Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Dabra Dāmmo ʾAbuna ʾAragāwi, DD-047
Abreham Adugna (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography
General description
Gadla Qirqos “Vita of Cyricus” / Dǝrsāna kidāna mǝḥrat “Homily of the Covenant of Mercy” / Gadla Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi "Vita of Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi" / Discourse by John Chrysostom on the life and decollation of John the Baptist / Homily by John Chrysostom on the glory of John the Baptist / Homily by John of Constantinople on the Four Living Creatures, for the 8th of Ḥǝdar / Homily by an anonymous author for the commemoration of the Four Living Creatures and the Twenty-Four Heavenly Priests / Homily by an anonymous author for the commemoration of the angels Michael and Gabriel, the Twenty-Four Heavenly Priests and the Four Living Creatures for the 12th of Ḥǝdar and Sane / Taʾammǝra Gabrǝʾel “Miracles of Gabriel” / Taʾammǝra Rufāʾel “Miracles of Raphael”
Number of Text units: 10
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location: Dabra Dāmmo ʾAbuna ʾAragāwi↗
18th cent. (?)Provenance
The name of the original donor has been erased in the supplication formulas and replaced with Walda ʾAragāwi and Säwasǝwä Dǝngǝl (but in some occasions those names appear to be original, check the viewer55rb , 56ra). On check the viewer75ra the last two letters of his name, ማር (mar), have been preserved.
Summary
- ms_i1 (check the viewer6ra-23rb ), I. Gadla Qirqos “Vita of Cyricus”
- ms_i2 (check the viewer23va-30rb ), Dǝrsāna kidāna mǝḥrat “Homily of the Covenant of Mercy”
- ms_i3 (check the viewer30va-55vb ), Gadla Zamikāʾel ʾAragāwi "Vita of Zamikāʾel ʾAragāwi"
- ms_i4 (check the viewer56ra-67ra ), Discourse by John Chrysostom on the life and decollation of John the Baptist (fols. 56ra-67ra)
- ms_i5 (check the viewer67ra-74rb ), Homily by John Chrysostom on the glory of John the Baptist
- ms_i6 (check the viewer75ra-86rb ), Homily by the John of Constantinople on the Four Living Creatures, for the 8th of Ḥǝdar (cp. EMML 1763, no. 12)
- ms_i7 (check the viewer86rb-92va ), Homily by an anonymous author for the commemoration of the Four Living Creatures and the Twenty-Four Heavenly Priests (Maṣḥāf za-waḍʾāt ʾǝm-ʾIyarusalem …) (cp. EMML 1763)
- ms_i8 (check the viewer92va-94ra ), Homily by an anonymous author for the commemoration of the angels Michael and Gabriel, the Twenty-Four Heavenly Priests and the Four Living Creatures for the 12th of Ḥǝdar and Sane (cp. EMML 1194)
- ms_i9 (check the viewer94rb-100vb ), Taʾammǝra Gabrǝʾel “Miracles of Gabriel”: 6 miracles
- ms_i10 (check the viewer100vb-110rb ), Taʾammǝra Rufāʾel “Miracles of Raphael”: 8 miracles
Contents
check the viewer75ra-86rb Homily by the John of Constantinople on the Four Living Creatures, for the 8th of Ḥǝdar (cp. EMML 1763, no. 12) (- Text VI is ascribed to ʾabbā Yoḥannǝs, the Patriarch of Constantinople whereas in Ms.KAE-015a similar text (Text V) is ascribed to ʾabbā Sawiros. In Ms.KAE-001the homily is anonymous.)
check the viewer94rb-100vb Taʾammǝra Gabrǝʾel “Miracles of Gabriel”: 6 miracles (CAe 4652) (- The incipit is referred as ድርሳን ዘገብርኤል but the actual content is Miracles of Gabriel.)
Additions In this unit there are in total .
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Malkǝʾa Qirqos “Image of Cyricus”
( gez ) ኦክርስቶስ፡ ናዝራዊ፡ ዘተወከፍከ፡ ሕማመ። ፀሐይ፡ ብሩህ፡ ወጽዱል፡ አመ፡ ሱራሄሁ፡ አጽለመ። መጽሐፈ፡ ዜናሁ፡ ለቂርቆስ፡ መንፈሳዊ፡ ወዘመላክዑ፡ [sic] ሰላመ። ጸሐፍ፡ ውስተ፡ ልብየ፡ እንዘ፡ ትገብር፡ ቀለመ። ደመከ፡ አምላካዊ፡ በመስቀል፡ ዘዘንመ።
( Written in a fine hand. Cp. WQ-006, UM-008, KAE-001 )
Extras
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- Title of Text I ገድለ ጭርቆሥ is written in black paint on the outer face of the front board. - Titles of some texts in the work are written on check the viewer1r . - Names written in pen in the upper margin: check the viewer27r , 44r. - Ethiopic numerals are written in the upper margin (possibly referring to the process of writing and scribal work?): check the viewer16r , 23r, 72r. - Pen trial: check the viewer1r . - Corrections written interlineally: e.g., check the viewer14ra , 21rb, 46vb. - Words or passages erased: check the viewer8ra , 70ra. - Chains of black and red dots as text dividers: check the viewer86rb , 94ra, 100vb.
