Washington, D.C., Howard University School of Divinity, Tweed Codex 072
Ralph Lee, Ashlee Benson, Jonah Sandford
Tweed Collection, EMIP
General description
Tweed Codex 072
Number of Text units: 61
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Early-twentieth century
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–134r
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–12v
- ms_i1.1.1
(Fols 1r and following
- ms_i1.1.2
(Fols 9r and following
- ms_i1.1.3
(Fols 10r and following
- ms_i1.1.4
(Fols 12v and following
- ms_i1.2
(Fols 14r–23r
- ms_i1.2.1
(Fols 14r and following
- ms_i1.2.2
(Fols 21r and following
- ms_i1.2.3
(Fols 22r and following
- ms_i1.2.4
(Fols 23r and following
- ms_i1.3
(Fols 25r–37v
- ms_i1.3.1
(Fols 25r and following
- ms_i1.3.2
(Fols 36r and following
- ms_i1.3.3
(Fols 37r and following
- ms_i1.3.4
(Fols 37v and following
- ms_i1.4
(Fols 39r–45r
- ms_i1.4.1
(Fols 39r and following
- ms_i1.4.2
(Fols 43r and following
- ms_i1.4.3
(Fols 44v and following
- ms_i1.4.4
(Fols 45r and following
- ms_i1.5
(Fols 47r–58r
- ms_i1.5.1
(Fols 47r and following
- ms_i1.5.2
(Fols 56r and following
- ms_i1.5.3
(Fols 57v and following
- ms_i1.5.4
(Fols 58r and following
- ms_i1.6
(Fols 60r–68v
- ms_i1.6.1
(Fols 60r and following
- ms_i1.6.2
(Fols 65v and following
- ms_i1.6.3
(Fols 68r and following
- ms_i1.6.4
(Fols 68v and following
- ms_i1.7
(Fols 70r–74r
- ms_i1.7.1
(Fols 70r and following
- ms_i1.7.2
(Fols 72r and following
- ms_i1.7.3
(Fols 73v and following
- ms_i1.7.4
(Fols 74r and following
- ms_i1.8
(Fols 75r–91v
- ms_i1.8.1
(Fols 75r and following
- ms_i1.8.2
(Fols 82v and following
- ms_i1.8.3
(Fols 84r and following
- ms_i1.8.4
(Fols 91v and following
- ms_i1.9
(Fols 93r–100v
- ms_i1.9.1
(Fols 93r and following
- ms_i1.9.2
(Fols 99r and following
- ms_i1.9.3
(Fols 100r and following
- ms_i1.9.4
(Fols 100v and following
- ms_i1.10
(Fols 102r–106v
- ms_i1.10.1
(Fols 102r and following
- ms_i1.10.2
(Fols 105v and following
- ms_i1.10.3
(Fols 106v and following
- ms_i1.10.4
(Fols 106v and following
- ms_i1.11
(Fols 108r–114r
- ms_i1.11.1
(Fols 108r and following
- ms_i1.11.2
(Fols 111r and following
- ms_i1.11.3
(Fols 113v and following
- ms_i1.11.4
(Fols 114r and following
- ms_i1.12
(Fols 116r–133v
- ms_i1.12.1
(Fols 116r and following
- ms_i1.12.2
(Fols 130v and following
- ms_i1.12.3
(Fols 133r and following
- ms_i1.12.4
(Fols 133v and following
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–12v
Contents
Additions In this unit there are in total 4 s.
