Shelfmark

3851

Owning institution

Biblioteca Palatina, Parma

Typology

Codex

Copying date

19^th–20^th century, dated on a paleographical basis.

Title

Dǝrsanä kidanä məḥrät (“Homily on the Covenant of Mercy”)

Subject

Liturgy, Miracles.

Language

Gǝʿǝz

Short description of the content

1. Ff. 7ra–53vb: Dǝrsanä kidanä məḥrät (“Homily on the covenant of mercy”, CAe 1290).

1. Ff. 7ra–16vb: Dǝrsan zäʾǝmmä mǝḥrät (“Homily of the mother of mercy”).

Incipit: በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አብ፡ ለማርያም፡ ዘሐነጻ፡ ወቀደሳ፡ በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ወልድ፡ ዘሐደረ፡ ውስተ፡ ክርሣ። ወበስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ […] (7rb) ድርሳን፡ ዘእመ፡ ምሕረት፡ ድርሳን፡ ዘእመ፡ ሕይወት፡ ዘእመ፡ መድኃኒት። ድርሳን፡ ዘእመ፡ ጸባዖት፡ ድርሳን፡ ዘመጾረ፡ ሣህል፡ ድርሳን፡ ዘወላዲተ፡ ቃል። ዘይትነበብ፡ ዮም፡ በበዓለ፡ ኪዳነ፡ ለማርያም፡ ድንግል፡

2. The homily is followed by 12 monthly readings, indicated as a whole as Mäṣḥafä kidanä məḥrät, “Book of the covenant of mercy”: reading for 16 Yäkkatit (ff. 16va–20vb), 16 Mäggabit (ff. 20vb–23va), 16 Miyazya (ff. 23va–25rb), 16 Gǝnbot (ff. 25rb–28ra), 16 Säne (ff. 28ra–31ra), 16 Ḥamle (ff. 31ra–33vb), 16 Näḥase (ff. 33vb–37rb), 16 Mäskäräm (ff. 37va–40ra), 16 Ṭǝqǝmt (ff. 40ra–42vb), 16 Ḫǝdar (ff. 42vb–46vb), 16 Taḫśaś (ff. 46vb–50va), 16 Ṭǝrr (ff. 50va–52vb).

2. Ff. 52vb–58ra: Täʾammǝra Maryam (“Miracles of Mary”, CAe 2384).

3. Ff. 52vb–55vb: Miracle of Mary: The story of the cannibal of Qǝmr (CAe 3615).

Heading: ተአምሪሃ፡ ለእግዝእትነ፡ ቅድስት፡ ድንግል፡ በ፪ማርያም፡ ወላዲተ፡ አምላክ፡ ጸሎታ፡ ወበረከታ፡ የሃሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ዓመታ፡ <lac.> ለዓ፡ ዓለ፡ አን።

Incipit: ወሀሎ፡ ፩ብእሲ፡ በሀገረ፡ ቅምር፡ ክቡረ፡ ዘመድ። ወስሙ፡ ክርስቲያናዊ፡ ወኃጢአቱ፡ የዓቢ፡ ወይፈደፍድ፡ እምኃጢአተ፡ ኵሉ፡ ሰብእ።

4. Ff. 55vb–56va: Miracle of Mary: Conversation of Jesus Christ and Mary on the five pains (CAe 3633).

Heading: ተአምሪሃ፡ ለእግዝእትነ፡ ቅድስት፡ ድንግል፡ በ፪ማርያም፡ ወላዲተ፡ አምላክ፡ ጸሎታ፡ ወበረከታ፡ የሃሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ዓመታ፡ <lac.> ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።

Incipit: ወአሐተ፡ ዕለተ፡ ይቤላ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ለወላዲቱ፡ አይ፡ ኃዘን፡ የዓቢ፡ እምኃዘናት፡ ዘረከበኪ፡ በእንቲአየ። ወትቤሎ፡ እግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡ ኦእግዚእየ፡ ወአምላኪየ፡ እሉ፡ ኃምስቱ፡ ኃዘናት፡ የዓብዩ፡ ፩እምኔሆሙ፡

5. Ff. 56va–58ra: Miracle of Mary: the monk Efrem of Däbrä Ṭimona, who was devoured by a dragon (CAe 5416).

Heading: ተአምሪሃ፡ ለእግዝእትነ፡ ቅድስት፡ ድንግል፡ በ፪ማርያም፡ ወላዲተ፡ አምላክ፡ ጸሎታ፡ ወበረከታ፡ የሃሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ዓመታ፡ <lac.> (56vb) <lac.> ለዓ፡ ዓለ፡ አሜን።

Incipit: ወሀሎ፡ ፩መነኮስ፡ በደብረ፡ ጢሞና፡ ዘስሙ፡ ኤፍሬም፡ አሥጋሬ፡ ዓሣ፡ ለመነኮሳተ፡ ደብር። ወይገብር፡ በዓለ፡ ዚአሃ፡ ዘነሥአት፡ ኪዳነ፡ ምሕረት፡ እምኀበ፡ ወልድሰ፡ እግዝእትነ፡ ቅድስት፡ ድንግል፡ በ፪ማርያም፡

Subscription: ይትባረክ፡ እግዚአብሔ(58rb)ር፡ ዘአፈጸመኒ፡ ዛተ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ በጥዒና፡ ወበሰላም፡ እንበለ፡ ደዌ፡ ወንስቲት፡ ሕማም። ከመ፡ እሴብሖ፡ ለአምላኪየ፡ ዮም፡ አነ፡ ገብሩ፡ ገብረ፡ አብ፡ ድኩም፡

Writing material

Goat parchment

Outer size (included the binding)

242 x 187 x 46 mm

Number of folia

60

Blank folia

1r–6v, 58v–60v

Binding

Two wooden boards covered with blind-tooled leather. Four sewing stations.

Sewing

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

Sewing pattern

Bozzacchi A

Slip case

–

Quires

8

Quire marks

Indicated in black and red ink on the upper inner margin of the first folio of each quire: ff. 7r (፩), 15r (፪), 23r (፫), 31r (፬), 39r (፭), 47r (፮), 55r (፯).

Layout

2 columns.

Number of lines per column

16

Ruling

Blind ruling, from outside to inside.

Lines are written above the ruling.

Ruling pattern

Nosnitsin 1

Scribe

Abunä Gäbrä Ab (ff. 16rb, 51va).

Colophon

–

Additional notes

–

Decoration

–

State of preservation of the binding

Good.

State of preservation of the textblock

Good.

Provenance and history

Unknown provenance. The name of the scribe Abunä Gäbrä Ab is mentioned in the supplication formulas on 16rb, 51va and in the subscription on f. 58rb.

The codex was presumably 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 Mordini collection, which entered the Biblioteca Palatina in Parma (cf. Fiaccadori, G., 1995, ‘I manoscritti etiopici di Antonio Mordini’. Malacoda 57 (1995), 24–27).