Gulo Maḵadā, Mǝdra Rubā Sǝllase, MR-015
Stéphane Ancel (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Vita, Miracles, and Image of Gabra Manfas Qǝddus”
Number of Text units: 4
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location: Mǝdra Rubā Sǝllase↗
Late 19th - early 20th centuryProvenance
Commissioned by “the governor of Tǝgray” (Tǝgre makʷannǝn ) Ḥāgʷas (daǧǧāzmāč Ḥāgʷas Tafari ) “whose baptismal name is Zawalda Māryām". Members of his family are also mentioned: his wife Walatta Madḫǝn, his son and daughter (s. supplication formulas, e.g., check the viewer10va , esp. Additio 1, check the viewer70rb- va). Other names (qaññāzmāč Dastā etc.), apparently also of Ḥāgʷas’s relatives, are mentioned; further names of persons probably belonging to the same family are mentioned on check the viewer72rb .
Summary
- ms_i1
(),
Hagiographic Dossier of St Gabra Manfas Qǝddus
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 7ra–54va ), Gadla Gabra Manfas Qǝddus (general record)
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 54va–70rb ), Taʾammǝra Gabra Manfas Qǝddus “Miracles of Gabra Manfas Qǝddus”: 13 miracles
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 70rb–72ra ), Malkǝʾ-hymn to Gabra Manfas Qǝddus
Contents
Additions In this unit there are in total .
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-va, 72rb: Note on commissioning of the writing, extended by the list of the commissioner's family members (?).
The note mentions the commissioner, “the governor of Tǝgray” (tǝgre makʷanni) Ḥāgʷas ( daǧǧāzmāč Ḥāgʷas Tafari donor ), whose baptismal name is Zawalda Māryām.
Extras
- - Chains of black and red dots in some fols.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 4 s.
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 4v:
The commissioner (däğğazmač Ḥāgʷas Tafari donor ).
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 5r:
The Virgin Mary with her Child.
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 72v:
St. Gabra Manfas Qǝddus.
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 73r:
The wife of the donor (with their daughter?).
Catalogue Bibliography
This manuscript has no restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 245 |
Width | 185 |
Depth | 60 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 6 |
|
A(6/fols. 1r-6v) | |
2 | 8 |
|
I(8/fols. 7r-14v) | |
3 | 6 |
|
II(6/fols. 15r-21v) | |
4 | 8 |
|
III(8/fols. 22r-29v) | |
5 | 8 |
|
IV(8/fols. 30r-37v) | |
6 | 6 |
|
V(6/fols. 38r-43v) | |
7 | 7 |
|
VI(7; s.l. 1, stub after 7/fols. 44r-50v) | |
8 | 7 |
|
VII(7; s.l. 1, stub after 7/fols. 51r-57v) | |
9 | 8 |
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VIII(8/fols. 58r-65v) | |
10 | 8 |
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IX(8/fols. 66r-73v). |
Collation diagrams
A(6/fols. 1r-6v)
Quire ID:q1
I(8/fols. 7r-14v)
Quire ID:q2
II(6/fols. 15r-21v)
Quire ID:q3
III(8/fols. 22r-29v)
Quire ID:q4
IV(8/fols. 30r-37v)
Quire ID:q5
V(6/fols. 38r-43v)
Quire ID:q6
VI(7; s.l. 1, stub after 7/fols. 44r-50v)
Quire ID:q7
VII(7; s.l. 1, stub after 7/fols. 51r-57v)
Quire ID:q8
VIII(8/fols. 58r-65v)
Quire ID:q9
IX(8/fols. 66r-73v).
Quire ID:q10
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(6/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (6), 2 (8), 3 (6), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (6), 7 (), 8 (), 9 (8), 10 (8),
Formula 2: 1 (6), 2 (8), 3 (6), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (6), 7 (), 8 (), 9 (8), 10 (8),
State of preservation
good
Condition
Binding
Two wooden boards covered by reddish-brown tooled leather. Two pairs of sewing stations. Two pairs of chains of endband stitches through the spine cover.
Binding decoration
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 24
H | 170mm |
W | 160mm |
Intercolumn | 10mm |
Margins | |
top | 25 |
bottom | 45 |
right | 20 |
left | 15 |
intercolumn | 10 |
Ms Gulo Maḵadā, Mǝdra Rubā Sǝllase, MR-015 main part
has a sum of layout width of 195mm which is greater than the object height of 185mmLayout 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.
Pricking
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Scribe: Tawalda Ḥǝḍān scribe
Script: Ethiopic
Mediocre but careful
Ink: Black, red
Rubrication: Holy names; name of the protagonist; names of the donors and scribes; groups of lines on the incipit page of Texts I and II; incipit of Text III; incipits of sections and miracles; names of the months; elements of the punctuation signs; elements of Ethiopic numerals.
Date: Late 19th - early 20th century
The scribe ʾalaqā Tawalda Ḥǝḍān scribe is mentioned in Additio 1 (the note adds also what can be his baptismal or his father's name Gabra Śǝllāse).Late 19th - early 20th centuryMore bibliography
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Stéphane Ancel, Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻGulo Maḵadā, Mǝdra Rubā Sǝllase, MR-015ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 27.3.2020) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESmr015 [Accessed: 2024-04-20+02:00]
Revisions of the data
- Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: adjusted to schema split msitems provided IDs (no IDs for persons created) on 27.3.2020
- 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 13.12.2014
- Stéphane Ancel Stéphane Ancel: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 21.10.2010
- Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 11.5.2010
Attributions of the contents
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor