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Gāntā ʾAfašum, Mǝʾǝsār Gwǝḥilā Qǝddus Mikāʾel, MGM-013

Vitagrazia Pisani (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin

This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography

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Collection: Ethio-SPaRe

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General description

Vita and Miracles of Gabra Manfas Qǝddus

Number of Text units: 3

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Original Location: Mǝʾǝsār Gʷǝḥilā Qǝddus Mikāʾel↗

17th cent. (?)

Provenance

Fǝre Mikāʾel is mentioned as the commissioner of the Ms. on check the viewer68vb (colophon 2). On check the viewer55vb (colophon 1), the commissioner is also mentioned but the name has been for the most part erased; ? Gab<…> is still readable.

Summary

I) Gadla Gabra Manfas Qǝddus “Vita of Gabra Manfas Qǝddus” (fols. 1ra-8vb, 10ra-53va), incomplete (?) II) Taʾammǝra Gabra Manfas Qǝddus “Miracles of Gabra Manfas Qǝddus”: 12 miracles (fols. 54ra-57vb, 9ra-9vb, 58ra-68vb), fols. misplaced colophons 1-2.
  1. ms_i1 (), Hagiographic Dossier of St Gabra Manfas Qǝddus
    1. ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 1ra–8vb, check the viewer10ra–53va ), Gadla Gabra Manfas Qǝddus (general record)
    2. ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 54ra–57vb, check the viewer9ra–9vb, check the viewer58ra–68vb ), Taʾammǝra Gabra Manfas Qǝddus “Miracles of Gabra Manfas Qǝddus”: 12 miracles

Contents

Hagiographic Dossier of St Gabra Manfas Qǝddus (CAe 1119)

Colophon

check the viewer68va-69vb

ተፈጸመ፡ በዝየ፡ ተአምረ፡ አቡነ፡ ገብረ፡ [መንፈስ፡]ቅዱስ፡ በከመ፡ ኀረዮ፡ ለአቡነ፡ ገብረ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ከማሁ፡ ሕረዮሙ፡[sic] እግዚእነ፡ ለደቂቀ፡ ዛቲ፡ መካን፡  እለ፡ አጽሐፉ፡ ተአምሪሁ፡ ለአቡነ፡ ገብረ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ … [|] አጽሐፍክዋ፡ አነ፡ ፍሬ፡ ሚካኤል፡ እምኣዝማዲሆሙ፡ ለፈለገ፡ ሠናይ፡ ወማራሔ፡ ሕይወት፡ ወይምጻእ፡ ብርሃን፡ በመዋዕለ፡ ዚአሆሙ፡ መጽኡ፡ ሰማዕታተ፡ ጰራቅሊጦስ፡ እምጥርያዶስ፡ እለ፡ …

The note mentions the scribe Gabra Māryām and the commissioner ʾabuna Gab<…>, whose name however remains only party readable. At the end, infact, the line with part of his name and some more have been erased. The note mentions the commissioner of the Ms. Fǝre Mikāʾel, from the relatives of Falaga Śǝnnāy and Mārāḥe Ḥǝwat, and tells the story “how our Lord selected the children of this place (daqiqa zatti makān) who commissioned the miracles of Gabra Manfas Qǝddus”. In this story, the Martyrs of Ṗarāqliṭos (samāʿtāta Ṗarāqliṭos), from Tiberias (Ṭǝ[bǝ]ryādos), number of which was 777, are the protagonists. Some passages of the note have been erased and others are partly readable.

check the viewerFols 1ra–8vb, check the viewer10ra–53va Gadla Gabra Manfas Qǝddus (general record) (CAe 1451)

Colophon

check the viewer53va-vb

ለዘ፡ ጸሐፎ፡ ወለዘ፡ አጽሐፎ፡ ወለዘ፡ አንበቦ፡ ወለዘ፡ ሰምዐ፡ … ተፈጸመ፡ በዝየ፡ ገድለ፡ አቡነ፡ ገ[|]ብረ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ … ለጸሐፊሃ፡ ገብረ፡ ማርያም፡ <…> ዘአጽሐፋ፡ አቡነ፡ ገብ<…>

The note mentions the scribe Gabra Māryām and the commissioner ʾabuna Gab<…>, whose name however remains only party readable. At the end, infact, the line with part of his name and some more have been erased. The note mentions the commissioner of the Ms. Fǝre Mikāʾel, from the relatives of Falaga Śǝnnāy and Mārāḥe Ḥǝwat, and tells the story “how our Lord selected the children of this place (daqiqa zatti makān) who commissioned the miracles of Gabra Manfas Qǝddus”. In this story, the Martyrs of Ṗarāqliṭos (samāʿtāta Ṗarāqliṭos), from Tiberias (Ṭǝ[bǝ]ryādos), number of which was 777, are the protagonists. Some passages of the note have been erased and others are partly readable.

Additions In this unit there are in total .

    Extras

    1. check the viewerfol. 2r

      Cues (numerals) for the rubricator in the margins: fols. 1v, 8r, 8v, 11v, 14r, 14v, 22v. Corrections over erasures: fols. 3ra, 13rb, 18ra, 18va, 23va. Corrections in the margins: fols. 18r, 22va, 23va, 69rb. Crude notes in pen or in pencil in the margins or within the columns of some fols.: e.g., fols. 4r, 4v, 10r, 16v-17r, 17v, 18r, 18v, 22r, 27r, 32v, 33r, 40v, 42r, 53r, 53v. On , the numeral ፱ is written, in black, at the upper left corner (quire mark?).

    Decoration In this unit there are in total 2 .

    Frame notes

    1. frame: check the viewer1r (incipit page of Text I): simple, coloured (red, yellow, black, white) ornamental frame; interlaces and geometric motifs.
    2. frame: check the viewer54r (incipit page of Text II): simple, coloured (red, yellow, black, white) ornamental band with three lateral pendants reaching the middle of the text; interlaces and geometric motifs.

    Catalogue Bibliography

    This manuscript has modern restorations.

    Physical Description

    Form of support

    Parchment Codex

    Extent

    Made of 70.0 (leaf) .Entered as 70.0 folios, in (quire) .Entered as quires (Not known.). 220 195 40
    Outer dimensions
    Height 220
    Width 195
    Depth 40

    Foliation

    Foliated by Ethio-SPaRe team. 69 + 1: two leaves have been foliated with number 11; the pictures are given numbers 11 and 11a, respectively.

    Quire Structure Collation

    State of preservation

    deficient

    Condition

    The front board is missing; one fol. and half covered by a textile have the function to replace it. The original sewing is for the most part missing. The Ms. has been resewn with recent threads. A few folios are misplaced (e.g., fol. 9), some are possibly missing (e.g., between check the viewer8v and check the viewer10r ). Several fols. are damaged at the edges; check the viewer1r is for the most part destroyed, a part of the text is lost. Many fols. are affected by humidity.

    Binding

    Two wooden boards (the front one is missing); remains of brown leather cover (turn-ins) have been preserved on the back board. Two pairs of sewing stations.

    Binding decoration

    Traces of blind tooled ornament are visible on the outer part of the back cover.

    Binding material

    wood

    leather

    textile

    Original binding

    No

    Layout

    Layout note 1

    Number of columns: 2

    Number of lines: 25

    H 147mm
    W 125mm
    Intercolumn 11mm
    Margins
    top 21
    bottom 38
    right 38
    left 12
    intercolumn 11
    All data are for check the viewer2r .

    Ms Gāntā ʾAfašum, Mǝʾǝsār Gwǝḥilā Qǝddus Mikāʾel, MGM-013 main part

    looks ok for measures computed width is: 175mm, object width is: 195mm, computed height is: 206mm and object height is: 220mm.

    Layout note 1

    Ruling
    • (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C.
    • The upper line is written above the ruling.
    • The bottom line is written above the ruling. One line (or two lines) was not used by the scribe at the bottom of several fols. (e.g., (Excerpt from check the viewer11rv)
      , 14rv, 15v-20v).
    Pricking
    • Ruling and pricking are visible.
    • Primary pricks are partly visible.
    • Ruling pricks are partly visible.

    Palaeography

  1. Hand 1

    Scribe: Gabra Māryām scribe

    Script: Ethiopic

    Mediocre, irregular.The handwriting is characterized by right-sloping letters with rounded and curved shapes (e.g., ወ በ), with a few others more angular (e.g., መ ዐ). Some distinctive and/or ancient features: - ጵ has the 6th order marker set up on the vertical stroke at the top, oriented to the left (e.g., check the viewer2vb l.11) - መ, in the 4 order, has the loops not completely separated (e.g., check the viewer10va l.1) - መ, ሠ, በ ወ have the tops slanted to the left - ፮ is with the loop open, looking like “compressed” ፯ (e.g., check the viewer12va l.3) - ፪ has the loops closed, not separated - ፬ is triangular, downwords oriented (e.g., check the viewer57rb ). - sentence dividers are accompanied by the paragraph signs.

    Ink: Black; red (vivid vermillion).

    Rubrication: Name of the protagonist; a few lines alternating with black lines on the incipit pages of Texts I and II; incipits of miracles; elements of the punctuation signs; Ethiopic numerals or their elements.

    Date: 17th century (?)

    Gabra Māryām scribe is mentioned as the scribe on check the viewer54rb (colophon 1).17th century (?)

    2. Keywords

    Hagiography

    Publication Statement

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    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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    date
    2016-06-07T17:43:47.553+02:00
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    type=expanded
    29.4.2024 at 22:33:55
    date
    type=lastModified
    25.3.2020
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    manuscripts
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESmgm013/main
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    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/ESmgm013
    idno
    type=filename
    ESmgm013.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    ESmgm013

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    Vitagrazia Pisani, Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻGāntā ʾAfašum, Mǝʾǝsār Gwǝḥilā Qǝddus Mikāʾel, MGM-013ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 25.3.2020) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESmgm013 [Accessed: 2024-05-06+02:00]

    Revisions of the data

    • Eugenia Sokolinski adjusted to schema split msitems provided IDs (no IDs for persons created) on 25.3.2020
    • Pietro Maria Liuzzo added missing extras from domlib on 25.4.2019
    • Pietro Maria Liuzzo transformed from mycore to TEI P5 on 10.5.2016
    • Vitagrazia Pisani last edited in Ethio-SPaRe on 5.3.2015
    • Vitagrazia Pisani catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 3.3.2015
    • Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 19.5.2012

    Attributions of the contents

    Alessandro Bausi, general editor

    Vitagrazia Pisani, editor

    Denis Nosnitsin, editor

    Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor

    Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor

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