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Grottaferrata, Crypt. Aet. 15

Shelfmark

Fondo Orientale, Crypt. Aet. 15

Owning institution

Biblioteca statale del Monumento nazionale di Grottaferrata

Typology

Codex

Copying date

19th century, dated on a paleographical basis

Title

Gospel of John

Subject

New Testament

Language

Gǝʿǝz

Short description of the content

Ff. 2ra–49rb: Bǝsratä Yoḥannəs (Gospel of John). The text is incomplete: it ends up abruptly in correspondence of John 10:38.

Title and supplication: ብሥራተ፡ አብ፡ ትሩፍ፡ ረድዕ፡ ተናጋሪ፡ በመለኮተ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወልደ፡ ዘብዴዎስ፡ ፍቁረ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ የሃሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁሩ፡ ገብረ፡ ሚካኤል፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፡

Incipit: ቀዳሚሁ፡ ቃል፡ ውእቱ፡ ወውእቱ፡ ቃል፡ ኀበ፡ እግዚኣብ(2rb)ሔር፡ ውእቱ፡ ሀለወ፡ ወእግዚኣብሔር፡ ውእቱ፡ ቃል፡ ወከማሁ፡ ቀዳሚሁ፡ እምቀዲሙ፡ ሀሎ፡ ኀበ፡ እግዚኣብሔር፡ ውእቱ፡

Explicit: እስመ፡ እቤለክሙ፡ ወልደ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አነ፡ ወእመሰ፡ ኢየብር፡ ግብሮ፡ ለአቡየ፡ ኢትእመኑ፡ ወእመሰ፡ አገብሮ፡

Writing material

Sheep parchment

Outer size (included the binding)

125 x 108 x 35 mm

Outer size of the textblock

115 x 111 x 17 mm

Number of folia

Blank folia

Binding

Two wooden boards. Four sewing stations

Sewing

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

Sewing pattern

Bozzacchi A

Slip case (maḫdär)

Brown leather case; 130 x 150 x 42 mm; length of the strap: 1297 mm

Quires

6 (1 initial protective quire + 5)

Quire marks

–

Layout

2 columns

Number of lines per column

13–15

Ruling

Blind ruling, from inside to outside. Lines are written above the ruling (pattern Nosnitsin 1)

Ruling pattern

1-1-11/0/0/C

Scribe

Unknown

Colophon

–

Additional notes

–

Decoration

F. 1v: full-page miniature of the Trinity. Colours: red, green, yellow, blue.

F. 2ra–b: two simple ornamental bands, decorated with interweaving motifs in red and black ink, are placed on the top of the two columns.

F. 17v: full-page miniature of Jesus Christ carrying the cross. Colours: red, green, yellow.

F. 49v: full-page miniature of St George killing the dragon. Colours: red, green, yellow

State of preservation of the binding

Defective

State of preservation of the textblock

Mediocre

Provenance and history

Unknown provenance.

The original owner or commissioner of the book might have been a certain Gäbrä Mikaʾel: his name is written on the supplication formula on the incipit page of the text (f. 2ra). It is unknown when the manuscript came to Italy. It belonged to Mr De Carlo; after his death the manuscript was donated to the abbey library by his wife, Mrs O. Zanini, on 14 September 2010