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Gāntā ʾAfašum, Gwāḥgot ʾIyasus, GBI-011

Susanne Hummel (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin

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

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Collection: Ethio-SPaRe

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General description

Taʾammǝra Māryām "Miracles of Mary"

Number of Text units: 2

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Original Location: Gʷāḥgot ʾIyasus↗

17th cent. (?)

Provenance

The name of the original, female donor has been erased throughout the Ms. and replaced with that of ʾAqama Mikāʾel (check the viewer1rb-9ra , 11rb, 24rb, 93ra-100rb), ʾAqaba Mikāʾel (check the viewer10va , 15ra-30rb) or ʾAmata Madḫǝn (check the viewer32vb-90rb , 112rb-154rb).

Summary

I) Taʾammǝra Māryām "Miracles of Mary": ca. 84 miracles (fols. 1ra-154rb) Additiones 1-3.
  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 1ra–154rb ), Taʾāmmǝra Māryām "Miracles of Mary"
    1. ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 1ra–154rb ), Miracles of Mary: ca. 84 miracles

Contents

check the viewerFols 1ra–154rb Taʾāmmǝra Māryām "Miracles of Mary" (CAe 2384)

Language of text:

Additions In this unit there are in total 2 , 1 .

  1. check the viewerf. 92va-vb (Type: GuestText)

    Explanation of Patriarch Mark of Alexandria on the anointment (qǝbʿāt) of Christ.

    ( gez ) ይቤ፡ አቡነ፡ ሊቀ፡ ጳጳሳት፡ ማርቆስ፡ ዘእስክንድርያ፡ ዘውእቱ፡ ሳምናይ፡ እም፻ወ፯፡ ዘተሠይሙ፡ እማርቆስ፡ ወንጌላዊ፡ እስከአሁ፡ ሶበ፡ ተስእልናሁ፡ በእንተ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ርትዕት። ብሂል፡ ቅብዓት፡ ትርጓሜሁ፡ መንግሥት፡ ነው። ክብርም፡ ነው፡ አስተቀባ፡ ማለትም፡ ነገሠ፡ ከበረ፡ ማለት፡ ነው፡ ነገሩ፡ ቅብዓትን፡ ለመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አትስጡ፡ የወልድ፡ ነው፡ አለ። አብ፡ ለአጽንኦ፡ ወልድ፡ ለተሰብኦ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ለአንጽሖ፡ በማርያም፡ አደሩ፡ ይኩነኒ፡ ...

    Text in Amharic

    The note is written in Amharic and Gǝʿǝz.

  2. check the viewerf. 154rb (Type: Excommunication)

    Excommunication against those who stole this book or other books from the monastery.

    ( gez ) ለዝ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ወለኵሎሙ፡ መጻሕፍት፡ ቅድሳት፡ ዘውስተ፡ ዛቲ፡ ምኔት፡ ወምስለ፡ ኵሉ፡ ንዋየ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ዘሠረቆሙ፡ ወፈሐቆሙ፡ ወዘትንባሎሙ፡ በኃይል፡ በሥልጣነ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ወጳውሎስ፡ ውጉዘ፡ ለይኩን፡ በዝ፡ ዓለም፡ ወበዘይመጽእ፡ አሜን።

  3. check the viewerf. 155ra-rb (Type: GuestText)

    ʾƎsaggǝd laki wa-ʾǝweddǝsaki ... "I worship Thee ...". (CAe 3058)

    Text in Gǝʿǝz

Extras

  1. Titles of or short notes referring to miracles of St Mary are written in the upper margin of the miracle's incipit page, in different hands (partly faded): check the viewer1r , 43r, 44v, 45v, 47r, 49r, 56r, 57r, 58r, 64r, 66v, 70v, 74v, 80r, 84r, 85v, 87v.

  2. Erasures: check the viewer14ra , 34vb, 36rb, 38rab, 50va, 57vb, 59ra, 73ra, 88ra, 105ra.

  3. Omissions are inserted interlineally: check the viewer2rb , 20rb, 25vb, 36vb, 37rb, 38vb, 52va, 60vb, 63rb, 64va, 84ra, 88r).

  4. Omitted incipit of one miracle (numbered as '50') has been inserted in compressed script, possibly in the main hand, on check the viewer58ra .

  5. Corrections are written over erasures: check the viewer25ra , 36vb, 50ra, 59rb.

  6. Scribbles: check the viewer7v , 71r, 76r-77r, 92v, 93r, 94r, 98v-99r.

  7. Crude drawing: check the viewer155v .

Catalogue Bibliography

This manuscript has no restorations.

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

Made of 155.0 (leaf) , Entered as 155.0 folios, of which (leaf, blank) : Entered as blank check the viewer54vb , 154v, 155v., in (quire) .Entered as quires (not known). 215 185 75
Outer dimensions
Height 215
Width 185
Depth 75

Foliation

Quire Structure Collation

Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 8 Fols 17r–24v The quire structure cannot be identified due to its poor condition of the Ms. Only the structure for the following quires is more certain: III(8/fols. 17r-24v)
2 8 Fols 25r–32v IV(8/fols. 25r-32v)
3 8 Fols 33r–40v V(8/fols. 33r-40v)
4 8 Fols 41r–48v VI(8/fols. 41r-48v)
5 8 Fols 49r–56v VII(8/fols. 49r-56v).

Collation diagrams


The quire structure cannot be identified due to its poor condition of the Ms. Only the structure for the following quires is more certain: III(8/fols. 17r-24v)
Quire ID:q1
Collation diagram Quire 1 1 8 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

IV(8/fols. 25r-32v)
Quire ID:q2
Collation diagram Quire 2 9 16 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

V(8/fols. 33r-40v)
Quire ID:q3
Collation diagram Quire 3 17 24 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

VI(8/fols. 41r-48v)
Quire ID:q4
Collation diagram Quire 4 25 32 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

VII(8/fols. 49r-56v).
Quire ID:q5
Collation diagram Quire 5 33 40 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(8/Fols 17r–24v) – II(8/Fols 25r–32v) – III(8/Fols 33r–40v) – IV(8/Fols 41r–48v) – V(8/Fols 49r–56v) –

Formula: Fols 17r–24v The quire structure cannot be identified due to its poor condition of the Ms. Only the structure for the following quires is more certain: III(8/fols. 17r-24v) ; Fols 25r–32v IV(8/fols. 25r-32v) ; Fols 33r–40v V(8/fols. 33r-40v) ; Fols 41r–48v VI(8/fols. 41r-48v) ; Fols 49r–56v VII(8/fols. 49r-56v).;

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

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

State of preservation

deficient

Condition

The Ms. is badly damaged. The leather has been torn off from both boards (only the edges and the turn-ins have been preserved). The sewing is completely destroyed. Many leaves are misplaced (e.g., fols. 1-16, 58-92); some are possibly missing. Many fols. are detached from their counterparts and are about to fall apart along the ruled lines. The outer edge of check the viewer58 is cut off.

Binding

Two wooden boards covered with reddish-brown tooled leather (now for the most part missing); textile inlays. Two pairs of sewing stations.

Binding decoration

Small holes and tears are visible on the spine fold of the quires, close to the head and the tail of the codex.

Binding material

wood

leather

textile

Original binding

No

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 14

H 140mm
W 142mm
Intercolumn 14mm
Margins
top 25
bottom 50
right 38
left 5
intercolumn 14
All data for check the viewer4r .

Ms Gāntā ʾAfašum, Gwāḥgot ʾIyasus, GBI-011 main part

looks ok for measures computed width is: 185mm, object width is: 185mm, computed height is: 215mm and object height is: 215mm.

Layout note 1

Ruling
Pricking
  • Pricking and ruling are visible.
  • Primary pricks are visible.
  • Ruling pricks are visible.

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Fine, careful. At the beginning, the handwriting is characterized by finely shaped, slender, tall and upright letters. Later, it shows some irregularities with smaller, slightly right sloping and irregularly spaced letters (cp. check the viewer44 vcheck the viewer102 )

    Ink: Black, red

    Rubrication: Divine names; name of the original donor (erased); elements of the punctuation signs; elements of Ethiopic numerals. A few lines alternating with black lines on the incipit page; two initial lines of sections and section numbers.

    Date: 17th century (?)

    17th century (?)

    • Keywords

    Apocrypha

    Publication Statement

    authority
    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
    2016-06-07T17:39:50.599+02:00
    date
    type=expanded
    2022-01-05T13:36:28.446+01:00
    date
    type=lastModified
    11.8.2020
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESgbi011
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/ESgbi011
    idno
    type=filename
    ESgbi011.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    ESgbi011

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    Susanne Hummel, Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻGāntā ʾAfašum, Gwāḥgot ʾIyasus, GBI-011ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 11.8.2020) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESgbi011 [Accessed: 2024-04-20+02:00]

    Revisions of the data

    • Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: adjusted to schema on 11.8.2020
    • 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 13.9.2015
    • Susanne Hummel Susanne Hummel: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 20.10.2014
    • Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 1.12.2010

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