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Gāntā ʾAfašum, Mǝʾǝsār Gwǝḥilā Qǝddus Mikāʾel, MGM-012

Vitagrazia Pisani (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin

This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography

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Collection: Ethio-SPaRe

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General description

Gadla Libānos “Vita of Libānos” / Taʾammǝra Libānos “Miracles of Libānos” / Malkǝʾa Libānos “Image of Libānos”

Number of Text units: 16

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Original Location: Mǝʾǝsār Gʷǝḥilā Qǝddus Mikāʾel↗

19th cent. (?)

Provenance

The names of the owners Tasfā Mikāʾel and his wife Walatta Ṣādǝqān are mentioned in the supplication formulas throughout the Ms. (e.g., check the viewer2rb , 8va, 14vb, 17ra).

Summary

I) Gadla Libānos “Vita of Libānos” (fols. 1ra-44vb) II) Taʾammǝra Libānos “Miracles of Libānos”: 11 miracles (fols. 45ra-54ra) III) Malkǝʾa Libānos “Image of Libānos”: 28 strophes (fols. 55ra-58ra).

Contents

Hagiographic Cycle of Libānos (CAe 6386)
check the viewerFols 1ra–44vb Gadla Libānos (CAe 1473)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):A rhymed prologuecheck the viewerFols 1ra–1vb በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ፩አምላክ፨ በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አብ፡ ዘአምቅድመ፡ ዓለም፡ ህላዌሁ፨ ወእስከ፡ ለዓለም፡ ዘኢየሐልቅ፡ ምስፍናሁ። ልዑል፡ በልዕልናሁ፨ ስብሕ፡ በስብሐቲሁ፨ ...

The text seems closer to the text as in the so-called second recension (CAe 1473 recension2) , but with some more passages in the initial part.
check the viewerFols 45ra–54ra Taʾammǝra Libānos (CAe 4717) The miracles are 11; with the exception of the miracle 1, all the others are wrongly numbered.
check the viewer46ra-46va Miracle 1 =Miracle 1 in the edition , without the additional passages found in Mss. AD as edited in
check the viewerFols 46va–47va Miracle 3 =Miracle 3 in the edition
check the viewerFols 47va–48rb Miracle 4 =Miracle 4 in the edition
check the viewerFols 48rb–48va Miracle 5 =Miracle 5 in the edition
check the viewer48va-49va Miracle 6 =Miracle 6 in the edition
check the viewerFols 49va–50rb Miracle 7 =Miracle 7 in the edition
check the viewerFols 50rb–50va Miracle 8 =Miracle 8 in the edition
check the viewerFols 50va–51rb Miracle 9 =Miracle 10 in the edition
check the viewerFols 51rb–52ra Miracle 10 =Miracle 32 in the edition , with a few additional lines
check the viewerFols 52rb–52vb Miracle 11 =Miracle 33 in the edition
check the viewerFols 52vb–54ra Miracle 12 =Miracle 11 in the edition

Additions In this unit there are in total .

    Extras

    1. Omitted letters or words written interlineally: e.g., fols. 1ra, 6rb, 6vb, 14ra, 17rb, 19rb, 40ra, 50rb.

    2. Spaces left unfilled in the supplication formulas on check the viewerfol. 48va .

    3. Crude notes on the textile covering the front board, on the bottom margin of fols. 4r, 24r, 33v, 36r and on fols. 54rb, 54v, 58rb, 58v-59v.

    4. Pen trial on the right margin of check the viewerfol. 35r .

    Decoration In this unit there are in total 2 .

    Frame notes

    1. frame: check the viewer1r (incipit page of Text I): crude, coloured (red and black) ornamental band; geometric motifs.
    2. frame: check the viewer17r (incipit page of the account proper in Text I): crude, coloured (red and black) ornamental band; geometric motifs.

    Catalogue Bibliography

    This manuscript has modern restorations.

    Physical Description

    Form of support

    Parchment Codex

    Extent

    Made of 59.0 (leaf) , Entered as 59.0 folios, of which (leaf, blank) .Entered as blank 58rb-59v, in (quire) .Entered as quires . 250 190 50
    Outer dimensions
    Height 250
    Width 190
    Depth 50

    Foliation

    Foliated by the Ethio-SPaRe team

    Quire Structure Collation

    State of preservation

    deficient

    Condition

    The original sewing is damaged. The Ms. was crudely resewn with recent threads. Both wooden boards are broken and repaired; the textile material which covers them has been crudely repaired with synthetic threads. Many folios are affected by humidity: e.g., check the viewer16r , 17r, 37r, 46r-59v. Holes roughly amended on fols. 2, 5, 56, 57, 59.

    Binding

    Two wooden boards (both are broken and repaired) covered with the textile secondary cover. Two pairs of sewing stations.

    Binding decoration

    Binding material

    wood

    textile

    Original binding

    No

    Layout

    Layout note 1

    Number of columns: 2

    Number of lines: 19

    H 166mm
    W 140mm
    Intercolumn 13mm
    Margins
    top 26
    bottom 47
    right 28
    left 9
    intercolumn 13
    All data are for check the viewer2r .

    Ms Gāntā ʾAfašum, Mǝʾǝsār Gwǝḥilā Qǝddus Mikāʾel, MGM-012 main part

    looks ok for measures computed width is: 177mm, object width is: 190mm, computed height is: 239mm and object height is: 250mm.

    Layout note 1

    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 visible.
    • Primary pricks are visible.
    • Ruling pricks are visible.
    Other

    CruxAnsata

    Yes

    CruxAnsata: check the viewerFol. 14v)

    coronis

    Yes

    coronis: check the viewerFol. 14v)

    Palaeography

  1. Hand 1

    Scribe: Zawalda Garimā scribe

    Script: Ethiopic

    Mediocre, irregularDespite the recent age, there are two ancient features: (1) - the letter ጵ in the word ኢትዮጵያ has the 6th order marker set up on the vertical stroke at the top, oriented to the left (e.g. check the viewer6va , 6vb, 11va, 12va) (2) - the crux ansata with coronis on check the viewer14v .

    Ink: Black; red (brilliant vermillion and vivid vermillion for the names in the supplication formulas)

    Rubrication: Divine names; names of the donors; name of the protagonist (both Libānos and Maṭāʿ); in Text I, groups of lines on the incipit page of the prologue (fol. 3r) and on the incipit page of the proper account (fol. 17r), and the incipit of some subsections; in Text II, groups of lines on the incipit page, and incipit of each miracle; in Text III, groups of lines on the incipit page and the word salām (and its abbreviation); elements of the punctuation signs, text dividers; elements of Ethiopic numerals.

    Date: 19th century (?)

    Zawalda Garimā scribe is mentioned as the scribe on check the viewer43vb and 52vb (here he is mentioned as ʾabbā Walda Garimā). 19th century (?)

    Abbreviations

  3. ሰላ፡(- - -) for ሰላም፡ (in Text III)

    4. Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    availability

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    date
    2016-06-07T17:43:46.858+02:00
    date
    type=expanded
    17.4.2024 at 15:19:59
    date
    type=lastModified
    25.4.2019
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESmgm012/main
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/ESmgm012
    idno
    type=filename
    ESmgm012.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    ESmgm012

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    Vitagrazia Pisani, Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻGāntā ʾAfašum, Mǝʾǝsār Gwǝḥilā Qǝddus Mikāʾel, MGM-012ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 25.4.2019) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESmgm012 [Accessed: 2024-04-25+02:00]

    Revisions of the data

    • Pietro Maria Liuzzo added missing extras from domlib on 25.4.2019
    • Pietro Maria Liuzzo transformed from mycore to TEI P5 on 10.5.2016
    • Vitagrazia Pisani last edited in Ethio-SPaRe on 26.2.2015
    • Vitagrazia Pisani catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 2.2.2015
    • Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 19.5.2010

    Attributions of the contents

    Alessandro Bausi, general editor

    Vitagrazia Pisani, editor

    Denis Nosnitsin, editor

    Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor

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