Belmont, MA, , Alwan Codex 19
Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee, Ashlee Benson
Alwan, EMIP
Collection: Alwan
Other identifiers: Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project EMIP 133
General description
Alwan Codex 19
Number of Text units: 3
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
During the reigns of Cyril V, Patriarch of Alexandria (1875-1927) and Peṭros, Metropolitan of Ethiopia (1881-1921)
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–55v
- ms_i2
(Fols 55v–56r,
- ms_i3
(Fols 56r–66v
Contents
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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Fols. 56v, 57r , Abba Qerǝlos, Patriarch of Alexandria and Abba Peṭros, Metropolitan of Ethiopia
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(Type: OwnershipNote)
f. 66v (margin ): Note of ownership and prayer. The name of the original owner is erased
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Fol. ivv(erso) , pen trials
Extras
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Fols. ir(ecto), iir(ecto) , blank
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Numbered quires: quires 2–7
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Scribal intervention: words of text are written interlinearly (folss. 3v, 10v, 14r, 26v, 62r, , etc.); and lines of text are written interlinearly (10v, ); and in the upper margin with a symbol (┴) marking the location where the text is to be inserted ( f, 55v, line 2 ); text has been removed (e.g., 61v )
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f. 4v, line 13 ; f. 28r, line 13 ; f. 53r, line 19 , text is in the upper margin with a symbol (┴) marking the location of the new section it introduces
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Fol. 6v , line 19: text is in the upper margin with a symbol (+) marking the location of the new section it introduces
Decoration In this unit there are in total 9 s.
Miniatures notes
- miniature: Fol. iv(erso)
- miniature: Fol. iiv(erso)
- miniature:
Fol. iiir(ecto)
Holy Man Portrait, with crow (faded)
- miniature: Fol. iiiv(erso)
- miniature: Fol. ivr(ecto)
- miniature: Fol. 67r
- miniature: Fol. 68v
- miniature:
Fol. 69r
, with patron prostrate before them with caption “How Mämre Gäbäyähu pleaded.”
- miniature:
Fol. 69v
Crude drawing of a with caption “This is the cross and any one who erases it is …”
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 163mm |
Width | 126mm |
Depth | mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | a | 4 |
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Protection Quire |
2 | 1 | 10 |
|
Quire 1 |
3 | 2 | 10 |
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Quire 2 |
4 | 3 | 10 |
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Quire 3 |
5 | 4 | 10 |
|
Quire 4 |
6 | 5 | 10 |
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Quire 5 |
7 | 6 | 10 |
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Quire 6 |
8 | 7 | 9 |
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Collation diagrams
Protection Quire
Quire ID:q1, number:a
Quire 1
Quire ID:q2, number:1
Quire 2
Quire ID:q3, number:2
Quire 3
Quire ID:q4, number:3
Quire 4
Quire ID:q5, number:4
Quire 5
Quire ID:q6, number:5
Quire 6
Quire ID:q7, number:6
Quire 7: 2, stub after 8
Quire ID:q8, number:7
Notes: 1)
Ethio-SPaRe formula : a(4/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (4), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (9),
Formula 2: 1 (4), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (9),
Binding
Parchment, 163 x 126 mm, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough-hewn boards of the traditional wood, covered in tooled leather, headband and tailband.
Binding material
parchment
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 16mm |
bottom | 33mm |
right | 16mm |
left | 6mm |
Ms Belmont, MA, , Alwan Codex 19 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 126mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 163mm.Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Rubrication: ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ማርያም፡
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Publication Statement
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
Edition Statement
The initial version of this file was created from data kindly provided by the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project directed by Steve Delamarter.
Encoding Description
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Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee, Ashlee Benson, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻBelmont, MA, , Alwan Codex 19ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-11-24) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP00133 [Accessed: 2024-05-19]
Revisions of the data
- Ralph Lee Reassigned some additions as extras on 24.11.2020
- Ashlee Benson Updated id numbers on 23.11.2020
- Ashlee Benson Minor changes on 12.11.2020
- Ashlee Benson Updated facs statements on 4.11.2020
- Ashlee Benson Added facs statements on 26.10.2020
- Ralph Lee Corrected ǝ character on 18.4.2020
- Ralph Lee Added miniatures and additions on 16.9.2019
- Jonah Sandford Added ms contents on 24.10.2018
- Jonah Sandford Added quire desc, binding desc, margin dim, columns/liens, dating info on 11.7.2018
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Created XML record from EMIP Collection Metadata.xsls on 18.1.2018
Attributions of the contents
Jonah Sandford, editor
Ralph Lee, editor
Ashlee Benson, editor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor