Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Bet Ḥāwāryāt, SSB-006
Susanne Hummel (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Gadla Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi "Vita of Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi" / Taʾammǝra Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi "Miracles of Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi" / Malkǝʾa Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi "Image of Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi" / Gadla Gabra Krǝstos "Vita of Gabra Krǝstos [St Alexius]"
Number of Text units: 2
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Summary
Contents
Incipit ( ):
Explicit ( ):
The explicit of Text I as presented in I. GUIDI, Il "Gadla ʼAragâwi", Roma 1895 (pp. 35-36 starting with the words: ተፈጸመ፡ ገድሉ፡ ወተኣምሪሁ፡ ለብእሴ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ቅዱስ፡ ወብፁዕ፡ አቡነ፡ አረጋዊ...) is missing. For the collection of miracles of Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi see A. BRITA, I Racconti Tradizionali sulla "Seconda Cristianizzazione" dell'Etiopia, il Ciclo Agriografico dei Nove Santi, Napoli 2010, pp. 232-34. Text IV comprises the "List of Saints" (check the viewer63ra l.2-64vb l.20), the "Song of Dāwit" (check the viewer64vb l.20-69va l.7) and the longer version of the kidan-scene (check the viewer66ra l.22-69ra l.4).
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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: Purchase note.
The note, dated to 10 Ṭǝqǝmt 1933 A.M. (= 17 June 1941 A.D.), mentions the seller ʾalaqā ʿAynä Kʷǝllu Gabra Śǝllāse (of Qäqäma?), the purchaser priest Dästa Kidānu (of?) Beta Ḥawāryāt and the witnesses of the transaction. The Ms. was purchased for 28 Bǝrr. It is crudely written in Amharic. There are fingerprints at the end of the note.
Extras
- - Lacunae left for rubricated names are not filled in all texts. - Crude drawings and doodles, in pen and pencil: , 2rv, 44r.
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(Type: findingAid)
- Monthly readings are indicated by the names of the months written in the upper margin of some fols., in ink, felt pen and pencil: ዘወርኃ: ኅዳር: check the viewerfol. 16r ዘወርኃ: ታኅሳስ: check the viewerfol. 18r ዘጥር: check the viewerfol. 19v ዘወርኃ: የካቲት: check the viewerfol. 21r ዘመጋቢት: check the viewerfol. 21v ዘሚያዝያ: check the viewerfol. 24v ዘግንቦት: check the viewerfol. 26r ዘሰኔ: check the viewerfol. 27v ዘሐምሌ: check the viewerfol. 30v ዘነሐሴ: check the viewerfol. 31v ዘመስከረም: check the viewerfol. 34r .
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 , 8 s, 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: - check the viewer5r (incipit page of Text I): coloured (red and black) ornamental band; geometric motifs.
- frame: - check the viewer16r (incipit page of the readings for the month Ḫǝdār): coloured (red and black) ornamental band; geometric motifs.
- frame: - check the viewer18r (incipit page of the readings for the month Tāḫśāś): coloured (red and black) ornamental band; geometric motifs.
- frame: - check the viewer21r (incipit page of the readings for the month Yakkātit): coloured (red and black) ornamental band; floral motifs.
- frame: - check the viewer24v (incipit page of the readings for the month Miyāzyā): coloured (red and black) ornamental band; geometric motifs.
- frame: - check the viewer26r (incipit page of the readings for the month Gǝnbot): coloured (red and black) ornamental band; geometric motifs.
- frame: - check the viewer47r (incipit page of Text III): coloured (red and black) ornamental band; floral motifs.
- frame: - check the viewer50r (incipit page of Text IV): coloured (red and black) ornamental band; geometric motifs.
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 4v:
St. Zä-Mikaʾel ʾArägawi, Archangel Michael and a snake (?).
Other Decorations
- drawing:
check the viewerf. 76r:
St Mary with the Child, two angels and three human figures.
Catalogue Bibliography
This manuscript has no restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 260 |
Width | 195 |
Depth | 55 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 |
|
A(4/fols. 1r-4v) | |
2 | 8 |
|
[፩]I(8/fols. 5r-12v) | |
3 | 8 |
|
፪II(8/fols. 13r-20v) | |
4 | 8 |
|
፫III(8/fols. 21r-28v) | |
5 | 8 |
|
፬IV(8/fols. 29r-36v) | |
6 | 8 |
|
፭V(8/fols. 37r-44v) | |
7 | 8 |
|
፮VI(8/fols. 45r-52v) | |
8 | 8 |
|
፯VII(8; s.l.: 3, stub after 6; 6, stub after 3/fols. 53r-60v) | |
9 | 8 |
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፰VIII(8/fols. 61r-68v) | |
10 | 8 |
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፱ IX(8/fols. 69r-76v) | |
11 | 4 |
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B(4/fols. 77r-80v) |
Collation diagrams
A(4/fols. 1r-4v)
Quire ID:q1
[፩]I(8/fols. 5r-12v)
Quire ID:q2
፪II(8/fols. 13r-20v)
Quire ID:q3
፫III(8/fols. 21r-28v)
Quire ID:q4
፬IV(8/fols. 29r-36v)
Quire ID:q5
፭V(8/fols. 37r-44v)
Quire ID:q6
፮VI(8/fols. 45r-52v)
Quire ID:q7
፯VII(8; s.l.: 3, stub after 6; 6, stub after 3/fols. 53r-60v)
Quire ID:q8
፰VIII(8/fols. 61r-68v)
Quire ID:q9
፱ IX(8/fols. 69r-76v)
Quire ID:q10
B(4/fols. 77r-80v)
Quire ID:q11
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(4/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (4), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (4),
Formula 2: 1 (4), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (4),
State of preservation
good
Condition
Holes and tears amended on check the viewer26 , 48, 64.
Binding
Two wooden boards covered with reddish-brown tooled leather; textile inlays. Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Two pairs of chains of endband stitches at the spine cover.
Binding material
wood
leather
textile
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 22
H | 182mm |
W | 155mm |
Intercolumn | 10mm |
Margins | |
top | 27 |
bottom | 47 |
right | 25 |
left | 15 |
intercolumn | 15 |
Ms Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Bet Ḥāwāryāt, SSB-006 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 195mm, object width is: 195mm, computed height is: 256mm and object height is: 260mm.Layout 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.
Pricking
- Ruling and pricking are visible.
- Primary pricks are partly visible.
- Ruling pricks are partly visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Scribe: ʿAynä Kʷǝllu Gabra Śǝllāse scribe
Script: Ethiopic
Poor and irregular
Ink: Black, red
Rubrication: Nomina sacra, names of the protagonists, a few other names (e.g., Madḫāne ʿĀlam, Dabra Dāmmo); a few lines on the incipit page of all texts, incipit of (sub)sections of Texts I, II and IV; Hebrew letters in Text IV (fol. 69va), world salām "salutation" and its abbreviations in Text III; elements of the punctuation signs; elements of Ethiopic numerals.
Date: Beginning of the 20th century
ʿAynä Kʷǝllu Gabra Śǝllāse scribe According to Additio 1, ʾalaqā ʿAynä Kʷǝllu Gabra Śǝllāse (of Qäqäma?) sold the Ms. Probably he is also the scribe.Beginning of the 20th centuryAbbreviations
Hand 2
Script: Ethiopic
The handwriting is characterized by very peculiar shapes of some letters, e.g., ላ and ካ have the left leg highly raised, the right one set on the ruling line.More bibliography
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Susanne Hummel, Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻBǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Bet Ḥāwāryāt, SSB-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/ESssb006 [Accessed: 2024-04-26+02:00]
Revisions of the data
- 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 30.9.2014
- Susanne Hummel Susanne Hummel: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 6.3.2013
- Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 29.11.2010
Attributions of the contents
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor