Gāntā ʾAfašum, Margāḥǝya Qǝddus Mikāʾel, QMM-006
Magdalena Krzyzanowska (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Dāwit “Psalter”
Number of Text units: 2
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location: Qǝddus Mikāʾel Märgaḥǝya / QMM↗
Second half of the 18th cent. - first half of the 19th cent. (?)Summary
Contents
Incipit ( ):
Explicit ( ):
- Pcheck the viewer118 is not numbered. - The following Pss. are numbered incorrectly: 38 (numbered 37), 39 (numbered 38), 137 (numbered 136), 145 (numbered 144), 150 (numbered 140+10).
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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: Calendaric note.
check the viewer154ra : በዘተአምር፡ መፍቅደ፡ ጾም፡ ዘ፲ወ፪፡ አውራኅ... The note lists the months and an estimated length of the days, measured in ጫማ “feet”, for each of them. -
: Traditional genealogy.
check the viewer154rb : ትውልድ፡ ሥልጣን፡ በአት፡ ወልዶ፡ ለተወለደ፡ መድኅን፡ ወተወልደ፡ መድኅን... The note starts with a certain Śǝlṭan or Bäʾat and ends with Walda Māryām.
Extras
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check the viewer10r check the viewer74v check the viewer85r check the viewer4v check the viewer12r check the viewer25v check the viewer46r check the viewer38r check the viewer154ra check the viewer1v
- The Psalms are divided into groups of ten separated by means of a chain of red and black dots. - The scribe reduced the size of his handwriting to accommodate the end of the line: e.g., , 27r, 44r, 111v, 128r, 141v. - Part of the line is taken up: , 87r, 104r, 107r, 109r, 109v, 126v, 134r, 140v, 141r, 143r. - Part of the line is taken down: , 103v, 105r, 105v, 106v, 107r, 145r. - Some omissions and corrections are written interlineally or as a continuation of the preceding verse: e.g., , 9v, 11v, 23v, 27v, 35r, 54r, 62v, 110v. - Corrections written over erased words and passages: e.g., , 28r, 69v, 123v, 130v. - Erasures: e.g., , 35r, 53v, 77v, 130r. - Two lines are left unfilled on . - A female name has been erased from the supplication formula: . - Two notes of several lines have been erased: . - Scribbles, writing exercises (also in the Ethiopic syllabary): , 153v, inner sides of both boards. -
(Type: findingAid)
A red thread is inserted in the right upper corner of check the viewerfol. 111 .
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: check the viewer3r (incipit of Text I-1): elaborate, uncoloured ornamental band; anthropomorphic and geometric motifs.
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS Margāḥǝya Qǝddus Mikāʾel, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has no restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 225 |
Width | 210 |
Depth | 65 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 |
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A(2; s.l.: 2, stub after 2/fols. 1r-2v) | |
2 | 10 |
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I(10/fols. 3r-12v) | |
3 | 10 |
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II(10/fols. 13r-22v) | |
4 | 10 |
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III(10/fols. 23r-32v) | |
5 | 10 |
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IV(10/fols. 33r-42v) | |
6 | 8 |
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V(8/fols. 43r-50v) | |
7 | 10 |
|
VI(10/fols. 51r-60v) | |
8 | 10 |
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VII(10/fols. 61r-70v) | |
9 | 14 |
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VIII(14/fols. 71r-84v) | |
10 | 10 |
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IX(10/fols. 85r-94v) | |
11 | 10 |
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X(10/fols. 95r-104v) | |
12 | 10 |
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XI(10/fols. 105r-114v) | |
13 | 10 |
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XII(10/fols. 115r-124v) | |
14 | 8 |
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XIII(8/fols. 125r-132v) | |
15 | 10 |
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XIV(10/fols. 133r-142v) | |
16 | 12 |
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XV(12/fols. 143r-154v). |
Collation diagrams
A(2; s.l.: 2, stub after 2/fols. 1r-2v)
Quire ID:q1
I(10/fols. 3r-12v)
Quire ID:q2
II(10/fols. 13r-22v)
Quire ID:q3
III(10/fols. 23r-32v)
Quire ID:q4
IV(10/fols. 33r-42v)
Quire ID:q5
V(8/fols. 43r-50v)
Quire ID:q6
VI(10/fols. 51r-60v)
Quire ID:q7
VII(10/fols. 61r-70v)
Quire ID:q8
VIII(14/fols. 71r-84v)
Quire ID:q9
IX(10/fols. 85r-94v)
Quire ID:q10
X(10/fols. 95r-104v)
Quire ID:q11
XI(10/fols. 105r-114v)
Quire ID:q12
XII(10/fols. 115r-124v)
Quire ID:q13
XIII(8/fols. 125r-132v)
Quire ID:q14
XIV(10/fols. 133r-142v)
Quire ID:q15
XV(12/fols. 143r-154v).
