Shelfmark

Fondo Orientale, Crypt Aet. 16

Owning institution

Biblioteca statale del Monumento nazionale di Grottaferrata

Typology

Accordion book

Copying date

20^th century, dated on a paleographical basis.

Title

Psalms 1–2:11

Subject

Prayers, New Testament

Language

Gǝʿǝz

Short description of the content

Ff. 2r–12r: Mäzmurä Dawit (“Psalms of David”), Pss 1–2:11.

Incipit: ፍካሬ፡ ዘጻድቃን፡ ወዘሃጥአን፡ መዝሙር፡ ዘዳዊት፡ ሃሌሉያ፡ ብፁእ፡ ብእሲ፡ ዘኢሖረ፡ በምክረ፡ ረሲዓን፡ ወዘኢነበር፡ (!) ውስተ፡ መንበረ፡ መስተ<፡>ሣልቃን፡ ወዘኢ{ነ}በር፡ (!) ውስተ፡ መን<፡>በር፡ መስተሣልቃን፡

Writing material

Parchment of unspecified animal type.

Outer size (included the binding)

87 x 77 x 14 mm

Outer size of the textblock

81 x 75 x 4.59 mm

Number of folia

12

Number of strips

2

Length of the strips

Strip 1: 727 mm; strip 2: 136 mm.

Blank folia

9v–12v

Binding

Two wooden boards covered with reddish-brown leather decorated with tooled blind ornament; reddish-brown leather cord (940 mm).

Sewing

No sewing: the first and last pages of the accordion book are glued onto the boards; the other pages are folded.

Sewing pattern

–

Slip case (maḫdär)

–

Layout

1 column.

Number of lines per column

8–11

Ruling

Poorly marked, probably done in pencil. Lines are written above the ruling (pattern Nosnitsin 1).

Ruling pattern

Unclassifiable due to the sole presence of horizontal ruled lines.

Scribe

Unknown

Colophon

–

Additional notes

1. F. 12v: the verso of the manuscript contains a note written in pencil in Italian. Text: “Dono a 2011, contiene salmi per il popolo”. The note informs on the circumstances in which the manuscript entered the library (P. Basilio di Bertuzzi was director of the abbey library in 2011) and describes the contents of the manuscript.

Decoration

1. F. 1r: full-page polychrome miniature of St George and the dragon.

2. F. 5r: full-page polychrome miniature of the Virgin and Christ Child between two angels.

3. F. 9r: full-page polychrome miniature of Christ Child between Mary and Joseph.

4. F. 12r: full-page polychrome miniature of the Annunciation.

State of preservation of the binding

Discrete.

State of preservation of the textblock

Mediocre.

Provenance and history

Unknown provenance.

The note in pencil on the verso of the manuscript indicates that it was donated in 2011 to Father Basilio di Bertuzzi, director of the abbey library in 2011.