Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Dabra Dāmmo ʾAbuna ʾAragāwi, DD-011
Abreham Adugna (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
Collection: Ethio-SPaRe
Other identifiers: C3-IV-270, 324
General description
Taʾammǝra ʾIyasus “Miracles of Jesus” / Taʾammǝra Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi “Miracles of Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi”
Number of Text units: 9
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location: Dabra Dāmmo ʾAbuna ʾAragāwi↗
18th cent. (?) Quire I (fols. 4-6) dates to a later time later (19th or 20th cent.).Provenance
According to Additio 1, ʾabbā Śärḍä ʾAragāwi is the donor. He is mentioned also in the explicit of Text I, as well as in the supplication formulas. A different name, Gabra Śǝllāse, is inserted in a few supplication formulas (e.g., check the viewer52ra , 59ra, 64vb).
Summary
- ms_i1
(check the viewerFols 4ra–145vb ),
Taʾammǝra ʾIyasus “Miracles of Jesus”
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 4ra–6va ), ʾƎsaggǝd la-malakotǝka
- ms_i1.2
(check the viewerFols 7ra–13vb ),
Introduction
- ms_i1.2.1 (check the viewerFol. 7ra ), John the Evangelist as the author of the book; on the creation and the fall of the angels
- ms_i1.2.2 (check the viewerFols 10ra–13vb ), Story of the family of Adam
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 13vb–145vb ), “Miracles of Jesus”: 42 miracles
- ms_i2
(check the viewerFols 148ra–165rb ),
Taʾammǝra Zamikāʾel
ʾAragāwi “Miracles of Zamikāʾel ʾAragāwi”
- ms_i2.1 (check the viewerFols 148ra–149ra ), Introduction
- ms_i2.2 (check the viewerFols 149ra–165rb ), Taʾammǝra Zamikāʾel ʾAragāwi “Miracles of Zamikāʾel ʾAragāwi”: 13 miracles
Contents
check the viewerFols 4ra–145vb Taʾammǝra ʾIyasus “Miracles of Jesus” (CAe 2382)
Language of text:
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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Acquisition note extended by statement of donation.
( gez ) ዛቲ᎓ መጽሐፍ᎓ ዘአባ᎓ ሠርፀ᎓ አረጋዊ᎓ ዘአጥረያ᎓ በንዋዩ᎓ ከመ᎓ ትኩኖ᎓ መርሐ᎓ መንገለ᎓ የማን᎓᎓ ወከመ᎓ ያድኅኖ᎓ እግዚአብሔር᎓ እምዕቅፍተ᎓ ዕልው᎓ ሰይጣን᎓᎓ ወይደምሮ᎓ ምስለ᎓ አባግዒሁ᎓ ቡሩካን᎓᎓ኀበ᎓ ተሠርዓ᎓ ሕግ᎓ ወተከሉ᎓ ደባትር᎓ ዘብርሃን᎓᎓ አሜን᎓᎓ ለዛቲኒ᎓ መጽሐፍ᎓ ዘሠረቃ᎓ ወዘፈሐቃ᎓ ወዘተአገላ᎓᎓ ኢትኩኖ᎓ መርሐ᎓ ማርያም᎓ ርግበ᎓ ገሊላ᎓᎓ ወይኩን᎓ ውዱቀ᎓ ለፈለገ᎓ እሳት᎓ ማእከላ᎓᎓ ወኢይርከብ᎓ ዘይረድኦ᎓ በፍጹም᎓ ወከዋላ᎓ አሜን᎓᎓ ዳግመሂ᎓ በአፈ᎓ ጴጥሮስ᎓ ወጳውሎስ᎓ ውጉዘ᎓ ለይኩን᎓᎓ ወበአፉሃ᎓ ለእግዝእትነ᎓ ማርያም᎓ ወላዲተ᎓ አምላክ᎓ ውጉዘ᎓ ለይኩን᎓᎓ ወበአፈ᎓ አብ᎓ ወወልድ᎓ ወመንፈስ᎓ ቅዱስ᎓ ውጉዘ᎓ ለይኩን᎓᎓ በአፈ᎓ ዚአየ᎓ ኃጥእ᎓ ወአባሲ᎓ ውጉዘ᎓ ለይኩን᎓᎓ ይቤ᎓ አባ᎓ ሠርጸ᎓ አረጋዊ᎓᎓ አነሂ᎓ ወሀብኩ᎓ ለመቅደሰ᎓ አቡየ᎓ አረጋዊ᎓ አንትሙኒ᎓ ኦአበውየ᎓ ወአኃውየ᎓ መነኮሳት᎓ አእሩግ᎓ ወሕፃናት᎓ ዘደብረ᎓ ዳሞ᎓᎓ ኢትርስዑኒ᎓ ፩፩᎓ አቡነ᎓ ዘበሰማያት᎓ ቃሌን᎓ ግን᎓ እግዚአብሔር᎓ ይፍታቹሕ᎓ አሜን᎓᎓
The note states that ʾabbā Śärḍä ʾAragāwi bought the Ms. with his own money and donated it to Dabra Dāmmo ʾAbuna ʾAragāwi monastery. The biggest part of the note is rhymed. The ultimate words of the note are in Amharic.
Extras
- Shelfmark C3-IV-270 ()
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Shelfmark 324 (check the viewer1r )
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- The internal number of the monastic library, 324, is written in check the viewer1r
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82 different ʾarke-poems in the upper margin of many fols. summarizing the contents of the sections of Texts I and II.
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The title ተአምረ እየሱስ is crudely written in black paint on the outer face of the front board.
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Tamallas-sign indicating the place where the omissions, written in the margins, belong: check the viewer104va , 113va, 131ra.
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Corrections written interlineally: check the viewer16r , 25r, 28r, 54ra, 56rb, 69ra, 70va, 73rb, 111rb, 112rb, 140vb.
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Words mäqdǝmä täʿamr are written by the same hand in check the viewer148ra .
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Names erased in the supplication formula: check the viewer42vb , 49ra, 77ra, 110va, 121vb.
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Name written over an erasure: check the viewer47ra , 63vb, 131vb, 135vb
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Words or passages erased: check the viewer8ra , 12ra-rb, 16ra, 21va, 37vb, 39va, 47va, 50ra, 51va, 58ra, 68va, 92ra, 95vb, 103rb, 105va, 110rb, 129rb-va.
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Space for rubricated names left unfilled in the supplication formula: check the viewer15va .
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(Type: findingAid)
- Strip of textile has been inserted in check the viewerfol. 20r .
Decoration In this unit there are in total 2 , 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: check the viewer7r (incipit of Text 2): elaborate colored (red, yellow, black) ornamental band with three vertical extensions; geometric and floral motifs.
Other Decorations
- drawing:
check the viewerf.152vb:
Devil imprisoned (?).
- drawing:
check the viewerf. 165rb:
Prone figure of the donor.
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS Dabra Dāmmo ʾAbuna ʾAragāwi, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has no restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 290 |
Width | 253 |
Depth | 100 |
Foliation
Foliated by the Ethio-SPaRe team
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | 3 |
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A(3; s.l.: 3, stub before 1/fols. 1r-3v) | |
2 | 3 |
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<I(3; s.l.: 1, stub after 3/fols. 4r-6v)> | |
3 | 10 |
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[፩]II (10/fols. 7r-16v) | |
4 | 10 |
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፪III(10; s.l.: 3, stub after 8; 8, stub after 3/fols. 17r-26v) | |
5 | 10 |
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፫IV(10/fols. 27r-36v) | |
6 | 8 |
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፬V(8/fols. 37r-44v) | |
7 | 10 |
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፭VI(10/fols. 45r-54v) | |
8 | 10 |
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፮VII(10/fols. 55r-64v) | |
9 | 10 |
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፯VIII(10/fols. 65r-74v) | |
10 | 10 |
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፰IX(10/fols. 75r-84v) | |
11 | 10 |
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፲X(10/fols. 85r-94v) | |
12 | 4 |
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፲XI(4/fols. 95r-98v) | |
13 | 6 |
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XII(6/fols. 99r-104v) | |
14 | 8 |
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XIII(8/fols. 105r-112v) | |
15 | 8 |
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፲፪XIV(8/fols. 113r-120v) | |
16 | 10 |
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፲፫XV(10/fols. 121r-130v) | |
17 | 10 |
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፲፬XVI(10/fols. 131r-140v) | |
18 | 7 |
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፲፭XVII(7; s.l.: 2, stub after 6/fols. 141r-147v) | |
19 | 8 |
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XVIII(8/fols. 148r-155v) | |
20 | 8 |
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XIX(8/fols. 156r-163v) | |
21 | 2 |
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XX(2/fols. 164r-165v). Quire I, of a different size, was added later. |
Collation diagrams
A(3; s.l.: 3, stub before 1/fols. 1r-3v)
Quire ID:q1
<I(3; s.l.: 1, stub after 3/fols. 4r-6v)>
Quire ID:q2
[፩]II (10/fols. 7r-16v)
Quire ID:q3
፪III(10; s.l.: 3, stub after 8; 8, stub after 3/fols. 17r-26v)
Quire ID:q4
፫IV(10/fols. 27r-36v)
Quire ID:q5
፬V(8/fols. 37r-44v)
Quire ID:q6
፭VI(10/fols. 45r-54v)
Quire ID:q7
፮VII(10/fols. 55r-64v)
Quire ID:q8
፯VIII(10/fols. 65r-74v)
Quire ID:q9
፰IX(10/fols. 75r-84v)
Quire ID:q10
፲X(10/fols. 85r-94v)
Quire ID:q11
፲XI(4/fols. 95r-98v)
Quire ID:q12
XII(6/fols. 99r-104v)
Quire ID:q13
XIII(8/fols. 105r-112v)
Quire ID:q14
፲፪XIV(8/fols. 113r-120v)
Quire ID:q15
፲፫XV(10/fols. 121r-130v)
Quire ID:q16
፲፬XVI(10/fols. 131r-140v)
Quire ID:q17
፲፭XVII(7; s.l.: 2, stub after 6/fols. 141r-147v)
Quire ID:q18
XVIII(8/fols. 148r-155v)
Quire ID:q19
XIX(8/fols. 156r-163v)
Quire ID:q20
XX(2/fols. 164r-165v). Quire I, of a different size, was added later.
Quire ID:q21
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(2+1/s.l. 3, stub before 1/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (3), 2 (), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (8), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (4), 13 (6), 14 (8), 15 (8), 16 (10), 17 (10), 18 (7), 19 (8), 20 (8), 21 (2),
Formula 2: 1 (3), 2 (), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (8), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (4), 13 (6), 14 (8), 15 (8), 16 (10), 17 (10), 18 (7), 19 (8), 20 (8), 21 (2),
State of preservation
good
Condition
The Ms. has been resewn. The leather cover is missing, only turn-ins are preserved. ff. 1, 87 are mutilated. Holes repaired: check the viewer29 , 38, 39, 40, 44, 90, 116.
Binding
Two wooden boards covered with reddish brown tooled leather (possibly quarter cover, but only turn-ins have been partly preserved). Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Small holes are visible on the spine fold of the quires.
Binding material
wood
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
H | 195mm |
W | 80mm |
Intercolumn | 17mm |
Margins | |
top | 39 |
bottom | 67 |
right | 52 |
left | 15 |
intercolumn | 17 |
Ms Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Dabra Dāmmo ʾAbuna ʾAragāwi, DD-011 main part
has a sum of layout height of 301mm which is greater than the object height of 290mmLayout note 1
Number of columns: 2
H | 135mm |
W | 63mm |
Intercolumn | 15mm |
Margins | |
top | 27 |
bottom | 47 |
right | 42 |
left | 12 |
intercolumn | 15 |
Ms Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Dabra Dāmmo ʾAbuna ʾAragāwi, DD-011 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 117mm, object width is: 253mm, computed height is: 209mm and object height is: 290mm.Layout note 1
Ruling
- Quires A, II-XX - 24;
- (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C.
- The upper line is written above the ruling.
- The bottom line is written above the ruling.
- Quire I-17
- (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C.
- The upper line is written above the ruling.
- The bottom line is written above the ruling.
Pricking
- Ruling and pricking are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
- Ruling and pricking are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Hand a: fine. Hand b: fine and regular. Hand c: mediocre, irregular.
Ink: Black, red (vivid vermilion)
Rubrication: Nomina sacra; names of the donors; a few lines in the incipit page of Texts I, II and III, alternating with black lines; two initial lines of each section of Texts II and III; incipit of each section of Text I; elements of the punctuation signs; numbers of miracles; elements of Ethiopic numerals.
Date: 18th century
18th centuryHand 2
Script: Ethiopic
Hand a: check the viewer4r-6v .Hand 3
Script: Ethiopic
Hand b: check the viewer7r-145v : bold and round letters.Hand 4
Script: Ethiopic
Hand c: check the viewer148r-165v ; slender letters with hairlines.Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
Use the tag BetMas:ESdd011 in your public hypothes.is annotations which refer to this entity.