Roma, Zanasi-Li Volsi 2

Shelfmark

Zanasi-Li Volsi 2

Owning institution

Private collection of Giuseppina Zanasi, Rome

Typology

Codex

Copying date

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

Title

Dawit (Psalter)

Subject

Old Testament, Prayers

Language

Gǝʿǝz

Short description of the content

Ff. 3r–186ra: Dawit (Psalter)

1. Ff. 3r–144r: Mäzmurä Dawit (“Psalms of David”);

2. Ff. 144v–160r: Mäḥalǝyä näbiyat (“Canticles of the Prophets”);

3. Ff. 160r–169r: Mäḥalǝyä mäḥalǝy (“Song of Songs”);

4. Ff. 170ra–181ra: Wǝddase Maryam (“Praise of Mary”);

5. Ff. 181rb–186ra: Anqäṣä bǝrhan (“Gate of Light”)

Writing material

Goat parchment

Outer size (included the binding)

145 x 145 x 85 mm

Outer size of the textblock

148 x 138 x 65 mm

Number of folia

187

Blank folia

Ff. 1r, 2r–2v, 169v, 186v, 187rv

Binding

Two wooden boards covered with dark brown leather. The spine is uncovered.

Four sewing stations

Sewing

Original sewing: two Z-twisted threads (each is S-twisted) of animal origin. Additional sewing: four white S-twisted threads (each is Z-twisted) made of white cotton and two S-twisted threads (each is Z-twisted) made of green-blue cotton

Sewing pattern

Bozzacchi A4

Slip case (maḫdär)

Brown leather case; 185 x 175 x 90 mm

Quires

21 (20 + 1 initial protective quire)

Quire marks

Indicated in black ink on the upper inner corner of the first folio of each quire. Undecorated. Most of them are probably illegible due to faded ink

Layout

1) Ff. 3r–169r: 1 column; 2) Ff. 170ra–186ra: 2 columns

Number of lines per column

18–19

Ruling

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

Ruling pattern

Nosnitsin 1

Scribe

Unknown

Colophon

–

Additional notes

–

Decoration

F. 1v: full-page drawing in black and red ink. Unclear subject, possibly unfinished

State of preservation of the binding

Deficient

State of preservation of the textblock

Mediocre

Provenance and history

Unknown provenance. The manuscript came into possession of the Zanasi-Li Volsi family at an unspecified time in the 20th century

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