Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 455
Ashlee Benson, Jonah Sandford
EMIP
General description
Weiner Codex 455
Number of Text units: 6
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Nineteenth century
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–139r
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–106v
- ms_i1.2
(Fols 107r–118v
- ms_i1.3
(Fols 118v–124v
- ms_i1.4
(Fols 125r–135r
- ms_i1.5
(Fols 135r–139r
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–106v
Contents
Fols 1r–139r
Language of text:
Fols 135r–139r
Language of text:
the last three lines were added in red ink in the lower marginAdditions In this unit there are in total .
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Mazmura Dāwit (CAe 2000) begin with opening prayer from the Canticle of the Virgin
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Psalms of David, Psalmus 118 (CAe 2000 Ps118) employs the new, simple system
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Psalms of David, Psalmus 150 (CAe 2000 Ps150) and the tenth biblical canticle have the columetric rubrication
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Psalms of David, Psalmus 151 (CAe 2000 Ps151) has all four of the elements that make up the long version
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Fourth Book of Odes (CAe 1828) is Prayer of Hana, mother of Samuel, prophet
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Wǝddāse Māryām (CAe 2509) begin on Monday
Extras
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Despite the label on the inside cover, the Weiner collection number should be 458 and not 455
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Marks the midpoint of the Psalms in a very unique way, with a small portrait of a saint in a box in the right margin, next to the midpoint strophe
Decoration In this unit there are in total 5 s.
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
Fol. 139v
Holy Man Portrait,St George of Lydda and the
- miniature:
Fol. 140r
Virgin and Child, with two guardian angels
- miniature:
Fol. 140v
The Sacrifice of Isaac with captions Legend: ( ) ዘከመ፡ ሦአ፡ አብርሃም፡ ይስሐቅሃ። How Abraham sacrificed Isaac, and ዘከመ፡ ወረደ፡ በግ[..]፡ቤዛ ይስሐቅ How the Ram came down for a substitute for Isaac
- miniature:
Fol. 142r
Jacab’s Ladder with caption Legend: ( ) How Jacob saw the ladder on the road to Luz, which is the type of Our Lady
- miniature:
Fol. 141v
Table (11 x 13 boxes) for calculating the feast days of the year
Physical Description
Form of support
Codex
Watermark
No
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | mm |
Width | mm |
Depth | mm |
Binding
Binding material
parchment
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Rubrication: ኢግዚአብሔር፡
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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, ʻPortland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 455ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2021-05-27) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP03230 [Accessed: 2024-05-17]
Revisions of the data
- Jonah Sandford Added columns/lines, binding desc, dating info. on 27.5.2021
- Ashlee Benson Added items on 28.4.2020
- 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