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ʾƎndartā, Dǝrbā Dabra ʾAbuna Yāsāy, DAY-007

Vitagrazia Pisani (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin

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

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General description

Gadla Yasay “Vita of Yasay”

Number of Text units: 2

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Original Location: Dǝrba Dabra ʾAbuna Yasay /DAY↗

1903 A.M. (= 1910 A.D.) The date 1903 A.M. and the time of Mark the Evangelist (= 1910 A.D., cp. ChChron 172) are mentioned in Additio 3 as the time when the Ms. was commissioned by daǧǧāzmāč Gugsa.

Summary

I) Gadla Yasay “Vita of Yasay” (fols. 3ra-29vb) Additiones 1-3.
  1. ms_i1 (),
  2. ms_i2 (),

Contents

Incipit ( ):

Explicit ( ):

- The Gadla Yasay is still an unpublished text. - On check the viewer29va ls.1-2, the 9th of Maskaram is mentioned as the dies natalis of ʾabbā Yasay. - On check the viewer29va , the text ends with a subscriptio (ለዘ፡ አጽሐፎ፡ ለዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ወልደ፡ ማርያም፡ ወለዘአንበቦ፡ ወለጸሐፎ፡ ኅቡረ፡ … ይምሐሮሙ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡…) which is a supplication for the commissioner of the Ms., Walda Māryām, and for the reader, the scribe, the translator and the one who have listened to its story.

Additions In this unit there are in total .

  1. check the viewerf. 1v

    : Message from

    check the viewer1v : የተላከ፡ ከደጃዝማች፡ ገብረ፡ ተክሌ፡ ይድረ<ስ>፡ ከማሕበር፡ ዘድርባ፡ መስቀል፡ የዞረበት፡... daǧǧāzmāč Gabra Täkle to the community of Dǝrba. The note, in Amharic in a faded black ink, is copied upside down.

  2. check the viewerf. 29vb

    : Unfinished note on the commissioner of the Ms.

    check the viewer29vb : ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘአጽሐፎ፡ ደጃዝማች፡ ጉግሳ፡ The note is incomplete; it is written in black ink by a crude secondary hand, the same as that of Additio 3. It mentions daǧǧāzmāč Gugsa as the commissioner of the book.

  3. check the viewerf. 30ra

    -b: Donation note.

    check the viewer30ra : <...> ዝ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘወሀቦ፡ ለታቦተ፡ አቡነ፡ ያሳይ፡ ድርባ፡ ደጃዝማች፡ ጉግሳ፡ አጕእዲ፡ ወስመ፡ ክርስትናሁ፡ ማወልደ[sic]፡ ማርያም፡ ወአቡሁ፡ ገብረ፡ ጻድቅ፡ ወአበ፡ አቡሁ፡ ወልደ፡ ሥላሴ፡ ወእሙ፡ ወሀገሩ፡ አጕእዲ፡ ዘትሰመይ፡ ሀንጐዳ። ወእምህየ፡ ጠወማ፡ በዘመነ፡ ማርቆስ፡ ወንጌላዊ፡ በ፲፻ወ፱፻ወ፫፡ [check the viewer30rb ] አመተ፡ ምሕረት፡ አጽሄፎ፡ በወርቁ፡ እንዘ፡ ሀሎ፡ በምድረ፡ ሸዋ፡ <...>ፈነዋ፡ ሀበ፡ ሀንጐዳ፡ ወእምድረ፡ ሞቱ፡ ፈነውዋ፡ ደቂቁ፡ ሀገረ፡ ጽራዕ፡ ዘትሰመይ፡ ድርባ፡ ከመ፡ ይኩኖ፡ መርሃ፡ ለመንግሥተ፡ ሰማያት፡ ጸሎቱ፡ ወበረከቱ፡ ለአቡነ፡ ያሳይ፡ የሃሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ገብረ፡ ወልደ፡ ማርያም፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፨ ፨ ፨ The note is written in black and red (reddish-brown) ink by the same secondary hand as that of Additio 2. It states that the Ms. was donated to the church (tabot) of ʾabuna Yasay Dǝrba by daǧǧāzmāč Gugsa, whose baptismal name is Walda Māryām. Beside him some of his relatives are mentioned: his father Gabra Ṣādǝq, his grandfather (the father of his father) Walda Śǝllāse. The name of his mother is missing. Again, the note states that daǧǧāzmāč Gugsa, who came originally from ʾAgʷǝʾdi, a place called Hangʷäda, commissioned the writing of the Ms. in the year of mercy 1903 in time of Mark the Evangelist (= 1910 A.D.; cp. ChChron 172), while he was in the region of Šäwa; from there he sent the Ms. to Hangʷäda and after he died his children sent it to Dǝrba. Some lines at the beginning of the note are erased.

Extras

  1. check the viewer1v check the viewer3r check the viewer5r

    - Stamp (violet) in . - Crude notes (by a recent hand and in pen) in the margins of , 13v, 15v, 20v, 21r, 26r, 30r. - Omitted letters or words written interlineally on several fols.: e.g., , 8v, 9v, 10v, 11r, 12v, 25r, 27r.

Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .

Frame notes

  1. frame: - check the viewer3r (incipit of the text): coloured (red, yellow, white, black), horizontal ornamental band over cols. a-b, with a central extension reaching the middle of the page; interlaces, geometric motifs.

Catalogue Bibliography

This manuscript has no restorations.

Secondary Bibliography

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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

Made of 30.0 (leaf) , Entered as 30.0 folios, of which (leaf, blank) .Entered as blank 1r, 2r, 2v, 30v, in 5.0 (quire) .Entered as 5.0 quires (A + 4). 225 177 40
Outer dimensions
Height 225
Width 177
Depth 40

Foliation

Quire Structure Collation

Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 2 Fols 1r–2v A(2; s.l.: 1, stub after 1; 2, stub before 2/fols. 1r-2v)
2 8 Fols 3r–10v I(8/fols. 3r-10v)
3 8 Fols 11r–18v II(8/fols. 11r-18v)
4 8 Fols 19r–26v III(8/fols. 19r-26v)
5 4 Fols 27r–30v IV(4/fols. 27r-30v).

Collation diagrams


A(2; s.l.: 1, stub after 1; 2, stub before 2/fols. 1r-2v)
Quire ID:q1
Collation diagram Quire 1 1 2 Unit #1 Unit #2

I(8/fols. 3r-10v)
Quire ID:q2
Collation diagram Quire 2 3 10 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

II(8/fols. 11r-18v)
Quire ID:q3
Collation diagram Quire 3 11 18 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

III(8/fols. 19r-26v)
Quire ID:q4
Collation diagram Quire 4 19 26 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

IV(4/fols. 27r-30v).
Quire ID:q5
Collation diagram Quire 5 27 30 Unit #1 Unit #2

Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(0+2/s.l. 1, stub after 1; s.l. 2, stub before 2/Fols 1r–2v) – II(8/Fols 3r–10v) – III(8/Fols 11r–18v) – IV(8/Fols 19r–26v) – V(4/Fols 27r–30v) –

Formula: Fols 1r–2v A(2; s.l.: 1, stub after 1; 2, stub before 2/fols. 1r-2v) ; Fols 3r–10v I(8/fols. 3r-10v) ; Fols 11r–18v II(8/fols. 11r-18v) ; Fols 19r–26v III(8/fols. 19r-26v) ; Fols 27r–30v IV(4/fols. 27r-30v).;

Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (4),

Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (4),

State of preservation

good

Condition

Both wooden boards are broken and repaired. Cut repaired on fol. 1. Some leaves are stained with water (check the viewer5v-6r , 7v, 11r, 30r).

Binding

Two wooden boards (both broken and repaired). Two pairs of sawing stations.

Binding decoration

Holes close to the tail and head of the Ms. are visible in the centrefold of the quires.

Binding material

wood

Original binding

No

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 18

H 156mm
W 125mm
Intercolumn 23mm
Margins
top 16
bottom 40
right 26
left 17
intercolumn 23

Ms ʾƎndartā, Dǝrbā Dabra ʾAbuna Yāsāy, DAY-007 main part

looks ok for measures computed width is: 168mm, object width is: 177mm, computed height is: 212mm and object height is: 225mm.

Layout note 1

Ruling
  • sometimes 19
  • (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern:
  • 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.
  • Structural pricks are partly visible.
ab element without @type in layout
  • This ab element does not have a required type. 1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C.

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Mediocre, irregular

    Ink: Black; red (reddish-brown in Additio 3).

    Rubrication: Nomina sacra; name of the protagonist (Yasay, ʾabbā Yasay; on fol. 7vb, also nǝguś Yasay; sometimes only some letters of the name), of his wife (Ṭǝqmala) and of his disciples (Bälbǝyos and ʾArkayos); name of the commissioner. Four lines divided into 2 groups, alternating with black lines, in the incipit page of the text (fol. 3r); initial lines (2-3) of some paragraphs; the words sǝmʿu (fol. 3ra) and halleluya (fol. 29ra); elements of the punctuation signs; Ethiopic numerals or their elements.

    Date: Early 20th century

    Early 20th century

  • Hand 2

    Script: Ethiopic

    The handwriting quality changes throughout the Ms. (cp. check the viewer18v and 19r).

    • Keywords

    Hagiography

    Publication Statement

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    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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    date
    2016-06-07T17:37:59.123+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/ESday007
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/ESday007
    idno
    type=filename
    ESday007.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    ESday007

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    Vitagrazia Pisani, Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Ekaterina Gusarova, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻʾƎndartā, Dǝrbā Dabra ʾAbuna Yāsāy, DAY-007ʼ, 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/ESday007 [Accessed: 2024-04-18+02:00]

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    • Ekaterina Gusarova Ekaterina Gusarova: last edited in Ethio-SPaRe on 25.7.2014
    • Vitagrazia Pisani Vitagrazia Pisani: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 31.5.2013
    • Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 16.12.2010

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