Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 78
Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee, Ashlee Benson
EMIP
General description
Weiner Codex 78
Number of Text units: 8
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
early-twentieth century
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–142r
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–109v
- ms_i1.1.1
(Fols 1r–1r
- ms_i1.1.2
(Fols 1r–109v
- ms_i1.1.1
(Fols 1r–1r
- ms_i1.2
(Fols 110r–121v
- ms_i1.3
(Fols 122r–128r
- ms_i1.4
(Fols 128v–137v
- ms_i1.5
(Fols 138r–142r
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–109v
Contents
Fols 1r–142r
Language of text:
Fols 1r–109v
Fols 1r–1r
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ነዓ: ኅቤየ: ዳዊት: ንጉሠ: እስራኤል: በዓለ: መዝሙር: ሠናይ: ወጥዑመ: ቃል: ታለብወኒ: ነገረ: ወፍካሬ: ኵሉ: አምሳል: ከመ: እወድሳ: ለማርያም: ድንግል: እንዘ: እጸርሕ: ወዕብል።
Introduction onlyAdditions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 , 2 .
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(Type: GuestText)
Fol. 121v A concluding prayer.
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(Type: Genealogy)
Fol. ir(ecto) Genealogy of three families.
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(Type: OwnershipNote)
Fol. 142r ( ) This Psalter belongs to Abba Wäldä Mika’el, son of the blessed and chosen Däjazmač Nǝguśe.
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(Type: OwnershipNote)
Fol. 144v In pink ink: crossed out with blue ink.
Extras
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Fol. iv(erso) pen trials
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Fol. ivv(erso) blank
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Fol. 57r Elaborate red and black cross in the margin and several red letters in the line of text mark the midpoint of the Psalms.
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Binding is in very good condition. Some minor repairs have been made to the tail of the binding.
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The vellum is generally clean and intact.
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words of text are written interlinearly, folss. 51v, 66v, 68r, 132v, ; and lines of text are written interlinearly, 106r, 107r, ; erasure markings are visible, 129r, 134r, 135v, , etc.; text has been removed, e.g., 18v, 79v, 138v
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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). This scribe also will reduce the font size at the end of lines to avoid having to go onto the next line, e.g., fols. 59v, 69r, 70r
Decoration In this unit there are in total 13 s, 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: Decorative designs: folss. 1r, 7v, 14v, 22r, 31v, 38r, 43v, 52r, 62r, 69r, 74r, 85r, 95r, 98r, 104r, 110r, 122r, 128v, (multi-color decorative ḥaräg); 137r, (ḥaräg in black ink); 136r, (black dotted line); 121v (alternating black and red dotted line
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
Fol. iir(ecto)
Angel Michael with sword and scabbard with caption Legend: ( ) “Icon of Saint Michael.”
- miniature:
Fol. iiv(erso)
Virgin and Child crude image, in pencil
- miniature:
Fol. iiir(ecto)
Virgin and Child with caption (l. to r.) Legend: ( ) “Saint Michael,” “Icon of Our Lady Mary,” “Saint Gabriel.”
- miniature:
Fol. iiiv(erso)
Angel drawing with processional cross and surrounded by eight symbols of angels with caption Legend: ( ) "Saint Michael.”
- miniature:
Fol. ivr(ecto)
Holy Man Portrait,St George of Lydda and the with caption Legend: ( ) “Icon of Saint George.”
- miniature:
Fol. 31r
Angel with sword
- miniature:
Fol. 51v
Man seated on throne reading book
- miniature:
Fol. 57r
Cross ornate drawging in red and black ink
- miniature:
Fol. 103v
St Mary surrounded by clouds
- miniature:
Fol. 142v
St Mary surrounded by clouds and two angels
- miniature:
Fol. 143r
Crude drawings of faces, in pen
- miniature:
Fol. 143v
Angel Gabriel with sword with caption Legend: ( ) “Praise of Our Lady Mary,” “Icon of Saint Gabriel.”
- miniature:
Fol. 144r
Crude drawing of figure with cross, in pen
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 234mm |
Width | 170mm |
Depth | 70mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | a | 4 |
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Protection Quire |
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 | 10 |
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Quire 4 |
6 | 5 | 10 |
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Quire 5 |
7 | 6 | 10 |
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Quire 6 |
8 | 7 | 10 |
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Quire 7 |
9 | 8 | 10 |
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Quire 8 |
10 | 9 | 10 |
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Quire 9 |
11 | 10 | 10 |
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Quire 10 |
12 | 11 | 10 |
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Quire 11 |
13 | 12 | 10 |
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14 | 13 | 10 |
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Quire 13 |
15 | 14 | 10 |
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Quire 14 |
16 | 15 | 4 |
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Collation diagrams
Protection Quire
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
Quire ID:q10, number:9
Quire 10
Quire ID:q11, number:10
Quire 11
Quire ID:q12, number:11
Quire 12: 3, stub after 7 8, stub after 2
Quire ID:q13, number:12
Notes: 1)
Quire 13
Quire ID:q14, number:13
Quire 14
Quire ID:q15, number:14
Quire 15
Quire ID:q16, number:15
Notes: 1)
Ethio-SPaRe formula : a(4/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (4), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (10), 15 (10), 16 (4),
Formula 2: 1 (4), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (10), 15 (10), 16 (4),
Binding
Parchment, 234 x 170 x 70 mm, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough hewn wooden boards, covered with tooled leather over decorative linen patches visible between the turn-ins on front and back cover, headband and tailband.
Binding material
parchment
wood
leather
textile
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 23-25mm |
bottom | 40-45mm |
right | 20-25mm |
left | 10mm |
Ms Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 78 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 170mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 234mm.Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Rubrication: Content Item 1.1 , item 1 Content Item 1.2 , item 1 Maḥālǝya nabiyāt (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፡
Fol. 19r (Psalm 29, ET) letters alternate black and red on four consecutive lines for the phrase ( ) “Ascribe to the Lord.” Columetric layout of text: various points throughout the psalms, e.g., folss. 19r, 71v, 72r, ; 107r, (Ps. 145); 109r, (Ps. 150); 114r, (fourth biblical canticle); 117v, 118r, (tenth biblical canticle), 124v (third section of the Song of Songs)Check for additional bibliography
Publication Statement
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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, ʻPortland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 78ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-11-12) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP00237 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Minor changes on 12.11.2020
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Updated facs statements on 5.11.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Added link to spiritual meaning of Hebrew letters in Ps118, and minor formatting edits on 20.7.2020
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Added facs statements on 12.6.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Corrected ǝ character on 18.4.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Added miniatures, varia and notes on 10.10.2019
- Jonah Sandford Jonah Sandford: Added ms contents on 20.10.2018
- Jonah Sandford Jonah Sandford: Added quire desc, binding desc, margin dim, columns/lines, dating info on 19.8.2018
- 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