Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 145
Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Dated
General description
Book of Sirach
Number of Text units: 1
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
The colophon states that the manuscript was completed in 1912 (internal-date) . It was donated by Gabra Śǝllāse donor to the church Fārṭā ʾAdiko Gabrǝʾel↗ . The same person and church are also mentioned in Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 120.
Provenance
According to the account on the manuscripts’ provenance given by Tisserant, this manuscript is among those acquired by Sylvain Grébaut owner in ʾAddis ʾAbabā↗ in 1925 with funds of Jean Saint . The manuscripts originated from Šawā (ʾAddis ʾAbabā, Dabra Libānos, Dabra Bǝrhan), Goǧǧām (Dimā Giyorgis, Marṭula Māryām, Dabra Warq) and Bagemdǝr (Gondar, ʾAzazo Takla Hāymānot) and very few from Tǝgrāy.
Acquisition
The manuscript entered the library on 18 April 1928.
Summary
- ms_i1 (), Book of Sirach
Contents
Book of Sirach (CAe 2358)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ዘኢያሱ፡ ሲራክ፡ ትምህርተ፡ ጥበብ፡ ወቃል፡ ተግሣጽ፡ ጸሐፍኩ፤ ውስተ፡ ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ አነ፡ ኢያሱ፡ ሲራክ፡ ወልደ፡ አልዓዛር፡ ዘኢየሩሳሌም፡ ለኵላ፡ ጥበብ፡ እምኀበ<፡> አግዚአብሔር፡ ይእቲ።
Colophon
ተፈጸመ፡ በዝየ፡ ጥበ
ቢሁ፡ ለኢያሱ፡ ወልደ፡
ሲራክ። ዘተጽሕፈ።
በ፲፻ወ፱፻ወ፬ቱ፡
ዓመተ፡ ምሕረት፡
በዘመነ፡ ዮሐንስ፡
በወርኃ፡ ግንቦት፡
አመ፡ ፮ሱ፡
በጊዜ፡ ፲
ሰአት፡ ሌሊቱኒ፡ ፳
ወ፫
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 .
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check the viewerpp. 74v (Type: OwnershipNote)
Ownership note stating the name of the donor, Gabra Śǝllāse , and of members of his family.
( gez ) ዝመጽሐፍ፡ በጌምድርዘበጌምድር፡ዘለጌምድር፡ (!) ↗ ፋርጣ፡ ዓዲኮ፡ ገብርኤል፡↗ ዘወሀቦ፡ ገብረ፡ ሥላሴ፡ donor ወልደ፡ ለአልታስብ፡ ወርቄ፡ ወልደ፡ ሚካኤል፡ ባለ፡ ዝንቱ፡ መ
ካን፡ ዓዲኮ፡ ወስመ፡ እኁሁ፡ ወልደ፡ ጊዮርስ፡ ወ
እሙ፡ ወለተ፡ ገብርኤል፡ ከመ፡ ይኩኖሞ፡ ተዝ
ካረ፡ እስከ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም። -
check the viewerpp. 5r (Type: Unclear)
According to the catalogue, this note alludes to the ownership note.
( am ) ፯ተኛው፡ ጥራዝ፡ <የ>ሚፈጽም፡ ደብዳቤውን፡ ፈልጎ፡
Extras
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check the viewerpps. 2r, 3v, 4v
Pen trials.
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 563–564
Secondary Bibliography
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Grébaut, S. and E. Tisserant 1936. Bybliothecae apostolicae Vaticanae codices manu scripti recensiti iussu Pii XI Pontificis maximi. Codices Aethiopici Vaticani et Borgiani, Barberinianus orientalis 2, Rossianus 865, II: Prolegomena, Indices, Tabulae (Città del Vaticano: In Bybliotheca Vaticana, 1936). page 20
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 172mm |
Width | 110mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | A | 4 |
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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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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
Ethio-SPaRe formula : A(4/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (4), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10),
Formula 2: 1 (4), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10),
Binding
Two wooden boards.
Binding material
wood
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 23
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Ink: Black, red.
Rubrication: Titles.
Date: 1912
Mediocre (the catalogue description ‘mediocriter exaratum’ refers to the codex as a whole, but might be assumed to mainly describe the hand). 1912Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
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