Quire ID:q16
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(1+1/s.l. 2, stub after 2/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (8), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (14), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (8), 15 (10), 16 (12),
Formula 2: 1 (), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (8), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (14), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (8), 15 (10), 16 (12),
State of preservation
good
Condition
Many fols. are stained with wax and water. A hole is burnt out on check the viewer39 . Holes are carefully amended on fols. 1, 149.
Binding
Two wooden boards covered with brown tooled leather. Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Two pairs of chains of endband stitches (or holes) at the spine cover.
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 24
H | 140mm |
W | 165mm |
Intercolumn | mm |
Margins | |
top | 35 |
bottom | 55 |
right | 23 |
left | 12 |
intercolumn |
Ms Gāntā ʾAfašum, Margāḥǝya Qǝddus Mikāʾel, QMM-006 main part
has a sum of layout height of 230mm which is greater than the object height of 225mmLayout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 18
H | 145mm |
W | 165mm |
Intercolumn | 12mm |
Margins | |
top | 25 |
bottom | 55 |
right | 30 |
left | 12 |
intercolumn | 12 |
Ms Gāntā ʾAfašum, Margāḥǝya Qǝddus Mikāʾel, QMM-006 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 207mm, object width is: 210mm, computed height is: 225mm and object height is: 225mm.Layout note 1
Ruling
- (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A/0-0/0-0/C.
- The upper line is written above the ruling.
- The bottom line is written above the ruling. The bottom ruled lines (2) were not used by the scribe on (Excerpt from check the viewer84v)
. - 19 or 23
- (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 visible.
- Ruling pricks (of the slit-type) are visible.
- Ruling and pricking are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Mediocre
Ink: Black, red
Rubrication: Nomina sacra (name of St Mary in Texts I-4, I-5); titles and numbers of the Pss. and Canticles; incipits and numbers of Songs; title of Texts I-2, I-3 and I-5; name and traditional interpretation of the Hebrew letters in Ps. 118; initial word and abbreviation of refrains of Texts I-4 and I-5; elements of the punctuation signs and text dividers; Ethiopic numerals or their elements. A few groups of lines (alternating with black lines) on the incipit page of Text I-1; two lines (alternating with black lines) on the incipit page of Texts I-3, I-4 and I-5.
Date: Second half of the 18th cent.- first half of the 19th cent. (?)
Second half of the 18th cent.- first half of the 19th cent. (?)Abbreviations
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Magdalena Krzyzanowska, Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Vitagrazia Pisani, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻGāntā ʾAfašum, Margāḥǝya Qǝddus Mikāʾel, QMM-006ʼ, 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/ESqmm006 [Accessed: 2024-05-05+02:00]
Revisions of the data
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: transformed from mycore to TEI P5 on 10.5.2016
- Vitagrazia Pisani Vitagrazia Pisani: last edited in Ethio-SPaRe on 26.2.2015
- Magdalena Krzyzanowska Magdalena Krzyzanowska: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 4.9.2013
- Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 12.8.2010
Attributions of the contents
Vitagrazia Pisani, contributor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor