Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Alwan Codex 5
Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee, Ashlee Benson
EMIP
General description
Alwan Codex 5
Number of Text units: 21
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
nineteenth century
Provenance
Provenance, etc. part of lot of six mss sent by Alwan in December 2006 2006
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–139r
- ms_i1.2
(Fols 115r–127r
- ms_i1.3
(Fols 127r–134r
- ms_i1.5
(Fols 144r–148r
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–115r
- ms_i1.4
(Fols 134r–144r
- ms_i1.2
(Fols 115r–127r
Contents
Additions In this unit there are in total 2 .
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Fol. 1v Introductory prayer: ( ) “In the name of the Father”
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(Type: OwnershipNote)
Fol. iir(ecto) Note of ownership: ( ) “This Psalter belongs to Ṣägaw, ጸጋው፡”
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Fol. 150v (Type: OwnershipNote)
Note of ownership: Aläqa Ṭäga, አለቃ፡ ጠጋ፡; and scrawls.
Extras
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Fol. ir(ecto) Pen trials.
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Two marginal symbols surrounded by a line in alternating red and black dots mark the midpoint of the psalms.
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Scribal intervention: words of text are written interlinearly (folss. 35r, 64r, 131r, ); and lines of text are written interlinearly 111r, ); and in the upper margin with a symbol (+) marking the location where the text is to be inserted f. 30r, line 3 ; f. 54v, line 7 ); erasure markings are visible f. 30r, line 3 ; f. 47v, line 10 ; f. 50r, line 3 ; f. 52r, line 6 ; f. 78v, line 14 ; f. 88r, line 8, 14 and 22 ; f. 89v, line 14 ; etc.); text has been removed f. 53v, line 16 ).
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The scribe regularly has to complete a line of text on another line. Much of the problem is addressed through the selection of an appropriate aspect ratio for the codex combined with an appropriate script size. But, where the line of text is still too long, the scribe completes the line of text above the end of the line (throughout).
Decoration In this unit there are in total 9 s, 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: Decorative designs fols. 1r, 79r (ሐረግ፡ using black and red); many folios employ line of alternating red and black dots as section dividers.
Miniatures notes
- miniature: Fol. iiv(erso)
- miniature:
Fol. iiir(ecto)
St George of Lydda and the , Holy Man Portrait, with caption Legend: Text in ቅዱስ፡ ጊወርጊስ፡
- miniature:
Fol. iiiv(erso)
David Playing the Harp, with caption Legend: Text in ንጉስ፡ ነብይ፡ ዳዊት፡
- miniature: Fol. 61r
- miniature:
Fol. 148v
Nativity of Jesus, with caption Legend: Text in ልደተ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ዕየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡
- miniature:
Fol. 149r
Annunciation, with caption Legend: Text in ብስራት፡
- miniature:
Fol. 149v
Moses Receiving Law, with caption Legend: Text in ነብይ፡ ሙሴ፡ ምስለ፡ ሰላቱ፡, አሮን፡, ማርያም፡ እህቱ፡
- miniature:
Fol. 150r
JesusChrist with the Apostles Portrait, with caption Legend: Text in ሐዋርያት፡
- miniature:
Fol. 135r
Crude drawing of a figure
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 182mm |
Width | 120mm |
Depth | 54mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | a | 1 |
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Spine Strap around Quires (front): 1, no stub |
2 | b | 2 |
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3 | 1 | 12 |
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Quire 1 |
4 | 2 | 12 |
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5 | 3 | 12 |
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Quire 3 |
6 | 4 | 12 |
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Quire 4 |
7 | 5 | 12 |
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Quire 5 |
8 | 6 | 12 |
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Quire 6 |
9 | 7 | 12 |
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10 | 8 | 12 |
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11 | 9 | 14 |
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Quire 9 |
12 | 10 | 12 |
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13 | 11 | 14 |
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Quire 11 |
14 | 12 | 10 |
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Quire 12 |
15 | 13 | 3 |
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16 | c | 1 |
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Spine Strap around Quires (back): 1, no stub |
Collation diagrams
Spine Strap around Quires (front): 1, no stub
Quire ID:q1, number:a
Protection Sheet
Quire ID:q2, number:b
Notes: 1)
Quire 1
Quire ID:q3, number:1
Quire 2: 3, stub after 9 10, stub after 2
Quire ID:q4, number:2
Notes: 1)
Quire 3
Quire ID:q5, number:3
Quire 4
Quire ID:q6, number:4
Quire 5
Quire ID:q7, number:5
Quire 6
Quire ID:q8, number:6
Quire 7: 3, stub after 10 10, stub after 3
Quire ID:q9, number:7
Notes: 1)
Quire 8: 10, stub after 2 3, stub after 9
Quire ID:q10, number:8
Notes: 1)
Quire 9
Quire ID:q11, number:9
Quire 10: 10, stub after 2 3, stub after 9
Quire ID:q12, number:10
Notes: 1)
Quire 11
Quire ID:q13, number:11
Quire 12
Quire ID:q14, number:12
Quire 13: 2, stub before 3
Quire ID:q15, number:13
Notes: 1)
Spine Strap around Quires (back): 1, no stub
Quire ID:q16, number:c
Ethio-SPaRe formula : a(0+1/s.l. 1, no stub
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Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (), 2 (2), 3 (12), 4 (12), 5 (12), 6 (12), 7 (12), 8 (12), 9 (12), 10 (12), 11 (14), 12 (12), 13 (14), 14 (10), 15 (3), 16 (),
Formula 2: 1 (), 2 (2), 3 (12), 4 (12), 5 (12), 6 (12), 7 (12), 8 (12), 9 (12), 10 (12), 11 (14), 12 (12), 13 (14), 14 (10), 15 (3), 16 (),
Binding
Parchment, 182 x 120 x 54 mm, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to two rough-hewn boards, a sheet of parchment is wrapped around all the quires to cover the spine.
Binding material
parchment
wood
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 10-17mm |
bottom | 23-27mm |
right | 13-17mm |
left | 5-8mm |
Ms Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Alwan Codex 5 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 120mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 182mm.Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Rubrication: Content Item 1.1 , item 1 Mazmura Dāwit (CAe 2000) እግዚአብሔር Only fols 1r–1v,
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Edition Statement
The initial version of this file was created from data kindly provided by the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project directed by Steve Delamarter.
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Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee, Ashlee Benson, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Dorothea Reule, ʻPortland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Alwan Codex 5ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 20.11.2020) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP00110 [Accessed: 2024-04-26+02:00]
Revisions of the data
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Reformatted days of the week headings from ms i1.1, 1.4, corrected 'complete' to 'incomplete' for ms i1.5, reformatted miniature descriptions on 20.11.2020
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Updated id numbers on 19.11.2020
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Minor changes on 12.11.2020
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Updated facs statements on 3.11.2020
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Added facs statements on 29.10.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Added links to Ps118 spiritual meaning, and edited column description, other minor format edits on 22.6.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Corrected ǝ character on 18.4.2020
- Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: solved conflict, corrected keyword on 8.10.2018
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Added items, miniatures, varia and notes on 21.8.2018
- Jonah Sandford Jonah Sandford: Added quire desc, binding desc, margin dim, columns/lines, dating info on 5.7.2018
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Added ms items, miniatures, additions on 18.6.2018
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: Created XML record from EMIP Collection Metadata.xsls on 18.1.2018
Attributions of the contents
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Dorothea Reule, contributor