Belmont, MA, Alwan Collection, Alwan Codex 41
Jonah Sandford, Ashlee Benson
Alwan, EMIP
Collection: Alwan
Other identifiers: Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project EMIP 251
General description
Alwan Codex 41
Number of Text units: 64
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
early-twentieth century
Summary
- ms_i2
(Fols 6r–119v
- ms_i2.1
(Fols 6r–9v
- ms_i2.2
(Fols 10r–21r
- ms_i2.2.1
(Fols 10r–19v
- ms_i2.2.2
(Fols 19v–21r
- ms_i2.2.1
(Fols 10r–19v
- ms_i2.3
(Fols 21v–28r
- ms_i2.3.1
(Fols 21v–27r
- ms_i2.3.2
(Fols 27r–28r
- ms_i2.3.3
(Fols 28r and following
- ms_i2.3.1
(Fols 21v–27r
- ms_i2.4
(Fols 28v–36r
- ms_i2.4.1
(Fols 28v–35r
- ms_i2.4.2
(Fols 35r–35v
- ms_i2.4.3
(Fols 35v–36r
- ms_i2.4.1
(Fols 28v–35r
- ms_i2.5
(Fols 36r–41r
- ms_i2.5.1
(Fols 36r–40r
- ms_i2.5.2
(Fols 40r–41r
- ms_i2.5.3
(Fols 41r and following
- ms_i2.5.1
(Fols 36r–40r
- ms_i2.6
(Fols 41r–46v,
- ms_i2.6.1
(Fols 41r–46v
- ms_i2.6.2
(Fols., f. 56v-57v, there is an inserted quire between ff. 46 and 57; see quire map below
- ms_i2.6.3
(Fols 47r–56v
- ms_i2.6.4
(Fols 57v–58r
- ms_i2.6.1
(Fols 41r–46v
- ms_i2.7
(Fols 58r–67r
- ms_i2.7.1
(Fols 58r–65r
- ms_i2.7.2
(Fols 65r–67r
- ms_i2.7.3
(Fols 67r and following
- ms_i2.7.1
(Fols 58r–65r
- ms_i2.8
(Fols 67v–71r
- ms_i2.8.1
(Fols 67v–69v
- ms_i2.8.2
(Fols 69v–71r
- ms_i2.8.3
(Fols 71r and following
- ms_i2.8.1
(Fols 67v–69v
- ms_i2.9
(Fols 71v–81r
- ms_i2.9.1
(Fols 71v–79r
- ms_i2.9.2
(Fols 79r–81r
- ms_i2.9.3
(Fols 81r and following
- ms_i2.9.1
(Fols 71v–79r
- ms_i2.10
(Fols 81r–88v
- ms_i2.10.1
(Fols 81r–87r
- ms_i2.10.2
(Fols 87r–88r
- ms_i2.10.3
(Fols 88r–88v
- ms_i2.10.1
(Fols 81r–87r
- ms_i2.11
(Fols 88v–92v
- ms_i2.11.1
(Fols 88v–92v
- ms_i2.11.2
(Fols 92v–93v
- ms_i2.11.3
(Fols 93v and following
- ms_i2.11.1
(Fols 88v–92v
- ms_i2.12
(Fols 94r–99r
- ms_i2.12.1
(Fols 94r–98r
- ms_i2.12.2
(Fols 98r–98v
- ms_i2.12.3
(Fols 98v–99r
- ms_i2.12.1
(Fols 94r–98r
- ms_i2.13
(Fols 99r–106r
- ms_i2.13.1
(Fols 99r–104v
- ms_i2.13.2
(Fols 104v–105v
- ms_i2.13.3
(Fols 105v–106r
- ms_i2.13.1
(Fols 99r–104v
- ms_i2.14
(Fols 106r–119v
- ms_i2.14.1
(Fols 106r–107v
- ms_i2.14.2
(Fols 107v–108v
- ms_i2.14.3
(Fols 108v and following
- ms_i2.14.4
(Fols 108v–109r
- ms_i2.14.5
(Fols 109r–109v
- ms_i2.14.6
(Fols 109v–110r
- ms_i2.14.7
(Fols 110r and following
- ms_i2.14.8
(Fols 110v–117v
- ms_i2.14.9
(Fols 117v–118r
- ms_i2.14.10
(Fols 118r–118v
- ms_i2.14.11
(Fols 118v–119r
- ms_i2.14.12
(Fols 119r–119v
- ms_i2.14.1
(Fols 106r–107v
- ms_i2.1
(Fols 6r–9v
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–5v,
Contents
Fols 1r–5v,
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም ለዝክረ ስምከ ምስለ ስመ ልዑል ዘተሳተፈ
Fols 6r–119v
Language of text:
Additions In this unit there are in total 2 , 1 .
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(Type: OwnershipNote)
Fol. ir(ecto) Note of ownership, including the name Täklä Haymanot
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(Type: OwnershipNote)
f. 6r and passim The names Wäldä Iyyäsus and Gäbrä Maryam, Dässaläñ (Abäša) replace that of the original owner
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f. 19v and passim Name, Lǝğ Abäša
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Fol. 28r “The name of the father is Wäldä Iyyäsus and the name of the son is Gäbrä Maryam.”
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Fol. 35r Dässaläñ Abäša
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Fol. 57v Wälättä Säma‘t
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Fol. 71r Dässaläñ Abäša signs, himself
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Fol. 104v Note of ownership, list of names: Wäldä Iyyäsus, Gäbrä Maryam, and Dässaläñ Abäša
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f. 98r, bottom of col. 1 “Your name is Wäldä Iyyäsus, Your name is Wäldä Iyyäsus, Your name is Wäldä Iyyäsus.”
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Fol. 105v Prayer of Gäbrä Maryam
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(Type: RecordTransaction)
f. 121r, col. 2 Transaction of land, enacted in 1910 E.C.
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Fol. 121v “Saint Michael and Gabriel.”
Extras
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Numbered quires: quires 2–9
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Scribal intervention: words of text are written interlinearly (folss. 3v, 5v, 28r, 106v, , etc.); erasure markings are visible (104r )
Decoration In this unit there are in total 5 s, 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: Decorative designs: folss. 6r, 67v, 71v, (colorful, ornate ḥaräg extending down the side margins); 19v, (simple ḥaräg in red and black ink); 28r, 35r, 40r, 56v, 92v, 105v, 110r, 121r, (multiple full stops); 36r, 41r, 46v, 58r, 67r, 79r, 81r, 87r, 88v, 99r, 109v, 110r, 118r, 119v, (multiple full stops with lines of alternating red and black dots); 104v, (simple ḥaräg in pink and black ink); 106r, 107v, 108v, 109r, 117v, 119r (line of alternating red and black dots)
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
Fol. iv(erso)
Crude drawings of a figure (upside down) and a face
- miniature:
Fol. 120r
Angel Michael Enthroned with sword above a bound Satan. With caption Legend: ( ) “Saint Michael,” and “How the Devil was cast away because of his pride.”
- miniature:
f. 120v, top
Drawing in pen of an Angel with sword and scabbard, and a patron on the right with caption Legend: ( ) “How Kassa Bäläw prayed” and left with captionLegend: ( ) “his wife” of the
- miniature:
f. 120v, bottom
Drawing in pen of two patrons laying on their sides with caption Legend: ( ) “how Kasa Bäläw pleaded while the angel protected him” and his wife, with the top patron with its head on the right and the bottom patron with its head to the left. The Michael is to the right of these patrons
- miniature:
Fol. 121v
Crude drawing of figure in pen
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 240mm |
Width | 185mm |
Depth | 55mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | 1 | 6 |
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Quire 1 |
2 | 2 | 10 |
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Quire 2 |
3 | 3 | 10 |
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Quire 3 |
4 | 4 | 8 |
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Quire 4 |
5 | 5 | 10 |
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Quire 5 |
6 | 6 | 10 |
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7 | 7 | 9 |
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8 | 8 | 10 |
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Quire 8 |
9 | 9 | 10 |
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Quire 9 |
10 | 10 | 10 |
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Quire 10 |
11 | 11 | 10 |
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Quire 11 |
12 | 12 | 10 |
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Quire 12 |
13 | 13 | 9 |
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Collation diagrams
Quire 1
Quire ID:q1, number:1
Quire 2
Quire ID:q2, number:2
Quire 3
Quire ID:q3, number:3
Quire 4
Quire ID:q4, number:4
Quire 5
Quire ID:q5, number:5
Quire 6
Quire ID:q6, number:6
Notes: 1)
Quire 7: 7, stub after 2
Quire ID:q7, number:7
Notes: 1)
Quire 8
Quire ID:q8, number:8
Quire 9
Quire ID:q9, number:9
Quire 10
Quire ID:q10, number:10
Quire 11
Quire ID:q11, number:11
Quire 12
Quire ID:q12, number:12
Quire 13: 1, stub after 9 3, stub after 8 8 added
Quire ID:q13, number:13
Notes: 1)
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(6/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (6), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (8), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (9), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (, +8),
Formula 2: 1 (6), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (8), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (9), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (, leaf added after fol. 120),
Binding
Parchment, 240 x 185 x 55 mm, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough hewn wooden boards covered with tooled leather, decorative linen is visible between the front turn-in, headband and tailband.
Binding material
parchment
wood
leather
textile
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 35mm |
bottom | 54mm |
right | 33mm |
left | 9mm |
Ms Belmont, MA, Alwan Collection, Alwan Codex 41 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 185mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 240mm.Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Rubrication: ሚካኤል፡ ማርያም፡ ክርስቶስ፡
The words Michael, Mary and Christ are rubricatedCheck for additional bibliography
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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, Ashlee Benson, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Ralph Lee, ʻBelmont, MA, Alwan Collection, Alwan Codex 41ʼ, 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/EMIP00251 [Accessed: 2024-05-17]
Revisions of the data
- Ashlee Benson Minor changes on 12.11.2020
- Ashlee Benson Updated facs statements on 6.11.2020
- Ashlee Benson Added items on 5.8.2020
- Ralph Lee Corrected ǝ character on 18.4.2020
- Jonah Sandford Added quire desc, binding desc, margin dim, columns/lines, dating info on 12.9.2018
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Created XML record from EMIP Collection Metadata.xsls on 18.1.2018
Attributions of the contents
Jonah Sandford, editor
Ashlee Benson, editor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Ralph Lee, contributor