Gulo Maḵadā, Mǝdra Rubā Sǝllase, MR-031
Magdalena Krzyzanowska (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Mazmur, Antiphones for Sundays of the year / Dǝggʷā, Antiphonary / Unidentified chant / Zǝmmāre, Eucharistic hymns
Number of Text units: 1
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location: Mǝdra Ruba Śǝllāse /MR↗
19th cent. All quires date to approximately the same period.Summary
- ms_i1 (),
Contents
Incipit ( ):
Explicit ( ):
Additions In this unit there are in total .
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: Excerpt from Mazmur, Antiphones for seasons of the year.
The excerpt is carelessly written in the same hand as Additio 3. -
: Scribe’s signature.
check the viewer39ra : ተፈጸመ፡ መዝሙራት፡ ዘሰናብት፡ በሰላመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አሜን። ጸሐፊሁ፡ ርእሰ፡ ደብር፡ የማነ፡ ብርሃን። check the viewer39ra : Mazmurat for Sundays have been completed in God’s peace, Amen. His scribe (is) rǝʾǝsa dabr (the Head of the Monastery) Yämanä Bǝrhān. The note is written in the main hand. It mentions Yamana Bǝrhān, rǝʾǝsa dabr (the Head of the Monastery), as the scribe. -
: Excerpt from the beginning of Zǝmmāre, Eucharistic hymns.
The excerpt is carelessly written in the same hand as Additio 1.
Extras
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check the viewer36rb check the viewer6vb check the viewer7ra check the viewer42ra check the viewer1v check the viewer1r
- Tamallas-signs, in the shape of a cross, indicate the place where the omissions, written in the margins, belong: fols.14ra l.16, 16rb l.16, 24ra l.17, 25vb l.6, 34ra l.10, 66vb l.9, 67va l.3, 67va l.15. - Name of the feast za-Yoḥannǝs “of John” (the Baptist) is written in the upper margin of . - Passages omitted in the main text are written in the margins, in the main hand: , 9va, 15rb, 15vb, 28vb, 31va, 36vb. - In Text III there are unfilled spaces left for rubrication. - Corrections written interlineally: , 7vb. - A few lines are left blank on , 53ra, 63ra. - Pen trials: , 61v. - Writing exercises: , 2r, 23r.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: check the viewer3r (incipit of Text I): red ornamental band; floral motifs.
Catalogue Bibliography
This manuscript has ancient restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 170 |
Width | 125 |
Depth | 50 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 |
|
A(2/fols. 1r-2v) | |
2 | 8 |
|
I(8/fols. 3r-10v) | |
3 | 8 |
|
II(8/fols. 11r-18v) | |
4 | 8 |
|
III(8/fols. 12r-26v) | |
5 | 8 |
|
V(8/fols. 27r-34v) | |
6 | 8 |
|
VI(8/fols. 35r-42v) | |
7 | 6 |
|
VII(6/fols. 43r-48v) | |
8 | 9 |
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VIII(9; s.l.: 1, stub before 2/fols. 49r-57v) | |
9 | 4 |
|
IX(4/fols. 58r-61v) | |
10 | 6 |
|
<X(6/fols.62r-67v) | |
11 | 3 |
|
XI(3; s.l.: 1, no stub; 2, no stub; 3, no stub /fols.68r-67v)> | |
12 | 8 |
|
<XII(8; s.l.: 3, stub after 5; 4, stub after 4; 5, stub after 3; 6, stub after 2/fols.71r-78v)>. All quires date to approximately the same period. Quire XI contains three loose fols. ff. of quire XII are shorter, of different quality and have fewer ruling lines. |
Collation diagrams
A(2/fols. 1r-2v)
Quire ID:q1
I(8/fols. 3r-10v)
Quire ID:q2
II(8/fols. 11r-18v)
Quire ID:q3
III(8/fols. 12r-26v)
Quire ID:q4
V(8/fols. 27r-34v)
Quire ID:q5
VI(8/fols. 35r-42v)
Quire ID:q6
VII(6/fols. 43r-48v)
Quire ID:q7
VIII(9; s.l.: 1, stub before 2/fols. 49r-57v)
Quire ID:q8
IX(4/fols. 58r-61v)
Quire ID:q9
<X(6/fols.62r-67v)
Quire ID:q10
XI(3; s.l.: 1, no stub; 2, no stub; 3, no stub /fols.68r-67v)>
Quire ID:q11
<XII(8; s.l.: 3, stub after 5; 4, stub after 4; 5, stub after 3; 6, stub after 2/fols.71r-78v)>. All quires date to approximately the same period. Quire XI contains three loose fols. ff. of quire XII are shorter, of different quality and have fewer ruling lines.
Quire ID:q12
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(2/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (6), 8 (9), 9 (4), 10 (6), 11 (), 12 (8),
Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (6), 8 (9), 9 (4), 10 (6), 11 (), 12 (8),
State of preservation
good
Condition
The Ms. is resewn. The front board is cracked. There are two holes of a considerable size in the back board. The bottom margin of check the viewer68-79 is damaged. Tears are carefully amended on check the viewer58 , 61, 76, 78.
Binding
Two wooden boards. Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Small holes are visible on the spine folds of the quires, one close to the head and 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: 20
H | 128mm |
W | 95mm |
Intercolumn | 8mm |
Margins | |
top | 15 |
bottom | 27 |
right | 16 |
left | 9 |
intercolumn | 8 |
Ms Gulo Maḵadā, Mǝdra Rubā Sǝllase, MR-031 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 120mm, object width is: 125mm, computed height is: 170mm and object height is: 170mm.Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 14
H | 128mm |
W | 95mm |
Intercolumn | 7mm |
Margins | |
top | 18 |
bottom | 29 |
right | 17 |
left | 13 |
intercolumn | 7 |
Ms Gulo Maḵadā, Mǝdra Rubā Sǝllase, MR-031 main part
has a sum of layout height of 175mm which is greater than the object height of 170mmLayout 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: Yämanä Bǝrhān scribe
Script: Ethiopic
Hand a: mediocre; hand b: mediocre; hand c: rather fine; hand d: rather fine.
Ink: Black, red (strong vermilion: check the viewer3ra-37vb , 69va-70ra; vivid vermilion: check the viewer39rb-42vb ; strong amaranth: check the viewer38ra-57v )
Rubrication: Nomina sacra; elements of the punctuation signs; Ethiopic numerals or their elements. Text I Two initial lines on the incipit page; a few lines, alternating with black lines, on fol. 18r; names of sections (mazmur) preceded or followed by feast names or dates; names of antiphons and their abbreviations followed by initial words or letters (e.g., za-ʾamlākiya, ʿǝzl, śalast, salām, ba-5-tu, ʾabun, māḥlet, yǝtbārak); names of other chants (e.g., mǝlṭān); musical notation signs: intratextual (e.g., ḥaḍä, ʿararay, ba-zema, nahu) and marginal (entire or elements); elements of the Table of halleluiatic chants. Text II Names of sections and their abbreviations (wāzemā); names of antiphons and their abbreviations (e.g., māḥlet, mazmur, śalast, salām, ba-5-tu, ʾabun, ʾaryām, ʾǝsma la-ʿālam, yǝtbārak, ʿǝzl); names of other chants (e.g., mǝlṭān); musical notation: intratextual signs (e.g., ʿararat, ʾak, ba-ze, qāla ʾawadi) and elements of marginal signs. Text III Two initial lines on the incipit page; names of sections (zǝmmāre) followed by feast names; word ḫǝbǝst “eucharistic bread”.
Date: 19th cent.
Yämanä Bǝrhān scribe The scribe’s signature (s. Additio 2) mentions Yämanä Bǝrhān as the scribe of the text on check the viewer3ra-39ra l.17 (hand a).19th cent.Abbreviations
Hand 2
Script: Ethiopic
It seems that a few hands were involved in writing the Ms. but their precise number is difficult to determine.Hand 3
Script: Ethiopic
Hand a: check the viewer3ra-39ra l.17; the script is slightly left-sloping and irregular in size (towards the end it diminishes).Hand 4
Script: Ethiopic
Hand b: check the viewer28vb , 36rb, 39ra l.18-60rb, 62ra-63rb l.9, 71ra-76ra; very irregular (slightly left or right sloping) some letters have hairlines (e.g., ን, ግ, ዝ, መ, ተ, ር).Hand 5
Script: Ethiopic
Hand c: 63rb l.9-69va l.4; fairly regular, some letters have hairlines (e.g., ለ, ሐ, ሰ, ቀ).Hand 6
Script: Ethiopic
Hand d: check the viewer69va l.5-70rb; slender, broadly spaced letters of angular shape, strongly pronounced shading.More bibliography
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Magdalena Krzyzanowska, Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻGulo Maḵadā, Mǝdra Rubā Sǝllase, MR-031ʼ, 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/ESmr031 [Accessed: 2024-04-23+02:00]
Revisions of the data
- 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 22.9.2014
- Magdalena Krzyzanowska Magdalena Krzyzanowska: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 22.4.2013
- Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 12.5.2010
Attributions of the contents
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor