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Grottaferrata, Crypt. Aet. 02

Shelfmark

Fondo Orientale, Crypt. Aet. 2

Owning institution

Biblioteca statale del Monumento nazionale di Grottaferrata

Typology

Codex

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)

Title

Collection of mälkǝʾ-hymns

Subject

Prayers, Hymns

Language

Gǝʿǝz

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።

Writing material

Goat parchment

Outer size (included the binding)

108 x 73 x 24 mm

Outer size of the textblock

109 x 72 x 13 mm

Number of folia

Blank folia

48r–50v

Binding

Two wooden boards covered with brown leather. Two sewing stations

Sewing

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

Sewing pattern

Bozzacchi A

Slip case (maḫdär)

–

Quires

Quire marks

–

Layout

1 column

Number of lines per column

14–16

Ruling

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

Ruling pattern

1-1/0/0/C

Scribe

Unknown

Colophon

–

Additional notes

–

Decoration

Ff. 1r, 19r, 29r, 35v: uncoloured ornamental frames (ḥaräg) decorated with interweaving motifs

State of preservation of the binding

Discrete

State of preservation of the textblock

Discrete

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)