Gulo Maḵadā, Mǝdra Rubā Sǝllase, MR-035
Denis Nosnitsin (cataloguer)
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Chronicles and historiographical miscellanea / Excerpt from Maṣḥafa č̣äwata śǝgawi wa-Manfasawi “Book of the Secular and Spiritual Diversions”
Number of Text units: 1
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Summary
- ms_i1 (),
Contents
Incipit ( ):
Explicit ( ):
Colophon
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: ታሪከ፡ ነገሥት፡ ነው፡ ይኽ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ የተጻፈው፡ ዛሬ፡: Today, this book of the History of Kings has been written. In Amharic, refers to the completion of writing of Text V.
Additions In this unit there are in total .
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: Short poem concerning the 1892 plot of
ʾalaqā ʾAdmasu to assassinate King Mǝnilǝk II. Cp. GUÈBRÈ SELLASIÉ, Chronique du Règne de Ménélik II, Roi des Rois d’Éthiopie, ed. by MAURICE DE COPPET, tr. by TÈSFA SELLASSIÉ, 2 vols., Paris 1930–31, vol. 1, 327. -
v: Poem on the history of Šäwa.
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: Purchase note.
The note is written in a poor hand. 11 Ṭǝr 1943 E.C. is referred to as the date of the purchase.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
check the viewerFol. 2v:
Angel (seraph) and the Cross-shaped Tree of Life.
Cp. the representation of the Garden of Eden in Enoch 24:4 ("third heaven") and the Kǝbrä nägäśt.
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS Mǝdra Rubā Sǝllase, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has no restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 170 |
Width | 110 |
Depth | 63 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 |
|
A(2/fols. 1r-2v) | |
2 | 10 |
|
I(10/fols. 3r-12v) | |
3 | 10 |
|
፪II(10/fols. 13r-22v) | |
4 | 10 |
|
፫III(10/fols. 23r-32v) | |
5 | 8 |
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፬IV(8/fols. 33r-40v) | |
6 | 10 |
|
፭V(10; s.l.: 3, stub after 7; 8, stub after 2/fols. 41r-50v) | |
7 | 5 |
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፮VI(5; s.l.: 1, stub after 5; 2, stub after 5; 3, stub after 5; 4, stub after 5; 5, stub after 5/51r-55v ) | |
8 | 10 |
|
፩VII(10/fols. 56r-65v) | |
9 | 10 |
|
፪VIII(10/fols. 66r-75v) | |
10 | 10 |
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፫IX(10/fols. 76r-85v) | |
11 | 9 |
|
፬X(9; s.l.: 7, stub after 2/fols. 86r-94v) | |
12 | 10 |
|
፭XI(10/fols. 95r-104v) | |
13 | 6 |
|
፮XII(6/fols. 105r-110v) | |
14 | 10 |
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XIII(10/fols. 111r-120v) | |
15 | 10 |
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፪XIV(10/fols. 121r-130v) | |
16 | 8 |
|
፫XV(8/fols. 131r-138v) | |
17 | 8 |
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፬XVI(8/fols. 137r-146v) | |
18 | 10 |
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XVII(10/fols. 147r-156v) | |
19 | 10 |
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XVIII(10/fols. 157r-166v) | |
20 | 10 |
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XIX(10/fols. 167r-176v) | |
21 | 10 |
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XX(10/fols. 177r-186v). |
Collation diagrams
A(2/fols. 1r-2v)
Quire ID:q1
I(10/fols. 3r-12v)
Quire ID:q2
፪II(10/fols. 13r-22v)
Quire ID:q3
፫III(10/fols. 23r-32v)
Quire ID:q4
፬IV(8/fols. 33r-40v)
Quire ID:q5
፭V(10; s.l.: 3, stub after 7; 8, stub after 2/fols. 41r-50v)
Quire ID:q6
፮VI(5; s.l.: 1, stub after 5; 2, stub after 5; 3, stub after 5; 4, stub after 5; 5, stub after 5/51r-55v )
Quire ID:q7
፩VII(10/fols. 56r-65v)
Quire ID:q8
፪VIII(10/fols. 66r-75v)
Quire ID:q9
፫IX(10/fols. 76r-85v)
Quire ID:q10
፬X(9; s.l.: 7, stub after 2/fols. 86r-94v)
Quire ID:q11
፭XI(10/fols. 95r-104v)
Quire ID:q12
፮XII(6/fols. 105r-110v)
Quire ID:q13
XIII(10/fols. 111r-120v)
Quire ID:q14
፪XIV(10/fols. 121r-130v)
Quire ID:q15
፫XV(8/fols. 131r-138v)
Quire ID:q16
፬XVI(8/fols. 137r-146v)
Quire ID:q17
XVII(10/fols. 147r-156v)
Quire ID:q18
XVIII(10/fols. 157r-166v)
Quire ID:q19
XIX(10/fols. 167r-176v)
Quire ID:q20
XX(10/fols. 177r-186v).
Quire ID:q21
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(2/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (8), 6 (10), 7 (), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (9), 12 (10), 13 (6), 14 (10), 15 (10), 16 (8), 17 (8), 18 (10), 19 (10), 20 (10), 21 (10),
Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (8), 6 (10), 7 (), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (9), 12 (10), 13 (6), 14 (10), 15 (10), 16 (8), 17 (8), 18 (10), 19 (10), 20 (10), 21 (10),
State of preservation
intact
Condition
Binding
Two wooden boards. Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Binding material
wood
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 23
H | 125mm |
W | 80mm |
Intercolumn | mm |
Margins | |
top | 15 |
bottom | 32 |
right | 25 |
left | 10 |
intercolumn |
Ms Gulo Maḵadā, Mǝdra Rubā Sǝllase, MR-035 main part
has a sum of layout height of 172mm which is greater than the object height of 170mm has a sum of layout width of 115mm which is greater than the object height of 110mmLayout note 1
Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 23
H | 125mm |
W | 80mm |
Intercolumn | mm |
Margins | |
top | 17 |
bottom | 35 |
right | 23 |
left | 12 |
intercolumn |
Ms Gulo Maḵadā, Mǝdra Rubā Sǝllase, MR-035 main part
has a sum of layout height of 177mm which is greater than the object height of 170mm has a sum of layout width of 115mm which is greater than the object height of 110mmLayout note 1
Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 23
H | 125mm |
W | 80mm |
Intercolumn | mm |
Margins | |
top | 13 |
bottom | 32 |
right | 22 |
left | 11 |
intercolumn |
Ms Gulo Maḵadā, Mǝdra Rubā Sǝllase, MR-035 main part
has a sum of layout width of 113mm which is greater than the object height of 110mmLayout note 1
Ruling
- frequently 22 lines
- (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.
- frequently 22 lines
- (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.
- frequently 22 lines
- (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
- 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.
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Hand a: careful, regular. Hand b: careful, regular. Hand c: careless, crude.
Ink: Black (after check the viewer110 of a different tone); red.
Rubrication: Nomina sacra; two initial lines in the incipit of the texts; names of the kings; elements of Ethiopic numerals; elements of the punctuation signs.
Date: Hand a: late 19th cent. Hand b, c: late 19 or early 20th cent. (?)
Hand a: late 19th cent. Hand b, c: late 19 or early 20th cent. (?)Hand 2
Script: Ethiopic
Hand a (check the viewer3r-108r ): small, rounded, broad spaced letters.Hand 3
Script: Ethiopic
Hand b (check the viewer110r-145v ): small (of slightly bigger size than Hand a), finely rounded letters, upright to left-sloping.Hand 4
Script: Ethiopic
Hand c (check the viewer147r-184r ): careless, rushed.Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
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