Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 264
Jonah Sandford, Ashlee Benson, Ralph Lee
EMIP
General description
Weiner Codex 264
Number of Text units: 13
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Late-nineteenth/early-twentieth century
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–56v
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 5v and following
- ms_i1.2
(Fols 11r and following
- ms_i1.3
(Fols 15v and following
- ms_i1.4
(Fols 21r and following
- ms_i1.5
(Fols 26r and following
- ms_i1.6
(Fols 31v and following
- ms_i1.7
(Fols 35r and following
- ms_i1.8
(Fols 39r and following
- ms_i1.9
(Fols 43r and following
- ms_i1.10
(Fols 47r and following
- ms_i1.11
(Fols 51v and following
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 5v and following
- ms_i2
(Fols 57r–72v
Contents
Fols 57r–72v
Additions In this unit there are in total .
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Fol. 5r ( ) “May his (Gäbrä Mänfäs Qǝddus) prayer and blessing be with his beloved Gäbrä Mädḫän (ገብረ፡ መድኀን፡) and his servant Wälättä Täklä Haymanot (ወለተ፡ ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡) and all the listeners and its (the book’s) reader.” A similar note is found at the beginning and end of many of the sections, and the persons mentioned change with each section
Extras
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Fols. ir(ecto), 74v blank
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Numbered quires: quires 1–9
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words of text are written interlinearly (folss. 4v, 7v, 17v, 18r, 19r, , etc.); erasure markings are visible (3v, 16r, 21v, 35v, 44r, , etc.); text has been removed (9v, 12r, 17v, 20v, 48v , etc.)
Decoration In this unit there are in total 10 s, 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: Decorative designs: fols. 5r, 11r, 15v, 21r, 26r, 31v, 35r, 38v, 43r, 56v, 72v (line of full stops)
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
Fol. iv(erso)
St Mary gives a thirsty dog water to drink from her shoe
- miniature: Fol. iir(ecto)
- miniature:
Fol. iiv(erso)
Annunciation with St Mary spinning cloth
- miniature:
Fol. iiir(ecto)
Our Lady St Mary heals a blind man
- miniature:
Fol. iiiv(erso)
Our Lady St Mary and the child Jesus Christ with a broken water jug
- miniature:
Fol. 56v
Holy Man Portrait flanked by leopards and tigers
- miniature:
Fol. 72v
Holy Man Portrait,St George of Lydda and the
- miniature: Fol. 73r with the archangels Gabriel and Michael
- miniature:
Fol. 73v
Crucifixion of Jesus with St Mary and John standing beside the cross
- miniature:
Fol. 74r
Resurrection of Jesus, raising Adam and Eve from the dead
Physical Description
Form of support
Codex
Watermark
No
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 257mm |
Width | 194mm |
Depth | 56mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | a | 3 |
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2 | 1 | 8 |
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Quire 1 |
3 | 2 | 8 |
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Quire 2 |
4 | 3 | 8 |
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Quire 3 |
5 | 4 | 8 |
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6 | 5 | 8 |
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Quire 5 |
7 | 6 | 8 |
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8 | 7 | 8 |
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Quire 7 |
9 | 8 | 8 |
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10 | 9 | 8 |
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11 | 10 | 2 |
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Collation diagrams
Protection Quire: 1, stub after 3
Quire ID:q1, number:a
Notes: 1)
Quire 1
Quire ID:q2, number:1
Quire 2
Quire ID:q3, number:2
Quire 3
Quire ID:q4, number:3
Quire 4: 3, stub after 5 6, stub after 2
Quire ID:q5, number:4
Notes: 1)
Quire 5
Quire ID:q6, number:5
Quire 6: 2, stub after 7 7, stub after 2
Quire ID:q7, number:6
Notes: 1)
Quire 7
Quire ID:q8, number:7
Quire 8: 2, stub after 7 7, stub after 2
Quire ID:q9, number:8
Notes: 1)
Quire 9: 2, stub after 6 7, stub after 1
Quire ID:q10, number:9
Notes: 1)
Quire 10
Quire ID:q11, number:10
Notes: 1)
Ethio-SPaRe formula : a(2+1/s.l. 1, stub after 3/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (2),
Formula 2: 1 (), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (2),
Binding
Parchment, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to boards covered with tooled leather, fabric visible between the turn-ins, headband and tailband visible.
Binding material
parchment
wood
leather
textile
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 20mm |
bottom | 48-50mm |
right | 24mm |
left | 11mm |
Ms Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 264 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 194mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 257mm.Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 23
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Rubrication: ሚካኤል፡ ገብርኤል፡ ገብረ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ማርያም፡
The words Michael, Gabriel, Gäbrä Mänfäs Qǝddus, and Mary are rubricatedCheck 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.
Encoding Description
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Jonah Sandford, Ashlee Benson, Ralph Lee, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻPortland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 264ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 25.1.2021) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP02263 [Accessed: 2024-05-06+02:00]
Revisions of the data
- Ralph Lee Started adding month sections for ms_i1 on 25.1.2021
- Ralph Lee Marked text in item a1 as quotation on 25.1.2021
- Ashlee Benson Added ms_i1.2-1.11 on 25.1.2021
- Ashlee Benson Added ms_1-2, minis 1-10, a1, e1-3 on 19.1.2021
- Jonah Sandford Added ms dimensions, quire maps, margin dims, columns/lines, binding desc, dating info. on 14.12.2020
- Ralph Lee corrected ǝ character on 17.4.2020
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Created XML record from EMIP Collection Metadata.xsls on 18.1.2018
Attributions of the contents
Jonah Sandford, editor
Ashlee Benson, editor
Ralph Lee, editor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor