Washington, D.C., Howard University School of Divinity, Tweed Codex 040
Jonah Sandford, Ashlee Benson, Ralph Lee
Tweed Collection, EMIP
General description
Tweed Codex 040
Number of Text units: 2
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Early-eighteenth century
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–199v
- ms_i2
(Fols 200r–201v
Contents
Fols 1r–199v
Language of text:
Psalm 118 does not contain the spiritual meanings of the Hebrew letters, but it seems that space was left for them to be written and then they never werePraises of Mary with musical notation
Fols 200r–201v
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምኪ፡ እምዝክረ፡ ማኅሌት፡ አዳም፡
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 2 .
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Fols. iv(erso), iir(ecto), iiv(erso), iiir(ecto), iiiv(erso), ivr(ecot), ivv(erso) (Type: GuestText)
Malkǝʾa masqal (CAe 2842) , Incipit: ሰላም፡ ለዝክረ፡ ስምከ፡ በመጽሔተ፡ መስቀል፡ ዘተለክዓ፡
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Excerpt from ʿƎnzirā sǝbḥat (CAe 1344)
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Excerpt from Chronological treatise (CAe 3851)
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Fol. 179v (Type: OwnershipNote)
note of ownership, with name of owner erased
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f. 199v, column 1 (Type: OwnershipNote)
note of ownership, with name of owner erased
Extras
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List of the feast days of the Church throughout the year, on which it is forbidden to work (ውግዘት፡ ያላቸው፡ በዓላት፡)
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blank
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midpoint of the Psalms is marked with a box-shaped, knotted-rope design
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Pentrial
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Identified in the insurance hand list as Psalter 24
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Numbered quires: quires 1–6 check the viewerfols. q1, q2, q3, q4, q5, q6
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etc., words of text are written interlinearly
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Fols. 46r, 66r, 116r, 117v, 135r
etc., lines of text are written interlinearly
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etc., text has been removed
Decoration In this unit there are in total 2 , 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: Decorative designs: folss. 1r, 50v, 69r, 95r, 102r, 138r, 155r, 170v, 201v, (haräg); 18r, 84r, 118v, 146r, 153v, (line of alternating red and black dots); 180r, 193r, 199v (multiple full stops between lines of red and black dots).
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
Fol. vv(erso)
Holy Man Portrait,St George of Lydda and the
- miniature: Fol. vir(ecto)
Physical Description
Form of support
Codex
Watermark
No
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 178mm |
Width | 168mm |
Depth | 87mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | a | 4 |
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Protection Quire 1 |
2 | b | 2 |
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Protection Quire 2 |
3 | 1 | 10 |
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Quire 1 |
4 | 2 | 10 |
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Quire 2 |
5 | 3 | 10 |
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Quire 3 |
6 | 4 | 10 |
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Quire 4 |
7 | 5 | 10 |
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Quire 5 |
8 | 6 | 10 |
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Quire 6 |
9 | 7 | 10 |
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Quire 7 |
10 | 8 | 10 |
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Quire 8 |
11 | 9 | 10 |
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Quire 9 |
12 | 10 | 10 |
|
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13 | 11 | 10 |
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Quire 11 |
14 | 12 | 10 |
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Quire 12 |
15 | 13 | 8 |
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16 | 14 | 10 |
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Quire 14 |
17 | 15 | 8 |
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Quire 15 |
18 | 16 | 8 |
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Quire 16 |
19 | 17 | 10 |
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Quire 17 |
20 | 18 | 10 |
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Quire 18 |
21 | 19 | 10 |
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Quire 19 |
22 | 20 | 8 |
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Quire 20 |
23 | 21 | 10 |
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Quire 21 |
Collation diagrams
Protection Quire 1
Quire ID:q1, number:a
Protection Quire 2
Quire ID:q2, number:b
Quire 1
Quire ID:q3, number:1
Quire 2
Quire ID:q4, number:2
Quire 3
Quire ID:q5, number:3
Quire 4
Quire ID:q6, number:4
Quire 5
Quire ID:q7, number:5
Quire 6
Quire ID:q8, number:6
Quire 7
Quire ID:q9, number:7
Quire 8
Quire ID:q10, number:8
Quire 9
Quire ID:q11, number:9
Quire 10: 2, stub after 8 9, stub after 1
Quire ID:q12, number:10
Notes: 1)
Quire 11
Quire ID:q13, number:11
Quire 12
Quire ID:q14, number:12
Quire 13: 2, stub after 7 7, stub after 2
Quire ID:q15, number:13
Notes: 1)
Quire 14
Quire ID:q16, number:14
Quire 15
Quire ID:q17, number:15
Quire 16
Quire ID:q18, number:16
Quire 17
Quire ID:q19, number:17
Quire 18
Quire ID:q20, number:18
Quire 19
Quire ID:q21, number:19
Quire 20
Quire ID:q22, number:20
Quire 21
Quire ID:q23, number:21
Ethio-SPaRe formula : a(4/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (4), 2 (2), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (10), 15 (8), 16 (10), 17 (8), 18 (8), 19 (10), 20 (10), 21 (10), 22 (8), 23 (10),
Formula 2: 1 (4), 2 (2), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (10), 15 (8), 16 (10), 17 (8), 18 (8), 19 (10), 20 (10), 21 (10), 22 (8), 23 (10),
Binding
Parchment, 178 x 168 x 87 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 | 22mm |
bottom | 49mm |
right | 27mm |
left | 15mm |
Ms Washington, D.C., Howard University School of Divinity, Tweed Codex 040 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 168mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 178mm.Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Rubrication: ማርያም፡
The word God is not rubricated in the first three works; the word Mary is rubricated in the final two works Columetric layout of text: fols. 153v, (Ps. 150); 165v, 166r, 166v (tenth biblical Canticle)Check for additional bibliography
Publication Statement
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
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 040ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-08-19) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP01989 [Accessed: 2024-05-17]
Revisions of the data
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Coded musical notation on 19.8.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Moved comment on spiritual meanings in Ps118 to ms items on 5.8.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: corrected ǝ character on 17.4.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Corrections to ms contents, and minor edits to additions and extras on 18.2.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Added image links, minor corrections on 13.12.2019
- 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 3.11.2019
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Added items on 23.10.2019
- 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