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Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 38

Massimo Villa

This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography

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General description

Gospel of Luke, Gospel of John

Number of Text units: 4

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Original Location:

1542 According to Colophon 1 , item 2 , the book was completed in 1542.

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (Fols 1ra–168ra

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    ), Wangel za-Luqās
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      ), Wangel za-Luqās, Tituli of the Gospel of Luke
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    ), Gospel of John
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      ), Gospel of John, Tituli of the Gospel of John

Contents

Fols 1ra–168ra

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Wangel za-Luqās (CAe 1812)
Fols 165ra–168ra

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Wangel za-Luqās, Tituli of the Gospel of Luke (CAe 1812 TituliLuke)
Fols 169ra–303vb

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Gospel of John (CAe 1693)

Colophon

Fols 304ra–0308

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በአኰተተ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ተጽሕፈት፡ ዛቲ፡ ወንጌለ፡ መንግሥት፡ እንተ፡ ትነግር፡ ትስብእቶ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ወአንሶስወቶ፡ (!) ዲበ፡ ምድር፡ እንዘ፡ ይገብር፡ ተአምራተ፡ ወመንክራተ፡ ሞቶ፡ ወተንሥኦቶ፡ ወዕርገቶ፡ ውስተ፡ ስማያት፡ (!) በመካነ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ወበመቅደስ፡ (!) ማርያም፡ በሀገረ፡ ምስር፡ ዘደወለ፡ ቃህራ፡ ዘስማ፡ ሀርዘዌላ፡ ማቴዎስ፡ ወንጌላዊ፡ በ፮፻፡ ወ፭፻፡ ፸፡ ወ፰፡ ዓመተ፡ ምሕረት፡ ወበቀመርሂ፡ እምነ፡ አሐዱ፡ ቀመር፡ በ፻፺ወ፫፡ ወእንዘ፡ ክቡር፡ ሊቀ፡ ጰጰስነ፡ (!) አባ፡ ገብርኤል፡ ወንጉሥነ፡ ልብነ፡ ድንግል፡ ዘተስምየ፡ በጸጋ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ቈስጠንጢኖስ፡ ወተፍጸሚቱስ፡ (!) በመዋዕለ፡ ማርቆስ፡ ወንጌላዊ፡ በ፷፻፡ ወ፭፻፡ ፸፡ ወ፰፡ ዓመተ፡ ምሕረት፡ ወበቀመርሂ፡ በ፻፺፡ ወ፬፡ በወርኀ፡ ጥቅምት፡ አመ፡ አሰሩ፡ ወሠሉሱ፡ በሠርቀ፡ ሌሊት፡ እምተሡኡ፡ ለመዓልት፡ በእለተ፡ ተዝካሮሙ፡ ለዳዊት፡ ንጉሥ፡ ወለእስጢፋኖስ፡ ወልደ፡ ፋሲለደስ፡ ሰማዕት፡ ወስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ወለወላዲቱ፡ ቅድስት፡ ድንግ<ል>፡ ማርያም፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፨ = ፨ ዘጸሐፍክዋ፡ ለዘቲ፡ (!) መጽሐፈ፡ ሕይወት፡ አነ፡ ገለወዴዎስ፡ (!) ነጋዲ፡ ዘኢየሩሳሌም፡ ወልደ፡ ሳሙኤል፡ ገዳማዊ፡ ሠርፀ፡ ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ብእሴ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ መስተጋድል፡ ጸድቅ፡ (!) ወኄር፡ መምህር፡ ዘኢትዮጵያ፡ ተአሚንየ፡ ከመ፡ ይኩነኒ፡ ምክሐ፡ ዲበ፡ ምድር፡ ወመርሐ፡ በሰማያት፨ ለዘ፡ ጸሐፋ፡ ለዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ለይጽሐፍ፡ ስሞ፡ በመንግሥተ፡ ሰማያት፡ ውስተ፡ ክነፊሆሙ፡ ለ፬፡ እንስሳ፡ ሰብአዊት፡ (!) ወይክፍሎ፡ ድርገተ፡ ምስለ፡ ነቢያት፡ ወሐዋርያት፡ ወምስለ፡ ጸድቃን፡ (!) ወስማዕት፡ (!) ወምስለ፡ ሥዩማን፡ ካህናት፡ ወምስለ፡ ፍጹማን፡ መነኮሳት፡ ወያስምዖ፡ ቃለ፡ ማኅሌት፡ ዘሕፃናት፡ ወያብኦ፡ ሀገረ፡ ብርህተ፡ ብርህፈ፡ (!) (!)corrected by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ እስከ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፨ ወአሜን። ለይኵን፨ (!) ለይኵን፨ (!) ለይኵን፨ = ፨ = ፨ (!)

The colophon states that the book was written in the monastery of St George, in the church of Mary, in the city of Harzawelā↗ or Harat-Zuwaylah in the area of Qāhǝrā↗ in Mǝsr↗ . The book was written in the year of mercy 6577, or year193 of the 532-year cycle, that was a year of Matthew (i.e., 1541 AD), under the patriarchate of ʾabbā role: title Gabriel and the reign of ʾaṣe role: title Lǝbna Dǝngǝl (who had actually died in 1540). Cp. also Uhlig 1988. The book was completed in the year of mercy 6578, or year 194 of the 532-year cycle, year of Mark (i.e., 1542 AD), in the 13th day of ṭǝqǝmt, day of the commemoration of David and Stephen, son of Fāsiladas the martyr . The colophon also states that the scribe was Galawdewos scribe , pilgrim from Jerusalem↗ , spiritual son of Sāmuʾel the hermit . The colophon concludes with a supplication for the scribe.

Fols 303ra–303vb

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Gospel of John, Tituli of the Gospel of John (CAe 1693 TituliJohn)

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 .

  1. Fols 306va–306vb

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    (Type: PurchaseNote)

    ( gez ) ዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘተሰየጠ፡ (!) ምክሐ፡ ማርያም፡ ለ፷መአየድ፡ ወሰየጢሀኒ፡ (!) አባ፡ ሰሙኤል፡ (!) በቅድመ፡ ነገድያን፡ (!) በሐረተ፡ ዝዌላ፡ ዘተናገሮ፡ አው፡ ዘከሰሶ፡ አው፡ ዘተዐደዎ፡ ውጉዘ፡ ለይኩን፡ በአፈ፡ ፲ው፭፡ (!) ወበአፈ፡ ፲ወ፪፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ወበአፉሃ፡ ለእግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡ ወበአፈ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ውጉዝ፡ ለይኩን፡ ለዓለም፡ አሜን።

    The note states that the book was purchased by Mǝkḥa Māryām owner from ʾabbā role: title Sāmuʾel for 60 madin in Harata Zǝwelā↗ . The note conclude with an excommunication against those who erase or steal the book.

  2. Fol. 307ra (Type: OwnershipNote)

    ( gez ) ዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ። (!) ዘምክሃ፡ ማርያም፡ ወልደ፡ አቡነ፡ ኤዎስጣቴዎስ፡ ደብረ፡ ማርያም፡

    The note states that the book belongs to Mǝkḥa Māryām owner , spiritual son of ʾEwosṭātewos of Dabra Māryām↗ .

Extras

  1. The shelfmark of the Vatican Library ( la ) Vat. | 38 | Aethiop. is written on the cover, together with the coat of arms of pope Pius IX .

  2. Fol. Ir

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    The title of the book ( la ) euang"elium" s Marci s. Iohannis f. 167 and the shelfmark of the Vatican Library ( ) 38 are written in a 18th-century hand.

Decoration In this unit there are in total 2 .

Other Decorations

  1. ornamentation: Fol. 1r

    Coloured ornamentation at the beginning of Content Item 1 Wangel za-Luqās (CAe 1812) . The words ΣΥΝ ΘΕΩ are added to the ornamentation.

  2. ornamentation: Fol. 169r

    Coloured ornamentation at the beginning of Content Item 2 Gospel of John (CAe 1693) .

Catalogue Bibliography

  • 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 174-176
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Physical Description

Form of support

Paper Codex

Watermark

No

Extent

+NaN (leaf) , Entered as 310 (I + 309) +NaN (quire) , Entered as 21 (A + 20) 7 (leaf, blank) : Entered as 7 check the viewerFolss. Iv, 168v, check the viewerFols 307v–309v 123 105
Outer dimensions
Height 123mm
Width 105mm

Foliation

Quire Structure Collation

Signatures:

Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 A 1 fol. I s.l. 1, no stub
2 1 16 Fols 1r–16v
3 2 16 Fols 17r–32v
4 3 12 Fols 33r–44v
5 4 12 Fols 45r–56v
6 5 16 Fols 57r–72v
7 6 16 Fols 73r–88v
8 7 16 Fols 89r–104v
9 8 16 Fols 105r–120v
10 9 16 Fols 121r–136v
11 10 16 Fols 137r–152v
12 11 16 Fols 153r–168v
13 12 16 Fols 169r–184v
14 13 16 Fols 185r–200v
15 14 16 Fols 201r–216v
16 15 16 Fols 217r–232v
17 16 16 Fols 233r–248v
18 17 16 Fols 249r–264v
19 18 16 Fols 265r–280v
20 19 16 Fols 281r–296v
21 20 13 Fols 297r–309v

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  • 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:q21 and n 20 is made of 13 leaves, but there is no futher information about the reason this number is odd.

State of preservation

good

Condition

Binding

Two covers of red leather.

Binding material

leather

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 13

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Written in a fine 16th-century script

    Ink: Black, red

    Rubrication: Number of the sections; elements of the punctuation signs; cruces ansatae.

    Date: Mid-16th century

    Mid-16th century Some palaeographical features: ቆ, ቶ, ዐ, የ, ደ, ጸ are of angular shape; ሎ has the loop marking the 7th order with the linking line (cp. Uhlig 1988); the crux ansata is used in the intercolumn for ornamental purposes (cp. Uhlig 1988).

      • Publication Statement

      authority
      Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
      pubPlace
      Hamburg
      publisher
      Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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      date
      2017-01-05T07:37:37.552+02:00
      date
      type=expanded
      23.8.2024 at 09:57:17
      date
      type=lastModified
      5.1.2017
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      type=collection
      manuscripts
      idno
      type=url
      https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BAVet38/main
      idno
      type=URI
      https://betamasaheft.eu/BAVet38
      idno
      type=filename
      BAVet38.xml
      idno
      type=ID
      BAVet38

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    Massimo Villa, ʻVatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 38 (encoded from the catalogue)ʼ, in Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2017-01-05) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BAVet38 [Accessed: 2024-11-21]

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    Revision history

    • Massimo Villa Created catalogue entry on 5.1.2017
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    Attribution of the content

    Alessandro Bausi, general editor

    Massimo Villa, editor

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