Gāntā ʾAfašum, Siʿet Qǝddǝst Māryām, GMS-017
Stéphane Ancel (cataloguer)
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Maṣḥafa taklil “Book of the Marriage Ritual” / Maṣḥafa qedar “Book of the Jar”
Number of Text units: 1
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location: Siʿet Qǝddǝst Māryām / GMS↗
Text I mentions King Ḫāyla Śǝllāse I (r. 1930-74) on check the viewer28va ; King Mǝnilǝk II (r. 1889-1913) is also mentioned on check the viewer28vb . The Ms. seems to be older than 1974.Summary
- ms_i1 (),
Contents
Incipit ( ):
Explicit ( ):
Additions In this unit there are in total .
Extras
- - Crude recent note written in pen: . - Numbers written in pen in the right margin of .
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: check the viewer5r : simple uncoloured ornamental band (ails).
Catalogue Bibliography
This manuscript has modern restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 195 |
Width | 140 |
Depth | 35 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 |
|
A(4/fols. 1r-4v) | |
2 | 8 |
|
I(8/fols. 5r-12v) | |
3 | 8 |
|
II(8/fols. 13r-20v) | |
4 | 8 |
|
III(8/fols. 21r-28v) | |
5 | 7 |
|
IV(7; s.l.: 2, stub after 6/fols. 29r-35v) | |
6 | 12 |
|
<V(12/fols. 36v-47v)> | |
7 | 1 |
|
B(1/fol. 48r-48v) ff. of quire V are of a smaller size. |
Collation diagrams
A(4/fols. 1r-4v)
Quire ID:q1
I(8/fols. 5r-12v)
Quire ID:q2
II(8/fols. 13r-20v)
Quire ID:q3
III(8/fols. 21r-28v)
Quire ID:q4
IV(7; s.l.: 2, stub after 6/fols. 29r-35v)
Quire ID:q5
<V(12/fols. 36v-47v)>
Quire ID:q6
B(1/fol. 48r-48v) ff. of quire V are of a smaller size.
Quire ID:q7
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(4/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (4), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (7), 6 (12), 7 (1),
Formula 2: 1 (4), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (7), 6 (12), 7 (1),
State of preservation
deficient
Condition
Threads of the board attachments are damaged. Some fols. are stained with water (esp. check the viewer12-19 ). Quires are reinforced with stitches through all the leaves in the inner margin of the upper part of the codex.
Binding
Two wooden boards covered with brown tooled leather. Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Two pairs of chains (partly damaged) of endband stitches at the spine cover.
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 17
H | 135mm |
W | 100mm |
Intercolumn | 10mm |
Margins | |
top | 20 |
bottom | 38 |
right | 15 |
left | 13 |
intercolumn | 10 |
Ms Gāntā ʾAfašum, Siʿet Qǝddǝst Māryām, GMS-017 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 128mm, object width is: 140mm, computed height is: 193mm and object height is: 195mm.Layout note 1
Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 15
H | 110mm |
W | 95mm |
Intercolumn | mm |
Margins | |
top | 15 |
bottom | 25 |
right | 15 |
left | 10 |
intercolumn |
Ms Gāntā ʾAfašum, Siʿet Qǝddǝst Māryām, GMS-017 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 120mm, object width is: 140mm, computed height is: 150mm and object height is: 195mm.Layout 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.
- (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A/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.
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Hand a: careful, well-trained; hand b: mediocre.
Ink: Black, red.
Rubrication: Nomina sacra; names of the kings; incipit of Text I; titles of the books to be read; titles and initial lines of the payers to be read; directives to the ministers; the abbreviation “yǝka” for “yǝbäl kahǝn” in fol. 41v; elements of the punctuation signs; Ethiopic numerals. On the incipit page of Text I (fol. 5r), a few lines are rubricated (alternating with black lines).
Date: Hand a: first half of the 20th century; hand b: second half of the 20th century (?).
Hand a: first half of the 20th century; hand b: second half of the 20th century (?).Abbreviations
Hand 2
Script: Ethiopic
Hand a: check the viewer5ra-34vb (quires I-IV).Hand 3
Script: Ethiopic
Hand b: check the viewer36r-47r (quire V).More bibliography
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Stéphane Ancel, Alessandro Bausi, Denis Nosnitsin, Magdalena Krzyzanowska, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻGāntā ʾAfašum, Siʿet Qǝddǝst Māryām, GMS-017ʼ, 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/ESgms017 [Accessed: 2024-04-26+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
- Magdalena Krzyzanowska Magdalena Krzyzanowska: last edited in Ethio-SPaRe on 8.9.2014
- Stéphane Ancel Stéphane Ancel: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 4.10.2013
- Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 7.12.2010
Attributions of the contents
Denis Nosnitsin, contributor
Magdalena Krzyzanowska, contributor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor