Shelfmark

3846 (olim Mordini 201)

Owning institution

Biblioteca Palatina, Parma

Typology

Codex

Title

Biblical excerpts, Revelation of John

Subject

Bible, Commentary

Language

Gǝʿǝz

Outer size (included the binding)

145 x 120 x 38 mm

Number of folia

37

Binding

Two uncovered wooden boards. Four sewing stations.

Sewing

Two S-twisted threads (each thread is Z-twisted) of animal origin.

Sewing pattern

Bozzacchi A

Slip case

–

State of preservation of the binding

Mediocre.

Provenance and history

The manuscript is mentioned by Antonio Mordini in the inventory list of the books of the monastic collection of Gundä Gunde (Mordini, A., 1953. ‘Il convento di Gunde Gundiè’, Rassegna di Studi Etiopici, 12, 29–70, p. 54 n. 4).

The manuscript was purchased by Mordini in the early 1940s and became part of his private collection in Barga (Lucca). In 1994 the Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage bought the collection, which until then had remained the property of the family of Antonio Mordini, who had died in 1975. The collection then entered the Biblioteca Palatina in Parma (cp. Fiaccadori, G., 1995, ‘I manoscritti etiopici di Antonio Mordini’. Malacoda 57 (1995), 24–27).

Folia

Ff. 1–2

Copying date

16^th century, dated on a paleographical basis.

Short description of the content

Ff. 1ra–1vb: Old Testament excerpts with commentary

Incipit: ዘእምነገረ፡ ኢዮብ፡ ወይቤ፡ ቀዳሜ፡ ኵሉ፡ ሠናይ፡ ቃለ፡ ነቢያት፡ በክር{ክ}ስቶስ፡ ወበ፲ወ፪ሐዋርያት፡ ወበክርስቲያን፡ ፍጹማን፡ ወኵሉ፡ እኩይ፡ ይተረጐም፡ በሰይጣን፡ ወበዐላዊያን፡ ወበአይሁድ።=። ወይቤሎ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ለኢዮብ፡ በዩመና፡ ወበዐውሎ። መኑ፡ ሰብእ፡ ዘየሐብእ፡ እምኔየ፡ ምክሮ።

The text concludes abruptly due to material damage.

Ff. 2ra–2vb: Commentary to canonical and non-canonical excerpts

Incipit: በድማኅ፡ ዝኒ፡ በእንተ፡ ዳግም፡ ምጽአቱ፡ ድማኅሰ፡ ርእስ፡ በከመ፡ ይቤ፡ ሄኖክ፡ ድማኀ፡ ኤርሞን፡ ወዳዊትኒ፡ ይቤ፡ ወበእን{ተ}ዝ፡ ይትሌዓል፡ ርእስ፡ ወእቱ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ወታአምርኑ፡ ግዕዘ፡ ሰማይ፡ እመአኮ፡ ዘይከውን፡ በተኅተ፡ (sic) ሰማይ፡ ዝኒ፡ በእንተ፡ ትስብእተ፡ መለኮት፡ አሐደ፡ ከዊን።

The text is incomplete.

Writing material

Goat parchment

Outer size of the textblock

138 x 118 x 0.7 mm

Blank folia

–

Quires

1

Quire marks

–

Layout

2 columns.

Number of lines per column

22–23

Ruling

Blind ruling, from the inside to the outside.

Lines are written above the ruling.

Ruling pattern

Nosnitsin 1

Scribe

Unknown

Colophon

–

Additional notes

–

State of preservation of the textblock

Good.

Folia

Ff. 3–37

Copying date

17^th century, dated on a paleographical basis.

Short description of the content

Ff. 3ra–37rb: Revelation of John

Incipit: ራእየ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ አቡ፡ ቀለምሲስ፡ ወጌላዊ፡ ዘነጐድጓድ፡ በስመ፡ አብ፡ … ዘዮሐንስ፡ ኤጲስ፡ ቆጶስ፡ […]ቍስጠንጥንያ፡ መጥሮ፡ ጶሊስ፡ አመ፡ ሀለዎ፡ ይሰድድ፡ ራእዩ፡ ለዮሐንስ፡ ዘከመ፡ ርእዮ፡ ለኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ። ዘወሀቦ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ከመ፡ ያርእዮሙ፡ ለአግብርቲሁ፡ ዘሀለዎ፡ ይኩን፡ ፍጡነ።

Writing material

Sheep parchment

Outer size of the textblock

138 x 122 x 30 mm

Blank folia

–

Quires

5

Quire marks

–

Layout

2 columns.

Number of lines per column

18–19

Ruling

Blind ruling, from the outside to the inside.

Lines are written above the ruling.

Ruling pattern

Nosnitsin 1

Scribe

Unknown

Colophon

–

Additional notes

–

State of preservation of the textblock

Defective.