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Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, BML Acq. e doni 812

Carsten Hoffmann

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

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Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana[view repository]

Collection: Acquisizioni e doni

Other identifiers: Marrassini ms. 7

GeneralDescriptionPhysical DescriptionCatalogueTranscription Authors

General description

Psalter

Number of Text units: 20

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

19th to 20th century (dating on palaeographic grounds)

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (Fols 1r–182v

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    ), Psalter
    1. ms_i1.1 (Fols 1r–141r

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      ), 150 Psalms
    2. ms_i1.2 (Fols 141r–158

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      ), 14 Songs of the Prophets
      1. ms_i1.2.1 (Fols 141r–142r

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        ), The Prayer of Moses
      2. ms_i1.2.2 (Fols 142v–144r

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        ), Second Prayer of Moses
      3. ms_i1.2.3 (Fols 144r–146r

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        ), The Third Prayer of Moses
      4. ms_i1.2.4 (Fols 146r–147r

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        ), The Prayer of Hannah, mother of Samuel the Prophet
      5. ms_i1.2.5 (Fols 147r–148r

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        ), The Prayer of Hezekiah, King of Judah
      6. ms_i1.2.6 (Fols 148r–149r

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        ), The Prayer of Manasseh
      7. ms_i1.2.7 (Fols 149r–149v

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        ), The Prayer of Jonah
      8. ms_i1.2.8 (Fols 149v–151r

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        ), Ṣalota Dānǝʾel nabiy sǝbḥat za-ʾǝm-ʾAzāryā
      9. ms_i1.2.9 (Fols 151r–152r

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        ), Ṣalota śalastu daqiq
      10. ms_i1.2.10 (Fols 152r–153v

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        ), Ṣalota ʿƎnbāqom nabiyy
      11. ms_i1.2.11 (Fols 153v–154v

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        ), Song of Isaiah
      12. ms_i1.2.12 (Fols 154v–155r

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        ), Magnificat
      13. ms_i1.2.13 (Fols 155r–155v

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        ), Song of Zachariah
      14. ms_i1.2.14 (Fol. 155v

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        ), Now you dismiss
    3. ms_i1.3 (Fols 155v–171r

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      ), Song of Songs
    4. ms_i1.4 (Fols 171r–181r

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      ), Wǝddāse Māryām
    5. ms_i1.5 (Fols 181r–182v

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      ), ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān

Contents

Fols 1r–182v

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Psalter (CAe 2701)
Fols 1r–141r

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150 Psalms (CAe 2000) (Pseudoepigraphical Psalm no. 151 attached at fols 139v–140r

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) (Written with black ink; red ink for incipits and titles.)
Fols 141r–158

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14 Songs of the Prophets (CAe 1828)
Fols 141r–142r

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The Prayer of Moses (CAe 2277)
Fols 142v–144r

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Second Prayer of Moses (CAe 2278)
Fols 144r–146r

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The Third Prayer of Moses (CAe 2703)
Fols 146r–147r

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The Prayer of Hannah, mother of Samuel the Prophet (CAe 2257)
Fols 147r–148r

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The Prayer of Hezekiah, King of Judah (CAe 2258)
Fols 148r–149r

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The Prayer of Manasseh (CAe 2265)
Fols 149r–149v

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The Prayer of Jonah (CAe 2274)
Fols 149v–151r

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Ṣalota Dānǝʾel nabiy sǝbḥat za-ʾǝm-ʾAzāryā (CAe 2250)
Fols 151r–152r

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Ṣalota śalastu daqiq (CAe 2271) (The prayer of Ananias, Azariah and Misael is missing.)
Fols 152r–153v

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Ṣalota ʿƎnbāqom nabiyy (CAe 2251)
Fols 153v–154v

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Song of Isaiah (CAe 2259)
Fols 154v–155r

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Magnificat (CAe 1827)
Fols 155r–155v

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Song of Zachariah (CAe 2275)
Fol. 155v

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Now you dismiss (CAe 2272)
Fols 155v–171r

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Song of Songs (CAe 2362) (Song of Songs, divided in five sections.)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ማሐልየ፡ ማሐልይ፡ ዘውእቱ፡ ሰሎሞን፡

Fols 171r–181r

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Wǝddāse Māryām (CAe 2509) (Praise of Mary by the days of the week.)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ውዳሴሃ፡ ለእግዝእተ፡ ማርያም

Fols 181r–182v

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ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān (CAe 1113) ?

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

    Extras

    1. Fol.

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      (Type: StampExlibris)

      "Acq. e doni 812" with pencil on the bottom margin by a recent European hand.

    2. Fols. 1r, 33r

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      (Type: StampExlibris)

      Small round stamp "BIBL. MED. LAUR. FLOR."

    3. (Type: Correction)

      Various corrections and comments by another hand throughout the text.

    Decoration In this unit there are in total 8 s.

    Miniatures notes

    1. miniature: Fol. 9r

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      Rough tempera drawing in color depicting an angel.

    2. miniature: Fol. 37v

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      Rough tempera drawing in color depicting two human figures painted over written text.

    3. miniature: Fol. 93v

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      Rough tempera drawing in color depicting a human face or an angel on the bottom part of the page.

    4. miniature: Fol. 106r

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      Rough tempera drawing in color depicting a human face or an angel on the top part of the page painted over written text.

    5. miniature: Fol. 158v

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      Rough tempera drawing in color depicting an angel painted over written text.

    6. miniature: Fol. 163r

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      Rough tempera drawing in color depicting a human figure with a beard.

    7. miniature: Fol. 163v

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      Rough tempera drawing in color depicting a human figure with a beard.

    8. miniature: Fol. 166r

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      Rough tempera drawing in color depicting an angel painted over written text and partly repaired leaf.

    Catalogue Bibliography

    • Marrassini, P. 1984. ‘I manoscritti etiopici della Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana di Firenze’, Rassegna di Studi Etiopici, 30 (1984), 81–116 (DOI: 10.2307/41299683). page 102-103
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    Physical Description

    Form of support

    Parchment Codex

    Extent

    182 (leaf) .Entered as 182 (Collation difficult to define with many independent folia sewn together.) 163 148 (From the account of Marrassini 1984a it is not clear whether given dimensions refer to the height and width of the boards or the folios.)
    Outer dimensions
    Height 163mm
    Width 148mm

    State of preservation

    good

    Condition

    (Watershed and insect damage throughout the codex. Some leaves are brittle and have holes in them. Text in various places erased and corrected by another hand or painted over with colorful miniatures. Book covers have been removed and various leaves are attached to the codex with an improvised new binding. Repairs with thread on folss. 74, 114, 159,

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    and with a leaf of a modern printed book with italian printed text on 166r

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    .)

    Binding

    Without boards.

    Sewing Stations

    4

    Original binding

    No

    Layout

    Layout note 1

    Number of columns: 1

    Number of lines: 20

    Palaeography

  1. Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    19th to 20th centuries

    (Very mediocre and rushed writing.)

    2. Keywords

      Publication Statement

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      Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
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      Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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      Hamburg
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      11.10.2023 at 13:39:46
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      14.2.2023
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      https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BMLacq812/main
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      type=URI
      https://betamasaheft.eu/BMLacq812
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      BMLacq812.xml
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      BMLacq812

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    Carsten Hoffmann, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻFlorence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, BML Acq. e doni 812 (encoded from the catalogue)ʼ, in Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2023-02-14) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BMLacq812 [Accessed: 2024-12-18]

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    Revision history

    • Carsten Hoffmann Updated contents and physDesc on 14.2.2023
    • Pietro Maria Liuzzo added text from transkribus and facsimile with xi:include on 21.9.2021
    • Pietro Maria Liuzzo Created catalogue entry on 21.2.2019
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    Attribution of the content

    Alessandro Bausi, general editor

    Carsten Hoffmann, editor

    Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor

    The images of the manuscript taken by Alessandro Bausi, Antonella Brita, Karsten Helmholz and Susanne Hummel during a mission funded by the Sonderforschungsbereich 950 Manuskriptkulturen in Asien, Afrika und Europa, the ERC Advanced Grant TraCES, From Translation to Creation: Changes in Ethiopic Style and Lexicon from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages (Grant Agreement no. 338756) and Beta maṣāḥǝft. The images are published in conjunction with this descriptive data about the manuscript with the permission of the https://www.bmlonline.it/la-biblioteca/cataloghi/, prot. 190/28.13.10.01/2.23 of the 24 January 2019 and are available for research purposes.
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