Parma, Palatina 3862

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Parma, Palatina 3862

Shelfmark

3862

Owning institution

Biblioteca Palatina, Parma

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. 2r–56va: Bǝsratä Yoḥannǝs, “Gospel of John” (CAe 2715). The text is incomplete: it concludes abruptly in correspondence of John 10:39.

Heading: ብስራተ፡ አብ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ትሩፍ፡ […]ድ[…]፡ ተናጋሪ፡ በመለኮተ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወልደ፡ ዘብዴዎስ፡ ሐዋርያ፡ ፍቁሩ፡ እግዚእ፡ […]የሱ[…]፡ ክርስቶስ፡ የሃሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁ[…]ም፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡

Incipit: ወንጌል፡ ዘዮሐንስ፡ ቀዳሚሁ፡ ቃል፡ ውእቱ፡ ወውእቱ፡ ቃል፡ ኀበ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ውእቱ፡ ወእግዚአብሔር፡ ውእቱ፡ ቃል፡ ወከማሁ፡ ቀዳሚሁ፡ እምቀዲሙ፡ ኀበ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ውእቱ።

Explicit: ወእመሰ፡ እንብር፡ ግብሮ፡ ከመ፡ ኪያየ፡ ኢአመንክሙኒ፡ ለግብርየ፡ እመኑ፡ አንትሙ፡ ከመ፡ ተአምሩ፡ ወከመ፡ ትወድቁ፡ ከመ፡ ምስሌየ፡ አብ፡ ወአነኒ፡ ምስለ፡ አብ፡ (56va) ወአብ፡ ወካዕበ፡ የኃሥሡ፡ ወይፈቅዱ፡ የእኃዝዎ፡ ወአምሰጠ፡

Writing material

Goat parchment

Outer size (included the binding)

140 x 113 x 38 mm

Outer size of the textblock

139 x 108 x 33 mm

Number of folia

Blank folia

–

Binding

Two wooden boards. The spine is uncovered. Four sewing stations

Sewing

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

Sewing pattern

Bozzacchi A5

Slip case (maḫdär)

–

Quires

8 (7 + 1 initial protective quires)

Quire marks

Indicated on the upper inner corner of the first folio of each quire: ff. 10r (፪), 18r (፫), 28r (፬), 35r (፭), 45r (፮)

Layout

2 columns

Number of lines per column

16–17

Ruling

Blind ruling, from inside to outside. Lines are written above the ruling

Ruling pattern

Nosnitsin 1

Scribe

Unknown

Colophon

–

Additional notes

1. F. 20v: ownership note written in Amharic a recent and untrained hand: ዝመፅሐፍ፡ ዊሰአድ፡ ነው፡ ነጋሺ፡ የውርድው፡ ግዛቸው፡ ነው፡ ምኒያክው፡ ነው. The note is hardly legible