Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 126
Ashlee Benson, Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee
EMIP
General description
Weiner Codex 126
Number of Text units: 1
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Eighteenth century
Contents
Fols 1r–130r
Language of text:
Mazmura Dāwit, Psalm 118 including the Spritual Meaning of the Hebrew LettersAdditions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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Fol. 130r (Type: OwnershipNote)
Original owner’s name has been erased and replaced by the name, Mäkfältä Maryam. Another name: [illegible] Wälättä Maryam
Extras
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a small cross, written in a later hand, in the margin, in pencil, marks the midpoint of the Mazmura Dāwit (CAe 2000)
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purple yarn is sewn into the fore edge to indicate location of illumination as navigation system
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etc., words of text are written interlinearly
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Fols. 42r, 43r, 78v, 101r, 101v
etc., lines of text are written interlinearly
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erasure markings are visible
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Fols. 12r, 55v, 65r, 103v, 104r
etc., text has been removed
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This scribe has avoided the problem of lines of text too long to fit on one line by adopting an aspect ratio that leaves ample room for the width of most lines. On a few occasions, the line is still too long and has to be completed above or below the end of the line.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 12 s, 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: Decorative designs: folss. 1r, 66v, 67r, (haräg); 7v, 14r, 21r, 30v, 36v, 40v, 47v, 55v, 66v, 76r, 84v, 87r, 92v, 98r, 109v, 115r, 130r (line of alternating red and black dots)
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
Fol. ir(ecto)
Equestrian Saint with caption Legend: ( ) “Saint Filatawos” (possibly a martyr) spearing an ox
- miniature:
Fol. iv(erso)
Holy Man Portrait,St George of Lydda and the with a list of names written upside down
- miniature:
Fol. 3v
David Playing the Harp with captions Legend: ( ) “King and Prophet David,” and Legend: ( ) “Harp.”
- miniature:
Fol. 16r
Virgin and Child attended by the angels Michael and Gabriel
- miniature:
Fol. 30r
Holy Man Portrait,St George of Lydda and the with captions Legend: ( ) “Saint George,” and “dragon.”
- miniature:
Fol. 49r
Resurrection of Jesus raising Adam and Eve. with captions Legend: ( ) “Our Mother, Eve,” Legend: ( ) “How Our Lord Jesus Christ rose from the Dead on the Third Day,” and Legend: ( ) “With our Father, Adam.”
- miniature:
Fol. 91r
The Trinity with captions Legend: ( ) “Holy Trinity,” and Legend: ( ) “with four creatures.”
- miniature: Fol. 109r
- miniature:
Fol. 130r
The Striking of the Head, ኵርዓተ፡ ርእሱ፡ with caption right: Legend: ( ) “Jesus Christ” The patron reclines to the left: Caption: Legend: ( ) “Yätnäbärǝḫ” (a name which means, “Where have you been?”)
- miniature:
Fol. 130v
Ascension of Jesus with caption Legend: ( ) “The Ascension of Our Lord, Jesus Christ.”
- miniature:
Fol. 131r
Equestrian Saint Alexander, riding an Eagle-horse toward the angel who guards Paradise
- miniature:
Fol. 131v
God the Father holding orb of authority in his left hand and his right hand raised in blessing. with caption Legend: ( ) “How Father and Son. . .”
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 227mm |
Width | 205mm |
Depth | 70mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | a | 1 |
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Protection Sheet |
2 | 1 | 8 |
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Quire 1 |
3 | 2 | 8 |
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Quire 2 |
4 | 3 | 8 |
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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 | 8 |
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Quire 6 |
8 | 7 | 8 |
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Quire 7 |
9 | 8 | 8 |
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Quire 8 |
10 | 9 | 8 |
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Quire 9 |
11 | 10 | 8 |
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Quire 10 |
12 | 11 | 10 |
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Quire 11 |
13 | 12 | 8 |
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Quire 12 |
14 | 13 | 10 |
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Quire 13 |
15 | 14 | 8 |
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Quire 14 |
16 | 15 | 12 |
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Quire 15 |
17 | 16 | 3 |
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It is unfortunately not possible with the information provided to print the collation diagrams and formula.
- Quire with id:q1 and n a is made of 1 leaves, but there is no futher information about the reason this number is odd.
Binding
Parchment, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough-hewn boards, partially covered in tooled leather, headband and tailband.
Binding material
parchment
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 30-35mm |
bottom | 45-55mm |
right | 25-30mm |
left | 15-20mm |
Ms Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 126 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 205mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 227mm.Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Rubrication: ኢግዚአብሔር፡ ማርያም፡
The word God is not rubricated in the first three works; the word Mary is rubricated in the final two works Columetric layout of text: fols. 106r, 106v (tenth biblical canticle)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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Ashlee Benson, Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻPortland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 126ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-07-21) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP00310 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Added link to spiritual meaning of Hebrew letters in Ps118, and minor formatting edits on 21.7.2020
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Added facs statements on 5.5.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Corrected ǝ character on 18.4.2020
- Jonah Sandford Jonah Sandford: Added quire maps, margin dims, columns/lines, binding desc, dating info. on 3.3.2020
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Added items on 13.1.2020
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Added items on 26.9.2019
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Added items on 16.9.2019
- 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