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Shelfmark |
Orientale 27 |
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Owning institution |
Biblioteca Angelica, Rome |
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Typology |
Codex |
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Copying date |
18th century (?), dated on a paleographical basis. |
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Title |
Collection of mälkǝʾ-hymns |
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Subject |
Prayers, Hymns |
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Language |
Gǝʿǝz |
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Short description of the content |
1) Ff. 1v–2v: Yǝweddǝsǝwwa mälaʾǝkt läMaryam (“The angels are praising Mary”, Hymn to Our Lady Mary, Chaine nr. 388) Incipit: ይዌድስዋ፡ መላእክት፡ ለማርያም፡ በውስተ፡ ውሣጤ፡ መንጦላዕት፡ ወይብልዋ፡ በሐኪ፡ ማርያም፡ ሐዳስዩ፡ ጣዕዋ። The text is incomplete. It ends abruptly on f. 2v as follows: ወናሁ፡ ትፀንሲ፡ ወትወልዲ፡ ወልደ፡ ወትሰምዪዮ፡ ስሞ፡. 2) Ff. 3r–19v: Sälam läzǝkrä sǝmkä mǝslä sǝmä lǝʿul (“Salutation to the mention of your name with the name of the Most High”, Mälkǝʾ-hymn to St Michael, Chaine nr. 119) Incipit: ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምከ፡ ምስለ፡ ስመ፡ ልዑል፡ ዘተሳተፈ። ወልደ፡ ያሬድ፡ ሄኖክ፡ በከመ፡ ጸሐፈ። ሶበ፡ እጼውዕ፡ ስመከ፡ ከሢትየ፡ አፈ። 3) Ff. 20r–30v: Bäsälamä mälʾak Gäbrǝʾel bälaʿlä Marya (“By the salutation of the angel Gabriel upon Mary”, Mälkǝʾ-hymn to St Gabriel, Chaine nr. 246) Incipit: በሰላመ፡ መልአክ፡ ገብርኤል፡ በላዕለ፡ ማርያ፡ ዘአዕረፈ። ከመ፡ እዜኑ፡ ኅዳጠ፡ ወአኮ፡ ትሩፈ። እግዚአብሔር፡ ሀበኒ፡ ሲሳየ፡ ልቡና፡ መጽሐፈ። 4) Ff. 30v–31v: Sälam läkä Mikaʾel mälʾakä adḫǝno (“Salutation to you, Michael, angel of salvation”, Mälkǝʾ-hymn to St Gabriel and St Michael, Chaine nr. 46) Incipit: ሰላም፡ ለከ፡ ሚካኤል፡ መልአከ፡ አድኅኖ። ሰላም፡ ለከ፡ ለነዳይ፡ ዘትትዔየኖ፡ ሰላም፡ ለከ፡ ለዘሰአለከ፡ በተአምኖ። 5) Ff. 32r–34r: Sälam läkkǝmu näbiyat wäḥawaryat ṣadǝqan wäsämaʿtat (“Salutation to you, prophets, righteous apostles, and martyrs”, Mälkǝʾ-hymn to the prophets, the apostles and the martyrs, Chaine nr. 107) Incipit: ሰላም፡ ለክሙ፡ ነቢያት፡ ወሐዋርያት፡ ጻድቃን፡ ወሰማዕታት፡ ሰላም፡ ለክሙ፡ ይናግል፡ ወመነኮሳት፡ ሰላም፡ ለክሙ፡ ካህናት፡ ወዲያቆናት፡ |
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Writing material |
Paper (ff. I, I’) and goat parchment (ff. 1–34) |
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Outer size (included the binding) |
127 x 74 x 17 mm |
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Outer size of the textblock |
112 x 65 x 8.8 mm |
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Number of folia |
36 (I + 34 + I’) |
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Blank folia |
Ff. Iv, 34v, I’r, I’v. |
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Binding |
European binding. Two cardboards covered with brown leather. The leather at the spine is decorated with bands formed by golden rhombs with double circles inside. |
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Sewing |
The original sewing has been replaced with a new sewing of vegetal origin (cotton). |
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Sewing pattern |
– |
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Slip case |
– |
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Quires |
A + 5 + B (l paper guardleaf + 1 initial protective quire + 4 + 1 paper guardleaf) |
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Quire marks |
– |
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Layout |
1 column |
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Number of lines per column |
13 |
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Ruling |
Blind ruling, on the flesh side. Pricking executed 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. Ir: note written in Latin in black ink indicating the contents of the book: “Liber precum in quo sunt oratio Dominica, salutatio Angelica, colloquium Arch. Gabrielis cum Maria Virg. et alia orationes in Lingua Aetyopica; Similis huic reperitur in Bibl. Vaticana”. 2. F. 1r: note written in Italian in black ink indicating the language of the main text: “Lingua Etiopica”. |
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Decoration |
F. 30v, at the top of text 4: black and red ornamental band (ḥaräg) with geometrical forms. |
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Individuals mentioned in the MS |
The name of the original owner has been erased on f. 19v and erased and replaced on f. 30v with that of Ḥǝnṣa Krǝstos. The latter is also mentioned in the main hand on f. 34r. He was probably a later owner of the book. |
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State of preservation of the binding |
Good. The manuscript has been restored. |
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State of preservation of the textblock |
Discrete. |
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Provenance and history |
Provenance unknown. The manuscript was acquired by the current owning institution before 1878, year in which it was briefly described by Ignazio Guidi. |
