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Hamburg, State and University Library Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky, Cod. orient. 406

Eliana Dal Sasso

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

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https://betamasaheft.eu/SHOr406
State and University Library Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky[view repository]

Collection:

Other identifiers: PPN 184560766X

GeneralDescriptionPhysical DescriptionCatalogueTranscription Authors

General description

Aragāwī Manfasāwi = Senex spiritualis

Number of Text units: 8

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

1601-1800

Summary

Aragawi manfasawi
  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 3r and following ), Aragawi manfasawi / Senex spiritualis
    1. ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 3r and following ), Aragawi manfasawi Introduction
    2. ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 3r and following ), Treatises
    3. ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 83r and following ), Letters
    4. ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 119v and following ), Die drei Traktate in capita scientiae
    5. ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 128v and following ), Der Brief des Johannes von Dālyātā über seine asketischen Werke
    6. ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 129r and following ), Notiz über die Redaktion der asketischen Werke des Johannes von Dālyātā
    7. ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 130r and following ), Notiz über die Übersetzung des Werkes aus dem Arabischen ins Ge'ez

Contents

check the viewerFols 3r and following Aragawi manfasawi / Senex spiritualis

Language of text:

Additions In this unit there are in total .

  1. check the viewerFol. 131r

    List of names

Extras

  1. check the viewerFols. 1r, 130rb, 130v

    Doodles

Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .

Other Decorations

  1. punctuation: check the viewerFol. 9ra

    Bands of red and black dots separate the different parts of the text.

Catalogue Bibliography

  • Six, V. 1994. Äthiopische Handschriften, III: Handschriften deutscher Bibliotheken, Museen und aus Privatbesitz, ed. E. Hammerschmidt, Verzeichnis der orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland, 20/6 (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1994).
    ZoteroOther citations

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

131 (leaf) , Entered as 131 (leaf, blank) .Entered as 14 (quire) .Entered as 14 243 206 54 The upper board is 9 mm thick and the lower board is 6 mm thick. They are cut to the size of the bookblock.
Outer dimensions
Height 243mm
Width 206mm
Depth 54mm

Quire Structure Collation

Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 2 Fols 1–2 The bifolio is a coarse piece of parchment smaller than the other bifolia.
2 10 Fols 3–12
3 10 Fols 13–22
4 10 Fols 23–32
5 10 Fols 33–42
6 10 Fols 43–52
7 10 Fols 53–62
8 10 Fols 63–72
9 10 Fols 73–82
10 8 Fols 83–90
11 10 Fols 91–100
12 10 Fols 101–110 3, stub after 7 8, stub after 2
13 10 Fols 111–120 8, stub after 2 3, stub after 7
14 11 Fols 121–131 11, stub before 1

Collation diagrams


The bifolio is a coarse piece of parchment smaller than the other bifolia.
Quire ID:q1
Collation diagram Quire 1 1 2 Unit #1


Quire ID:q2
Collation diagram Quire 2 3 12 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q3
Collation diagram Quire 3 13 22 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q4
Collation diagram Quire 4 23 32 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q5
Collation diagram Quire 5 33 42 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q6
Collation diagram Quire 6 43 52 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q7
Collation diagram Quire 7 53 62 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q8
Collation diagram Quire 8 63 72 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q9
Collation diagram Quire 9 73 82 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q10
Collation diagram Quire 10 83 90 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4


Quire ID:q11
Collation diagram Quire 11 91 100 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

3, stub after 7 8, stub after 2
Quire ID:q12
Collation diagram Quire 12 101 110 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5 Unit #6

8, stub after 2 3, stub after 7
Quire ID:q13
Collation diagram Quire 13 111 120 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5 Unit #6

11, stub before 1
Quire ID:q14
Collation diagram Quire 14 131 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5 Unit #6

Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(2/Fols 1–2) – II(10/Fols 3–12) – III(10/Fols 13–22) – IV(10/Fols 23–32) – V(10/Fols 33–42) – VI(10/Fols 43–52) – VII(10/Fols 53–62) – VIII(10/Fols 63–72) – IX(10/Fols 73–82) – X(8/Fols 83–90) – XI(10/Fols 91–100) – XII(8+2/s.l. 3, stub after 7; s.l. 8, stub after 2/Fols 101–110) – XIII(8+2/s.l. 8, stub after 2; s.l. 3, stub after 7/Fols 111–120) – XIV(10+1/s.l. 11, stub before 1/Fols 121–131) –

Formula: Fols 1–2 The bifolio is a coarse piece of parchment smaller than the other bifolia. ; Fols 3–12 ; Fols 13–22 ; Fols 23–32 ; Fols 33–42 ; Fols 43–52 ; Fols 53–62 ; Fols 63–72 ; Fols 73–82 ; Fols 83–90 ; Fols 91–100 ; Fols 101–110 3, stub after 7 8, stub after 2 ; Fols 111–120 8, stub after 2 3, stub after 7 ; Fols 121–131 11, stub before 1 ;

Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (8), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (11),

Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (8), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (11),

State of preservation

good

Condition

The book is stained along the margins with humidity and dirt. The sewing has been repaired using a thread of vegetal origin in order to reinforce the original one of animal origin. The lower board has been repaired joining together two different kinds of wood thanks to vegetal thread. The two parts don't match perfectly along the fracture. The leather that covers the spine and part of the boards seems to have been added later as reparation intervention.

