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Sāʿsiʿ Ṣaʿdā ʾƎmbā, Walwālo Dabra Bǝrhān Qirqos, WQ-008

Maria Bulakh (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin

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

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General description

Taʾammǝra ʾIyasus “Miracles of Jesus”

Number of Text units: 2

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Original Location: Wälwalo Dabra Bǝrhān Qirqos / WQ↗

Mid-18th - mid-19th century (?).

Summary

I) Taʾammǝra ʾIyasus “Miracles of Jesus” (fols. 2ra-) I-1) ʾƎsaggǝd la-malakotǝka... “I worship Thy Godhead…” (fols. 2ra-3vb) I-2) Introduction (fols. 4ra-10ra) - On John the Evangelist as the author of the book; on the creation and the fall of the angels (fols. 4ra-6vb) - Story of the family of Adam (fols. 6vb-10ra) I-2) Taʾammǝra ʾIyasus “Miracles of Jesus”: 63 miracles (fols. 10ra-141vb) Additiones 1-2.
  1. ms_i1 (),
  2. ms_i2 (),

Contents

Incipit ( ):

Explicit ( ):

The numbering of miracles starts from miracle 2 (which is given number 2); some miracles (mostly those introduced with the word mǝʿrāf “chapter”) are not counted. The miracles are introduced with words taʾammǝr “miracle”, nägär “word”, mänkǝr “miracle”, zǝkr “memory”, or mǝʿrāf “chapter”. The text is concluded with a short poem praising Jesus Christ, check the viewer141va- vb.

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .

  1. check the viewerf. 141vb

    : Note of the commissioner.

    check the viewer141vb : ዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘአጽሐፍዋ ... [ሃብተ፡ ማርያም] ... ይቤ፡ ኃጥእ፡ ወልደ፡ ዳዊት፡ አጽሕፍ፡ ዘንተ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ በሀልዮ፡ ንስቲት፡ ምጽዋት፡ በእንተ፡ ፍቅራ፡ ለማርያም፡ ከመ፡ ትኩነኒ፡ መርሐ፡ በመንግሥተ፡ ሰማያት፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን ሊተኒ፡ ለጸሐፊሃ፡ ... ኢትርስኡኒ፡ በጊዜ፡ ጸሎት፡ ካህናት፡ ብዙኀ፡ ሰላም። እስመ፡ ጸሐፍክዋ፡ ለዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ በእንተ፡ ፍቅራ፡ ለማርያም፡ ከመ፡ ይክፍለኒ፡ መንግሥተ፡ ሰማያት፡ ፈጣሪ፡ ግሩም። ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን። Written in the main hand. The second line of the note is erased, but the reference of the original donor is partly still readable: possibly daqiqa Habta Māryām "disciples of Habta Māryām". Another commissioner name is Walda Dāwit. The note is divided into sections with black and red dots chains. The name of the scribe is also erased; possibly he second part was <...> Krǝstos.

  2. check the viewerf. 142ra

    -rb: Short poem praising Jesus Christ.

    Written in the main hand, lesser carefully, with no rubrication of the punctuation signs.

Extras

  1. check the viewer2ra check the viewer4vb check the viewer33ra check the viewer52v check the viewer65r check the viewer9vb check the viewer7v check the viewer52v

    - The damaged places in Text I-1 are restored in a recent hand, in blue ink (, 2rb - Omitted letters or words written interlineally, in the same hand in the same ink (, 6ra, 6rb, 9vb, 10ra, 10rb, 15va, etc.); in a secondary hand (, 37rb, 38ra, etc.) - Omitted words written in the margin, in the same hand: - Omitted passage written in the upper margin: - Correction through erasure of a letter or a word, e.g., in , 10ra, 11va, 21va, 23vb, 31va, - Pen trials: , outer margin; 10v, outer margin; 22v, bottom margin; 25v, bottom margin; , bottom margin

  2. (Type: findingAid)

    - Daily readings for Text I-I are indicated by the names of the days of the week (or their initial letters) written in the intercolumn margin or in the upper margin, in a recent hand (fols. 2v, 3r, 3v) Titles of miracles or feasts indicating respective readings are written in the upper margin in a recent hand: ዘልደት፡ check the viewerfol. 16v ዘጥምቀት: check the viewerfol. 63r ዘደብረ፡ ዘይት፡ check the viewerfol. 58v ዘቃና፡ ገሊላ: check the viewerfol. 65v ዘፈጸምነ፡ check the viewerfol. 132v

Catalogue Bibliography

This manuscript has modern restorations.

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

Made of 144.0 (leaf) , Entered as 144.0 folios, of which 5.0 (leaf, blank) .Entered as 5.0 blank 1r, 1v, 142v, 143r, 143v, in 13.0 (quire) .Entered as 13.0 quires (13). 235 202 73
Outer dimensions
Height 235
Width 202
Depth 73

Foliation

Quire Structure Collation

Signatures: Decorated - Decorated quire marks in the middle of the bottom margin, on the last fol. of the quires I, II, III, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII; in the left corner of the bottom margin on the first fol. of the quires IV, V, VI; in the middle of the bottom margin of the first fol. of the quire XIII.

Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 7 Fols. 10, Fols 2r–11v, Fols 12r–19v, Fols 20r–27v, Fols. 10, Fols 28r–37v, Fols. 12, Fols 38r–49v, Fols. 16, Fols. 12, Fols. 12, Fols 50r–65v, Fols. 12, Fols 66r–77v, Fols. 12, Fols 78r–89v, Fols. 12, Fols 90r–101v, Fols. 11, Fols 102r–112v, Fols. 12, Fols 113r–128v, Fols. 12, Fols 129r–138v, Fols 139r–143v ፩I(10/fols. 2r-11v) - ፪II(8/fols. 12r-19v) - ፫III(8/fols. 20r-27v) - ፬IV(10/s.l.: 7, stub after 3; 4, stub after 6; fols. 28r-37v) - ፭V(12/s.l.: 4, stub after 9; 9, stub after 4; fols. 38r-49v) - ፮VI(16/s.l.: 12, stub after 5; s.l.: 5, stub after 12; fols. 50r-65v) - ፯VII(12/fols. 66r-77v) - ፰VIII(12/fols. 78r-89v) - ፱IX(12/fols. 90r-101v) - ፲X(11/s.l.:5, stub after 7; fols. 102r-112v) - ፲፩XI(12/fols.113r-128v) - ፲፪XII(12/fols. 129r-138v) - ፲፫XIII(7/s.l.: 3; stub after 5; fols. 139r-143v)

Collation diagrams


፩I(10/fols. 2r-11v) - ፪II(8/fols. 12r-19v) - ፫III(8/fols. 20r-27v) - ፬IV(10/s.l.: 7, stub after 3; 4, stub after 6; fols. 28r-37v) - ፭V(12/s.l.: 4, stub after 9; 9, stub after 4; fols. 38r-49v) - ፮VI(16/s.l.: 12, stub after 5; s.l.: 5, stub after 12; fols. 50r-65v) - ፯VII(12/fols. 66r-77v) - ፰VIII(12/fols. 78r-89v) - ፱IX(12/fols. 90r-101v) - ፲X(11/s.l.:5, stub after 7; fols. 102r-112v) - ፲፩XI(12/fols.113r-128v) - ፲፪XII(12/fols. 129r-138v) - ፲፫XIII(7/s.l.: 3; stub after 5; fols. 139r-143v)
Quire ID:q1
Collation diagram Quire 1 1 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5 Unit #6

Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(-1+8/s.l. 7, stub after 3; s.l. 4, stub after 9; s.l. 9, stub after 4; s.l. 12, stub after 5/Fols. 10, Fols 2r–11v, Fols 12r–19v, Fols 20r–27v, Fols. 10, Fols 28r–37v, Fols. 12, Fols 38r–49v, Fols. 16, Fols. 12, Fols. 12, Fols 50r–65v, Fols. 12, Fols 66r–77v, Fols. 12, Fols 78r–89v, Fols. 12, Fols 90r–101v, Fols. 11, Fols 102r–112v, Fols. 12, Fols 113r–128v, Fols. 12, Fols 129r–138v, Fols 139r–143v) –

