Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Dabra Zayt Qǝddǝst Māryām, DZ-009
Denis Nosnitsin (cataloguer)
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Dǝggʷā, Antiphonary / Mǝʿrāf, The Common of the Office / Mawāśǝʾt, Antiphonary for feasts and funeral service
Number of Text units: 3
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location: Dabra Zäyt / DZ↗
First half of the 19th cent.Provenance
Owners Habta Rufāʾel and Walatta Takla Hāymānot are mentioned in Additio 1 as well as on check the viewer100vb , 101ra, 105ra, 105rb and on check the viewer101va , respectively.
Summary
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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: Donation note.
check the viewer75ra : ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘተሰየጦ፡ በ፲ብር፡ ኀብተ፡ ሩፋኤል፡ ዘወሀብዎ፡ ለታቦተ፡ ማርያም፡ ዘደብረ፡ ዘይት፡ ብርሃን፤፤ ኀብተ፡ ሩፋኤል፡ ወለተ፡ ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት። ይኩኖሙ፡ መርሃ፡ ውስተ፡ መንግሥተ፡ ሰማያት፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ ገቡዙም[sic]፡ ቄስ፡ ክንፈ፡ ገብርኤል check the viewer75a : This is the book which was bought (by) Habta Rufāʾel for 10 Bǝrr; which Habta Rufāʾel (and) Walatta Takla Hāymānot donated to the tabot of St Mary of Dabra Zäyt Bǝrhān. May it be for them a guide to the Kingdom of Heaven, forever and ever. And the gabaz was priest Kǝnfa Gabrǝʾel. The note mentions the donors Habta Rufāʾel and Walatta Takla Hāymānot as well as the gabaz of Dabra Zäyt Bǝrhān qes Kǝnfa Gabrǝʾel.
Extras
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check the viewer6vc check the viewer80va check the viewer80rc check the viewer86vb
- Omitted passages are written in the upper margin, in hand a: , 16r, 27rc, 31r, 35ra, 38vb, 58vc, 68rc. - Omitted passages are written in the upper margin, in hand b: , 83va, 85va, 92va, 97rc, 100ra. - Tamallas signs, indicating the place where the omissions, written in the margins, belong: l.25, 81ra l.22, 93ra l.3, 94ra l.9. - Small passages (several words) of text are erased: e.g., c, 87ra, 87vbc, 91vabc, 101va. -
(Type: findingAid)
Names of feasts are written in the upper margin, in pen: ḥǝdar Ṣǝyon (check the viewerfol. 16v ), zä-ʾastärǝʾyo (check the viewerfol. 37r ), hosaʿǝna (check the viewerfol. 39r ).
Decoration In this unit there are in total 2 , 6 s.
Frame notes
- frame:
check the viewerf. 2r (incipit of Text I): narrow,
coloured (red, black), finely executed ornamental band; geometric motifs;
letters written in the empty rhombs:
እግዚአብሔር ፈጻሜ ፈቃድ…[?] partly unreadable.
- frame:
check the viewerf. 43r (at the beginning of the part for months Maggābit, Miyāzyā,
Gǝnbot, Sane, Ḥamle, Naḥāse, Ṗagʷǝmen):
narrow, coloured (red, black), finely executed ornamental band; geometric motifs with seven red and black crosses above.
- frame:
check the viewerff. 4vb, 6ra, 7rb, 11rc, 11va, 12ra, 13rb, 13va, 14vb,
16vb, 41rb, 19vc:
small, narrow, coloured (red black) ornamental bands filling the line and marking divisions of the subsections.
- frame:
check the viewerf. 20ra:
two crosses, of the same kind as in decoration 2, filling the line and marking the beginning of a subsection.
- frame:
check the viewerff. 41rb, 42va:
narrow, coloured (red, black), finely executed ornamental band; geometric motifs
- frame:
check the viewerf. 74vc:
two narrow, coloured (red, black), finely executed ornamental bands; geometric motifs with two crosses in between.
Other Decorations
- drawing:
check the viewerff. 27v, 29v, 30v, 31r, 37v, 38r:
Crosses.
- drawing:
check the viewerf. 75ra:
Protective design with letters (?) at the end of Additio 1.
Catalogue Bibliography
This manuscript has ancient restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 245 |
Width | 220 |
Depth | 50 |
Foliation
Foliated by the Ethio-SPaRe team. The folio following check the viewer90 was not paginated; the image is given number 90a
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | A(1; s.l.: 1/fol. 1) | ||
2 | 10 |
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I(10/fols. 2r-11v) | |
3 | 10 |
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II(10/fols. 12r-21v) | |
4 | 10 |
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III(10; s.l.: 6, stub after 5; 5, stub after 6/fols. 22r-31v) | |
5 | 11 |
|
IV(11; s.l.: 11, stub before 1/fols. 32r-42v) | |
6 | 8 |
|
V(8/fols. 43r-50v) | |
7 | 8 |
|
VI(8/fols. 51r-58v) | |
8 | 7 |
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VII(7; s.l.: 4, stub after 3/fols. 59r-65v) | |
9 | 6 |
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VIII(6/fols. 66r-71v) | |
10 | 4 |
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IX(4/fols. 72r-75v) | |
11 | 10 |
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<X(10/fols. 76r-85v) | |
12 | 10 |
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XI(10/fols. 86r-94v) | |
13 | 12 |
|
XII(12/fols. 95r-106v) | |
14 | 1 |
|
B(1[one cut]/fol. 107rv)>. |
Collation diagrams
A(1; s.l.: 1/fol. 1)
Quire ID:q1
I(10/fols. 2r-11v)
Quire ID:q2
II(10/fols. 12r-21v)
Quire ID:q3
III(10; s.l.: 6, stub after 5; 5, stub after 6/fols. 22r-31v)
Quire ID:q4
IV(11; s.l.: 11, stub before 1/fols. 32r-42v)
Quire ID:q5
V(8/fols. 43r-50v)
Quire ID:q6
VI(8/fols. 51r-58v)
Quire ID:q7
VII(7; s.l.: 4, stub after 3/fols. 59r-65v)
Quire ID:q8
VIII(6/fols. 66r-71v)
Quire ID:q9
IX(4/fols. 72r-75v)
Quire ID:q10
<X(10/fols. 76r-85v)
Quire ID:q11
XI(10/fols. 86r-94v)
Quire ID:q12
XII(12/fols. 95r-106v)
Quire ID:q13
B(1[one cut]/fol. 107rv)>.
Quire ID:q14
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(1/) – II(10/
Formula:
A(1; s.l.: 1/fol. 1) ;
Formula 1: 1 (1), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (11), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (7), 9 (6), 10 (4), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (12), 14 (1),
Formula 2: 1 (1), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (11), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (7), 9 (6), 10 (4), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (12), 14 (1),
State of preservation
deficient
Condition
The front board is broken and repaired. Holes are carefully amended on check the viewer39 , 56, 73, 77.
Binding
Two wooden boards covered with light brown leather (quarter cover). Two pairs of sewing stations. The text block is protected by two pieces of leather.
Binding decoration
Small holes are visible in the centre fold of the quires, one close to the head and one close to the tail of the codex. The turn-ins have been laced with cords.
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 22
H | 175mm |
W | 192mm |
Intercolumn | mm |
Margins | |
top | 30 |
bottom | 40 |
right | 22 |
left | 10 |
intercolumn |
Ms Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Dabra Zayt Qǝddǝst Māryām, DZ-009 main part
has a sum of layout width of 224mm which is greater than the object height of 220mmLayout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 28
H | 170mm |
W | 175mm |
Intercolumn | mm |
Margins | |
top | 25 |
bottom | 42 |
right | 21 |
left | 19 |
intercolumn |
Ms Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Dabra Zayt Qǝddǝst Māryām, DZ-009 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 215mm, object width is: 220mm, computed height is: 237mm and object height is: 245mm.Layout note 1
Ruling
- (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A-1A1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C.
- The upper line is written above the ruling.
- The bottom line is written above the ruling.
- (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A-1A1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C.
- The upper line is written above the ruling.
- The bottom line is written above the ruling.
Pricking
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Quires I-IX: regular, fine. Quires X-XII: regular, fine
Ink: Black, red
Rubrication: Text I A few lines on the incipit page and on fol. 43r; names of sections followed by feast names (e.g., wāzemā za-masqal, wāzemā za-Ṣǝyon, wāzemā za-ʿǝrgät); names of antiphons and their abbreviations (e.g., māḥlet, mazmur, śalast, salām, ba-5-tu, ʾabun, ʾaryām, ʾǝsma la-ʿālam, kʷǝllǝkkǝmu, za-ʾamlākiya, za-yǝʾǝze, yǝtbārak); names of other chants and their abbreviations (e.g., mǝlwaṭ, mǝlṭān, mǝsbak, mǝqnāy, mǝdgam, qǝnnǝwat, ʿǝzl); musical notation signs: intratextual (e.g., yǝgb, ba-zema, sǝräyu, ṣǝdq) and marginal (entire and elements); elements of the Table of halleluiatic chants; red dot chains and red and black dot chains separating sections (e.g., fols. 17vc, 64vc). Text II Two initial lines on the incipit page; two initial lines of Texts II-1-7; names of prayers, supplications, antiphons and other chants, and their abbreviations (e.g., liṭon, mastabqʷǝʿ, mazmur, ʾarbaʿǝt, ʾaryām, säläst, wāzemā, mǝlṭān, mǝsbak, mǝqnāy, mǝdgam, qǝnnǝwat, qǝne); initial words of supplications, antiphons and other chants, and their sections (e.g., we-kāʿǝba, yǝtbārak, qalǝye, sǝmʿu, sǝbḥǝwwo, bǝḍuʿ, täśahalänni, kämä, ʾaṣmǝʿ, ʿabiy, gǝnäyu, gʷäśʿa, ṣänniḥa, fǝtaḥ); names of feasts and other occasions; directives for the ministers and their abbreaviations (e.g., qǝdmä wängel, za-ḫǝbrät, mǝʿrāf, ba-zǝyyä, bäl, wa-ʾǝllä, wa-ʾǝmzǝ, wa-dǝḫre, dagmä, ʾǝm-Yoḥannǝs ʾǝskä Yoḥannǝs, zäwätǝr, ʾǝm-lǝdät, ba-tǝnśāʾe, ba-bäyǝbälu mäzämmǝran ba-ba-ʿǝlätu). Text III Two initial lines on the incipit page; names of feasts and other occasions at the beginning of antiphons; numbers of psalms; names of sections of antiphons and their abbreviations (mǝlṭān and mazmur). Names of the categories of melody and their abbreviations (ʿǝzl, gǝʿǝz, ʾararay); elements of the punctuation signs; Ethiopic numerals or their elements. Sometimes only two or three initial letters of a word are rubricated.
Date: Quires I-IX: early 19th century. Quires X-XII: early/mid 19th century
Quires I-IX: early 19th century. Quires X-XII: early/mid 19th centuryAbbreviations
Hand 2
Script: Ethiopic
Hand a: quires I-IXHand 3
Script: Ethiopic
Hand b: quires X-XII (?)Hand 4
Script: Ethiopic
There is a slight change of quality between quires I-IX and X-XII suggestive of more than one scribe involved (there seems to be slight differences in hand also within quires I-IX).More bibliography
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Revisions of the data
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo transformed from mycore to TEI P5 on 10.5.2016
- Denis Nosnitsin last edited in Ethio-SPaRe on 8.12.2014
- Denis Nosnitsin catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 13.8.2011
- Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 5.6.2010
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Denis Nosnitsin, editor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor