Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 32
Massimo Villa
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General description
Homily by John Chrysostom on John the Baptist, On the Life and Decollation of John the Baptist, Gadla ʾAbbā ʾAbib
Number of Text units: 3
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location:
1400-1499Summary
- ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 1r–10v ), Dǝrsān za-darasa Yoḥannǝs ʾafa warq ... baʾǝnta kǝbru la-Yoḥannǝs maṭmǝq
- ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 10v–24r ), On (the Life and Decollation of) John the Baptist
- ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 24v–42v ), Vita of Saint Bula surnamed ʾAbib
Contents
check the viewerFols 1r–10v Dǝrsān za-darasa Yoḥannǝs ʾafa warq ... baʾǝnta kǝbru la-Yoḥannǝs maṭmǝq (CAe 2125)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ድርሳን፡ ዘደረሰ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ አፈ፡ ወርቅ፡ ሊቀ፡ ጳጳሳት፤ ዘሀገረ፤ ቍስጥንጥንያ፤ ዘተናገረ፤ በእንት፤ (!) sic by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ክብሩ፤ ለዮሐንስ፤ መጥምቅ፤ በከመ፤ ጽሑፍ፡ በወንጌለ፤ ማቴዎስ፨ ምንትኑ፤ ወፃእክሙ፤ ትርአዩ፤ ገዳመ፨ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ዘይትነበብ፡ (!) አመ፡ ፴ለሰኔ፨ ስምዑ፤ ኦፍቁራንየ፤ ወአነ፤ እፈቅድ፤ እክሥት፤ ለክሙ፤ በእንተ፤ ዕበዩ፡ ለዮሐንስ፤ ካህን፤ ውእቱ፤ እምዘመደ፤ ክርስቶስ፨
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ርኢክሙኑ፡ ኦፍቁራንየ፡ ዘንተ፡ ኵሎ፡ ዘወሀበ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ በሰማይ፡ ወበምድር፡ ወለነኒ፡ ይኵነነ፡ (!) መክፈልተ፡ ወርስተ፡ እምሠናያት፡ ዘወሀብኮ፡ ለዮሐንስ፡ ፍቁርከ፨ ወኵሉ፡ ዘይገብር፡ ተዝካሮ፡ በዲበ፡ ምድር፡ ወበእንተ፡ አፍቅሮቱ፡ ወምሕረቱ፡ ለሰብእ፡ በእግዚእነ፡ ወመድኃኒነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፨ ዘሎቱ፡ ይደሉ፡ ክብር፡ ...
Secondary Bibliography , item 1
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Proverbio, D. V. 1998. La recensione etiopica dell’omelia pseudocrisostomica de ficu exarata ed il suo tréfonds orientale, Aethiopistische Forschungen, 50 (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 1998). 82
check the viewerFols 10v–24r On (the Life and Decollation of) John the Baptist (CAe 2085)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ዝንቱ፡ ነገር፡ በከመ፡ ኮነ፡ ሕይወቱ፡ ለዮሐንስ፡ መጥምቅ፡ ወዘከመ፡ ኮነ፡ እፎ፡ ምትረተ፡ ርእሱ፡ ወተርጐሞ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ አፈ፡ ወርቅ፡ በትረ፡ ያርክ፡ ሊቀ፡ ጳጳሳት፡ ብሂል፡ ዘሀገረ፡ ቍስጥንጥንያ፨ ወሶበ፡ ኮነ፡ ስደቱ፡ እምብራክይስ፡ እመ፡ (!) ተስእሎ፡ አይሁዳዊ፡ ኬልቄዶናዊ፡ ዘምነ፡ በእግዚእነ፡ በእንተ፡ ርእሰ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ መጥምቅ፡ ባዕለ፡ ክርስትና፨ = ፨ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ወዜነወ፡ ንስቲተ፡ እምሕይወቱ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ይቤ፡ እስመ፡ ሆከኒ፡ ልሳንየ፡ ከመ፡ እበል፡ ውሁደ፡ እምክብራተ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ነቢይ፡ መጥምቅ፡ ዘፍንው፡ ቅድመ፡ እግዚኡ፡ ዮሐኖን፡ ወአምዳኖን፨
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወዜነውነ፡ ዘንተ፡ በእንተ፡ ፍቅርክሙ፡ ወበእንተ፡ ርእስ፡ ንጽሕት፡ (!) ዮሐንስ፡ መጥምቅ፨ አው፡ ዘይጽሕፍ፡ ገድሎ፡ ድልወቶ፡ ወሩጸቶ፡ ወይገብር፡ ምጽዋተ፡ አመ፡ ዕለተ፡ ስምዑ፡ በከመ፡ ክሂሎቱ፡ ላዕለ፡ ምስኪናን፡ ወቍሱላን፡ አው፡ አቤራተ፨ (!) . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ይስእል፡ ወይጼሊ፡ በእንቲአሆሙ፡ ከመ፡ ይትወከፎሙ፡ ወያቅሞሙ፡ ኣምላክ፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ነውር፨
Secondary Bibliography , item 2
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Bausi, A. 2007. ‘John the Baptist (in Ethiopian literature)’, in Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, III (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2007), 288b–291b. 289a
check the viewerFols 24v–42v Vita of Saint Bula surnamed ʾAbib (CAe 4050)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ንቀድም፤ በረድኤተ፤ እግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፤ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran በእንተ፤ ዘተከሥተ፤ ለነ፤ እምዜናሁ፤ ለአብ፤ ክቡር፤ ወትሩፈ፤ ትጋህ፤ አባ፤ ቡላ፡ ዝውእቱ፤ መክብበ፡ ሠናያት፤ በሰላመ፤ እግዚአብሔር፡ አብ፡ አሜን፨ = ፨ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran እዜንወክሙ፤ ኅዳጠ፤ እምትሩፋተ፡ ገድሉ፡ ወተአምራቲሁ፡ ዘሰማዕነ፡ እምአፉሆሙ፡ ለእለ፡ ተልእክዎ፡ ወኮኑ፡ ሎቱ፡ ስምዓ፡
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ስብሐት፡ ለዋሕድ፡ ወልዱ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ስብሐት፡ ለመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ለዘቀደሶ፡ ወአንጽሖ፡ እምከርሠ፡ እ
The end is missing, the text terminates abruptly.Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 2 , 1 , 1 .
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Title of the book
( gez ) ባሰመ፡ (!) አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ድርሳን፡ ዘደረሰ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ አፈ፡ ወርቅ፡ ሊቀ፡ ጰጰሰት፡ (!) ዘሀገር፡
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Names of individuals in Arabic
( ar ) الرب الرهي غبريال مخاييل اسطفنيل يوسف يعقوب
The following names are mentioned: Gabriyāl, Miḫāyīl, ʾIsṭifanīl, Yūsuf, and Yaʿqūb. -
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Stamp
Seal of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in red ink. -
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( gez ) ለዘጸሐፎ፡ ወለዘአጽሐፎ፡ ወለዘአንበቦ፤ ወለዘተርጐሞ፡ ይኵኖሙ፤ (!) ሣህል፤ ወምሕረት፨ በጸሎቱ፤ ለዮሐንስ፤ መጥምቀ፡ እሳት፨ ወለአጽሐፊሁ፡ ፍሬ፡ መስቀል፤ ያስምዖ፤ ቃለ፤ ፍሥሓ፤ ወሐሤት፤ ለዓለመ፤ ዓለም፤ አሜን፨
The note mentions Fǝre Masqal patron as the one who commissioned the book. -
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Seal of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in red ink. -
check the viewerFol. 43r (Type: OwnershipNote)
( gez ) ዝመጽሐፍ፡ ዘአባ፡ ተወልደ፡ መድኅን፡ ወልደ፡ ሳሙኤል፡ ዘገዳመ፡ ዋሊ፡ ዘሴጣ፡ ወዘተአገላ፡ አምኀሉ፡ ነጋድያን፡ ኢይትዓ
The note is incomplete. It states that ʾAbbā Tawalda Madḫǝn owner , spiritual son of Sāmuʾel of Gadāma Wāli , is the owner of the book.
Extras
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The shelfmark of the Vatican Library ( la ) Vat. | 32 | aethiop. is written on the cover, together with the coat of arms of pope Pius IX and of the librarian Giovanni Battista Pitra .
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The shelfmark of the Vatican Library ( la ) 32. Aethiop. is written in a 19th-century hand.
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The shelfmark ( gez ) Aeth. 42 32 is written on the paper sheet glued on the lower margin of the leaf.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 3 s.
Other Decorations
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Black and red ornamental band on the incipit page of Content Item 1 Dǝrsān za-darasa Yoḥannǝs ʾafa warq ... baʾǝnta kǝbru la-Yoḥannǝs maṭmǝq (CAe 2125) .
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Black and red ornamental band on the incipit page of Content Item 2 On (the Life and Decollation of) John the Baptist (CAe 2085) .
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Black and red ornamental band on the incipit page of Content Item 3 Vita of Saint Bula surnamed ʾAbib (CAe 4050) .
Catalogue Bibliography
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Grébaut, S. and E. Tisserant 1935. Bybliothecae apostolicae Vaticanae codices manu scripti recensiti iussu Pii XI Pontificis maximi. Codices Aethiopici Vaticani et Borgiani, Barberinianus orientalis 2, Rossianus 865, I: Enarratio codicum (Città del Vaticano: In Bybliotheca Vaticana, 1935). page 150-152
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 174mm |
Width | 133mm |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
State of preservation
deficient
Condition
The upper part of the leaves is affected with humidity.
Binding
Two covers of red leather.
Binding material
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 20
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Written in a fine 15th-century script
Ink: Black, red
Rubrication: Titles, nomina sacra, elements of the Ethiopic numerals, elements of the punctuation signs.
Date: 1400-1499
1400-1499 Some paleographic features: ሎ has the loop marking the 7th order often attached directly to the body of the letter, without the linking line; ቍ is written with no linking line; the upper part of ቆ, ቶ, የ, ደ and ጸ has angular shape; ዐ has angular shape; the left stroke of ዘ is often slanted.Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
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