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Egypt, Dayr as-Suryān, DS Ethiop. 6

Dorothea Reule, Denis Nosnitsin

Newly catalogued in Beta maṣāḥǝft

Work in Progress
https://betamasaheft.eu/DSEthiop6
Dayr as-Suryān[view repository]

Collection: Ethiopic

Other identifiers: مسلسل ٧١٧, Serial Number 717, ترقيم قديم ٢٣ ب طقوس, Old shelfmark: Liturgy 23 B ,

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General description

Gospel of Johnإنجيل يوحنا

Number of Text units: 1

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

أواخر القرن التاسع عشر / النصف الأول من القرن العشرين، رُبَّما قبل عام ١٩٥١/١٩٥٠ Late nineteenth century/first half of the twentieth century, possibly before 1950/1951 (dating on palaeographic grounds) (cp. Additional note 5). Part of the original owner’s name was erased from the incipit, and another word was inserted in a secondary hand, to indicate the name of the new owner as Walda Māryām . The name appears also in a supplication added to the end of the main work in the same hand. Walda Māryām might be identical with ʿAbd Maryam mentioned in the Arabic note Additional note 2 (Gabra Māryām in Ethiopic). The name of the Ethiopian hermit ʿAbd al-Masīḥ al-Ḥabašī is mentioned with a question mark in Additional note 4, but this might be a recent speculative addition.

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 9r–99rb ), Bǝsrāta Yoḥannǝs

Contents

check the viewerFols 9r–99rb Bǝsrāta Yoḥannǝs (CAe 2715)

Language of text:

Inscriptio (Gǝʿǝz ): ብስራተ፡ አብ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ትሩፍ፡ ረድእ፡ ተናጋሪ፡ በመለኮት፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወልደ፡ ዘብዴዎስ፡ ፍቁረ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፨ ፩እም፲ ወ፪ሐዋርያት፡

Supplication (Gǝʿǝz ): ጸሎቱ፡ ወበረከቱ፡ የሃሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ገብሩ፡ ወልደ። 〚 〛 ማርያም፡

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ቀዳሚሁ፡ ቃል፡ ውእቱ፡ ወውእቱ፡ ቃል፡ ኀበ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ውእቱ፡ ወእግዚአብሔር፡ ውእቱ፡ ቃል፨ ወከማሁ፡ ቀዳሚሁ፡ እምቀዲሙ፡ ኀበ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ውእቱ፨ ወቦቱ፡ ኵሉ፡ ኮነ፨ ኮነ፡

Supplication (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFols 99ra–99rb ጥቀ፡ መጻሕፍቲሁ፡ ዘተጽሕፈ፡ አሜን፨ መልአ፡ ስብከተ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወልደ፡ ዘብዴዎስ፡ ሐዋርያ፨ ፩እም፲ወ፪ሐዋርያት፨ እንተ፡ ጸሐፎ፡ በልሳነ፡ ዮናኒ፨ለሰብአ፡ ሃገሩ፡ ኤፌሶን፨ እምድኅረ፡ ዕርገቱ፡ ለእግዝእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ በሥጋ፡ ውስተ፡ ሰማይ፨ በ፴ዓመተ፡ መንግሥቱ፨ ለኔሮን፡ ቄሣር፡ ወስበሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ ወትረ፡አሜን ኦእግዚእየ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ አድኅነኒ፡ ለኃጥእ፡ ገብርከ፡ ወልደ፡ ማርያም

No daily readings are marked except for Monday (check the viewerfol. 9r , the indications ዘሠኑይ written in the main Hand 1 and repeated in a recent secondary hand).

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

  1. check the viewerFol. ir (Type: Condemnation)

    Ownership note in Arabic, dated to 1948 and signed by the priest ʾArsāniyūs , stating that this manuscript belongs to Dayr as-Suryān↗ and condemning those who would take it away.

    ( ar ) وقف دير السريان↗ يكون محروم كل من يخرجه من وقفيته القمص role: title ارسنيوس ١٤/٧/١٩٤٨

  2. check the viewerFol. 6v (Type: Unclear)

    Pencil note in awkward Arabic stating that the manuscript belongs to ʿAbd Maryam from Dayr as-Suryān↗ .

    ( ar ) هذا الكتاب تعلق الراهب عبد مريم owner احد رهبان دير السيده بالسريان↗

    ( en ) This book belongs to the monk ʿAbd Māryām, one of the monks of the monastery of Our Lady in the Syrian monastery.

  3. check the viewerFol. 99v (Type: OwnershipNote)

    Note in Arabic mentioning the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Egypt.

    ( ar ) بطريكخانة الاقباط الارثودكس بمصر المحروسة بطريكخانة الاقباط الارثودكس بمصر المحروسة

  4. check the viewerFol. 99v (Type: OwnershipNote)

    Note in Arabic mentioning the name of ʿAbd al-Masīḥ al-Ḥabašī with a question mark, written below Additional note 3.

    ( ar ) عبد المسيح الحبشي ؟ في مصر المحروسة

  5. check the viewerFol. 110v (Type: Supplication)

    Short supplication in Tigrinya. The number 43 at the beginning may refer to the year 1943 EC (= 1950/1951 CE).

    ( ti ) ሃይማኖት፡ እስክድርያ፡ መንግሥቲ፡ ኢዮጵያ፡ ይዕቀበልና፡ አሜን፡ ወአምየን (!) ።

Extras

  1. check the viewerFol. ir

    Arabic title.

    ( ar ) انجيل يوحنا بالجئز

  2. check the viewerFol. ir

    Arabic shelfmark.

    ( ar ) مخطوط ٢٣ ب طقوس

  3. check the viewerFol. 1v

    Possibly a legend for an image that was not drawn, or a pen trial.

    ( gez ) ዛቲ። ሥዕለ፡ ማርያም፡ ዘ አባ፡ role: title ወልደ፡ ማርያም፡

    ( en ) This image of Mary is by role: title Walda Māryām .

  4. check the viewerFol. 2r

    Pen trial in pencil.

    ( gez ) ፈፈቴን፡ ብርዕ፡ በ

  5. check the viewerFol. 2r

    Pen trial.

    ( gez ) ፈፈቲነ፡ ብርዕ፡ በእለተ፡ ሐሙስ፡

  6. check the viewerFol. 9r

    Arabic shelfmark.

    ( ar ) مسلسل ٧١٧

  7. check the viewerFol. 9r

    Arabic shelfmark.

    ( ar ) ٢٣ ب طقوس

  8. check the viewerFol. 9r

    Day of the week for the daily reading indicated in the upper margin. The same is written in pencil in the outer corner.

    ( gez ) ዘሠኑይ፡

  9. check the viewerFol. 9r

    Ethiopic numeral in the upper inner corner, possibly the only quire mark.

    ( gez ) ፩

  10. check the viewerFols. 1v, 9r

    Stamps of Dayr as-Suryān↗ throughout.

    Text in Arabic

  11. check the viewerFol. 99v (Type: Unclear)

    Two names of the countries written below Additional note 3, Turkey and Egypt.

    ( gez ) በትርከና ግብጽ

  12. check the viewerFol. 120r

    Note in pencil.

    ( gez ) ካራ፡ ላይሶን፡

  13. check the viewerFol. 120r

    Note in pencil.

    ( gez ) ኪዳን፡ ዘነግህ፡

  14. check the viewerFol. 120v

    Notes in pencil.

    ( gez ) ሰሰሰ ሃይማኖተ እስ ከ

  15. A paper with the shelfmark ٢٣ ب is glued to the spine.

Decoration In this unit there are in total 2 .

Other Decorations

  1. band: check the viewerFol. 9r

    Ornamental band in black and red, anthropomorphic motif (face) in the middle, zoomorphic and geometric motifs, crosses.

  2. band: check the viewerFol. 98vb

    Text divider made of three black-and-red crosses, red dotted lines.

Physical Description

Form of support

Paper Codex

Watermark

No watermarks.

Extent

١ + ١٢٠ ورقة (leaf) .Entered as ١ + ١٢٠ ورقة +NaN (leaf) .Entered as i+120 182 127 25 ١٨٢ ١٢٧ ٢٥
Outer dimensions
Height 182mm
Width 127mm
Depth 25mm
Outer dimensions
Height ١٨٢mm
Width ١٢٧mm
Depth 25mm

Foliation

Foliation in pencil, in the centre of the bottom margin of the recto.

Binding

Bound in Egypt. Red leather cover with imprinted decorations (a gilded frame, a medallion in the centre). Endbands.

Layout

Layout note 1(check the viewerFol. 9r )

Number of columns: 1

Number of lines: 18

The layout for the first four written lines of the heading of Text I (Gospel of John).

Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 9r–99r )

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 18

H 122mm
W 90mm
Margins
top 22mm
bottom 27mm
right 20mm
left 20mm
Data on text area and margin dimensions taken from check the viewerfol. 10r .

Ms Egypt, Dayr as-Suryān, DS Ethiop. 6 main part

has a sum of layout width of 130mm which is greater than the object height of 127mm

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Late nineteenth-/first half of the twentieth-century script.

    Ink: Black, red.

    Date: 1850-1930

    1850-1930 Careful, slightly irregular; by a good scribe.

    • Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    availability
    This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
    date
    type=expanded
    2022-01-05T13:36:28.446+01:00
    date
    type=lastModified
    15.12.2020
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/DSEthiop6
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/DSEthiop6
    idno
    type=filename
    DSEthiop6.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    DSEthiop6

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    • Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Continued description and revision on 15.12.2020
    • Denis Nosnitsin Denis Nosnitsin: Continued description and revision on 15.12.2020
    • Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Continued description, incorporated suggestions by Denis Nosnitsin on 16.4.2020
    • Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Created catalogue entry on 1.3.2018
    • Denis Nosnitsin Denis Nosnitsin: Recorded manuscript on 26.2.2018

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