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Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 68

Massimo Villa

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

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https://betamasaheft.eu/BAVet68
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana[view repository]

Collection: Aethiopici

Persons IndexGeneralDescriptionPhysical DescriptionCatalogueAuthors

General description

Gospel of John, Revelation of John

Number of Text units: 2

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Original Location:

1400-1499

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 1r–82v ), Gospel of John
  2. ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 83r–125v ), Revelation of John

Contents

check the viewerFols 1r–82v Gospel of John (CAe 1693) Titles and division into sections are missing.
check the viewerFols 83r–125v Revelation of John (CAe 3179)

Subscription (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFols 125v–126r በዝየ፡ ተፈጸመ፡ ራእየ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ አቡ፡ ቀለምሲስ፡ አሜን፡ ዝውእቱ፡ ብሂል፡ ዘርእየ፡ በሕይወቱ፡ ራእየ፨ ወተጽሕ ዮሐንስ፡ ወንጌላዊ፡ አምልኮ፡ ሥላሴ፡ ልማዱ፡ ለ፩ሠለስቱ፡ ወለዘሠለስቱ፡ አሐዱ፡ አምልኮቱ፡ ወሰጊዱ፨ ወጸሐፊሁ፡ ሠርፀ፡ ማርያም፡ ተወኪሎሙ፡ ክልኤሆሙ፡ በፍቅረ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ጥዑመ፡ ስም፡ በዘ፡ ትመጽእ፡ ሐዳስ፡ ዓለም፡ ያስተፍሥሐነ፡ እግዚኡ፡ በጽድቅ፡ ወበሰላም፨ The note indicates Śarṣa Māryām scribe as the scribe. It contains additions and changes written by Tasfā Ṣǝyon 's hand.

This exemplar was used by Tasfā Ṣǝyon in his 1548 edition of the New Testament (Petrus Ethyops 1548). Corrections and other remarks (e.g., numbers of the chapters in Ethiopic and Latin, the beginning of the pages in 1548's edition) have been added in the margins and interlineally by Tasfā Ṣǝyon 's hand.

Additions In this unit there are in total 2 , 1 , 2 .

  1. check the viewerFol. IIv (Type: StampExlibris)

    Stamp

    Seal of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.

  2. check the viewerFol. 82r (Type: OwnershipNote)

    ( gez ) ዘሰርጸ፡ ማርያም፡

    The note indicates Śarṣa Māryām owner as the name of the owner.

  3. check the viewerFol. 82v (Type: PurchaseNote)

    ( gez ) ዝወንጌል፡ (!) አቡ፡ ቀለምሲስ፡ በሰለስ፡ አሺረፊ፡ ፈዳ። (!) ተሳየጥኩ

    The note states that the book was purchased for three silver coins, see also (a5) .

  4. check the viewerFol. 129v (Type: PurchaseNote)

    ( ar ) المجد لله دائما ابدا الخلاص للرب بالله الخلاص اباع الولد المبارك الراهب الناسك الكاهن الموتمن القس المكرم كبر مريمر الحبشي من اولاد تكلهيمانوت بارك الله عليه هذا الكتاب المقدس الذي هو بشارة يوحنا والابوعالمسيس للولد المبارك الشماس صوس مريمر الحبشي بارك الله عليه بمبلغ ثلثة اصرفية فضة عددية وصار ملكا لصس مريم المذكور وليس لاحد من جماعة الحبوس سلطانا من قبل الرب سبحانه بعارصه فيه نوحه من الموجود الوديه وكان ذلك في حادى عشر شهر برمهات المبارك سنة مائتين ثمانية وثلثين بعد الف قبطيه سنة

    ( grc ) ασλή

    The note was written in Arabic, on 11 Barmahāt 1238 , i.e. 7 March 1522 . It mentions Kǝbra Māryām , spiritual son of Takla Hāymānot , as the one who purchased the book from Śarṣa Māryām .

  5. check the viewerFol. 129v (Type: StampExlibris)

    Stamp

    Seal of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.

Extras

  1. Quire q1 is a part of a juridical manuscript in Latin.

    i-ii

Decoration In this unit there are in total 2 .

Other Decorations

  1. ornamentation: check the viewerFol. 1r

    Ornamentation outlined in black, reed and green at the beginning of Content Item 1 Gospel of John (CAe 1693) .

  2. ornamentation: check the viewerFol. 83r

    Ornamentation outlined in black, reed and green at the beginning of Content Item 2 Revelation of John (CAe 3179) .

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 249-250
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

+NaN (leaf) , Entered as 131 (II + 129) +NaN (quire) , Entered as 1 (A + 17) 6 (leaf, blank) : Entered as 6 check the viewerFols. 84v, check the viewerFols 126v–128v, check the viewerFol. 129v 138 120
Outer dimensions
Height 138mm
Width 120mm

Foliation

Quire Structure Collation

Signatures:

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 2 Fols 81r–82v
13 12 9 Fols 83r–91v
14 13 8 Fols 92r–99v
15 14 8 Fols 100r–107v
16 15 8 Fols 108r–115v
17 16 8 Fols 116r–123v
18 17 6 Fols 124r–129v

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

  • Quire with id:q13 and n 12 is made of 9 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: 16

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Written in a fine handwriting

    Ink: Black, red

    Rubrication: Several groups of lines, alternating with black lines, on the incipit page of Content Item 1 Gospel of John (CAe 1693) and Content Item 2 Revelation of John (CAe 3179) ; nomina sacra, elements of the Ethiopic numbers in Content Item 2 Revelation of John (CAe 3179) ; elements of the punctuation signs.

    Date: After NaN

    After NaN Old palaeographical features: ሎ has the loop marking the 7th order attached directly to the body of the letter, without the linking line; the upper parts of ቆ, ቶ, የ, ደ, and ጸ are of triangular shape; ዐ is of angular shape.

      • 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
      2017-03-24T17:31:12.552+02:00
      date
      type=expanded
      23.8.2024 at 09:57:17
      date
      type=lastModified
      24.3.2017
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      type=collection
      manuscripts
      idno
      type=url
      https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BAVet68/main
      idno
      type=URI
      https://betamasaheft.eu/BAVet68
      idno
      type=filename
      BAVet68.xml
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      type=ID
      BAVet68
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    Standard date 11 Barmahāt 1238
    Date in current calendar no *-custom attributes
    Calendar islamic

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    • Massimo Villa Created catalogue entry on 24.3.2017
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