Roma, Zanasi-Li Volsi 8

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Roma, Zanasi-Li Volsi 8

Shelfmark

Zanasi-Li Volsi 8

Inventory number

–

Owning institution

Private collection of Giuseppina Zanasi, Rome

Typology

Codex

Copying date

Late 19th cent., dated on prosopographical basis.

Title

Akkwatetä qwərban zäqǝddus Hǝryaqos zähagärä Bǝhnǝsa (Anaphora of Our Lady Mary by Cyriacus of Behnesa).

Subject

Liturgy

Language

Gǝʿǝz

Short description of the content

Ff. 3r–33v: Akkwatetä qwərban zäqǝddus Hǝryaqos zähagärä Bǝhnǝsa (Anaphora of Our Lady Mary by Cyriacus of Behnesa).

Incipit: በስመ፡ አብ፡ … ዕዌጥን በረድኤተ እግዚአብሔር፡ ቅዳሴሁ፡ ለእግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡ አኵቴተ፡ ቍርባን፡ ዘእግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡ ዘደረሰ ላቲ፡ አባ፡ ኅርያቆስ፡ ዘሐገረ፡ ብኅንሳ፡

Writing material

Goat parchment

Outer size (included the binding)

102 x 71 x 32 mm

Outer size of the textblock

100 x 70 x 20 mm

Number of folia

Blank folia

Ff. 1r, 2v, 34v–36v

Foliation

The manuscript is unfoliated.

Binding

Two uncovered wooden boards. Four sewing stations.

Sewing

Original sewing: two Z-twisted threads (each thread is S-twisted) of animal origin. Additional sewing: multiple Z-twisted threads of linen and two S-twisted threads (each thread is Z-twisted) of cotton.

Sewing pattern

Bozzacchi A4; the sewing is inverted, from the back to the front board.

Slip case

–

Quires

6 (4 + 1 initial and 1 final protective quires)

Quire marks

–

Layout

1 column

Number of lines per column

8–9 on ff. 3r–6r; 15 from f. 6v on

Ruling

Blind ruling, from the inside to the outside. Blind pricking, from the inside to the outside. Lines are written above the ruling. The scribe has disregarded the ruling and has generally written more than one line per ruled line.

Ruling pattern

Nosnitsin 1

Scribe

Unknown

Colophon

–

Additional notes

Ff. 1v–2r: asmat-prayer written in black ink an untrained hand. Incipit: [.]ጠል፡ አቂቱ፡ ናባል፡ አወል፡ ዙቤላሄል፡ ወደክል፡ በናጫ፡ ንረምድ፡ ክፍጅን፡ ቹን፡. On f. 2r the text reads, in the same hand: በስመ፡ አብ፡ … ጸሎት፡ በዕንተ፡ ግርማ፡ ሞገስ፡ ዘወሀበ ለሙሴ፡ “In the name of the Father … Prayer on the glory of the benevolence, which was granted to Moses”.

Decoration

F. 3r: uncoloured ornamental band (ḥaräg) with geometrical motifs on the top of the incipit of text. Executed in a rudimentary way.

F. 34r: rudimentary drawing of Virgin and Child and two archangels, outlined in black and partly coloured in red and yellow.

State of preservation of the binding

Discrete.

State of preservation of the textblock

Discrete.

Individuals mentioned in the MS

The following ecclesiastical authorities are mentioned: ṗaṗṗas abba Marqos (f. 6r); ṗaṗṗas abba Sälama (ff. 6r, 7v), in tenure from 1841 to 1868; liqä ṗaṗṗasat abba Ṗeṭros (f. 7v), in tenure from 1881 to 1917. These time ranges are difficult to reconcile with each other. However, they indicate that the manuscript was produced not earlier than in the mid-19th century.