Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 462
Ashlee Benson, Ralph Lee, Jonah Sandford
EMIP
General description
Weiner Codex 462
Number of Text units: 6
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Nineteenth century
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 4r–172v
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 4r–135v
- ms_i1.2
(Fols 136r–149v
- ms_i1.3
(Fols 150r–156v
- ms_i1.4
(Fols 157r–167v
- ms_i1.5
(Fols 167v–172v
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 4r–135v
Contents
Fols 4r–172v
Language of text:
Fols 4r–135v
Text in ወአድኃነኒ
of the longer version; everything else is the short versionFols 136r–149v
Fols 157r–167v
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 , 1 .
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Fol. 3v (Type: RecordTransaction)
A note on the sale of the book for ten birr, involving persons of high rank (Qenyazmach and Gerazmach)
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The opening prayer is the standard one, but beginning with አርአያ፡
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Fol. 172v (Type: DonationNote)
a note of donation of the book to [Church of] Mika'el, ( ) "for the salvation of body and soul"
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Fol. 172v (Type: ScribalNoteCompleting)
a note of the timeframe of the completion of the book, from the 9th of Hedar to the 7th of Miyaziya, by scribe ( ) "sinful S[..]l (Samuel?). No year is given
Extras
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Despite the label on the inside cover, the Weiner collection number should be 462 and not 459
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There has been a systematic review of initial wawes by another hand
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The midpoint of the Psalms is marked with a small harag
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The materials, workmanship and scribal arts are all of very high quality
Decoration In this unit there are in total .
Physical Description
Form of support
Codex
Watermark
No
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
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Width | mm |
Depth | mm |
Binding
Binding material
parchment
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Rubrication: ኢግዚአብሔር፡
The word for God is not rubricated in the Psalter Columetric layout of text is not employed by this scribeSelect one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
Use the tag BetMas:EMIP03234 in your public hypothes.is annotations which refer to this entity.