Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Nairobi Codex 1
Ashlee Benson, Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee
EMIP
General description
Nairobi Codex 1
Number of Text units: 1
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Eighteenth century
Contents
Fols 1r–178r
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ተግሣጽ ለኵሉ: ወአስተናሥኦ: ምግባር: ፍካሬ: ዘጻድቃን: ወዘኃጥአን: መዝሙር: ዘዳዊት።
Psalm 118 does not contain the spiritual meanings of the Hebrew lettersAdditions In this unit there are in total 1 , 3 s, 1 , 1 .
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Fol. iiv(erso) (Type: CalendaricNote)
Register of the Church feasts for the entire year (CAe 6011) , and some other holidays. At the top is a note which says: ( ) The painter of this illumination is Wäldä Mika’el
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Fols. 160r, 160v (Type: Asmat)
Asmat prayer against hail, Incipit: ጸሎተ: በረድ: ደፍፍልዮን: ለአፌን: ጡጠርዮን: ቀራድድዮን: ድልጣኂን:. . . . .ommission by አመሐልኩከ: አማኅፀንኩከ: አንተ: መልአከ: በረድ: ሞርሬዎን: ከመ: ኢታውርድ: በረድ: እምሰማይ:. . . . .ommission by
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f. 176v, 177r, top margin (Type: Asmat)
Asmat prayer against physical and spiritual disease, in a later, crude hand
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f. 178r, column 2 and bottom (Type: Asmat)
Asmat prayer for spiritual release from chains, in a later hand
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At the beginning of some psalms there is a healing prescription added in a later hand. e.g., fol. 1a ( ) “Oracle for pregnancy; ‘the leaf does not wither;’”, ( ) “For enemy, [recite] ‘why do the nations rage?’”, 2r ( ) “For enemies, [recite] ‘How my enemies multiply’”, 2v ( ) “When I call, ‘your enemies will scatter’”, 3v ( ) “‘O Lord, in your anger’ recite with wine and with vineger and with oil”, 4r ( ) “if a woman is hated by her husband, anoint her organs with oil and recite”, 5r ( ) “recite for the love of the people, and anoint with oil.” Veronika Six (“A Psalter from Tübingen: Although Inconspicuous the Text, Neverthless a Treasure for Manuscriptology,” Aethiopica 13 [2010] 163–75), describes this phenomenon in a Psalter in the University of Tübingen; and see the comments in Bogdan Burtea’s entry on “Magic Literature” in EA (III:638–40)
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(Type: PurchaseNote)
A piece of lined paper was in the book. On it, in Tǝgrǝñña, was a transaction of the purchase of sheep
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(Type: Letter)
A second piece of lined paper in the book contained a letter
Extras
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Fols. ir(ecto), iv(erso), iir(ecto), 179r, 179v
blank
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A small red and black cross is written in the margin to mark the midpoint of the Mazmura Dāwit
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Fols. 8, 16, 53, 63, 76, 85, 92, 107, 130
red yarn is sewn into the fore edge to mark content as navigation system
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Numbered quires: quires 1–16
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etc., words of text are written interlinearly
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Fols. 28r, 54r, 88r, 88v, 107v
etc., lines of text are written interlinearly
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etc., text has been removed
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The scribe regularly has to complete a line of text on another line. Much of the problem is addressed through the selection of an appropriate aspect ratio for the codex combined with an appropriate script size. But, where the line of text is still too long, the scribe reduces the font size at the end of lines to avoid having to go onto the next line (throughout)
Decoration In this unit there are in total 2 , 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: Decorative designs: folss. 46r, 92r, 172v, 178r, (haräg); 8v, 16v, 25v, 37r, 52v, 63r, 76r, 85v, 107r, 120r, 123r, 130r, 152r, (line of alternating red and black dots); 136v, 160r (full stops and a line of red and black dots)
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
Fol. iiv(erso)
Drawing, in pencil, of an angel
- miniature:
Fol. 178v
Crude drawing, in pencil, of an equestrian saint, with caption Legend: ( ) “Angel.” Also, pen trials.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 193mm |
Width | 179mm |
Depth | 71mm |
Quire Structure Collation
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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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 | 8 |
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Quire 9 |
11 | 10 | 8 |
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Quire 10 |
12 | 11 | 8 |
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Quire 11 |
13 | 12 | 8 |
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Quire 12 |
14 | 13 | 8 |
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Quire 13 |
15 | 14 | 8 |
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Quire 14 |
16 | 15 | 8 |
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Quire 15 |
17 | 16 | 8 |
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Quire 16 |
18 | 17 | 8 |
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Quire 17 |
19 | 18 | 8 |
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Quire 18 |
20 | 19 | 8 |
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Quire 19 |
21 | 20 | 8 |
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Quire 20 |
22 | 21 | 3 |
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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: 3, stub after 8 8, stub after 3
Quire ID:q5, number:4
Notes: 1)
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
Quire ID:q14, number:13
Quire 14
Quire ID:q15, number:14
Quire 15
Quire ID:q16, number:15
Quire 16
Quire ID:q17, number:16
Quire 17
Quire ID:q18, number:17
Quire 18
Quire ID:q19, number:18
Quire 19
Quire ID:q20, number:19
Quire 20
Quire ID:q21, number:20
Quire 21: 3, stub before 1
Quire ID:q22, number:21
Notes: 1)
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 (8), 11 (8), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (8), 15 (8), 16 (8), 17 (8), 18 (8), 19 (8), 20 (8), 21 (8), 22 (3),
Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (8), 15 (8), 16 (8), 17 (8), 18 (8), 19 (8), 20 (8), 21 (8), 22 (3),
Binding
Parchment, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough-hewn boards of the traditional wood, covered with tooled leather.
Binding material
parchment
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 25mm |
bottom | 40mm |
right | 33mm |
left | 13mm |
Ms Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Nairobi Codex 1 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 179mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 193mm.Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Rubrication: 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. 147r, 147v, 148r (tenth biblical canticle)Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
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