Belmont, MA, , Alwan Codex 24
Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee, Ashlee Benson
Alwan, EMIP
Collection: Alwan
Other identifiers: Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project EMIP 175
General description
Alwan Codex 24
Number of Text units: 6
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
nineteenth century
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–120r
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–91v
- ms_i1.2
(Fols 91v–101r
- ms_i1.3
(Fols 101r–107v
- ms_i1.4
(Fols 108r–116r
- ms_i1.5
(Fols 116r–120r
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–91v
Contents
Fols 1r–120r
Language of text:
Fols 1r–91v
Additions In this unit there are in total 2 .
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f.1r, upper right margin : Instruction for barren woman to recite Psalms of David, Psalmus 1
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f. 12v, upper margin : ( ) “When the official or the king becomes angry with you, recite Psalm 19 over oil and anoint your face.”
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Fol. 74v : ( ) “When a husband and wife disagree, recite (this psalm, 118) over butter and anoint your body.”
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f. 79v, upper margin : in reference to Ps. 121 (E.T.) ( ) “When you experience no blessing, recite ‘I will look’ [this psalm] over water and sprinkle your house and also recite when you travel.”
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(Type: OwnershipNote)
Fol. 107v : Note of ownership, ( ) This book belongs to Mämǝre Wäldä Giyorgis
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Fol. 120r : Invocation to the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ for protection which mentions Bāsǝlyos , Ḫāyla Śǝllāse I , and Manan ʾAsfāw . Thus, the concluding prayer was written somewhere between 1951 and 1959. The prayer is written in a well-trained hand and shows the essential elements of the genre, ስብሐት፡ ለአብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ለዓለም፡ ወለዓለመ፡ ዓለም። ሰአሊ፡ ለነ፡ ቅድስት፡ ድንግል፡ ማርያም። ምሕረተ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ወልድኪ። የሐውጸነ፡ እምዓርያም። ሰአል፡ ለነ፡ ዳዊት። ቅድመ፡ መንበሩ፡ ለጸባዖት። ኦአምላከ፡ ዳዊት። አድኅነነ፡ እምዕለት፡ እኪት። ወባልሐነ፡ እምኲሉ፡ መንሱት። እለ፡ ወለዱነ፡ በሥጋ። ወእለ፡ ሐጸኑነ፡ በመንፈስ። ቅዱስ፡ ወእለ፡ አስተምሐሩነ፡ ቃለ፡ ሃይማኖት። ኅቡረ፡ ይምሐረነ፡ ይምሐሮሙ፡ በመንግሥተ። ሰማያት፡ ኦእግዚኦ፡ (እቀቦ)፡ ለጳጳስነ፡ ባስልዮስ፡ ኦእግዚኦ፡ እቀቦ፡ ለንጉሥነ። ኃይለ፡ ሥላሌ፡ ኦእግዚኦ፡ ዕቀባ፡ ለንግሥትነ፡ ወለተ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ኦእግዚኦ፡ ዕቀባ፡ ለሀገሪትነ፡ ኢትዮጵያ። ኦእግዚኦ፡ ዕቀብ፡ ሕይወቶ፡ ወሥረይ፡ ኃጢአቶ፡ ለገብርከ፡ ወልደ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ኦእግዚኦ፡ ዕቀባ፡ ለዓመትከ። ወለተ፡ ወልድ፡ (the concluding portion is covered by the painting on f. 120v)
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(Type: OwnershipNote)
Fol. 121v in pen: Note of later ownership: ( ) “This bible belongs to Deacon Sǝyum.”
Extras
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Fols. ir(ecto), iv(erso), iir(ecto), iiv(erso), 121r blank except for scrawls
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words of text are written interlinearly (folss. 43v, 55v, 65r, 83v, , etc.); and lines of text are written interlinearly (16r, 23v, 50r, 51v, 63v, , etc.); and in another case interlinearly where the symbol (┬) is used (62v, , line 19); erasure markings are visible (60v, 78r, 102r, 103r, ); text has been removed (e.g., 31r, 39r, 43r, 90r )
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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 or below the end of the line (throughout)
Decoration In this unit there are in total 6 s, 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: Decorative designs: fols. 108r, (haräg); 7r, 13v, 20r, 29r, 35r, 39v, 46r, 54r, 60r, 64r, 72r, 80r, 82r, 87r, 91v, 101r, 116r, (a line of alternating red and black dots); 107v (a line of full stops)
Miniatures notes
- miniature: Fol. 2r
- miniature:
Fol. 21r
Holy Man Portrait,St George of Lydda and the with caption Legend: ( ) “How Saint George rescued her,” “Berutawit,” “Dragon”
- miniature:
Fol. 40v
Annunciation with caption Legend: ( ) “Annunciation of Gabriel,” “Holy Spirit,” “Saint Mary”
- miniature:
Fol. 57r
Flight into Egypt with caption (l. to r.): Legend: ( ) “Salome and Joseph,” “The Flight,” “Saint Mary, our Lord, Jesus Christ”
- miniature:
Fol. 98r
Nativity of Jesus with caption (l. to r.): Legend: ( ) “Saint Joseph,” “Birth of Christ,” “Our Lady, Saint Mary,” “Saint Salome”
- miniature:
Fol. 120v
The Three Magi with caption Legend: ( ) “Wise men”
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 189mm |
Width | 140mm |
Depth | 65mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | a | 2 |
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Protection Sheet |
2 | 1 | 10 |
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Quire 1 |
3 | 2 | 10 |
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Quire 2 |
4 | 3 | 10 |
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Quire 3 |
5 | 4 | 8 |
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Quire 4 |
6 | 5 | 8 |
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Quire 5 |
7 | 6 | 10 |
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Quire 6 |
8 | 7 | 8 |
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Quire 7 |
9 | 8 | 6 |
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Quire 8 |
10 | 9 | 11 |
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11 | 10 | 8 |
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Quire 10 |
12 | 11 | 8 |
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Quire 11 |
13 | 12 | 6 |
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Quire 12 |
14 | 13 | 4 |
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Quire 13 |
15 | 14 | 8 |
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Quire 14 |
16 | 15 | 6 |
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Quire 15 |
Collation diagrams
Protection Sheet
Quire ID:q1, number:a
Quire 1
Quire ID:q2, number:1
Quire 2
Quire ID:q3, number:2
Quire 3
Quire ID:q4, number:3
Quire 4
Quire ID:q5, number:4
Quire 5
Quire ID:q6, number:5
Quire 6
Quire ID:q7, number:6
Quire 7
Quire ID:q8, number:7
Quire 8
Quire ID:q9, number:8
Quire 9: 11, stub before 1
Quire ID:q10, number:9
Notes: 1)
Quire 10
Quire ID:q11, number:10
Quire 11
Quire ID:q12, number:11
Quire 12
Quire ID:q13, number:12
Quire 13
Quire ID:q14, number:13
Quire 14
Quire ID:q15, number:14
Quire 15
Quire ID:q16, number:15
Ethio-SPaRe formula : a(2/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (10), 8 (8), 9 (6), 10 (11), 11 (8), 12 (8), 13 (6), 14 (4), 15 (8), 16 (6),
Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (10), 8 (8), 9 (6), 10 (11), 11 (8), 12 (8), 13 (6), 14 (4), 15 (8), 16 (6),
Binding
Parchment, 189 x 140 x 65 mm, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to two rough-hewn boards.
Binding material
parchment
wood
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 15mm |
bottom | 33mm |
right | 15-20mm |
left | 5mm |
Ms Belmont, MA, , Alwan Codex 24 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 140mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 189mm.Layout note 1(check the viewerFols iir–178v, check the viewer201r, 1r–107v
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Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 19-22
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Rubrication: Content Item 1.1 , item 1 Mazmura Dāwit (CAe 2000) Content Item 1.2 , item 1 Book of Odes (CAe 1828) Content Item 1.3 , item 1 Song of Songs (CAe 2362) ኢግዚአብሔር፡ Content Item 1.4 , item 1 Wǝddāse Māryām (CAe 2509) Content Item 1.5 , item 1 ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān (CAe 1113) ማርያም፡
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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, ʻBelmont, MA, , Alwan Codex 24ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2021-07-23) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP00175 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Ralph Lee Corrected persName to PRS5226haylase on 23.7.2021
- Ralph Lee Added work ref to addition item a1 on 11.12.2020
- Ashlee Benson Updated facs statements on 5.11.2020
- Ashlee Benson Updated location statements on 28.10.2020
- Ralph Lee Minor format edits, added image links on 12.8.2020
- Ralph Lee Added link to Ps118 spiritual meanings on 22.6.2020
- Ralph Lee Corrected ǝ character on 18.4.2020
- Ralph Lee Added miniatures, varia and notes on 27.9.2019
- Jonah Sandford Added ms contents on 13.10.2018
- Jonah Sandford Added quire desc, binding desc, margin dim, columns/lines, dating info on 23.7.2018
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Created XML record from EMIP Collection Metadata.xsls on 18.1.2018
Attributions of the contents
Jonah Sandford, editor
Ralph Lee, editor
Ashlee Benson, editor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor