Gāntā ʾAfašum, Gwāḥgot ʾIyasus, GBI-005
Stéphane Ancel (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Ammǝstu ʾaʿmāda mǝśṭir "The Five Pillars of Mystery" / Tǝmhǝrta ḫǝbuʾāt "Teaching of Mysteries"
Number of Text units: 2
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Summary
Contents
Incipit ( ):
Explicit ( ):
- Tǝmhǝrta ḫǝbuʾāt (125r-129r), here (by mistake?) entitled as Tǝʾǝmǝrtä ḫǝbuʾāt, complete here is in the version published by E. Hammerschmidt, Äthiopische liturgische Texte der Bodleian Library in Oxford, Berlin 1960 (Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Institut für Orientforschung 38), 37-72)
Additions In this unit there are in total .
Extras
- - Corrections inserted between the columns or interlineally, mostly rubricated: fols. 4v, 25r, 42v, 49r, 52r, 65r, 69r. - Script of smaller size has been used on fols. 71v-129r.
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS Gʷāḥgot ʾIyasus, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has no restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 160 |
Width | 120 |
Depth | 60 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 7 |
|
I(7; s.l. 1, stub after/fols. 1r-7v) | |
2 | 8 |
|
II(8/fols. 8r-15v) | |
3 | 8 |
|
III(8/fols. 16r-23v) | |
4 | 8 |
|
IV(8/fols. 24r-31v) | |
5 | 8 |
|
V(8/fols. 32r-39v) | |
6 | 9 |
|
VI(9/ s.l. 4, stub after 4/fols. 40r-48v) | |
7 | 8 |
|
VII(8/fols. 49r-56v) | |
8 | 8 |
|
VIII(8/fols. 57r-64v) | |
9 | 8 |
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IX(8/fols. 65r-72v) | |
10 | 8 |
|
X(8/fols. 73r-80v) | |
11 | 8 |
|
XI(8/fols. 81r-88v) | |
12 | 10 |
|
XII(10/fols. 89r-98v) | |
13 | 10 |
|
XIII(10/fols. 99r-108v) | |
14 | 12 |
|
XIV(12/fols. 109r-120v) | |
15 | 9 |
|
XV(9/ s. l. 128, stub after 121/fols. 121r-129v) |
Collation diagrams
I(7; s.l. 1, stub after/fols. 1r-7v)
Quire ID:q1
II(8/fols. 8r-15v)
Quire ID:q2
III(8/fols. 16r-23v)
Quire ID:q3
IV(8/fols. 24r-31v)
Quire ID:q4
V(8/fols. 32r-39v)
Quire ID:q5
VI(9/ s.l. 4, stub after 4/fols. 40r-48v)
Quire ID:q6
VII(8/fols. 49r-56v)
Quire ID:q7
VIII(8/fols. 57r-64v)
Quire ID:q8
IX(8/fols. 65r-72v)
Quire ID:q9
X(8/fols. 73r-80v)
Quire ID:q10
XI(8/fols. 81r-88v)
Quire ID:q11
XII(10/fols. 89r-98v)
Quire ID:q12
XIII(10/fols. 99r-108v)
Quire ID:q13
XIV(12/fols. 109r-120v)
Quire ID:q14
XV(9/ s. l. 128, stub after 121/fols. 121r-129v)
Quire ID:q15
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(6+1/s.l. 1, stub after/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (7), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (9), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (12), 15 (9),
Formula 2: 1 (7), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (9), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (12), 15 (9),
State of preservation
deficient
Condition
The front board is broken. The threads of the binding have been broken and crudely repaired (quires I and II have been attached to the main text block with cord, several loose leaves have been sewn to the quires with white threads). The first leave is made out of two pieces of parchment, sewn together with leather thong lead through slits. Holes in the first and last fols. are amended in the same way.
Binding
Two wooden boards (the front board is broken). Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Small holes partly visible on the spine fold of the quires.
Binding material
wood
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 22
H | 120mm |
W | 101mm |
Intercolumn | 6mm |
Margins | |
top | 11 |
bottom | 25 |
right | 10 |
left | 6 |
intercolumn | 6 |
Ms Gāntā ʾAfašum, Gwāḥgot ʾIyasus, GBI-005 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 117mm, object width is: 120mm, computed height is: 156mm and object height is: 160mm.Layout note 1
Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 17
H | 123mm |
W | 105mm |
Intercolumn | mm |
Margins | |
top | 14 |
bottom | 20 |
right | 19 |
left | 5 |
intercolumn |
Ms Gāntā ʾAfašum, Gwāḥgot ʾIyasus, GBI-005 main part
has a sum of layout width of 129mm which is greater than the object height of 120mmLayout note 1
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.
- (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A/0-0/0-0/C.
- The upper line is written above the ruling.
- The bottom line is written above the ruling.
Pricking
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Scribe: Gabra Ṣǝyon scribe
Script: Ethiopic
Careful
Ink: Black; red; of which the ink on fols. 2, 3, 4r, 6r, 7, 8r, 15v faded away and an attempt of bolding them with a blue and red pen
Rubrication: Nomina sacra; beginning of sections and subsections; names of the scribe and his "fathers"; corrections to the text, incerted between the columns or interlineally (fols. 4v, 42v, 49r, 52r, 65r, 69r); a few other words like ʾOrit (fol. 20r), ba-sǝmʿat (fol. 25v), nägär gǝn (fols. 26r, 30r), ʾahun (fol. 2v), liqawǝntǝm (fol. 26v) dägmom (fols. 24v, 25r, 26v, 28r, 29v and 30r), and yä-gǝd (fol. 34r); elements of the punctuation signs and sections dividers; elements of Ethiopic numerals.
Date: Beginning of the 19th century.
Gabra Ṣǝyon scribe Gabra Ṣǝyon (s. check the viewer2ra , 20va, 129r), apparently the same person who owned the Ms.Beginning of the 19th century.Abbreviations
Hand 2
Script: Ethiopic
check the viewer2r-71r : careful, though the hand is not well-trainedHand 3
Script: Ethiopic
The quality of the handwriting deteriorates on check the viewer71v-129r .Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
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