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Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 342

Jonah Sandford, Ashlee Benson

EMIP

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https://betamasaheft.eu/EMIP02377
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Collection: EMIP

General description

Weiner Codex 342

Number of Text units: 12

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Nineteenth century

Summary

Dawit in Mahdar
  1. ms_i1 (Fols 1r–118v

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    ), Psalter
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      ), Mazmura Dāwit
    2. ms_i1.2 (Fols 96r–104v

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      ), Book of Odes
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      ), Song of Songs
    4. ms_i1.4 (Fols 110r–116v

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      ), Wǝddāse Māryām
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        ), Monday
      2. ms_i1.4.2 (Fols 110v and following

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        ), Tuesday
      3. ms_i1.4.3 (Fols 111v and following

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        ), Wednesday
      4. ms_i1.4.4 (Fols 113r and following

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        ), Thursday
      5. ms_i1.4.5 (Fols 115r and following

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        ), Friday
      6. ms_i1.4.6 (Fols 116r and following

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        ), Saturday
    5. ms_i1.5 (Fols 116v–118v

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      ), ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān

Contents


Fols 1r–118v

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Psalter (CAe 2701)

Language of text:

Mazmura Dāwit, Psalm 118 including the Spritual Meaning of the Hebrew Letters

Fols 1r–94v

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Mazmura Dāwit (CAe 2000) Incomplete at the end

Fols 96r–104v

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Book of Odes (CAe 1828) Incomplete at the beginning

Fols 105r–109v

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Song of Songs (CAe 2362)

Fols 110r–116v

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Wǝddāse Māryām (CAe 2509) Arranged for the days of the week. Incomplete at the beginning. The work ends with Saturday, so it is possible that the work began with Sunday and these folios have been lost

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Monday

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Tuesday

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Wednesday

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Thursday

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Friday

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Saturday

Fols 116v–118v

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ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān (CAe 1113) Folios are missing from the middle of the work

Additions In this unit there are in total 2 , 2 , 1 .

  1. (Type: Asmat)

    f. iv(erso), col. 1 ʾAsmāt-prayer (general record) (CAe 5888)

  2. (Type: GuestText)

    f. iv(erso), col. 2

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    check the viewercheck the viewer iiv(erso) Calendar of saints, arranged according to their feast day (CAe 3123) , arranged according to their feast day

  3. (Type: Asmat)

    f. iiv(erso), bottom ʾAsmāt-prayer (general record) (CAe 5888)

  4. f. 118v, upper col. 2 An Account of the Books of the Bible, ኍልቈ፡ መጻሕፍት፡ ቅዱሳት፡

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    check the viewercheck the viewer119r prayer written in a secondary hand

  6. (Type: GuestText)

    Fol. 119v ṣalot baʾǝnta ʾarāwita mədr (CAe 5125)

  7. On the maḥdär, there is a small text about Mary, “the maḥdär of divinity.”

  8. (Type: OwnershipNote)

    f. 188v, middle col. 2 note of ownership. The name of the owner has been erased. Includes a curse against anyone who would steal or deface the book

Extras

  1. Folios are missing throughout the manuscript

  2. In several sections of the book, the number 10 (፲) or the letter ዝ marks every tenth line, as though an audit of the strophes were being performed

  3. Many folios have pen trials and writing exercises in the margins (e.g., fols. 61r, 72v ).

  4. Fol. ir(ecto) illegible text

  5. Folio 40 has been inserted to replace a lost folio

  6. Fol. 49r The midpoint of the Psalms is not marked

  7. Fol. 37 black thread stitched into corner as navigation system

  8. Fol. 58 yellow and red thread stitched into fore edge as navigation system

  9. Fols. 72, 73, 75, 83 white thread stitched into corner as navigation system

  10. words of text are written interlinearly (folss. 3r, 4r, 10v, 14v, 17v, , etc.); lines of text are written interlinearly (11v, 97v, ); erasure markings are visible (5r, 16v, 17r, 20r, 23r, , etc.); text has been removed (10v, 30r, 33r, 40r, 45r , etc.).

Decoration In this unit there are in total 11 s, 1 .

Frame notes

  1. frame: Decorative designs: folss. 7v, 13r, 24r, 32r, 46r, 58v, 62r, 72v, 86r, 91r, 104v, 111r, 115r, (line of alternating red and black dots); 40, 113r, 115r, 116r, 118v (multiple full stops)

Miniatures notes

  1. miniature: Fol. iiir(ecto)

    Holy Man Portrait,St George of Lydda and the

  2. miniature: Fol. iiiv(erso)

    The Striking of the Head, ኵርዓተ፡ ርእሱ፡

  3. miniature: Fol. ivr(ecto)

    Annunciation

  4. miniature: Fol. iiv(erso)

    Holy Men Potrait holding books

  5. miniature: Fol. 22r

    Virgin and Child with two s

  6. miniature: Fol. 22v

    Two Holy Men Potrait

  7. miniature: Fol. 33r

    crude drawing of an

  8. miniature: Fol. 95r

    Crucifixion of Jesus, St Mary and John stand beside the cross

  9. miniature: Fol. 95v

    Wrapping the body of JesusChrist in a shroud

  10. miniature: Fol. 117r

    Resurrection of Jesus, raising Adam and Eve from the dead

  11. miniature: Fol. 117v

    The Three Magi

Physical Description

Form of support

Codex

Watermark

No

Extent

+NaN (leaf) .Entered as iv + 119 180 165 71
Outer dimensions
Height 180mm
Width 165mm
Depth 71mm

Quire Structure Collation

Many folios are loose and rebound with stab stitch. A quire map is not possible.

Binding

Parchment, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough-hewn boards of the traditional wood, back cover has broken and been repaired, rebound with stab stitch.

Binding material

parchment

wood

Original binding

No

Layout

Layout note 1

H
W
Margins
top 14-20mm
bottom 30-38mm
right 19-31mm
left 7-9mm

Ms Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 342 main part

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Layout note 1(Fols 1r–109v

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Number of columns: 1

Number of lines: 22-25

Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 110r–119v )

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 22-25

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Rubrication: Content Item 1.4 , item 1 Wǝddāse Māryām (CAe 2509) Content Item 1.5 , item 1 ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān (CAe 1113) ማርያም፡

    Columetric layout of text: the folios containing the most common occurrences of columetric layout have all been lost
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      Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
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      Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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      Hamburg
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      9.3.2021
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      https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP02377/main
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      https://betamasaheft.eu/EMIP02377
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      EMIP02377.xml
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      EMIP02377

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    Revision history

    • Ashlee Benson Added ms_i1-1.5, minis 1-11, a1-8, and e1-11 on 9.3.2021
    • Jonah Sandford Added ms dims, margin dims, columns/lines, binding desc, dating info. on 26.1.2021
    • Pietro Maria Liuzzo Created XML record from EMIP Collection Metadata.xsls on 18.1.2018
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    Attribution of the content

    Jonah Sandford, editor

    Ashlee Benson, editor

    Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor

    The initial version of this file was created from data kindly provided by the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project directed by Steve Delamarter.
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