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Gulo Maḵadā, ʾAmbasat Kidāna Mǝḥrat, AKM-010

Massimo Villa (cataloguer)

This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography

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General description

Zenāhā la-ʾǝgzǝʾtǝna Māryām “Story of Our Lady Mary” / Dǝrsāna ʿUraʾel “Homily of Uriel”

Number of Text units: 2

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Original Location: ʾAmbasat Kidāna Mǝḥrat↗

According to the colophon, the Ms. was written on 3 Maskaram 1944 year of mercy (= 1 September 1951 A.D.). (internal-date)

Provenance

The colophon mentions Takla Hāymānot donor as the donor. His name is also written in the supplication formulas on fols. 2r, 16v, 22v, 54r, 59v.

Summary

I) Zenāhā la-ʾǝgzǝʾtǝna Māryām “Story of Our Lady Mary” (fols. 2r-42v) II) Dǝrsāna ʿUrāʾel “Homily of Uriel” (fols. 42v-59v), different from A. CAQUOT, “L’homélie en l’honneur de l’archange Ouriel (Dersāna Urā’ēl), Annales d’Éthiopie 1, 1955, 61-88 Additio 1; colophon.
  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 2r–42v ), Zenāhā la-ʾǝgzǝʾtǝna Māryām
  2. ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 42v–59v ), Dǝrsāna ʿUrāʾel

Contents

check the viewerFols 2r–42v Zenāhā la-ʾǝgzǝʾtǝna Māryām (CAe 2051 t3) called Nagara Maryam on fol. 65v
check the viewerFols 42v–59v Dǝrsāna ʿUrāʾel (CAe 4951)

Colophon

check the viewer60r

ተጽሕፈ፡ በ፲፱፻፵ወ፬ዓ፡ ም፡ በ፫መስከረም፡ ዝመጽሐፍ፡ ዘተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ እምነቱ፡ ዘወሀቦ፡ ለደብረ፡ ሊባኖስ፡ ሀገሩ፡ አንበሰት፡ ፍቃዳ፡ እዛ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ንዕሽቶይ፡ ኮይና፡ ከይትረአየኩም፡ ዓባይ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ እያ፡ እሞ፡ አብ፡ ብራና፡ ከምቶውርሱዋ፡ ግበሩ።

Translation : ሐደራኹም፡ እብለኩም፡ አነ፡ ቀ፡ ወልደ፡ ትንሣኤ፡ ጸሐፊኡ፡

The colophon is written in Gǝʿǝz and Tǝgrǝñña. It states that the Ms. was finished on 3 Maskaram 1944 year of mercy (= 1 September 1951), his owner Takla Hāymānot owner donated it to Dabra Libānos of ʾAnbasat Fǝqādā and that the scribe is the priest role: function (qasis , abbreviated qa) Walda Tǝnśāʾe scribe ; the scribe also requests that the book be copied on parchment.

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 .

  1. check the viewerf. 60v (Type: Unclear)

    Unclear note.

    ( am ) check the viewer60v : ፲፻፵፯ዓመ እኔየ፡ ቄስ፡ ገብረዮሐንስ፡ ከህሰይ፡ ግብዝና፡ የሰጡጀ፡ አ[ም]በስት፡ መቅደሱ፡ ደብረሊባኖስ፡ የከፈልኩበት፡ ጥለት፡ የንጉሥ፡ እሥራት፡ ፪ተ፡ ፻፸፯ብር፡ ፲፪ሳ[ን]ትም፡ የእትዮጵያ፡ ብር፡ …

    : The note is crudely written in Amharic in blue ink (the last two lines are in black and red ink). It is written by priest role: function (qes role: title) Gabra Yoḥannǝs scribe and it seems to enumerate several payments (?).

Extras

  1. check the viewer14v

    - Omitted letters inserted interlineally in the main hand: e.g., , 19r, 28v, 40v.

  2. check the viewer17r

    Immediate correction marked by effacing the words with blue ink: (here also encircled in red ink), 23r, 23v.

  3. check the viewer2r check the viewer9r check the viewer14-15r

    Several names are written in the supplication formulas: (e.g., on , 22v, 59v), Gabra Tǝnśāʾe (on , 16v, 25r), Walatta ʾIyasus (on ).

  4. check the viewer1r

    Minor writings: , 65v.

  5. (Type: findingAid)

    - Daily readings of Text I are indicated by the names of the days of the week written in red ink in the upper margin, in the main hand: ዘሰኑይ፡ check the viewerfol. 2r ዘሠሉስ፡ check the viewerfol. 9r (in black ink) ዘረቡዕ፡ check the viewerfol. 16v ዘኀሙስ፡ check the viewerfol. 22v (in blu pen, in a secondary hand) ዘአርብ፡ check the viewerfol. 42v (in blue pen, in a secondary hand).

Catalogue Bibliography

This manuscript has no restorations.

Physical Description

Form of support

Paper Notebook

Paper notebook, lined

Extent

Made of 65.0 (leaf) , Entered as 65.0 leaves, of which (leaf, blank) .Entered as blank 1r, 1v, 61r, 61v, 62r, 62v, 63r, 63v, 64r, 64v, 65r, 65v., in 1.0 (quire) .Entered as 1.0 quires . 205 165 10
Outer dimensions
Height 205
Width 165
Depth 10

Foliation

The leaves are numbered by the E-S project.

State of preservation

intact

Condition

A few leaves are slightly stained with water, esp. in the upper margin: e.g., check the viewer2r , 10r, 25r, 42v.

Binding

The Ms. is a notebook covered with a textile casing of foreign origin.

Binding decoration

Binding material

paper

textile

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 1

Number of lines: 18

H 155mm
W 126mm
Intercolumn mm
Margins
top 21
bottom 28
right 7
left 4
intercolumn
All data for check the viewer34r .

Ms Gulo Maḵadā, ʾAmbasat Kidāna Mǝḥrat, AKM-010 main part

looks ok for measures computed width is: 137mm, object width is: 165mm, computed height is: 204mm and object height is: 205mm.

Layout note 1

Ruling
  • Sometimes 19 (e.g., on (Excerpt from check the viewer2r-8v)
    , 25rv, 42rv).
  • (Subtype: pattern)Ruling pattern: 0-0/0-0/0-0/A.
  • The scribe used a lined notebook. The upper line is written above the ruling (under on (Excerpt from check the viewer25rv)
    and 42rv).
  • The bottom line is written above the ruling. The scribe did not use the last two lines on most of leaves (e.g., (Excerpt from check the viewer11v)
    , 31r, 48v).

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Scribe: Walda Tǝnśāʾe scribe

    Script: Ethiopic

    Fine.

    Ink: Blue (dark greyish blue), red (vivid rose).

    Rubrication: Nomina sacra, name of the donors; elements of the punctuation signs; elements of Ethiopic numerals. Two lines on the incipit page of Texts I and II; one or two lines on the incipit page of subsections of Texts I and II.

    Date: Mid-20th century.

    The colophon mentions Walda Tǝnśāʾe scribe as the scribe.Mid-20th century.

    Abbreviations

  • ወለዓለ፡ ዓለ፡(- - -) for ወለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ (fol. 9r)
  • አሜ፡(- - -) for አሜን፡ (check the viewer37r ).

    • Keywords

    Homily

    Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    availability

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    date
    2016-06-07T17:36:20.376+02:00
    date
    type=expanded
    2022-01-05T13:36:28.446+01:00
    date
    type=lastModified
    10.5.2016
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESakm010
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/ESakm010
    idno
    type=filename
    ESakm010.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    ESakm010

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    Massimo Villa, Alessandro Bausi, Denis Nosnitsin, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻGulo Maḵadā, ʾAmbasat Kidāna Mǝḥrat, AKM-010ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 10.5.2016) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESakm010 [Accessed: 2024-04-18+02:00]

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    • Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: transformed from mycore to TEI P5 on 10.5.2016
    • Denis Nosnitsin Denis Nosnitsin: last edited in Ethio-SPaRe on 3.6.2015
    • Massimo Villa Massimo Villa: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 13.5.2015
    • Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 20.11.2010

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