check the viewerFols 60r–95 ), Bǝsrāta Luqās
- ms_i1.3.2 (check the viewerFol. 95 ), Wangel za-Luqās, Tituli of the Gospel of Luke
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 96r–124v ), Gospel of John
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 125r–128v ), Introduction to the Gospels
- ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFol. 128v ), On the composition of the gospel of Matthew
- ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 129r–131v ), Four Gospels, Canons of Eusebius (same as LIT1224Canons)
Contents
check the viewerFols 1r–259v Four Gospels (CAe 1560)
check the viewerFols 3r–39v Gospel of Matthew (CAe 1558) The title is:
( gez ) ብስራተ፡ ማቴዎስ፡ ሐዋርያ፡ ፩እም፲ወ፪ሐዋርያት፡ ጸሎቱ፡ ወበረከቱ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁሩ።
. The text is followed by a note of composition of the gospel on check the viewerfol. 39v :( gez ) መልአ፡ ብስራተ፡ መቴዎስ፡ (!) ሐዋርያ፨ ወኮነ፡ ጸሐፎ፡ በምድረ፡ ፍልስጥኤም፡ በአስተሐምሞ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፨ እብራይስጣዌ፨ ዘበአጶርግዮ፡ (!) ለኀበ፡ ሰማይ፡ በ፰ዓመት፡ ወበቀዳሚት፡ ዓም፡ ዘእቀላውዴዎን፡ (!) ቄሣር፡ ንጉሠ፡ ሮም፨ ወስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓ፨ ለ፨ ም፨ አ፨ ሜ፨ ን፨
.check the viewerFols 40r–59v Gospel of Mark (CAe 1882)
check the viewerFols 40 and following Wangel za-Mārqos, Tituli of the Gospel of Mark (CAe 1882 TituliMark)
check the viewerFols 41r–59v Bǝsrāta Mārqos (CAe 2711) The text is followed by a note of composition of the gospel on check the viewerfol. 59v :
( gez ) ተፈጸመ፡ ብሥራተ፡ ማርቆስ፡ ሐዋርያ፤ እንተ፡ ጸሐፎ፡ በልሳነ፡ እምድኅረ፡ ዕርገቱ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፨ በሥጋ፡ ውስተ፡ ሰማይ፨ በ፲ወ፩ዓመት፨ ወበራብዕት፡ ዓመተ፡ መንግሥቱ፡ ለቀላውዴዎስ፡ ቄሣር፨ ሎቱ፡ ስብሐት፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፨
.check the viewerFols 60r–95 Gospel of Luke (CAe 1812)
check the viewerFols 60r–95 Bǝsrāta Luqās (CAe 2713) The text is followed by a note of composition of the gospel on check the viewerfol. 95 :
( gez )
መልዓ፡ ብስራተ፡
check the viewerFols 96r–124v Gospel of John (CAe 1693) The name of the owner, Walda Tǝnśāʾe (perhaps the same as Walda Tǝnśāʾe owner ), is mentioned in the supplication formula in the title:
( gez ) ብስራተ፡ አብ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ትሩፍ፡ ረድዕ፡ ተናጋሪ፡ በመለኮት፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወልደ፡ ዘብዴዎስ፡ ፍቁረ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ጸሎቱ፡ ወበረከቱ፡ ወኃብተ፡ ረድኤቱ፡ የሃሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁሩ፨ ወልደ፡ ትንሣኤ፨
. The text is followed by a note of composition of the gospel on check the viewerfol. 39v :( gez ) መልአ፡ ብስራተ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወልደ፡ ዘብዴዎስ፡ ሐዋርያ፡ ፩እም፲ወ፪ሐዋርያት፡ ዘጸሐፎ፡ በዮናኒ፨ ለሰብአ፡ ኤፌሶን፨ እምድኅረ፡ እርገቱ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ በ፴ዓመት፡ ወበ፰ዓመተ፡ መንግሥቱ፡ ለኔሮን፡ ወልደ፡ አቅሎድዮስ፨ ወስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ለዓለዓመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፨
.check the viewerFols 125r–128v Introduction to the Gospels (CAe 1560 IntroductionGospels)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ንቀድም። በረድኤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር። ዘሎቱ፡ ስብሐት፡ ይትባረክ፡ ስሙ፡ ወይትለዓል፡ ዝክሩ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran በጽሒፈ፡ መቅድመ፡ ፬ወንጌላት፡ ቅዱሳት፡ ወ፲አቅማራት፡ በሰላመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አሜን፨ ወእምድኅረ፡ ዝንቱ፡ ይሤኒ፡ ዘይቅድም፡ መቅድመ፡ ነገር፡ ፍሡሕ።
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወለኵሉ፡ ዓለም፡ አእመኑ፡ በዛህን፡ ዘእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ መርሰ፡ አብዑ፡ መጥዎ፡ በእንተ፡ ኅብረተ፡ ቃላት፡ ዘቅዱሳን፡ ፬ወንጌላት፡ ተፈጸመ።
check the viewerFol. 128v On the composition of the gospel of Matthew
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አሐዱ፡ አምላክ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ መዓርገ፡ ወንጌላት፡ ወዝማሬ፡ ዘበአማን፡ በተአምራት፡ ግሁዳት፨ እምኀበ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ወመንክርራት፡ መዋዔ፡ ኵሉ፡ ልቡናት፨
The praise continuates as follows:( gez ) ወለመቴዎስሰ፡ (!) ስሙ፡ ሌዊ፡ ወትርጓሜሁ፡ ኅሩይ፨ ወውእቱ፡ እምነገደ፡ ይሳኮር፡ እምሀገረ፡ ናዝሬት፨ በስመ፡ አቡሁ፡ ዲቁ፡ ወስመ፡ እሙ፡ ኪሩትያስ፡
.Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወተቀብረ፡ በቅርጣግና፡ ዘቂሣርያ። ወለዛቲሰ፡ ብስራት፡ ተርጐማ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወልደ፡ ዘብዴዎስ፡ እልአልሳን፡ ወሰበከ፡ ባቲ፡ በህንድ፤ ወኢየሩሳሌም፡ ወስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፨
check the viewerFols 129r–131v Four Gospels, Canons of Eusebius (same as LIT1224Canons) (CAe 1560 IntroductionCanons)
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 1r (Type: DonationNote)
Donation note
( la ) Pio XI Pont. Max. d. d. Ignatius Ephr. II Rahmani Syrorum patriarcha Antioch. A. MCMXXVII
The note was written by Giovanni Mercati , prefect of the Vatican Library. According to the note, the book was donated by the Patriarch of Antioch to pope Pius XI in 1927.
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 392-395
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 314mm |
Width | 320mm |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
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Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | A | 2 |
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2 | 1 | 10 |
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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 | 4 |
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7 | 6 | 8 |
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8 | 7 | 8 |
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9 | 8 | 3 |
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10 | 9 | 8 |
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11 | 10 | 8 |
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12 | 11 | 8 |
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13 | 12 | 8 |
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14 | 13 | 4 |
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15 | 14 | 8 |
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16 | 15 | 8 |
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17 | 16 | 8 |
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18 | 17 | 5 |
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19 | 18 | 8 |
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It is unfortunately not possible with the information provided to print the collation diagrams and formula.
- Quire with id:q9 and n 8 is made of 3 leaves, but there is no futher information about the reason this number is odd.
- Quire with id:q18 and n 17 is made of 5 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 columns: 2
Number of lines: 25-26
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Written in a fine handwriting.
Ink: Black, red
Rubrication: Titles of the Gospels and of the sections; groups of two lines at the beginning of the sections.
Date: 1800-1899
1800-1899Abbreviations
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