Washington, D.C., Howard University School of Divinity, Tweed Codex 034
Jonah Sandford, Ashlee Benson, Ralph Lee
Tweed Collection, EMIP
General description
Tweed Codex 034
Number of Text units: 6
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Eighteenth century
Summary
- ms_i1
(check the viewerFols 1r–181r ),
Ethiopic Psalter
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–148v
- ms_i1.2
(Fols 148v–160r
- ms_i1.3
(Fols 160r–166r
- ms_i1.4
(Fols 166v–177v
- ms_i1.5
(Fols 177v–181r
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–148v
Contents
check the viewerFols 1r–181r Ethiopic Psalter (CAe 2701)
Language of text:
Fols 1r–148v
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ውዳሴ፡ ዕበይኪ፡ ማርያም፡ እንተ፡ ጸሐፈ፡ በእቅሙ፡ እስመ፡ ዖፈ፡ ሕለት፡ ገብርኪ፡ ለወልድኪ፡ ሤጠ፡ ደሙ። መዝሙረ፡ ድንግል፡ ይኩን፡ እንዘ፡ ይብል፡ ትርጓሜ፡ ስሙ፡ እምቃለ፡ ዳዊት፡ አስተዋጺኦ፡ እምጥንቱ፡ እስከ፡ ተፍጻሙ፡ ለዘወደሰኪ፡ ባርኪ፡ እሙ።
Opening Verse Psalm 118 does not contain the spiritual meanings of the Hebrew lettersAdditions In this unit there are in total 4 s, 1 , 1 .
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check the viewerFols. iir, iiv (Type: GuestText)
Nicene Creed (CAe 3308) , Incipit ጸሎተ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ነአምን፡ በ፩ አምላክ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አብ፡ አኀዜ፡ ኵሉ፡ ዓለም፡
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Fols. 181r, 181v (Type: GuestText)
Concluding hymn to Mary. Incipit: ስብሐት፡ ለኪ፡ ማርያም፡ በኈልቈ፡ አድባር፡ ወአውግር፡
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Hymn to the Church.
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Fols. 182r, 182v, 183r, 183v (Type: GuestText)
excerpt from Dǝggʷā (CAe 3178) , Feast of Saint John, the Evangelist, without musical notation. Incipit: ንዌጥን፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ጽሒፈ፡ ምልጣን፡ ዋዜማ፡ ዘበዓላት፡ ወዘሰናብት፡
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Fol. 166r (Type: OwnershipNote)
Colophon: ( ) “This book belongs to Däbtära Zä Mika’el Čärǝnät.” Mentions his father, mother, wife, and sister
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Fol. 181v (Type: RecordTransaction)
note of land transaction
Extras
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blank and scrawls
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Identified in the insurance hand list as Psalter 18
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Red fabric is sewn into the fore edge as navigation system
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Numbered quires: numbering begins at the above foli, quires 1–4 check the viewerfols. q1, q2, q3, q4
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etc., words of text are written interlinearly
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etc., lines of text are written interlinearly
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f. 120v, line 2 f. 127r, line7 f. 137v, line 17 f. 155r, line 15
in the upper margin with a symbol (┴) marking the location where the text is to be inserted
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another case where the insertion symbol (┬) is used
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text has been removed
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: Decorative designs: fols. 52r, (haräg); 69v, 94r, 102r, 118r, 135v, 142v, 148v, 160r, 166r, (line of alternating red and black dots); 82v, (multiple full stops and a line of red and black dots); 168r (multiple full stops)
Physical Description
Form of support
Codex
Watermark
No
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 190mm |
Width | 172mm |
Depth | 90mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | a | 2 |
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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 | 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 | 10 |
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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 | 10 |
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Quire 13 |
15 | 14 | 8 |
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Quire 14 |
16 | 15 | 10 |
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Quire 15 |
17 | 16 | 10 |
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Quire 16 |
18 | 17 | 10 |
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Quire 17 |
19 | 18 | 8 |
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Quire 18 |
20 | 19 | 8 |
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Quire 19 |
21 | 20 | 7 |
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Collation diagrams
Protection Quire
Quire ID:q1, number:a
Notes: 1)
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
Quire ID:q13, number:12
Quire 13
Quire ID:q14, number:13
Quire 14
Quire ID:q15, number:14
Quire 15
Quire ID:q16, number:15
Quire 16
Quire ID:q17, number:16
Quire 17
Quire ID:q18, number:17
Quire 18
Quire ID:q19, number:18
Quire 19
Quire ID:q20, number:19
Quire 20: 3, stub after 5
Quire ID:q21, number:20
Notes: 1)
Ethio-SPaRe formula : a(2/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (10), 15 (8), 16 (10), 17 (10), 18 (10), 19 (8), 20 (8), 21 (7),
Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (10), 15 (8), 16 (10), 17 (10), 18 (10), 19 (8), 20 (8), 21 (7),
Binding
Parchment, 190 x 172 x 90 mm, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough-hewn boards of the traditional wood covered with tooled leather.
Binding material
parchment
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 23mm |
bottom | 48mm |
right | 28mm |
left | 23mm |
Ms Washington, D.C., Howard University School of Divinity, Tweed Codex 034 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 172mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 190mm.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. 156v, 157r (tenth Biblical CanticleCheck for additional bibliography
Publication Statement
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
Edition Statement
The initial version of this file was created from data kindly provided by the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project directed by Steve Delamarter.
Dedicated to Cain Hope Felder
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Jonah Sandford, Ashlee Benson, Ralph Lee, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻWashington, D.C., Howard University School of Divinity, Tweed Codex 034ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-11-18) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP01983 [Accessed: 2024-06-01]
Revisions of the data
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Minor edits on 18.11.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Moved comment on spiritual meanings on Ps118 to ms items on 5.8.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: corrected ǝ character on 17.4.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Minor edits to additions and extras on 18.2.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Added missing image links on 13.12.2019
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Added image links, corrected additions and extras on 11.12.2019
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: updated msIdentifier for Tweed collection. on 13.11.2019
- Jonah Sandford Jonah Sandford: Added quire maps, margin dim, columns/lines, binding desc, dating info. on 27.10.2019
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Added items on 14.10.2019
- 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