Formula: Fols. 10, Fols 2r–11v, Fols 12r–19v, Fols 20r–27v, Fols. 10, Fols 28r–37v, Fols. 12, Fols 38r–49v, Fols. 16, Fols. 12, Fols. 12, Fols 50r–65v, Fols. 12, Fols 66r–77v, Fols. 12, Fols 78r–89v, Fols. 12, Fols 90r–101v, Fols. 11, Fols 102r–112v, Fols. 12, Fols 113r–128v, Fols. 12, Fols 129r–138v, Fols 139r–143v ፩I(10/fols. 2r-11v) - ፪II(8/fols. 12r-19v) - ፫III(8/fols. 20r-27v) - ፬IV(10/s.l.: 7, stub after 3; 4, stub after 6; fols. 28r-37v) - ፭V(12/s.l.: 4, stub after 9; 9, stub after 4; fols. 38r-49v) - ፮VI(16/s.l.: 12, stub after 5; s.l.: 5, stub after 12; fols. 50r-65v) - ፯VII(12/fols. 66r-77v) - ፰VIII(12/fols. 78r-89v) - ፱IX(12/fols. 90r-101v) - ፲X(11/s.l.:5, stub after 7; fols. 102r-112v) - ፲፩XI(12/fols.113r-128v) - ፲፪XII(12/fols. 129r-138v) - ፲፫XIII(7/s.l.: 3; stub after 5; fols. 139r-143v);

Formula 1: 1 (),

Formula 2: 1 (),

State of preservation

good

Condition

The Ms. shows traces of intensive use. Some fols. (e.g., 11v, 12r) are worn out, which affects the legibility of the text. The boards are broken and repaired. Tears are amended on check the viewer95 , 103, 111.

Binding

Two wooden boards (both broken and repaired), possibly covered originally with leather, now completely missing; textile inlays. Two pairs of sewing stations.

Binding decoration

Spine protection made of leather or parchment (visible on both sides of the bookblock and foliated as fols. 1 and 144).

Binding material

wood

leather

textile

Original binding

No

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 21

H 175mm
W 160mm
Intercolumn 13mm
Margins
top 24
bottom 35
right 32
left 10
intercolumn 13
All data are for check the viewer131r .

Ms Sāʿsiʿ Ṣaʿdā ʾƎmbā, Walwālo Dabra Bǝrhān Qirqos, WQ-008 main part

looks ok for measures computed width is: 202mm, object width is: 202mm, computed height is: 234mm and object height is: 235mm.
Ruling
  • On many (Excerpt from check the viewer22)
  • (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.
  • (on the (Excerpt from check the viewer16)
    , 17, 18r the upper line is in the upper margin, whereas the bottom line was not used by the scribe; on the (Excerpt from check the viewer18v-19v)
    , an extra upper line is added, whereas the bottom line is left unused; on some fols. (e.g., 38r, 48v, 49r) the bottom line was not used by the scribe).
Pricking
  • Pricking and ruling are visible.
  • Primary pricks are visible.
  • Ruling pricks are visible.

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Scribe: <...> Krǝstos scribe

    Script: Ethiopic

    Mediocre but careful

    Ink: Black (bleak), red (brilliant tangelo)

    Rubrication: Nomina sacra; name of the original donor; incipit of Text I-1; incipits of the miracles; word ʾǝsaggǝd “I worship” in Text I-1 four groups of lines alternating with the black lines in the incipit page of Text I-2; elements of the punctuation signs; elements of Ethiopic numerals.

    Date: Mid-18th - mid-19th century.

    <...> Krǝstos scribe The name of the scribe is erased in Additio 1, the second part was probably <...> Krǝstos (?).Mid-18th - mid-19th century.


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    Apocrypha

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    10.5.2016
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    ESwq008.xml
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    Maria Bulakh, Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻSāʿsiʿ Ṣaʿdā ʾƎmbā, Walwālo Dabra Bǝrhān Qirqos, WQ-008ʼ, 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/ESwq008 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]

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    • 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 26.5.2015
    • Maria Bulakh Maria Bulakh: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 21.3.2015
    • Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 30.11.2011

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