Gāntā ʾAfašum, Māryām Māy ʾAbʾa, BQM-014
Stéphane Ancel (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
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General description
Gadla Sǝmʿon näbiy “Vita of Simeon the Prophet” / Taʾammǝra Sǝmʿon näbiy “Miracle of Simeon the Prophet / Qāl kidan, Covenant of Simeon the Prophet
Number of Text units: 2
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Summary
Contents
Incipit ( ):
Explicit ( ):
- Simeon the Prophet feaures in some Ethiopic texts, like the Synaxarion with the commemorative notice dedicated to him for 8 Yakkātit (s. ColSyn X, 58-61), in the Gadla Samāʿtāt, the homily for 8 Yakkātit (s. EMML V, 345) or in the 4th and 5th Miracles of Jesus (s. GrébMJ I, 603-07), but no text comparable to Texts I-III have been identified so far, neither in Ethiopian published sources nor in CANT.
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
Extras
-
(Type: findingAid)
- Monthly readings of Texts I-II are indicated by the names of the months written in the upper margin of some fols. in the main hand: ዘመጋቢት: check the viewerfol. 2r . ዘሚያዝያ: check the viewerfol. 4r . ዘግንቦት: check the viewerfol. 6v . ዘሰኔ: check the viewerfol. 9r . ዘሐምሌ: check the viewerfol. 11v . ዘነሐሴ: check the viewerfol. 14r . ዘመስከረም: check the viewerfol. 16r . ዘጥቅምት: check the viewerfol. 18v . ዘህዳር: check the viewerfol. 20v . ዘታህሣሥ: check the viewerfol. 23r . ዘጥር: check the viewerfol. 25r . ዘየካቲት: check the viewerfol. 27v . ዘየካቲት: check the viewerfol. 42v . - Monthly readings of Texts II are indicated by the names of the months written in the upper margin of some fols., in pen and in a secondary hand: ዘግንቦት: check the viewerfol. 47r . ዘሰኔ: check the viewerfol. 50r . ዘሐምሌ: check the viewerfol. 52v .
Catalogue Bibliography
This manuscript has no restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 280 |
Width | 220 |
Depth | 55 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 |
|
A(1; s.l.: 1, stub after 1/fol. 1r-1v) | |
2 | 8 |
|
I(8/fols. 2r-9v) | |
3 | 8 |
|
II(8/fols. 10r-17v) | |
4 | 7 |
|
III(7; s.l.: 1, stub after 7/fols. 18r-24v) | |
5 | 8 |
|
IV(8/fols. 25r-32v) | |
6 | 8 |
|
V(8/fols. 33r-40v) | |
7 | 6 |
|
VI(6/fols. 41r-46v) | |
8 | 6 |
|
VII(6/fols. 47r-52v) | |
9 | 5 |
|
VIII(5; s.l.: 2, stub after 3; 3, stub after 2; 5, no stub/fols. 53r-57v) |
Collation diagrams
A(1; s.l.: 1, stub after 1/fol. 1r-1v)
Quire ID:q1
I(8/fols. 2r-9v)
Quire ID:q2
II(8/fols. 10r-17v)
Quire ID:q3
III(7; s.l.: 1, stub after 7/fols. 18r-24v)
Quire ID:q4
IV(8/fols. 25r-32v)
Quire ID:q5
V(8/fols. 33r-40v)
Quire ID:q6
VI(6/fols. 41r-46v)
Quire ID:q7
VII(6/fols. 47r-52v)
Quire ID:q8
VIII(5; s.l.: 2, stub after 3; 3, stub after 2; 5, no stub/fols. 53r-57v)
Quire ID:q9
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(0+1/s.l. 1, stub after 1/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (6), 8 (6), 9 (5),
Formula 2: 1 (), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (6), 8 (6), 9 (5),
State of preservation
intact
Condition
Some fols. are stained with water and dirt (e.g. check the viewer7v , 8r, 18v, 19r, 56v, 57r).
Binding
Two wooden boards covered with reddish-brown tooled leather; textile inlays. Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Two pairs of chains of endband stitches at the spine cover.
Binding material
wood
leather
textile
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 26
H | 230mm |
W | 205mm |
Intercolumn | 10mm |
Margins | |
top | 15 |
bottom | 30 |
right | 10 |
left | 5 |
intercolumn | 10 |
Ms Gāntā ʾAfašum, Māryām Māy ʾAbʾa, BQM-014 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 220mm, object width is: 220mm, computed height is: 275mm and object height is: 280mm.Layout note 1
Ruling
- (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/A.
- The upper line is written above the ruling.
- The bottom line is written above the ruling.
- On some fols., the upper ruling line is not used (e.g.
(Excerpt from check the viewer11v)
, 16r, 18r). - On some fols., the bottom ruling line is not used
(e.g. (Excerpt from check the viewer18r)
, 19r, 20r).
Pricking
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Crude, irregular
Ink: Black, vivid rose
Rubrication: Nomina sacra; name of the protagonist; name of the church; incipit of Text I and of its sections; incipit of sections of Text II; elements of the punctuation signs; elements of Ethiopic numerals.
Date: 20th century.
20th century.More bibliography
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Stéphane Ancel, Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻGāntā ʾAfašum, Māryām Māy ʾAbʾa, BQM-014ʼ, 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/ESbqm014 [Accessed: 2024-04-26+02:00]
Revisions of the data
- 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 14.12.2014
- Stéphane Ancel Stéphane Ancel: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 23.10.2014
- Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 21.5.2011
Attributions of the contents
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor