Gulo Maḵadā, ʿĀddi Qolqʷāl Giyorgis, AQG-010
Vitagrazia Pisani (cataloguer)
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Gadla ḥawāryāt, Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles
Number of Text units: 31
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location: ʿĀddi Qolqʷāl Giyorgis↗
29 year of mercy (= 1377 A.D.), s. colophon.Provenance
Tasfā Ḥawāryāt is mentioned as commissioner of the Ms. in a supplication on check the viewer99v and in the colophon.
Summary
- ms_i1
(check the viewerfols. 1va-169va ),
Gadla ḥawāryāt (second recension)
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerfol. 1va-vb ), Introduction
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 3ra–3vb, check the viewer36ra–36vb, check the viewer4ra–9rb ), The Preaching of St Bartholomew
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerfols. 9rb-12rb ), The Martyrdom of St Bartholomew
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 12va–18vb, check the viewer24ra–26rb ), The Acts of St Matthew
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 20va–23vb, check the viewer142ra–142vb, check the viewer34ra–35vb, check the viewer116ra–116vb, check the viewer46ra–49vb, check the viewer117ra–117vb, check the viewer101ra–103vb, check the viewer146ra–147vb ), The Acts of Sts Andrew and Bartholomew
- ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 26rb–28vb ), The Martyrdom of St Matthew
- ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 28vb–32va ), The Martyrdom of St Luke
- ms_i1.8 (check the viewerFols. 32vb, check the viewer112ra–115vb, check the viewer33ra–33rb ), The Preaching of St Philip
- ms_i1.9 (check the viewerFols 33rb–33vb, check the viewer143ra–143vb, check the viewer37ra–38ra ), The Martyrdom of St Philip
- ms_i1.10 (check the viewerFols 38ra–43vb, check the viewer45ra–45vb, check the viewer44ra–44vb, check the viewer19ra–20va ), The Preaching of St Andrew
- ms_i1.11 (check the viewerFols 53va–55rb ), The Martyrdom of St James the Son of Zebedee
- ms_i1.12 (check the viewerFols 55va–59vb ), The Martyrdom of St Mark the Evangelist
- ms_i1.13 (check the viewerFols 59vb–63vb, check the viewer81ra–82vb, check the viewer64ra–71ra ), The Preaching of St Thomas
- ms_i1.14 (check the viewerFols 71rb–76ra ), The Martyrdom of St Thomas
- ms_i1.15 (check the viewerFols 76ra–80vb, check the viewer88ra–88va ), The Preaching of St Judas Thaddeus
- ms_i1.16 (check the viewerFols 88va–88vb, check the viewer83ra–87vb, check the viewer89ra–94vb ), The Preaching of St Peter
- ms_i1.17 (check the viewerFols 94vb–97rb ), The Martyrdom of St Peter
- ms_i1.18 (check the viewerFols 97rb–99vb ), The Martyrdom of St Paul
- ms_i1.19 (check the viewerFols 100ra–100vb, check the viewer104ra–104vb ), The Preaching of St Simon the son of Cleopas, surnamed Judas or Nathaniel
- ms_i1.20 (check the viewerFols 104vb–106ra ), The Martyrdom of St Simon the son of Cleopas, surnamed Judas or Nathaniel
- ms_i1.21 (check the viewerFols 106ra–107vb ), The Preaching of St James the Just
- ms_i1.22 (check the viewerFols 107vb–111rb ), The Martyrdom of St James the Just
- ms_i1.23 (check the viewerFols 111va–111vb, check the viewer158ra–169rb ), The Acts of St Matthias and St Andrew
- ms_i1.24 (check the viewerFols 130rb–136rb ), The Death of St John the Son of Zebedee
- ms_i1.25 (check the viewerFols 136rb–137rb ), The Martyrdom of St James the Son of Alphaeus
- ms_i1.26 (check the viewerFols 137rb–141vb, check the viewer150ra–154vb ), The Preaching of St Matthias
- ms_i1.27 (check the viewerFols 146vb–149vb ), The Martyrdom of St Andrew
- ms_i1.28 (check the viewerFols. 149vb, check the viewer118ra–122vb, check the viewer124ra–126vb, check the viewer123ra–123vb, check the viewer127ra–130rb ), The Acts of St John the Son of Zebedee
- ms_i1.29 (check the viewerFols 154vb–157rb ), The Martyrdom of St Matthew
- ms_i1.30 (check the viewerFols 157rb–157vb, check the viewer50ra–53rb ), The Acts of St James the Son of Zebedee
Contents
check the viewerfols. 1va-169va Gadla ḥawāryāt (second recension) (CAe 5814) - According to the distribution of the texts, it would belong to II recension (cp. ‘Gädlä ḥawaryat’, EAe, II (2005), 1049b–1051a (A. Bausi), 83-84). The texts below are given in the reconstructed sequence (ignoring misarrangements). For each text, the equivalent pages of Budge's Edition (BConAp I, II) and the abbreviations used by Bausi in Annali 2000-2001 are given here
Colophon
ወተፅሕ[ፈ]ት፡ ዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ በ፳ወ፱፡ ዓመተ፡ ምሕረት፡ እንዘ፡ ንጉሥነ፡ ው[ድ]ም፡ ወጳጳስነ፡ አባ፡ ሰላማ፡ ወመኰንን፡ [ዴ]ራስጐኒ፡ ወዐቃቤ፡ ሰዓት፡ <...> ወለእመ፡ ቦዘተኃየላ፡ ወዘተአጋላ፡ እመሂ፡ መኰንን፡ ወእመዚ፡ ስዩም፡ ውጉዛ፡ ለይኩን፡ በአፈ፡ ፲ወ፪ሐዋርያት፡ …
The note states that the Ms. was written in 29 year of mercy (= 1377 A.D., cp. ChChron 161) and during the time of King Wǝdǝm and of Metropolitan ʾabbā Salāma and of governor Derāsgwana (?). It is not clear if this note is the colophon of the Ms. or of the work. King Wǝdǝm probably is king Wǝdǝm ʾAsfare, the regnal name of king Nǝwāya Māryām, who was on the throne from 1371 to 1380 (cp. EAE III, 1175). ʾAbba Salāma must be ʾabbā Salāma “the Translator”, the Metropolitan of the Ethiopian Church from 1348 (or 1350) to 1388 (or 1390) (cp. EAE IV, 488-89). At the end, mention of the commissioner, Tasfā Ḥawāryāt, and of the name of the church, ʾAdd Qʷǝlqʷāl (a part of this note has been erased).
check the viewerfol. 1va-vb Introduction (CAe 5548) I-1) BConAp I, 3-6; BConAp II, 2-3; Int in BauGaH
check the viewerFols 3ra–3vb, check the viewer36ra–36vb, check the viewer4ra–9rb The Preaching of St Bartholomew (CAe 2183) I-2) BConAp I, 83-92; BConAp II, 76-86; Ba1 in BauGaH fol. 36 is misplaced
check the viewerfols. 9rb-12rb The Martyrdom of St Bartholomew (CAe 1427) I-3) BConAp I, 93-100; BConAp II, 87-92; Ba2 in BauGaH
check the viewerFols 12va–18vb, check the viewer24ra–26rb The Acts of St Matthew (CAe 1014) I-4) BConAp I, 101-113; BConAp II,93-108; Mt1 in BauGaH
check the viewerFols 20va–23vb, check the viewer142ra–142vb, check the viewer34ra–35vb, check the viewer116ra–116vb, check the viewer46ra–49vb, check the viewer117ra–117vb, check the viewer101ra–103vb, check the viewer146ra–147vb The Acts of Sts Andrew and Bartholomew (CAe 3537) I-5) BConAp I, 156-83; BConAp II, 154-80; AnB in BauGaH
check the viewerFols 26rb–28vb The Martyrdom of St Matthew (CAe 1886) I-6) BConAp I, 114-18; BConAp II, 109-14; Mt2 in BauGaH
check the viewerFols 28vb–32va The Martyrdom of St Luke (CAe 3535) I-7) BConAp I, 119-25; BConAp II, 115-21; Luc in BauGaH
check the viewerFols. 32vb, check the viewer112ra–115vb, check the viewer33ra–33rb The Preaching of St Philip (CAe 2187) I-8) BConAp I, 126-34; BConAp II, 122-30; Ph1 in BauGaH text missing after 115vb and before 33ra = Budge (text) I, 131 l.22-133 l.14.
check the viewerFols 33rb–33vb, check the viewer143ra–143vb, check the viewer37ra–38ra The Martyrdom of St Philip (CAe 3536) I-9) BConAp I, 135-39; BConAp II, 131-36; Ph2 in BauGaH
check the viewerFols 38ra–43vb, check the viewer45ra–45vb, check the viewer44ra–44vb, check the viewer19ra–20va The Preaching of St Andrew (CAe 2182) I-10) BConAp I, 140-56; BConAp II, 137-53; An1 in BauGaH
check the viewerFols 53va–55rb The Martyrdom of St James the Son of Zebedee (CAe 1684) I-11) BConAp I, 254-57; BConAp II, 253-56; JZ2 in BauGaH
check the viewerFols 55va–59vb The Martyrdom of St Mark the Evangelist (CAe 1883) I-12) BConAp I, 257-64; BConAp II, 257-64; Mar in BauGaH
check the viewerFols 59vb–63vb, check the viewer81ra–82vb, check the viewer64ra–71ra The Preaching of St Thomas (CAe 2189) I-13) BConAp I, 265-87; BConAp II, 265-86; Th1 in BauGaH
check the viewerFols 71rb–76ra The Martyrdom of St Thomas (CAe 4849) I-14) BConAp I, 287-95; BConAp II, 287-95; Th2 in BauGaH
check the viewerFols 76ra–80vb, check the viewer88ra–88va The Preaching of St Judas Thaddeus (CAe 2185) I-15) BConAp I, 296-306; BConAp II,296-306; Jud in BauGaH
check the viewerFols 88va–88vb, check the viewer83ra–87vb, check the viewer89ra–94vb The Preaching of St Peter (CAe 2186) I-16) BConAp I, 7-36; BConAp II, 5-25; Pt1 in BauGaH
check the viewerFols 94vb–97rb The Martyrdom of St Peter (CAe 1889) I-17) BConAp I, 37-41, 45-49; BConAp II, 26-34; Pt2 in BauGaH The text does not contain the Discourse of Peter on the Cross
check the viewerFols 97rb–99vb The Martyrdom of St Paul (CAe 1888) I-18) BConAp I, 41-45; BConAp II, 26-34; Pa1 in BauGaH
check the viewerFols 100ra–100vb, check the viewer104ra–104vb The Preaching of St Simon the son of Cleopas, surnamed Judas or Nathaniel (CAe 2188) I-19) BConAp I, 67-70; BConAp II, 58-61; Si1 in BauGaH
check the viewerFols 104vb–106ra The Martyrdom of St Simon the son of Cleopas, surnamed Judas or Nathaniel (CAe 3533) I-20) BConAp I, 70-72; BConAp II, 62-64; Si2 in BauGaH
check the viewerFols 106ra–107vb The Preaching of St James the Just (CAe 2184) I-21) BConAp I, 73-76; BConAp II, 65-68; Jc1 in BauGaH
check the viewerFols 107vb–111rb The Martyrdom of St James the Just (CAe 1680) I-22) BConAp I, 76-82; BConAp II, 69-75; Jc2 in BauGaH
check the viewerFols 111va–111vb, check the viewer158ra–169rb The Acts of St Matthias and St Andrew (CAe 1015) I-23) BConAp I, 307-35; BConAp II, 307-34; MAn in BauGaH
check the viewerFols 130rb–136rb The Death of St John the Son of Zebedee (CAe 3539) I-24) BConAp I, 214-22; BConAp II, 212-20; Jo2 in BauGaH
check the viewerFols 136rb–137rb The Martyrdom of St James the Son of Alphaeus (CAe 3543) I-25) BConAp I, 223-24; BConAp II, 221-22; JcA in BauGaH
check the viewerFols 137rb–141vb, check the viewer150ra–154vb The Preaching of St Matthias (CAe 3540) I-26) BConAp I, 225-42; BConAp II, 223-40; Ma1 in BauGaH Text I-26: text missing after 141vb and before 150ra = BConAp I, 233 l.2-234 l.19.
