Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Ganāḥti Qǝddǝst Māryām, GMG-017
Susanne Hummel (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Malkǝʾa Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi "Image of Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi" / Gadla Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi "Vita of Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi" / Ṭǝntä lǝdätomu la-mänäkosat "Origin of the Monks" / Gadla Gabra Krǝstos "Vita of Gabra Krǝstos [St Alexius]"
Number of Text units: 2
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location: Ganāḥti Qǝddǝst Māryām↗
The colophon states that the Ms. was written in 1908 year of mercy (= 1915/16 A.D.).Summary
Contents
Incipit ( ):
Explicit ( ):
Text IV ("Vita of Gabra Krǝstos [St Alexius]") comprises the "List of Saints" (check the viewer66va l.13-68vb l.7), the "Song of Dāwit" (check the viewer68vb l.7-69va l.7) and the longer version of the kidan-scene (check the viewer69vb l.15-72va l.15).
Colophon
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: ዝመጽሐፍ፡ ዘልጅ፡ ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ አይጎባ፡ ዘአጥረዮ፡ በንዋዩ፡ ወወሀባ፡ ለታቦተ፡ ማርያም፡ ገናህቲ፡ ከመ፡ ይኩኖ፡ መርሐ፡ ለመንግሥተ፡ ሰማያት፡ ስመ፡ አቡሁ፡ ገብረ፡ አልፋ፡ ወስማ፡ ለእሙ፡ ወለተ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወስመ፡ ብእሲቱ፡ ወለተ፡ ማርያም፡ ወስመ፡ አኃዊሁ፡ ገብረ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ሐደራ፡ ማርያም፡ ገብረ፡ ሊባኖስ፡ ወስመ፡ አኃቲሁ፡ ዓመተ፡ ማ[]ርያም፡ ወለተ፡ ማርያም፡ ይኩኖሙ፡ መርሐ፡ ለመንግሥተ፡ ሰማያት፡ ዘሠረቆ፡ ወዘፈሐቆ፡ በሥልጣነ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ወጳውሎስ፡ ውጉዘ፡ ለይኩን። ተጸ[ሐ]ፈ፡ በዘመነ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወንግላዊ፡ በሲመት፡ ጳጳስነ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ወንጉሥነ፡ ሚካኤል። በ፲፱፻፰ዓመተ፡ ምሕረት።: This is the book of lǝğ Takla Hāymānot (of) ʾAygoba who purchased it with his own money and donated it to the tabot of Māryām Gänaḥti so that it might be for him a guide to the Kingdom of Heaven. The name of his father is Gabra ʾAlfa, the name of his mother is Walatta Yoḥannǝs and the name of his wife is Walatta Māryām. The names of his brother are Gabra Giyorgis, Ḥadära Māryām, Gabra Libānos. The names of his sisters are ʿĀmata [] Māryām, Walatta Māryām. May it be for them a guide to the Kingdom of Heaven. The one who stole it or erased (its text) shall be excommunicated by the authority of Peter and Paul. So be it. It was written in the year of John the Evangelist, during the tenure of our metropolitan Ṗeṭros and our King Mikāʾel, in 1908 year of mercy. 1908 year of mercy corresonds to 1915/16 A.D. King Mikāʾel (d. 1918 A.D.), also known as Mikāʾel ʿAli was an important ruler of Wällo and of northern Ethiopia. The metropolitan ʾabuna Ṗeṭros died in 1917 A.D.
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
Extras
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(Type: findingAid)
- Names of the months indicating the readings are written in the upper margin of some fols., in ink, felt pen and pencil: ዘጥቅምት: check the viewerfol. 5r ዘኅዳር: check the viewerfol. 15v ዘታሕሣሥ: check the viewerfol. 21r ዘጥር: check the viewerfol. 26r ዘየካቲት: check the viewerfol. 36v ዘመጋቢት: check the viewerfol. 44r ዘሚያዝያ: check the viewerfol. 47v .
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- Supplication note for the donor and his family: check the viewerfol. 51rb . - Erased notes in the upper margin: check the viewerfol. 57r . - Crude drawings and scribbles: fols. 1r, 4v, 15v, 21v, 80rv.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 4v:
St. Zä-Mikaʾel ʾArägawi, Archangel Michael, a monk (donor or painter?) and a church building.
Legend: ሚካኤል፡ ተፈነወ፡ ኀበ፡ አረጋዊ "Michael was sent to ʾArägawi". Crude, unfinished miniatures and drawings in black and moderate red.
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS Ganāḥti Qǝddǝst Māryām, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has no restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 237 |
Width | 175 |
Depth | 45 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | 4 |
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I(4/fols. 1r-4v) | |
2 | 8 |
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II(8/fols. 5r-12v) | |
3 | 8 |
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III(8; s.l.: 1, stub after 8; 8, stub after 1/fols. 13r-20v) | |
4 | 8 |
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IV(8/fols. 21r-28v) | |
5 | 6 |
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V(6/fols. 29r-34v) | |
6 | 8 |
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VI(8/fols. 35r-42v) | |
7 | 8 |
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VII(8/fols. 43r-50v) | |
8 | 8 |
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VIII(8/fols. 51r-58v) | |
9 | 8 |
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IX(8/fols. 59r-66v) | |
10 | 8 |
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X(8/fols. 67r-74v) | |
11 | 6 |
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XI(6/fols. 75r-80v). |
Collation diagrams
I(4/fols. 1r-4v)
Quire ID:q1
II(8/fols. 5r-12v)
Quire ID:q2
III(8; s.l.: 1, stub after 8; 8, stub after 1/fols. 13r-20v)
Quire ID:q3
IV(8/fols. 21r-28v)
Quire ID:q4
V(6/fols. 29r-34v)
Quire ID:q5
VI(8/fols. 35r-42v)
Quire ID:q6
VII(8/fols. 43r-50v)
Quire ID:q7
VIII(8/fols. 51r-58v)
Quire ID:q8
IX(8/fols. 59r-66v)
Quire ID:q9
X(8/fols. 67r-74v)
Quire ID:q10
XI(6/fols. 75r-80v).
Quire ID:q11
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(4/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (4), 2 (8), 3 (), 4 (8), 5 (6), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (6),
Formula 2: 1 (4), 2 (8), 3 (), 4 (8), 5 (6), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (6),
State of preservation
good
Condition
The spine cover is partly torn off and repaired with a crude overback made of a piece of cloth. The sewing is damaged. The front board is loosely attached to the text block with a cord. The headband is partly torn off.
Binding
Two wooden boards covered with reddish-brown tooled leather; textile inlays. Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Two pairs of chains of endband stitches (or their remains) at the spine cover.
Binding material
wood
leather
textile
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 16
H | 155mm |
W | 140mm |
Intercolumn | 10mm |
Margins | |
top | 30 |
bottom | 52 |
right | 25 |
left | 10 |
intercolumn | 10 |
Ms Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Ganāḥti Qǝddǝst Māryām, GMG-017 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 175mm, object width is: 175mm, computed height is: 237mm and object height is: 237mm.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.
Pricking
- Ruling and pricking are visible.
- Primary pricks are partly visible.
- Ruling pricks are partly visible.
- Structural pricks are partly visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Scribe: Walda ʾIyasus scribe
Script: Ethiopic
Rather fine, but irregular
Ink: Black, red
Rubrication: Nomina sacra, names of the protagonists; a few lines on the incipit page of Texts II and IV, incipit of Texts I and III, incipit of (sub)sections of Texts II and IV; word salām "salutation" in Text I, initial word of each strophe of the "Song of David" in Text IV; elements of the punctuation signs; elements of Ethiopic numerals.
Date: Beginning of the 20th century
Walda ʾIyasus scribe Walda ʾIyasus is mentioned as the scribe in the concluding supplications of Texts II (check the viewer49va ) and IV (check the viewer79rb ).Beginning of the 20th centuryHand 2
Script: Ethiopic
The handwriting tends to small, broadly spaced letters. It appears irregular throughout the Ms. and changes from careful and neat, with upright and slender letters (cp., check the viewer10r , 30r, 35r, 37v) to mediocre, with irregularly slanted (right and left sloping) letters and forked hook vowel markers (cp., check the viewer3r-9r , 22r-25v).Check for additional bibliography
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Susanne Hummel, Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻBǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Ganāḥti Qǝddǝst Māryām, GMG-017ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2019-04-25) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESgmg017 [Accessed: 2024-05-21]
Revisions of the data
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: added missing extras from domlib on 25.4.2019
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: transformed from mycore to TEI P5 on 10.5.2016
- Susanne Hummel Susanne Hummel: last edited in Ethio-SPaRe on 22.10.2014
- Susanne Hummel Susanne Hummel: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 5.3.2013
- Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 27.11.2010
Attributions of the contents
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor