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Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 170

Ashlee Benson, Jonah Sandford

EMIP

Work in Progress
https://betamasaheft.eu/EMIP00454
Weiner[view repository]

Collection: EMIP

Persons IndexGeneralDescriptionPhysical DescriptionAuthors

General description

Weiner Codex 170

Number of Text units: 3

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Nineteenth century

Summary

Homiliary in Honor of the Archangel Michael, ድርሳነ፡ ሚካኤል፡
  1. ms_i1 (Fols 1r–109v

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    ), Gadla Takla Hāymānot (Dabra Libānos recension, general record)
  2. ms_i2 (Fols 109v–111r

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    ), Genealogy of Abunä Täklä Haymanot,
  3. ms_i3 (Fols 111r–115v

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    ), Taʾammǝra Takla Hāymānot

Contents

Fols 1r–109v

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Gadla Takla Hāymānot (Dabra Libānos recension, general record) (CAe 1507)

Language of text:

incomplete at the beginning
Fols 109v–111r

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Genealogy of Abunä Täklä Haymanot, መጽሐፈ፡ ልደቱ፡ ለአቡነ፡ ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡

Language of text:

Fols 111r–115v

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Taʾammǝra Takla Hāymānot (CAe 3971)

Language of text:

Eleven Miracles of Takla Hāymānot

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .

  1. Fols. 116r, 116v (Type: GuestText)

    excerpt of Malkǝʾa ʾabuna Takla Hāymānot (CAe 2930)

Extras

  1. Fol. 117v

    Blank

  2. marginal notation to mark arrangement

  3. Fols. 16r, 17r, 36r, 38v

    (etc.) words of text are written interlinearly;

  4. Fols. 15v, 23r, 36v, 39v, 44r

    (etc.) erasure markings are visible;

  5. Fols. 25r, 31r, 98r

    text has been removed

Decoration In this unit there are in total 5 s.

Miniatures notes

  1. miniature: Fol. 21v

    Holy Man PortraitTakla Hāymānot

  2. miniature: Fol. 47r

    Abunä Samu'el , riding a lion

  3. miniature: Fol. 92r

    Holy Man Portrait Gabra Manfas Qǝddus

  4. miniature: Fol. 116v

    Angel with a

  5. miniature: Fol. 117r

    crude drawing with caption Legend: ( ) Abunä Täklä Haymanot of Däbrä Libanos

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

117 (leaf) .Entered as 117 15 (quire) .Entered as 15 270 200 72
Outer dimensions
Height 270mm
Width 200mm
Depth 72mm

Quire Structure Collation

Quire descriptions: quires 1, 3–8, 10–11 and 13 balanced; quires 2 and 9 adjusted balanced; quire 12 unbalanced. A folio stub is visible between fols. 7, 8. A folio stub is visible between fols. 65, 66. Fols. 92, appears to have been sown into the binding between 91, 93, . 92, is of a different length, but the hand on f. 92 appears to be the same hand as 93r. F. 92 is sewn in with a newer string than the rest of the binding string.
Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 1 6 Fols 1–6 Quire 1
2 2 9 Fols 7–15 A folio stub is visible between fols. 7, 8. Quire 2: 8, stub after 1
3 3 8 Fols 16–23 Quire 3
4 4 8 Fols 24–31 Quire 4
5 5 6 Fols 32–37 Quire 5
6 6 8 Fols 38–45 Quire 6
7 7 8 Fols 46–53 Quire 7
8 8 10 Fols 54–63 Quire 8
9 9 9 Fols 64–72 A folio stub is visible between fols. 65, 66. Quire 9: 7, stub after 2
10 10 8 Fols 73–80 Quire 10
11 11 8 Fols 81–88 Quire 11
12 12 9 Fols 89–97 Fols. 92, appears to have been sown into the binding between 91, 93, . 92, is of a different length, but the hand on f. 92 appears to be the same hand as 93r. F. 92 is sewn in with a newer string than the rest of the binding string. Quire 12: 4 added
13 13 8 Fols 98–105 Quire 13
14 14 8 Fols 106–113 Quire 14
15 15 4 Fols 114–117 Quire 15

Collation diagrams


Quire 1
Quire ID:q1, number:1
Collation diagram Quire 1 1 6 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3

Quire 2: 8, stub after 1
Quire ID:q2, number:2
Notes: 1) A folio stub is visible between fols. 7, 8.
Collation diagram Quire 2 7 15 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

Quire 3
Quire ID:q3, number:3
Collation diagram Quire 3 16 23 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

Quire 4
Quire ID:q4, number:4
Collation diagram Quire 4 24 31 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

Quire 5
Quire ID:q5, number:5
Collation diagram Quire 5 32 37 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3

Quire 6
Quire ID:q6, number:6
Collation diagram Quire 6 38 45 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

Quire 7
Quire ID:q7, number:7
Collation diagram Quire 7 46 53 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

Quire 8
Quire ID:q8, number:8
Collation diagram Quire 8 54 63 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

Quire 9: 7, stub after 2
Quire ID:q9, number:9
Notes: 1) A folio stub is visible between fols. 65, 66.
Collation diagram Quire 9 64 72 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

Quire 10
Quire ID:q10, number:10
Collation diagram Quire 10 73 80 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

Quire 11
Quire ID:q11, number:11
Collation diagram Quire 11 81 88 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

Quire 12: 4 added
Quire ID:q12, number:12
Notes: 1) Fols. 92, appears to have been sown into the binding between 91, 93, . 92, is of a different length, but the hand on f. 92 appears to be the same hand as 93r. F. 92 is sewn in with a newer string than the rest of the binding string.
Collation diagram Quire 12 89 97 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

Quire 13
Quire ID:q13, number:13
Collation diagram Quire 13 98 105 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

Quire 14
Quire ID:q14, number:14
Collation diagram Quire 14 106 113 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

Quire 15
Quire ID:q15, number:15
Collation diagram Quire 15 114 117 Unit #1 Unit #2

Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(6/Fols 1–6) – II(8+1/s.l. 8, stub after 1/Fols 7–15) – III(8/Fols 16–23) – IV(8/Fols 24–31) – V(6/Fols 32–37) – VI(8/Fols 38–45) – VII(8/Fols 46–53) – VIII(10/Fols 54–63) – IX(8+1/s.l. 7, stub after 2/Fols 64–72) – X(8/Fols 73–80) – XI(8/Fols 81–88) – XII(9/Fols 89–97) – XIII(8/Fols 98–105) – XIV(8/Fols 106–113) – XV(4/Fols 114–117) –

Formula: Fols 1–6 Quire 1 ; Fols 7–15 Quire 2: 8, stub after 1 ; Fols 16–23 Quire 3 ; Fols 24–31 Quire 4 ; Fols 32–37 Quire 5 ; Fols 38–45 Quire 6 ; Fols 46–53 Quire 7 ; Fols 54–63 Quire 8 ; Fols 64–72 Quire 9: 7, stub after 2 ; Fols 73–80 Quire 10 ; Fols 81–88 Quire 11 ; Fols 89–97 Quire 12: 4 added ; Fols 98–105 Quire 13 ; Fols 106–113 Quire 14 ; Fols 114–117 Quire 15 ;

Formula 1: 1 (6), 2 (9), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (6), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (10), 9 (9), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (9, +4), 13 (8), 14 (8), 15 (4),

Formula 2: 1 (6), 2 (9), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (6), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (10), 9 (9), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (9, leaf added after fol. 91), 13 (8), 14 (8), 15 (4),

Binding

Parchment, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough-hewn board of the traditional wood on the front and pressed cardboard on the back, covered with red-tooled leather with heavy cloth underneath leather on the spine, headband and tailband.

Binding material

parchment

wood

leather

textile

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

H
W
Margins
top 19-29mm
bottom 43-47mm
right 20-24mm
left 14-17mm

Ms Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 170 main part

looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 200mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 270mm.

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 17-24

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Rubrication: ሚካኤል፡ ተክለ ሃይማኖት

    The words Michael and Täklä Haymanot are rubricated

    • Keywords

    swordsword

    Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    availability

    This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.

    date
    type=expanded
    2022-01-05T13:36:28.446+01:00
    date
    type=lastModified
    16.11.2020
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP00454
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/EMIP00454
    idno
    type=filename
    EMIP00454.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    EMIP00454

    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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    Encoded according to the Beta maṣāḥǝft Guidelines. These Guidelines detail the TEI format ruled by the Beta maṣāḥǝft Schema. The present TEI file is enriched with an Xquery transformation taking advantage of the exist-db database instance where the data is stored and of the many external resources to which this data points to.

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    Ashlee Benson, Jonah Sandford, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Ralph Lee, ʻPortland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 170ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 16.11.2020) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP00454 [Accessed: 2024-05-07+02:00]

    Revisions of the data

    • Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Minor edits on 16.11.2020
    • Jonah Sandford Jonah Sandford: Added quire maps, margin dims, columns/lines, binding desc, dating info. on 21.5.2020
    • Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Added facs statements on 20.5.2020
    • Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Corrected ǝ character on 18.4.2020
    • Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Added items on 27.12.2019
    • 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

    Ralph Lee, contributor

    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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