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Gulo Maḵadā, Dabra Māʿṣo Qǝddus Yoḥannǝs, MY-017

Vitagrazia Pisani (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin

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

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Collection: Ethio-SPaRe

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General description

Book of Baptism

Number of Text units: 1

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Second half of the 20th century. The manuscript was copied by Gabra Śǝllase scribe . It was commissioned by a group of individuals, such as Gabra Kidān patron , Gabra ʾAmlāk patron , Taṭamqa Krǝstos patron , WalattaMaryam patron , Walatta Ḥǝywat patron , Nǝgǝśt Māryām patron , mentioned in the concluding supplication on check the viewerfol. 31v .

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 3r–32v ), መጽሐፈ፡ ጥምቀት፡

Contents

check the viewerFols 3r–32v መጽሐፈ፡ ጥምቀት፡ (CAe 3949)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): check the viewerFol. 3r በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ጥምቀት፡ ዘንቱ፡ ንብረተ፡ እድ፡ ላዕለ፡ እሙ፡ ለሕፃን፡ እምድኅረ፡ ነጽሐት፡ በ፵ዕለት፤ ትበውዕ፡ ውስተ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፤ ወያነብብ፡ ካህን፡ ዘንተ፡ ጸሎተ፡ አኰቴት፡ ወጸሎተ፡ ዕጣን፡ ወእምድኅሬሁ፡ ዘንተ፡ ጸሎት፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አምላክ፡ አኃዜ፡ ኵሉ፡ አቡሁ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ኢዘሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ፈጣሪ፡ አለማት፤

Explicit ( ): check the viewerFol. 31v ወጸግዎሙ፡ አእምሮ፡ ጽምናዊ፡ አቀቦሙ፡ በሃይማኖት፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ንውር፡ በትንብልናሃ፡ ለእግዚእትነ፡ ማርያም፡ወላዲተ፡ አምላክ፡ ወቃለ፡ አዋዲ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ መጥምቅ፡ ወኩሎሙ፡ ጉባዔ፡ ቅዱሳን፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፡ ተፈጸመ፡ ዘይደሉ፡ እንብቦቱ፡ እለ፡ ይጠመቁ፡ በርድኤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓ፡ አ፡ ዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ተተርጐመት፡ እምልሳነ፡ ቅብጥ፡ ወዓረቢ፡ ኀበ፡ ነገረ፡ ግዕዝ፡ ወጸሐፊሃ፡ ኃጥእ፡ አቡነ፡ ገብረ፡ ሥላሴ scribe ገብረ፡ ኪዳን፡ patron ገብረ፡ አምላክ፡ patron ተጠምቀ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ patron ወለተ፡ ማርያም፡ patron ወለተ፡ ሕይወት፡ patron ንግሥት፡ ማርያም፡ patron

Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .

Other Decorations

  1. ornamentation: check the viewerFol. 1r

    Crude bichrome (red and black) ornamental band (geometric motifs).

Catalogue Bibliography

This manuscript has modern restorations.

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Parchment is thick, crudely processed, check the viewerfols. 2, and check the viewer32 are translucent.

Extent

34 (leaf) , Entered as 34 5 (leaf, blank) : Entered as 5 check the viewerFols. 1r, 1v, 2r, 2v, 3r, 3v, 4r, 4v, 32r, 32v, 33r, 33v, 33r, 33v +NaN (quire) .Entered as A+4+B 165 135 40
Outer dimensions
Height 165
Width 135
Depth 40

Foliation

Foliation by Ethio-SPaRE, in pencil, in the outer corner of the bottom margin.

Quire Structure Collation

Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 A 2 Fols 1r–2v
2 1 7 Fols 3r–9v s.l.: 3, stub after 5
3 2 8 Fols 10r–17v ፪
4 3 8 Fols 18r–25v ፫
5 4 6 Fols 26r–31v s.l.: 2, stub after 4 s.l.: 4, stub after 2
6 B 3 Fols 32r–34v s.l.: 1, stub after 3

Collation diagrams



Quire ID:q1, number:A
Collation diagram Quire 1 1 2 Unit #1

s.l.: 3, stub after 5
Quire ID:q2, number:1
Collation diagram Quire 2 3 9 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4


Quire ID:q3, number:2, Ethiopic quire number: ፪
Collation diagram Quire 3 10 17 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4


Quire ID:q4, number:3, Ethiopic quire number: ፫
Collation diagram Quire 4 18 25 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

s.l.: 2, stub after 4 s.l.: 4, stub after 2
Quire ID:q5, number:4
Collation diagram Quire 5 26 31 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

s.l.: 1, stub after 3
Quire ID:q6, number:B
Collation diagram Quire 6 32 Unit #1 Unit #2

Ethio-SPaRe formula : A(2/Fols 1r–2v) – B(2+1/s.l. 1, stub after 3/Fols 32r–34v) – I(6+1/s.l. 3, stub after 5/Fols 3r–9v) – ፪II(8/Fols 10r–17v) – ፫III(8/Fols 18r–25v) – IV(4+2/s.l. 2, stub after 4; s.l. 4, stub after 2/Fols 26r–31v) –

Formula: Fols 1r–2v ; Fols 3r–9v s.l.: 3, stub after 5 ; Fols 10r–17v ; Fols 18r–25v ; Fols 26r–31v s.l.: 2, stub after 4 s.l.: 4, stub after 2 ; Fols 32r–34v s.l.: 1, stub after 3 ;

Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (7), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (6), 6 (),

Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (7), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (6), 6 (),

State of preservation

good

Condition

The leather cover is damaged on the edges.

Binding

Two wooden boards made of thick industrially produced boards, covered with blind-tooled leather. The crudely cut turn-ins are of non-symmetrical, irregular shape, crudely stitched together with modern synthetic sthreads. Large textile inlays, partly covered with additional leather pieces of irregular shape. One pair of sewing stations. Endbands. The threads of the main sewing are made of twisted parchment strips. The blind-tooled decoration on the leather cover is of poor quality.

Binding decoration

Bookmarks made of twisted white threads (between check the viewerfols., and check the viewer, ) and a rolled piece of white textile (between check the viewer, and f. check the viewer )

Binding material

wood

textile

leather

Original binding

No

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 1

Number of lines: 16

H 115mm
W 100mm
Intercolumn mm
Margins
top 9
bottom 35
right 14
left 8
intercolumn
All data are for check the viewerfol. 4r .check the viewerFols 1–2, and check the viewer32–34 are not ruled.

Ms Gulo Maḵadā, Dabra Māʿṣo Qǝddus Yoḥannǝs, MY-017 main part

looks ok for measures computed width is: 122mm, object width is: 135mm, computed height is: 159mm and object height is: 165mm.

Layout note 1

Ruling
  • (Subtype: pattern)1A-1A/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 partly visible.
  • Primary pricks are visible.
  • Ruling pricks are visible.

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Scribe: ʾabuna Gabra Śǝllāse scribe

    Script: Ethiopic

    Twentieth-century bulky script.

    Ink: Black; red.

    Rubrication: Divine names; three groups of two lines each alternating with black lines on the incipit page (check the viewerfols. 3r, ); incipits of the text sections (check the viewer22r, , check the viewer23v ); directives to the ministers; parts of the commissioners՚ names; some other words like እግሌ፡ (check the viewer5v ), the name አብርሃም፡ (check the viewer6v ); titles of the biblical books and prayers; elements of the Ethiopic numerals and punctuations signs. Rubrication has been carefully executed in the main hand along with the copying of the text.

    ʾabuna Gabra Śǝllāse scribe

    Careful but not very regular; by a mediocre scribe. Broad bulky script. Downstrokes are right-sloping, tops are horizontal. Rectangular letter shapes. The top of ጥ is flat (e.g. check the viewerFols. 5r, , check the viewer18r, check the viewer31v ); the left leg of ለ is leant upon the right leg. Gaps between elements of many letters.

    Abbreviations

  • ይካ᎓(- - -) for ይቤ᎓ ካህን፡on check the viewerfols. 5r, , check the viewerfol. 5v
  • ዲ᎓(- - -) for ዲያቆን᎓
  • ይ᎓(- - -) for ይቤ᎓
  • ካ፡(- - -) for ካህን፡
  • ጸ፡(- - -) for ጸልዩ፡
  • ሕ᎓(- - -) for ሕዝብ᎓ on check the viewerfol. 24r

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    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
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    Hamburg
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    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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    2016-06-07T17:45:18.367+02:00
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    2022-01-05T13:36:28.446+01:00
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    type=lastModified
    3.10.2021
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    manuscripts
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESmy017
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/ESmy017
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    type=filename
    ESmy017.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    ESmy017

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    Vitagrazia Pisani, Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, ʻGulo Maḵadā, Dabra Māʿṣo Qǝddus Yoḥannǝs, MY-017ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 3.10.2021) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESmy017 [Accessed: 2024-04-26+02:00]

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    • Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 10.5.2010

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