Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, B 20 inf.
Eugenia Sokolinski
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection:
Other identifiers: B 20/a inf., Grébaut 6, Galbiati 'pentaglotto', Pentaglot
General description
Pentaglot: Pauline Epistles in five languages (Ethiopic, Syriac, Coptic, Arabic, Armenian)
Number of Text units: 20
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
late 14th century
Summary
- ms_i1
(check the viewerFols 1r–275v ),
Pauline Epistles, in five languages (Pentaglot)
- ms_i1.1
(check the viewerFols 1r–275v ),
Pauline Epistles (Ethiopic)
- ms_i1.1.1 (check the viewerFols 1r–16r ), Epistle to the Romans
- ms_i1.1.2 (check the viewerFols 16v–99r ), First Epistle to the Corinthians
- ms_i1.1.3 (check the viewerFols 99v–112r ), Second Epistle to the Corinthians
- ms_i1.1.4 (check the viewerFols 112r–160r ), Epistle to the Galatians
- ms_i1.1.5 (check the viewerFols 160v–176r ), Epistle to the Ephesians
- ms_i1.1.6 (check the viewerFols 176v–167v ), Epistle to the Philippians
- ms_i1.1.7 (check the viewerFols 188v–199r ), Epistle to the Colossians
- ms_i1.1.8 (check the viewerFols 199v–208r ), First Epistle to the Thessalonians
- ms_i1.1.9 (check the viewerFols 208v–213v ), Second Epistle to the Thessalonians
- ms_i1.1.10 (check the viewerFols 211v–216v ), Epistle to the Hebrews
- ms_i1.1.11 (check the viewerFols 216v–258v ), First Epistle to Timothy
- ms_i1.1.12 (check the viewerFols 259r–268r ), Second Epistle to Timothy
- ms_i1.1.13 (check the viewerFols 268r–273r ), Epistle to Titus
- ms_i1.1.14 (check the viewerFols 273v–275v ), Epistle to Philemon
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 1r–275v ), Pauline Epistles (Syriac)
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 1r–275v ), Pauline Epistles (Coptic)
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 1r–275v ), Pauline Epistles (Arabic)
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 1r–175v ), Pauline Epistles (Armenian)
- ms_i1.1
(check the viewerFols 1r–275v ),
Pauline Epistles (Ethiopic)
Contents
check the viewerFols 1r–275v Pauline Epistles, in five languages (Pentaglot)
Language of text: Gǝʿǝz
Language of text: Syriac
Language of text: Coptic
Language of text: Arabic
Language of text: Armenian
Arranged in 5 columns, a column for each language; Armenian up to check the viewerfol. 175vcheck the viewerFols 1r–275v Pauline Epistles (Ethiopic) (CAe 3505)
Language of text: Gǝʿǝz
Colophon
Additions In this unit there are in total .
Extras
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Note by E. Tisserant on the inner cover: Exstat in Bybliotheca Vaticana (Barberin. or 2) Psalterium / pentaglottum in monasterio s. Macarii ad desertum Scetense / emprum. Cf. imaginem phototypicam apud Eug. Tisserant, Specimina / Codicum Orientalium, tab. 80.
Catalogue Bibliography
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Galbiati, E. 1957. ‘I manoscritti etiopici dell’Ambrosiana (breve inventario)’, in Studi in onore di Carlo Casliglioni prefetto dell’Ambrosiana, Fontes Ambrosiani, 32 (Milano: Giuffrè, 1957), 339–353.page 340
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Grébaut, S. 1933–1934. ‘Catalogue des manuscrits éthiopiens de la Bibliothèque Ambrosienne’, Revue de l’Orient Chrétien, 29 (1933–1934), 3–32.page 27-30, number 6
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Löfgren, O. and R. Traini 1975. Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana: I: Antico fondo and medio fondo, Fontes ambrosiani, 51/1 (Vicenza: N. Pozza, 1975).page 3-4
Secondary Bibliography
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Tedros Abraha 2004. The Ethiopic version of the Letter to the Hebrews, Studi e Testi, 419 (Città del Vaticano: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 2004). manuscript A
Physical Description
Form of support
Paper Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 358 |
Width | 267 |
Binding
European binding; the second volume bound separately as B 20 inf. II
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 5
one column per language; the 5th column (Armenian) only filled with text up to check the viewerfol. 175vPalaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
archaic hand of late 14th early 15th cent.Check for additional bibliography
Publication Statement
Edition Statement
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Alessandro Bausi, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻMilan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, B 20 inf.ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2023-05-19) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/VBAb20inf [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Eugenia Sokolinski added link to images and to OPAC on 19.5.2023
- Eugenia Sokolinski changed nesting to include all languages separately on 19.5.2023
- Eugenia Sokolinski Created stub on 17.5.2023
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Eugenia Sokolinski, editor