Washington, D.C., Howard University School of Divinity, Tweed Codex 036
Jonah Sandford, Ashlee Benson, Ralph Lee
Tweed Collection, EMIP
General description
Tweed Codex 036
Number of Text units: 10
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Early-twentieth century
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–178v
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–136v
- ms_i1.2
(Fols 138r–151v
- ms_i1.3
(Fols 152r–159r
- ms_i1.4
(Fols 160r–174r
- ms_i1.5
(Fols 174r–178v
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–136v
Contents
Fols 1r–178v
Language of text:
Fols 1r–136v
Language of text:
Mazmura Dāwit, Psalm 118 including the Spritual Meaning of the Hebrew LettersFols 152r–159r
Language of text:
The second and third sections begin with unique superscriptionsFols 160r–174r
Language of text:
The Image of the Praises of Mary, usually presented as a separate work, is here interwoven into each sectionFols 174r–178v
Language of text:
Image of the Gate of Light is interwoven with each ssection of the Gate of Light, but incomplete at the endAdditions In this unit there are in total 1 .
Extras
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pentrials
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Fols. iir(ecto), iiv(erso), iiir(ecto), 18r, 38r, 118r, 137r,
blank
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The hand is well trained and there are several beautiful illuminations which appear authentic
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Identified in the insurance hand list as Psalter 20
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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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lines of text are written interlinearly with a symbol (┴) marking the location where the text is to be inserted
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text has been removed
Decoration In this unit there are in total 6 s.
Miniatures notes
- miniature: Fol. iiiv(erso)
- miniature: Fol. 18v
- miniature:
Fol. 38v
An ox gives birth to a baby and a patron prostrates himself
- miniature:
Fol. 118v
An Ethiopian, round church with four Holy Men Potrait inside and an hovering above
- miniature:
Fol. 137v
The drowning of Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea with caption Legend: ( ) “How Pharoah was drowned in the sea of Eritrea.” “Israel.”
- miniature: Fol. 159v
Physical Description
Form of support
Codex
Watermark
No
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 236mm |
Width | 183mm |
Depth | 85mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | a | 3 |
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2 | 1 | 10 |
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Quire 1 |
3 | 2 | 11 |
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4 | 3 | 10 |
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Quire 3 |
5 | 4 | 10 |
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Quire 4 |
6 | 5 | 10 |
|
Quire 5 |
7 | 6 | 10 |
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Quire 6 |
8 | 7 | 10 |
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Quire 7 |
9 | 8 | 10 |
|
Quire 8 |
10 | 9 | 10 |
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Quire 9 |
11 | 10 | 10 |
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Quire 10 |
12 | 11 | 12 |
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Quire 11 |
13 | 12 | 9 |
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|
14 | 13 | 10 |
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Quire 13 |
15 | 14 | 11 |
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16 | 15 | 8 |
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Quire 15 |
17 | 16 | 8 |
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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 | 2 |
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Quire 19 |
Collation diagrams
Protection Quire: 2, stub before 3
Quire ID:q1, number:a
Notes: 1)
Quire 1
Quire ID:q2, number:1
Quire 2: 8, stub after 3
Quire ID:q3, number:2
Notes: 1)
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: 4, stub after 6
Quire ID:q13, number:12
Notes: 1)
Quire 13
Quire ID:q14, number:13
Quire 14: 5, stub after 7
Quire ID:q15, number:14
Notes: 1)
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
Ethio-SPaRe formula : a(2+1/s.l. 2, stub before 3/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (3), 2 (10), 3 (11), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (12), 13 (9), 14 (10), 15 (11), 16 (8), 17 (8), 18 (10), 19 (8), 20 (2),
Formula 2: 1 (3), 2 (10), 3 (11), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (12), 13 (9), 14 (10), 15 (11), 16 (8), 17 (8), 18 (10), 19 (8), 20 (2),
Binding
Parchment, 236 x 183 x 85 mm, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough-hewn boards of the traditional wood covered with tooled leather with fabric visible between the turn-ins, headband and tailband.
Binding material
parchment
wood
leather
textile
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 20mm |
bottom | 43mm |
right | 26mm |
left | 14mm |
Ms Washington, D.C., Howard University School of Divinity, Tweed Codex 036 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 183mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 236mm.Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Rubrication: Content Item 1.4 , item 1 Content Item 1.5 , item 1 ማርያም፡
The word God is not rubricated in the first three works; the word Mary is rubricated in the final two works
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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 036ʼ, 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/EMIP01985 [Accessed: 2024-06-01]
Revisions of the data
- Ashlee Benson Minor edits on 18.11.2020
- Ralph Lee Added link to spiritual meaning of Hebrew letters in Ps118, minor formatting edits on 5.8.2020
- Ralph Lee corrected ǝ character on 17.4.2020
- Ralph Lee Corrections to ms contents, and minor edits to additions and extras on 18.2.2020
- Ashlee Benson Minor location edits on 27.1.2020
- Ralph Lee Added image links, and minor corrections to ms contents on 12.12.2019
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo updated msIdentifier for Tweed collection. on 13.11.2019
- Jonah Sandford Added quire maps, margin dim, columns/lines, binding desc, dating info. on 27.10.2019
- Ashlee Benson Added items on 21.10.2019
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo CreatedXML record from EMIP Collection Metadata.xsls on 18.1.2018
Attributions of the contents
Jonah Sandford, editor
Ashlee Benson, editor
Ralph Lee, editor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor