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Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Dabra Zayt Qǝddǝst Māryām, DZ-004

Vitagrazia Pisani (cataloguer)

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General description

Gadla ḥawāryāt, Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles

Number of Text units: 32

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Original Location: Dabra Zayt Qǝddǝst Māryām↗

Second half of the 15th cent. (?)

Summary

I) Gadla ḥawāryāt, Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles (fols. 2ra-118vb) I-1) The Letter of Dionysius on the Martyrdom of Sts. Peter and Paul, with colophon (fols. 2ra-10rb) I-2) Introduction (fols. 10ra-10vb) I-3) The Preaching of St Peter, with colophon (fols. 10vb-19vb) I-4) The Martyrdom of St Peter (fols. 20ra-23va) I-5) The Martyrdom of St Paul, with colophon (fols. 23va-25ra) I-6) The Preaching of St Simon the son of Cleopas, surnamed Judas or Nathaniel (fols. 25rb-26va) I-7) The Martyrdom of St Simon the son of Cleopas, surnamed Judas or Nathaniel (fols. 26va-28vb) I-8) The Acts of St John the son of Zebedee (fols. 28(a)ra-34vb) I-9) The Martyrdom of St Bartholomew (fols. 35ra-36vb) I-10) The Martyrdom of St Andrew (fols. 37ra-37vb), acephalous I-11) The Preaching of St Matthew (fols. 38ra-39va) I-12) The Martyrdom of St Luke (fols. 39va-40vb) I-13) The Acts of St Matthew, with colophon (fols. 41ra-45rb) I-14) The Preaching of St James the Just (fols. 45va-46va) I-15) The Martyrdom of St James the Just (fols. 46va-48va) I-16) The Preaching of St Bartholomew (fols. 48vb-50vb) I-17) The Martyrdom of St Philip (fols. 50vb-52va) I-18) The Preaching of St Andrew (fols. 52va-58va) I-19) The Acts of St Andrew and St Bartholomew (fols. 58va-59vb) I-20) The Preaching of St Philip (fols. 60ra-71rb) I-21) The Martyrdom of St Andrew (fols. 71rb-79vb) I-22) The Death of St John the son of Zebedee (fols. 79vb-83ra) I-23) The Martyrdom of St James the son of Alphaeus (fols. 83rb-83vb) I-24) The Preaching of St Matthias (fols. 84ra-93rb) I-25) The Acts of St James the son of Zebedee (fols. 93rb-95vb) I-26) The Martyrdom of St James the son of Zebedee (fols. 96ra-97rb) I-27) The Martyrdom of St Mark the Evangelist (fols. 97va-100va) I-28) The Preaching of St Thomas (fols. 100va-110vb) I-29) The Martyrdom of St Thomas (fols. 111ra-114va) I-30) The Preaching of St Judas Thaddeus, with colophon (fols. 114va-118vb) Additiones 1-2.
  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 2ra–118vb ), Contendings of the Apostles: Recension II
    1. ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 2ra–10rb ), The Letter of Dionysius on the Martyrdom of Sts. Peter and Paul, with colophon
    2. ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 10ra–10vb ), Introduction
    3. ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 10vb–19vb ), The Preaching of St Peter, with colophon
    4. ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 20ra–23va ), The Martyrdom of St Peter
      1. ms_i1.4.1 (), Discourse of Peter on the Cross
    5. ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 23va–25ra ), The Martyrdom of St Paul, with colophon
    6. ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 25rb–26va ), The Preaching of St Simon the son of Cleopas, surnamed Judas or Nathaniel
    7. ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 26va–28vb ), The Martyrdom of St Simon the son of Cleopas, surnamed Judas or Nathaniel
    8. ms_i1.8 (check the viewerFols 28ara–34vb ), The Acts of St John the Son of Zebedee
    9. ms_i1.9 (check the viewerFols 35ra–36vb ), The Martyrdom of St Bartholomew
    10. ms_i1.10 (check the viewerFols 37ra–37vb ), The Martyrdom of St Andrew
    11. ms_i1.11 (check the viewerFols 38ra–39va ), The Preaching of St Matthias
    12. ms_i1.12 (check the viewerFols 39va–40vb ), The Martyrdom of St Luke
    13. ms_i1.13 (check the viewerFols 41ra–45rb ), The Acts of St Matthew, with colophon
    14. ms_i1.14 (check the viewerFols 45va–46va ), The Preaching of St James the Just
    15. ms_i1.15 (check the viewerFols 46va–48va ), The Martyrdom of St James the Just
    16. ms_i1.16 (check the viewerFols 48vb–50vb ), The Preaching of St Bartholomew
    17. ms_i1.17 (check the viewerFols 50vb–52va ), The Martyrdom of St Philip
    18. ms_i1.18 (check the viewerFols 52va–58va ), The Preaching of St Andrew
    19. ms_i1.19 (check the viewerFols 58va–59vb ), The Acts of Sts Andrew and Bartholomew
    20. ms_i1.20 (check the viewerFols 60ra–71rb ), The Preaching of St Philip
    21. ms_i1.21 (check the viewerFols 71rb–79vb ), The Martyrdom of St Andrew
    22. ms_i1.22 (check the viewerFols 79vb–83ra ), The Death of St John the Son of Zebedee
    23. ms_i1.23 (check the viewerFols 83rb–83vb ), The Martyrdom of St James the Son of Alphaeus
    24. ms_i1.24 (check the viewerFols 84ra–93rb ), The Preaching of St Matthias
    25. ms_i1.25 (check the viewerFols 93rb–95vb ), The Acts of St James the Son of Zebedee
    26. ms_i1.26 (check the viewerFols 96ra–97rb ), The Martyrdom of St James the Son of Zebedee
    27. ms_i1.27 (check the viewerFols 97va–100va ), The Martyrdom of St Mark the Evangelist
    28. ms_i1.28 (check the viewerFols 100va–110vb ), The Preaching of St Thomas
    29. ms_i1.29 (check the viewerFols 111ra–114va ), The Martyrdom of St Thomas
    30. ms_i1.30 (check the viewerFols 114va–118vb ), The Preaching of St Judas Thaddeus, with colophon

Contents

check the viewerFols 2ra–118vb Contendings of the Apostles: Recension II (CAe 5814) According to the distribution of the texts, it would belong to 2nd recension (cp. ‘Gädlä ḥawaryat’, EAe, II (2005), 1049b–1051a (A. Bausi)). However, The Martyrdom of St Peter (CAe 1889)   contains Discourse of Peter on the Cross.

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewer2ra (Discourse of Dionysius on the Martyrdom of Sts. Peter and Paul): በስመ፡ʼʼ… ፍናዌ፡ መልእክት፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ ወክቡር፡ ድዮናስዮስ፡ አርዮስ፡ ፋጎስ፡ ኀበ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ጢሞቴ[ዎስ]: ፈነዎ፡ ረድኡ፡ ለጳው[ሎ]ስ፡ ኅሩይ፡ በእንተ፡ ፍጻሜ፡ ስምዖመ፡ ለጴጥሮስ፡ ወጳውሎስ፡ ፍንዋን፡ ላእካን፡ ወንጹሐን፡ በሀገረ፡ ሮምያ፡ አመ፡ [n.l.]ለሐምሌ፡ በሰላመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አብ፡ አሜን፨…In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God, the epistle which saint and honored Dionysius, the Areopagite, sent to St Timothy, the disciple of Paul the elect, concerning the conclusion of the martyrdom of Peter and Paul, sent and pure messengers in the city of Rome (Romya) on [n.l.] of Ḥamle, in the peace of God, the Father. Amen. ...

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewer118vb, l.5 (The Preaching of St Judas Thaddeus): … አመ፡ ፪ለወ[ር]ኀ፡ ሐምሌ፡ እንዘ፡ ይሴ[ብ]ሕ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን። (Colophon) ተፈጸመ፡ በዝየ፡ ገድል፡ ዘ[n.l.]ወ፪ሐዋርያት፡ ወ፸ወ፪፡ [አር]ድእት፡ ጸለዩ፡ ወይቤሉ፡ ንሕነ፡ ጻመውነ፡ ወተቀሰፍነ፡ በእንተ፡ ስምከ፡ ምንተ፡ ዐስብነ፡ ወይቤሎሙ፡ እግዚእነ፡ በደኃሪተ፡ ዕለት፡ ኅለፉ፡ በግህደት፡ ወይቤሉ፡ ዘይትአመን፡ በጸሎትነ፡ ወይገብር፡ ተዝከረነ፡ ወዘአጽሐፈ፡ መጽሐፈነ፡ ምንት፡ ዐስቡ፡ ወይቤሉ፡[sic] ይሕ[ል]ፍ፡ ምስሌክሙ፡ በግህደት፡ በደኃሪት፡ ዕለት፡ እስከ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፡ … on the second day of the month Ḥamle, glorifying the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Forever and ever. Amen. (Colophon) Here the Vitae of 12 Apostles of 72 Disciples is completed. [They] prayed and said: “We have toiled and we were tortured for Your name; which is our reward?” And our Lord said to them: “You should pass in the openness at the last day”. And they said: “Which is the reward for the one whom is trust in our prayer and makes our commemoration and for the one who caused the book to be written?”. And He said: “He should pass with you in the openness at the last day”.  Forever and ever. Amen. Amen.

check the viewerFols 20ra–23va The Martyrdom of St Peter (CAe 1889)
check the viewerFols 37ra–37vb The Martyrdom of St Andrew (CAe 3538) acephalous: text missing before check the viewer37ra = Budge 1899

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 , 1 .

  1. check the viewerf. 73va (Type: CalendaricNote)

    Note concerning a church feast (?)

    ( gez ) check the viewer37va (below the text): ዘገነተ፡ ማርያም፡ ግበሮ፡ ተስከ፡ ደቅቀ፡ በኀምሊ[sic]፡ አ፲ወ፸፨ ዘይኮን

  2. check the viewerf. 118vb (Type: Unclear)

    Unclear note.

    ( gez ) check the viewer118vb (below the text): በጠጁን፡ ከረዙን፡ እኑሆን፯፯፡ [n.l.]በል፡ ምዕደንግያ፡ ወሚመ፡ በዘ፡ ትትከል፡ ዕዕ፡ ዘኢያንቀበቅል፡ ድማም፡

    Crudely written.

Extras

  1. check the viewer39va

    - A few times, part of the lines (usually the last letter of a word) from the incipit of the texts are written at the margin, outside the column: e.g., , 48vb, 79vb, 60ra.

  2. check the viewer24ra

    - Corrections over erasures: , 31ra, 32vb, 38rb, 104va.

  3. - Erasures: fols. 36vb, 41ra.

  4. check the viewer39v

    - Cues for the rubricator (numbers) written in the margins of the column: e.g., , 59v.

  5. check the viewer7v

    - Crude notes in pen or in pencil on (above the text), 8v (above the text), 9r (above the text) and on the right inner board.

  6. (Type: findingAid)

    Readings are indicated by the commemoration dates of the Apostles, written in the main hand, in red or in black, in the upper margin: አመ፲ለሐምሌ: ናትናኤል።: check the viewerfol. 25r አመ፻ለጥር፡ ዮሐንስ።: check the viewerfol. 28 (a)r አመ፩ለመስከረም፡ በርተሎሜዎስ።: check the viewerfol. 35r አመ፳፪ለጥቅምት፡ ሉቃስ፡: check the viewerfol. 39v አመ፲፪ለጥቅምት፡ ማቴዎስ፡: check the viewerfol. 41r አመ፲ወ፰ለኀምሌ: ያዕቆብ።: fol 45v አመ፬ለታኅሣሥ: አንድርያስ።: check the viewerfol. 52v አመ፡ ፲፰፡ ለኅደር፡: check the viewerfol. 60ra አመ፲ለያ[sic]ካቲት፡ ያዕቆብ።: check the viewerfol. 83r አመ፰ለመጋቢት፡ ማቲያስ፡: check the viewerfol. 84r አመ፲ወ፯᎓ ለሚያዝያ፡ ያዕቆብ።: check the viewerfol. 93r አመ፴ለሚያዝያ፡ ማርቆስ።: check the viewerfol. 97v አመ፳፮(?)᎓ ለግንቦት፡ ቶማስ።: check the viewerfol. 100v አመ፪ለሐምሌ: ታዴዎስ።: check the viewerfol. 114v

Decoration In this unit there are in total 2 .

Frame notes

  1. frame: - check the viewer2r : coloured (red, yellow, black), horizontal and vertical ornamental band, framing all the text, above, around both lateral sides, between the two columns, below the text. Geometric motifs (interlaces).
  2. frame: - check the viewer10r : simple, narrow, uncoloured (red), horizontal band (within the columns ab) dividing two different texts. Geometric motifs (interlaces).

Catalogue Bibliography

Secondary Bibliography

  • Pisani, V. 2015. ‘The apocryphal Acts of the Apostles: unknown witnesses from East Tegray’, in A. Bausi, A. Gori, D. Nosnitsin, and E. Sokolinski, eds, Essays in Ethiopian Manuscript Studies. Proceedings of the International Conference Manuscripts and Texts, Languages and Contexts: the Transmission of Knowledge in the Horn of Africa, Hamburg, 17-19 July 2014, Supplement to Aethiopica, 4 (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2015), 75–94.
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This manuscript has ancient restorations.

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

Made of 119.0 (leaf) .Entered as 119.0 folios, in (quire) .Entered as quires . 370 270 75
Outer dimensions
Height 370
Width 270
Depth 75

Foliation

118 + 1 originating from a different Ms. (16th century? ). Number 28 is repeated twice by mistake; check the viewer91 not photographed.

Quire Structure Collation

Signatures: - Quire marks are written in the upper margin of the following two leaves: 18r: ፫ (once); 26r: ፬ (once).

State of preservation

deficient

Condition

The binding is disintegrated; the front cover is missing. Some leaves are missing (at least between check the viewerfols. 36v, and check the viewer37r ).

Binding

Two wooden boards (the front board is missing; the back board is broken and repaired). Two pairs of sewing stations (only a few remains of the threads are visible).

Binding decoration

Binding material

wood

Original binding

No

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 30

H 268mm
W 188mm
Intercolumn 18mm
Margins
top 45
bottom 60
right 53
left 14
intercolumn 18

Ms Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Dabra Zayt Qǝddǝst Māryām, DZ-004 main part

has a sum of layout height of 373mm which is greater than the object height of 370mm
Ruling
  • On average, the number of the lines to a folio is 30/31.
  • (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C.
  • The upper line is written below the ruling (in some cases also above it).
  • The bottom line is written above the ruling.
  • One or two ruled lines have been left empty at the bottom, on (Excerpt from check the viewer64v-69v)
    , and at the top, on (Excerpt from check the viewer28r)
    (space for ornamental band).
Pricking
  • Pricking and ruling are visible.
  • Primary pricks are visible.
  • Ruling pricks are visible.
  • Structural pricks are visible.
  • On some leaves, writing rulings are continued beyond A vertical line, towards the ruling pricks (irregularly; s., e.g. (Excerpt from check the viewer78r)
    , 89r).
Other

Punctuation

Executed: not quite regularly;

Usage: not always logical.

Dividers:

  • I. Colon.
  • II. Four dot asterisk (used throughout the text);
  • nine dot asterisk (used throughout the text);
  • doubled nine dot asterisks, with lines in between (esp. fols.: 25ra, l.23; 39va, l.22; 42ra, l.9);
  • doubled colon, with lines in between (esp. check the viewer38ra , l.3).
  • Sentence dividers are accompanied by the paragraph signs, on the left from the text column and between the two columns (used throughout the text).
  • III. Nine dot asterisks, connected with lines (e.g. fols.: 25ra, l.33; 36vb, l.38; 59vb, l.24; 118vb, l.22);
  • chain of black lines and red and black dots (e.g. fols.: 9vb, l.12; 25ra, check the viewer18 , 23; 35ra, l.1; 41ra, l.7; 96ra, l.1);
  • chain of coronis signs, between a chain of double black lines (filled red in between) and nine dot asterisks, and a chain of double black lines and four dot asterisks (esp. check the viewer37va b);
  • chain of coronis signs, between a chain of double black lines and nine dot asterisks, and a chain of black lines and dots (esp. check the viewer59vb );
  • Coronis (e.g. fols.: 35ra, l.1; 37vab; 45va, l.1; 46va, l.14; 79vb, l.22);
  • Crux ansata with coronis, marking the beginning of each new text (esp. fols.: 25rb, l.1; 100va, l.15).
    • - Between Texts I-1 and I-2 the text divider is missing.

CruxAnsata

Yes

CruxAnsata:

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Fine

    Ink: Black; red.

    Rubrication: Holy names; three or five lines in the incipit page of each text, alternating with black lines (in one or both columns); sometimes the first line of the account proper; Ethiopic numerals (e.g., fol. 26va, l.15) or their elements; elements of the punctuation signs and of the crux ansata.

    Date: Second half of the 15th century (?)

    Second half of the 15th century (?) - Compressed script used on check the viewer36vb . The handwriting is characterized by uniform, rounded, curved and slightly right-sloping letters. A few letters appear more angular, e.g., መ ዐ. Some peculiar features: - ጵ has the 6th order marker set up on the vertical stroke at the top, oriented to the left (e.g., check the viewer19vb l.22); - ሎ has sometimes the 7th order marker attached directly at the body of the letter, without horizontal stroke (e.g., check the viewer14ra l.8); - መ has the upper horizontal stroke, in the 1st and in the 2nd orders, slightly slanted to the left; besides, the right loop does not rest on the ruled line; - ኴ has the loop marking the 5th order open (e.g., check the viewer25ra l.30); - ፬ is triangular and down wards-oriented (e.g., check the viewer11ra l.20); - ፮ is with the loop open, looking like “compressed” ፯ (e.g., check the viewer84vb l.22); - ፪ has angular and not separated loops (e.g., check the viewer18ra l.15).

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    Apocrypha

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    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
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    Hamburg
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    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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    2016-06-07T17:39:07.031+02:00
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    2022-03-14T15:42:59.912+01:00
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    4.4.2019
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    manuscripts
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    ESdz004.xml
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    ESdz004

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    Vitagrazia Pisani, Alessandro Bausi, Denis Nosnitsin, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻBǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Dabra Zayt Qǝddǝst Māryām, DZ-004ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 4.4.2019) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESdz004 [Accessed: 2024-04-18+02:00]

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    • Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: adjusted to schema split msitems on 4.4.2019
    • Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: transformed from mycore to TEI P5 on 10.5.2016
    • Denis Nosnitsin Denis Nosnitsin: last edited in Ethio-SPaRe on 11.9.2015
    • Vitagrazia Pisani Vitagrazia Pisani: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 14.2.2011
    • Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 6.5.2010

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