Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Bet Ḥāwāryāt, SSB-002
Magdalena Krzyzanowska (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography
General description
Dǝggʷā, Antiphonary
Number of Text units: 1
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Summary
- ms_i1 (),
Contents
Incipit ( ):
Explicit ( ):
Additions In this unit there are in total .
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f.: 113v: Excerpt from Kǝśtat za-ʾaryām, The festive Office.
The text is crudely written in a secondary hand, the same as that of some omissions. Numerous words are contracted to one, two or three initial letters.
Extras
- - Marginal musical signs added in the same hand (from onwards). - An omitted passage is written in the margin, in the main hand: . - Omitted letters, words, lines or passages are written interlineally or in the margins, in a crude secondary hand, the same as in Additio 1: e.g., fols. 6rb, 23rab, 24ra, 24va, 118v, 119r, 129vb, 150va.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 2 .
Frame notes
- frame: check the viewer79 (incipit of Text I-1): elaborate, coloured (red, yellow) ornamental band; floral motifs.
- frame: check the viewer98ra (incipit of Text I-2): elaborate, coloured (red) ornamental band; floral motifs.
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS Bet Ḥāwāryāt, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has ancient restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 300 |
Width | 205 |
Depth | 125 |
Foliation
check the viewer178 has not been photographed. The back board has been photographed upside down.
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 8 |
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I(8/fols. 1r-8v) | |
2 | 8 |
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II(8/fols. 9r-16v) | |
3 | 8 |
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III(8; s.l.: 3, stub after 6; 6, stub after 3/fols. 17r-24v) | |
4 | 4 |
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IV(4+3; s.l.: 1,no stub; 2, no stub; 3, no stub/fols. 25r-31v) | |
5 | 8 |
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V(8/fols. 32r-39v) | |
6 | 7 |
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VI(7; s.l.: 2, stub after 6/fols. 40r-46v) | |
7 | 8 |
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VII(8; s.l.: 3, stub after 6; 6, stub after 3/fols. 47r-54v) | |
8 | 8 |
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VIII(8/fols. 55r-62v) | |
9 | 8 |
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IX(8/fols. 63r-70v) | |
10 | 12 |
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X(12/fols. 71r-82v) | |
11 | 7 |
|
XI(7; s.l.: 1/fols. 83r-89v) | |
12 | 8 |
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XII(8/fols. 90r-97v) | |
13 | 8 |
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XIII(8/fols. 98r-105v) | |
14 | 7 |
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XIV(7; s.l.: 2, stub after 6/fols. 106r-112v) | |
15 | 8 |
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XIV፫(8/fols. 113r-120v) | |
16 | 8 |
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፬XV፬(8/fols. 121r-128v) | |
17 | 2 |
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XVI(2/fols. 129r-130v) | |
18 | 8 |
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፭XVII፭(8; s.l.: 3, stub after 6; 6, stub after 3/fols. 131r-138v) | |
19 | 7 |
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XVIII(7; s.l.: 1, no stub; 2, no stub; 3, no stub; 4, no stub; 5, no stub; 6, no stub; 7, no stub/fols. 139r-145v) | |
20 | 14 |
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XIX(14/fols. 146r-159v) | |
21 | 8 |
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XX(8; s.l.: 5, no stub; 8, no stub/fols. 160r-167v) | |
22 | 8 |
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XXI(8/fols. 168r-175v) | |
23 | 8 |
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XXII(8-1/fols. 176r-183v). The structure of quires IV and XX is uncertain. Quire IV contains two bifolios and three loose misplaced single leaves. In quire X, two bifolios (fols. 75-78) are an eccentric insertion between original leaves 4 and 5 (fols. 74 and 79). In quire XI, two bifolios (fols. 85-88) are an eccentric insertion between original leaves 2 and 3 (fols. 84 and 89). Quire XX consists of 3 bifolios, one single leaf with a stub and one single leaf without a stub. |
Collation diagrams
I(8/fols. 1r-8v)
Quire ID:q1
II(8/fols. 9r-16v)
Quire ID:q2
III(8; s.l.: 3, stub after 6; 6, stub after 3/fols. 17r-24v)
Quire ID:q3
IV(4+3; s.l.: 1,no stub; 2, no stub; 3, no stub/fols. 25r-31v)
Quire ID:q4
V(8/fols. 32r-39v)
Quire ID:q5
VI(7; s.l.: 2, stub after 6/fols. 40r-46v)
Quire ID:q6
VII(8; s.l.: 3, stub after 6; 6, stub after 3/fols. 47r-54v)
Quire ID:q7
VIII(8/fols. 55r-62v)
Quire ID:q8
IX(8/fols. 63r-70v)
Quire ID:q9
X(12/fols. 71r-82v)
Quire ID:q10
XI(7; s.l.: 1/fols. 83r-89v)
Quire ID:q11
XII(8/fols. 90r-97v)
Quire ID:q12
XIII(8/fols. 98r-105v)
Quire ID:q13
XIV(7; s.l.: 2, stub after 6/fols. 106r-112v)
Quire ID:q14
XIV፫(8/fols. 113r-120v)
Quire ID:q15
፬XV፬(8/fols. 121r-128v)
Quire ID:q16
XVI(2/fols. 129r-130v)
Quire ID:q17
፭XVII፭(8; s.l.: 3, stub after 6; 6, stub after 3/fols. 131r-138v)
Quire ID:q18
XVIII(7; s.l.: 1, no stub; 2, no stub; 3, no stub; 4, no stub; 5, no stub; 6, no stub; 7, no stub/fols. 139r-145v)
Quire ID:q19
XIX(14/fols. 146r-159v)
Quire ID:q20
XX(8; s.l.: 5, no stub; 8, no stub/fols. 160r-167v)
Quire ID:q21
XXI(8/fols. 168r-175v)
Quire ID:q22
XXII(8-1/fols. 176r-183v). The structure of quires IV and XX is uncertain. Quire IV contains two bifolios and three loose misplaced single leaves. In quire X, two bifolios (fols. 75-78) are an eccentric insertion between original leaves 4 and 5 (fols. 74 and 79). In quire XI, two bifolios (fols. 85-88) are an eccentric insertion between original leaves 2 and 3 (fols. 84 and 89). Quire XX consists of 3 bifolios, one single leaf with a stub and one single leaf without a stub.
Quire ID:q23
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(8/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (8), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (4), 5 (8), 6 (7), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (12), 11 (7), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (7), 15 (8), 16 (8), 17 (2), 18 (8), 19 (), 20 (14), 21 (8), 22 (8), 23 (8),
Formula 2: 1 (8), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (4), 5 (8), 6 (7), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (12), 11 (7), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (7), 15 (8), 16 (8), 17 (2), 18 (8), 19 (), 20 (14), 21 (8), 22 (8), 23 (8),
State of preservation
deficient
Condition
The Ms. is badly affected by humidity. The front board is missing; the back board is cracked and detached from the text block. The sewing has been repaired. Some fols. are missing and many are misplaced. check the viewer146-160 are damaged, with the loss of text.
Binding
Two wooden boards (the front board is missing). Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Holes are visible in the centre fold of the quires.
Binding material
wood
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 41
H | 234mm |
W | 147mm |
Intercolumn | 12mm |
Margins | |
top | 28 |
bottom | 28 |
right | 42 |
left | 14 |
intercolumn | 12 |
Ms Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Bet Ḥāwāryāt, SSB-002 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 203mm, object width is: 205mm, computed height is: 290mm and object height is: 300mm.Layout note 1
Ruling
- (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C.
- The upper line is written below the ruling.
- The bottom line is written above the ruling. On some fols. (e.g., 14r, 146rv, 147v, 148v) the bottom ruled line is not used.
Pricking
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
Other
- The sign serves as a text divider and occurs throughout the Ms., extended by coronis.
CruxAnsata
Yes
CruxAnsata: The sign serves as a text divider and occurs throughout the Ms., extended by coronis.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Regular, careful
Ink: Black, red
Rubrication: Nomina sacra; a few lines (alternating with black lines) on the incipit page of Text I-1; incipits of Texts I-2 and I-3; incipits of sections containing feast names; names of antiphons occasionally followed by feast names (e.g., wāzemā, mazmur, qǝnnǝwat, salām, yǝtbārak, za-tǝnśāʾe ʿǝzl); initial words of antiphones; intratextual musical signs (e.g., ba-4 bǝḍu ʾantä Yoḥannǝs ba-zä yǝbǝl, ba-4 za-mäṣʾa ʾǝm-dǝḫrä nabiyāt); the word haleluya; chains of red and black dots separating groups of antiphons; elements of the punctuation signs; crux ansata-signs or their elements; Ethiopic numerals or their elements. In the word haleluya (fol. 18ra) some strokes of the letters are rubricated.
Date: First half of the 15th century
First half of the 15th centuryAbbreviations
Hand 2
Script: Ethiopic
- Numerals are written without the dashes above and below,Hand 3
Script: Ethiopic
- the vowel marker of ሎ is attached directly to the right leg at the upper part,Hand 4
Script: Ethiopic
- archaic form of “one” (፩ triangular, upwards oriented),Hand 5
Script: Ethiopic
- archaic form of “two”,Hand 6
Script: Ethiopic
- archaic shape of ጵ.Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
Use the tag BetMas:ESssb002 in your public hypothes.is annotations which refer to this entity.