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Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, BML Gadd. 230

Carsten Hoffmann

This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography

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Collection: Gadd.

Other identifiers: Marrassini ms. 3

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General description

Revelation of John, Gospel of John

Number of Text units: 2

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

15th century (dating on palaeographic grounds)

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (Fols 1r–76r

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    ), Revelation of John
  2. ms_i2 (Fols 77r–92v

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    ), Gospel of John 1-4:9

Contents

Fols 1r–76r

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Revelation of John (CAe 3179) Some variants according to Marrassini 1984a as compared to the text in the edition by : Introd. 1-2 om., 3 ምጥረ፡ ጳሊስ 1.1:10 ያርእዮ፡ 1.3:6 om. 1.4:16 እምነ፡ 1.5:1 ዝውእቱ፡ 2 ስምዐ፡ 4 ወውእቱ፡ 15 ወውእቱ፡ 1.6:1 add. ሱቱፋነ፡ 1.7:5 ኵሉ፡ 16 ወአእምሮ፡ 1.9:7 om. 12 ሀለውከ፡ 1.10:8 ዐቢይ፡ 1.11:12 ዝኩ፡ 10 ርኢኩ፡ 12 መኃትው፡ 1.13:1 ወማእሎ፡ 2 add. ይቀውም፡ 3 ጰዴር፡ 10 ወቅኑቱ፡ 14-15 በቅነት፡ዘወርቅ፡ 1.14:1 ወጻዕዳ፡ 1.16:9 ሰይፈ፡ 17 ዘያስተሬኢ፡ 18 በኀይለ፡ 1.17:16 ወዳኅራዊ፡ 1.20:17-18 ፯ (numbering according to the edition of J. Hofmann).
Fols 77r–92v

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Gospel of John 1-4:9 (CAe 1693) The text ends abruptly; last letters are hardly legible and end with በኀቤየ፡ ት+ + + + +ommission by ; numerous folia are obviously missing. The last chapter is numbered here as "5".

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .

    Extras

    1. Fol. 76bv

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      rests of calligraphic exercises in big rough characters on the unnumbered folio after f. 76.

    2. "Codex Aethiopicus" written in pen on a note attached to the back, relatively old.

    3. "Gadd. Reliq. 230" written in pen on a note attached to the back, relatively old (different hand as the note above..

    4. "Gadd. 230" written on top of the of the inner board in recent European hand.

    5. (Type: StampExlibris)

      "Francisci Caesaris Augusti Munificentia.", stamped old exlibris.

    6. Fol. ir

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      "È in lingua Etiopica: ed è un libro (com'io congetturo) di liturgia, o Sacre Orazioni e preghiere, che si praticano nel paese degli Abissini".

    7. Fol. iir

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      "G. 1107" written in top on the left, pen, European hand, uncertain date.

    8. Fol. iir

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      "D. cis" on top on the right in pen, early European hand; also possible to read as "B.cis".

    9. Fol. iir

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      "III AETHYOP. INC.", in pencil, in the center of page.

    10. Fol. iir

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      "Laur - Gadd - Relig - 230", in pen, lower part, recent hand.

    11. Fol. iiv

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      note reading "I Apocalissi di S. Giovanni" stuck to the page, with ff. 1-76 added in pencil.

    12. Fol. iiv

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      note reading "II Vangelo di S. Giovanni fino al cap. IV, vers. 9" stuck to the page, with f. 77 added in pencil.

    13. Fol. iiv

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      note reading "Prof. I. Guidi 6 sett. 1890 ".

    Decoration In this unit there are in total 2 , 2 .

    Miniatures notes

    1. miniature: Fol. 76v

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      Miniature of a saint (rests)

    2. miniature: Fol. 76br

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      Miniature of a saint (rests)

    Other Decorations

    1. headpieceFrame: Fol. 1r

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      Geometric interlaces framing the incipit page of the work

    2. headpieceFrame: Fol. 77r

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      Geometric interlaces framing the incipit page of the work

    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 91-93
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    Physical Description

    Form of support

    Parchment Codex

    Extent

    +NaN (leaf) .Entered as 2+93+1 92 82
    Outer dimensions
    Height 92mm
    Width 82mm

    Foliation

    Protective leaves numbered I, II' I' in pencil at the bottom on the left by a recent hand, main unit numbered 1-92 at the bottom on the right, folio after 76 has been skipped from numeration, referred to as 76b in this description.

    Quire Structure Collation

    Position Number Leaves Quires Description
    1 A 2 Fols i–ii
    2 1 8 Fols 1–8
    3 2 8 Fols 9–16
    4 3 8 Fols 17–24
    5 4 8 Fols 25–32
    6 5 8 Fols 33–40
    7 6 8 Fols 41–48
    8 7 8 Fols 49–56
    9 8 8 Fols 57–64
    10 9 8 Fols 65–72
    11 10 5 Fols 73–76b s. l. 3, stub after 5, 2, stub after 5, 1, stub after 5
    12 11 8 Fols 77–84
    13 12 8 Fols 85–92
    14 B 1 Fol. i' s.l. 1, no stub

    Collation diagrams



    Quire ID:q1, number:A
    Collation diagram Quire 1 1 2 Unit #1


    Quire ID:q2, number:1
    Collation diagram Quire 2 3 10 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4


    Quire ID:q3, number:2
    Collation diagram Quire 3 11 18 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4


    Quire ID:q4, number:3
    Collation diagram Quire 4 19 26 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4


    Quire ID:q5, number:4
    Collation diagram Quire 5 27 34 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4


    Quire ID:q6, number:5
    Collation diagram Quire 6 35 42 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4


    Quire ID:q7, number:6
    Collation diagram Quire 7 43 50 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4


    Quire ID:q8, number:7
    Collation diagram Quire 8 51 58 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4


    Quire ID:q9, number:8
    Collation diagram Quire 9 59 66 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4


    Quire ID:q10, number:9
    Collation diagram Quire 10 67 74 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

    s. l. 3, stub after 5, 2, stub after 5, 1, stub after 5
    Quire ID:q11, number:10
    Collation diagram Quire 11 75 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4


    Quire ID:q12, number:11
    Collation diagram Quire 12 80 87 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4


    Quire ID:q13, number:12
    Collation diagram Quire 13 88 95 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

    s.l. 1, no stub
    Quire ID:q14, number:B
    Collation diagram Quire 14 96 Unit #1

    Ethio-SPaRe formula : A(2/Fols i–ii) – B(0+1/s.l. 1, no stub /Fol. i') – I(8/Fols 1–8) – II(8/Fols 9–16) – III(8/Fols 17–24) – IV(8/Fols 25–32) – V(8/Fols 33–40) – VI(8/Fols 41–48) – VII(8/Fols 49–56) – VIII(8/Fols 57–64) – IX(8/Fols 65–72) – X(2+3/s.l. 3, stub after 5; s.l. 2, stub after 5; s.l. 1, stub after 5/Fols 73–76b) – XI(8/Fols 77–84) – XII(8/Fols 85–92) –

    Formula: Fols i–ii ; Fols 1–8 ; Fols 9–16 ; Fols 17–24 ; Fols 25–32 ; Fols 33–40 ; Fols 41–48 ; Fols 49–56 ; Fols 57–64 ; Fols 65–72 ; Fols 73–76b s. l. 3, stub after 5, 2, stub after 5, 1, stub after 5 ; Fols 77–84 ; Fols 85–92 ; Fol. i' s.l. 1, no stub ;

    Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (),

    Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (),

    State of preservation

    good

    Condition

    Writing faded on every first and last folio in each quire; water damage throughout.

    Binding

    European binding, cardboard covered in white parchment

    Original binding

    No

    Layout

    Layout note 1

    Number of columns: 1

    Number of lines: 12

    Palaeography

  1. Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Ink: Black, red.

    Rubrication: Numbers of chapters and incipits.

    Date: Before 1499

    Before 1499 Archaic script, at least of the 15th century. According to Marrassini similar to the hand in the picture in Löfgren 1974

    2. Keywords

    Publication Statement

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    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    availability
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    date
    type=expanded
    30.11.2023 at 09:11:40
    date
    type=lastModified
    10.1.2023
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BMLgadd230/main
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/BMLgadd230
    idno
    type=filename
    BMLgadd230.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    BMLgadd230

    Edition Statement

    The images of the manuscript taken by 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 Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, prot. 190/28.13.10.01/2.23 of the 24 January 2019 and are available for research purposes.

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    Alessandro Bausi, Carsten Hoffmann, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻFlorence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, BML Gadd. 230ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2023-01-10) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BMLgadd230 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]

    Revisions of the data

    • Carsten Hoffmann updated folio references, updated note on ending words, marked up Gǝʿǝz-words as foreign, updated description of hand on 10.1.2023
    • Carsten Hoffmann added title on 9.1.2023
    • Pietro Maria Liuzzo added text from transkribus and facsimile with xi:include on 20.9.2021
    • Pietro Maria Liuzzo Created catalogue entry on 21.2.2019

    Attributions of the contents

    Alessandro Bausi, general editor

    Carsten Hoffmann, editor

    Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor

    The images of the manuscript taken by 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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