Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Dabra Zayt Qǝddǝst Māryām, DZ-013
Iosif Fridman (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography
General description
Maṣḥafa qǝddāse “Missal”
Number of Text units: 2
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location: Dabra Zäyt / DZ↗
1716-21 (?). Dāwit is mentioned as the ruling king (check the viewer134ra , l.3, etc.), most probably King Dāwit III (r. 1716-21).Summary
Contents
Incipit ( ):
Explicit ( ):
After text III-11, an unidentified liturgical text is added (check the viewer131vb , l.12 – 139vb, l.10), probably related to Ṣalota ʿǝṭān (Prayer of Incense). Certain fragments of the text are written in compressed script (e.g., check the viewer28rb , va, vb; 32ra).
Additions In this unit there are in total .
Extras
- - : Pen trial and scribe’s invocation of God’s help (unfinished?): አሰንያ፡ እግዚኦ፡ ለዛቲ፡ ብርአ፡ እዴየ፡ ወረሲ፡ እምአእዳው፡ ልሂቀ፡ ከመ፡ ብርዓ፡ ሔኖክ፡ ወኤልያስ፡ እስመ፡ ኅሩያን፡ ጥቀ፡ ከ - Fol. 2 contains text which is continued from . The same text is contained on fols. 23-24 so that the integrity of the text is not violated. Probably, fol. 2 has been used here as a protection leaf, while the scribe chose to write its text anew. - Fols. 10v, 13r, 18v, 66v, 78r, 85v, 114v, 116r, 117v, 121v, 122v (in the upper margin): Notes, sometimes representing corrections or glosses to the main text. - Fols. 26r, 27r, 52r, 52v, 95v (in the upper margin): Crude notes. - Fols. 47v-48r: Prayer added as a note in the bottom margin.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS Dabra Zayt Qǝddǝst Māryām, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has no restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 240 |
Width | 210 |
Depth | 80 |
Foliation
check the viewer110v-111r have not been photographed; check the viewer118 is erroneously foliated 117 (in ‘Images’ as check the viewer117a ).
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 |
|
I(12/s. l.: 1, 2, 9, 12, stubs after 2, 4, 12 (2)/fols. 1r-12v) | |
2 | 10 |
|
II(10/fols. 13r-22v) | |
3 | 10 |
|
III(10/fols. 23r-32v) | |
4 | 2 |
|
IV(8/s. l.: 1, 2, stubs after 8 (2)/fols. 33r-41v) | |
5 | 10 |
|
V(10/fols. 42r-50v) | |
6 | 10 |
|
VI(10/s. l.: 4, 8, stubs after 2, 6/fols. 51r-60v) | |
7 | 10 |
|
VII(10/fols. 61r-70v) | |
8 | 10 |
|
VIII(10/s. l.: 4, 7, stubs after 3, 6/fols. 71r-80v) | |
9 | 9 |
|
IX(9/s. l.: 9, stub before 1/fols. 81r-89v) | |
10 | 10 |
|
X(10/fols. 90r-99v) | |
11 | 9 |
|
XI(9/s. l.: 9/fols. 100r-108v) | |
12 | 9 |
|
XII(9/s. l.: 9/fols. 109r-117v) | |
13 | 10 |
|
XIII(10/fols. 118r-127v) | |
14 | 10 |
|
XIV(10/s. l.: 2, 10, stubs before 1 and after 8/fols. 128r-137v) | |
15 | 4 |
|
XV(4/fols. 138r-141v). |
Collation diagrams
I(12/s. l.: 1, 2, 9, 12, stubs after 2, 4, 12 (2)/fols. 1r-12v)
Quire ID:q1
II(10/fols. 13r-22v)
Quire ID:q2
III(10/fols. 23r-32v)
Quire ID:q3
IV(8/s. l.: 1, 2, stubs after 8 (2)/fols. 33r-41v)
Quire ID:q4
V(10/fols. 42r-50v)
Quire ID:q5
VI(10/s. l.: 4, 8, stubs after 2, 6/fols. 51r-60v)
Quire ID:q6
VII(10/fols. 61r-70v)
Quire ID:q7
VIII(10/s. l.: 4, 7, stubs after 3, 6/fols. 71r-80v)
Quire ID:q8
IX(9/s. l.: 9, stub before 1/fols. 81r-89v)
Quire ID:q9
X(10/fols. 90r-99v)
Quire ID:q10
XI(9/s. l.: 9/fols. 100r-108v)
Quire ID:q11
XII(9/s. l.: 9/fols. 109r-117v)
Quire ID:q12
XIII(10/fols. 118r-127v)
Quire ID:q13
XIV(10/s. l.: 2, 10, stubs before 1 and after 8/fols. 128r-137v)
Quire ID:q14
XV(4/fols. 138r-141v).
Quire ID:q15
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(1+1/s.l. 12, stub/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (2), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (9), 10 (10), 11 (9), 12 (9), 13 (10), 14 (10), 15 (4),
Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (2), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (9), 10 (10), 11 (9), 12 (9), 13 (10), 14 (10), 15 (4),
State of preservation
good
Condition
Many leaves are heavily stained with dirt.
Binding
Two wooden boards covered with reddish-brown tooled leather. Overback made of tooled leather of somewhat different colour.
Binding decoration
Chains of endband stitches at the spine cover.
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 17
H | 180mm |
W | 165mm |
Intercolumn | 15mm |
Margins | |
top | 25 |
bottom | 40 |
right | 40 |
left | 15 |
intercolumn | 15 |
Ms Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Dabra Zayt Qǝddǝst Māryām, DZ-013 main part
has a sum of layout height of 245mm which is greater than the object height of 240mm has a sum of layout width of 220mm which is greater than the object height of 210mmLayout note 1
Ruling
- from 17 to 18
- (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 mostly visible.
- Primary pricks are partly visible (s. (Excerpt from check the viewer132r)
). - Ruling pricks are mostly visible (s. (Excerpt from check the viewer17r)
).
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Regular, by a well-trained hand.
Ink: Black; red.
Rubrication: Nomina sacra; name of the reigning monarch; incipits of the texts (sometimes alternately in red and black lines); directives for the ministers; elements of the punctuation signs; elements of the Ethiopic numerals; some of the musical notation signs above the lines; some of the abbreviations. The text on fol. 3r is written alternately in red and black lines.
Date: 18th century
The handwriting is similar to that of the 18th-cent. Zawalda Māryām but cannot be identified with it.18th centuryAbbreviations
Hand 2
Script: Ethiopic
A few fragments of the text are written in compressed script (e.g., check the viewer28rb , va, vb; 32ra).Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
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