Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, BML Acq. e doni 756
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Collection: Acquisizioni e doni
Other identifiers: Marrassini ms. 19
General description
Magic scroll
Number of Text units: 7
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
18th to 19th century (dating on palaeographic grounds)
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1a1–1a34
- ms_i2
(Fols 1a34–1a107
- ms_i3
(Fols 1a107–1a133
- ms_i4
(Fols 1a133–1a155
- ms_i5
(Fols 1a155–1a183
- ms_i6
(Fols 1b1–1b159
- ms_i7
(Fols 1b160–1b189
Contents
Fols 1a1–1a34
Language of text: and Amharic
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):+ + +ommission by ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ ባርያ፡ ወትግርትያ፡ ቤልሲባ፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ለሰይጣና (…)ommission by አስማቲከ፡ + + + +ommission by ለአመትከ፡
Fols 1a34–1a107
Language of text: and Amharic
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):+ + +ommission by ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ ባርያ፡ ወ[ልጌ]ዎን፡ ርኩስ፡ ዘይሰልብ፡ ልበ፡ ሰብእ፡ ወይጸልም፡ አእይንት፡ ወይመጽእ፡ ከመ፡ ጽለሎት፡ ወሕልም፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወይርሐቁ፡ እምላእለ፡ አመትከ፡ ወልተ፡ ሥ[ላሴ፡]
Fols 1a107–1a133
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):[በስመ፡] እግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክር<ስ>ቶስ፡ ዘከተሮ፡ ለሠይጣን፡ በ፭ቅንዋተ፡ ሳዶርቋ፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወኢታንጠብጥብ፡ ደማ፡ ለአመትከ፡ ወልተ፡ [ሥላ]ሴ፡
Fols 1a133–1a155
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ጸለት፡ በእንተ፡ አርጋኤ+ommission by ም፡ ሶንታም፡ ቃንታም፡ አጵር፡ መጵር፡ አንተ፡ ባርያ፡ ወሸቶላይ፡ ዘታወሕዝ፡ ደመ፡ ወትቀት፡ ሕፃነ፡ ፈቲሃከ፡ ሁር፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወአርግዕ፡ ደማ፡ ለአመትከ፡ ወልተ፡ ሥላ[ሴ፡]
Fols 1a155–1a183
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወንገኤል፡ ዘማርቆስ፡ ወእንዘ፡ የሐውር፡ እግዚኢነ፡ ውስተ፡ አሕጕረ፡ አድያም፡ ወመጽአት፡ ዓሐቲ፡ ብእሲት፡ እንተ፡ ደም፡ ይውሕዛ፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወገሰሰት፡ ጽንፈ፡ ለብሱ፡ ወሶ[ቤ]ሃ፡ ነጸፈ፡ ነቅአ፡ ደማ፡ ከማሃ፡ አሕይዋ፡ ለአመትከ፡ ወልተ፡ ሥላሴ፡
Fols 1b1–1b159
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ እግዚአ[ብ]ሔር፡ ሕያው፡ (…)ommission by የሐሱ፡ ለቅዱስ፡ ሱስንዮስ፡ በእንተ፡ አሰሰሎ፡ ዳዌ፡ ወሕፃናት፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወአንስተ፡ ወአንስተ፡ ኢሐውር፡ ውስቴቱ፡ እስከ፡ ለአለመ፡ አለም፡ አሜን፡ ኦቅዱስ፡ ሱስንዮስ፡ ነ፡ ስማእተ፡ በእግዚኢነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ሎቱ፡ ስብሃት፡ እስከ፡ ለዓለመ፡ አለም፡ አሜ፡ አድኅኖ፡ ለአመትከ፡ ወለተ፡ ስላሴ፡ ዘአኧርጋእከ። ነደለ፡ በረ
Fols 1b160–1b189
Language of text: and Amharic
Prayer against Šatolāy and Šatolāwit for healing from vaginal bleeding and for protection of newborn babies through the invocation of magic names and through the binding of demons with the bonds of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit similar to Protective prayer against šatolāy, with ʾasmāt.Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ ሸቶላይ፡ ወሸቶላዊት፡ አጋንንት፡ ዘትቀትሎ፡ ሕፃናተ፡ ወታወሕዙ፡ ደመ፡ አመሐኩክሙ፡ ወአውገዝኩከሙ፡ ወአርሰርኩክሙ፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ደፈር፡ በሎንቃር፡ ፈውስ፡ ወአሕይዋ፡ ለአመትከ፡ ወልተ፡ ሥላሴ፡ እመ፡ አልቦ፡ ነገር፡ ዘይሰአኖ፡ ለእግአብሔር፡
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
Extras
-
(Type: StampExlibris)
"107907" with pencil on the bottom left by a recent European hand.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 3 s, 1 .
Frame notes
- frame:
Black lines frame the written text.
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
Large miniature in black and red, depicting an angel with a sword, surrounded by a garland-shaped frame at the top.
- miniature:
Large black and red miniature of a cross and four angels surrounded by a frame in the centre of the scroll.
- miniature:
Large miniature in black, red and purple, depicting a cross with a human face in the centre, surrounded by a purple frame at the bottom part of the scroll.
Catalogue Bibliography
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Marrassini, P. 1987. ‘I manoscritti etiopici della Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana di Firenze’, Rassegna di Studi Etiopici, 31 (1987), 69–110 (DOI: 10.2307/41299700). page 100-102
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Scroll
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 1540mm |
Width | 98mm |
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 670mm |
Width |
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 460mm |
Width |
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 410mm |
Width |
State of preservation
good
Condition
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 180-188
181 lines in the left column and 188 lines in the right column.Layout note 1
Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 2
Ruling
- No ruling
- No ruling
Pricking
- No pricking/>
- No pricking/>
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
minute and accurate
Ink: Black, red
Rubrication: incipits, sacred names, name of owner
Date: 1700-1900 ?
Ethiopic:
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