Williams, OR, Marwick Collection, Marwick Codex 20
Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee, Ashlee Benson
Marwick, EMIP
Collection: Marwick
Other identifiers: Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project EMIP 24
General description
Marwick Codex 20
Number of Text units: 12
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
early-eighteenth century
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–152v
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–123r
- ms_i1.2
(Fols 123v–135v
- ms_i1.3
(Fols 136r–142r
- ms_i1.4
(Fols 142r–149v
- ms_i1.4.1
(Fols 142r and following
- ms_i1.4.2
(Fols 143r and following
- ms_i1.4.3
(Fols 144v and following
- ms_i1.4.4
(Fols 146r and following
- ms_i1.4.5
(Fols 147r and following
- ms_i1.4.6
(Fols 148r and following
- ms_i1.4.7
(Fols 149r and following
- ms_i1.4.1
(Fols 142r and following
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–123r
Contents
Fols 1r–152v
Language of text:
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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Symbolic interpretation of parts of a church building and its contents, in Amharic. (see Marcel Griaule, “Regles de l’Église Éthiopiens (Documents Éthiopiens),” JA, vol. 221 (1932), pp. 1–42), with incipit ሥርዓተ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ታቦቱ፡ ክርስቶስ። መንበሩ፡ ፬እንስሳ። ሥዕሉ፡ በክርሠ፡ ማርያም፡ እንደ፡ ኃደረ።. . . . .ommission by
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Excerpt from , . (For a detailed study of the computus, see Otto Neugebaur, Ethiopic Astronomy, Vienna 1970), and ጌታቸው፡ ኃይሌ፥ ባሕረ፡ ሐሳብ፡ የዘመን፡ ቈጠራ፡ ቅርሳችን፡ ከታሪክ፡ ማስታወሻ፡ ጋር፡ Collegeville (Minnesota), 1993 EC)
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First part of the Saʾalnāka maḥari saʾalnāka faṭāri saʾalnāka kahali (CAe 6205)
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Prayer to de-consecrate blessed baptismal water (Unfinished), cf. EMIP 32, f. 38r, with incipit ዝንቱ፡ ጸሎተ፡ ፍትሐተ፡ ማይ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አምላክነ፡ አኃዜ፡ ኵሉ፡ ፍጥረት፡ እምኀበ፡ አልቦ፡ በጥበብከ፡ በአማን፡ አስተጋብእኮሙ፡ ለማያት፡. . . . .ommission by
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Fol. 153v (Type: CalendaricNote)
Calendar of the Apostles, Evangelists and few other holy days
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Prayer for the soul of ገብረ፡ ኢየሱስ፡
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Prayer for the soul of ወልደ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡
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Prayer for the soul of ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡
Extras
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The codex has been rebound in disorder
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Fol. 1r (top margin) insufficiently legible text of one line
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Overlooked lines are written interlinearly
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An overlooked line was written in the upper margin and a mark was made in the text where it was to be inserted, but another scribe has written the overlooked line (beginning with the + symbol) into the text interlinearly a line lower than the location marked in the first case
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etc., some long lines of text have been written in smaller letters to avoid forcing the line of text onto another line
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A small, black and red cross marks the midpoint of the Psalms
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Fols. 8, 23, 52, 59, 61, 67, 70, 78, 84, 94, 97, 109, 117
Various colored string sewn into corners of to mark content divisions
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This codex has been rebound. There are several clues to the architecture of the original codex and of the rebound version: reinforcement strips surround several quires, original quire numbers are visible on several folios, and the strings are visible at the center of several quires. Nevertheless, it will require a very detailed study to sort out the two systems with any certainty
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etc., some long lines of text have been written in smaller letters to avoid forcing the line of text onto another line
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: Decorative designs: folss. 8r, 13v, 23v, 42r, 48v, 59r, 70r, 78r, 84r, 97r, 109r, 111v, 117r, 123r, 135v, 136r, 142r, 143r, 144v, 146r, 147r, 148r, 149r, (dotted line using alternating black and red); 149v, (dotted line using red); 152r (division using combined dots and lines in red).
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
Fol. iv(erso) Equestrian Saint, Joab and his brother Abishai (1Sam 26:6), each on horseback
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 182mm |
Width | 155mm |
Depth | 95mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
Binding
Four repaired Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough–hewn boards.
Binding material
wood
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 10-12mm |
bottom | 35-38mm |
right | 10-13mm |
left | 8mm |
Ms Williams, OR, Marwick Collection, Marwick Codex 20 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 155mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 182mm.Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Columetric layout of text: fols. 121v, (Ps. 148), 121v, 122r, 122v, 123r, (Ps. 150), 132r, 132v (tenth biblical canticle)Check for additional bibliography
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Edition Statement
The initial version of this file was created from data kindly provided by the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project directed by Steve Delamarter.
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Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee, Ashlee Benson, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻWilliams, OR, Marwick Collection, Marwick Codex 20ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-11-06) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP00024 [Accessed: 2024-05-15]
Revisions of the data
- Ralph Lee Minor format edits on 6.11.2020
- Ashlee Benson Updated facs statements on 2.11.2020
- Ralph Lee Corrected reference to table prayer on 15.5.2020
- Ralph Lee Added type to d2 on 6.4.2020
- Ralph Lee Reformatted ms items, additions, extras, and added image links on 1.4.2020
- Ralph Lee Corrected titles, added notes and varia on 9.7.2018
- Jonah Sandford Fixed notes re. quires on 14.6.2018
- Jonah Sandford Added works, phys description, various notes on 8.6.2018
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Created XML record from EMIP Collection Metadata.xsls on 18.1.2018
Attributions of the contents
Jonah Sandford, editor
Ralph Lee, editor
Ashlee Benson, editor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor