Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Dabra Dāmmo ʾAbuna ʾAragāwi, DD-030
Irene Roticiani (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Ethio-SPaRe
Other identifiers: C3-IV-274, 348
General description
Dāwit “Psalter”
Number of Text units: 6
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location: Dabra Dāmmo ʾAbuna ʾAragāwi↗
Second half of the 17th cent.-first half of the 18th cent. (?)Provenance
The name of the original owner/donor has been erased from the supplication formula on check the viewer170ra- rb (Text I-5). The name of the owner/donor, Näṣṣärä ʾAb, has been written in a secondary hand, in red, in Additio 4 and on check the viewer135v , 158r.
Summary
- ms_i1
(check the viewerFols 3r–175rb ),
Psalter
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 3r–135v ), Mazmura Dāwit
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 136r–150r ), Book of Odes
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 150r–158r ), Song of Songs
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 158v–170ra ), Wǝddāse Māryām
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 170ra–175rb ), ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān
Contents
check the viewerFols 3r–175rb Psalter (CAe 2701)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 3r–135v Mazmura Dāwit (CAe 2000) - The title of P63 is erased. - The title of P67 is missing. - P92 is not numbered. - The following Pss. are numbered incorrectly: 33 (numbered 23), 66 (numbered 68). - P113 is numbered 114 and the following Pss. up to P117, are wrongly numbered, therefore P117 and 118 are grouped together and are numbered as 118.
Additions In this unit there are in total .
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: Excommunication against those who steal the book or scratch out its text.
( gez ) ...᎓ ዘሠረቆ᎓ ወዘፈሐቆ᎓ በሥልጣነ᎓ ጴጥሮስ᎓ ውጉዝ᎓ ከመ᎓ አርዮስ᎓
The note is separated from the main text by chains of black and red dots with nine dot asterisks in between; the beginning of the note (two lines) has been erased. -
: Excommunication against those who steal the book or scratch out its text.
Text in Gǝʿǝz
The note is written within the area of the text divider (chains of black and red dots with nine dot asterisks in between); it has been partly erased and not completely readable. -
check the viewerff. 175va-176va
( gez ) ሰላም᎓ ሰላም᎓ ለዝከረ᎓ ስምኪ᎓ በአምኃ᎓ ስርከ᎓ ወነግሀ᎓ ማርያም᎓ ደብተራ᎓ ለኤዶም᎓ በከተማሃ።…
. The text is written in the same hand as Additio 4. -
check the viewerff. 176va-177ra
Unidentified hymn for St Mary.
( gez ) ተከዘ᎓ ሥጋ᎓ ወነፍስ᎓ ከመ᎓ ኢይምጻእ᎓ ኃቤየ። እምንዋየ᎓ ክብር᎓ አትረብኩ᎓ ነፍሰ᎓ ዚአየ᎓ ባሕርየ። ማርያም᎓ ገጸኪ᎓ እፈቱ᎓ ርእየ።…
The text is written in the same hand as Additio 3. The name of Näṣṣärä ʾAb has been added, in another secondary hand, into the supplication formula at the end of the prayer over an erasure.
Extras
- Shelfmark C3-IV-274 ()
- Shelfmark 348 ()
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- The title ዳዊት and the internal number of the monastic library (348) are written in black pen on check the viewer1r . - The scribe reduced the size of his handwriting to accommodate the whole line or the end of the line: check the viewer4v , 10r, 20r, 23v, 33r, 39r, 87r, 109v, 137r, 144r, 144v, 150v. - Part of the line is taken up: check the viewer26v , 34r, 113v, 144v. - Part of the line is taken down: check the viewer154v . - Tamallas-signs, in the shape of two perpendicular lines, indicating the place where the omissions, written in the upper margin, belong: check the viewer64v l.10, 114r l.4. - Omitted letters, words, lines or passages written interlineally or written in the margins, in at least three secondary hands: e.g., check the viewer5r , 6v, 7r, 11r, 21r, 24r, 26v, 48v, 59v, 67r, 74r, 90v, 106r, 109r, 112v, 127v, 130v, 140r, 151r. - Correction marked with a dash above, below and across the word: check the viewer74r , 117r, 117v. - Corrections written over erasures, in the main hand: check the viewer9r , 57r, 81v, 103v, 106v, 152r, 167vb, 173rb. - Corrections written over erasures, in secondary hands: check the viewer7v , 39v, 41v, 90v, 101r, 165ra, 172ra. - Erasures: 5r, 55v, 82v, 84v, 90v, 97v, 154v. - Pen trial: check the viewer177v . - Minor notes, scribbles and doodles: check the viewer2r , 10v, 27v, 54r, 64r, 88r, 161r, 170v, 177v.
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS Dabra Dāmmo ʾAbuna ʾAragāwi, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has no restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 186 |
Width | 162 |
Depth | 65 |
Foliation
Foliation mistake: the leaf after check the viewer142 has been foliated as 144 (number 143 is omitted)
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 |
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A(2/fols. 1r-2v) | |
2 | 8 |
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I(8/fols. 3r-10v) | |
3 | 8 |
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II(8/fols. 11r-18v) | |
4 | 8 |
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III(8/fols. 19r-26v) | |
5 | 8 |
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IV(8/fols. 27r-34v) | |
6 | 8 |
|
V(8; s.l.: 3, stub after 6; 6, stub after 3/fols. 35r-42v) | |
7 | 8 |
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VI(8/fols. 43r-50v) | |
8 | 8 |
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VII(8/fols. 51r-58v) | |
9 | 8 |
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VIII(8/fols. 59r-66v) | |
10 | 8 |
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IX(8/fols. 67r-74v) | |
11 | 8 |
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X(8/fols. 75r-82v) | |
12 | 8 |
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XI(8/fols. 83r-90v) | |
13 | 8 |
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XII(8/fols. 91r-98v) | |
14 | 8 |
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XIII(8/fols. 99r-106v) | |
15 | 8 |
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XIV(8/fols. 107r-114v) | |
16 | 8 |
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XV(8/fols. 115r-122v) | |
17 | 8 |
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XVI(8/fols. 123r-130v) | |
18 | 5 |
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XVII(5; s.l.: 2, stub after 4/fols. 131r-135v) | |
19 | 8 |
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XVIII(8/fols. 136r-143v) | |
20 | 8 |
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XIX(8/fols. 144r-151v) | |
21 | 8 |
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XX(8/fols. 152r-159v) | |
22 | 8 |
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XXI(8/fols. 160r-167v) | |
23 | 10 |
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XXII(10; s.l.: 4, stub after 6; 7, stub after 3/fols. 168r-177v). |
Collation diagrams
A(2/fols. 1r-2v)
Quire ID:q1
I(8/fols. 3r-10v)
Quire ID:q2
II(8/fols. 11r-18v)
Quire ID:q3
III(8/fols. 19r-26v)
Quire ID:q4
IV(8/fols. 27r-34v)
Quire ID:q5
V(8; s.l.: 3, stub after 6; 6, stub after 3/fols. 35r-42v)
Quire ID:q6
VI(8/fols. 43r-50v)
Quire ID:q7
VII(8/fols. 51r-58v)
Quire ID:q8
VIII(8/fols. 59r-66v)
Quire ID:q9
IX(8/fols. 67r-74v)
Quire ID:q10
X(8/fols. 75r-82v)
Quire ID:q11
XI(8/fols. 83r-90v)
Quire ID:q12
XII(8/fols. 91r-98v)
Quire ID:q13
XIII(8/fols. 99r-106v)
Quire ID:q14
XIV(8/fols. 107r-114v)
Quire ID:q15
XV(8/fols. 115r-122v)
Quire ID:q16
XVI(8/fols. 123r-130v)
Quire ID:q17
XVII(5; s.l.: 2, stub after 4/fols. 131r-135v)
Quire ID:q18
XVIII(8/fols. 136r-143v)
Quire ID:q19
XIX(8/fols. 144r-151v)
Quire ID:q20
XX(8/fols. 152r-159v)
Quire ID:q21
XXI(8/fols. 160r-167v)
Quire ID:q22
XXII(10; s.l.: 4, stub after 6; 7, stub after 3/fols. 168r-177v).
Quire ID:q23
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(2/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (8), 15 (8), 16 (8), 17 (8), 18 (5), 19 (8), 20 (8), 21 (8), 22 (8), 23 (10),
Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (8), 15 (8), 16 (8), 17 (8), 18 (5), 19 (8), 20 (8), 21 (8), 22 (8), 23 (10),
State of preservation
good
Condition
The Ms. is stained with wax and dirt. Holes amended on check the viewer19 , 29, 30, 40.
Binding
Two wooden boards covered with reddish-brown tooled leather; textile inlays (velvet). Overback made of untooled leather of a slightly different colour. Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Two pairs of chains of endbands stitches at the spine cover. The overback is laced with parchment or leather strips. Two narrow strips of leather (continuation of the headband's core) are placed between the final folio and the back board.
Binding material
wood
leather
textile
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 19
H | 125mm |
W | 135mm |
Intercolumn | mm |
Margins | |
top | 25 |
bottom | 35 |
right | 10 |
left | 15 |
intercolumn |
Ms Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Dabra Dāmmo ʾAbuna ʾAragāwi, DD-030 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 160mm, object width is: 162mm, computed height is: 185mm and object height is: 186mm.Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 19
H | 115mm |
W | 133mm |
Intercolumn | 10mm |
Margins | |
top | 25 |
bottom | 35 |
right | 10 |
left | 10 |
intercolumn | 10 |
Ms Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Dabra Dāmmo ʾAbuna ʾAragāwi, DD-030 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 153mm, object width is: 162mm, computed height is: 175mm and object height is: 186mm.Layout note 1
Ruling
- (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A/0-0/0-0/C.
- The upper line is written above the ruling.
- The bottom line is written above the ruling.
- (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C.
- The upper line is written above the ruling.
- The bottom line is written above the ruling.
Pricking
- Pricking and ruling are partly visible.
- Primary pricks are partly visible.
- Ruling pricks are not visible.
- Pricking and ruling are partly visible.
- Primary pricks are partly visible.
- Ruling pricks are not visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Fine. Numeral ፮ “six” looks like compressed numeral ፯ “seven”, check the viewer13r , 108v, 142r.
Ink: Black, red
Rubrication: Nomina sacra (name of St Mary in Texts I-4, I-5); titles and numbers of the Pss. and Canticles; incipits and numbers of Songs; title and incipit of the daily readings of Text I-4; title of Text I-5; name and traditional interpretation of the Hebrew letters in Ps. 118; letters ስ and ሕ in the word ስብሕዎ in Ps. 150; letters ባ and ክ of the word ይባርክዎ in Canticle 10; refrains of Texts I-4 and I-5 (written out fully or abbreviated); elements of the punctuation signs and text dividers; Ethiopic numerals or their elements. Three groups of lines (alternating with black lines) on the incipit page of Texts I-1, I-2, I-4; two groups of lines of the incipit of Text I-5.
Date: Late 17th or 18th century (?)
The Ms. was produced by the same scribe as Ms. DD-029.Late 17th or 18th century (?)Abbreviations
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Irene Roticiani, Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻBǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Dabra Dāmmo ʾAbuna ʾAragāwi, DD-030ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2024-02-19) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESdd030 [Accessed: 2024-05-21]
Revisions of the data
- Eugenia Sokolinski adjusted on 19.2.2024
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo transformed from mycore to TEI P5 on 10.5.2016
- Denis Nosnitsin last edited in Ethio-SPaRe on 1.6.2015
- Irene Roticiani catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 4.6.2013
- Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 24.11.2010
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Irene Roticiani, editor
Denis Nosnitsin, editor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor