Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 85
Jonah Sandford, Ashlee Benson
EMIP
General description
Weiner Codex 85
Number of Text units: 13
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
early-twentieth century
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–152r
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–116r
- ms_i1.2
(Fols 116v–128v
- ms_i1.3
(Fols 129r–136r
- ms_i1.4
(Fols 136v–146v
- ms_i1.4.1
(Fols 136v and following
- ms_i1.4.2
(Fols 137r and following
- ms_i1.4.3
(Fols 139r and following
- ms_i1.4.4
(Fols 140v and following
- ms_i1.4.5
(Fols 143r and following
- ms_i1.4.6
(Fols 144v and following
- ms_i1.4.7
(Fols 145v and following
- ms_i1.4.1
(Fols 136v and following
- ms_i1.5
(Fols 147r–152r
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–116r
Contents
Fols 1r–152r
Language of text:
Fols 116v–128v
Language of text:
Additions In this unit there are in total 2 , 1 .
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(Type: GuestText)
Fols. ir(ecto), iv(erso), iir(ecto), iiv(erso) Fragment of CMāḫleta ṣǝge (CAe 1834) , written in two columns
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(Type: GuestText)
Fols. 153v, 154r Yǝweddǝsǝwwa malāʾǝkt la-Māryām (CAe 3108) . Written in a later hand. Incomplete at the beginning (the miniature on 153r is painted over the text)
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(Type: OwnershipNote)
Fol. 136r Four lines of text including the name of the later owner, all erased
Extras
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Binding is original and intact
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Vellum is in good condition. Only minor discolorations
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Numbered quires: quires 2–14
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Scribal intervention: words of text are written interlinearly (folss. 12r, 20r, 43r, 44v, , etc.); lines of text are written interlinearly (10r, 12v, 23r, 50r, , etc.); lines of text are written in the upper margin with a symbol (+) marking the location where the text is to be inserted ( f. 74r, line 6 ; f. 108v, line 10 ; f. 133v, line 3 ); erasure markings are visible (7v, 13v, 48r, 58v, 122r, 131r, ); text has been removed (e.g., 16r, 51r, 59r )
Decoration In this unit there are in total 3 s, 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: Decorative designs: folss. 1r, 7r, 31v, 38v, 44r, 53r, (elaborate ḥaräg in faint black ink or pencil); 14v, (elaborate ḥaräg in red and black ink); 22r, (simple ḥaräg in black ink); 71v, 72v, 76v, 89v, 104r, 111r, 136r, (multiple full stops); 110r (red and black wedge shaped images across the width of the page)
Miniatures notes
- miniature: Fol. 152v
- miniature: Fol. 153r
- miniature:
Fol. 154v
A Holy Man Portrait and a Holy Woman, Däqsǝyos and St Mary (?). The woman stands behind a chair and holds something in her right hand; the man holds pen and parchment
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 165mm |
Width | 115mm |
Depth | 60mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | a | 2 |
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Protection Sheet |
2 | 1 | 10 |
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Quire 1 |
3 | 2 | 10 |
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Quire 2 |
4 | 3 | 10 |
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Quire 3 |
5 | 4 | 10 |
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Quire 4 |
6 | 5 | 10 |
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Quire 5 |
7 | 6 | 10 |
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Quire 6 |
8 | 7 | 10 |
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Quire 7 |
9 | 8 | 10 |
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Quire 8 |
10 | 9 | 14 |
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Quire 9 |
11 | 10 | 14 |
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Quire 10 |
12 | 11 | 14 |
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Quire 11 |
13 | 12 | 10 |
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Quire 12 |
14 | 13 | 10 |
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15 | 14 | 10 |
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16 | 15 | 2 |
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Quire 15 |
Collation diagrams
Protection Sheet
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
Quire ID:q8, number:7
Quire 8
Quire ID:q9, number:8
Quire 9
Quire ID:q10, number:9
Quire 10
Quire ID:q11, number:10
Quire 11
Quire ID:q12, number:11
Quire 12
Quire ID:q13, number:12
Quire 13: 5, stub after 5 6, stub after 4
Quire ID:q14, number:13
Notes: 1)
Quire 14: 5, stub after 6 6, stub after 5
Quire ID:q15, number:14
Notes: 1)
Quire 15
Quire ID:q16, number:15
Ethio-SPaRe formula : a(2/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (14), 11 (14), 12 (14), 13 (10), 14 (10), 15 (10), 16 (2),
Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (14), 11 (14), 12 (14), 13 (10), 14 (10), 15 (10), 16 (2),
Binding
Parchment, 165 x 115 x 60 mm, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough hewn wooden boards, covered in red floral linen fabric, linen protective strip attached to tail of spine and wraps around the bottom, fore edge and top folio margins and attaches to head of spine.
Binding material
parchment
wood
textile
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 15-17mm |
bottom | 30-35mm |
right | 10-15mm |
left | 5-10mm |
Ms Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 85 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 115mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 165mm.Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Rubrication: [link] Content Item 1.5 , item 1 ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān (CAe 1113) ማርያም፡
The word God is not rubricated in the first three works; the word Mary is rubricated in the final two works Columetric layout of text: fols. 125r, 125v (tenth biblical canticle).Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
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