check the viewerFols 146vb–149vb The Martyrdom of St Andrew (CAe 3538) I-27) BConAp I, 184-88; BConAp II, 181-85; An2 in BauGaH
check the viewerFols. 149vb, check the viewer118ra–122vb, check the viewer124ra–126vb, check the viewer123ra–123vb, check the viewer127ra–130rb The Acts of St John the Son of Zebedee (CAe 1690) I-28) BConAp I,189-213; BConAp II, 186-211; Jo1 in BauGaH Text I-28: text missing after 149vb and before 118ra = BConAp I 189 l.12-192 l.24.
check the viewerFols 154vb–157rb The Martyrdom of St Matthew (CAe 1886) I-29) BConAp I, 114-18; BConAp II, 109-14; Mt2 in BauGaH
check the viewerFols 157rb–157vb, check the viewer50ra–53rb The Acts of St James the Son of Zebedee (CAe 3541) I-30) BConAp I, 247-53; BConAp II, 246-52; JZ1 in BauGaH. - Between check the viewerfols. 157v, and check the viewer158r , a fol. is missing (only a part of it is visible).
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 , 1 .
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check the viewerf. 99v (Type: OwnershipNote)
Ownership note.
( gez ) check the viewer99v ገድለ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ዘአድ፡ ቍልቋል፡
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check the viewerf. 169vb (Type: GuestText)
Hymn in praise of God.
Text in Gǝʿǝz
Written in a faded ink, in a 16th-cent. (?) hand.
Extras
- - In , number ፶ (cue for the rubricator) is written in the left margin of column b, repeating the same (rubricated) number in the text column.
- - Erasures, e.g., on , 56va, 77va, 66va, 70vb, 77rb.
- - Corrections (omitted words or letters) written interlineally, e.g., on , 53vb, 137va, 138va.
- - Crude notes and doodles in pen or in pencil, e.g., in fols. 1r, 2r, 9r, 54r, 138r, 139r, 150r, 170v; crude drawings on and 170v.
- - Personal names crudely written (in pen or in a faded ink) on (below the text), 53rb (below the text), 169v (below the text) and 170r.
- - : unidentified.
- - : text (main text? addition?) unidentified.
- - Subscriptiones in , 169vb.
- In : mention of the commissioner of the Ms., Tasfā Ḥawāryāt (s. also "Colophon").
- - The invocation from the scribe, ስረዩ፡ ወባርኩኒ፡ (“forgive[me] and bless me”), has been written after the text in and 12rb.
- - The scribe tends to start a new paragraph (after the four dots or nine dots asterisks) on the new ruled line.
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(Type: findingAid)
- Readings are indicated by the commemoration dates, written in the same hand, in red, in the upper margin: አመ፲፪፡ ለጥቅመ[sic]ት፡: check the viewerfol. 12v አመ፡ ፳ወ፪፡ ለጥቅምት: check the viewerfol. 28v አመ፡ ፰፡ ለኅዳር: check the viewerfol. 32v አመ፡ ፬፡ ለታኅሣሥ፡: check the viewerfol. 38r በማርቆስ፡ ምንባብ፡ check the viewerfol. 55v አመ፡ ፳፮(?)፡ ለግንቦት፡: check the viewerfol. 59v አመ፡ ፪፡ ለኀምሌ፡: check the viewerfol. 76r አመ፡ ፭፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ወጳውሎስ፡: check the viewerfol. 88v አመ፡ ፲ለኀምሌ፡: check the viewerfol. 100r አመ፡ ፲ወ፰፡ ወኀምሌ፡: check the viewerfol. 106r አመ፡ ፴፡ ለነሓሲ[sic]፡: check the viewerfol. 111v አመ፡ ፲፡ ለየካቲት፡: check the viewerfol. 136r አመ፡ ፰፡ ለመጋቢት፡: check the viewerfol. 137r አመ፡ ፬፡ ለጥር፡: check the viewerfol. 149v .
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: check the viewer3r (incipit of Text I-2): coloured (red, yellow, green, black) ornamental band (interlaces).
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS ʿĀddi Qolqʷāl Giyorgis, Ethio-SPaRe
Secondary Bibliography
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Pisani, V. 2015. ‘The apocryphal Acts of the Apostles: unknown witnesses from East Tegray’, in A. Bausi, A. Gori, D. Nosnitsin, and E. Sokolinski, eds, Essays in Ethiopian Manuscript Studies. Proceedings of the International Conference Manuscripts and Texts, Languages and Contexts: the Transmission of Knowledge in the Horn of Africa, Hamburg, 17-19 July 2014, Supplement to Aethiopica, 4 (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2015), 75–94.
This manuscript has modern restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 330 |
Width | 230 |
Depth | 95 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
State of preservation
deficient
Condition
The Ms. is in poor condition. Both boards are missing; the sewing is heavily damaged (for the most part missing) and crudely repaired; a synthetic material is used to cover the spine. Several fols. are missing and many others misplaced. The Ms. has been affected by humidity. Several fols. are damaged by rodents. Cuts crudely repaired on fols. 2 and 103. Many fols. have irregular size.
Binding
Boards are missing. Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Binding material
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 26
H | 243mm |
W | 155mm |
Intercolumn | 10mm |
Margins | |
top | 29 |
bottom | 45 |
right | 36 |
left | 10 |
intercolumn | 10 |
Ms Gulo Maḵadā, ʿĀddi Qolqʷāl Giyorgis, AQG-010 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 201mm, object width is: 230mm, computed height is: 317mm and object height is: 330mm.Layout note 1
Ruling
- the number of lines varies from 26 to 37/38 (in fols. 158ra-169rb)
- (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C.
- The upper line is written below the ruling.
- The bottom line is written above the ruling.
- A ruled line has left empty by the scribe at the bottom of fol. 111rb.
- The ruling is not always uniform and regular.
Pricking
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
Other
- Throughout the Ms.
CruxAnsata
Yes
CruxAnsata: Throughout the Ms.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Fine but irregular.The handwriting is characterized by right-sloping letters with rounded and curved shapes (e.g., ግ ወ በ), with a few others more angular (e.g., መ ዐ). The quality often changes throughout the Ms., creating an impression that more than one hands was involved in writing (s., e.g., check the viewer93va , 93vb-94rb). Peculiar and ancient features: - ጵ has the 6th order marker set up on the vertical stroke at the top, oriented to the left (e.g., check the viewer17vb l.7). - ኴ has the loop marking the 5th order open (s., e.g., check the viewer111rb l.4); sometimes it has the 6th and the 7th order markers set up on the vertical stroke at the top and directed to the right (s. check the viewer130va l.18, 113vb l.12); - መ (esp. in the 1st and 2nd orders) has the loops not completely separated and of triangular shape, with the left loop more pointed downwards (s., e.g., check the viewer28va l.5). - ሎ has the loop marking the 7th order attached directly at the body of the letter, without the horizontal stroke; - the numerals are without dashes above and below; - the numerals ፩ and ፬ are usually difficult to distinguish; - ፮ is with the loop open, looking like “compressed” ፯ (s., e.g., check the viewer71rb l.8); - ፪ has the loops, closed, not separated; - the crux ansata and coronis (separated or together) are used in the Ms. several times: at the end of the texts, as caesura (s., e.g., check the viewer169v ), or in the margins, usually at the incipit of them (s., e.g., check the viewer26r , 28v); - Swastika-cross (?) used in the intercolumn (fol. 160r).
Ink: Black; red (vivid red).
Rubrication: Some lines (3-5) alternating with black lines, in the incipit of each text (both columns for Texts I-2 and I-23); sometimes the first lines of the account proper; Ethiopic numerals; elements of the punctuation signs and caesura signs (crux ansata and coronis).
Date: Second half of the XIV century.
Second half of the XIV century.Hand 2
Script: Ethiopic
The hand of additio 2
Ink: faded ink
Date: 16th century
16th centuryCheck for additional bibliography
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Vitagrazia Pisani, Alessandro Bausi, Denis Nosnitsin, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻGulo Maḵadā, ʿĀddi Qolqʷāl Giyorgis, AQG-010ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2019-04-03) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESaqg010 [Accessed: 2024-05-19]
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- Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: split msitems on 3.4.2019
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: transformed from mycore to TEI P5 on 10.5.2016
- Vitagrazia Pisani Vitagrazia Pisani: last edited in Ethio-SPaRe on 9.3.2015
- Vitagrazia Pisani Vitagrazia Pisani: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 5.8.2013
- Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 18.11.2010
Attributions of the contents
Denis Nosnitsin, contributor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor