Gāntā ʾAfašum, Margāḥǝya Qǝddus Mikāʾel, QMM-005
Vitagrazia Pisani (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Malkǝʾa Māryām “Image of Mary” / Malkǝʾa ʾIyasus “Image of Jesus” / Yǝweddǝsǝwwa malāʾǝkt la-Māryām… “The angels praise Mary…” / O rǝḫrǝḫta ḫǝllinā... “O tender-hearted...” / salām la-śǝʿlǝki za-yǝʾeddǝm la-nǝṣṣare “Greeting to your icon which is pleasant to the sight…”
Number of Text units: 2
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Summary
Contents
Incipit ( ):
Explicit ( ):
- In Text II (Malkǝʾa ʾIyasus) the last two strophes, “salām salām la-kʷǝllon...” and “ʾAmlāk mǝdr wa-samāyat...” are missing (cp. Malkǝʾa gubāʾe, ʾAśmära 1974 E.C., p. 48).
Additions In this unit there are in total .
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r: Unreadable note.
The note is not legible due to the poor condition of the leaves. It seems to have been written in the same hand as the main text.
Extras
- - Corrections (words or letters) interlineally: , 6v, 30v. - A recent red pen (ink?) has been used over the incipit of Text II: . - Crude notes: , 7v, 8v, 9r, 10r.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 2 .
Frame notes
- frame: check the viewer1r (incipit page of Text I): simple, narrow, coloured (black and red) ornamental band; interlaces.
- frame: check the viewer41v (explicit page of Text V): crude, uncoloured ornamental band with a chain of red and black dots above and below; geometric motifs.
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS Margāḥǝya Qǝddus Mikāʾel, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has modern restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 95 |
Width | 80 |
Depth | 25 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 8 |
|
I(8/fols. 1r-8v) | |
2 | 8 |
|
II(8/fols. 9v-16r) | |
3 | 8 |
|
III(8/fols. 17r-24v) | |
4 | 8 |
|
IV(8/fols. 25r-32v) | |
5 | 8 |
|
V(8/fols. 33r-40v) | |
6 | 2 |
|
B(2/fols. 41v-42r). |
Collation diagrams
I(8/fols. 1r-8v)
Quire ID:q1
II(8/fols. 9v-16r)
Quire ID:q2
III(8/fols. 17r-24v)
Quire ID:q3
IV(8/fols. 25r-32v)
Quire ID:q4
V(8/fols. 33r-40v)
Quire ID:q5
B(2/fols. 41v-42r).
Quire ID:q6
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(8/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (8), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (2),
Formula 2: 1 (8), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (2),
State of preservation
good
Condition
The Ms. is worn; in some parts the text is abraded, illegible (e.g. check the viewer1r , 41v-42r). Several leaves are damaged at the upper edges (e.g., fols. 5-17). The sewing is damaged. check the viewer42 has been reinforced with cotton cloth (?).
Binding
Two wooden boards covered with textile material. Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Binding material
wood
textile
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 12
H | 56mm |
W | 54mm |
Intercolumn | mm |
Margins | |
top | 10 |
bottom | 22 |
right | 11 |
left | 4 |
intercolumn |
Ms Gāntā ʾAfašum, Margāḥǝya Qǝddus Mikāʾel, QMM-005 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 69mm, object width is: 80mm, computed height is: 88mm and object height is: 95mm.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 (below on
(Excerpt from check the viewer37r)
).
Pricking
- Ruling and pricking are partly visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are partly visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Mediocre, irregular.
Ink: Black; red (brilliant vermillion).
Rubrication: Nomina sacra (in full or partly); a few lines, alternating with black lines, on the incipit page of Text I; incipit of Texts II, III, IV, V; the initial line of the note on fols. 41v-42r; a few other words, salām (and its abbreviations) (e.g., fols. 9r, 19r), sǝbḥat (e.g., fol. 31v), sägid (fol. 39v), tǝnśāʾe (fol. 30v); some letters of the word rǝḫrǝḫta (fol. 36v); elements of the punctuation signs and the text dividers; elements of Ethiopic numerals.
Date: Mid 18th-mid 19th century (?)
Mid 18th-mid 19th century (?)Abbreviations
Hand 2
Script: Ethiopic
The handwriting is characterized by rounded and right-sloping letters.Hand 3
Script: Ethiopic
Some distinctive features:Hand 4
Script: Ethiopic
- ቶ and ቆ have the loop marking the 7th order set at the horizontal stroke (e.g., check the viewer28v l.7, 30r l.7)Hand 5
Script: Ethiopic
- the upper horizontal stroke of መ ወ (esp. መ) in the 1st order is slanted to the left (e.g., check the viewer23v l.3, 24r l.4).Check for additional bibliography
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Vitagrazia Pisani, Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Susanne Hummel, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻGāntā ʾAfašum, Margāḥǝya Qǝddus Mikāʾel, QMM-005ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2016-05-10) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESqmm005 [Accessed: 2024-05-18]
Revisions of the data
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: transformed from mycore to TEI P5 on 10.5.2016
- Susanne Hummel Susanne Hummel: last edited in Ethio-SPaRe on 9.9.2014
- Vitagrazia Pisani Vitagrazia Pisani: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 13.12.2013
- Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 8.12.2010
Attributions of the contents
Susanne Hummel, contributor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor