Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, BML Acq. e doni 811
Carsten Hoffmann
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography
Collection: Acquisizioni e doni
Other identifiers: Marrassini ms. 6
General description
Number of Text units: 20
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
19th to 20th century (dating on palaeographic grounds)
Summary
- ms_i1
(check the viewerFols 1–151 ),
Psalter
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 1–114r ), Psalms beginning with the last line of Psalm 14.
- ms_i1.2
(check the viewerFols 114–127 ),
15 Songs of the Prophets
- ms_i1.2.1 (check the viewerFols 114–115r ), The Prayer of Moses
- ms_i1.2.2 (check the viewerFols 115–117r ), Second Prayer of Moses
- ms_i1.2.3 (check the viewerFols 117–118 ), The Third Prayer of Moses
- ms_i1.2.4 (check the viewerFols 118v–119 ), The Prayer of Hannah, mother of Samuel the Prophet
- ms_i1.2.5 (check the viewerFols 119v–120 ), The Prayer of Hezekiah, King of Judah
- ms_i1.2.6 (check the viewerFols 120v–121 ), The Prayer of Manasseh
- ms_i1.2.7 (check the viewerFols 121v–122r ), The Prayer of Jonah
- ms_i1.2.8 (check the viewerFols 122–123r ), Ṣalota Dānǝʾel nabiy sǝbḥat za-ʾǝm-ʾAzāryā
- ms_i1.2.9 (check the viewerFols 123v–124 ), Ṣalota śalastu daqiq
- ms_i1.2.10 (check the viewerFols 124v–126r ), Ṣalota ʿƎnbāqom nabiyy
- ms_i1.2.11 (check the viewerFols 126–127r ), Song of Isaiah
- ms_i1.2.12 (check the viewerFols 127r–127v ), Magnificat
- ms_i1.2.13 (check the viewerFols 127v–128r ), Song of Zachariah
- ms_i1.2.14 (check the viewerFol. 128r ), Now you dismiss
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 128–136r ), Song of Songs
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 136–147r ), Wǝddāse Māryām
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 147–151 ), ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān
Contents
check the viewerFols 1–151 Psalter (CAe 2701)
check the viewerFols 1–114r Psalms beginning with the last line of Psalm 14. (CAe 2000) (Pseudoepigraphical Psalm no. 151 attached at the end at check the viewerfols 113v–114r ) (Written with black ink; red ink for incipits, sometimes divine names and the scribe's name.)
check the viewerFols 114–127 15 Songs of the Prophets (CAe 1828) (From the description in Marrassini 1984a, it is not clear whether the work is complete or whether the Third Song of the Three Youths in the Furnace - usually no. 10 in the 15 Songs of the Prophets is missing here.)
check the viewerFols 128–136r Song of Songs (CAe 2362) (Song of Songs, divided in five sections.)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):መሐልየ፡ መሐልይ፡ ዘውእቱ፡ ዘሰሎሞን፡
check the viewerFols 136–147r Wǝddāse Māryām (CAe 2509) (Praise of Mary, divided by the days of the week.)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ውዳሴሃ፡ ለእግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡ ወላዲተ፡ አምላክ፡
check the viewerFols 147–151 ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān (CAe 1113)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወእምዝ፡ ንጽሕፍ፡ ዝክረ፡ ውዳሴሃ፡ ለእግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡
Additions In this unit there are in total 4 s, 1 , 1 , 1 , 1 .
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check the viewerFols 152–153r (Type: ProtectivePrayer)
Prayer ʾƎgziʾabǝḥer za-bǝrhānāt ʾǝgziʾabǝḥer za-śǝlṭānāt (CAe 3083) .
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check the viewerFol. 151v (Type: DonationNote)
ዝመጽሐፍ፡ ዘዘሚካኤል፡ donor ወዘአቡሁ፡ ደመ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ donor ዘሰረቆ፡ ወዘፈሐቆ፡ ውጉዘ፡ ለይኩን፡ (…)ommission by
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check the viewerFol. 147r (Type: ScribalSignature)
Extras
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check the viewerFol. 1r (Type: StampExlibris)
Pencil note by a recent European hand "Acq. e doni 811"
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check the viewerFol. 1r (Type: StampExlibris)
Round stamp "BIBL. MED. LAUR. FLOR." on the top margin.
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check the viewerFol. 1r (Type: StampExlibris)
"125653" written with pencil.
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check the viewerFol. 153v (Type: StampExlibris)
"125653" with a stamp.
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check the viewerFols. 135v, 136r, 136v (Type: Unclear)
Various pen trials.
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 Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 160mm |
Width | 155mm |
Foliation
No foliation.
State of preservation
deficient
Condition
Very damaged by moisture, with many sheets attached together in a way that the composition can hardly be defined, but consists mostly of quadernions. The initial part is missing. Ethiopian ligature, of which only the posterior plate has been preserved.
Binding
Two wooden boards.
Binding material
wood
Original binding
No
Layout
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Written in a regular and accurate handwriting of the 19th to 20th centuries.
check the viewerFols 1–151vHand 2
Script: Ethiopic
Written in a regular and accurate handwriting of the 19th to 20th centuries.
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