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS Dabra Dāmmo ʾAbuna ʾAragāwi, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has modern restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 217 |
Width | 185 |
Depth | 60 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5 | No image availableFols 1r–5v | A(5; s.l.: 1, stub after 4; 4, stub after 2; 5, stub before 1/fols. 1r-5v) | |
2 | 8 | No image availableFols 6r–13v | I(8/fols. 6r-13v) | |
3 | 8 | No image availableFols 14r–21v | II(8/fols. 14r-21v) | |
4 | 8 | No image availableFols 22r–29 | III(8/fols. 22r-29) | |
5 | 8 | No image availableFols 30r–37v | IV(8/fols. 30r-37v) | |
6 | 8 | No image availableFols 38r–45v | V(8/fols. 38r-45v) | |
7 | 8 | No image availableFols 46r–53v | VI(8/fols. 46r-53v) | |
8 | 8 | No image availableFols 54r–61v | VII(8/fols. 54r-61v) | |
9 | 8 | No image availableFols 62r–69v | VIII(8/fols. 62r-69v) | |
10 | 8 | No image availableFols 70r–77v | IX(8/fols. 70r-77v) | |
11 | 8 | No image availableFols 78r–85v | X(8/fols. 78r-85v) | |
12 | 8 | No image availableFols 86r–93v | XI(8/fols. 86r-93v) | |
13 | 8 | No image availableFols 94r–101v | XII(8/fols. 94r-101v) | |
14 | 9 | No image availableFols 102r–110v | XIII(9; s.l.: 1, stub after 9/fols. 102r-110v). Quire I is in a different hand and has less number of lines. Most probably was added somewhat later. |
Collation diagrams
A(5; s.l.: 1, stub after 4; 4, stub after 2; 5, stub before 1/fols. 1r-5v)
Quire ID:q1
I(8/fols. 6r-13v)
Quire ID:q2
II(8/fols. 14r-21v)
Quire ID:q3
III(8/fols. 22r-29)
Quire ID:q4
IV(8/fols. 30r-37v)
Quire ID:q5
V(8/fols. 38r-45v)
Quire ID:q6
VI(8/fols. 46r-53v)
Quire ID:q7
VII(8/fols. 54r-61v)
Quire ID:q8
VIII(8/fols. 62r-69v)
Quire ID:q9
IX(8/fols. 70r-77v)
Quire ID:q10
X(8/fols. 78r-85v)
Quire ID:q11
XI(8/fols. 86r-93v)
Quire ID:q12
XII(8/fols. 94r-101v)
Quire ID:q13
XIII(9; s.l.: 1, stub after 9/fols. 102r-110v). Quire I is in a different hand and has less number of lines. Most probably was added somewhat later.
Quire ID:q14
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(2+3/s.l. 1, stub after 4; s.l. 4, stub after ; s.l. 5, stub before 1/No image availableFols 1r–5v) – II(8/No image availableFols 6r–13v) – III(8/No image availableFols 14r–21v) – IV(8/No image availableFols 22r–29) – V(8/No image availableFols 30r–37v) – VI(8/No image availableFols 38r–45v) – VII(8/No image availableFols 46r–53v) – VIII(8/No image availableFols 54r–61v) – IX(8/No image availableFols 62r–69v) – X(8/No image availableFols 70r–77v) – XI(8/No image availableFols 78r–85v) – XII(8/No image availableFols 86r–93v) – XIII(8/No image availableFols 94r–101v) – XIV(8+1/s.l. 1, stub after 9/No image availableFols 102r–110v) –
Formula: No image availableFols 1r–5v A(5; s.l.: 1, stub after 4; 4, stub after 2; 5, stub before 1/fols. 1r-5v) ; No image availableFols 6r–13v I(8/fols. 6r-13v) ; No image availableFols 14r–21v II(8/fols. 14r-21v) ; No image availableFols 22r–29 III(8/fols. 22r-29) ; No image availableFols 30r–37v IV(8/fols. 30r-37v) ; No image availableFols 38r–45v V(8/fols. 38r-45v) ; No image availableFols 46r–53v VI(8/fols. 46r-53v) ; No image availableFols 54r–61v VII(8/fols. 54r-61v) ; No image availableFols 62r–69v VIII(8/fols. 62r-69v) ; No image availableFols 70r–77v IX(8/fols. 70r-77v) ; No image availableFols 78r–85v X(8/fols. 78r-85v) ; No image availableFols 86r–93v XI(8/fols. 86r-93v) ; No image availableFols 94r–101v XII(8/fols. 94r-101v) ; No image availableFols 102r–110v XIII(9; s.l.: 1, stub after 9/fols. 102r-110v). Quire I is in a different hand and has less number of lines. Most probably was added somewhat later.;
Formula 1: 1 (5), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (),
Formula 2: 1 (5), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (),
State of preservation
good
Condition
The Ms. has been probably resewn. Holes amended on check the viewer103 , 105.
Binding
Two wooden boards. Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Small holes are visible on the spine fold of the quires, two close to the head and two close to the tail of the Ms.
Binding material
wood
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 20
H | 132mm |
W | 142mm |
Intercolumn | 12mm |
Margins | |
top | 29 |
bottom | 50 |
right | 26 |
left | 12 |
intercolumn | 12 |
Ms Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Dabra Dāmmo ʾAbuna ʾAragāwi, DD-047 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 180mm, object width is: 185mm, computed height is: 211mm and object height is: 217mm.Ruling
- (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.
- The bottom ruled line was not used by the scribe on (Excerpt from check the viewer19ra)
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Pricking
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
- Structural pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Fine and regular.
Ink: Black, red (vivid red)
Rubrication: Nomina sacra; names of the donors; a few lines on the incipit page of Texts I, IV, VI, VII, alternating with black lines; incipit of Texts II, III, V, VI-1, VI-2; abbreviations; elements of the punctuation signs; elements of Ethiopic numerals.
Date: 18th century (?)
18th century (?)Abbreviations
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