Gulo Maḵadā, ʾAmbasat Kidāna Mǝḥrat, AKM-008
Abreham Adugna (cataloguer)
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Maṣḥafa gǝnzat “Book of the Funeral Ritual”
Number of Text units: 13
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location: ʾAmbasat Kidāna Mǝḥrat↗
The name of King ʾIyāsu (?) has been mentioned in one instance on check the viewer49va , but erased.Provenance
The name of ʾAmsāla Krǝstos owner is written in hand b in the supplication formulas throughout the Ms. Besides, Walatta Yoḥānnǝs owner (check the viewer99vb ) and Walda Krǝstos owner (check the viewer70vb , Additio 1) are mentioned.
Summary
- ms_i1
(check the viewerFols 2ra–125rb ),
Maṣḥafa gǝnzat
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 2ra–8rb ), Discourse of St Athanasius on death
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 8rb–19vb ), Prayers and homilies (unspecified)
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 20ra–22ra ), Maṣḥaf za-waḍʾāt ʾǝm-ʾIyarusālem
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 22ra–55vb ), Prayers and homilies (unspecified)
- ms_i1.5
(check the viewerFols 55vb–60ra ),
Homily by St Jacob of Serug for the funeral of
priests and deacons
- ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 60ra–70va ), Prayers and homilies (unspecified)
- ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 70va–72vb ), Homily by archbishop ʾabbā Sawiros
- ms_i1.8 (check the viewerFols 72vb–81vb ), Prayers and homilies (unspecified)
- ms_i1.9 (check the viewerFols 81vb–85vb ), Homily by ʾabbā Salāmā, Metropolitan of Ethiopia
- ms_i1.10 (check the viewerFols 85vb–112vb ), Prayers and homilies (unspecified)
- ms_i1.11 (check the viewerFols 112vb–120rb ), Prayers and homilies (unspecified)
- ms_i1.12 (check the viewerFols 121ra–125rb ), Antiphons (ʾaryām, mawāśǝʾt and mǝlṭān)
Contents
Additions In this unit there are in total 2 , 2 .
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check the viewerf. 125v (Type: OwnershipNote)
Ownership note.( gez ) ዛቲ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ግንዘት፡ <...> ወርቀ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ዘአቡነ፡ ሊባኖስ፡ ወቀይሰ፡ ገበዝሂ፡ ቀሲስ፡ ወልደ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ወመኰንንሂ፡ ወልደ፡ አምላክ፡ … The note mentions the church of ʾabuna Libānos as the owner of the Ms. Besides, the names of qaysa gabaz Walda Krǝstos owner and makʷannǝn ‘ruler’ role: office Walda ʾAmlāk owner are mentioned.
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Extras
- - Corrections written interlineally: , 49ra, 79va, 100ra, 117va, 118rb, 119rb.
- - The word እገሌ, “so-and-so” and some other words in the section of Antiphons are marked by thin lines above and below throughout the Ms.
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(Type: OwnershipNote)
- A recent ownership note in pencil mentioning ʾAnbasat ʾabuna Libānos as the owner of the Ms.: check the viewer120v .
- - Pen trial extended by a plea for God to make the pen good: .
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(Type: findingAid)
- Notes in the upper margins referring to the content of the Ms.: fols. 16vb, 27rb, 35vb, 38va, 47vb, 50rb, 52vb.
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(Type: findingAid)
- Coloured stripes of cloth have been inserted in the outer margin of fols. 13, 18, 71, 92.
Catalogue Bibliography
This manuscript has modern restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 215 |
Width | 205 |
Depth | 90 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 9 |
|
I(9; s.l.: 1, stub after 8/fols. 1r-9v) | |
2 | 8 |
|
II(8/fols. 10r-17v) | |
3 | 8 |
|
III(8/fols. 18r-25v) | |
4 | 8 |
|
IV(8; s.l.: 3, stub after 5; 6, stub after 2/fols. 26r-33v) | |
5 | 8 |
|
V(8/fols. 34r-41v) | |
6 | 8 |
|
VI(8/fols. 42r-49v) | |
7 | 8 |
|
VII(8/fols. 50r-57v) | |
8 | 8 |
|
VIII(8/fols. 58r-65v) | |
9 | 8 |
|
IX(8/fols. 66r-73v) | |
10 | 8 |
|
X(8/fols. 74r-81v) | |
11 | 5 |
|
XI(5; s.l.: 1, stub after 2/fols. 82r-86v) | |
12 | 8 |
|
XII(8/fols. 87r-94v) | |
13 | 8 |
|
XIII(8; s.l.: 3, stub after 6; 6, stub after 3/fols. 95r-102v) | |
14 | 8 |
|
XIV(8/fols. 103r-110v) | |
15 | 15 |
|
XV(15; s.l.: 3, stub after 11; 12, stub after 2; 15, stub before 1/fols. 111-125). |
Collation diagrams
I(9; s.l.: 1, stub after 8/fols. 1r-9v)
Quire ID:q1
II(8/fols. 10r-17v)
Quire ID:q2
III(8/fols. 18r-25v)
Quire ID:q3
IV(8; s.l.: 3, stub after 5; 6, stub after 2/fols. 26r-33v)
Quire ID:q4
V(8/fols. 34r-41v)
Quire ID:q5
VI(8/fols. 42r-49v)
Quire ID:q6
VII(8/fols. 50r-57v)
Quire ID:q7
VIII(8/fols. 58r-65v)
Quire ID:q8
IX(8/fols. 66r-73v)
Quire ID:q9
X(8/fols. 74r-81v)
Quire ID:q10
XI(5; s.l.: 1, stub after 2/fols. 82r-86v)
Quire ID:q11
XII(8/fols. 87r-94v)
Quire ID:q12
XIII(8; s.l.: 3, stub after 6; 6, stub after 3/fols. 95r-102v)
Quire ID:q13
XIV(8/fols. 103r-110v)
Quire ID:q14
XV(15; s.l.: 3, stub after 11; 12, stub after 2; 15, stub before 1/fols. 111-125).
Quire ID:q15
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(8+1/s.l. 1, stub after 8/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (9), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (5), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (8), 15 (15),
Formula 2: 1 (9), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (5), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (8), 15 (15),
State of preservation
good
Condition
The Ms. is worn; many fols. are stained with wax and dirt. Both boards are broken and repaired; part of the front board is missing. The Ms. has been resewn with a recent thread. Holes repaired on check the viewer16 , 30, 76, 84, 85, 96, 99.
Binding
Two wooden boards (both broken and repaired). Two pairs of sewing stations. Remains of the leather cover on the inner sides of both boards.
Binding decoration
Small holes are visible on the spine fold of the quires, one close to the head and one close to the tail of the codex.
Binding material
wood
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 19
H | 150mm |
W | 165mm |
Intercolumn | 16mm |
Margins | |
top | 24 |
bottom | 41 |
right | 22 |
left | 14 |
intercolumn | 16 |
Ms Gulo Maḵadā, ʾAmbasat Kidāna Mǝḥrat, AKM-008 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 201mm, object width is: 205mm, computed height is: 215mm and object height is: 215mm.Layout note 1
Ruling
- (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C.
- The upper line is written above the ruling.
- The bottom line is written above the ruling. The upper
ruled line was not used by the scribe on (Excerpt from check the viewer1r)
, 121r.
Pricking
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
fine and careful; round shapes, broadly spaced letters
Ink: Black, red (vivid red)
Rubrication: Nomina sacra; names of the donors; name of the king; a few lines on the incipit page, alternating with black lines; two initial lines of each section of the text; elements of the punctuation signs; some other words, e.g., hāle luyā (e.g., fols. 2vb, 3ra, 4ra), ṣallǝyu (e.g., fols. 9va, 18rb, 19rb), qǝdma wangel (e.g., fols. 10rb, 10vb, 43vb), ʾǝgale (e.g., fols. 28rb, 28vb, 57vb), wa-tǝbl (e.g., fols. 28vb, 79rb, 80va), salām (fol. 72rb), wa-ʾǝmzǝ (e.g., fols. 77ra, 78rb, 79ra).
Date: 18th century (?)
check the viewer2ra-112vb check the viewer121ra-122rb 18th century (?)Abbreviations
Hand 2
Script: Ethiopic
Ink: Black, red (strong red)
check the viewer112vb-120rb check the viewer122va-125rb mediocre hand; angular letter shapes, hairlines, bifurcated extremities.More bibliography
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Abreham Adugna, Alessandro Bausi, Denis Nosnitsin, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻGulo Maḵadā, ʾAmbasat Kidāna Mǝḥrat, AKM-008ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2.5.2018) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESakm008 [Accessed: 2024-04-24+02:00]
Revisions of the data
- Eugenia Sokolinski added person IDs on 2.5.2018
- Eugenia Sokolinski split msitems on 16.4.2018
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo transformed from mycore to TEI P5 on 10.5.2016
- Denis Nosnitsin last edited in Ethio-SPaRe on 25.11.2014
- Abreham Adugna catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 12.9.2013
- Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 20.11.2010
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Abreham Adugna, editor
Denis Nosnitsin, contributor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor