Bound with: 3 binding fragments cataloged separately. To view other titles search by call number: Zi 6309, Capital spaces, with guide-letters., Fol. 90b blank., For fuller description see collation leaf in volume. Bookplate of Thomas Ewart Marston. Stained; fol. 90 torn and mended, with some damage to text. Bound in old wooden boards, leather back, with brass clasps; clasps wanting. Leaves and strips from vellum manuscripts have been used for end-papers., and Variations from Hain-Cop. have not been noted as Hain had not seen the volume.
"Satira dezena del juuenalen ... Traduzida por dõ geronimo de villegas": p. [654-661] (leaves Q2v-Q6v)., Armorial bookplates: Henry Hucks Gibbs; Thomas Ewart Marston. Binder's stamp: Bound by Holloway. Scattered ms. annotations in early part of book., Pagination supplied by cataloger., Printed in gothic letter, title in red; large coat of arms on t.p. and at end; initials; colophon device (Haebler IIIc)., Signatures: (8(?)(2-7a-z8(symbol)8(symbol)8A-O8P-Q6., The Yale copy is without the title-page as given in Cornell univ. library cat. of Dante, v. 1, p. 67-68; bound at front instead, is the leaf of Villegas' arms with title at foot and with blank verso (8th leaf in the Cornell copy, with arms of Juana of Aragon on verso) The leaf is facsimile 766b in Vindel: "Esta pagina se halla en algunos ejemplares al principio en lugar de la Suma o indice, que entonces se halla al final"., and Translation of the Inferno only, including Landino's commentary.
Publisher:
Friedrich Biel,
Subject (Name):
Gibbs, Henry Hucks,--1819-1907--Bookplate., Juvenal. Satura 10. Spanish., Juvenal. Villegas., Landino, Cristoforo, 1424-1504., Marston, Thomas E.--Bookplate., Villegas, Jeronimo de, d. 1504., and Villegas, Pero Fernandez de, d. 1525.
f i v(erso): Prescription and instructions for prayer, involving the recitation of prayers (ጸሎት እግዝእትነ ማርያም and ጸሎተ ሃይማኖት) seven times, eating seven seeds of the ጠበለል tree with honey, presumably in order to gain knowledge or wisdom; f. i v(erso): A prayer of blessing for the scribe; ff. 110r: Excerpt from the beginning of Angels Praise Her, Yǝwedǝssǝwa Mäla’ǝkt, ይዌድስዋ መላእክት ለማርያም. Chaine Répertoire 388; MD 519ff. ; EMML 1593, f. 92a., Ff 1r–41r: The story of Mary and Ephrem and the composition of the Praises of Mary, arranged for the days of the week: ff. 1r–6r: How the Virgin Mary instructed Ephrem in the Praise of Mary for Monday, which he then recites; ff. 6v–12v: How the Virgin Mary instructed Ephrem in the Praise of Mary for Tuesday, which he then recites; ff. 13r–19r: How the Virgin Mary instructed Ephrem in the Praise of Mary for Wednesday, which he then recites; ff. 19v–27r: How the Virgin Mary instructed Ephrem in the Praise of Mary for Thursday, which he then recites; ff. 27r–32r: How the Virgin Mary instructed Ephrem in the Praise of Mary for Friday, which he then recites; ff. 32r–36v: How the Virgin Mary instructed Ephrem in the Praise of Mary for Saturday, which he then recites; ff. 36v–42r: How the Virgin Mary instructed Ephrem in the Praise of Mary for Sunday, which he then recites; Ff. 42v–58r: Gate of Light, አንቀጸ ብርሃን; ff. 59r–91v: The Book of Mohammad Graññ, መጽሐፈ ግራኝ, in Amharic, written in a different hand (the story of the invasion of Mohammad Graññ and the list of the martyrs killed by him); ff. 92r–109v: Image of Saint George zä-Säläda Mogäs, መልክአ ጊዮርጊስ ዘሰሌዳ ሞገስ። incipit: ሰላም ለዝክረ ስምከ ዘሰሌዳ ሞገስ መጽሐፉ, and Manuscript in the hand of Gabre Kidān, containing the story of Mary and Ephrem and the composition of the Praises of Mary, gate of light, book of Mohammad Grañ, and an image of Saint George zaSalédā Mogas.
Description:
: Notes: 1. F. ii r(ecto): A list of names of a leading judge and priest of the region of ዐፎሊ ምድር; there follows at least three more names of people; the names appear to be of Oromo people; 2. ff. 6r, 12v and passim, mention an owner ቅብዓ ሥላሲ. 3. f. 58r mentions another owner(?), ወልደ ማርያም; 4. f. 19r mentions the scribe, ገብረ ኪዳን; 5. frame 109v mention later owners(?) or family members, written in a later hand: ገብረ ማርያም, ወልደ ማርያም, ወልዳ ኢየሱስ., Between wooden boards, with four chain stitches, one column, 13 lines per page, in black and red ink., Ex Libris Thomas Ewart Marston. Gift of Laurence and Cora Witten, 1989., In Geʻez and Amharic., One of the scribes was Gabre Kidān., and With leather case in two parts, approx. 14 x 9.5 x 4.5 cm.
Subject (Name):
ገብረ ኪዳን., Gabre Kidān., and Marston, Thomas E.--Bookplate.
