Gāntā ʾAfašum, Dabra Maʿār Qǝddǝst Māryām, MQM-011
Magdalena Krzyzanowska (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography
General description
Mǝʿrāf, The Common of the Office
Number of Text units: 1
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Summary
- ms_i1 (), Mǝʿrāf
Contents
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 , 1 .
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check the viewerff. 53va-54ra (Type: CalendaricNote)
Note on computus.
( am ) ዓለም፡ ከተፈጠረ፡ ዘመን፡ ከተቈጸረ፡ ፯ሽ፡ ከ፪፡ መቶ፡ ፹፬፡ ነው። በይኽን፡ በዓቢይ፡ ቀመር፡ በማዕከላይ፡ ቀመር፡ በንዑስ፡ ቀመር፡ ይቀምርዋል…
The note is written in Amharic, possibly in the main hand. It dates to approximately the same period as Text I. -
check the viewerf. 60ra-rb (Type: GuestText)
Note on the grammar of Gǝʿǝz (säwasǝw).
( am ) ሰዋስው፡ ብሂል፡ መስላል፡ ነው፡ ታኳ[sic]፡ ነው፡ ገቢርና፡ ተገብሮ፡ የሚባሉ፡ ፯፡ ናቸው…
The note is written in Amharic, in a poor hand. It deals with the verbal paradigms in Gǝʿǝz exposed in a way peculiar to the säwasǝw-books.
Extras
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- Tamallas-signs, in the shape of a cross, indicating the place where the omissions written in the margins, in the main hand, belong: check the viewer5ra l.3, 10vb l.1, 11rb l.2, 12vb l.9, 17ra l.16, 20vb l.4, 27vb l.2, 30vb l.31, 33va l.19, 34va l.4, 41va l.3, 42rb l.16, 44va l.1, 45va l.1, 45va l.20, 46rb l.10, 48ra l.10, 50va l.6; in a crude secondary hand: check the viewer14rb l.13, 14vb l.8, 15rb l.19, 16ra l.20, 17ra l.2, 40ra l.2, 40ra l.18.
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Corrections are written over erasures, in a secondary hand: check the viewer5ra , 11ra.
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Omissions are written in the margin, in the main hand: check the viewer37va b, 50rab, 52ra; in a secondary hand 17rb, 35rb, 40ra
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A few words are blotted out: check the viewer47va , 50rab.
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The parchment guard in quire A originates from another ms.
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Spaces for rubrication are left unfilled on check the viewer17rb , 17vb, 18vb, 33va.
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Scribbles: check the viewer1rv , 2v, 32rb. - Pen trial: check the viewer1rv , 2r.
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(Type: findingAid)
- Names of the days of the week, written in the side margins in a secondary hand, indicate daily readings: ዘረብዑ: check the viewerfol. 15ra ዘሐሙስ: check the viewerfol. 15va ዘአርብ: check the viewerfol. 15vb .
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS Dabra Maʿār Qǝddǝst Māryām, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has modern restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 225 |
Width | 180 |
Depth | 40 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | 2 |
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A(2/fols. 1r-2v) | |
2 | 10 |
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I(10/fol. 3r-12v) | |
3 | 10 |
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II(10/fols. 13r-22v) | |
4 | 10 |
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III(10/fols. 23r-32v) | |
5 | 10 |
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IV(10; s.l.: 3, stub after 7; 8, stub after 2/fols. 33r-42v) | |
6 | 8 |
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V(8/fols. 43r-50v) | |
7 | 4 |
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<VI(4/fols. 51r-54v)> | |
8 | 6 |
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<VII(6; s.l.: 2, stub after 5; 5, stub after 2/fols. 55r- 60v)> |
Collation diagrams
A(2/fols. 1r-2v)
Quire ID:q1
I(10/fol. 3r-12v)
Quire ID:q2
II(10/fols. 13r-22v)
Quire ID:q3
III(10/fols. 23r-32v)
Quire ID:q4
IV(10; s.l.: 3, stub after 7; 8, stub after 2/fols. 33r-42v)
Quire ID:q5
V(8/fols. 43r-50v)
Quire ID:q6
<VI(4/fols. 51r-54v)>
Quire ID:q7
<VII(6; s.l.: 2, stub after 5; 5, stub after 2/fols. 55r- 60v)>
Quire ID:q8
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(2/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (8), 7 (4), 8 (6),
Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (8), 7 (4), 8 (6),
State of preservation
deficient
Condition
The front board is broken and repaired with cords and a metal wire. The leather cover is composed of irregular pieced of leather sewn together; it detached from the bottom part of the front board and from the spine. The attachment of the front board is damaged. The size of fols. varies throughout the Ms. Holes are carefully amended on fols. 2, 14, 60.
Binding
Two wooden boards (the front board is broken and repaired) covered with reddish-brown tooled leather for the most part missing (possibly made of re-used irregular pieces of leather sewn together). Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Two pairs of chains of endband stitches at the spine cover. Quire A and VI are reinforced by parchment guard.
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 22
H | 150mm |
W | 123mm |
Intercolumn | 10mm |
Margins | |
top | 22 |
bottom | 40 |
right | 30 |
left | 13 |
intercolumn | 10 |
Ms Gāntā ʾAfašum, Dabra Maʿār Qǝddǝst Māryām, MQM-011 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 166mm, object width is: 180mm, computed height is: 212mm and object height is: 225mm.Layout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 26
H | 140mm |
W | 128mm |
Intercolumn | mm |
Margins | |
top | 29 |
bottom | 55 |
right | 15 |
left | 15 |
intercolumn |
Ms Gāntā ʾAfašum, Dabra Maʿār Qǝddǝst Māryām, MQM-011 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 158mm, object width is: 180mm, computed height is: 224mm and object height is: 225mm.Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 20
H | 150mm |
W | 130mm |
Intercolumn | 10mm |
Margins | |
top | 22 |
bottom | 45 |
right | 25 |
left | 15 |
intercolumn | 10 |
Ms Gāntā ʾAfašum, Dabra Maʿār Qǝddǝst Māryām, MQM-011 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 170mm, object width is: 180mm, computed height is: 217mm and object height is: 225mm.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 scribe disregarded the bottom ruling line on
(Excerpt from check the viewer30v)
. - (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A-1A1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C.
- The upper line is written above the ruling.
- The bottom line is written above the ruling.
- The scribe disregarded the bottom ruling line on
(Excerpt from check the viewer52r)
. - (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 scribe disregarded the bottom ruling line on
(Excerpt from check the viewer55rv)
, 57r-58v.
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 partly visible.
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Fine, careful
Ink: Black, red
Rubrication: Nomina sacra; a few lines and one group of lines (alternating with black lines) on the incipit page; two initial lines of Texts I-2 to I-5; names of sections in Text I-1 (e.g., mǝʿrāf za-sänuy); two initial lines of sections of Text I-4; names of feasts and other occasions; names of supplications, antiphons and chants, and their abbreviations (e.g., mastabqʷǝʿ, mǝqnāy, mǝlṭān, mazmur, salām, ʾaryām, qǝne); initial words of supplications, antiphons and other chants, and their sections (e.g., ḥǝli, yǝtbārak, sǝbḥǝwwo, gǝnäyu, täśahalänni, nǝsebbǝḥo, ʾantä, täkäśtä, sǝmʿanni); musical notation: elements of marginal signs; names of the three categories of melody ʿǝzl, gǝʿǝz, ʾararay; directives for the ministers (e.g., ǝm-qǝdmä, wa-dǝḫrehu, wa-ʾǝmzǝ, ʾǝm-lǝdät, ba-zamana); elements of the punctuation signs; Ethiopic numerals or their elements.
Date: 19th century (?)
19th century (?)Abbreviations
Hand 2
Script: Ethiopic
Despite the changes in the quality of the handwriting the Ms. was most probably written by one scribe. check the viewer3r-50vb : very regular, upright and slender letters; check the viewer51ra-51vb : less regular, smaller, slightly left-sloping letters; check the viewer51ra-59vb : very regular, broad, smaller letters.Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
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