Shelfmark

SGI 249.C

Owning institution

Società Geografica Italiana, Rome

Typology

Quire

Copying date

19^th cent., based on paleography

Title

Divinatory texts

Subject

Divination, Magic, Old Testament

Language

Gǝʿǝz

Short description of the content

F. 1r: Short quotations from the Psalms

Text: ውስተ፡ አፍላገ፡ ባቢሎን፡ ህየ፡ ነበርነ፡ ወበከይነ። (Ps 136.1) ኀቤከ፡ እግዚኦ፡ አንቃዕዶነ፡ አዕይንተነ፡ ዘትነብር፡ (Ps 122.1) ውፍታሕ፡ (sic) ሊተ፡ እግዚኦ፡ እስመ፡ አንሰ፡ በየውሃትየ፡ አሐውር፡ (Ps 25.1) እግዚአብሔር፡ ያበርህ፡ ሊተ፡ ያድኅነኒ፡ ምንትኑ፡ ያፈርሃኒ፡ (Ps 26.1) ይትኃፈሩ፡ ወይኅሰሩ፡ ኅቡረ፡ እለ፡ ይፈቅዱ፡ ያእትትዋ ፡ <ለነፍስየ ፡> (Ps 39.19).

F. 1v: End of an unidentified divinatory text, probably a computus in 34 divinatory formulas for prediction.

The text is incomplete: only the end is preserved. Incipit: ]እ፡ ትረክብ፡ ሠናየ። ፳፱ሐ<፡> በዘይሤኒ፡ ወኢይሤኒ፡ ይሤኒ፡ ለከ። ፴ሐ<፡> በጉባዔ፡ ዝርዋን፡ ወይትራከቡ። ፳፩ሐ<፡> በንዋይ፡ ይትረከብ፡

Ff. 1v–2r: Computus called Ǝlḥut nǝguśä andases (“Piscis, the king of andases (?)”), in 34 divinatory formulas for prediction.

Incipit: ፲፪እልሑት፡ ንጉሠ፡ አንዳሴሰ። ፩በተስፋ፡ ወጸኒሕ፡ ትረክብ፡ ዘተሰፎከ፡ ወጸናሕከ። ፪በዓፀባ፡ ሀሎ፡ ዓፀባ፡ ወቀርበ፡ ፍጻሜሁ። ፫በሙቁሕ፡ ቀርበ፡ ፀዓቱ። ፬በተሣይጦ፡ ርስት፡ ኢይሤኒ፡ ለከ። ኅድግ።

Ff. 2r–v: Computus called Ḫǝbrätä qalat (“Concordance of the words”), in 9 divinatory sentences.

Incipit: ኅብረተ፡ ቃላት፡ በዘተአምር፡ ወትጤይቅ፡ ለእኩይ፡ ወለሠናይ፡ ዘይትፈታሕ፡ ዘይነዲ፡ ወዘይብዕል፡ ዘይመውት፡ ወየሐዩ፡ ስም፡ ወእም፡ ወስመ፡ ሀገር፡ በ፱ግጽ። ፩ፍቅር፡ ምስለ፡ ኵሉ፡ ነገሥት፡ ወመኳንንት፡

Writing material

Sheep parchment

Outer size of the textblock

123 x 78 mm

Number of folia

2

Blank folia

–

Binding

The manuscript consists of a single unbound bifolium.

Sewing

–

Sewing pattern

–

Quires

1

Quire marks

–

Layout

1 column

Number of lines per column

30

Ruling

Blind ruling, from inside to outside.

Lines are written above the ruling.

Ruling pattern

Nosnitsin 1

Scribe

Unknown

Colophon

–

Additional notes

–

State of preservation of the textblock

Very good.

Provenance and history

Unknown provenance. The manuscript came into possession of the Società Geografica Italiana at some time before 1932, for it is mentioned in Silvio Zanutto’s Bibliografia etiopica (1932). It came in all likelihood together with MS SGI 249.D.

Shelfmark

SGI 249.D

Owning institution

Società Geografica Italiana, Rome

Typology

Quire

Copying date

19^th century, based on paleography

Title

Itinerary in the land of Gibe and Guduru

Subject

Journey report

Language

Amharic

Short description of the content

Ff. 1r–3v: Journey report in the land of Gibe and Guduru

Incipit: በ፲፰፻፸፬ዘመን፡ በት<ኅ>ሣሥ፡ በ፯ቀን፡ ተወጨጨ፡ ተነሳን፡ ተወጨጨ፡ ተነስተን፡ አዋሻ፡ አደርን፡ ተአዋሽ፡ ተነስተን፡ ኪኵ፡ አደርን፡ ተኬኵ፡ ተነስተን፡ ጨፌ፡ ጐላ፡ ተጨፌ፡ ጐላ፡ ተነስተን፡

F. 3v: Another journey report. The text is incomplete: it consists of few lines only.

Incipit: በዘመነ፡ ማርቆስ፡ በት<ኅ>ሣሥ፡ በ፯ቀን፡ ወጥተን፡ በሰኔ፡ በ፲፱ቀን፡ እቢታችን፡

Writing material

Paper

Outer size of the textblock

172 x 107 x 1 mm

Number of folia

8

Blank folia

4r–8v

Binding

The manuscript is bound by means of two strips of parchment passing at the top and at the bottom of the only quire.

Sewing

Two S-twisted threads of vegetal origin

Sewing pattern

–

Quires

1

Quire marks

–

Layout

1 column.

Number of lines per column

21–23

Ruling

The manuscript is unruled.

Ruling pattern

–

Scribe

Unknown

Colophon

–

Additional notes

–

Decoration

–

State of preservation of the textblock

Good.

Provenance and history

The journey report on ff. 1r–3v refers to December 1881. The text was seemingly written soon later. The manuscript came into possession of the Società Geografica Italiana at some time before 1932, for it is mentioned in Silvio Zanutto’s Bibliografia etiopica (1932). It came in all likelihood together with MS SGI 249.C.