Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 131
Ashlee Benson, Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee
EMIP
General description
Weiner Codex 131
Number of Text units: 1
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Early-twentieth century
Contents
Fols 1r–145r
Language of text:
Mazmura Dāwit, Psalm 118 including the Spritual Meaning of the Hebrew Letters, only for alephAdditions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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Fols. 145v, 146r (Type: GuestText)
Nicene Creed (CAe 3308) Incipit: እዜምር: ለከ: ጸሎተ: ሃይማኖት: ነዓምን: በ፩ አምላክ: እግዚአብሔር: አብ: አሃዜ ኵሉ: ዓለም: ገባሬ: ሰማያት: ወምድር:. . . . .ommission by
Extras
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Pentrials and scrawls
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A small, red cross with the words “Half of it” is written in the margin to mark the midpoint of the Mazmura Dāwit
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blank
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etc., words of text are written interlinearly
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lines of text are written interlinearly
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lines of text are written in the upper margin with a symbol (: :) marking the location where the text is to be inserted, f. 71r, line 8 , and in another case where the symbol (+) is used, f. 104v, line 2 ; erasure markings are visible, 3v, 43v, 54r
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text has been removed
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The scribe’s chosen aspect ratio for the codex combined with the script size forces the scribe to complete the line of text above or below the end of the line (throughout). But, where the line of text is still too long, the scribe reduces the font size at the end of lines to avoid having to go onto the next line throughout the codex
Decoration In this unit there are in total 3 s, 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: Decorative designs: folss. 1r, 23r, 33r, 45v, 64r, 72r, 77v, 89r, 99r, 102r, 107r, 107v, 124v, (haräg); 7v, 132v, 139r, (multiple full stops); 15r, 140v, (multiple full stops and a line of alternating red and black dots); 53v (line of red and black dots)
Miniatures notes
- miniature: Fol. iv(erso)
- miniature: Fol. iir(etco)
- miniature:
Fol. iiv(erso)
Virgin and Child attended by the angels Michael and Gabriel
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 155mm |
Width | 113mm |
Depth | 67mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | a | 2 |
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Protection Sheet |
2 | 1 | 12 |
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Quire 1 |
3 | 2 | 10 |
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Quire 2 |
4 | 3 | 12 |
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Quire 3 |
5 | 4 | 10 |
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6 | 5 | 12 |
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Quire 5 |
7 | 6 | 10 |
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Quire 6 |
8 | 7 | 10 |
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Quire 7 |
9 | 8 | 12 |
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10 | 9 | 10 |
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Quire 9 |
11 | 10 | 10 |
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Quire 10 |
12 | 11 | 10 |
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Quire 11 |
13 | 12 | 8 |
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14 | 13 | 10 |
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Quire 13 |
15 | 14 | 10 |
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Quire 14 |
Collation diagrams
Protection Sheet
Quire ID:q1, number:a
Quire 1
Quire ID:q2, number:1
Quire 2
Quire ID:q3, number:2
Quire 3
Quire ID:q4, number:3
Quire 4: 4, stub after 6 7, stub after 3
Quire ID:q5, number:4
Notes: 1)
Quire 5
Quire ID:q6, number:5
Quire 6
Quire ID:q7, number:6
Quire 7
Quire ID:q8, number:7
Quire 8: 5, stub after 8 8, stub after 5
Quire ID:q9, number:8
Notes: 1)
Quire 9
Quire ID:q10, number:9
Quire 10
Quire ID:q11, number:10
Quire 11
Quire ID:q12, number:11
Quire 12: 3, stub after 5 6, stub after 2
Quire ID:q13, number:12
Notes: 1)
Quire 13
Quire ID:q14, number:13
Quire 14
Quire ID:q15, number:14
Ethio-SPaRe formula : a(2/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (12), 3 (10), 4 (12), 5 (10), 6 (12), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (12), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (8), 14 (10), 15 (10),
Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (12), 3 (10), 4 (12), 5 (10), 6 (12), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (12), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (8), 14 (10), 15 (10),
Binding
Parchment, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough-hewn boards with fragments of tooled leather with linen visible between the turn-ins.
Binding material
parchment
wood
leather
textile
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 14-17mm |
bottom | 27-30mm |
right | 12-17mm |
left | 5mm |
Ms Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 131 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 113mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 155mm.Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Rubrication: ማርያም፡
The word God is not rubricated in the first three works; the word Mary is rubricated in the final two works Columetric layout of text: folss. 112v, 113r, (Ps. 150); 121r, 121v (tenth biblical canticle)Check for additional bibliography
Publication Statement
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
Edition Statement
The initial version of this file was created from data kindly provided by the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project directed by Steve Delamarter.
Encoding Description
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Ashlee Benson, Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻPortland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 131ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-11-13) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP00321 [Accessed: 2024-05-21]
Revisions of the data
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Minor edits on 13.11.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Added link to spiritual meaning of Hebrew letters in Ps118, and minor format edits on 22.7.2020
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Added facs statements on 6.5.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Corrected ǝ character on 18.4.2020
- Jonah Sandford Jonah Sandford: Added quire maps, margin dims, columns/lines, binding desc, dating info. on 13.3.2020
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Added items on 14.1.2020
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Added items on 26.9.2019
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: Created XML record from EMIP Collection Metadata.xsls on 18.1.2018
Attributions of the contents
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor