Parma, Palatina 3865

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Parma, Palatina 3865

Shelfmark

3865

Owning institution

Biblioteca Palatina, Parma

Typology

Codex

Copying date

18th–19th century, dated on a paleographical basis

Title

Dawit (Psalter)

Subject

Old Testament, Poetry

Language

Gǝʿǝz

Short description of the content

Ff. 1r–178va: Dawit (Psalter)

1. F. 1r–v: Pss 141–142, incomplete.

2. F. 2r: conclusion of Ps 151.

3. Ff. 3r–139r: Mäzmurä Dawit (“Psalms of David”).

4. Ff. 140r–155v: Mäḥalǝyä näbiyat (“Canticles of the Prophets”);

5. Ff. 155r –163r: Mäḥalǝyä mäḥalǝy (“Song of Songs”);

6. Ff. 164ra–173vb: Wǝddase Maryam (“Praise of Mary”);

7. Ff. 173vb–178va: Anqäṣä bǝrhan (“Gate of Light”)

Writing material

Goat parchment

Outer size (included the binding)

207 x 187 x 72 mm

Outer size of the textblock

204 x 187 x 53 mm

Number of folia

180 Foliation mistake: one folio between f. 8 and 9 has not been numbered

Blank folia

180v

Binding

Two wooden boards, leather cover. The spine is covered with parchment. Four sewing stations

Sewing

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

Sewing pattern

Bozzacchi A1

Slip case (maḫdär)

–

Quires

19 (18 + 1 initial protective quire)

Quire marks

Indicated on the upper and lower inner corners of the first folio of each quire: ff. 1r (፲፬), 3r (፩), 12r (፪), 22r (፫), 32r (፬), 42r (፭), 52r (፮), 62r (፯), 82r (illegible), 92r (illegible), 102r (፲፩), 112r (፲፪), 122r (፲፫), 132r (፲፬), 142r (፲፭), 150r (፲፮), 160r (፲፯), 170r (፲፰). Quire marks are decorated

Layout

1) Ff. 1r–2r, 3r–163r: 1 column. 2) Ff. 163va–179rb: 2 columns

Number of lines per column

18–20

Ruling

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

Ruling pattern

Nosnitsin 1

Scribe

Unknown

Colophon

–

Additional notes

1. F. 2ra–vb: prayer to God, written on two columns in a fine handwriting. Incipit: እገይስ፡ ኀቤከ፡ አምላኪየ፡ አንተ፡ ኩነኒ፡ ረዳእየ፡ ወኩነኒ፡ ምስካይየ። ፀወንየ፡ ወኃይልየ፡ መድኃኒተ፡ ነፍስየ፡ አምላኪየ፡ ወኪያከ፡ ተወከልኩ። ኪያከ፡ ተወከልኩ፡ ኀቤከ፡ ተማኅፀንኩ፡ ኢትግድፈኒ፡ ለዝሉፉ፡ ወኢትርስአኒ፡ በምሕረትከ።. The names of Wäldä Iyäsus e Kidanä Mar[yam] are mentioned on f. 2vb.

2. F. 11r: short mäwaśǝʾt-hymn: ተፈሣሕኩ፡እስመ፡ ይቤሉኒ፡ ቤተ፡ ቤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ነሐውር። ሶበ፡ ይነቅህ፡ ካህን፡ ተከሥተ፡ ብርሃን፡ ለዓለም፡ ወተቀደሰት፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ በክ፡ ወበስብሐት፡. The hymn is separated from the main text by a black vertical line and is provided with interlineal musical notation.

3. F. 163va–b: hymn entitled Mäḥaränä ab, “The Father had mercy on us”. The hymn is written in a small script and is provided with interlineal musical notation. Incipit: መሐረነ፡ አብ፡ ሃሌ፡ ሉያ፡ ተሣሃለነ፡ ወልድ፡ ሃሌ፡ ሉያ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ መሐሪ፡ ተዘከረነ፡ በሣህልከ። ለከ፡ ንፌኑ፡ ስብሐተ፡ ወለከ፡ ነዓርግ፡ አኰቴተ። መሐረነ፡ መሐሪ፡ ኃጢአተነ፡ አስተስሪ።

4. Ff. 178va–179ra: Ethiopian syllabary, written in a recent and untrained hand and followed by a short text in Amharic and Gǝʿǝz, written in the same hand. Incipit: አሊ፡ ጀረ፡ አመተ፡ ጀርጀረ፡ ነጋሢ፡ ምኒልክ፡ ቍርቍራ፡ ስመ፡ ጥርስ፡ አጥርሲ፡ አንበሳ፡ ጋማማ፡ ነምር፡ ጥፍራማ፡ ጅብ፡ ደደሳማ