Grottaferrata, Exarchic Greek Abbey of St. Mary of Grottaferrata, Crypt. Aet. 10
Eliana Dal Sasso
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection:
Other identifiers: Raineri 3
General description
Sayfa Śǝllāse “Sword of the Trinity”
Number of Text units: 9
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1901-1902 The manuscript was bought on 7th June 1990 by the restoration laboratory of the Abbey from a private individual, together with the ms. Crypt. Aet. 1 for 300.000 lire.
Summary
- ms_i1
(check the viewerFols 1–60 ),
Sayfa Śǝllāse
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 1r–9v ), Sayfa Śǝllāse, Praise for Monday
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 9v–17r ), Sayfa Śǝllāse, Praise for Tuesday
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 17v–25v ), Sayfa Śǝllāse, Praise for Wednesday
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 25v–35v ), Sayfa Śǝllāse, Praise for Thursday
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 35v–47v ), Sayfa Śǝllāse, Praise for Friday
- ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 47v–55r ), Sayfa Śǝllāse, Praise for Saturday
- ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 55r–60v ), Sayfa Śǝllāse, Praise for Sunday
- ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 61r–75r ), Malkǝʾa Śǝllāse
Contents
check the viewerFols 1–60 Sayfa Śǝllāse (CAe 2296)
Colophon
ኦሥሉስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ዕቀበኒ፡ በሥጋ፡ ወነፍስ፡ ሊተ፡ ለገብርክሙ፡ ወልደ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ወጸሐፊሃ፡ ገብረ፡ አማኑኤል፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን። ፸፻ወ፫፻ወ፺፫.
The colophon, added in the main hand at the end of the text, states that the book was written in the year 7393 of the World, i.e. 1901/02 CE. The colophon also mentions the scribe Gabra Amānuʾel and a certain Walda Ḥawāryāt, the latter possibly in a secondary hand.
Additions In this unit there are in total .
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Unclear note written in a recent hand in violet ink. The note is in Amharic.
( am ) ቦሸት፡ ቅርፊት፡ ቅኆነ፡ አውጽተሕ፡ አጠጣ፡ ያተርፋ፡ አመማሮ፡ ዴጥ፡ አዳም፡ ይጀበራ፡ ልብ፡ አጠ፡ ናዶሮ፡
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Unclear note written in a recent hand in blue pencil. The note is in Amharic and is dated 18 Taḫśaś 1901 E.C., corresponding to 27 December 1908.
( am ) ፲፱፻፩ዓመተ፡ ምሕረት፡ ታሕሣሥ፡ ፲፱ቀን፡ ጨረቃዋ፡ ደም፡ ለብሰ፡ አደረች፡ ገረብ፡ ጽድቅ፡ ሚካኤል፡
Extras
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Pen trials.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .
Other Decorations
- band:
check the viewerFol. 1r
Ornamental band formed by a geometric interlace in black ink.
Catalogue Bibliography
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Proverbio, D. V. 2000. ‘Inventario sommario dei manoscritti arabi, ebraici, etiopici – con notizia dei turchi – conservati presso la Biblioteca della Badia di Grottaferrata’, Atti della Accademia nazionale dei Lincei, Memorie, Classe di scienze morali, storiche e filologiche, Serie nona, 12 (2000), 468–570.
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‘CaNaMEI digital catalogue’, n.d.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 137mm |
Width | 85mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | 2 |
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2 | 10 |
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3 | 10 |
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4 | 10 |
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5 | 10 |
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6 | 10 |
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7 | 10 |
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8 | 10 |
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9 | 5 |
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4, stub after 1 |
Collation diagrams
Quire ID:q1
Quire ID:q2
Quire ID:q3
Quire ID:q4
Quire ID:q5
Quire ID:q6
Quire ID:q7
Quire ID:q8
4, stub after 1
Quire ID:q9
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(2/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (5),
Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (5),
State of preservation
good
Condition
The fourth chain-stitch is broken starting from check the viewerquire 5 . The codex shows signs of intensive use. The lower margin is stained with dirt.
Binding
Link-stitch sewing linked to uncovered wooden boards.
The boards are decorated with drawings depicting equal-armed crosses. On the left board the cross is drawn in pencil and enclosed in a rectangular frame. On the right board the cross is drawn in blue or violet ink. The first quire is a protective quire on which additional notes were added later.Sewing Stations
4 Small holes are visible in the centre fold of the quires, close to the tail and the head of the codex.Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 15-16
H | 85mm |
W | 60mm |
Ms Grottaferrata, Exarchic Greek Abbey of St. Mary of Grottaferrata, Crypt. Aet. 10 main part
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