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Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Qiʿāt Dabra Ṣǝyon Qǝddǝst Māryām, QDS-013

Stéphane Ancel (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin

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General description

Maṣḥafa śǝʿǝl "Book of Images"

Number of Text units: 2

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Original Location: Qiʿāt Dabra Ṣǝyon Qǝddǝst Māryām↗

Second half of the 18th century (?).

Summary

The Ms. contains only 15 miniatures (no text): 1) f. 1r: St Michael 2) f. 1v: St George slaying the dragon 3) f. 2r: Virgin Mary and Child, a prone figure below 4) f. 2v: Two undefined figures 5) f. 3r: Ten undefined figures 6) f. 4v: St Takla Hāymānot 7) f. 5r: St ʾEwosṭatewos 8) f. 4v: Crucifixion 9) f. 5r: Two undefined figures 10) f. 6r: St Samuel of Waldǝbba 11) f. 6v: Holy Trinity, a prone figure below 12) f. 7r: Virgin Mary and Child 13) f. 7v: Resurrection 14) f. 8r: King David 15) f. 8v: Mary and Jesus, a prone figure below.
  1. ms_i1 (),
  2. ms_i2 (),

Contents

Incipit ( ):

Explicit ( ):

Maṣḥafa śǝʿǝl "Book of Images" is the traditional title of the book.

Decoration In this unit there are in total 15 s.

Miniatures notes

  1. miniature: check the viewerFol. 1r:

    St. Michael.

    Front view of St. Michael holding a sword and sheath in his hands. The arch-angel is depicted on a yellow and green background; his garments and wings are blue with a yellow dot pattern and red with a white dot pattern. Legend: ቅዱስ፡ ሚካኤል “Saint Michael”.
  2. miniature: check the viewerFol. 1v:

    St. George slaying the dragon.

    Three-quarter view of St. George on his horse slaying the dragon with a spear. The saint is depicted on a yellow and green background and with a radiant nimbus, blue underclothes, a green tunic and a red cloak with a yellow dot pattern; his horse is white and adorned with elaborate, colourful tack; the dragon’s body is green with red wings. Legend: ቅዱስ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ዘከመ፡ ቀተሎ፡ ለደራጎን፡ “Saint George, how he slew the dragon”.
  3. miniature: check the viewerFol. 2r:

    Mary and the Child, a prone figure below.

    Upper section: Mary with the Child on her lap flanked by two armed angels. Both Mary and the Child are adorned with elaborate, green and yellow nimbi and depicted in rich garments. Jesus is holding his right hand in a gesture of blessing. Lower section: A prone, richly dressed figure (donor?). Legend: ምስለ፡ ፍቁር፡ ወልዳ “with her beloved Son”.
  4. miniature: check the viewerFol. 2v:

    Two undefined figures.

    Two figures, one seated in front of an open book on a cushion, the second one raising a piece of cloth over their arms, in front of a canopied structure. Legend: በስ<መ>፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ “In the name of Father, Son and Spirit”.
  5. miniature: check the viewerFol. 3r:

    Ten undefined figures.

    Ten figures in two rows, four of them with elaborate dresses and golden necklaces as well as dark skin in the foreground.
  6. miniature: check the viewerFol. 3v:

    St. Takla Haymanot.

    The saint is depicted in a pose of prayer, his right foot is placed next to the stump of his leg on the green background. He is surrounded by multicoloured wings and a yellow nimbus with a red border surrounds his head. Legend: አቡነ ተክለ ሃይማኖት “ʾabuna Takla Haymanot”.
  7. miniature: check the viewerFol. 4r:

    St. ʾEwosṭatewos.

    Front view of the saint holding a staff in his left hand. He is depicted on a green background with green underclothes, a yellow robe and blue cloak while his head is encircled by a yellow and red nimbus. Legend: አቡነ፡ ኤዎስጣቴዎስ “ʾabuna ʾEwosṭatewos”.
  8. miniature: check the viewerFol. 4v:

    Crucifixion.

    Three-quarter view of the crucifixion; Jesus crowned with thorns and a radiant nimbus nailed to the cross with bleeding wounds, Mary under the left side of the cross in blue garb and tears on her face, unidentified second figure in green and red under the left side of the cross, also with tears on their face. Legend: ሥዕለ፡ ስቅለት “image of crucifixion”.
  9. miniature: check the viewerFol. 5r:

    Two undefined figures.

    Two figures on a yellow and green background, the left clutching something to their chest while the second figure, naked from the waist up and adorned with a big yellow necklace, is holding a sword and waving a piece of cloth above their head. The legend is erased.
  10. miniature: check the viewerFol. 6r:

    St. Samuʾel of Waldǝbba.

    The saint riding the figure of a lion on a yellow and green background. He holds a staff in his right hand and grabs the mane of the lion with his left. His clothes are green and yellow with a blue, patterned cloak; the head is surrounded by a yellow and red nimbus. Legend: አቡነ፡ ሳሙኤል “ʾabuna Samuʾel”.
  11. miniature: check the viewerFol. 6v:

    Holy Trinity, a prone figure below.

    Upper section description: Frontal view of three men with individual hairstyles but the same clothes, haloed with yellow and red nimbi and each extending their right hand in a gesture of blessing on a blue background. The background is framed by the head of the four beasts. Lower section description: A prone, richly dressed figure (a donor?). Legends: ሥላሴ፡ ቅዱስ “Holy Trinity”; ማኅፀንት “womb”.
  12. miniature: check the viewerFol. 7r:

    The Virgin Mary with her Child.

    The Virgin is dressed in blue cloak with red underclothes and extending a branch towards the Child on her left arm. The Child holds a white bird in his left while extending his right arm towards the branch. Both figures are depicted with elaborate radiant nimbi on a red and yellow background. Legend: ምስለ፡ ፍቁር፡ ወልዳ “(The Virgin) with her beloved Son”.
  13. miniature: check the viewerFol. 7v:

    Resurrection.

    Frontal view of Jesus standing on a mound in vividly drawn yellow garb with a radiant nimbus, holding a red banner in his left and extending his right hand in blessing. To his left and right are the faces and wings of two angels. Two suppliants (Eve and Adam) are on the left and right side of the mound, crossing their arms and garbed in red and yellow clothes. Legends: ሥዕለ፡ ትንሣኤ “image of resurrection”; አዳም፡ ወሔዋን “Adam and Eve”.
  14. miniature: check the viewerFol. 8r:

    King David.

    Frontal view of David with a big, elaborate crown holding a harp in his left hand on green background. Legends: ዳዊት፡ ንጉሥ፡ በዓለ፡ መዝሙር፡ “David, master of Psalms”; ዳዊት፡ “David”.
  15. miniature: check the viewerFol. 8v: Mary and Jesus:

    the Covenant of Mercy, a prone figure below

    Upper section: Mary and Jesus facing each other while sitting on the ground. Each is cradling a hand in their lap, while Jesus is holding Mary’s left hand with his right hand. Elaborate radiant nimbi in green and yellow. Legend: ኪዳነ፡ ለእሙ “The covenant for his Mother”. Lower section: A prone, richly dressed figure (the painter himself). Legend, erased but still readable: ወሰአሊሁ፡ [ዓፅቀ]፡ ሥላሴ “and the painter of this (picture is) [ʿAḍqä] Śǝllase”. For the first part of the name, cp. LesGDic 75a, both ʿaṣq I and II.

Catalogue Bibliography

This manuscript has no restorations.

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

Made of 8.0 (leaf) , Entered as 8.0 folios, of which 1.0 (leaf, blank) : Entered as 1.0 blank check the viewer5v ., in 1.0 (quire) .Entered as 1.0 quires . 142.5 92.5 7.5
Outer dimensions
Height 142.5
Width 92.5
Depth 7.5

Foliation

Quire Structure Collation

Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 8 Fols 1r–8v I(8/fols. 1r-8v).

Collation diagrams


I(8/fols. 1r-8v).
Quire ID:q1
Collation diagram Quire 1 1 8 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(8/Fols 1r–8v) –

Formula: Fols 1r–8v I(8/fols. 1r-8v).;

Formula 1: 1 (8),

Formula 2: 1 (8),

State of preservation

good

Condition

The sewing was repaired with recent synthetic threads.

Binding

Two leather boards. Two pairs of sewing stations.

Binding decoration

Binding material

leather

Original binding

No

Layout

Layout note 1

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Mediocre.

    Ink:

    Date: Second half of the 18th cent. (?)

    The painter seems to be depicted in miniature 15, but the first part of his name in the legend is erased. His name can be reconstructed as ʿAḍqä Śǝllāse.Second half of the 18th cent. (?)

    • Publication Statement

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    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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    date
    2016-06-07T17:45:45.344+02:00
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    type=expanded
    2022-01-05T13:36:28.446+01:00
    date
    type=lastModified
    10.5.2016
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    manuscripts
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESqds013
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/ESqds013
    idno
    type=filename
    ESqds013.xml
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    ESqds013

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    Stéphane Ancel, Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻBǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Qiʿāt Dabra Ṣǝyon Qǝddǝst Māryām, QDS-013ʼ, 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/ESqds013 [Accessed: 2024-04-20+02:00]

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    • 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 3.12.2014
    • Stéphane Ancel Stéphane Ancel: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 17.8.2012
    • Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 2.12.2010

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