Shelfmark

3849 (olim Mordini 207)

Owning institution

Biblioteca Palatina, Parma

Typology

Codex

Copying date

18^th century, dated on a paleographical basis.

Title

Wǝddase sämayawǝyan wämǝdrawǝyan (“Encomium coelestium et terrestrium”)

Subject

Poetry

Language

Gǝʿǝz

Short description of the content

Ff. 18r–27vb, 8ra–17rb, 28ra–78rb, 1ra–6vb: Wǝddase sämayawǝyan wämǝdrawǝyan (“Encomium coelestium et terrestrium”, CAe 2001), incomplete.

Incipit: ማኅበረ፡ መላእክት፡ ወሰብእ፡ ተዓይነ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ወእሙ፡

ሰላም፡ ለክሙ።

ሶበ፡ እከሥት፡ አፉየ፡ ለውዳሴክሙ።

ፍሬ፡ ማኅሌት፡ እምልሳንየ፡ ትቅሥሙ።

ምስሌየ፡ ሀልዉ፡ ወምስሌየ፡ ቁሙ።

ሰላም፡ ለአብ፡ ወለወልድ፡ ቃሉ፡

ለመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ዋሕድ፡ ዘአካሎሙ፡ አካሉ፡

The text is divided into monthly sections: 1. Introduction and Mäskäräm (ff. 18r–27vb, 8ra–17rb); 2. Ṭǝqǝmt (ff. 28ra–42vb); 3. Ḫǝdar (ff. 43ra–54va, incomplete); 4. Taḫśaś (ff. 54va–76ra); 5. Ṭǝrr (ff. 76rb–78rb, 1ra–6vb, incomplete).

Writing material

Goat parchment (ff. 1–7) and sheep parchment (ff. 8–78).

Outer size (included the binding)

141 x 120 x 50 mm

Number of folia

78

Blank folia

7r–v, 17v, 78v

Binding

Two uncovered wooden boards. Four sewing stations.

Sewing

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

Sewing pattern

Bozzacchi A

Slip case

–

Quires

9

Quire marks

–

Layout

2 columns.

Number of lines per column

13–15

Ruling

Blind ruling, from outside to inside (ff. 1–7) and from inside to outside (ff. 8–78).

Lines are written above the ruling.

Ruling pattern

Nosnitsin 1

Scribe

Unknown.

Colophon

–

Additional notes

–

Decoration

–

State of preservation of the binding

Mediocre.

State of preservation of the textblock

Defective.

Provenance and history

The manuscript is not mentioned by Antonio Mordini in the inventory list of the books of the monastic collection of Gundä Gunde. However, there is no doubt that it belonged to 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. The collection then entered the Biblioteca Palatina in Parma (cf. Fiaccadori, G., 1995, ‘I manoscritti etiopici di Antonio Mordini’. Malacoda 57 (1995), 24–27).