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f. 14r and passim (Type: OwnershipNote)
mentions the name of the original owner, Wäldä Ḥanna
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f. 19r and passim (Type: OwnershipNote)
the name of a secondary owner is written, Gäbrä Mäsqäl
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f. 57v and passim (Type: OwnershipNote)
mentions another secondary owner, Wäldä Śǝlasse
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mentions the scribe, Wäldä Tǝnśa’e
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Fol. 134v (Type: OwnershipNote)
Note of ownership and transaction of the book. Sale price was 25 birr in 1934 EC
Extras
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The fine materials and workmanship, the distinctive harags, the trimmed textblock, all point to the government scriptorium as the place of origin of this manuscript
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blank
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Identified in the insurance hand list as Liturgical 5
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Fols. 14, 25, 39, 47, 60, 70, 75, 82, 93, 102, 108, 116
red string is sewn into the fore edge as navigation system
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Numbered quires: quire 2
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text has been removed
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: Decorative designs: fols. 1r, 14r, 25r, 39r, 47r, 60r, 70r, 75r, 93r, 102r, 108r, 116r (haräg); multiple full stops are used as section dividers throughout the codex
Physical Description
Form of support
Codex
Watermark
No
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 248mm |
Width | 170mm |
Depth | 56mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | a | 4 |
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Protection Quire |
2 | 1 | 10 |
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Quire 1 |
3 | 2 | 10 |
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4 | 3 | 11 |
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5 | 4 | 11 |
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6 | 5 | 11 |
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7 | 6 | 11 |
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8 | 7 | 11 |
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9 | 8 | 10 |
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Quire 8 |
10 | 9 | 11 |
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11 | 10 | 10 |
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Quire 10 |
12 | 11 | 13 |
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13 | 12 | 10 |
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Quire 12 |
14 | 13 | 6 |
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Quire 13 |
Collation diagrams
Protection Quire
Quire ID:q1, number:a
Quire 1
Quire ID:q2, number:1
Quire 2: 4, stub after 7 7, stub after 4
Quire ID:q3, number:2
Notes: 1)
Quire 3: 4, stub after 8
Quire ID:q4, number:3
Notes: 1)
Quire 4: 7, stub after 4
Quire ID:q5, number:4
Notes: 1)
Quire 5: 4, stub after 8
Quire ID:q6, number:5
Notes: 1)
Quire 6: 5, stub after 7
Quire ID:q7, number:6
Notes: 1)
Quire 7: 5, stub after 7
Quire ID:q8, number:7
Notes: 1)
Quire 8
Quire ID:q9, number:8
Quire 9: 7, stub after 4
Quire ID:q10, number:9
Notes: 1)
Quire 10
Quire ID:q11, number:10
Quire 11: 9, stub after 4
Quire ID:q12, number:11
Notes: 1)
Quire 12
Quire ID:q13, number:12
Quire 13
Quire ID:q14, number:13
Ethio-SPaRe formula : a(4/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (4), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (11), 5 (11), 6 (11), 7 (11), 8 (11), 9 (10), 10 (11), 11 (10), 12 (13), 13 (10), 14 (6),
Formula 2: 1 (4), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (11), 5 (11), 6 (11), 7 (11), 8 (11), 9 (10), 10 (11), 11 (10), 12 (13), 13 (10), 14 (6),
Binding
Parchment, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough-hewn boards of the traditional wood covered with tooled leather with fabric visible between the turn-ins and covered with a double-pocket fabric cover, headband and tailband.
Binding material
parchment
wood
leather
textile
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 28mm |
bottom | 57mm |
right | 30mm |
left | 12mm |
Ms Washington, D.C., Howard University School of Divinity, Tweed Codex 072 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 170mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 248mm.Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 19
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Rubrication: ኢግዚአብሔር፡ ሚካኤል፡ ኢየሱስ፡
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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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Ralph Lee, Ashlee Benson, Jonah Sandford, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻWashington, D.C., Howard University School of Divinity, Tweed Codex 072ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-11-18) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP02021 [Accessed: 2024-05-19]
Revisions of the data
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Updated facs statements on 18.11.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: corrected ǝ character on 17.4.2020
- Jonah Sandford Jonah Sandford: Added quire map, margin dims, columns/lines, binding desc, dating info. on 20.12.2019
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Minor edits to additions on 19.12.2019
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Added facs on 16.12.2019
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: updated msIdentifier for Tweed collection. on 13.11.2019
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Added ms items and notes on 25.10.2019
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: Created XML record from EMIP Collection Metadata.xsls on 18.1.2018
Attributions of the contents
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor