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Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, ʿUrā Qirqos, UM-058

Massimo Villa (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin

This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography

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ʿUrā Qirqos[view repository]

Collection: Ethio-SPaRe

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General description

Nagaśt dāgǝmāwi “The Second (Book) of Kings” / Nagaśt śalǝsāwi “The Third (Book) of Kings” / Nagaśt rabǝʿāwi “The Fourth (Book) of Kings”

Number of Text units: 4

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Original Location: ʿUrā Qirqos↗

Mid-13th – mid-14th cent. (?)

Summary

I) Nagaśt dāgǝmāwi “The Second (Book) of Kings” [Samuel 2] (fols. 1ra-10vb), incomplete (starting from 17:17, the beginning is missing) II) Nagaśt śalǝsāwi “The Third (Book) of Kings” [Kings 1] (fols. 11ra-51rb, 55r-56v, 65rv) III) Nagaśt rabǝʿāwi “The Fourth (Book) of Kings” [Kings 2] (fols. 51va-54vb, 57ra-64v, 66r-79rb, 83va-86rb), incomplete, fols. are misplaced, the end is missing.
  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 1ra–86rb ), Books of Kings
    1. ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 1ra–10vb ), Nagaśt dāgǝmāwi “The Second (Book) of Kings” [Samuel 2]
    2. ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 11ra–51rb, check the viewer55r–56v, check the viewer65rv ), Nagaśt śalǝsāwi “The Third (Book) of Kings” [Kings 1]
    3. ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 51va–54vb, check the viewer57ra–64v, check the viewer66r–79rb, check the viewer83va–86rb ), Nagaśt rabǝʿāwi “The Fourth (Book) of Kings” [Kings 2]

Contents

check the viewerFols 1ra–86rb Books of Kings (CAe 1719)
check the viewerFols 51va–54vb, check the viewer57ra–64v, check the viewer66r–79rb, check the viewer83va–86rb Nagaśt rabǝʿāwi “The Fourth (Book) of Kings” [Kings 2] (CAe 2700) The correct order of the fols. would be: 51, 52, 61, 69-70, 72-78, 58, 53, [a portion is missing] 62, 68, 59, 83-86, [a portion is missing] 67, 60, 71, [a portion is missing and can be found in Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, ʿUrā Qirqos, UM-050], 66, 57, 54, the end is missing.

Additions In this unit there are in total .

    Extras

    1. Omitted letters, words, or passages inserted interlineally: e.g., fols. 20va, 26ra, 29va, 34ra, 36vb, 40vb, 52vb, 65ra.

    2. Omitted letters added at the beginning of the line: fols. 18va, 35rb.

    3. Omitted letters added at the end of the line: check the viewerfol. 18va .

    4. Erasures: e.g., fols. 17rb, 25ra, 32ra, 43va, 56rb, 75ra.

    5. Corrections written over erasures in the main hand: fols. 30vb, 35rb, 38ra, 40vb, 73ra.

    6. Immediate corrections indicated by a frame around the letters: check the viewerfol. 42ra .

    7. The scribe used compressed script: fols. 10vb, 39va, 54ra, 58ra.

    8. Rubricated chapter titles in the upper margin of many leaves: e.g., fols. 22vb, 31ra, 49vb, 52ra, 54ra.

    Catalogue Bibliography

    This manuscript has no restorations.

    Physical Description

    Form of support

    Parchment Codex

    Extent

    Made of 88.0 (leaf) .Entered as 88.0 folios, in (quire) .Entered as quires . 306 230
    Outer dimensions
    Height 306
    Width 230
    Depth

    Foliation

    check the viewer80-83 , 87-88 could not be photographed due to poor condition of the Ms.

    Quire Structure Collation

    State of preservation

    deficient

    Condition

    The boards are missing. The sewing is damaged. Many leaves are severely damaged by rodents with the loss of text, especially at the beginning (fols. 1-47). Many leaves are severely stained with water, especially at the end of the Ms. (check the viewer63-88 ), are cockled and stuck to each other. Many leaves are misplaced, many are missing, Text I and possibly III are incomplete. Text on some fols. is barely legible due to faded ink: e.g., check the viewer59r , 60r, 67v, 71v. Cuts on check the viewer16 , 25, 34. The spine and edges could not be photographed because of the poor condition of the Ms.

    Binding

    Two wooden boards (both missing). Two pairs of sewing stations.

    Sewing Stations

    4

    Binding material

    wood

    Layout

    Layout note 1

    Number of columns: 2

    Number of lines: 28

    H 229mm
    W 174mm
    Intercolumn 14mm
    Margins
    top 31
    bottom 45
    right 36
    left 20
    intercolumn 14
    ff. 1-56, 58-59, 61-65, 67-70, 72-79r, 83v-86r. All data for check the viewer48r .

    Ms Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, ʿUrā Qirqos, UM-058 main part

    looks ok for measures computed width is: 230mm, object width is: 230mm, computed height is: 305mm and object height is: 306mm.

    Layout note 1

    Number of columns: 2

    Number of lines: 34

    H 219mm
    W 174mm
    Intercolumn 14mm
    Margins
    top 28
    bottom 59
    right 34
    left 20
    intercolumn 14
    check the viewer57 , 60, 66, 71. All data for check the viewer60r .

    Ms Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, ʿUrā Qirqos, UM-058 main part

    looks ok for measures computed width is: 228mm, object width is: 230mm, computed height is: 306mm and object height is: 306mm.

    Layout note 1

    Ruling
    • 29 on some fols.
    • (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1J-1J-1J1J/0-0/0-0/C.
    • The upper line is written below the ruling.
    • The bottom line is written above the ruling.
    • 35 lines on (Excerpt from check the viewer66)
      and 71.
    • (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1J-1J-1J1J/0-0/0-0/C.
    • The upper line is written below the ruling.
    • The bottom line is written above the ruling.
    • (Subtype: pattern) The ruling pattern cannot be assessed with certainty due to present condition of the Ms.
    Pricking
    • Ruling and pricking are visible.
    • Primary pricks are partly visible.
    • Ruling pricks are partly visible.
    • Ruling and pricking are visible.
    • Primary pricks are partly visible.
    • Ruling pricks are partly visible.
    Other

    CruxAnsata

    Yes

    CruxAnsata: the crux ansata and the coronis (together or not) are used in the margin of the text, marking the caesura (e.g.check the viewerFols. 1ra, 52vb)
    )

    Palaeography

  1. Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Fine, regular.

    Ink: Black; red.

    Rubrication: Several groups of lines on the incipit page of Texts II and III, alternating with black lines; concluding formula of Texts I and II; chapter titles; elements of the punctuation signs and of the text dividers, crux ansata, coronis, qom-sign, zǝya-sign.

    Date: Mid-13th – mid-14th century (?)

    Mid-13th – mid-14th century (?) The Ms. is written in the same ancient hand j as the text on check the viewer153rv inUM-050(Kings 2 18:32-19:15). The leaf should be placed before check the viewer66 . Some ancient/distinctive features:

    2. Keywords

    Old Testament

    Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    availability

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    date
    2016-06-07T17:47:49.65+02:00
    date
    type=expanded
    2022-01-05T13:36:28.446+01:00
    date
    type=lastModified
    26.4.2019
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESum058
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/ESum058
    idno
    type=filename
    ESum058.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    ESum058

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    Massimo Villa, Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻBǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, ʿUrā Qirqos, UM-058ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 26.4.2019) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESum058 [Accessed: 2024-04-26+02:00]

    Revisions of the data

    • Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: split new extras on 26.4.2019
    • Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: added missing extras from domlib on 25.4.2019
    • Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: started adjustment to schema on 29.3.2019
    • 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 13.9.2015
    • Massimo Villa Massimo Villa: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 5.3.2015
    • Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 8.6.2014

    Attributions of the contents

    Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor

    Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor

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