Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 91
Massimo Villa
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General description
Malkǝʾ-hymns to Our Lady Mary, Jesus Christ and God, ʾArgānona Māryām
Number of Text units: 13
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location:
1600-1699Summary
- ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 1–7 ), Hymn to Our Lady Mary
- ms_i2
(check the viewerFols 7r–119v ),
ʾArgānona wǝddāse
- ms_i2.1 (check the viewerFols 7r and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Monday
- ms_i2.2 (check the viewerFols 27r and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Tuesday
- ms_i2.3 (check the viewerFols 45v and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Wednesday
- ms_i2.4 (check the viewerFols 67r and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Thursday
- ms_i2.5 (check the viewerFols 85v and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Friday
- ms_i2.6 (check the viewerFols 101v and following ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Saturday
- ms_i2.7 (check the viewerFols 110r–119v ), ʾArgānona Māryām, Sunday
- ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 119v–120 ), Salām-hymn to Our Lady Mary
- ms_i4 (check the viewerFols 120–121 ), Hymn to Jesus Christ and the Holy Trinity
- ms_i5 (check the viewerFols 121–122 ), Hymn to God
- ms_i6 (check the viewerFols 122r–122v ), Praise to Our Lady Mary
Contents
check the viewerFols 1–7 Hymn to Our Lady Mary (CAe 3082)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): እግዚአብሔር፡ ወሀቤ፡ ብርሃን፡ ዘይሤለስ፡ በአካሉ፡ እንዘ፡ ተዋሕዶ፡ ያጽንዕ፡ (!) ያጽንዕ፡ (!) (!) በመለኮቱ፡ ወኃይሉ፨ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምኪ፡ ዘአስተማሰልዎ፡ በኮከብ፨
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ተመጠውዮ፡ ባሕቱ፡ ማርያም፡ አመ፡ ትንሣኤ፨ ወአንብሪ፡ በርእሰ፡ ነፍሱ፡ አክሊላተ፡ መንግሥት፡ ሱባኤ፨ ለነባቤ፡ ዝንቱ፡ ድርሳን፡ አርብኣ፡ ወክልኤ፨
check the viewerFols 120–121 Hymn to Jesus Christ and the Holy Trinity (CAe 4632)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ቅዱስ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ቅዱስ፡ ኃያል፡ ቅዱስ፡ ሕያው፡ ዘኢይመውት፡ ዘተወልደ፡ እማርያም፡ እምቅድስት፡ ድንግል፡ ተሣሃለነ፡ እግዚኦ፨
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወተወከፍ፡ ስእለተነ፡ ኀቤከ፨ እስመ፡ ለከ፡ ስብሐት፡ ወቅዳስያት፨ ኦእግዚኦ፡ መሐረነ፨ ኦእግዚኦ፡ መሐረነ፨ ኦእግዚኦ፡ ባርክነ፨ (!) ባርክነ፨ (!) (!) ወትብል፡ አቡነ፡ ዘበሰማያት፨ ይትቀደስ፡ ስምከ፨
check the viewerFols 121–122 Hymn to God (CAe 3994)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ሃሌ፡ ሃሌ፡ ሃሌ፡ ሉያ፡ ሃሌ፡ ሃሌ፡ ሉያ። አአትብ፡ ወእትነሣእ፡ በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፨ ፫አስማተ፡ ነሢእየ፡ እትመረጐዝ፨ እመኒ፡ ወደቁ፡ እትነሣእ፡ ወእመኒ፡ ሖርኩ፡ ውስተ፡ ጽልመት፨ እግዚአብሔር፡ ያበርህ፡ ሊተ፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ስ"ብሐት"፤ "ለ"አ"ብ"፤ ወ"ወልድ"፤ ወመ"ንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ"፤ ሃ"ሌ፡ ሉያ፡"፤ በቅድስት፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፨ ለዓለም፡ ወለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ ሃ"ሌ፡ ሉያ"፤ ለትውልደ፡ ትውልደ፡ ትውልድ፡ ሎቱ፡ ይደሉ፡ ሰጊድ፨
check the viewerFols 122r–122v Praise to Our Lady Mary (CAe 4631)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): እዌድሰኪ፡ ኦድንግል፡ ምልዕተ፡ ውዳሴ፡ መጠነ፡ ይክል፡ አፉየ፡ አስተበፅዕ፡ ዕበየኪ፨ ልሳነ፡ ኪሩቤል፡ ኢይክል፡ አብጽሖ፡ ውዳሴኪ፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ተ"ዘከር"፤ እ"ግዚኦ"፤ ቅንዓተ፡ ሙሴ፡ ገብርከ፤ ዘተቃሐዎሙ፡ ለግብጽ፡ በመንክራቲከ፤ ወረከበ፡ ሞገሰ፡ በቅድመ፡ ገጽከ፤ ወተ
The text is incomplete due to material loss.Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 6r (Type: OwnershipNote)
( gez ) ሠዓሊሁ፡ ሊቀ፡ ካህናት፡ ወልደ፡ ማርያም፡ መጽሐፉኒ፡ ዘአባ፡ ኃይሌ፡ ዘብሔረ፡ ባንጃ፡ ዘሠረቆ፡ ወዘፈሐቆ፡ በሥልጣነ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ወጳውሎ፡ ውጉዘ፡ ለይኩን፡
The note mentions liqa kāhǝnāt role: title ʾabbā role: title Ḫayle owner from the region of Bānǧā↗ as the owner and Walda Māryām illustrator as the one who illustrated the book.
Extras
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Other individuals are mentioned as owners: Zamanfas Qǝddus owner (on check the viewerfols. 13r, 13v, 119r , and Gabra Giyorgis owner in erasure.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 3 s.
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 6r
Image of Jesus Christ with a crown of thorns, outlined in black and red
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 6v
Image of Our Lady Mary with Christ Child, outlined in black and red
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 66v
Image of St George and the dragon, outlined in black and red
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 361-362
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 139mm |
Width | 127mm |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | 6 |
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2 | 10 |
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3 | 10 |
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4 | 10 |
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5 | 10 |
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6 | 10 |
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7 | 10 |
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8 | 10 |
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9 | 10 |
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10 | 10 |
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11 | 10 |
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12 | 10 |
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13 | 6 |
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Collation diagrams
Quire ID:q1
Quire ID:q2
Quire ID:q3
Quire ID:q4
Quire ID:q5
Quire ID:q6
Quire ID:q7
Quire ID:q8
Quire ID:q9
Quire ID:q10
Quire ID:q11
Quire ID:q12
Quire ID:q13
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(6/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (6), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (6),
Formula 2: 1 (6), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (6),
State of preservation
deficient
Condition
Some leaves are missing at the beginning (the first two leaves of Quire q1 ) and at the end of the manuscript (the last four leaves of Quire q13 ) , with loss of text.
Binding
Two wooden boards covered with brown tooled leather
Binding material
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 18
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Written in a fine and small handwriting.
Ink: Black, red
Rubrication: Initial letters, nomina sacra, elements of the punctuation signs.
Date: 17th century
17th centuryAbbreviations
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Revisions of the data
- Massimo Villa Created catalogue entry on 11.5.2017
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Massimo Villa, editor