Washington, D.C., Howard University School of Divinity, Tweed Codex 028
Jonah Sandford, Ashlee Benson, Ralph Lee
Tweed Collection, EMIP
General description
Tweed Codex 028
Number of Text units: 2
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1915 EC (check the viewerfols. iiv, mentions Empress Zewditu; check the viewer142v has a full colophon).
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–142r
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r and following
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r and following
Contents
Fols 1r–142r
Language of text:
Psalm 118 does not contain the spiritual meanings of the Hebrew lettersColophon
Translation: This book is written in 1915, Year of Mercy, (= 1922–3), nine years after the death of Emperor Menilik, King of Ethiopia, in the seventh year of the reign of Empress Zäwditu, baptismal name is Askalä Maryam, daughter of Menilek, the second, king of Kings, with Our Lord, His Highness, Ras Täfäri, whose baptismal name is Ḫaylä Śǝllase, regent of the throne, son of Ras Mäkwonen, Ruler of Harar and the surrounding districts, with our bishop Matewos, the Orthodox. It is copied by the order of Ras Ḫaylu, prince of Gojjam, son of King Täklä Haymanot. Praise to God the one who brought us to this hour, and to His mother, Saint Virgin Mary. May forgiveness and mercy be upon us.
Translation Gǝʿǝz : ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ተጽሕፈ፡ በ፲ወ፱፻፲ወ፭ ዓመተ፡ ምሕረት፡ እምአመ፡ አእረፈ፡ በ፱ዓመት፡ ዳግማዊ፡ ምኒልክ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ነገሥት፡ ዘኢትዮጵያ፡ ወእምአመ፡ ነ(ግሠት)፡ በ፯ ዓመት፡ ንግሥተ፡ ነገሥታት፡ ዘውዲቱ፡ ዘስመ [፡] ጥምቀታ፡ አስካለ፡ ማርያም፡ ወለቱ፡ ለዳግማዊ፡ ምኒልክ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ነገሥት። እንዘ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ልዑል፡ ራስ፡ ተፈሪ፡ ዘስመ፡ ጥምቀቱ፡ ኃይለ፡ ሥላሴ፡ ወራሴ፡ መንግሥት፡ ወልዱ፡ ለራስ፡ መኰንን፡ መስፍነ፡ ሐረር፡ ወዘኵሉ፡ አድያሚሃ፡ ወእንዘ፡ ጳጳስነ፡ ማቴዎስ፡ ርቱዓ፡ ሃይማኖት። ወተጽሕፎቱሰ በትእዛዙ፡ ለራስ፡ ኃይሉ፡ መስፍነ፡ ጎጃም፡ ወልዱ፡ ለንጉሥ፡ ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ለዘአብጽሐነ፡ እስከ፡ ዛቲ፡ ሰዓት። ወለወላዲቱ፡ ማርያም፡ ድንግል፡ ቅድስት፡ ወላዕሌነ፡ ይኩን፡ ሣህል፡ ወምሕረት።
Codex is similar in most respects to that in EMIP 339, Weiner Codex 149
Fols 1r and following
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): እስመ፡ መዝሙረ፡ ዳዊት፡ ትመሰል፡ ገነተ። ወታስተጋብአ፡ ኵሎ፡ ጽጌያተ። ትፈሪ፡ ፍሬታተ፡ ወተመጽአ፡ በረከት። ትግሣጽ፡ ለኵሉ፡ ወአስተናሰአ፡ ምግባር። ፍካሬ፡ ዘጻድቃን፡ ወዘኀጥአን።
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 2 .
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List of family baptismal names, written in blue ink
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List of names, scrawls. Note by the scribe on the time of beginning and finishing the work
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mentions Zawditu
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Contains the official seals of Zawditu and the minister of pen
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list of names
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f. 144r, top (Type: OwnershipNote)
In black ink: ( ) “This Dawit belongs to Mameher Sǝme which Wäldä Mäsqäl, Minister of Pen, gave to him.”
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f. 144r at bottom (Type: GuestText)
In black ink: excerpt of the Mazmura Dǝngǝl (CAe 3985)
Extras
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pentrials, scrawl
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In blue ink: copy of the note of ownership check the viewerfol. a7 ,and excerpt of the Mazmura Dǝngǝl (CAe 3985) check the viewera10
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list of names as pentrials
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Identified in the insurance hand list as Psalter 12
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Numbered quires: quires 4–11, 13 check the viewerfols. q1, q2, q3, q4, q5, q6, q7, q8, a9, q10, q11, q13
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Fols. 16r, 46r, 63r, 83r, 125r
etc., words of text are written interlinearly
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etc., lines of text are written interlinearly
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etc., text has been removed
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: Decorative designs: fols. 16v, 61v, 69r, 74v, 85v, 96r, 99r, 105r, 123r (haräg)
Physical Description
Form of support
Codex
Watermark
No
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 230mm |
Width | 170mm |
Depth | 70mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | a | 2 |
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Protection Sheet |
2 | 1 | 10 |
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Quire 1 |
3 | 2 | 6 |
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Quire 2 |
4 | 3 | 6 |
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Quire 3 |
5 | 4 | 4 |
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Quire 4 |
6 | 5 | 10 |
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Quire 5 |
7 | 6 | 14 |
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Quire 6 |
8 | 7 | 10 |
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Quire 7 |
9 | 8 | 10 |
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Quire 8 |
10 | 9 | 10 |
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Quire 9 |
11 | 10 | 10 |
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12 | 11 | 10 |
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Quire 11 |
13 | 12 | 10 |
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Quire 12 |
14 | 13 | 10 |
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15 | 14 | 10 |
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Quire 14 |
16 | 15 | 10 |
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17 | 16 | 4 |
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Quire 16 |
Collation diagrams
Protection Sheet
Quire ID:q1, number:a
Quire 1
Quire ID:q2, number:1
Quire 2
Quire ID:q3, number:2
Quire 3
Quire ID:q4, number:3
Quire 4
Quire ID:q5, number:4
Quire 5
Quire ID:q6, number:5
Quire 6
Quire ID:q7, number:6
Quire 7
Quire ID:q8, number:7
Quire 8
Quire ID:q9, number:8
Quire 9
Quire ID:q10, number:9
Quire 10: 1, stub after 10 8, stub after 3
Quire ID:q11, number:10
Notes: 1)
Quire 11
Quire ID:q12, number:11
Quire 12
Quire ID:q13, number:12
Quire 13: 4, stub after 7 7, stub after 4
Quire ID:q14, number:13
Notes: 1)
Quire 14
Quire ID:q15, number:14
Quire 15: 3, stub after 8 8, stub after 3
Quire ID:q16, number:15
Notes: 1)
Quire 16
Quire ID:q17, number:16
Ethio-SPaRe formula : a(2/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (6), 4 (6), 5 (4), 6 (10), 7 (14), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (10), 15 (10), 16 (10), 17 (4),
Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (6), 4 (6), 5 (4), 6 (10), 7 (14), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (10), 15 (10), 16 (10), 17 (4),
Binding
Parchment, 230 x 170 x 70 mm, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough-hewn boards of the traditional wood covered with tooled leather.
Binding material
parchment
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 20mm |
bottom | 48mm |
right | 27mm |
left | 11mm |
Ms Washington, D.C., Howard University School of Divinity, Tweed Codex 028 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 170mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 230mm.Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Rubrication: ኢግዚአብሔር፡ ማርያም፡
The word God is rubricated in the first three works; the word Mary is rubricated in the final two works
Columetric layout of text: fols. 47r, (Ps. 28); 110r, (Ps. 110); 119r, 119v (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.
Dedicated to Cain Hope Felder
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Jonah Sandford, Ashlee Benson, Ralph Lee, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻWashington, D.C., Howard University School of Divinity, Tweed Codex 028ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-08-05) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP01977 [Accessed: 2024-06-01]
Revisions of the data
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Moved comment on spiritual meaning of Hebrew letters in Ps118 to ms item, and added incipit for introductory prayer for the Psalter on 5.8.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Corrected colophon coding on 15.6.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: corrected ǝ character on 17.4.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Edits to additions, extras and decorations on 18.2.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Added image links on 10.12.2019
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: updated msIdentifier for Tweed collection. on 13.11.2019
- Jonah Sandford Jonah Sandford: Added quire maps, margin dim, columns/lines, binding desc, dating info. on 25.10.2019
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Added items on 14.10.2019
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: CreatedXML record from EMIP Collection Metadata.xsls on 18.1.2018
Attributions of the contents
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor