Gāntā ʾAfašum, Māryām Māy ʾAbʾa, BQM-007
Sophia Dege-Müller (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Zenā nagaromu la-Śǝllāse “Story of the Trinity” / Täʾamrihomu la-ʾab wa-wald wa-Manfas qǝddus “Miracles of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit” / Malkǝʾa Śǝllāse “Image of the Trinity”
Number of Text units: 2
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Summary
Contents
Incipit ( ):
Explicit ( ):
The miracles in Text II are not numbered.
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
Extras
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(Type: findingAid)
- Monthly readings are indicated by the names of the months or written in the upper margin, in the main hand, in red or in black, in frames of black lines or red dots: ዘሚዝያ [sic]: check the viewerfol. 12r ዘሰኔ: check the viewerfol. 14r ዘሐምሌ: check the viewerfol. 15v ነሐሴ: check the viewerfol. 24v ጳጉሜን: check the viewerfol. 26r መስከረም: check the viewerfol. 27v ዘጥቅምት: check the viewerfol. 31v ወርኃ፡ ኅዳር : check the viewerfol. 32v ታሕሣሥ: check the viewerfol. 34r ዘጥር: check the viewerfol. 35r ዘመጋቢት: check the viewerfol. 37r (secondary hand) ዘይትነበብ፡ በ፲ወ፪አውራኅ፡: fol.39r ዘሚያዝያ: check the viewerfol. 57v ዘሐምሌ: check the viewerfol. 77r ታሕሣሥ: check the viewerfol. 99r ጥር: check the viewerfol. 105r የካቲት: check the viewerfol. 109v - Indications written in a crude recent hand: የካቲት: fols. 36v, 109v ዘግንቦት: fols. 65v ዘሐምሌ: check the viewerfol. 75v ታህሣስ: check the viewerfol. 109r
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- check the viewerFol. 20 might originate from another Ms., it contains an unidentified Marian prayer (but written in the main hand). - Tämälläs-sign in the shape of a cross indicating the place where the omissions, written in the margins, belong: check the viewerfol. 28vb , 29va, 116ra, 117ra. - Minor notes and scribbles: fols. 2r, 4r, 36v, 119v, 120r, 120v.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 3 s.
Frame notes
- frame: check the viewer5r (incipit of Text I): elaborate coloured (green, yellow, red, black) ornamental band with central pendant reaching the bottom of the text; interlaces, geometric motifs.
- frame: check the viewer53r (incipit of Text II): elaborate coloured (green, yellow, red, black) ornamental band; interlaces, geometric motifs.
- frame: check the viewer115r (incipit of Text III): elaborate coloured (green, yellow, red, black) ornamental band; interlaces, geometric motifs.
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS Māryām Māy ʾAbʾa, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has no restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 300 |
Width | 220 |
Depth | 70 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | 4 |
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A(4/fols. 1r-4v) | |
2 | 8 |
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I(8/fols. 5r-12v) | |
3 | 8 |
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፪II(8+1; {s.l.: 8, stub before 8}/fols.13r-21v) | |
4 | 8 |
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፫III(8/fols. 22r-29v) | |
5 | 8 |
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IV(8/fols. 30r-37v) | |
6 | 6 |
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V(6/fols. 38r-43v) | |
7 | 6 |
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VI(6/fols. 44r-49v) | |
8 | 8 |
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VII(8/fols. 50r-57v) | |
9 | 6 |
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VIII(6/fols. 58r-63v) | |
10 | 6 |
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IX(6/fols. 64r-69v) | |
11 | 9 |
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X(9; s.l.: 8, stub after 1/fols. 70r-78v) | |
12 | 8 |
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XI(8/fols. 79r-86v) | |
13 | 8 |
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XII(8/fols. 87r-94v) | |
14 | 7 |
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XIII(7; s.l.: 2, stub after 6/fols. 95r-101v) | |
15 | 10 |
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XIV(10; s.l.: 3, stub after 8; 7, stub after 4/fols. 102r-111v) | |
16 | 9 |
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XV(9; s.l.: 6, stub after 3/ fols. 112r-120v). f. 20 originates from a different manuscript. |
Collation diagrams
A(4/fols. 1r-4v)
Quire ID:q1
I(8/fols. 5r-12v)
Quire ID:q2
፪II(8+1; {s.l.: 8, stub before 8}/fols.13r-21v)
Quire ID:q3
፫III(8/fols. 22r-29v)
Quire ID:q4
IV(8/fols. 30r-37v)
Quire ID:q5
V(6/fols. 38r-43v)
Quire ID:q6
VI(6/fols. 44r-49v)
Quire ID:q7
VII(8/fols. 50r-57v)
Quire ID:q8
VIII(6/fols. 58r-63v)
Quire ID:q9
IX(6/fols. 64r-69v)
Quire ID:q10
X(9; s.l.: 8, stub after 1/fols. 70r-78v)
Quire ID:q11
XI(8/fols. 79r-86v)
Quire ID:q12
XII(8/fols. 87r-94v)
Quire ID:q13
XIII(7; s.l.: 2, stub after 6/fols. 95r-101v)
Quire ID:q14
XIV(10; s.l.: 3, stub after 8; 7, stub after 4/fols. 102r-111v)
Quire ID:q15
XV(9; s.l.: 6, stub after 3/ fols. 112r-120v). f. 20 originates from a different manuscript.
Quire ID:q16
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(4/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (4), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (6), 7 (6), 8 (8), 9 (6), 10 (6), 11 (9), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (7), 15 (10), 16 (9),
Formula 2: 1 (4), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (6), 7 (6), 8 (8), 9 (6), 10 (6), 11 (9), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (7), 15 (10), 16 (9),
State of preservation
deficient
Condition
The leather cover is slightly damaged on the edges. Some fols. are dirty and very dirty, e.g., 29v, 30r, 30v, 31r, 33r, 33v, 34r. check the viewer20 , of smaller size and an excerpt from a different hand (but written in the same hand) might originate from another Ms. The red ink is faded off on most fols. The parchment quality on check the viewer96v is poor, column b left empty.
Binding
Two wooden boards covered in reddish-brown tooled leather. Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Two pairs of chains of endband stitches at the spine cover.
Binding material
wood
leather
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 23
H | 220mm |
W | 175mm |
Intercolumn | 13mm |
Margins | |
top | 30 |
bottom | 50 |
right | 35 |
left | 13 |
intercolumn | 15 |
Ms Gāntā ʾAfašum, Māryām Māy ʾAbʾa, BQM-007 main part
has a sum of layout width of 223mm which is greater than the object height of 220mmLayout 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.
Pricking
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Mediocre, irregular
Ink: Black, red.
Rubrication: Nomina sacra; names of the donor; doxology (also with alternating red and black letters, e.g., fols. 24ra, 24vb, 25rb, 26ra, 27ra); groups of lines alternating with black lines on the incipit page of Texts I, II; two lines alternating with black lines in the incipit of Text III; groups of lines alternating with black lines in the incipit of each subsection in Text I; incipit of each subsection in Text II; the word salām; elements of the punctuation signs; elements of Ethiopic numerals.
Date: Second half of 19th cent.
Second half of 19th cent.Abbreviations
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Sophia Dege-Müller, Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Vitagrazia Pisani, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻGāntā ʾAfašum, Māryām Māy ʾAbʾa, BQM-007ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 25.4.2019) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESbqm007 [Accessed: 2024-04-19+02:00]
Revisions of the data
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: added missing extras from domlib on 25.4.2019
- 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 27.2.2015
- Sophia Dege-Müller Sophia Dege-Müller: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 18.11.2014
- Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 19.5.2011
Attributions of the contents
Vitagrazia Pisani, contributor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor