Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, ʿUrā Qirqos, UM-027

Additions In this unit there are in total 5 s, 2 , 1 , 1 , 1 , 1 , 1 .

1. check the viewerf. 82ra (Type: Inventory)

   Inventory of items donated to Qǝfrǝyā by Tanśǝʾa Krǝstos in the time of King Baʾǝda Māryām.

   ( gez ) አነ፡ ተንሥአ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ዘወሀብኩ፡ ለቅፍርያ፡ መካን፡ ለቤተ፡ መስቀል፡ እንዘ፡ ንጉሥ፡ በእደ፡ ማርያም፡ ዘተሰመየ፡ ደዊት፡ አሐዱ፡ በርይታ፡ ካባቴ፡ አበሳ፡ ሰባቱ፡ ጸምር፡ ቀሚስ፡ ሰባቱ፡ ምጣሕት፡ ክልኤቱ፡ መንጦላዕት፡ አሐዱ፡ ብዙት፡ ኢትርስዑኒ

   The note is written in a crude hand; it mentions King Baʾǝda Māryām (r. 1468-78).

2. check the viewerf. 82va (Type: Inventory)

   Inventory of items donated to Qǝfrǝya by King Sayfa ʾĀrʿad, an unnamed "head of the monastery", and malāke bāḥǝr Bǝlen Sagadā.

   ( gez ) አልባሰ፡ ዘወሀበ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ሰይፈ፡ አርዓድ፡ ለመካነ፡ ቅፍርያ፡ ፬፡ መከቱብ። ፬፡ ሞጣኅት፡ ዘመከቱብ። ፫፡ መርዋይ፡ ግብረ፡ መርፍእ፡ አልባሰ፡ ዘወሀበ፡ አሐዱ፡ አብ፡ ምኔት፡ ዘቅፍርያ፡ ፪፡ ቀሚስ፡ ፫፡ ጻሕለ፡ ኪዳን፡ ፬፡ አኵመም፡ አሐዱ፡ ግብረ፡ መርፍእ። ፫፡ መንጦላዕት፡ ፪፡ መጽሐፍ። ፬፡ ብዙት። ። ዘወሀበ፡ ብሌን፡ ሰገዳ፡ መላኬ፡ ባሕር፡ ፬፡ ሐሪር፡ ወ፬፡ መርዋይ፡ ፰ዘንጉሥ፡ ወ፰፡ ዘአበ፡ ምኔት፡ ፳ወ፰፡ በመዋዕለ፡ አሐዱ፡ አበ፡ ምኔት፡ ይምሐሮሙ፡ በጸሎተ፡ መስቀል፡ ወበጸሎተ፡ ማርያም፡ ወበጸሎተ፡ ሚካኤል፡ ወበጸሎተ፡ ገብርኤል፡ በመንግሥተ፡ ሰማያት፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ይምሐሮሙ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፡ ወኤሜን፡ ይኩን።

   The note is written in a trained hand; it describes a rich donation to the church of Qǝfrǝyā made by King Sayfa ʾĀrʿad (r. 1344-71) and others. The hand appears old, but it is questionable if it can be dated to Sayfa ʾĀrʿad’s period.

3. check the viewerf. 82vb (Type: Record)

   Record concerning donation to Qǝfrǝyā made by Tanśǝʾa Krǝstos.

   ( gez ) በአኰቴተ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አጽሐፍኩ፡ አነ፡ ተንሥአ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ዘፍቅርያ፡ መካን፡ ዘከመ፡ ረተዕክዎ፡ በሥዩመ፡ ግሎ፡ መከዳ፡ ስም፡ ዘአነ፡ በሰርሐ፡ ከተማ፡ ዘብሌን፡ እንዘ፡ መኩንን፡ እደ፡ ወርቅ፡ ወመለከንያ፡ ገብረ፡ ቂርቆስ፡ ወርእስ፡ መጼን፡ ኖብ፡ ወባኅር፡ እንባ፡ ማማስ፡ ዘከመ፡ ተገበተ፡ በአክሱም፡ ገንታ፡ ወርቅ፡ ወአግባእክዎ፡ ሕልቆ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ወዘንተ፡ አእምሩ፡ ደቂቀ፡ መካን፡ ለደሐሪ

   Written in the same crude, old hand as Additio 1.

4. check the viewerf. 126vb (Type: Directive)

   Directive for the ministers.

   ( gez ) ስብከተ፡ ሆሣዕና፡ ቅድመ፡ ኵሉ፡ ንፍሑ፡ ቀርነ፡ በዕለተ፡ ሠርቅ፡ በእበርተ፡ በዓልነ፡ እስመ፡ ስርአቱ፡ በእስራኤል፡ ውእቱ።

5. check the viewerf. 127ra-b (Type: Inventory)

   : Inventory of the books and holy utensils (of Qǝfrǝyā ʿUrā Masqal?).

   ( gez ) ወንጌል፡ ፬፡ ኦሪት፡ ነገሥት። ኢሳይያስ። ኤርምያስ። ሄኖክ። ሕዝቅኤል። ዕዝራ። ምሳልያተ፡ ሰሎሞን። ሄርማ። ድርሳን፡ ፭። አፈወርቅ፡ ፪፡ ገድለ፡ ሐዋርያት። ገድለ፡ ሰማዕት፡ ፪። ሕብረተ፡ ቃላት፡ ፪። ሰዓታት፡ ፬። በርባራ፡ ዜና፡ አበው። እንባቆም። ዲድስቅልያ። ጳውሉስ፡ ፫። ሐዋርያ፡ ፪። ሲኖዶስ። ኪዳን፡ ፪፡ ቀኖና። መጽሐፈ፡ ምህልላ። ቅዱስ፡ ፫። ጸሎተ፡ ቊርባን፡ ፪። ቃሌ፡ ምንጦስ። ግብጻዊ። ጎርጎርዮስ። ቊስቋም። መጽሐፈ፡ ዕረፍታ፡ ለማርያም። ተአምረ፡ ጊዮርጊስ። ክርስጢና<…>ጳውሎስ፡ አርአያ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ፪። ገድለ፡ እንድርያኖስ። ንስሓ፡ ጽገት። ብንያሚ። ንስሓ፡ አዳም። ዘገብረ፡ እንድርያስ። ሰላም፡ ፬። መዝሙር፡ ፪፡ ይትባረከ፡ ፪። ውዳሴ፡ ማርያም፡ ፪። ፍልሰተ፡ ማርያም፡ ፪። አርያም፡ ፪። ዋዜማ። ሃለላት፡ ፪። ስምዓኒ፡ ፪። ሰዓታት፡ አዳም፡ ምስለ፡ ኢየሱስ። ስብሐተ፡ ነግህ። ቅንዋት። ሊጦን። ዳዊት። ገድለ፡ ፈያታዊ። ክብር፡ ይእቲ። ርእየ፡ በርቶሎሜዎስ።<...>፫ ሰርፍ። ፬ጺባግ። ፬፡ ርክቱብ። ፬፡ ቀሚስ። ፭፡ ሞጣኅት። ፫፡ ቅጥብ። ፬ጻዕዳ፡ ሐሪር። ፬፡ ጻሕል። ፫፡ ጽዋዕ። ፪፡ አውደ፡ ጻሕል። ፪፡ ዕርፈ፡ መስቀል። ፫፡ መግነዝ። ፬፡ ዘጽዋዕ። ፬ጻሕለ፡ ክዳን። ፪፡ አኲማም። ፪፡ ኲስኲስት። ፰፡ መስቀል፡ ዘብርት። ፭፡ ማዕተበ፡ ቀዋሚ። ፭፡ ማዕተብ፡ እድ። ፬፡ ይርዕየነ። ባሬታ። ፪፡ መደወል። ጸናጽል። ፪፡ ብዙት። ፬ቅስዬ። ፳ወ፬፡ ልብስ። ፪፡ ማዕጣንት። ፬፡ መንበር። ፬፡ መብራህት። ፶፫። ፲ወ፫፡ ወርቅ። ፬፡ ብሩር፡ ወኈልቆሙ፡ ፻፸ወ፬

   The note is written in a 15th-cent. hand.

6. check the viewerf. 127va (Type: Inventory)

   Inventory of donated items (?).

   ( gez ) <...>በመንጦላዕት፡ ፬፡ ቀሚስ፡<...>ፍሉስ፡ ፬፡ ሰምዓ፡ ፬፡ ዘንተ፡ ዘወሀበ፡ ፬ል ፈለሲ፡ ዘመጽአ፡ እምርሑቅ፡<...>፡ መስቀለ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ለማርያም፡ ፬፡ ለገብርኤል፡ በከመ፡ ይቤ፡ እግ<...>፡ በወንጌል፡<...>እምዘ<...>፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አባእኩ፡ ወ<...>፡ ስምየ፡<...>፡ መጽሐፈ፡<...>፡ በከመ፡<...>፡ አስማቲሆሙ፡<...>፡ ፍቅሩ፡ ለክርስቶስ፡ ወኪያከሙኒ፡ ይዘከርክመ፡ በምጽአቱ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ዘዉስተ፡ ስንሐቲሁ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።

   The text of the note is abraded, for the most part poorly legible.

7. check the viewerf. 127vb (Type: CalendaricNote)

   : Chronological record.

   ( gez ) በዘሀሎነ፡ በመዋዕለ፡ ማርቆስ፡ ወንጌላዊ፡...

   Written in the same hand as Additio 4. The record refers to 306 year of mercy, the year of Mark, which can be 1654 A.D.

8. check the viewerf. 202va (Type: Record)

   : Record concerning land possession and tributes Qǝfrǝyā ʿUrā Masqal.

   ( gez ) ስምዑ፡ አባዊነ፡ ወአሐዊነ፡ ምድር፡ ዘቅፍርያ፡ መካን፡ በዑራ፡ ፳፡ በሐገረ፡ ሕሴ፡ ፫ማየ፡ መሬት፡ ፫ጸቀምጤ፡ ፫ዐደ፡ ቄሶ፡ ፪ሰጦ፡ ፪ብርክቶ፡ ፭ደንጕሎ፡ ፲፪፡ ይእዜሰ፡ ኮነ፡ ፫፡ ዝንቱ፡ ገራ[ህ]ተ፡ ዘቤተ፡ መስቀል፡ ወመባእኔ፡ ነበረ፡ ቀድመ፡ ለለ፡ ብሔሩ፡ ዕንተላም፡ ይእዜሰ፡ ኮነ፡ ካ{ዕ}በ። ወንፍቅ፡ ሰላም፡ መስሐል፡ ወእገብቶ፡ ዘጸሐፈ፡<...>

9. check the viewer260vb (Type: Inventory)

   Inventory of items donated to several churches.

   ( gez ) በአኰተተ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ወሀብኩ፡ ንዋይየ፡ ለመስቀለ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ወለማርያም፡ ወለገብርኤል፡ ለቅፍርያ፡ መካን፡ ፬ሳግ፡ ወመንዙሌ፡ ወዳዊት፡ ወ፪፡ ደቂቅየ፡ ሀሎነ፡ ንብል፡ ወእግዚእ፡ ረድእነ፡ ወመንበረ፡ ኀጺን፡ ሠናይ፡ ከመ፡ ይዘክረኒ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ በመንግሥቱ፡ ወአንትመሂ፡ ካህናት፡ ከመ፡ ኢትርስዑኒ፡ በጊዜ፡ ጸባ[እ]ት፡ ወቊርባን፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለመ፡ አሜን፡ ወአመ፡ ፲፮፡ ለግንቦት፡ ዘአዕረፈ፡ አይሕስመ፡ ነ፡ አሜ[ን]፡ እ

10. check the viewer262r (Type: LandGrant)

    Record concerning a land grant of King Lǝbna Dǝngǝl (r. 1508-40) for commemoration (tazkār) of qays ḥaḍay ʾĀskāl.

    ( gez ) በአኰተተ፡ አብ፡ ወወልደ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ወሀበ፡ ንጉሥነ፡ ልብነ፡ ድንግል፡ ምድረ፡ ወሃቢት፡ [ለ]ተዝካረ፡ አስካል፡ ቀይስ፡ ሐፀይ፡ አመ፡ ሐሙሱ፡ ለስኔ፡ ወአመ፡ ሰዱሱ፡ ኅዳር፡ ይግበሩ፡ ተዝካሩ፡ በቊስቋም፡ ወትስፋ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ዐቀቢሁ፡ ወልደ፡ ሰመረ፡ ለትውልደ፡ ትውልድ፡ ወለመስቀል፡ ዘተውሀበ፡ ዝንቱ፡ ኵሉ፡ እመሂ፡ መኰንን፡ ወእመሂ፡ ንቡረ፡ ዕድ፡ ወእመሂ፡ አውፋሪ፡ ወጉዛነ፡ ይኩኑ፡ በአፈ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ዘኢይትፈተሕ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን።

11. check the viewer263ra (Type: CommemorativeNote)

    Record concerning the commemoration of nǝburā ʾǝd Tanśǝʾa Krǝstos and Samra Krǝstos (7 Gǝnbot).

