Berlin, Berlin State Library, SBP, Ms. orient. oct. 1270
Vitagrazia Pisani
Newly catalogued in Beta maṣāḥǝft
General description
Vita of Gabra Krǝstos (= Alexis), Miracles of Mary
Number of Text units: 10
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Mid-14th mid-15th century (dating on palaeographic grounds)
Summary
- ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 2ra–16vb, check the viewer19ra–24va ), Gadla Gabra Krǝstos
- ms_i2
(check the viewerFols 17ra–18vb, check the viewer25ra–25vb, check the viewer28ra–38va ),
Taʾammǝra
Māryām
- ms_i2.1 (check the viewerFols 28rb–30ra ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a rich man who cast a loaf to a beggar and was saved by the Virgin after being condemned by Jesus
- ms_i2.2 (check the viewerFols 30ra–33va ), Miracle of Mary: The Story of the Cannibal of Qǝmr
- ms_i2.3 (check the viewerFols 33vb–35ra ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the youth Zechariah, from Rome
- ms_i2.4 (check the viewerFols 35ra–35vb ), Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary obtained forgiveness for a monk who mutilated himself after he had defiled himself
- ms_i2.5 (check the viewerFols 36ra–36va ),
- ms_i2.6 (check the viewerFols 36va–36vb, check the viewer17ra–18rb ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a hanged brigand resuscitated because he loved the Virgin
- ms_i2.7 (check the viewerFols 18rb–18vb, check the viewer37ra–37vb ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the Phoenician evil man called Bārok
- ms_i2.8 (check the viewerFols 25ra–25vb, check the viewer38ra–38va ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the virgin whom a magistrate wanted to corrupt
Contents
check the viewerFols 2ra–16vb, check the viewer19ra–24va (The folios of the manuscript are misplaced, being rearranged wrongly together: the text is in disorder.) Gadla Gabra Krǝstos (CAe 1450)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 2ra በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አሐዱ፡ አምላክ፨ ንቀድም፡ እንከ፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፨ ንጽሕፍ፡ ዜናሁ፡ ለቅዱስ፡ ብእሴ፡ እግዚኣብሔር፡ ገብረ፡ ክርስቶስ ። ወልደ፡ቴዎዶስዮስ፡ንጉሥ፡ ዘቈስጠንጥንያ↗ ፨፨
check the viewerFols 17ra–18vb, check the viewer25ra–25vb, check the viewer28ra–38va (Number of Miracles 8. The folios are misplaced, the text is in disorder. The right order of the miracles is: check the viewerfols 28ra–35vb, , check the viewer36ra–36vb, , check the viewer17ra–18vb, , check the viewer37ra–37vb, , check the viewer25ra–25vb, , check the viewer38ra–38va, . Folios missing between check the viewer35, and check the viewer36 , with consequent missing part of the text.) Taʾammǝra Māryām (CAe 2384)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 28ra በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አሐዱ፡ አምላክ። ንቀድም፡ እንከ፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፨ ወእምዝ፡ ንጽሕፍ፡ ተአምሪሃ፡ ለእግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡ ወላዲተ፡ አምላክ፡
check the viewerFols 28rb–30ra Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a rich man who cast a loaf to a beggar and was saved by the Virgin after being condemned by Jesus (CAe 3640)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 28rb ወሀሎ፡ እንከ፡ አሐዱ፡ ብእሲ፡ በአሐቲ፡ ሀገር፡ ባዕል፡ ፈድፋድ፡ ወይገብር፡ ተዝካራ፡ ለማርያም፡ ወይቄርብ፡ ቍርባነ፡ በበ፡ በዓላ፡ ለማርያም፡
check the viewerFols 30ra–33va Miracle of Mary: The Story of the Cannibal of Qǝmr (CAe 3615)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 30ra ካልዕ፡ ተአምሪሃ፡ ለማርያም፡ ጸሎታ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስሌነ፡ አሜን። ወሀሎ፡ አ
|ሐዱ፡ ብእሲ፡ በሃገረ፡ ቅምር፡↗ ክቡር፡ ዘመድ፡ በስምስ፡ ክርስትያናዊ፡
check the viewerFols 33vb–35ra Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the youth Zechariah, from Rome (CAe 3596)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. ሣልስ፡ ተአምሪሃ፡ ለማርያም፡ ጸሎታ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስሌነ፡ አሜን። ወሀሎ፡ አሐዱ፡ ብእሲ፡ በውእቱ፡ ሃገር፡ ወሀለወት፡ ውስተ፡ ይእቲ፡ ሃገር፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡
check the viewerFols 35ra–35vb Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary obtained forgiveness for a monk who mutilated himself after he had defiled himself (CAe 3917)
Language of text:
(Folios missing after check the viewerfol. 35v : explicit missing.)Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 35ra ራብዕ፡ ተአምሪሃ፡ ለማርያም፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ የሀበነ፡ በረከታ፡
|ወሀሎ፡ አሐዱ፡ መነኮስ፡ ዘይፈርሆ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ዘይበኪ፡ መዓልተ፡ ወሌሊተ፡ ላዕለ፡
check the viewerFols 36ra–36va
Language of text:
(Folios missing before check the viewerfol. 36r : incipit missing.)check the viewerFols 36va–36vb, check the viewer17ra–18rb Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a hanged brigand resuscitated because he loved the Virgin (CAe 3692)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 36va ሳድስ፡ ተአምሪሃ፡ ለማርያም፡ ወላዲተ፡ አምላክ፡ ጸሎታ፡ ወበረከታ፡ የሃሉ ምስን። ወኮነት፡ እንከ፡ ብእሲት፡ መበለት፡ ነዳይት፡ ወባ
|ቲ፡ አሐደ፡ ወልደ፡ ወኮነት፡ ይእቲ፡ ብእሲት፡ (The phrase ለገብራ፡ ሀብተ፡ ሥላሴ, with the personal name ሀብተ፡ ሥላሴ, has been added and written (most probably by a more recent hand) over the original name mentioned in the suplication formula, which is thus not legible anymore. () )
check the viewerFols 18rb–18vb, check the viewer37ra–37vb Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the Phoenician evil man called Bārok (CAe 3612)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 18rb ሳብእ፡ ተአምሪሃ፡ ለማርያም፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ይምሔር፡(sic) ይምሀረነ፡
| በጸሎታ፡ አሜን። ወኮነ፡ ብእሲ፡ ድያቆን፡ ይፈቅድ፡ ይትአመን፡ በእንተ፡ ኃጣውኢሁ፡ ወእከይ፡
check the viewerFols 25ra–25vb, check the viewer38ra–38va Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the virgin whom a magistrate wanted to corrupt (CAe 4048)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 25ra ሣምን፡ ተአምሪሃ፡ ዘእግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ይምሐረነ፡ በጸሎታ፡ አሜን። ወሀሎ፡ ብእሲ፡ ውስተ፡ ሃገር፡ እምሠራዊተ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ክበር፡ በሀቤኁ። ወኮነ፡ ጽልሕወ፡
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 , 1 , 2 , 1 , 3 s, 1 , 1 .
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check the viewerFols 24va–24vb (Type: Record)
Calculation of the jubilee years
( gez ) ግጽው፡ ዘኢዮቤልዬ ...
(Recent hand; crudely written; black and red ink.) -
check the viewerFols 26ra–27rb (Type: Inventory)
Inventory of the lands
( gez ) ኆልቈ፡ ገራሕቱ፡ ...
(Crudely and recently written; black ink.) -
check the viewerFols 38vb–39r (Type: Excerpt)
Prayer of the incense
(Written in black ink. The text on check the viewerfols. 39r, is within any columns (check the viewer39r is without layout). The handwriting seems to be slightly different, but not so much recent than the main hand (in a smaller size).) -
check the viewerFol. 39r (Type: Unclear)
Unclear note
(Crudely and recently written (after Additio 3); black ink. The initial lines have been erased.) -
check the viewerFol. 39v (Type: Supplication)
( gez ) መስተብቍዕ፡...
(Black ink. Recent hand.)
Extras
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(Type: ScribalSupplication)
The personal name ኆላዊ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ Ḫolāwi Krǝstos is written (in red ink) in the supplication formula on check the viewerfol. 30ra , at the explicit of miracle 1.
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(Type: ScribalSupplication)
The personal name ሀብተ፡ ሥላሴ፡ Habta Śǝllāse is written (on the left margin, by a more recent hand) over another name originally written but not readable anymore (with the exception of the last letter, i.e. {n.l.}ን፡), in the supplication formula on check the viewerfol. 36va , at the incipit of miracle 6.
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(Type: ScribalSupplication)
The same name mentioned in the supplication formula on check the viewerfols. 36va, , at the incipit of miracle 1, has been also added in the supplication formula at the explicit of the miracle 6, on f. check the viewer
, written here as ሀብተ፡ ሥላሲ፡ Habta Śǝllāsi. -
(Type: Correction)
Scribal Corrections: few omitted letters written interlineally (e.g.check the viewerFols. 11va, , f. check the viewer
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Writing exercises on check the viewerfols. 1r, , check the viewer10v (in the margins).
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(Type: StampExlibris)
on check the viewerfols. 1r, and on check the viewer (at the bottom).
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(Type: Unclear)
Text not readable on check the viewerfols 40v–41r
Decoration In this unit there are in total 3 s, 7 s.
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 1r
Holy Man PortraitThe caption is only partly readable: the saint's name cannot be identified; only few letters of his name are readable. The ink colour looks red.
Legend: ( gez ) ስዕለ፡ ቅዱስ፡ [...]ommission by ርማም። Image of saint ?
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 1v
Holy Man Portrait Gabra Krǝstos
Legend: ( gez ) ሥዕለ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ገብረ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ብ[...]ommission by ሴ፡ እግዚአብ[...]ommission by Image of Saint Gabra Krǝstos, the man of the Lord.
Legend: ( gez ) ምስለ፡ ፊቃሩ፡ With his band (belt).
(The first caption is written (in red ink) in the upper part of the miniature, above the saint's figure, the second one (yellow ink?) at the right side of the saint’s figure. The handwriting is most probably the same as the one of the main text.) - miniature:
check the viewerFol. 27v
Legend: ( gez ) ስእለ፡ ቅ[...]ommission by ስ፡ [...]ommission by ብር[...]ommission by ፡ Image of saint Gabriel (?)
Legend: ( gez ) ሥዕለ፡ እግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡ [...]ommission by ስሌ፡ ፍቁራ፡ ወ[...]ommission by Image of our Lady Mary, with her belowed...
Legend: ( gez ) ስእለ፡ ቅ[...]ommission by ሚካ[...]ommission by Image of saint Michael
(The captions of this miniature (in black ink) are mostly unreadable. The handwriting looks recent; different from the one of the main text. )
Other Decorations
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 2r
Ornamental band (incipit page of the Gadl); geometric and interlaces motifs (three colours: red, brown and black); cross at the right side (the one at the left side not visible); two lateral pendants (only the one at the right side visible).
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 18rb
Simple ornamental band (incipit of miracle 7); interlaces motifs (red colour).
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 25r
Ornamental band (incipit page of miracle 8); geometric and interlaces motifs (three colours: red, yellow and black).
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 28r
Ornamental bands (incipit page of text 1.2); geometric, interlaces and floral motifs; two lateral pendants and one in the intercolumn space (three colours: red, yellow and black).
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 30ra
Very simple ornamental band (incipit of miracle 2); interlaces motifs (black colour).
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 33vb
Very simple ornamental band (incipit of miracle 3); interlaces motifs (red colour).
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFol. 35ra
Very simple ornamental band (incipit of miracle 4); interlaces motifs (black colour).
Secondary Bibliography
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Hammerschmidt, E. and V. Six 1983. Äthiopische Handschriften 1: Die Handschriften der Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Verzeichnis der orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland, 20/4 (Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1983). page 109-111, number 42
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Hammerschmidt, E. and O. A. Jäger 1968. Illuminierte äthiopische Handschriften, Verzeichnis der orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland, 15 (Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, 1968). page 45-48, number 1
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Uhlig, S. 1988. Äthiopische Paläographie, Äthiopistische Forschungen, 22 (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, 1988). page 243-244
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
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Width |
Foliation
check the viewerFols 1r–41v Foliation in pencil in the upper right corner.
Quire Structure Collation
State of preservation
deficient
Condition
Original binding missing; several folios are missing and many misplaced. Several folios are damaged at the edges (e.g. check the viewerFols. 1, , check the viewer3, , check the viewer15, , check the viewer40, ; some folios have holes (e.g. check the viewer9, , check the viewer20, ; check the viewer41, is of a shorter dimension; check the viewer39v–41v have a very dark colour of the parchment.
Binding
European cardboard binding, with two white paper leaves at the front and back side, as protective leaves of the text block; recent textile inlays and sewing used as reinforcements of the quires; original boards and covers missing.
Binding material
cardboard
paper
textile
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 18
H | 120mm |
W | 95mm |
Margins | |
top | 20mm |
bottom | 22mm |
left | 10mm |
right | 17mm |
intercolumn | 10mm |
Ms Berlin, Berlin State Library, SBP, Ms. orient. oct. 1270 main part
has a sum of layout height of 162mm which is greater than the object height of 0mm has a sum of layout width of 122mm which is greater than the object height of 0mmRuling
- Ruling pattern: 1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C.
Pricking
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Black, red mid-14th mid-15th century
The handwriting is quite uniform, characterized by right-sloping rounded letters, with broad and thick shapes. It shows ancient features: the letters መ, ወ, with angular loops, ዐ ፀ with a triangular shape, ሎ sometimes with the loop attached to the body of the letter (see e.g. check the viewerFols. 12rb, , check the viewer14rb, ); the numeral ፪ with the two loops attached (e.g, check the viewer13rb, ); the numerals sometimes without the dashes above and below (e.g. check the viewer14rb, ); coronis on check the viewer8r, (intercolumn) and on check the viewer24vb, ; paragraphs signs and cues (numerals) for rubrication (e.g. check the viewer8v ).
A few lines, alternating with black lines, on the incipit page of text 1.1 (check the viewerfols. 2r, ), of text 1.2 (check the viewer28r, ) and of miracle 8 in text 1.2 (check the viewer25r ); 1-3 lines (sometimes alternating with black lines) on the incipit of the miracles 2, 3, 4, 6, 7; personal names in the supplication formulas; Ethiopic numerals or their elements; elements of the punctuation signs, paragraphs signs; coronis and/or their elements.Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
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