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Veroli, Monumento Nazionale Abbazia di Casamari, MNC-011

Massimo Villa

Newly catalogued in Beta maṣāḥǝft

Work in Progress
https://betamasaheft.eu/MNC011
Monumento Nazionale Abbazia di Casamari[view repository]

Collection:

Other identifiers: MS 39; Et VI, Inventory number: 50436

General description

Collection of malkǝʾ-hymns and other prayers

Number of Text units: 8

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

1700-1899

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 3r–26v ),
  2. ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 27r–44v ), Malkǝʾa Mikāʾel
  3. ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 44v–61v, check the viewer78r–80v ), Malkǝʾa ʾIyasus
  4. ms_i4 (check the viewerFols 62r–72v ), Prayer to Mary
  5. ms_i5 (check the viewerFols 72v–77r ), Sǝbḥāta fǝqur za-Giyorgis
  6. ms_i6 (check the viewerFols 77r–77v ), Invocation to several saints
  7. ms_i7 (check the viewerFols 80v–87v ), ‘O tender-hearted...’
  8. ms_i8 (check the viewerFols 88r–92v ), ‘All hosts of the angels praise You…’

Contents


check the viewerFols 3r–26v Malkǝʾa Māryām (CAe 2891)

Language of text:

The work comprises 63 stanzas.

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 4r


ሰላም፡ ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምኪ፡ ሐዋዝ፡ እምነ፡ ከል ቤ (!) (!)corrected by Susanne Hummelኔ፡ ወቍስጥ፡ ወእምነ፡ ሰንበልት፡ ምዑዝ፡ ማርያም፡ ድንግል፡ ባሲተ፡ ዓቢይ፡ ትእዛዝ፡ ይስቅየኒ፡ ለለጽባሑ፡ ወይነ፡ ፍቅርኪ፡ አዚ<ዝ>supplied by Susanne Hummel፡ ከመ፡ ይሰቅዮ፡ ውኂዝ፡ ለሠናይ፡ አርዝ ፡

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFols 26r–26v ስብሐት፡ ለኪ<፡>supplied by Susanne Hummel ማርያም፡


በኍልቈ፡ ኩ (!) (!)corrected by Susanne Hummelሎን፡ ሥዕርትየ፡ ስብሐት፡ ለኪ፡ ማርያም፡ በኍልቈ፡ ኵሎን፡ አእፅምትየ፡ ስብሐት፡ ለኪ፡ ማርያም፡ (!) ኁ (!) (!)corrected by Susanne Hummelልቈ፡ ኵሉ፡ ዘተርእየ፡ ስብሐት፡ ለኪ፡ ንግሥትየ፡ በ ኁ (!) (!)corrected by Susanne Hummelልቈ፡ ኵሉ፡ ዘኢያስተርአየ፡ ስብሐተ፡ ድንግልናኪ፡ ዘልፈ፡ ይነግር፡ አፉየ።


check the viewerFols 62r–72v Prayer to Mary (CAe 3012)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ሃሌ፡ ሉያ፡ ሃሌ፡ ሉያ፡ ብፅእት፡ አንቲ፡ ጽድቅ፡ ዘትሜንኒ፡

Secondary Bibliography

  • Brita, A., K. Helmholz, S. Hummel, and M. Villa 2017. ‘Three Collections of Gǝʿǝz Manuscripts Recently Surveyed  in Italy: An Inventory’, Aethiopica, 20 (2017), 167–189. 182

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

93 (leaf) , Entered as 93 2 (leaf, blank) : Entered as 2 check the viewerFols. 1r, 93r +NaN (quire) .Entered as 12 (A + 11) 95 75 40 81 67 Data on leaf dimensions taken from check the viewerfol. 5r .
Outer dimensions
Height 95mm
Width 75mm
Depth 40mm
Leaf dimensions
Height 81mm
Width 67mm

Foliation

Quire Structure Collation

Signatures:

Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 A 2 Fols 1r–2v
2 1 8 Fols 3r–10v
3 2 8 Fols 11r–18v
4 3 8 Fols 19r–26v
5 4 9 Fols 27r–35v One stub is glued before fol. 27.
6 5 8 Fols 36r–43v
7 6 8 Fols 44r–51v
8 7 10 Fols 52r–61v
9 8 8 Fols 62r–69v
10 9 8 Fols 70r–77v
11 10 10 Fols 78r–87v
12 11 6 Fols 88r–93v

It is unfortunately not possible with the information provided to print the collation diagrams and formula.

  • Quire with id:q5 and n 4 is made of 9 leaves, but there is no futher information about the reason this number is odd.

State of preservation

deficient

Condition

Quire q11 is misplaced: it was originally placed after Quire q8 . Traces of intensive use. Several leaves are damaged by water (e.g., check the viewerfols 3r–10r, ). The ink is abraded on some leaves (e.g., check the viewerfolss. 27r, 35v, 52r, 61v, 62r, ). The ink is faded on check the viewerfol. 37r . Rebound and professionally restored in the Badia of Grottaferrata in 1976.

Binding

Two wooden boards covered with reddish-brown leather (quarter cover). Three pairs of sewing stations. European binding.

Binding decoration

Binding material

wood

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 1

Number of lines: 9

H 55
W 55
Margins
top 1
bottom 16
left 5
right 8
Data on text area dimensions taken from check the viewerfol. 5r .

Ms Veroli, Monumento Nazionale Abbazia di Casamari, MNC-011 main part

looks ok for measures computed width is: 68mm, object width is: 75mm, computed height is: 72mm and object height is: 95mm.
Pricking
  • Pricking and ruling are visible.

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Irregular.

    Ink: Black, red

    Rubrication: Nomina sacra.

    Date: 18th-19th century

    18th-19th century More hands were possibly involved in the writing (see check the viewerfols 77v–78r ).
    • Publication Statement

      authority
      Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
      pubPlace
      Hamburg
      publisher
      Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
      availability
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      date
      type=expanded
      16.10.2024 at 15:07:16
      date
      type=lastModified
      3.2.2021
      idno
      type=collection
      manuscripts
      idno
      type=url
      https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/MNC011/main
      idno
      type=URI
      https://betamasaheft.eu/MNC011
      idno
      type=filename
      MNC011.xml
      idno
      type=ID
      MNC011

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    Massimo Villa, Dorothea Reule, Susanne Hummel, ʻVeroli, Monumento Nazionale Abbazia di Casamari, MNC-011ʼ, in Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2021-02-03) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/MNC011 [Accessed: 2024-11-24]

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    Revision history

    • Susanne Hummel continued description on 3.2.2021
    • Dorothea Reule Updated ID LIT2891RepCh172 on 4.7.2018
    • Massimo Villa Created catalogue entry on 27.4.2018
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    Attribution of the content

    Alessandro Bausi, general editor

    Massimo Villa, editor

    Dorothea Reule, contributor

    Susanne Hummel, contributor

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