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Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 47

Massimo Villa

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

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Collection: Aethiopici

General description

Gospel of John, Revelation of John, Sǝbḥata fǝqur, Ṣalota māḫtem, Ṣalota hāymānot

Number of Text units: 5

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Original Location:

1400-1499

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (Fols 1ra–123va

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    ), ወንጌል፡ ቅዱስ፡ ዘዜነወ፡ ዮሐንስ፡
  2. ms_i2 (Fols 124ra–189rb

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    ), ዘዮሐንስ፡ ዘቍስጥንጥንያ፡ ዘአመ፡ ሀለዎ፡ ይሰደድ፡
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    ), ስብሐተ፡ ፍቁር፡
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    ), ጸሎተ፡ ማኅተም፡
  5. ms_i5 (Fols 212va–213vb

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    ), ጸሎተ፡ ሃይማኖት፡

Contents


Fols 1ra–123va

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ወንጌል፡ ቅዱስ፡ ዘዜነወ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ (CAe 1693) Chapters (ምዕራፍ፡) are indicated till fols. 77v, . Spaces for the chapter numbers are left unfilled from the tenth chapter. The Eusebian sections are irregularly indicated in the left margin, sometimes in a secondary hand, up to fol. 88rb (section 127).

Fols 124ra–189rb

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ዘዮሐንስ፡ ኢጴስቆጳስ፡ (!) ዘቍስጥንጥንያ፡ መጥሮጰሊስ፡ (!) ዘአመ፡ ሀለዎ፡ ይሰደድ፡ (CAe 3179)

Fols 189rb–203vb

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ስብሐተ፡ ፍቁር፡ (CAe 2300)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ዝንቱ፡ ስብሐተ፡ ፍቁር፡ ዘይትመሀለሉ፡ ዘይትኀሀለሉ፡ (!) (!)corrected by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ቦቱ፡ ክርስትያን፡ (!) በጌዜ፡ (!) ምንዳቤሆሙ። ኦብእሲ፡ ክርስትያናዊ፡ (!) ክርስቶሰዊ፡ (!) ለእመ፡ ረከብከ፡ ረከብኪ፡ (!) (!)corrected by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ተማህለል፡ ቦቱ፡ በምሥዋዕ፡ ለእመ፡ በጽሐከ፡ ተሰዶ፡ ተማህለል፡ በስደትከ።

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ሃ፡ በእንተ፡ ሥጋከ፡ ለሀጥኣን፡ ዘተጠብሃ፡ ምህላነ፡ ረሲ፡ ንፁሐ። ሃ፡ በእንተ፡ ደምከ፡ በዲበ፡ ዕፅ፡ ዘተክዕወ፡ ምህላነ፡ ረሲ፡ ህልወ። በዝ፡ ሥጋከ፡ ወበዝ፡ ደምከ፡ ተማኅፀነ፡ እሊአከ፡ ምህላነ፡ ደይ፡ በሕ<ፅ>ንከ።


Fols 204ra–212rb

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ጸሎተ፡ ማኅተም፡ (CAe 4322)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): አኀትም፡ ገጽየ፡ ወገጸ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ መሃይምናን፡ በማ<ኅ>ተመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ዘይበርህ፡ እመብረቅ፡ ወይበልሕ፡ እምሰይፍ፡ ዘኢይክሉ፡ ቀሪቦቶ፡ ሰራዊተ፡ መስቴማ፡

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): አኀትም፡ ገጽየ፡ በማኅተማ፡ (!) ኵሎሙ፡ ተዓይነ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፨ በረከተ፡ እዴሆሙ፡ ወበረከተ፡ አፉሆሙ፨ በረከተ፡ ጸሎቶሙ፡ ወሰእለቶሙ፨ (!) ተኩን፡ (!) ምስሌነ፡ ወትባርከነ፡ እሰከ፡ (!) ለዓለም፡ (!) ዓለም፡ አሜን፡ አሜን፡ አሜን፨ ወአሜን፨


Fols 212va–213vb

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ጸሎተ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ (CAe 4323)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): አአምን፡ በአብ፡ ከመ፡ አብ፡ ውእቱ፡ በህላዌሁ። ወአአምን፡ በወልድ፡ ከመ፡ ወልድ፡ ውእቱ፡ በህላዌሁ። አአምን፡ በ<መ>ንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ። ከመ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ውእቱ፡ በህላዊሁ። (!)

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስኒ፡ ዘተሰምየ፡ ጰራቅሊጦስ፡ ዘይወፅእ፡ እምአብ፡ ወይነሥእ፡ እምወልድ። ዘወረደ፡ ላዕለ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ንጹሐን፡ በደብረ፡ ጽዮን። ፶ጽባሕ። ወአንበቦሙ፡ በነገረ፡ ኵሉ፡ በሐውርት። ሎቱ፡ ስብሐት፡ በአፈ፡ ኵሉ፡ ፍጥረት፡ በምድር፡ ወበሰማያት፡

Subscription (Gǝʿǝz ): Fol. 213vb ዛቲ፡ ህይማኖት፡ እምነትየ፡ ወተስፋየ፡ ኀ<ይ>ልየ፡ ወጽንዕየ፡ ወምስካይየ፡ ወጸወንየ፡ ወባቲ፡ እድኅን፡ እምፀርየ፡ ወእ<መ>ውኦሙ፡ ለኵሎሙ፡ ጸላዕ<ት>የ። ወልታ፡ ሥላሴ፡ <ተ>ወኪልየ፡ ዕፅ፡ (!) መስቀ (!) ተመርጕዝየ፡ እምዮርዳኖስ፡ ዘተአንመ፡ ክዳነ፡ ንዳነ፡ (!) (!)corrected by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ብርሃን፡ ተአጺፍየ። ተአጽየ፡ (!) (!)corrected by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran በጸሎታ፡ ወበስዕላተ፡ (!) ለማርያም፡ ደንል፡ (!) እግዚእትየ፡ (!) እንተ፡ ባቲ፡ እትማኃጸን፡ (!) <ም>ንእስየ፡ እስከ፡ አሳከ፡ (!) (!)corrected by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ርስእየ። ርእስ፡ (!) (!)corrected by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .

  1. Fol. 215rb (Type: OwnershipNote)

    ( gez ) ዝመጽሐፍ፡ ዘሚካኤል፡ ዘሰረቆ፡ ወዘተዓገሎ፡ ወዘደምሰሶ፡ በሥልጣነ፡ 〚ለ〛ጴጥሮስ፡ ወጵወሎስ፡ (!) ውጉዛነ፡ ወእሱራነ፡ <ይ>ኩኑ።

    The note states that the book belongs to Mikāʾel owner .
  2. Fols 215va–215vb

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    Prayer of the Sunday

    As in Wangel za-Mātewos 6:10-13. The order of the words is slightly different.

Extras

  1. Fol. I

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    ( it ) Siluestro Pezzetti da folignio, possibly the name of an owner of the book.

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    Title of the book ( it ) euangeliu"m" S. Iohannis Apocalypsis, written by Felice Contelori .

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    Various writings in Italian, Latin and French, written by several hands and partly illegible due to deletion or faded ink: ( it ) La Parochia di Santo Remigio ( la ) fuit in ecclesia beate marie montis Malliani, ( it ) Io Lodovico Rho, ( fr ) Robertus Leuoyer oreleanensis fault marcher deux mois des aigue-belle jusques à S"ain"t Jacques deGallice po"u"r y arriuer le 24e may 1619; in a different hand ( fr ) Pour aller en Hispagne partant de la Scauoye [...]ommission by a passé [...]ommission by du pouys de Vermoisin au 30 may 1619 ainsy Je l'atteste Massé Le Roy Al. Courier por la Royne franciae.

  4. Fol. 214r

    ( la ) Henricus Guillemot magnae cancellariae Franciae eleemosynarius

  5. Fol. 216r

    ( it ) Maria di Abondio

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 199-201

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

+NaN (leaf) , Entered as 219 (II + 217) +NaN (quire) , Entered as 29 (A + 28) 5 (leaf, blank) : Entered as 5 check the viewerFolss. Iv, 214v, check the viewerFols 216v–217v 108 93
Outer dimensions
Height 108mm
Width 93mm

Foliation

Quire Structure Collation

Signatures: Quire marks were written in a 17th-century hand in the lower margin of the first leaf of each quire, using Latin letters "a"-"z" and "aa-"cc" (on ).

Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 A 2 i-ii
2 1 8 Fols 1r–8v
3 2 8 Fols 9r–16v
4 3 8 Fols 17r–24v
5 4 8 Fols 25r–32v
6 5 8 Fols 33r–40v
7 6 8 Fols 41r–48v
8 7 8 Fols 49r–56v
9 8 8 Fols 57r–64v
10 9 8 Fols 65r–72v
11 10 8 Fols 73r–80v
12 11 8 Fols 81r–88v
13 12 8 Fols 89r–96v
14 13 8 Fols 97r–104v
15 14 8 Fols 105r–112v
16 15 8 Fols 113r–120v
17 16 8 Fols 121r–128v
18 17 8 Fols 129r–136v
19 18 8 Fols 137r–144v
20 19 8 Fols 145r–152v
21 20 8 Fols 153r–160v
22 21 8 Fols 161r–168v
23 22 8 Fols 169r–176v
24 23 8 Fols 177r–184v
25 24 6 Fols 185r–190v
26 25 8 Fols 191r–198v
27 26 5 Fols 199r–203v
28 27 10 Fols 204r–213v
29 28 4 Fols 214r–217v

It is unfortunately not possible with the information provided to print the collation diagrams and formula.

  • Quire with id:q27 and n 26 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 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

    Ink: Black, red

    Rubrication: Titles, initial words of the texts, number in Content Item 2 ዘዮሐንስ፡ ኢጴስቆጳስ፡ (!) ዘቍስጥንጥንያ፡ መጥሮጰሊስ፡ (!) ዘአመ፡ ሀለዎ፡ ይሰደድ፡ (CAe 3179) , elements of the text dividers.

    Date: 15th century

    Ethiopic:

    15th century Some palaeographic features: ቆ, ቶ, የ, ደ, ጸ often have angular shapes; ፪ has sometimes angular and not separate loops.

    Abbreviations

  • ሃ፡(- - -) for ሃሌሉያ፡ (e.g., check the viewerfol. 203v )
    • Publication Statement

      authority
      Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
      pubPlace
      Hamburg
      publisher
      Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
      availability

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      date
      2017-01-23T10:43:37.552+02:00
      date
      type=expanded
      23.8.2024 at 09:57:17
      date
      type=lastModified
      9.5.2018
      idno
      type=collection
      manuscripts
      idno
      type=url
      https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BAVet47/main
      idno
      type=URI
      https://betamasaheft.eu/BAVet47
      idno
      type=filename
      BAVet47.xml
      idno
      type=ID
      BAVet47

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    Massimo Villa, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻVatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 47 (encoded from the catalogue)ʼ, in Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2018-05-09) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BAVet47 [Accessed: 2024-11-24]

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    Revision history

    • Eugenia Sokolinski changed ID on 9.5.2018
    • Massimo Villa Created catalogue entry on 23.1.2017
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    Attribution of the content

    Alessandro Bausi, general editor

    Massimo Villa, editor

    Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor

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