Binding

Ethiopic bookbinding with wooden boards and quarter leather cover.

The upper board is made of a dark brown wood. The lower board is composed by two pieces of wood held together with vegetal thread passing through holes created on both sides. The external half is made of the same kind of wood of the upper board but the grain is horizontal. The inner half is made by a brown-reddish wood. Probably both boards are not original and they have been reused.

A quarter cover made of yellowish-brown leather is glued onto the spine. It is decorated with forming six rectangular frames in which they cross each other diagonally. At intersections double circles are found. The spine is decorated with triple straight lines crossing each other diagonally.

Slit-braid endbands are present and sewn to the bookblock with a thread of animal origin. The headband is sewn starting from the upper board, linking the braid to the first sewing station while the tailband is sewn starting from the lower board, linking the braid to the last sewing station. The sewing ends inside the closest quire.

Sewing Stations

4

The first bifolio has a protective function.

Binding material

wood

leather

Original binding

No

Layout

Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 3–12, check the viewerFols 23–24, check the viewerFols 27–28, check the viewerFols 33–34, check the viewerFols 39–42, check the viewerFols 47–48, check the viewerFols 51–52 )

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 23-24

H 146mm
W 157mm
Margins
top 38
bottom 57
right 30
left 18
intercolumn 15
Data on dimension are taken from check the viewerfol. 8 .

Ms Hamburg, State and University Library Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky, Cod. orient. 406 main part

looks ok for measures computed width is: 205mm, object width is: 206mm, computed height is: 241mm and object height is: 243mm.

Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 13–22, check the viewerFols 25–26, check the viewerFols 29–32, check the viewerFols 35–38, check the viewerFols 43–46, check the viewerFols 49–50 )

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 21-22

H 160mm
W 154mm
Margins
top 31
bottom 50
right 32
left 16
intercolumn 15
Data on dimension are taken from check the viewerfol. 20 .

Ms Hamburg, State and University Library Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky, Cod. orient. 406 main part

looks ok for measures computed width is: 202mm, object width is: 206mm, computed height is: 241mm and object height is: 243mm.

Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 53–129 )

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 25

H 158mm
W 157mm
Margins
top 32
bottom 50
right 29
left 13
intercolumn 15
Data on dimension are taken from check the viewerfol. 87 .

Ms Hamburg, State and University Library Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky, Cod. orient. 406 main part

looks ok for measures computed width is: 199mm, object width is: 206mm, computed height is: 240mm and object height is: 243mm.
Ruling
Pricking
  • (Subtype: pattern) The layout corresponds to the pattern I defined by D. Nosnitsin: the text is written above the first ruled line, the vertical and horizontal pricks are visible and they are located in the margins.
  • (Subtype: pattern) The layout corresponds to the pattern I defined by D. Nosnitsin: the text is written above the first ruled line, the vertical and horizontal pricks are visible and they are located in the margins. The ruling is done on the flesh side and probably, the pricking was made opening the quire in the middle and piercing the folios together. The ruling doesn't often match the pricks and additional lines can be added above or below the ruled area.
  • (Subtype: pattern) The layout corresponds to the pattern I defined by D. Nosnitsin: the text is written above the first ruled line, the vertical and horizontal pricks are visible and they are located in the margins.

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Ink: Black, red

    • Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    availability
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    date
    type=expanded
    1.2.2024 at 14:23:24
    date
    type=lastModified
    31.1.2024
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/SHOr406/main
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/SHOr406
    idno
    type=filename
    SHOr406.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    SHOr406

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    Alessandro Bausi, Eliana Dal Sasso, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻHamburg, State and University Library Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky, Cod. orient. 406ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 31.1.2024) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/SHOr406 [Accessed: 2024-04-24+02:00]

    Revisions of the data

    • Eugenia Sokolinski added graphic url, updated description from Stabi metadata on 31.1.2024
    • Eliana Dal Sasso Created entity on 10.1.2018

    Attributions of the contents

    Alessandro Bausi, general editor

    Eliana Dal Sasso, editor

    Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor

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