Gulo Maḵadā, ʾAmbasat Kidāna Mǝḥrat, AKM-018
Vitagrazia Pisani (cataloguer)
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Maṣḥafa ʾardǝʾt “Book of the Disciples” / Tǝmhǝrta ḫǝbuʾāt “Teaching of Mysteries” / Excerpt from Kidān za-nagh “Covenant of the Morning” / Anaphora of Our Lady by St Cyriacus of Behnesa / Excerpt from Wǝddāse Māryām “Praise of Mary” (?)
Number of Text units: 5
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location: ʾAmbasat Kidāna Mǝḥrat↗
In check the viewer46va ʾabbā Qerǝllos is mentioned as archbishop (?) and ʾabbā Ṗeṭros as bishop (?). Qerǝllos VI (s. EAE IV, 291) was archbishop of Ethiopia between 1929 and 1937 and Ṗeṭros (s. EAE IV, 140) was bishop of Ethiopia between 1928 and 1936.Provenance
Walda Mikāʾel owner is mentioned in the supplication formulas. Walda Mikāʾel donor is also depicted as donor (?) in the miniature, check the viewer39v . The names of other individuals are written interlineally or in the upper and bottom margins: Ḥǝrata ʾAb owner (?), check the viewer11r , Ḫāyla Māryām owner check the viewer15v , priest (qasis ) Gabra Śǝllāse owner on check the viewer23rb , Gabra Madhǝn owner on check the viewer28v , Takla Dǝngǝl owner and Walda Giyorgis owner on check the viewer54rb .
Summary
- ms_i1 (check the viewer3ra-40vb l.4 ), Maṣḥafa ʾardǝʾt
- ms_i2 (check the viewer40va l.5-43vb ), Tǝmhǝrta ḫǝbuʾāt
- ms_i3 (check the viewer43va-vb ), Excerpt from Kidān za-nagh
- ms_i4 (check the viewer45ra-53vb ), Anaphora of Our Lady by St Cyriacus of Behnesa
- ms_i5 (check the viewer54ra-rb ), Excerpt from Wǝddāse Māryām “Praise of Mary”
Contents
check the viewer3ra-40vb l.4 Maṣḥafa ʾardǝʾt (CAe 3944)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡… ነገር፡ ዘ፲ወ፪አርድእት፡…
The long verion of Maṣḥafa ʾardǝʾtcheck the viewer43va-vb Excerpt from Kidān za-nagh (CAe 1716)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ለከ፡ እግዚኦ፡ ለገባሬ፡ ኵሉ፡ አምላክ፡ ንሠፍህ፡ አምላክ፡ ንስፍሕ፡ ነፍስነ፡ ወስብሐተ፡ ዘነግህ፡…
(cp. Tǝmhǝrta ḫǝbuʾāt wa-kidān za-nagh, Addis Abäba 1949 E.C., 13 l.5-14 l.2)check the viewer45ra-53vb Anaphora of Our Lady by St Cyriacus of Behnesa (MQ, Qǝddāse Māryām, ch. III, §§ 1-82 l.3)
Musical notations are written only on check the viewer52ra-52vb .
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 .
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(Type: OwnershipNote)
The name of Walda Mikāʾel owner is written over erasures on check the viewer30ra , check the viewer30rb .
Extras
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(Type: findingAid)
- Names of the days of the week and of the Evangelists indicating the readings (sometimes written in red and in frames) are written in the upper margin: mǝnbāb za-śanuy: check the viewerfol. 3r mǝnbāb za-śalus: fols. 7v-8r mǝnbab za-rabuʿ: check the viewerfol. 11r mǝnbāb za-ḥāmus: fols. 16v-17r mǝnbāb za-ʿārb: check the viewerfol. 23v mǝnbāb za-qadām: check the viewerfol. 28v mǝnbāb za-[ʾǝhud]: check the viewerfol. 31r Wangel za-Martewos[sic]: check the viewerfol. 39v za-Luqās: check the viewerfol. 39v za-Mārqos: check the viewerfol. 39v za-Yoḥānnǝs: check the viewerfol. 40r .
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- Corrections (omitted words or letters) are written interlineally, e.g., fols. 3vb, 11vb, 31vb, 36vb, 37rb, 40va, 41vb, 52ra.
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Spaces for rubricated names are left unfilled: fols. 53rb-53vb.
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Erasures in fols. 18rb, 22rb.
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Crude minor notes: fols. 1r, 19r, 44r, 54r, 54v.
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Pen trial: check the viewerfol. 1v .
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A cotton (red) curtain is sewn to check the viewerfol. 1v .
Decoration In this unit there are in total 2 , 3 s, 4 s.
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 38r:
Eight Apostles. The names of the Apostles are written over their heads. Legend above (from left to right): ፊልጶስ፡ በርተሎሜዎስ፡ ቶማስ፡ ማቴዎስ፡ “Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew”. Legend below (from left to right): ጴጥሮስ፡ እንድርያስ፡ ያእቆብ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ “Peter, Andrew, James, John”.
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 38v:
(above) Four Apostles; (below) Archangel Michael and the donor (?). The names of the Apostles are written over their heads. The legends are barely legible. Legend above (from left to right): ታዴ[ዎ]ስ፡ ናትናኤል፡ ማርቆስ፡ ያዕቆብ፡ ዘእልፍ[ዮስ]፡ “Thaddeus, Nathaniel, Mark, James (the son) of Alphaeus”. Legend below (from left to right): [ቅዱስ፡] ሚካኤል፡ “Saint Michael”, ወልደ፡ ሚካ{ኤ}ል፡ [ዘ]ከመ፡ [ተ]ማኅፀነ፡ [n.l.], “How Wäldä Michael entrusted himself …”.
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 44r:
The Virgin and Child. Legend: ሚካኤል፡ [ማርያም፡]: ምስለ፡ ፍቁር፡ ወልዳ፡ ወገብርኤል፡ “Michael, [Mary] with her beloved son and Gabriel”.
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 44v:
St. George slaying the dragon. Legend: ቅዱስ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ [n.l.] ዘል[n.l.]፡ “Saint George …”.
Other Decorations
- drawing:
check the viewerf. 2r:
Christ in Majesty.
- drawing:
check the viewerf. 2v:
Human figure (?).
- band: check the viewer40v (incipit page of Text II): simple coloured (black, red) ornamental band extending up to the upper edge of the page, with a central vertical extension which reaches the bottom of the text and intersects with another horizontal band separating Text I from Text II (interlaces; geometric motifs).
- band: check the viewer43v (incipit of Text III): crude black ornamental band (geometric motifs).
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A chain of black and red right-pointing chevrons is used, at the top and over cols. a and b, as decorative band on the incipit page of Text I; sometimes it (or a chain of black and red dots) is also used as sections divider.
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS ʾAmbasat Kidāna Mǝḥrat, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has no restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 170 |
Width | 45 |
Depth | 35 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | 2 |
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A(2/fols. 1r-2v) | |
2 | 8 |
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I(8/fols. 3r-10v) | |
3 | 8 |
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II(8/fols. 11r-18v) | |
4 | 8 |
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III(8/fols. 19r-26v) | |
5 | 8 |
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IV(8/fols. 27r-34v) | |
6 | 4 |
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V(4/fols. 35r-38v) | |
7 | 6 |
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VI(6/fols. 39r-44v) | |
8 | 8 |
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VII(fols. 45r-52v) | |
9 | 2 |
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VIII(2; s.l.: 1, stub after 2; 2, stub after 1/fols. 53r-54v). |
Collation diagrams
A(2/fols. 1r-2v)
Quire ID:q1
I(8/fols. 3r-10v)
Quire ID:q2
II(8/fols. 11r-18v)
Quire ID:q3
III(8/fols. 19r-26v)
Quire ID:q4
IV(8/fols. 27r-34v)
Quire ID:q5
V(4/fols. 35r-38v)
Quire ID:q6
VI(6/fols. 39r-44v)
Quire ID:q7
VII(fols. 45r-52v)
Quire ID:q8
VIII(2; s.l.: 1, stub after 2; 2, stub after 1/fols. 53r-54v).
Quire ID:q9
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(2/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (4), 7 (6), 8 (8), 9 (),
Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (4), 7 (6), 8 (8), 9 (),
State of preservation
deficient
Condition
The Ms. is worn and affected by humidity; the text is partly difficult to read. The sewing is damaged and repaired with synthetic threads. check the viewer36-37 are of a smaller size.
Binding
Two wooden boards. Two pairs of sewing stations.
Sewing Stations
4Binding decoration
Small holes and traces of tiedowns (or tackets?) are visible in the centre fold of some quires, close to the head of the codex.
Binding material
wood
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 19
H | 142mm |
W | 101mm |
Intercolumn | 10mm |
Margins | |
top | 13 |
bottom | 20 |
right | 13 |
left | 8 |
intercolumn | 10 |
Ms Gulo Maḵadā, ʾAmbasat Kidāna Mǝḥrat, AKM-018 main part
has a sum of layout height of 175mm which is greater than the object height of 170mm has a sum of layout width of 122mm which is greater than the object height of 45mmLayout note 1
Ruling
- the number of lines varies from 17 to 19.
- (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C.
- The upper line is written above the ruling (below in
(Excerpt from check the viewer4r)
, 4v, 9r, 46r, 53v, 54v). - The bottom line is written above the ruling (below in
(Excerpt from check the viewer40r)
, 40vb). - The ruling is not uniform and regular and the scribe
often disregarded it (s., e.g., (Excerpt from check the viewer46r)
, 47r). - The bottom ruled line has not been used in (Excerpt from check the viewer41rb)
.
Pricking
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Mediocre, irregular hand of the first half of the 19th century. The quality of the handwriting differs throughout the Ms. It is characterized by right-sloping letters, with hairlines at the top.The words እግዚአብሔር፡ and እግዚእ፡ are usually written with ligature (e.g., check the viewer43vb l.28 , check the viewer47vb l.4 ).
Ink: Black; red (brilliant vermillion; a few times also dark vermillion and vivid red).
Rubrication: Nomina sacra; the name of the archbishop Qerǝllos and of the bishop Ṗeṭros; the name of the donor (?) and other individuals. A few lines (2 or 4) on the incipit page of Text I, Text II, and Text IV (alternating with black lines for Texts I and Text IV); two lines of the incipit of Text III and Text V; initial lines of some sections in Text I and of some paragraphs in Text IV; some words in Text II; directives for the ministers; titles of Biblical books; words: ʾardǝʾt in Text I, ʾab, dǝngǝl and eṗṗes qoṗṗosat in Text Text IV. Abbreviations; some notes in the margins; elements of the punctuation signs; elements of Ethiopic numerals.
Abbreviations
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Vitagrazia Pisani, Alessandro Bausi, Denis Nosnitsin, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻGulo Maḵadā, ʾAmbasat Kidāna Mǝḥrat, AKM-018ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 26.4.2019) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESakm018 [Accessed: 2024-03-29+01:00]
Revisions of the data
- Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: split extras on 26.4.2019
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: added missing extras from domlib on 25.4.2019
- Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: split msitems, adjusted to schema on 21.3.2019
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: transformed from mycore to TEI P5 on 10.5.2016
- Vitagrazia Pisani Vitagrazia Pisani: last edited in Ethio-SPaRe on 23.1.2015
- Vitagrazia Pisani Vitagrazia Pisani: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 14.8.2013
- Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 11.12.2010
Attributions of the contents
Denis Nosnitsin, contributor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor