colophon

A colophon refers to production stages of the entire manuscript only and is usually found to the end, in rare cases to the beginning of the manuscript. Even if this is short and contains no date, it is still a colophon. The core formulas are: ዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ተፈጸመት፡, or ተጽሕፈ፡ ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡, መልአ᎓ ጽሕፈቱ᎓ ለ… , or similar.

Examples of colophons recorded in Ethio-Spare are the following:

1. In QS-006, it is placed at the beginning (possibly the same in other Deggwa manuscripts) and refers to the beginning of the copying.
2. In AP-008, f. 140v, it refers to the beginning and the end of the copying: ዘተወጥነ᎓ በዘመነ᎓ ማቴዎስ᎓ ተፈጸመ᎓ በዘመነ᎓ ማርቆስ᎓ በዘመነ᎓ ሢመቱ᎓ ለዘሚካኤል።
3. Short colophons: e.g. QSM-002; MY-018.
4. Very long colophons extended with narratives: AQG-19rv (“rejected leaf”); Bausi 2016, 248, colophon in Octateuch of Dabra Bizan f. 574; 247-48, the so-called “Operetta di Arkaledes”, “Operetta di Yostinos”. Probably Bausi 2016, 245, colophon in BritLib Orient. 691. Bausi 2016:255, colophon of a hagiographic manuscript from Tigray.

Inside any <msItem>↗ in the description of the contents a <colophon>↗ with @xml:id with value coloph can be used to enter the text of the Colophon and a description.

               <colophon xml:lang="gez" xml:id="coloph1">
                  <locus from="49rb" n="28"></locus>
                  በአስተሐምሞ፡ በትእዛዘ። እግዚአብሔር፡ ገበርክዎ፡ ለዝንቱ፡ ነገር ።
               </colophon>
            

Bilingual colophons can have a <foreign>↗ element with @xml:lang of the second language used (see e.g. ESakm010).

               <colophon xml:id="coloph1" xml:lang="gez">
                  <locus target="#60r">60r</locus>
                  ተጽሕፈ፡ በ፲፱፻፵ወ፬ዓ፡ም፡ በ፫መስከረም፡ ዝመጽሐፍ፡ ዘተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ እምነቱ፡ ዘወሀቦ፡ ለደብረ፡ ሊባኖስ፡ ሀገሩ፡ አንበሰት፡ ፍቃዳ፡ እዛ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ንዕሽቶይ፡ ኮይና፡ ከይትረአየኩም፡ ዓባይ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ እያ፡ እሞ፡ አብ፡ ብራና፡ ከምቶውርሱዋ፡ ግበሩ።
                  <foreign xml:lang="tr">ሐደራኹም፡ እብለኩም፡ አነ፡ ቀ፡ ወልደ፡ ትንሣኤ፡ ጸሐፊኡ፡</foreign>
                  ....
               </colophon>
            

Translations of the colophon should occur in the translation of the manuscript transcription, if any, inside a <div type='translations'>↗.

You can use @type with values like subscription as in SMM-003.

Paragraphic information on the colophon can be entered inside <colophon>↗ in a <note>↗, as in this example from DSEthiop7:

               <colophon xml:id="coloph1" xml:lang="ti">
                  <locus target="#73v"></locus>
                  <note>Short colophon written in the main hand, mentioning only the day of the week (Tuesday),
                     followed by a Tigrinya note stating that the manuscript was owned by <persName ref="PRS12557Barha"></persName>.</note>
                  ተፈጸመ፡ በዕለተ፡ ሠሉስ፡ እዚ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ናይ፡ <persName ref="PRS12557Barha">በርሄ</persName>፡ እዩ፡፡
               </colophon>
               
            

<content>                        
                        <sequence>
                            <macroRef key="macro.phraseSeq"></macroRef>
                            <classRef key="tei_model.biblLike" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"></classRef>
                        </sequence>
                    </content>

                            <colophon xml:id="coloph1" xml:lang="la">
                                <date when="1620-10"></date>
                                <persName role="scribe" ref="PRS11309Alphonsus">Alphonsus Paulinus
                                    Romanus</persName>
                                <placeName ref="Q220">Romæ</placeName> scribebat anno <date>1629,
                                    mense Octobris.</date>
                            </colophon>