ʾƎndartā, Māy ʾAnbasā Dabra Gannat Kidāna Mǝḥrat, MAKM-004
Magdalena Krzyzanowska (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Maṣḥafa bǝrhān “Book of Light” / Tǝmhǝrta hāymānot “Teaching of the Faith” / Hāymānotu la-Yāʿqob ʾƎlbäradi “The Faith of Jacob Baradeus” / Maṣḥafa bäqʷǝʿet ʾǝm-dǝrsānä bahlu la-qǝddus ʾabbā Wägris “Book of Sufficiency from the Treatise of Sayings of Saint ʾAbba Evagrius” / Mǝʿdan baʾǝnta sammǝntu ḫǝllināt za-ʾabba Wägris “Treatise on the Eight Thoughts (of Evilness) by ʾAbba Evagrius” / Excerpt from the Collectio Monastica / Miscellaneous prayers and hymns
Number of Text units: 2
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Summary
Contents
Incipit ( ):
Explicit ( ):
Some details concerning the contents of the Ms.: - Incipit of Text IV: ʾAʾǝmǝr ʾo-ʾaḥaw fǝqur ʾǝsma ʾafqǝrotä zatti ʿālam tähawwǝk lǝbbä..., “Know, oh beloved brothers that the love of this world troubles the heart...”; cf. BritLib Orient 754, fols. 180b-181b (WrBriMus220-222, ncheck the viewer331 , esp. 221; EMML n1387, check the viewer84b-86b (EMML IV,450-451, esp. 450). - Text V: cf. BritLib Orient 754, fols. 178a-180a (WrBriMus220-222, ncheck the viewer331 , esp. 221); BritLib Orient 757, fol. 140a-142a (WrBriMus 223, ncheck the viewer335 ; EMML ncheck the viewer1387 , check the viewer81a-86b (EMML IV,450-451, esp. 450) It contains the following parts: V-1) Ba-ʾǝntä sǝssu kärś “On Gluttony” (check the viewer76vb l. 6-78vb l.6) V-2) Ba-ʾǝntä fǝqrä nǝwāy “On Avarice” (check the viewer78vb l.6-80ra l.9) V-3) Ba-ʾǝntä sǝbḥat bǝṭul “On Vainglory” (check the viewer80ra l.9-81va l.7) V-4) Ba-ʾǝntä tǝʿǝbit “On Pride” (check the viewer81va l.7-83rb l.8) V-5) Ba-ʾǝntä zǝmut “On Fornication” (check the viewer83rb l.8-86rb l.6) V-6) Ba-ʾǝntä mäʿat “On Anger” (check the viewer86rb l.6-87vb l.10) V-7) Ba-ʾǝntä ḥǝmamä lǝbb “On Akedia and on Sadness” (check the viewer87vb l.10-91rb l.1). - Text VI: cf. V. ARRAS, Collectio Monastica, Louvain 1963 (CSCO 238, 239 [SAe 45, 46]), ch. 20,143-145. - Text XV: cf. EMML ncheck the viewer1308 , check the viewer2b-4b (EMML IV,322-323, esp. 322). Text V contains an embedded colophon (check the viewer91rb ): በሰላም፡ ተተርጐመ፡ እምዓረቢ፡ ለግዕዝ:: በመዋዕለ፡ ንጉሥነ፡ መፍቀሬ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ገላውዴዎስ:: እምአመ፡ ነግሠ፡ በ፲ወ፫ዓመት፡ ስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር: ወትረ፡ እስከ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም: አሜን:: “It was translated in peace from Arabic into Gǝʿǝz; in the time of our King, the lover of God, Galāwdewos; in the 13th year of his reign, glory to God always until eternity, Amen.”
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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r: Record concerning revenues from the land.
The record is hardly legible due to faded ink. It is carefully written in a trained hand. -
-b l.8: ʾAsmat-prayer concerning monthly bleeding (dämä maḫḍän).
It is carefully written in the same hand as Additio 3. Some parts of it are hardly legible. -
l.9: ʾAsmat-prayer against demons.
It is carefully written in the same hand as Additio 2. -
, 118v: Excerpts from Wǝddāse Māryām za-sänuy “Praise of Mary for Monday”.
Written in a mediocre hand, in angular script. -
: Unidentified text.
It is written in Amharic, hardly legible.
Extras
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check the viewer51vb check the viewer113ra check the viewer20va check the viewer8rb check the viewer68va check the viewer1r check the viewer1r
- A note or an omitted passage of the text written in the upper margin of . - Tamallas-sign, in the shape of a cross, indicating the place where the omission, written in the lower margin, belong: l.9. - Corrections written over erasures: e.g., , 22vb, 24rb, 27ra, 29va, 31ra, 40vb, 43va, 55va, 60rb, 65vb, 82ra, 88ra, 98rb, 102rb, 104rab. - Omitted phrases, words and letters written interlineally: e.g., , 9rb, 16ra, 17ra, 18va, 21ra, 27rb, 31ra, 32rb, 37ra, 51rb, 54ra, 59rab, 77rb, 78vb, 79va, 80vb, 88ra, 100rb, 129ra, 154va, 159rb. - Erasures marked with two or three parallel lines: , 103rb, 114vb. - Pen trials: , 110rb, 160va, 161va. - Minor notes, writing exercises, doodles: , 2v, 4rv, 169rb. -
(Type: findingAid)
Threads are inserted in the margin of fols. 24r, 104r (green), 76v, 111r (white) and 91v (orange), marking the borders between the texts.
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS Māy ʾAnbasā Dabra Gannat Kidāna Mǝḥrat, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has modern restorations.
Secondary Bibliography
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Cowley, R. W. 1974. ‘A Text in Old Amharic’, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 37/3 (1974), 597–607.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 155 |
Width | 155 |
Depth | 80 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | 3 |
|
A(3; s.l.: 1, stub after 4; 3, stub before 4/fols. 1r-4v) | |
2 | 8 |
|
I(8/fols. 5r-12v) | |
3 | 8 |
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II(8/fols. 13r-20v) | |
4 | 8 |
|
III(8/fols. 21r-28v) | |
5 | 8 |
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IV(8/fols. 29r-36v) | |
6 | 8 |
|
V(8/fols. 37r-44v) | |
7 | 8 |
|
VI(8/fols. 45r-52v) | |
8 | 8 |
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VII(8/fols. 53r-60v) | |
9 | 8 |
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VIII(8/fols. 61r-68v) | |
10 | 8 |
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IX(8/fols. 69r-76v) | |
11 | 8 |
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X(8; s.l.: 4, stub after 5; 5, stub after 4/fols. 77r-84v) | |
12 | 8 |
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XI(8/fols. 85r-92v) | |
13 | 8 |
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XII(8/fols. 93r-100v) | |
14 | 8 |
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XIII(8/fols. 101r-108v) | |
15 | 2 |
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XIV(2/fols. 109r-110v) | |
16 | 8 |
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XV(8/fols. 111r-118v) | |
17 | 8 |
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XVI(8/fols. 119r-126v) | |
18 | 8 |
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XVII(8/fols. 127r-134v) | |
19 | 8 |
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XVIII(8/fols. 135r-142v) | |
20 | 10 |
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XIX(10/fols. 143r-152v) | |
21 | 9 |
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XX(9; s.l.: 5, stub after 5/fols. 153r-161v) | |
22 | 8 |
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XXI(8/fols. 162r-169v). |
Collation diagrams
A(3; s.l.: 1, stub after 4; 3, stub before 4/fols. 1r-4v)
Quire ID:q1
I(8/fols. 5r-12v)
Quire ID:q2
II(8/fols. 13r-20v)
Quire ID:q3
III(8/fols. 21r-28v)
Quire ID:q4
IV(8/fols. 29r-36v)
Quire ID:q5
V(8/fols. 37r-44v)
Quire ID:q6
VI(8/fols. 45r-52v)
Quire ID:q7
VII(8/fols. 53r-60v)
Quire ID:q8
VIII(8/fols. 61r-68v)
Quire ID:q9
IX(8/fols. 69r-76v)
Quire ID:q10
X(8; s.l.: 4, stub after 5; 5, stub after 4/fols. 77r-84v)
Quire ID:q11
XI(8/fols. 85r-92v)
Quire ID:q12
XII(8/fols. 93r-100v)
Quire ID:q13
XIII(8/fols. 101r-108v)
Quire ID:q14
XIV(2/fols. 109r-110v)
Quire ID:q15
XV(8/fols. 111r-118v)
Quire ID:q16
XVI(8/fols. 119r-126v)
Quire ID:q17
XVII(8/fols. 127r-134v)
Quire ID:q18
XVIII(8/fols. 135r-142v)
Quire ID:q19
XIX(10/fols. 143r-152v)
Quire ID:q20
XX(9; s.l.: 5, stub after 5/fols. 153r-161v)
Quire ID:q21
XXI(8/fols. 162r-169v).
Quire ID:q22
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(1+2/s.l. 1, stub after 4; s.l. 3, stub
before 4/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (3), 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 (8), 15 (2), 16 (8), 17 (8), 18 (8), 19 (8), 20 (10), 21 (9), 22 (8),
Formula 2: 1 (3), 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 (8), 15 (2), 16 (8), 17 (8), 18 (8), 19 (8), 20 (10), 21 (9), 22 (8),
State of preservation
good
Condition
The leather cover is torn off in the lower part of the spine area and in the lower part of the back board. The sewing has been repaired with recent threads. The parchment of fol. 4 is translucent. Some fols. are covered with dirt.
Binding
Two wooden boards covered with reddish-brown tooled leather. Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Small holes are visible in the centre fold of the quires, one close to the head and one close to the tail of the codex.
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 11
H | 103mm |
W | 123mm |
Intercolumn | 11mm |
Margins | |
top | 15 |
bottom | 33 |
right | 18 |
left | 13 |
intercolumn | 11 |
Ms ʾƎndartā, Māy ʾAnbasā Dabra Gannat Kidāna Mǝḥrat, MAKM-004 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 154mm, object width is: 155mm, computed height is: 151mm and object height is: 155mm.Layout 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.
- The upper line is written below the ruling on (Excerpt from check the viewer13r-20v)
.
Pricking
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are partly visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Hand a: good and careful; hand b: good and careful.
Ink: Black, red
Rubrication: Nomina sacra; first component of the name of the donor; names of the protagonists of Texts VII and XII; two or three lines (alternating with black lines) of the incipit of Texts I-III, VIII-XVI; two initial lines of the incipit of Texts IV-VII; two initial lines of the sections of Text II; supplication formula on fol. 118rb; word salām “greeting” and its abbreviations in Texts VII, XII and XIII; phrases ba-sägid sǝbḥat “through worshipping (is) glory” and mäḥarit “merciful” in Text VIII; words la-sǝʿǝlǝki “to your icon” and ba-ǝntä “for the sake of” in Text IX; parts of the body and a few other words in Text X; a few words in Text XI; a few words such as täfässǝḥi “rejoice”, ʾanti “you”, kʷǝllomu “all of them”, tänäbäyu “they prophesied” in Text XVI; elements of the punctuation signs; Ethiopic numerals and/or their elements.
Date: First half of the 19th century (?)
First half of the 19th century (?)Abbreviations
Hand 2
Script: Ethiopic
Hand a: check the viewer5ra-110rb , 115vb-119rb, broadly spaced slightly left sloping letters; Text XVI is written in smaller letters.Hand 3
Script: Ethiopic
Hand b: check the viewer111ra-115vaSelect one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
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