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Leicester, , Leicester, Library of the University College Leicester, 210

Vitagrazia Pisani

Newly catalogued in Beta maṣāḥǝft

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https://betamasaheft.eu/Leicester210
University of Leicester[view repository]

Collection: Special collections

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General description

Vita of Qirqos, Vita of Gabra Krǝstos (= Alexis), Dǝrsān za-darasa qǝddus Yoḥannǝs ʾeṗṗis qoṗṗos za-ʾAksum baʾǝnta ʿǝbayu wa-gadlu la-qǝddus Yǝsḥāq, Prayer of the ninth hour

Number of Text units: 4

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Original Location: Ethiopia↗

Mid-14th mid-15th century (?) (on the basis of the Palaeography). (dating on palaeographic grounds)

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 2ra–26ra1 ), Gadla Qirqos
  2. ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 27ra–52vb17 ), Gadla Gabra Krǝstos
  3. ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 53rb–86va ), Dǝrsān za-darasa qǝddus Yoḥannǝs ʾeṗṗis qoṗṗos za-ʾAksum baʾǝnta ʿǝbayu wa-gadlu la-qǝddus Yǝsḥāq
  4. ms_i4 (check the viewerFols 87ra–89vb ), Ṣalot ba-9 saʿāt

Contents

check the viewerFols 2ra–26ra1 Gadla Qirqos (CAe 1488)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 2ra በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አሐዱ፡ አምላክ፡ ገድል፡ ወስምዕ፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ ቂርቆስ፡ ወዘእሙ፡ ኢየሉጣ፡ ወዘካልአንኒ፡ ፼ወ፲፻ወ፬፻ወ፴፬ሰማዕትት፡ እለ፡ ተከለሉ፡ በመዋዕለ፡ እለ፡ እስክንድሮስ፡ መኰንን፨ ወኮነ፡ ስደት፡ ዐቢይ፡ ለአብያተ፡ ክርስቲያናት፡ ዘክርስቶስ፨

Colophon

check the viewerFols 26ra1–26rb

Scribal note on completing of the work. check the viewerFols 26ra1–26ra9, check the viewer26ra1 ተፈጸመ፡ ገድል፡ ወስምዕ፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ ቂርቆስ፡ ወዘእሙ፡ ኢየሉጣ፡ ወ፻፻ወ፬፻፴ወ፬በኂሩቱ፡ ለእግዚኣብሔር። ዘአጽንዖሙ፡ ለሰማዕት፡ ወአውረሶሙ፡ መንግሥተ፡ ሰማያት፨ አሜን፨ check the viewerFols 26ra10–26rb, check the viewer26ra10 ወከማሁ፡ ያብዝኅ፡ እግዚኣብሔር፡ ዐስቦ፡ በደብረ፡ ጽዮን፨ ለዘአጽሐፈ፡ ዘንተ፡ ገድለ፡ እኁነ፡ በኵረ፡ ጽዮን patron ፨ (…)ommission by |ምስለ፡ ጸሐፊሁ፡ ንዋየ፡ ማርያም፡ scribe ነዳይ፡ ወምስኪን፨ ወጊጉይ፡ እምኵሎሙ፡ አባስያን፨ … ለዘጸሐፎ፡ ወለዘ፡ አጽሐፎ፡ ለዘአንበቦ፡ ወለዘተርጐሞ፡ ወለዘ፡ ሰምዐ፡ ቃላቲሁ፡ ኅቡረ፡ ይምሀሮሙ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ በመንግሥተ፡ ሰማያት፡ አሜን፨ The supplication mentions the commissioner and his name, በኵረ፡ ጽዮን፡ Bakʷǝra Ṣǝyon, and the scribe, ንዋየ፡ ማርያም፡ Nǝwāya Māryām. The final part of the note (end of check the viewerfol. 26rb ) is in a compressed script. Few lines are also written over erasures.

check the viewerFols 27ra–52vb17 Gadla Gabra Krǝstos (CAe 1450)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 27ra በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አሐዱ፡ አምላክ፡ ዝንቱ፡ ዜና፡ ገድለ፡ ኂሩቱ፡ ለቅዱስ፡ ወብፁዕ፡ ብእሴ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘውእቱ፡ ገብረ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ወልደ፡ ቴዎዶስዮስ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ቍስጥንጥንያ፡↗

Supplication (Gǝʿǝz ):Supplication formula with mention of the scribe and his name, i.e. ንዋየ፡ ማርያም፡ Nǝwāya Māryām. check the viewerFols 52vb4–52vb9, check the viewer52vb4 ጸሎቱ፡ ወበረከቱ፡ ተሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ኵሉ፡ ውሉደ፡ ጥምቀት፡ ወምስለ፡ ጸሐፊሃ፡ ንዋየ፡ ማርያም፡ scribe ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፤ አሜን፤ ወአሜን፨

Colophon

check the viewerfols 52vb17–53ra, check the viewer52vb17

Supplication (following the explicit) ወለገብርከ፡ በኵረ፡ ጽዮን patron ዘአጽሐፈ፡ ዘንተ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ምስለ፡ ደቂቁ፡ ወብእሲ

ቱ፡ ወአቡሁ፡ (…)ommission by በእንተ፡ ሥጋሁ፡ ወደሙ፡ ለወልድ፡ ጌጋየ፡ ጊጉያን፡ ደምሳሲ፨ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለመ፨ አሜን፨ አሜን፨ ወአሜን፨ ለይኵን፨

The supplication is for the commissioner (with his children, his wife and his father) and for the scribe of the manuscript. It mentions the commissioner's name በኵረ፡ ጽዮን፡ Bakʷǝra Ṣǝyon (check the viewerfol. 53vb ).

check the viewerFols 53rb–86va Dǝrsān za-darasa qǝddus Yoḥannǝs ʾeṗṗis qoṗṗos za-ʾAksum baʾǝnta ʿǝbayu wa-gadlu la-qǝddus Yǝsḥāq (CAe 1285)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 53rb በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አሐዱ፡ አምላክ፨ ላዕሌሁ፡ ተወከልኩ፡ ወኪያሁ፡ ተሰፈውኩ፡ ወቦቱ፡ ተአመንኩ፡ ለበውኩ፡ ወጠየቁ፡ አእመርኩ፡ ወነገርኩ፡ ወዘአንበበኒ፡ ነበብኩ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ሥሉስ፡ ታጻኦስ፡ ዕሩይ፡ (…)ommission by ድርሳን፡ ዘደረሰ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ኤጲስ፡ ቆጶስ፡ ዘአክሱም፡↗

Colophon

check the viewerfols 86va3–86vb, check the viewer86va3

Supplication (following the explicit) ለዘጸሐፎ፡ ንዋየ፡ ማርያም፡ scribe ወለዘአጽሐፎ፡ በኵረ፡ ጽዮን patron ኅቡረ፡ ይምሐሮሙ፡ እግዚኣብሔር፡ በመንግሥተ፡ ሰማያት፡ በእንተ፡ ኪዳኑ፡ ለአቡነ፡ ገሪማ፡ መናኔ፡ (…)ommission by |ወይረስዮሙ፡ የሀልዉ፡ በፍሥሐ፡ ወበኀሤት፤ በዝ፡ ዓለም፡ ወበዓለም፡ ካልእት፨ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፡ ወአሜን። ወአሜን። ለይኵን፨

Mention of the scribe ንዋየ፡ ማርያም፡ Nǝwāya Māryām and of the commissioner በኵረ፡ ጽዮን፡ Bakʷǝra Ṣǝyon.

check the viewerFols 87ra–89vb Ṣalot ba-9 saʿāt (CAe 3128)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 87ra ጸሎት፡ በ፱ሰዓት። ሃሌሉያ፡ ሃሌሉያ፡ ይቤሉ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ በዲድስቅልያ፡ ገሥጾሙኬ፡ ኤጲስ፡ ቆጶስ፡ ለሕዝብከ፡ ወአዘዞሙ፡ ይምጽኡ፡

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 , 2 , 2 , 3 s.

  1. check the viewerFol. 1r

    Amharic note describing the content of the manuscript; it is written by a recent hand and in black ink.

  2. check the viewerFol. 1v (Type: Unclear)

    Amharic unknown note; it is written by a recent hand (probably same as Additio 1), in black ink, and upside-down at the bottom of the folio (left part).

  3. check the viewerFol. 26vab (Type: GuestText)

    Discourse of the wisdom on the 12 Apostles. The note is written by a recent hand and in black ink (red ink only for one punctuation); it is not completely readable at the bottom of the folio (affected by humidity).

Extras

  1. check the viewerFols. 70vb, check the viewerfol. 72rb (Type: ScribalSupplication)

    Supplication formulas (within text 4) with mention of the commissioner's name በኵረ፡ ጽዮን፡ Bakʷǝra Ṣǝyon.

    ,

  2. check the viewerFol. 72rb (Type: ScribalSupplication)

    Supplication formula (within text 4) with mention of the commissioner's name በኵረ፡ ጽዮን፡ Bakʷǝra Ṣǝyon.

  3. (Type: Correction)

    Scribal corrections written over erasures, e.g. check the viewerFols. 7ra, , check the viewer25rb, , check the viewer26rb .

  4. (Type: findingAid)

    Marginal notes in a secondary hand (in black) in the upper and bottom margins of check the viewerfol. 2r .

  5. (Type: findingAid)

    Readings indicated by the names of the days are written in the upper margins, crudely written by a secondary hand, on check the viewerfols. 27r, (letters alternated by punctuation marks), check the viewer34v, , check the viewer38r, , check the viewer41r, 41r, check the viewer44v, , and check the viewer.

  6. (Type: Correction)

    Scribal corrections written over erasures, e.g. check the viewerFols. 7ra, , check the viewer, , check the viewer26rb .

  7. Writing exercises, minor notes crudely written by a recent hand (red and black ink): e.g. check the viewerFols. 1v, , check the viewer88v, , check the viewer90r .

  8. Recent drawings on check the viewerfols. 1v, (black ink) and check the viewer90v (black and red/brown ink).

  9. (Type: findingAid)

    Scribal pen trial: fol. 90v.

  10. Pencil doodles in the margin of some folios, e.g. check the viewerFols. 14r, , check the viewer16r , and on the inner side of the wooden left board.

Decoration In this unit there are in total 3 s.

Other Decorations

  1. ornamentation: check the viewerFol. 2r

    Ornamental band (incipit page of text 1): coloured (red, yellow, green, and black), with one central and two lateral pendants reaching the bottom of the page; geometric and interlaces motifs.

  2. ornamentation: check the viewerFol. 27r

    Ornamental band (incipit page of text 2): coloured (red, yellow, green, and black), geometric and interlaces motifs.

  3. ornamentation: check the viewerFol. 53rb

    Ornamental band (incipit of text 3): coloured (red, yellow, green, and black), geometric and interlaces motifs.

Two white papers are attached on the inner right board: the first one with the Coat-of-Arms of the University of Leicester and the text (half printed, half-hand written) ‘Library of the University College Leicester No. 091’, and in pencil above ‘MS 210’; the second one with the text (half printed, half-hand written) ‘This book was given by The Roljohns Bequest (?) 12394’. The manuscript is kept in a leather bookcase. On the front side of it, on a white field (paper?), it is written: (above) ‘A SPLENDID MANUSCRIPT upon VELLUM, written in the XIVth century,’; (below) ‘ARMENIAN MS., written on 89 leaves of stout vellum (6 by 5 in.), in double columns, one page containing curious drawings, original wooden boards half covered leather, preserved in a leather case of native make’.

Secondary Bibliography

  • Pearson, J. D. 1971. Oriental Manuscripts in Europe and North America: A Survey, Bibliotheca Asiatica, 7 (Zug: Inter Documentation Company AG, 1971).
    page 117-118A very short and generical mention on the existing of this manuscript in the Library of the Leicester University College. Here we also read that the manuscript ‘has recently been examined and described by Prof. Ullendorff’.
    ZoteroOther citations

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

90 (leaf) .Entered as 90 172 140 40 Outer dimensions taken and given by the Library of the University of Leicester (Special Collections and Archives).
Outer dimensions
Height 172mm
Width 140mm
Depth 40mm

Foliation

check the viewerFols 1r–90v Foliation in pencil in the upper right corner of the recto side of each folio.

Quire Structure Collation

Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 1 9 Fols 1r–9v 1, stub after 9
2 2 8 Fols 10r–17v
3 3 9 Fols 18r–26v 9, stub before 1
4 4 8 Fols 27r–34v
5 5 8 Fols 35r–42v 3, stub after 5 6, stub after 2
6 6 8 Fols 43r–50v 3, stub after 5 6, stub after 2
7 7 8 Fols 51r–58v
8 8 8 Fols 59r–66v
9 9 8 Fols 67r–74v
10 10 8 Fols 75r–82v
11 11 8 Fols 83r–90v 2, stub after 4 5, stub after 1 7, stub before 1 8, stub before 1

Collation diagrams


1, stub after 9
Quire ID:q1, number:1
Collation diagram Quire 1 1 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q2, number:2
Collation diagram Quire 2 10 17 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

9, stub before 1
Quire ID:q3, number:3
Collation diagram Quire 3 26 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q4, number:4
Collation diagram Quire 4 27 34 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

3, stub after 5 6, stub after 2
Quire ID:q5, number:5
Collation diagram Quire 5 35 42 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

3, stub after 5 6, stub after 2
Quire ID:q6, number:6
Collation diagram Quire 6 43 50 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q7, number:7
Collation diagram Quire 7 51 58 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4


Quire ID:q8, number:8
Collation diagram Quire 8 59 66 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4


Quire ID:q9, number:9
Collation diagram Quire 9 67 74 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4


Quire ID:q10, number:10
Collation diagram Quire 10 75 82 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

2, stub after 4 5, stub after 1 7, stub before 1 8, stub before 1
Quire ID:q11, number:11
Collation diagram Quire 11 90 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5 Unit #6 Unit #7

Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(8+1/s.l. 1, stub after 9/Fols 1r–9v) – II(8/Fols 10r–17v) – III(8+1/s.l. 9, stub before 1/Fols 18r–26v) – IV(8/Fols 27r–34v) – V(6+2/s.l. 3, stub after 5; s.l. 6, stub after 2/Fols 35r–42v) – VI(6+2/s.l. 3, stub after 5; s.l. 6, stub after 2/Fols 43r–50v) – VII(8/Fols 51r–58v) – VIII(8/Fols 59r–66v) – IX(8/Fols 67r–74v) – X(8/Fols 75r–82v) – XI(4+4/s.l. 2, stub after 4; s.l. 5, stub after 1; s.l. 7, stub before 1; s.l. 8, stub before 1/Fols 83r–90v) –

Formula: Fols 1r–9v 1, stub after 9 ; Fols 10r–17v ; Fols 18r–26v 9, stub before 1; Fols 27r–34v ; Fols 35r–42v 3, stub after 5 6, stub after 2 ; Fols 43r–50v 3, stub after 5 6, stub after 2 ; Fols 51r–58v ; Fols 59r–66v ; Fols 67r–74v ; Fols 75r–82v ; Fols 83r–90v 2, stub after 4 5, stub after 1 7, stub before 1 8, stub before 1 ;

Formula 1: 1 (), 2 (8), 3 (9), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8),

Formula 2: 1 (), 2 (8), 3 (9), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8),

State of preservation

other

Condition

The parchment of some leaves is consumed and in a darker colour, some are covered by humidity and by stains (esp. check the viewerFols. 79r, , check the viewer86r, , check the viewer89rv ). The text is however mostly readable.

Binding

Two wooden boards covered with reddish-brown leather (quarter cover). Both boards are cracked and repaired with threads.

Sewing Stations

Two pairs of sewing stations.

Cotton red threads are inserted in the right margin of check the viewerfol. 53 for navigating the text.

Binding material

wood

leather

Original binding

No

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 20

H 135mm
W 95mm
Margins
top 12mm
bottom 26mm
left 12mm
right 15mm
intercolumn 9mm
Data on text area dimensions, columns, margins taken from check the viewerfol. 3r .

Ms Leicester, , Leicester, Library of the University College Leicester, 210 main part

has a sum of layout height of 173mm which is greater than the object height of 172mm
Ruling
  • Ruling pattern: 1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C.
Pricking
  • Pricking and ruling are visible.

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Black, red Mid-14th mid-15th century (?)

    Quite uniform handwriting, characterized by rounded letters, with broad and thick shapes. From check the viewerfols. 87ra, to check the viewer89vb, (text 4) the hand looks slightly different, less careful and in a smaller size. Peculiar and ancient features: the upper horizontal strokes of መ, ሠ, በ are slanted to the left; መ has sometimes angular loops; ዐ and ፬ have a triangular shape, downwards oriented; the loop of ሎ is attached to the body of the letter; ጵ has the 6th order marker set up on the vertical stroke at the top, oriented to the left (e.g. check the viewer59rb, , check the viewer69va, ); ፪ has sometimes the loops attached; a few times it is with the bottom loop open (e.g. check the viewer38ra, , check the viewer38va, ); መ and ሙ have sometimes the right loop detached from the ruled line (e.g. check the viewer61va, l. 2, l. 3); ፮ is with the loop open, looking like 'compressed' ፯ (e.g. check the viewer65ra, ); marginal cues (numerals) for rubrication (e.g. check the viewer35r, , check the viewer81v ).

    Divine names; a few lines, alternating with black lines, on the incipit page of text 1 (check the viewerfols. 2r, ), of text 2 (check the viewer27r, ), on the incipit of text 3 (check the viewer53rb, ) and text 4 (check the viewer87ra, ); the initial paragraph word (or words) on check the viewer42rb, –check the viewer42vb, , within text 2, and on check the viewer88ra, –check the viewer89rb, , within text 4; Trinitarian formula; name of the scribe and commissioner in the supplication formulas and subscriptions of text 3 (check the viewer86vab ); Ethiopic numerals or their elements; elements of the punctuation signs.

    • Publication Statement

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    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    availability
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    date
    type=expanded
    6.2.2023 at 10:15:37
    date
    type=lastModified
    26.9.2022
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/Leicester210/main
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/Leicester210
    idno
    type=filename
    Leicester210.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    Leicester210

    Edition Statement

    Cataloguing funded by the DFG Project 'The Gǝʿǝz Version of the Passio of St Cyricus (Gadla Qirqos): A Critical Edition, Translation, and Commentary', project number: 468455109; Principal investigator: Vitagrazia Pisani. The manuscript was identified during scoping carried out by the AHRC-DFG project Demarginalizing medieval Africa: Images, texts, and identity in early Solomonic Ethiopia (1270-1527), ref. no. AH/V002910/1.

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    Cataloguing funded by the DFG Project 'The Gǝʿǝz Version of the Passio of St Cyricus (Gadla Qirqos): A Critical Edition, Translation, and Commentary', project number: 468455109; Principal investigator: Vitagrazia Pisani. The manuscript was identified during scoping carried out by the AHRC-DFG project Demarginalizing medieval Africa: Images, texts, and identity in early Solomonic Ethiopia (1270-1527), ref. no. AH/V002910/1.
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