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Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Westbrook 4

Ashlee Benson, Ralph Lee, Jonah Sandford

EMIP

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https://betamasaheft.eu/EMIP03303
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Collection: EMIP

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General description

Westbrook 4

Number of Text units: 2

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

1896 E.C. Year of Mercy (fol. 44v )

Summary

Book of Baptism
  1. ms_i1 (Fols 3r–44v

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    ), Maṣḥafa ṭǝmqat
  2. ms_i2 (Fols 46r–85v

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    ), Maṣḥafa qedar

Contents

Fols 3r–44v

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Maṣḥafa ṭǝmqat (CAe 1975)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ጥምቀት፡ ዘይትነበብ፡ በ፲፩ለወርኃ፡ ጥር፤ ወየሥርቅ፡ ወይውግር፡ ካህን፡ ዕጣነ፤ ወይዲ[.]፡ ሊጦን፡ ዘሌሊት፡ ክሥተት፡ መዝሙር።

Colophon

Fol. 44v

( ) “The book was made in the days of Menilek the second, King of Kings of Ethiopia, in the land of Ras Makwonen in 1896 Year of Mercy (=1903/4 CE).”

Translation Gǝʿǝz : ተጽሕፈ፡ በመዋዕሊሁ፡ ለዳግማዊ፡ ምኒልክ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ነገሥት፡ ዘኢትዮጵያ፡ በ ሀገረ፡ ራስ፡ መኰንን፡ በ ፲፰፻፺፮ዓመተ፡ ምሕረት።

Fols 46r–85v

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Maṣḥafa qedar (CAe 1959)

Language of text:

Colophon

Fol. 85v

( ) Finished in peace on Monday in the year of Matthew the Evangelist] in the Month of Tahsas by ደብተራ፡ ወልደ፡ ሐና፡, Dabtara Walda Hana for መምሬ ፈለቀ, Mamre Falaqa and received 14 birr , 12 [….]

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .

  1. Fols. 1r, 1v

    Excerpt from Epistle of Saint John. The scribe for this excerpt is listed on 1v, ፍሬ፡ ሰንበት፡, Faray Sanbat, who is also mentioned in fol. 44v

  2. Fol. 81v

    Prayers for our Abba Qerǝllos (?) and Mātewos X

  3. Fol. 85r (Type: OwnershipNote)

    Prayer for Mǝnilǝk and the owner, ወልደ፡ አምላክ፡, Walda Amlak, and scribe, ወልደ፡ ማርያም፡, Walda Maryam. Abba Matewos is also mentioned

Extras

  1. The book is comprised of two books, previously separate, but been rebound as one. In the process, the orientation of the books was rotated 180 degrees to one another. Consequently the images of the second book appear upside down

Physical Description

Form of support

Codex

Extent

85 (leaf) .Entered as 85 202 140 45
Outer dimensions
Height 202mm
Width 140mm
Depth 45mm

Binding

Binding material

parchment

wood

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 20-21

    Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    availability

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    date
    type=expanded
    12.4.2024 at 00:47:52
    date
    type=lastModified
    8.6.2021
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP03303/main
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/EMIP03303
    idno
    type=filename
    EMIP03303.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    EMIP03303

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Ashlee Benson, Ralph Lee, Jonah Sandford, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻPortland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Westbrook 4ʼ, in Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2021-06-08) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP03303 [Accessed: 2024-11-24]

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Revision history

  • Jonah Sandford Added ms dims, columns/lines, binding desc, dating info. on 8.6.2021
  • Ralph Lee Corrected ms_i1 ref and added colophons on 8.9.2020
  • Ashlee Benson Added items on 8.6.2020
  • Pietro Maria Liuzzo Created XML record from List of new EMIP entrie.csv on 11.5.2020
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Attribution of the content

Ashlee Benson, editor

Ralph Lee, editor

Jonah Sandford, 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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