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Shelfmark |
Fondo Orientale, Crypt Aet. 2
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Owning institution |
Biblioteca statale del Monumento nazionale di Grottaferrata |
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Typology |
Codex |
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Copying date |
20th century, dated on a paleographical basis. The manuscript was certainly copied before 1967 (year of the death of Father Lorenzo Tardo, author of the catalogue in which the manuscript is mentioned). |
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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 |
Ff. 1r–18v: Mälkǝʾa Mikaʾel (Mälkǝʾ-hymn to St Michael, Chaine nr. 119) Incipit: ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምከ፡ ምስለ፡ ስመ፡ ልዑል፡ ዘተሳተፈ፡ ወልደ፡ ያሬድ፡ ሄኖክ፡ በከመ፡ ጸሐፈ፡ ሶበ፡ እጼውዕ፡ ስመከ፡ ከሲትየ፡ አፈ፡ ረዳኤ፡ ምንዱባን፡ ሚካኤል፡ በከመ፡ ታለምድ፡ ዘልፈ፡ ለረዲኦትየ፡ ነዓ፡ Ff. 19r–28v: Mälkǝʾa Gäbrǝʾel (Mälkǝʾ-hymn to St Gabriel, Chaine nr. 246) Incipit: ሰላመ፡ ገብርኤል፡ መልአክ፡ በላዕለ፡ ማርያም፡ ዘአእረፈ፡ ከመ፡ እዜኑ፡ ሕዳጠ፡ ወአኮ፡ ትሩፈ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ሀበኒ። ሲሳየ፡ ልቡና፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ወአፉየ፡ ሙሴ፡ F. 29r–35r: Mälkǝʾa Giyorgis (Mälkǝʾ-hymn to St George, Chaine nr. 208). Incipit: ሰላም፡ ለፅንሰትከ፡ ወለልደትከ፡ ቡሩክ፡ በላዕለ፡ ድንግል፡ ቅድስት፡ ወመስቀሉ፡ [ለ]ክርስቶስ፡ አምላክ፡ ገባሬ፡ መንክራት፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ በዓውደ፡ ዱድያኖስ፡ ምዑክ፡ አጽራርየ፡ እለ፡ ተንሥኡ፡ በነገረ። Ff. 35v–47v: Tǝmhǝrtä ḫǝbuʾat (“The Doctrine of Mysteries”) Incipit: በእንተ፡ ትኅምረተ፡ (sic) ኅቡአት፡ ቅድመ፡ ዘትትነገር፡ እምጵርስ፡ ፎራ፡ ለምእመናን፡ ኅቡአት፡ ትእምርተ፡ (sic) ኅቡአትሰ፡ ከመዝ፡ ንግር፡ ዘቅድመ፡ ሀሎ፡ ወይሄሉ፡ ዘመጽአ፡ ዘሐመ፡ ወሞተ፡ ወተቀብረ። |
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Writing material |
Goat parchment |
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Outer size (included the binding) |
108 h x 73 w x 24 mm
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Outer size of the textblock |
109 x 72 x 13 mm
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Number of folia |
50 |
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Blank folia |
48r–50v |
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Binding |
Two wooden boards covered with brown leather. Two sewing stations. |
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Sewing |
Two S-twisted threads (each thread is Z-twisted) of vegetal origin. |
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Sewing pattern |
Bozzacchi A |
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Slip case (maḫdär) |
– |
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Quires |
5 |
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Quire marks |
– |
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Layout |
1 column. |
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Number of lines per column |
14–16 |
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Ruling |
Blind ruling, from inside to outside. Lines are written above the ruling (pattern Nosnitsin 1). |
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Ruling pattern |
1-1/0/0/C |
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Scribe |
Unknown |
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Colophon |
– |
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Additional notes |
– |
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Decoration |
Ff. 1r, 19r, 29r, 35v: uncoloured ornamental frames (ḥaräg) decorated with interweaving motifs. |
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State of preservation of the binding |
Discrete. |
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State of preservation of the textblock |
Discrete. |
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Provenance and history |
Unknown provenance. It is not known when the manuscript was acquired by the abbey library, certainly before 1967 (year of the death of Father Lorenzo Tardo, author of the catalogue in which the manuscript is mentioned). |
