The Aksumite Background of the Ethiopic 'Corpus canonum'

Bausi, Alessandro

doi:10.4324/9781315250854-7

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“…This is undoubtedly the case for the Bible, which was revised against the Arabic version. It also seems to be the case with other texts, such as the Aksumite Collection (see Bausi 2006b tion, the Zena Abäw is mentioned in early lists of texts. The earliest is from the same Däbrä Ḥayq Ǝsṭifanos: a list records a donation said to have been made in 1292 that included a copy of the Zena Abäw among a number of other volumes.…”

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An Early Ethiopic Manuscript Fragment (Twelfth–Thirteenth Century) from the Monastery of St Antony (Egypt)

2017

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This article presents a single fragmentary folio that was recently uncovered in excavations at the Monastery of St Antony (Egypt). This folio was discovered in a secondary deposit below the foundations of a church which was in all likelihood constructed in the 1230s. A radiocarbon dating of the folio has returned a date of 1160–1265. Together, these two data make this fragmentary folio the earliest securely datable specimen of an Ethiopic manuscript. This find, thus, provides a new foundation for the analysis of the paleography of the earliest Ethiopic manuscripts, including the gospel manuscripts from Ǝnda Abba Gärima, which contain paleographic features that seem to predate this fragmentary folio. In addition, this find has implications for the regnant periodization of Ethiopic literature and more specifically the history of Ethiopic monastic literature, especially the Zena Abäw. Finally, this folio is among the earliest surviving Aethiopica for the entirety of Egypt and thus provides new information on the relationship between Ethiopic and Coptic Christianity.

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An Early Ethiopic Manuscript Fragment (Twelfth–Thirteenth Century) from the Monastery of St Antony (Egypt)

2017

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“…644, we had a similar response with the persistence of the written text also in the reflectographic image. At this range of wavelengths, it is impossible to affirm the ink's nature since the results obtained in the NIR range only suggest the possibility of the presence of a carbon-based compound [15,16].…”

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The Ethiopian Magic Scrolls: A Combined Approach for the Characterization of Inks and Pigments Composition

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The Ethiopian magic scrolls are traditional parchment artifacts used by the Christians of Ethiopia as protection against disease and demonic possessions. On the occasion of their restoration in the Accademia delle Belle Arti di Bologna (Italy); a preliminary characterization before the treatments has been performed on four Ethiopian scrolls belonging to the Archivio storico della provincia di Cristo Re dei Frati Minori dell’Emilia Romagna of Bologna (Italy). In order to plan an effective preservative restoration procedure and; at the same time; to investigate the manufacturing techniques; the text and the decorations on the magic scrolls were studied and characterized. A combined approach by imaging and compositional techniques was used: Infrared Reflectography (IRR) for the preliminary characterization of the graphic supports and the identification of the points to sample the chemical measurements; and the spectroscopic analyses to clarify the hypothesized investigations and confirm the chemical composition of the inks. In particular; Attenuated Total Reflectance-Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy has provided information relating to the molecular composition of inks and pigments; while a characterization of the constituent elements is obtained with the Ion Beam Analysis (IBA). The ink composition proved to be consistent with data generally documented in the literature and contributing to the expansion of knowledge on Ethiopian magic scrolls and their production.

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“…From this perspective, a rather recent catalogue of 23 manuscripts deposited in public and private collections of the United Kingdom should be used with circumspection: though seemingly "progressive" and up to date in its detailed description of material aspects, it lacks similarly detailed description of the texts and has insufficient references to parallel versions and general repertories, with the con-26 I devoted one to the subject on the occasion of an international workshop in Montepulciano (Siena) on the manuscripts of the Mediterranean area (Bausi 2007a, with updated bibliography); add the descriptions of two manuscripts by Gianfrancesco Lusini, in Scialabba / Palma 2007, 24-25 (manuscript no. Beylot / Rodinson 1995;Wion / Derat / Bosc-Tiessé 2006a;2006bcf. 3373), and 72-73 (manuscript no.…”

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