ʾƎndartā, Koholo Yoḥannǝs Dabra Betel, KY-068
Magdalena Krzyzanowska (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Gadla Kiros “Vita of Kiros”
Number of Text units: 1
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location: Koholo Yoḥannǝs Dabra Betel / KY↗
Second half of the 19th cent. The scribe Gabra Giyorgis wrote also Ms. KY-064 which is dateable from 1881 to 1889 since the reigning King Yoḥannǝs and some other proper names are mentioned in it.Provenance
Walda Tǝnśāʾe is mentioned as the commissioner on check the viewer47ra . His name appears in the supplication formulas on check the viewer40rb , 46vb, 47va. Also, Gabra Ḥǝywat, Walatta ʾAragāwi (check the viewer5ra , 32ra, 46ra, 47ra, 47vb) and Walatta Mikāʾel (check the viewer46vb ) are mentioned in the supplication formulas. All the names are written in crimson red.
Contents
Incipit ( ):
Explicit ( ):
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
Extras
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(Type: findingAid)
- Daily readings are indicated by the names of the days, incorporated into the text, in red: ዘሠሉስ: fol.18ra ዘሐሙስ: check the viewerfol. 25va ዘዓርብ: check the viewerfol. 32ra Others are written in the upper margin, in the main hand, in red: ሠሉስ: check the viewerfol. 11ra ዘረቡዕ: check the viewerfol. 18ra ዓርብ: check the viewerfol. 28va .
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- The word ኪሮስ is written in the upper margin, in the main hand: check the viewerfol. 34va . - Blank spaces left for the name “Kiros”: fols. 27va, 28va.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: check the viewer5r (incipit page of Text I): elaborate coloured (strong crimson, red) ornamental band; geometric, floral and anthropomorphic motifs.
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS Koholo Yoḥannǝs Dabra Betel, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has no restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 460 |
Width | 200 |
Depth | 40 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 |
|
A(4/fols. 1r-4v) | |
2 | 8 |
|
I(8/fols. 5v-12v) | |
3 | 8 |
|
II(8/fols. 13r-20v) | |
4 | 8 |
|
III(8/fols. 21r-28v) | |
5 | 8 |
|
IV(8/fols. 29r-36v) | |
6 | 8 |
|
V(8; s.l.: 3, stub after 6; 6, stub after 3/fols. 37r-44v) | |
7 | 4 |
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VI(4; s.l.: 2, stub after 2; 3, stub after 2/ fols. 45r-48v). |
Collation diagrams
A(4/fols. 1r-4v)
Quire ID:q1
I(8/fols. 5v-12v)
Quire ID:q2
II(8/fols. 13r-20v)
Quire ID:q3
III(8/fols. 21r-28v)
Quire ID:q4
IV(8/fols. 29r-36v)
Quire ID:q5
V(8; s.l.: 3, stub after 6; 6, stub after 3/fols. 37r-44v)
Quire ID:q6
VI(4; s.l.: 2, stub after 2; 3, stub after 2/ fols. 45r-48v).
Quire ID:q7
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(4/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (4), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (4),
Formula 2: 1 (4), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (4),
State of preservation
good
Condition
A part of fol. 2 is cut out.
Binding
Two wooden boards covered with reddish-brown tooled leather. Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Small holes are visible in the centre fold of the quires, one close to the head and one close to the tail of the codex.
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 18
H | 127mm |
W | 120mm |
Intercolumn | 10mm |
Margins | |
top | 22 |
bottom | 43 |
right | 20 |
left | 15 |
intercolumn | 10 |
Ms ʾƎndartā, Koholo Yoḥannǝs Dabra Betel, KY-068 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 155mm, object width is: 200mm, computed height is: 192mm and object height is: 460mm.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
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
- Pricks in the upper part of the folios, have
probably been prepared for endband stitches (s. (Excerpt from check the viewer10-12)
)
Palaeography
Hand 1
Scribe: Gabra Giyorgis scribe
Script: Ethiopic
Fine and careful
Ink: Black, red (strong crimson)
Rubrication: Nomina sacra; name of the protagonist; groups of lines (alternating with black lines) on the incipit page; punctuation signs (fol. 5ra) or their elements; elements of Ethiopic numerals.
Date: First half of 20th century
Gabra Giyorgis scribe The name of the scribe, Gabra Giyorgis, is mentioned in the concluding supplication on check the viewer47vb . He also wrote Ms. KY-064.First half of 20th centuryHand 2
Script: Ethiopic
The 6th order ም (e.g., check the viewer5ra ) has a peculiar shape.Check for additional bibliography
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Magdalena Krzyzanowska, Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Ekaterina Gusarova, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻʾƎndartā, Koholo Yoḥannǝs Dabra Betel, KY-068ʼ, 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/ESky068 [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
- Ekaterina Gusarova Ekaterina Gusarova: last edited in Ethio-SPaRe on 20.2.2015
- Magdalena Krzyzanowska Magdalena Krzyzanowska: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 5.10.2011
- Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 6.5.2011
Attributions of the contents
Ekaterina Gusarova, contributor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor