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Gāntā ʾAfašum, Dabra Maʿār Qǝddǝst Māryām, MQM-008

Magdalena Krzyzanowska (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

Vita, Miracles, and Image of Gabra Manfas Qǝddus”

Number of Text units: 4

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Original Location: Dabra Maʿār Qǝddǝst Māryām↗

19th cent. (?)

Provenance

The name(s) of the original donor(s) has been erased in the concluding supplication formula in check the viewer97ra and replaced with the following ones: Malkǝʾa Śǝllāse, ʾAwsābǝyos, Gabra ʾAragāwi, Walda Giyorgis, ʾAqalesya, Walatta Śǝllāse. The same names are written in supplication formulas, over erased name(s) of the original donor(s), throughout the Ms.: ʾAqalesya (check the viewer3vb , 77ra, 79ra, 81rab, 85ra, 87ra, 93ra, 96va), Malkǝʾa Śǝllāse (check the viewer3vb , 79rb, 80rb, 85ra, 87rb, 92vb, 93vb), Walatta Śǝllāse (check the viewer77ra , 85va), ʾAwsābǝyos (check the viewer80rb , 82va, 85va, 91vb), Gabra ʾAragāwi (check the viewer82va ), Walda Giyorgis (check the viewer89rb , 89va, 91vb). The names are written by a secondary hand and rubricated in strong scarlet.

Summary

I) Gadla Gabra Manfas Qǝddus “Vita of Gabra Manfas Qǝddus” (fols. 3ra-77ra) II) Taʾammǝra Gabra Manfas Qǝddus “Miracles of Gabra Manfas Qǝddus”: 13 miracles (fols. 77rb-97ra) III) Malkǝʾa Gabra Manfas Qǝddus “Image of Gabra Manfas Qǝddus” (fols. 97rb-99va) Additio 1.
  1. ms_i1 (), Hagiographic Dossier of St Gabra Manfas Qǝddus
    1. ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 3ra–77ra ), Gadla Gabra Manfas Qǝddus (general record)
    2. ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 77ra–97ra ), Taʾammǝra Gabra Manfas Qǝddus “Miracles of Gabra Manfas Qǝddus”: 13 miracles
    3. ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 97rb–99va ), Malkǝʾ-hymn to Gabra Manfas Qǝddus

Contents

Hagiographic Dossier of St Gabra Manfas Qǝddus (CAe 1119)

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

  1. check the viewerff. 99vb-100ra (Type: LandGrant)

    Note on bequething land to the church of Gabra Manfas Qǝddus.

    ( gez ) የባለ፡ አገር፡ የነበረ፡ ገራህት፡ የጭቆች፡ ፊታውራሪ፡ ቢተው፡ ለአቡነ፡ ገብረ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ይሁን፡ ብለው፡ ሰጡት፡ በንቡረ፡ እድ፡ ተክለ፡ ጊዮርጊስ። ሹመ፡ ነጋሪት፡ ፊታውራሪ፡ ቢተው፡ ሊቀ፡ ካህናቱ፡ <...>፡ ወቄስ፡ ገበዝ፡ አቡነ፡ ገብረ፡ መስቀስ[sic]፡ ዘተአገሎ፡ ለዝንቱ፡ ገራህት፡ ዘአቡነ፡ ገብረ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ዘቲውህበ፡ በሰላጢን፡ በሥልጣነ፡ ጴጥሮስ...

    Text in Amharic

    The note is written in Amharic and Gǝʿǝz, by a mediocre hand. Nǝbura ʾǝd Takla Giyorgis is mentioned.

Extras

  1. Signs, in the shape of a cross with a loop at the end of each arm, are written in red or black in the side margins of check the viewer10va , 47rb, 58va, 67ra, 68va, 74ra. - Pen trials: check the viewer100v .

  2. Minor notes, writing exercises, doodles: check the viewer1v , 2r, 100rv.

  3. (Type: findingAid)

    - Monthly readings of Text I are indicated by the names of the months written in the upper margin of some fols., by the main hand: za-Maggābit: fols. 3ra, 4ra, 5rb-10rb za-Miyāzyā: fols. 10va, 11rb-14rb za-Gǝnbot: fols. 14vb, 16rb-22rb za-Sane: fols. 23rb-34rb za-Ḥamle: fols. 34vb, 36rb-40rb za-Naḥase: fols. 41ra, 42rb-45rb ba-Maskaram: fols. 46ra, 47rb-57rb za-Ṭǝqǝmt: fols. 58va, 60rb-62rb za-Ḫǝdār: fols. 63vb, 66rb-66rb za-Tāḥśāś: fols. 67ra, 68rb za-Ṭǝrr: fols. 68vb, 69rb-73rb za-Yakkātit: check the viewerfol. 74ra

  4. (Type: findingAid)

    - Monthly readings of Text II are indicated by the names of the months written in the upper margin of some fols, by a secondary crude hand: za-Miyāzyā: check the viewerfol. 77ra zä-Gǝnbot: check the viewerfol. 79ra za-Sane: check the viewerfol. 80rb za-Ḥamle: check the viewerfol. 81rb za-Naḥase: check the viewerfol. 82va za-Maskaram: check the viewerfol. 85ra za-Ṭǝqǝmt: check the viewerfol. 85va za-Ḫǝdar: check the viewerfol. 87rb za-Tāḥśāś: check the viewerfol. 89va za-Ṭǝrr: check the viewerfol. 91vb za-Yakkātit: check the viewerfol. 93ra za-Maggābit: check the viewerfol. 93vb

Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .

Frame notes

  1. frame: check the viewer97rb (incipit of Text III): simple coloured (red) ornamental band; geometric motifs.

Catalogue Bibliography

This manuscript has modern restorations.

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

Made of 100.0 (leaf) , Entered as 100.0 folios, of which (leaf, blank) .Entered as blank 1r, 2v, in 11.0 (quire) .Entered as 11.0 quires (A+10). 230 195 55
Outer dimensions
Height 230
Width 195
Depth 55

Foliation

Quire Structure Collation

Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 2 Fols 1r–2v A(2/fols. 1r-2v)
2 10 Fols. 10, Fols 3r–12v I(10/fols. 3r-12v)
3 10 Fols. 10, Fols 13r–22v II(10/fols. 13r-22v)
4 10 Fols. 10, Fols 23r–32v III(10/fols. 23r-32v)
5 10 Fols. 10, Fols 33r–42v IV(10/fols. 33r-42v)
6 10 Fols. 10, Fols 43r–52v V(10/fols. 43r-52v)
7 4 Fols 53r–62v VI(4/fols. 53r-62v)
8 10 Fols. 10, Fols 63r–72v VII(10/fols. 63r-72v)
9 10 Fols. 10, Fols 73r–82 VIII(10/fols. 73r-82)
10 10 Fols. 10, Fols 83r–92v IX(10/fols. 83r-92v)
11 8 Fols 93r–100v X(8/fols. 93r-100v).

Collation diagrams


A(2/fols. 1r-2v)
Quire ID:q1
Collation diagram Quire 1 1 2 Unit #1

I(10/fols. 3r-12v)
Quire ID:q2
Collation diagram Quire 2 3 12 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

II(10/fols. 13r-22v)
Quire ID:q3
Collation diagram Quire 3 13 22 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

III(10/fols. 23r-32v)
Quire ID:q4
Collation diagram Quire 4 23 32 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

IV(10/fols. 33r-42v)
Quire ID:q5
Collation diagram Quire 5 33 42 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

V(10/fols. 43r-52v)
Quire ID:q6
Collation diagram Quire 6 43 52 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

VI(4/fols. 53r-62v)
Quire ID:q7
Collation diagram Quire 7 53 56 Unit #1 Unit #2

VII(10/fols. 63r-72v)
Quire ID:q8
Collation diagram Quire 8 57 66 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

VIII(10/fols. 73r-82)
Quire ID:q9
Collation diagram Quire 9 67 76 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

IX(10/fols. 83r-92v)
Quire ID:q10
Collation diagram Quire 10 77 86 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

X(8/fols. 93r-100v).
Quire ID:q11
Collation diagram Quire 11 87 94 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(2/Fols 1r–2v) – II(10/Fols. 10, Fols 3r–12v) – III(10/Fols. 10, Fols 13r–22v) – IV(10/Fols. 10, Fols 23r–32v) – V(10/Fols. 10, Fols 33r–42v) – VI(10/Fols. 10, Fols 43r–52v) – VII(4/Fols 53r–62v) – VIII(10/Fols. 10, Fols 63r–72v) – IX(10/Fols. 10, Fols 73r–82) – X(10/Fols. 10, Fols 83r–92v) – XI(8/Fols 93r–100v) –

Formula: Fols 1r–2v A(2/fols. 1r-2v) ; Fols. 10, Fols 3r–12v I(10/fols. 3r-12v) ; Fols. 10, Fols 13r–22v II(10/fols. 13r-22v) ; Fols. 10, Fols 23r–32v III(10/fols. 23r-32v) ; Fols. 10, Fols 33r–42v IV(10/fols. 33r-42v) ; Fols. 10, Fols 43r–52v V(10/fols. 43r-52v) ; Fols 53r–62v VI(4/fols. 53r-62v) ; Fols. 10, Fols 63r–72v VII(10/fols. 63r-72v) ; Fols. 10, Fols 73r–82 VIII(10/fols. 73r-82) ; Fols. 10, Fols 83r–92v IX(10/fols. 83r-92v) ; Fols 93r–100v X(8/fols. 93r-100v).;

Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (4), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (8),

Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (4), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (8),

State of preservation

good

Condition

The leather cover at the spine is damaged. The back board attachment has been repaired with a synthetic brown thread visible in the centrefold of quires IX-X. Some fols. are stained with ink and water.

Binding

Two wooden boards covered with brown tooled leather; textile inlays. Two pairs of sewing stations.

Binding decoration

Two pairs of chains of endband stitches (or their traces) at the spine cover.

Binding material

wood

leather

textile

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 18

H 160mm
W 150mm
Intercolumn 10mm
Margins
top 20
bottom 48
right 35
left 10
intercolumn 10
All data for check the viewer4r .

Ms Gāntā ʾAfašum, Dabra Maʿār Qǝddǝst Māryām, MQM-008 main part

looks ok for measures computed width is: 195mm, object width is: 195mm, computed height is: 228mm and object height is: 230mm.
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. The bottom ruled line was not used by the scribe in (Excerpt from check the viewer3r-12v)
    .
Pricking
  • Pricking and ruling are visible.
  • Primary pricks are visible.
  • Ruling pricks are visible.

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Mediocre, slightly irregular

    Ink: Black, red

    Rubrication: Holy names; name of the protagonist; a few lines and a group of lines (alternating with black lines) on the incipit page of Text I; groups of lines (alternating with black lines) on the incipit page of Text II; initial line of Text III; incipits of sections/miracles; name of the month “za-Maggābit” on fols. 3r-6r; word "salām" in Text III; text dividers; elements of the punctuation signs; elements of Ethiopic numerals.

    Date: 19th century.

    19th century.

    • Publication Statement

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    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
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    Hamburg
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    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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    2016-06-07T17:44:35.572+02:00
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    2022-04-08T11:44:33.562+02:00
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    27.3.2020
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESmqm008
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/ESmqm008
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    type=filename
    ESmqm008.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    ESmqm008

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    Magdalena Krzyzanowska, Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Susanne Hummel, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻGāntā ʾAfašum, Dabra Maʿār Qǝddǝst Māryām, MQM-008ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 27.3.2020) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESmqm008 [Accessed: 2024-04-16+02:00]

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    • Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: adjusted to schema split msitems provided IDs (no IDs for persons created) on 27.3.2020
    • Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: transformed from mycore to TEI P5 on 10.5.2016
    • Susanne Hummel Susanne Hummel: last edited in Ethio-SPaRe on 9.9.2014
    • Magdalena Krzyzanowska Magdalena Krzyzanowska: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 1.7.2013
    • Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 3.12.2010

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