Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Balasā Qǝddus Mikāʾel, QMB-003
Magdalena Krzyzanowska (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Bǝsrāta Yoḥannǝs “Gospel of John”
Number of Text units: 1
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Contents
Incipit ( ):
Explicit ( ):
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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: Note concerning events in the lives (?) of Evangelists (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John).
Hardly readable. -
ra: Text concerning the value of common Orthodox prayers.
In Amharic. -
: Note concerning dates of celebrating some feasts, with a small, crude calendaric table.
Written in Gǝʿǝz and Amharic. -
: Unidentified text.
In Amharic. Recent and hardly readable, written in pink. -
: ʾAsmat-prayer.
The title (?) is written in the upper margin: “And you who have terrified the idols...”. -
: Protective prayer to God, a recipe for a certain medicine, and a short protective prayer mentioning St Mary.
Written in Gǝʿǝz and Amharic.
Extras
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- A chain of black dots and a red line, probably separating the text passages (?), on fols.: 21v, 23r, 41r, 41v, 42v, 49r, 50r, 53r, 61v, 62v, 63r, 64v, 67r, 71r, 72r, 73r, 77v, 87r, 93v. - Crude drawing of a cross with an inscription above: zǝ-Masqal za-ʾAbba, . - Numerous corrections of the text (written interlineally and in the margins) by another hand: , 4rab, 4vab, 5rab, 6rab, 9va, 10rab, 10vb, 51va, 73vb, 84vb. - Text erasures: b. - Crudely written notes in pen: , 17v, 75v, 100rv. -
(Type: findingAid)
- Names of the church feasts written in the upper margins of some fols., indicating respective readings: 3r, 7r, 8r, 11r, 13v, 21r, 21v, 41r, 49r, 50r, 51r, 52r, 53r, 60r, 61r, 61v, 64v, 71r, 72r, 73v, 87r, 93v, 96r. - Names of the week days, written in the margins of some fols., indicating the respective readings: 3r, 8r, 9v, 11r, 13v, 21r, 26r, 31r, 41r, 41v, 44v, 51r, 53r, 59r, 60r, 64r, 80r, 90v, 94r, 96r. - Green thread is pulled through a ruling prick in the upper right corner of fols. 20, 63 and 95.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 2 .
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
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Miniature depicting St George with the Dragon.
Unfinished. - miniature:
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Miniature depicting Madonna and Child, St. Michael and St. Gabriel the Archangels.
Partly unfinished.
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS Balasā Qǝddus Mikāʾel, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has no restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 175 |
Width | 120 |
Depth | 130 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | 1 |
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A(1r-2v) | |
2 | 8 |
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፩I፩(8/fols. 3r-10v) | |
3 | 8 |
|
፩II፪(8/fols. 11r-18v) | |
4 | 8 |
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፪III፫(8/fols. 19r-26v) | |
5 | 8 |
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፫IV፬(8/fols. 27r-34v) | |
6 | 8 |
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፬V፭(8/fols. 35r- 42v) | |
7 | 8 |
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፭VI፮(8/fols. 43r-50v) | |
8 | 10 |
|
፮VII፯(10/fols. 51r-60v) | |
9 | 10 |
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፯VIII፰ (10/fols. 61r-70v) | |
10 | 8 |
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፰IX(8/fols. 71r-78v) | |
11 | 10 |
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፱X(10/fols. 79r-88v) | |
12 | 10 |
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፲XI(10/fols. 89r-98v) | |
13 | 2 |
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B(2/fols. 99r-100v). |
Collation diagrams
A(1r-2v)
Quire ID:q1
፩I፩(8/fols. 3r-10v)
Quire ID:q2
፩II፪(8/fols. 11r-18v)
Quire ID:q3
፪III፫(8/fols. 19r-26v)
Quire ID:q4
፫IV፬(8/fols. 27r-34v)
Quire ID:q5
፬V፭(8/fols. 35r- 42v)
Quire ID:q6
፭VI፮(8/fols. 43r-50v)
Quire ID:q7
፮VII፯(10/fols. 51r-60v)
Quire ID:q8
፯VIII፰ (10/fols. 61r-70v)
Quire ID:q9
፰IX(8/fols. 71r-78v)
Quire ID:q10
፱X(10/fols. 79r-88v)
Quire ID:q11
፲XI(10/fols. 89r-98v)
Quire ID:q12
B(2/fols. 99r-100v).
Quire ID:q13
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(1/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (1), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (8), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (2),
Formula 2: 1 (1), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (8), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (2),
State of preservation
good
Condition
The tailband is missing, the spine is partly torn along the edges of the boards.
Binding
Two wooden boards covered with dark-brown tooled leather. Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Two pairs of chains of endband stitches at the spine cover.
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 18
H | 120mm |
W | 90mm |
Intercolumn | 8mm |
Margins | |
top | 15 |
bottom | 33 |
right | 20 |
left | 8 |
intercolumn | 8 |
Ms Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Balasā Qǝddus Mikāʾel, QMB-003 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 118mm, object width is: 120mm, computed height is: 168mm and object height is: 175mm.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 clearly visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Fine, regular and careful
Ink: Black, red.
Rubrication: Nomina sacra (at times only partly rubricated, s. fols. 3va, 4ra); incipit and heading of the text; on the incipit page, a few words are rubricated alternating with words in black; names of the feasts (fol. 8r, 11r, 62v, 64v, 71r, 73v, 87r); indications for daily readings (fols. 41v,); the word mǝʾǝraf followed by the number of the chapter, the first and the third lines of the chapter; elements of the punctuation signs and numerals, numbers of quires, lines separating passages.
Date: Second half of the 19th century.
Second half of the 19th century.Check for additional bibliography
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Magdalena Krzyzanowska, Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Stéphane Ancel, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻBǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Balasā Qǝddus Mikāʾel, QMB-003ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2016-05-10) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESqmb003 [Accessed: 2024-05-20]
Revisions of the data
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: transformed from mycore to TEI P5 on 10.5.2016
- Stéphane Ancel Stéphane Ancel: last edited in Ethio-SPaRe on 9.9.2014
- Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 13.12.2011
- Magdalena Krzyzanowska Magdalena Krzyzanowska: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 8.11.2011
Attributions of the contents
Stéphane Ancel, contributor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor