Roma, Zanasi-Li Volsi 8

Shelfmark	Zanasi-Li Volsi 8
Inventory number	–
Owning institution	Private collection of Giuseppina Zanasi, Rome
Typology	Codex
Copying date	Late 19^th cent., dated on prosopographical basis.
Title	Akk^watetä q^wərban zäqǝddus Hǝryaqos zähagärä Bǝhnǝsa (Anaphora of Our Lady Mary by Cyriacus of Behnesa).
Subject	Liturgy
Language	Gǝʿǝz
Short description of the content	Ff. 3r–33v: Akk^watetä q^wərban zäqǝddus Hǝryaqos zähagärä Bǝhnǝsa (Anaphora of Our Lady Mary by Cyriacus of Behnesa). Incipit: በስመ፡ አብ፡ … ዕዌጥን<፡> በረድኤተ<፡> እግዚአብሔር፡ ቅዳሴሁ፡ ለእግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡ አኵቴተ፡ ቍርባን፡ ዘእግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡ ዘደረሰ<፡> ላቲ፡ አባ፡ ኅርያቆስ፡ ዘሐገረ፡ ብኅንሳ፡
Writing material	Goat parchment
Outer size (included the binding)	102 x 71 x 32 mm
Outer size of the textblock	100 x 70 x 20 mm
Number of folia	36
Blank folia	Ff. 1r, 2v, 34v–36v
Foliation	The manuscript is unfoliated.
Binding	Two uncovered wooden boards. Four sewing stations.
Sewing	Original sewing: two Z-twisted threads (each thread is S-twisted) of animal origin. Additional sewing: multiple Z-twisted threads of linen and two S-twisted threads (each thread is Z-twisted) of cotton.
Sewing pattern	Bozzacchi A4; the sewing is inverted, from the back to the front board.
Slip case	–
Quires	6 (4 + 1 initial and 1 final protective quires)
Quire marks	–
Layout	1 column
Number of lines per column	8–9 on ff. 3r–6r; 15 from f. 6v on
Ruling	Blind ruling, from the inside to the outside. Blind pricking, from the inside to the outside. Lines are written above the ruling. The scribe has disregarded the ruling and has generally written more than one line per ruled line.
Ruling pattern	Nosnitsin 1
Scribe	Unknown
Colophon	–
Additional notes	Ff. 1v–2r: asmat-prayer written in black ink an untrained hand. Incipit: [.]ጠል፡ አቂቱ፡ ናባል፡ አወል፡ ዙቤላሄል፡ ወደክል፡ በናጫ፡ ንረምድ፡ ክፍጅን፡ ቹን፡. On f. 2r the text reads, in the same hand: በስመ፡ አብ፡ … ጸሎት፡ በዕንተ፡ ግርማ፡ ሞገስ፡ ዘወሀበ<፡> ለሙሴ፡ “In the name of the Father … Prayer on the glory of the benevolence, which was granted to Moses”.
Decoration	F. 3r: uncoloured ornamental band (ḥaräg) with geometrical motifs on the top of the incipit of text. Executed in a rudimentary way. F. 34r: rudimentary drawing of Virgin and Child and two archangels, outlined in black and partly coloured in red and yellow.
Individuals mentioned in the MS	The following ecclesiastical authorities are mentioned: ṗaṗṗas abba Marqos (f. 6r); ṗaṗṗas abba Sälama (ff. 6r, 7v), in tenure from 1841 to 1868; liqä ṗaṗṗasat abba Ṗeṭros (f. 7v), in tenure from 1881 to 1917. These time ranges are difficult to reconcile with each other. However, they indicate that the manuscript was produced not earlier than in the mid-19^th century.
State of preservation of the binding	Discrete.
State of preservation of the textblock	Discrete.
Provenance and history	Unknown provenance. The manuscript came into possession of the Zanasi-Li Volsi family at an unspecified time in the 20^th century.