Parma, Palatina 3868

Shelfmark

3868

Owning institution

Biblioteca Palatina, Parma

Typology

Codex

Copying date

19th–20th century, dated on a paleographical basis.

Title

Dawit (Psalter)

Subject

Old Testament, Poetry

Language

Gǝʿǝz

Short description of the content

Ff. 4r–168va: Dawit (Psalter)

1. Ff. 4r–127v: Mäzmurä Dawit (“Psalms of David”).

2. Ff. 128r–141v: Mäḥalǝyä näbiyat (“Canticles of the Prophets”);

3. Ff. 141v–149v: Mäḥalǝyä mäḥalǝy (“Song of Songs”);

4. Ff. 150ra–162rb: Wǝddase Maryam (“Praise of Mary”);

5. Ff. 162va–168ra: Anqäṣä bǝrhan (“Gate of Light”).

Writing material

Goat parchment

Outer size (included the binding)

179 x 144 x 79 mm

Outer size of the textblock

177 x 134 mm

Number of folia

169

Blank folia

–

Binding

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

Sewing

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

Sewing pattern

Bozzacchi A

Slip case

Leather case. The leather is reddish-brown. Size: 200 x 174 x 85 mm.

Quires

20 (18 + 1 initial and 1 final protective quires)

Quire marks

–

Layout

1) Ff. 4r–149v: 1 column. 2) Ff. 150ra–168va: 2 columns.

Number of lines per column

20

Ruling

Blind ruling, from the flesh side to the hair side. Lines are written above the ruling.

Ruling pattern

Nosnitsin 1

Scribe

Kǝflä Giyorgis (ff. 149v, 168va).

Colophon

–

Additional notes

–

Decoration

The manuscript hosts numerous ornamental bands (ḥaräg) in black and red ink and decorated with geometrical motifs, crosses, human faces and birds (e.g., ff. 4r, 11r, 18v, 27r, 38r, 46r, 52r, 60v, 72r, 99v, 100r, 114v). Most of them are used to separate groups of ten psalms.

State of preservation of the binding

Defective.

State of preservation of the textblock

Defective.

Provenance and history

Unknown provenance. According to the ownership note written in the main hand on f. 168va, the original owner was Wäldä Gäbrǝʾel and the scribe was Kǝflä Giyorgis. The name of Wäldä Gäbrǝʾel is also mentioned in the supplication formulas on ff. 149v, 150ra, 159va, together with that of a certain Śahlä Śǝllase.

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