Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 5
Massimo Villa
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General description
Catholic Epistles, Epistle to the Hebrews
Number of Text units: 9
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location: Rome↗
1500-1599 according to More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran 1475-1525 according to Siegbert UhligSummary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r and following
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r and following
- ms_i1.2
(Fols 11r and following
- ms_i1.3
(Fols 17r and following
- ms_i1.4
(Fols 27r and following
- ms_i1.5
(Fols 28v and following
- ms_i1.6
(Fols 29v and following
- ms_i1.7
(Fols 39r and following
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r and following
- ms_i2
(Fols 41r and following
Contents
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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Fol. 69v (Type: DonationNote)
( gez ) ዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ መልእክተ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ወመልእክተ፡ ጳውሎስ፡ ዕብራውያን። ዘወሀበ፡ ፍሬ፡ ሚካኤል፡ ወልዱ፡ ለአቡነ፡ ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ለቅዱስ፡ እስጢፋኖስ፡ በቅድመ፡ ነጋድያን፡ ፯። ራይስ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወቀሲስ፡ ዘርአ፡ ልዑል። ወቀሲስ፡ ያዕቆብ። ወቀሲስ፡ ተክለ፡ ብርሃን። ወተንሥአ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ወልደ፡ አቡነ፡ ኤዮስጣቴዎስ። ወዓሥራተ፡ ማርያም፡ ወልዱ፡ ለአቡነ፡ ሳሙኤል፡ ከመ፡ ትኩኖ፡ መድኃኒ<ተ>፡ ነፍሱ። ዘሰረቃ፡ ወዘተአገላ፡ ውጉዘ፡ ይኩን፡ በአፉሆሙ፡ ለጴጥሮስ፡ ወለጳውሎስ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን። ወአሜን።
The note states that Fǝre Mikāʾel donor , spiritual son of ʾabuna Takla Hāymānot , donated the book to the monastery of Santo Stefano dei Mori↗ . The donation took place in the presence of seven pilgrims, i.e.: rāyǝs role: title Yoḥannǝs (cp. Fiaccadori 1989), priest Zarʾa Lǝʿul , priest Yāʿqob , priest Takla Bǝrhān (presumably the same as Takla Bǝrhān Walda Qʷayyaṣā ), Tanśǝʾa Krǝstos , spiritual son of ʾabuna ʾEyosṭātewos , ʿAśrāta Māryām , spiritual son of ʾabuna Sāmuʾel of Wāldǝbbā .
Extras
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The shelfmark ( la ) Vat. | 5 | Aethiop. is written on the cover, together with the coat of arms of pope Pius IX .
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A remark "( it ) Tratta della conuersione di S. Pietro sorsa ex Actis Apostolor"um" " was written by Felice Contelori . The note is erased. Other notes are written in a later hand (presumably of the 17th century): ( ) 10 (previous shelfmark of the manuscript, then erased); the titles of the work in Latin( la ) Epistola Petri. 1. f. 1 | 2 da f. 11 | Epistola s. Iohannis. 1. f. 17 | 2a. f. 27. | Epistola Iudae. f. 39. | Epistola ad Ebraeos. f. 41. | N° 5". The shelfmark ( la ) 5. Aethiop. is also written on the same leaf in a 18th-century.
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( la ) S. Io Chrysostomus is written in a 16th-century hand and erased.
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Doodles on check the viewerfols 62–65r, and on check the viewer66r, 68v, 69v .
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Corrections, additions and the chapter numbers according to the Latin Vulgata have been inserted on the left margin of many leaves by Tasfā Ṣǝyon . The same scholar also numbered the pages containing the text to be printed in his edition of the New Testament: Petrus Ethyops 1548
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 20-21
Text Bibliography
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Petrus Ethyops 1548. Testamentum Novum: Cum Epistola Pauli Ad Hebreos tantum, cum concordantijs Evangelistarum Eusebii & numeratione omnium verborum eorundem. Missale cum benedictione incensi cerae et c. Alphabetum in lingua ግእዝ፡ gheez, idest libera quia a nulla alia originem duxit, & vulgo dicitur Chaldea, Quae omnia Fr. Petrus Ethyops auxilio piorum sedente Paulo. III. Pont. MAx. & Claudio illius regni Imperatore imprimi curavit (Romae: Impensis Petri Comos Ethiopis, Valerius Doricus, 1548).
Physical Description
Form of support
Paper Codex
Watermark
A scale in a circle and a six-pointed star. The watermark support an Italian origin of the paper.
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 222mm |
Width | 155mm |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
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1 | a | 1 |
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2 | 1 | 8 |
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3 | 2 | 8 |
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4 | 3 | 8 |
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5 | 4 | 8 |
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6 | 5 | 8 |
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7 | 6 | 8 |
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8 | 7 | 8 |
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9 | 8 | 7 |
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10 | 9 | 6 |
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It is unfortunately not possible with the information provided to print the collation diagrams and formula.
- 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:q9 and n 8 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.
Binding material
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 17-22
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
16th-century script
Ink: Black, red
Rubrication: The first, third and fifth lines on the incipit page of the epistles, alternating with black lines.
Date: 1500-1599 according to More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran 1475-1525 according to Siegbert Uhlig
1500-1599 according to More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran 1475-1525 according to Siegbert UhligSecondary Bibliography
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Uhlig, S. 1988. Äthiopische Paläographie, Äthiopistische Forschungen, 22 (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, 1988). page 402-403
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Revisions of the data
- Massimo Villa Created catalogue entry on 10.10.2016
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Massimo Villa, editor