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Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Laqāy Kidāna Mǝḥrat, MKL-018

Susanne Hummel (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin

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

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Laqāy Kidāna Mǝḥrat[view repository]

Collection: Ethio-SPaRe

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General description

Gadla Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi "Vita of Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi" / Ṭǝntä lǝdätomu la-mänäkosat "Origin of the Monks" / Śǝrʿāta beta krǝstiyān "Structure of the Church" / Calendaric treatise / Malkǝʾa Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi "Image of Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi"

Number of Text units: 1

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Original Location: Laqāy Kidāna Mǝḥrat↗

18th cent. (?)

Summary

I) Gadla Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi "Vita of Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi" (fols. 2ra-43vb) II) Ṭǝntä lǝdätomu la-mänäkosat "Origin of the Monks" (fols. 43va-44rb) III) Śǝrʿāta beta krǝstiyān "Structure of the Church" (fols. 44va-45ra), in Amharic IV) Calendaric treatise (ʾAbušakǝr?): Yä-qʷǝṣǝr betu 6 näw mǝnnamǝn bilu ʿǝlät kekros kalǝʿit... (fols. 45va-46vb), in Amharic V) Malkǝʾa Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi "Image of Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi" (fols. 47ra-52r) Additiones 1-2.
  1. ms_i1 (),

Contents

Incipit ( ):

Explicit ( ):

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .

  1. check the viewerf. 44v

    (at the bottom): Protective prayer.

    Written in the same hand as Text I.

  2. check the viewerf. 45ra

    : Donation note.

    Gabra Madḫǝn is mentioned as the (later) donor. The note is written in moderate vermillion in the same hand as the one which inserted the name of the (later) donor Gabra Madḫǝn into supplication formulas throughout Text I.

Extras

  1. check the viewer31vb check the viewer12 check the viewer4va check the viewer26ra check the viewer1r check the viewer10v check the viewer1rv

    - The name of the original donor Za-Walda Māryām, mentioned in supplication formulas of Text I, has been erased and replaced with that of Gabra Madḫǝn (7rb, 13vb, 19va, 33rb, 41rb, 42vb). - Spaces left for (rubricated) names in Text II are not filled. - Tamallas-signs (in the shape of +) indicating the place where the omissions, written in the upper margin, belong: e.g., l.12, 47ra . - Interlineal corrections in small script added by a secondary hand: e.g., , 11rb, 14va, 34ra. - Erasures marked with thin (red) lines: e.g., , 35rb, 44va. - Pen trial and writing exercise: . - Minor notes to Text I: , 28r. - Crude drawings and scribbles: .

  2. (Type: findingAid)

    - Names of the days of the week indicating the readings are written in the upper margin of some fols., in frames: ዘሰኑይ: check the viewerfol. 2ra ዘሠሉስ: check the viewerfol. 7va ዘረብዑ: check the viewerfol. 13vb ዘሐሙስ: check the viewerfol. 19va ዘአርብ: check the viewerfol. 25vb ዘቀዳም: check the viewerfol. 30vb ዘእሁድ: check the viewerfol. 36rb .

Catalogue Bibliography

This manuscript has no restorations.

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

Made of 52.0 (leaf) , Entered as 52.0 folios, of which (leaf, blank) : Entered as blank check the viewer52v ., in 8.0 (quire) .Entered as 8.0 quires ((A+7)). 170 150 30
Outer dimensions
Height 170
Width 150
Depth 30

Foliation

Quire Structure Collation

Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 1 Fols 1r–1v A(1; s.l. 1, stub before 1/fols. 1r-1v)
2 8 Fols 2r–9v I(8/fols. 2r-9v)
3 8 Fols 10r–17v II(8/fols. 10r-17v)
4 9 Fols 18r–26v III(9; s.l.: 6, stub after 3/fols. 18r-26v)
5 9 Fols 27r–35v IV(9; s.l.: 6, stub after 3/fols. 27r-35v)
6 8 Fols 36r–43v V(8/fols. 36r-43v)
7 4 Fols 44r–47v VI(4/fols. 44r-47v)
8 5 Fols 48r–52v <VII(5; s.l.: 4, stub after 1/fols. 48r-52v)>. Quire VII was added later, its fols. are of smaller size.

Collation diagrams


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

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

II(8/fols. 10r-17v)
Quire ID:q3
Collation diagram Quire 3 10 17 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

III(9; s.l.: 6, stub after 3/fols. 18r-26v)
Quire ID:q4
Collation diagram Quire 4 18 26 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

IV(9; s.l.: 6, stub after 3/fols. 27r-35v)
Quire ID:q5
Collation diagram Quire 5 27 35 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

V(8/fols. 36r-43v)
Quire ID:q6
Collation diagram Quire 6 36 43 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

VI(4/fols. 44r-47v)
Quire ID:q7
Collation diagram Quire 7 44 47 Unit #1 Unit #2

<VII(5; s.l.: 4, stub after 1/fols. 48r-52v)>. Quire VII was added later, its fols. are of smaller size.
Quire ID:q8
Collation diagram Quire 8 48 52 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3

Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(0+1/s.l. 1, stub before 1/Fols 1r–1v) – II(8/Fols 2r–9v) – III(8/Fols 10r–17v) – IV(8+1/s.l. 6, stub after 3/Fols 18r–26v) – V(8+1/s.l. 6, stub after 3/Fols 27r–35v) – VI(8/Fols 36r–43v) – VII(4/Fols 44r–47v) – VIII(4+1/s.l. 4, stub after 1/Fols 48r–52v) –

Formula: Fols 1r–1v A(1; s.l. 1, stub before 1/fols. 1r-1v) ; Fols 2r–9v I(8/fols. 2r-9v) ; Fols 10r–17v II(8/fols. 10r-17v) ; Fols 18r–26v III(9; s.l.: 6, stub after 3/fols. 18r-26v) ; Fols 27r–35v IV(9; s.l.: 6, stub after 3/fols. 27r-35v) ; Fols 36r–43v V(8/fols. 36r-43v) ; Fols 44r–47v VI(4/fols. 44r-47v) ; Fols 48r–52v <VII(5; s.l.: 4, stub after 1/fols. 48r-52v)>. Quire VII was added later, its fols. are of smaller size.;

Formula 1: 1 (1), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (9), 5 (9), 6 (8), 7 (4), 8 (5),

Formula 2: 1 (1), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (9), 5 (9), 6 (8), 7 (4), 8 (5),

State of preservation

deficient

Condition

The Ms. is worn and the original binding has been damaged. Only pieces of the front and back boards (probably re-used) have been preserved. Faded or blurred ink (e.g., check the viewer3r , 8v, 25v). Some fols. are damaged by rodents (check the viewer1r-9v ).

Binding

Two wooden boards (broken, pieces of a box re-utilized). Two pairs of sewing stations.

Binding decoration

Binding material

wood

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 18

H 120mm
W 110mm
Intercolumn 13mm
Margins
top 16
bottom 30
right 20
left 13
intercolumn 13
All data are for check the viewer4r .

Ms Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Laqāy Kidāna Mǝḥrat, MKL-018 main part

looks ok for measures computed width is: 143mm, object width is: 150mm, computed height is: 166mm and object height is: 170mm.

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.
Pricking
  • Ruling and pricking are visible.
  • Primary pricks are partly visible.
  • Ruling pricks are partly visible.
  • Structural pricks are partly visible.

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Hand a: mediocre and uneven. Hand b: mediocre. Hand c: mediocre. Hand d: poor and rushed.

    Ink: Black, red (vivid scarlet, dark vermillion)

    Rubrication: Nomina sacra, name of the protagonist; incipit of Text I and its sections; word salām "salutation"; elements of the punctuation signs and of the text dividers; elements of Ethiopic numerals.

    Date: 18th century

    18th century

  • Hand 2

    Script: Ethiopic

    Hand a: check the viewer2ra-44rb ? (Text I and II?). The handwriting appears uneven and irregular. The letters ረ and ፈ are of particular shape (diagonal strokes are strongly curved to the left).

  • Hand 3

    Script: Ethiopic

    Hand b: check the viewer44va-45ra (Text III). The handwriting is similar but not identical to that of Text IV.

  • Hand 4

    Script: Ethiopic

    Hand c: check the viewer45va-46vb (Text IV). It is difficult to determine whether one or more scribes were involved in writing. Probably the text was written in one hand at several stages.

  • Hand 5

    Script: Ethiopic

    Hand d: check the viewer47ra-52r (Text V). The handwriting is crude and very irregular, to some extend due to the lack of ruling.

    • Keywords

    Hagiography

    Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    availability

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    date
    2016-06-07T17:44:09.873+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/ESmkl018
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/ESmkl018
    idno
    type=filename
    ESmkl018.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    ESmkl018

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    Susanne Hummel, Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Ekaterina Gusarova, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻBǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Laqāy Kidāna Mǝḥrat, MKL-018ʼ, 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/ESmkl018 [Accessed: 2024-04-26+02:00]

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    • Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: transformed from mycore to TEI P5 on 10.5.2016
    • Ekaterina Gusarova Ekaterina Gusarova: last edited in Ethio-SPaRe on 6.11.2014
    • Susanne Hummel Susanne Hummel: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 4.3.2013
    • Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 6.12.2010

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    Ekaterina Gusarova, contributor

    Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor

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