Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 46
Massimo Villa
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General description
Vita of ʾEwosṭātewos, Miracles of ʾEwosṭātewos, Malkǝʾ-hymn to ʾEwosṭātewos, Malkǝʾ-hymn to St Matthew, Commemorative list of disciples of ʾEwosṭātewos
Number of Text units: 13
Number of Codicological units: 1
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1400-1599 according to More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran 1449-1460 according to Carlo Conti Rossini Content Item 5 Commemorative list of disciples of ʾEwosṭātewos (CAe 4318) mentions the commemoration day of several individuals, among whom Yoḥannǝs of Dabra Bizan , who died in 1449. At the same time, it does not mention the commemoration day of other religious leaders of the second half of the 15th century.Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 2r–119r
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 2r and following
- ms_i1.2
(Fols 3r–119r
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 2r and following
- ms_i2
(Fols 119r–128v
- ms_i2.1
(Fols 119r–120r
- ms_i2.3
(Fols 121r–122r
- ms_i2.4
(Fols 122r–122v
- ms_i2.5
(Fols 122v–123v
- ms_i2.6
(Fols 124r–128v
- ms_i2.2 (Fol. 120v ), On ʾAbdabal the sinner
- ms_i2.1
(Fols 119r–120r
- ms_i3
(Fols 129r–130r
- ms_i4
(Fols 130r–131r
- ms_i5
(Fols 131r–133v
Contents
Fols 2r–119r
Secondary Bibliography , item 1
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Lusini, G. 1990. ‘Sulla tradizione manoscritta degli «Atti» di ʾĒwosṭātēwos (BHO 295 = KRZ 49)’, Quaderni Utinensi, 8/15–16 (1990), 353–365. page 354-356
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Taddesse Tamrat 1972. Church and State in Ethiopia 1270–1527, Oxford Studies in African Affairs (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972). page 206-219
Fols 2r and following
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አብ፡ ቀዳማዊ፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ይእዜ፡ ወማእከላዊ፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ማእዜ፡ ወደኀራዊ፡ እስከ፡ ይእዜ፨ አብ፡ (!) እሴብሕ፡ ዘመልዕልተ፡ ልዑላን፡ የኀድር፡ በርያም፡
Fols 3r–119r
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ገድል፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ ወብፁዕ፡ ዘአበ፡ (!) ኤዎስጣቴዎስ፡ መነኮስ፡ ዘብሔረ፡ ኢትብያ። (!) ድንግል፡ ሕሩይ፡ ወከህን፡ (!) ንጹሕ፡ ነቢይ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ወመነኮስ፡ ፍጹም። ዘእምካት፡ ወኣየድዕ፡ ዘእምቅድም፡ በእንተ፡ አብ፡ ቅዱስ፡ መንፈሳዌ፡ (!) ዐቃቤ፡ ሕጋቲሁ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ዘሐይወ፡ እምንእሱ፡ በሕገ፡ ቀኖና። ዳግማዊ፡ ሙሴ፡ ወኤልያስ፡ ሐዲስ፡ ቀናኢ፡ ላሕገ፡ (!) አምላኩ። ዳግማዊ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ዘተውህቦ፡ መራኁተ፡ መንግሥተ፡ ሰማያት። ዳግማዊ፡ ጰውሎስ፡ (!) መተሎሁ፡ (!) ላቃሌምንጦስ፡ (!)
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወዘንተ፡ ተዘኪሮሙ፡ ደቂቁ፡ ለአቡነ፡ ኤዎስጣቴዎስ። ወዘአቡሆሙኒ፡ ፍቅረ፡ ይዜከሩ፡ ወይሰቀሉ፡ በትምህርተ፡ ቃሉ። ወያፈቅሩ፡ ሰሚዓ፡ ዜና፡ ኂሩቱ፡ ወይዓቅቡ፡ (!) ሥርዓቱ፡ (!) ወይትሜነዩ፡ በዊአ፡ ውስተ፡ ርስቱ። ጸሎቶሙ፡ ወበረከቶሙ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran የሀሉ፡ ምስሌነ፡ ወበረከቱ፡ ለአቡነ፡ ኤዎስጣቴዎስ፡ ወተስፋ፡ በረከቱ፡ ይክድነነ፡ ከመ፡ ሐይመት። . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ወይሕድር፡ ላዕሌነ፡ ወውስተ፡ ማኅበርነ፡ በረከተ፡ ጸሎቱ፡ ወዘኵሎሙ፡ ደቂቁ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran በሥነ፡ ምግባሮሙ፡ ወበአሚኖቶሙ። በገድሎሙ፡ ወበትዕግሥቶሙ፡ ወበሃይማ<ኖ>ቶሙ፡ ለዓለም፡ ወለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፡ ወአሜን።
Fols 119r–128v
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ንንግርኬ፡ ንሕነኒ፡ ዘሰማዕነ፡ በከመ፡ ይቤ፡ እግዚእነ፡ በዘ፡ ነአምር፡ (!) ንነግር፡ ወበዘርኢነ፡ ሰማዕተ፡ ንከውን።
Fols 119r–120r
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ዜነዉ፡ ከመ፡ ሀሎ፡ ፩መነኮስ፡ ባዕል፡ ዘብዙኅ፡ ጥሪቱ፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወጸንዐ፡ በትምህርቱ። ወጸንዐት፡ ቤቱ፡ ፈድፋደ፡ እምዘቀዳሚ፡ ንብረቱ። ጸሎቱ፡ ወበረክቱ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ወአሜን፨
Fol. 120v On ʾAbdabal the sinner (CAe 4315 Abdabal)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወካዕበ፡ ሀሎ፡ ፩ብእሲ፡ ኃብካስ፡ ጽጉበ፡ አበ፡ (!) ዘስሙ፡ አብደበል፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz
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ወይቤ፡ ድኅንኩ፡ በጸሎተ፡
Fols 121r–122r
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወሀለወት፡ አሐቲ፡ ብእሲት፡ ወትገብር፡ ተዝካሮ፡ ለቅዱስ፡ አቡነ፡ ኤዎስጣቴዎስ። ወወፈረት፡ ምስለ፡ አዋልዲሃ፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወእምዝ፡ ሶበ፡ ፈጸመት፡ አብስሎ፡ ወትቤሎ፡ ለፀሐይ፡ ፍቱሐ፡ ኩን፡ ባጸሎተ፡ (!) ኤዎስጣቴዎስ፡ ወበጊዜሃ፡ ዐረበ፡ ፀሐይ፨
Fols 122r–122v
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ንግበእኬ፡ (!) ኀበጾተ፡ (!) ነገር፡ ወከዕበ፡ (!) ሀለወት፡ አሐቲ፡ መበለት፡ እንተ፡ ሐወት፡ በትምህርተ፡ ኤዎስጣቴዎስ፡ ወትገብር፡ ተዝከሮ፡ (!)
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወእምዝ፡ ገብኣ፡ (!) ነፍሳ፡ ውስተ፡ ሥጋሃ፡ ርእያ፡ ዛንተ፡ (!) ኵሎ፨
Fols 122v–123v
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወሀሎ፡ ከዕበ፡ (!) ፩ብእሲ፡ ቀታሌ፡ ነፍስ፡ ወሰራቂ፡ ዓዲ። ወይትአመን፡ በጸሎተ፡ ኤዎስጣቴዎስ፡ ወይገብር፡ ተዝከሮ፡ (!) ለቅዱስ፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ተውህቦ፡ ለኤዎስጣቴዎስ፡ እምኀበ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ከመ፡ ያኅድግ፡ ነፍሰ፡ እመልእክተ፡ (!) ጽ<ል>መት፡ ጸሎቱ፡ ወተንብሎቱ፡ ለቅዱስ፡ ኤዎስጣቴዎስ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስሌነ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።
Fols 124r–128v
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ንግባእኬ፡ ኀበ፡ ጥንተ፡ ነገር፡ ወበእንተ፡ እለ፡ ነገዱ፡ ኢየሩሳሌም፡ ምስለ፡ አባ፡ ኤዎስጣቴዎስ፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): መኑ፡ እመ፡ ኢያውሐዘ፡ አንብዖ፡ አላ፡ ለእመ፡ ኮነ፡ ጽኑዕ፡ ልቡ፡ ወዘአልቦ፡ ምሕረተ፡ ውስተ፡ ልቡ፡ ወዘኢኮነ፡ ክፍሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ኤዎስጣቴዎስ።
Subscription (Gǝʿǝz ): Fols 128r–128v
Fols 129r–130r
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ሰላም፡ ለከ፡ ዓምደ፡ እሳት፡ ውዑይ፡ ወነቅዐ፡ ሐሊብ፡ ጽሩይ፡ ኤዎስጣቴዎስአ፡ ዘኢትዮጵያ፡ ፀሐይ፡ ስነ፡ ጽንዕ፡ ዘመራዕይ።
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ዘንሰግድ፡ ንሕነ፡ ቅድመ፡ ፈጣሪ፡ ንዓኬ፡ ነዓ፡ ባርከነ፡ ዮስጣቴዎስ፡ ማሪ፨
Fols 130r–131r
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ሰላም፡ እብሎ፡ ለማቴዎስ፡ ነቅዐ፡ ጥበብ፡ ሰላም፡ እብል፡ ሊዋዊ፡ (!) ዘዓቢየ፡ ምግብ፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ኦማዕትብ፡ አፍሕርቲከ፡ ዘለከ፡ ሕንባብ፨
Fols 131r–133v
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ጸሐፈ፡ አባ፡ አርከሌድስ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran በወርኀ፡ መስከረም፡ አመ፡ ፯አባ፡ በርተሎሜዎስ፡ ዘመካኑ፡ ጋብል።
The incipit mentions ʾabbā role: title ʾArkaledǝs owner , possibly one and the same person as the owner of the book and the author of the text.Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): በጰጕሜን፡ (!) አመ፡ ፫አበ፡ (!) ዮሐንስ፡ ዘደብረ፡ ማኅፍድ፡ ኑኃ፡ ጽሕሙ፡ ፫፡ እመት፡ ወስዝር፡ በ፴ዕለት፡ ዓጸደ፡ ወይን፡ ዘየአር<ር>፡ ትንብልኖሆሙ፡ (!) ይኩነነ፡ ኀፁረ፡ ለዓለም፡ አሜ<ን።>
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( gez ) ዛቲ፡ መጽሕፍ፡ (!) ዘአባ፡ አርከሌድስ፡ ከመ፡ ትኵኖ፡ (!) መርሕ፡ ወጽንዕ፡ ምስለ፡ ደቂቁ፡ በጸሎተ፡ አቡሆሙ፡ ኤዎስጣቴዎስ።
The note mentions ʾabbā role: title ʾArkaledǝs owner as the owner of the book. -
Fol. 131r (Type: ScribalSupplication)
( gez ) ጸሐፈ፡ አባ፡ አርከሌድስ፡ ዘበትርጓሜሁ፡ ዓርከ፡ ሥሉሥ፡ ብሂል፡ በዘ፡ ይትገበር፡ ተዝካረ፡ አበዊሁ፡ ከመ፡ ይሕድር፡ ወያዕርፍ፡ በረከቶሙ፡ ላዕሌሁ፡ ወላዕለ፡ ደቂቁ፨ ወዲበ፡ መኅበሩ፡ (!)
The note mentions ʾabbā role: title ʾArkaledǝs scribe as the scribe. -
Fol. 134r (Type: Exhortation)
( gez ) ይቁም፡ ተዝከረ፡ (!) አበዊነ፡ አባ፡ (!) ኤዎስታቴዎስ፡ (!) ወኣባ፡ (!) አብሳዲ፡ ወአባ፡ ሊቂኖስ። (!) ወኢይበሉ፡ አነ፡ ይቅድመኒ፡ (!) ቤተ፡ (!) ዳእሙ፡ ዕሩየ፡ ይኩን፡ ዕሩየ፡ ፩ቃል፡ ወ፩ነገር፡ ግበሩ፡ ተዝካሮሙ፡ ወኢትትጋአዙ፡ በበይናቲክሙ። አባ፡ ሊቃኖስ፡ እም፩ለጥር፡ እመሂ፡ ዘሌለየ፡ ይኩን፡ ውጉዘ፡ በአፈ፡ ፲ወ፪ሐዋርያት፡ ወበአፈ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ አበዊነ፡ ውጉዘ፡ ለይኩን። ወዘደምሰሰ፡ ይኩን፡ ውጉዘ፡ በአፈ፡ ኵሎሙ ቅዱሳን፡ አበዊነ።
The note exhortates to commemorate ʾEwosṭātewos , ʾAbsādi , and Liqānos . It concludes with a condemnation against those who delete the book.
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The shelfmark of the Vatican Library ( ) 46is written in a 18th-century hand.
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The title of the book ( it ) Miracoli S"ant"o Onofriowas erroneously written by Felice Contelori and deleted. The title ( la ) Martyrium S. Eustatii Monaci Aethiopis, ( it ) Fra Gio"vanni" Michele Vansleben Dome"nica"no were written by Johann-Michael Wansleben .
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .
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Fol. 1r
Crude image of ʾEwosṭātewos, Bakimos and Cosmas, coloured in red, yellow and dark ink. The legend on the upper margin of the image states: Legend: ( gez ) ሥዕላ፡ (!) አባ፡ ኤዎስጣቴዎስ፡ ምስላ፡ (!) ደቂቁ፡ ዘከመ፡ ዐደዉ፡ ባሕረ፡ ኢያሪኮ።; the legend on the right side states Legend: ( gez ) ሥዕላ፡ (!) ቆዝሞስ፡; the one on the left side states Legend: ( gez ) ሥዕለ፡ ባኪሞስ፡ (!) and Legend: ( gez ) ሥዕለ፡ ዓፅፍ፡; the one on the lower margin states Legend: ( gez ) ዐጽፍ፡ and Legend: ( gez ) እሳት፡. The legend next to the cross states Legend: ( gez ) ግርምት፡ መስቀል፡; that on the right margin states Legend: ( gez ) እሳት፡ ውስጠ፡.
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 194-199
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 93mm |
Width | 82mm |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | A | 4 | i-iv | |
2 | 1 | 2 | ||
3 | 2 | 8 | ||
4 | 3 | 8 | ||
5 | 4 | 8 | ||
6 | 5 | 8 | ||
7 | 6 | 8 | ||
8 | 7 | 8 | ||
9 | 8 | 8 | ||
10 | 9 | 8 | ||
11 | 10 | 8 | ||
12 | 11 | 8 | ||
13 | 12 | 8 | ||
14 | 13 | 8 | ||
15 | 14 | 8 | ||
16 | 15 | 8 | ||
17 | 16 | 7 | ||
18 | 17 | 8 | ||
19 | 18 | 7 |
It is unfortunately not possible with the information provided to print the collation diagrams and formula.
- Quire with id:q17 and n 16 is made of 7 leaves, but there is no futher information about the reason this number is odd.
- Quire with id:q19 and n 18 is made of 7 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; buckles.
Binding material
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of lines: 13-16
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Ink: Black, red
Rubrication: Initial lines on the incipit pages of the texts, Ethiopic numbers.
Date: 15th century
Ethiopic:
15th century Some palaeographic features: ሎ has the loop marking the 7th order attached directly to the body of the letter, without the linking line; መ, ሠ, ቆ, ቶ, ዐ, የ, ደ, ጸ have angular shapes; the left stroke of በ and ዘ is slanted. The handwriting displays features of transition between the 15th-century script to the 16th-century script, cp. Conti Rossini 1912a. More hands were involved in the writing.Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
Use the tag BetMas:BAVet46 in your public hypothes.is annotations which refer to this entity.