Gāntā ʾAfašum, Mǝʾǝsār Gwǝḥilā Qǝddus Mikāʾel, MGM-015
Stéphane Ancel (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Maṣḥafa krǝstǝnnā “Book of the Christening” / Excerpt from a lectionary / Taʾammǝra Māryām “Miracles of Mary”
Number of Text units: 2
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Summary
Contents
Incipit ( ):
Explicit ( ):
- Text I is called Maṣḥafa ṭǝmqat in the incipit (check the viewer1r ).
Additions In this unit there are in total .
Extras
- -The space for the donor name on has been left empty.
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS Mǝʾǝsār Gʷǝḥilā Qǝddus Mikāʾel, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has modern restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 194 |
Width | 165 |
Depth | 40 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 8 |
|
I(8/fols. 1r-8v) | |
2 | 6 |
|
II(6/fols. 9r-14v) | |
3 | 4 |
|
III(4; s.l.: 1, stub after 4; 2, stub after 4/fols. 15r-18v) | |
4 | 8 |
|
<IV(8/fols. 19r-26v)> | |
5 | 2 |
|
V(2/fols. 27r-28v) | |
6 | 9 |
|
<VI(9; s.l.: 9, stub after 1/fols. 29r-37v)> | |
7 | 2 |
|
<VII(2/fols. 38r-39v)> |
Collation diagrams
I(8/fols. 1r-8v)
Quire ID:q1
II(6/fols. 9r-14v)
Quire ID:q2
III(4; s.l.: 1, stub after 4; 2, stub after 4/fols. 15r-18v)
Quire ID:q3
<IV(8/fols. 19r-26v)>
Quire ID:q4
V(2/fols. 27r-28v)
Quire ID:q5
<VI(9; s.l.: 9, stub after 1/fols. 29r-37v)>
Quire ID:q6
<VII(2/fols. 38r-39v)>
Quire ID:q7
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(8/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (8), 2 (6), 3 (), 4 (8), 5 (2), 6 (9), 7 (2),
Formula 2: 1 (8), 2 (6), 3 (), 4 (8), 5 (2), 6 (9), 7 (2),
State of preservation
deficient
Condition
The front board is broken and repaired. The board attachments are damaged. The Ms. has been resewn. The sewing is damaged and crudely repaired. Some folios are missing, some are misplaced (e.g., check the viewer27-28 , 37-39). Most of the fols. are worn. Some fols. are damaged by water (e.g. fols. 1-6). In some fols., the black and particularly red ink are faded (e.g. check the viewer8v , 15r, 31v, 32r).
Binding
Two wooden boards (the front board is broken and repaired). Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Small holes are visible on the centre fold of the quires, one close to the head, one close to the tail of the codex.
Binding material
wood
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 16
H | 145mm |
W | 135mm |
Intercolumn | 7mm |
Margins | |
top | 14 |
bottom | |
right | 13 |
left | 10 |
intercolumn | 7 |
Ms Gāntā ʾAfašum, Mǝʾǝsār Gwǝḥilā Qǝddus Mikāʾel, MGM-015 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 158mm, object width is: 165mm, computed height is: 159mm and object height is: 194mm. but the following values are recognized as empty: bottom marginLayout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 16
H | 123mm |
W | 130mm |
Intercolumn | 8mm |
Margins | |
top | 18 |
bottom | 40 |
right | 10 |
left | 15 |
intercolumn | 8 |
Ms Gāntā ʾAfašum, Mǝʾǝsār Gwǝḥilā Qǝddus Mikāʾel, MGM-015 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 155mm, object width is: 165mm, computed height is: 181mm and object height is: 194mm.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-1A1A/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
Scribe: Ṣǝge Mikāʾel scribe
Script: Ethiopic
Hand a: Mediocre but careful; hand b: mediocre, irregular; hand c: mediocre; hand d: careful.
Ink: Black, red (vivid red, reddish-brown)
Rubrication: Nomina sacra; incipit of Text I; name of the scribe; name of the donor; directive to the minister and their abbreviations; the word ʾǝgäle; initial line of the prayers; titles of the books to be read; element of the punctuation signs; elements of Ethiopic numerals. On the incipit page of Text I (fol. 1r, few lines are rubricated (alternating witn black lines).
Date: 18th century (?)
Ṣǝge Mikāʾel scribe Ṣǝge Mikāʾel is mentioned as the scribe for Text I (s. check the viewer18va ).18th century (?)Abbreviations
Hand 2
Script: Ethiopic
Hand a: check the viewer1ra-18va , 27ra-28vb.Hand 3
Script: Ethiopic
Hand b: check the viewer19ra-26vb , 29ra-35rb, 36ra-rb.Hand 4
Script: Ethiopic
Hand c: check the viewer35va- vb, 37ra-vb.Hand 5
Script: Ethiopic
Hand d: check the viewer38va-39rb .Check for additional bibliography
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Stéphane Ancel, Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻGāntā ʾAfašum, Mǝʾǝsār Gwǝḥilā Qǝddus Mikāʾel, MGM-015ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2019-04-25) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESmgm015 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
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
- Denis Nosnitsin Denis Nosnitsin: last edited in Ethio-SPaRe on 3.9.2014
- Stéphane Ancel Stéphane Ancel: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 1.8.2014
- Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 19.5.2012
Attributions of the contents
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor