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Shelfmark |
3862 |
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Owning institution |
Biblioteca Palatina, Parma |
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Typology |
Codex |
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Copying date |
19th century, dated on a paleographical basis. |
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Title |
Gospel of John |
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Subject |
New Testament |
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Language |
Gǝʿǝz |
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Short description of the content |
Ff. 2r–56va: Bǝsratä Yoḥannǝs, “Gospel of John” (CAe 2715). The text is incomplete: it concludes abruptly in correspondence of John 10:39. Heading: ብስራተ፡ አብ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ትሩፍ፡ ድ፡ ተናጋሪ፡ በመለኮተ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወልደ፡ ዘብዴዎስ፡ ሐዋርያ፡ ፍቁሩ፡ እግዚእ፡ የሱ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ የሃሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁ ም፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ Incipit: ወንጌል፡ ዘዮሐንስ፡ ቀዳሚሁ፡ ቃል፡ ውእቱ፡ ወውእቱ፡ ቃል፡ ኀበ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ውእቱ፡ ወእግዚአብሔር፡ ውእቱ፡ ቃል፡ ወከማሁ፡ ቀዳሚሁ፡ እምቀዲሙ፡ ኀበ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ውእቱ። Explicit: ወእመሰ፡ እንብር፡ ግብሮ፡ ከመ፡ ኪያየ፡ ኢአመንክሙኒ፡ ለግብርየ፡ እመኑ፡ አንትሙ፡ ከመ፡ ተአምሩ፡ ወከመ፡ ትወድቁ፡ ከመ፡ ምስሌየ፡ አብ፡ ወአነኒ፡ ምስለ፡ አብ፡ (56va) ወአብ፡ ወካዕበ፡ የኃሥሡ፡ ወይፈቅዱ፡ የእኃዝዎ፡ ወአምሰጠ፡ |
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Writing material |
Goat parchment |
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Outer size (included the binding) |
140 x 113 x 38 mm |
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Outer size of the textblock |
139 x 108 x 33 mm |
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Number of folia |
57 |
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Blank folia |
– |
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Binding |
Two wooden boards. The spine is uncovered. Four sewing stations. |
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Sewing |
Two Z-twisted threads (each thread is S-twisted) of animal origin. |
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Sewing pattern |
Bozzacchi A5 |
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Slip case |
– |
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Quires |
8 (7 + 1 initial protective quires) |
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Quire marks |
Indicated on the upper inner corner of the first folio of each quire: ff. 10r (፪), 18r (፫), 28r (፬), 35r (፭), 45r (፮). |
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Layout |
2 columns. |
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Number of lines per column |
16–17 |
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Ruling |
Blind ruling, from inside to outside. Lines are written above the ruling. |
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Ruling pattern |
Nosnitsin 1 |
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Scribe |
Unknown |
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Colophon |
– |
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Additional notes |
1. F. 20v: ownership note written in Amharic a recent and untrained hand: ዝመፅሐፍ፡ ዊሰአድ፡ ነው፡ ነጋሺ፡ የውርድው፡ ግዛቸው፡ ነው፡ ምኒያክው፡ ነው. The note is hardly legible. |
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Decoration |
F. 2r: ornamental band (ḥaräg) decorated with intertwined geometrical motifs in black and red ink. |
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State of preservation of the binding |
Defective. |
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State of preservation of the textblock |
Defective. |
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Provenance and history |
The place of production of the manuscript is unknown. The name of the owner, written in the heading on f. 2r, is illegible due to faded ink. |