    ( gez ) በአኰተተ፡ አብ፡ ወወልደ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አጽሐፍነ፡ ዘንተ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ኀቢረነ፡ ደቂቀ፡ ቅፍርያ፡ ካህናት፡ ወመነኮሳት፡ አመ፡ ፯፡ ለግንቦት፡ በእንተ፡ ተዝካሮሙ፡ ለአቡነ፡ ተንሥአ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ንቡረ፡ እድ፡ ወሰምረ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ወይሰሀለነ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ እርድእቶሙ፡ ፪፡ ወዘንተ፡ ዘአጽሐፉ፡ ከመ፡ ይዝክርዎሙ

    The note tells that the "book" was commissioned by the “children of Qǝfrǝyā”, to commemorate, on the 7th of Gǝnbot nǝbura ʾǝd ʾabuna Tänśǝʾa Krǝstos and Yǝsahlännä Krǝstos.

12. check the viewerf. 263ra-b check the viewer126vb

    Inventory of books of the church of Qǝfrǝyā ʿUrā Masqal.

    ( gez ) ወመጻሕፍትኒ፡ ዘቅርያ፡ ፴ወ፬፡ ግብረ፡ ሕማማት፡ ፪፡ ገድለ፡ ሰማዕት፩፡…

    The note is written in the same hand as Additio 7 and the directive for the ministers on .

Extras

1. (Type: findingAid)

   - Coloured and white threads are inserted in the edges of some folios.

Decoration In this unit there are in total 4 s, 2 .

Miniatures notes

1. miniature: check the viewerFol. 6r:

   "The Fountain of Life".

2. miniature: check the viewerFol. 6v:

   Crucifixion.

Other Decorations

1. drawing: check the viewerFol. 7r

   The Epistle of Eusebius to Carpianus (generic record) (CAe 1349) , on three pages, is misplaced. The first two pages run between check the viewerfols 7r–7v, the third is on check the viewerfol. 2r . The letter is placed under brightly coloured arches that rest on curtained columns . Several birds are placed atop the arches, facing towards the keystone. The opening check the viewerfol. 7r features, as conventional, a pair of peacocks, and two parrots. The inscriptions are badly damaged, but it is just possible to make out [ ጣዎስ፡] next to the peacock to the right and ዱራ፡ next to the parrot to the left. The remaining two pages, which would have originally been juxtaposed, feature a symmetrical compositions of long-neck birds. The captions are no longer intelligible.

2. drawing: check the viewerFol. 2v

   The Canon Tables run between check the viewerfols 2v–5v . The artists adopts the same decorative devices used to frame the preceding letter. The tables are placed under brightly coloured arches that rest on curtained columns . A number of floral elements and birds , placed symmetrically, are placed atop the arches, namely. The ones on check the viewer3v–4r are labelled as ጢር፡ and ከራዊያ፡; those on check the viewer4v–5r as ጢር፡ and ዱራ፡. The only legible label on check the viewer5v identifies one of the birds as a ጕዕራ፡.

3. drawing: check the viewerFol. 6r

   A representation of the Tempietto follows, as is conventional, the Eusebian Apparatus. Highly stylized, it features six columns , an pattern, a , and a low chancel. The convex lines of the roof terminate in a shaped element. Plants and animals, symmetrically arranged around the building , evoke the garden of Paradise. These include numerous birds (ዱራ፡ ሰገን፡ ጢር፡ ጕዕራ፡), two antelopes, each identified as ባቡላ፡, and two trees, labelled as ዕፀ፡ ገነት።.

4. drawing: check the viewerFol. 6v

   The Crucifixion of Jesus miniature features an Empty Cross topped by the Lamb of God . Above it is an arch, decorated with an interlace pattern framed by coloured bands, and resting on a lintel supported by two columns . A number of colourful birds are perched between the acroteria and small tendrils that sprout above the arch, of which two are identified as ዱራ፡. It is possible that there were other captions next to the other birds, but they are not readable. Noteworthy, are the white birds (doves?) placed inside the cirmicircular panel inside the arch. The cross of the Crucifixion is jeweled. At its sides are the Sun and Moon , with anthropomorphic features. The Two Thieves , are bearded, turn their gaze upwards, and have their hands and legs bound to their crosses. The one to the right is identified by captions as ፈያታይ፡ ፀጋም፡ the caption near the one to the left is not entirely legible, but it probably originally read <ፈ> ያታ<ይ፡ ዘየማን፡> . Stephaton and Longinus, who wear pointed caps, do not hold their conventional attributes. The latter is painted frontally, whereas the former looks at the cross. The medallion beneath the arch bears the inscription: Legend: ( gez ) ነዋ፡ በግዑ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ዘያአትት፡ ኀጢአተ፡ ዓለም።