Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Rohrbaugh Codex 2
Ashlee Benson, Jonah Sandford
EMIP
General description
Rohrbaugh Codex 2
Number of Text units: 7
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Late-nineteenth/early-twentieth century
Provenance
The items were collected by James and Marion Rohrbaugh during their missionary work in Ethiopia in the mid-1930s. These were passed to their son, Richard Rohrbaugh, who, in turn, has passed the items onto his son, Douglas Rohrbaugh. The collection was donated to UCLA in 2013
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 5r–168r
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 5r–140v
- ms_i1.2
(Fols 141r–152r
- ms_i1.3
(Fols 152r–160r
- ms_i1.4
(Fols 160r–166r
- ms_i1.5
(Fols 166r–168r
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 5r–140v
- ms_i2
(Fols 169v–172r
Contents
Fols 5r–168r
Language of text:
Fols 5r–140v
Fols 169v–172r
Additions In this unit there are in total .
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opening prayer is a five-line rhyming stanza from the Psalter of the version
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Strophe audit markings: throughout the book, marginal notes mark every ten lines
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Fols. 77r, 82r, 83r, 98v, 112v, 122r, 140v, 141r, 144v, 157r
marginal explanations of the meaning of a verse, some in Amharic and some in Ge’ez, some written in purple ink, and some written in red ink
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An example of writing text in mirror imaging/void
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Canticle four is: Prayer of Hana, Mother of Samuel, prophet
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Explanation of the meaning of the various songs in the Song of Songs: 153r: ካልእ፡ መኃልይ፡ ዘይዜኑ፡ ርደቶ፡ ለዋህድ፡ ወተሰግዎቶ፡ እምድንግል፡, “The second canticle tells the descent of the Word and his incarnation from the Virgin.” 154r: ሣልስ፡ መኃልይ፡ ዘይዜኑ፡ ትስብእተ፡ መለኮት፡ እምድኅረ፡ ፩ ከዊን፡, the third canticle tells of the humanity of the divinity after he became one nature.” 156v: መኃልይ፡ ዘይነግር፡ ውዳሴ፡ መርዓት፡ለመርዓዊሃ፡, “This canticle tells of the praise of the bride to her groom.” 159r: እምዚአሃ፡ ዘዚአሃ፡ ለቤተ ክርስቲያን፡, “From her, for her, for the Christian Church.”
Extras
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Fols. 18r, 53r, 73r, 130r, 167r,,
Examples of scribal intervention: Insertions with symbols and placement of text in upper margin, some written in red ink and some in black ink. 134r, 136v has a correction in purple ink
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Marks the midpoint with: 1) alternating text in red and black letters on two lines; and 2) a small text in the right margin, ( ) ዝየ፡ መንፈቁ፡ (“here is its half)
Decoration In this unit there are in total 3 s, 1 .
Frame notes
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
Fol. 4v
Drawing of the Great Judgment (?): A bearded man sits center on a throne. A smiling crowd stand to the right. Left, an Angel with drawn herds a crowd of people
- miniature:
Fol. 168v
Drawing of Holy Man Portrait
- miniature:
Fol. 169r
Drawing of what appears to be Holy Man Portrait Michael with drawn and wings. But a caption in pencil says Legend: ( ) “It is the Savior of the World.”
Physical Description
Form of support
Codex
Watermark
No
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 155mm |
Width | 114mm |
Depth | 59mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | a | 4 |
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Protection Quire |
2 | 1 | 12 |
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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 | 12 |
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Quire 6 |
8 | 7 | 12 |
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Quire 7 |
9 | 8 | 12 |
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Quire 8 |
10 | 9 | 10 |
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11 | 10 | 12 |
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Quire 10 |
12 | 11 | 10 |
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Quire 11 |
13 | 12 | 10 |
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Quire 12 |
14 | 13 | 6 |
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Quire 13 |
15 | 14 | 14 |
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Quire 14 |
16 | 15 | 18 |
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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: 3, stub after 8 8, stub after 3
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: 7, stub after 10 10, stub after 7 16 added 17 added
Quire ID:q16, number:15
Notes: 1)
Ethio-SPaRe formula : a(4/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (4), 2 (12), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (12), 8 (12), 9 (12), 10 (10), 11 (12), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (6), 15 (14), 16 (18, +16, +17),
Formula 2: 1 (4), 2 (12), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (12), 8 (12), 9 (12), 10 (10), 11 (12), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (6), 15 (14), 16 (18, leaf added after fol. 169, leaf added after fol. 170),
Binding
Parchment, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough-hewn boards of the traditional wood, covered with tooled leather with fabric and cardboard visible between the turn-ins.
Binding material
parchment
wood
leather
textile
cardboard
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 18-19mm |
bottom | 30-34mm |
right | 18-19mm |
left | 7-8mm |
Ms Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Rohrbaugh Codex 2 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 114mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 155mm.Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Rubrication: ኢግዚአብሔር፡
The word for God is systematically rubricated in this book Fol. 139r : Psalms of David, Psalmus 148 (CAe 2000 Ps148) , Psalms of David, Psalmus 150 (CAe 2000 Ps150) and the tenth biblical canticle employ columetric rubricationCheck 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, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Ralph Lee, ʻPortland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Rohrbaugh Codex 2ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2021-05-14) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP01913 [Accessed: 2024-05-21]
Revisions of the data
- Jonah Sandford Added ms dims, quire maps, margin dims, columns/lines, binding desc, dating info. on 14.5.2021
- Ralph Lee Corrected ref to spiritual meaning of Hebrew letters in PS118, Ps151 version, etc. and minor formatting edits on 29.6.2020
- Ashlee Benson Added items on 19.6.2020
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Created XML record from EMIP Collection Metadata.xsls on 18.1.2018
Attributions of the contents
Ashlee Benson, editor
Jonah Sandford, editor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Ralph Lee, contributor