Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 154
Dorothea Reule
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Psalter, list of the feasts of the apostles
Number of Text units: 34
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1700-1899 (dating on palaeographic grounds)
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
(check the viewerFols 2r–160r ),
Psalter
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 2r–122r ), Mazmura Dāwit
- ms_i1.2
(check the viewerFols 122v–135r ),
Book of Odes
- ms_i1.2.1 (check the viewerFols 122v–123v ), The Prayer of Moses
- ms_i1.2.2 (check the viewerFols 123v–124v ), Second Prayer of Moses
- ms_i1.2.3 (check the viewerFols 124v–126v ), The Third Prayer of Moses
- ms_i1.2.4 (check the viewerFols 126v–127r ), The Prayer of Hannah, mother of Samuel the Prophet
- ms_i1.2.5 (check the viewerFols 127r–128r ), The Prayer of Hezekiah, King of Judah
- ms_i1.2.6 (check the viewerFols 128r–129r ), The Prayer of Manasseh
- ms_i1.2.7 (check the viewerFols 129r–129v ), The Prayer of Jonah
- ms_i1.2.8 (check the viewerFols 129v–130v ), Ṣalota Dānǝʾel nabiy sǝbḥat za-ʾǝm-ʾAzāryā
- ms_i1.2.9 (check the viewerFols 130v–131r ), Ṣalota śalastu daqiq
- ms_i1.2.10 (check the viewerFols 131r–132r ), Third Song of the Three Youths in the Furnace
- ms_i1.2.11 (check the viewerFols 132r–133r ), Ṣalota ʿƎnbāqom nabiyy
- ms_i1.2.12 (check the viewerFols 133v–134r ), Song of Isaiah
- ms_i1.2.13 (check the viewerFols 134r–134v ), Magnificat
- ms_i1.2.14 (check the viewerFols 134r–135r ), Song of Zachariah
- ms_i1.2.15 (check the viewerFol. 135r ), Now you dismiss
- ms_i1.3
(check the viewerFols 135v–142r ),
Song of Songs
- ms_i1.3.1 (), Song of Songs, First Canticle (Song 1:1 - 2:7)
- ms_i1.3.2 (), Song of Songs, Second Canticle (Song 2:8 - 3:5)
- ms_i1.3.3 (), Song of Songs, Third Canticle (Song 3:6 - 5:8)
- ms_i1.3.4 (), Song of Songs, Fourth Canticle (Song 5:9 - 8:4)
- ms_i1.3.5 (), Song of Songs, Fifth Canticle (Song 5:5 - 14)
- ms_i1.4
(check the viewerFols 142r–154r ),
- ms_i1.4.1 (check the viewerFols 142r–143v ), Wǝddāse Māryām for Monday
- ms_i1.4.2 (check the viewerFols 143v–146r ), Wǝddāse Māryām for Tuesday
- ms_i1.4.3 (check the viewerFols 146r–148r ), Wǝddāse Māryām for Wednesday
- ms_i1.4.4 (check the viewerFols 148r–150r ), Wǝddāse Māryām for Thursday
- ms_i1.4.5 (check the viewerFols 150r–151v ), Wǝddāse Māryām for Friday
- ms_i1.4.6 (check the viewerFols 151v–153r ), Wǝddāse Māryām for Saturday
- ms_i1.4.7 (check the viewerFols 153r–154r ), Wǝddāse Māryām, Hymn to Our Lady Mary
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 154r–160r ), ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān
- ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 160r–160v ), Calendar of the feasts of the apostles
Contents
check the viewerFols 2r–160r Psalter (CAe 2701)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 2r–122r Mazmura Dāwit (CAe 2000) The psalms are numbered and have titles, the lines are not numbered (this is the most likely interpretation of the catalogue’s statement ‘omissis vero versuum rationibus’).
check the viewerFols 135v–142r Song of Songs (CAe 2362) The five sections are divided only by a doxology.
check the viewerFols 142r–154r
check the viewerFols 148r–150r Wǝddāse Māryām for Thursday (CAe 2509 Thursday) The weekday might not be noted in the manuscript.
check the viewerFols 150r–151v Wǝddāse Māryām for Friday (CAe 2509 Friday) The weekday might not be noted in the manuscript.
check the viewerFols 154r–160r ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān (CAe 1113)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz
):ንጽሕፍ፡ ዝክረ፡ ውዳሴሃ፡ ለእግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም<፡> ወላዲተ፡
check the viewerFols 160r–160v Calendar of the feasts of the apostles
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሠረ(- - -) (ቀ፡) ፩ መስከረ(- - -) (ም፡) ፩ ወ፩ በረተሎሜ(- - -) (ዎስ፡) በ፲፡ ጼዴንያ፡ ሠ(- - -) (ረቀ፡) ጥቅም(- - -) (ት፡) በ፲ወ፪፡ ሉቃ(- - -) (ስ፡)
The end of the text has been washed away.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 595–596
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 | 152mm |
Width | 141mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
Binding
Two wooden boards repaired with string. A piece of leather covers the spine and the textblock and forms check the viewerfols. 1, and check the viewer162 (the latter folio indication might possibly be an error by the catalogue, as the total number of folios it indicates is 161).
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Ink: Black, red.
Rubrication: Titles and holy names.
Date: 1700-1899
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