Shelfmark

Fondo Orientale, Crypt Aet. 4

Owning institution

Biblioteca statale del Monumento nazionale di Grottaferrata

Typology

Codex

Copying date

19^th century, dated on a paleographical basis.

Title

Nägärä ardǝʾt (“Discourse of the disciples”) and hymn to Mary

Subject

Apocrypha, Hymns

Language

Gǝʿǝz

Short description of the content

Ff. 3r–45v: Nägärä ardǝʾt (“Discourse of the disciples”)

Incipit: በስመ፡ … ወነገረ፡ ፲ወ፪ አርድዕት፡ ወመግረሬ፡ ፀር። ጸሎቱ፡ ወበረከቱ፡ {ወ}የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ገብሩ፡ ወልደ፡ ሰን^በት፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፡ ወከመዝ፡ ነገሮሙ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ለ፲ወ፪አርድ^ዕት፡ በይድኅኑ፡ እምኃጢአት፡ ወለክሙሂ፡ ንነግረክሙ፡ ንሕነ፡ በዘትድኅኑ፡

Ff. 46r–49v: Hymn to Our Lady Mary (Chaine nr. 370)

Incipit: በስመ፡ ... ወልደ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ሕያው፡ ወወልደ፡ ማርያም፡ ሥግው፡ ኦእግዚእየ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ በእንተ፡ ማርያም፡ ወላዲትከ፡ ቅ(46v)ድስኒ፡ እ፡ እ፡ ኢ፡ በእንተ፡ ማር፡ ወለ፡ ተሣሃለኒ፡

Writing material

Goat parchment

Outer size (included the binding)

h 137 x w 85 x 27 mm

Outer size of the textblock

133 h x 77 w x 18 mm

Number of folia

50

Blank folia

1r–v, 2v, 50v

Binding

Two wooden boards covered with brown leather. Three sewing stations.

Sewing

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

Sewing pattern

Bozzacchi A2

Slip case (maḫdär)

–

Quires

6 (5 + 1 initial protective quire)

Quire marks

–

Text area

93 h x 66 w mm (margins: left 18, right 4, top 14, bottom 27 mm). Data from f. 8r.

Layout

1 column.

Number of lines per column

17–18

Ruling

Blind ruling, from outside to inside.

Lines are written above the ruling (pattern Nosnitsin 1).

Ruling pattern

1-1/0/0/C

Scribe

Ḫaylä Giyorgis (f. 46r)

Colophon

–

Additional notes

1. F. 2ra–b: protective prayer against the headache. The incipit is rubricated. Incipit: በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ፩አምላክ፡ ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ ሕማመ፡ ርእስ፡ ምትዓት፡ ያሸኤርር፡ ያሸኤርር፡ ያር፡ ፯ዜ፡

Decoration

Ff. 3r, 9v, 13v, 20v, 30r, 35r, 38r: simple ornamental frames decorated with interweaving motifs in red and black ink.

State of preservation of the binding

Discrete.

State of preservation of the textblock

Discrete.

Provenance and history

Unknown provenance. The commissioner of the manuscript is a certain Wäldä Sänbät, mentioned throughout the manuscript and indicated as commissioner on f. 46r. It is not known when the manuscript was acquired by the abbey library, certainly before 1967 (year of the death of Father Lorenzo Tardo, author of the catalogue in which the manuscript is mentioned).