Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, ʿUrā Qirqos, UM-025
Massimo Villa (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Dǝrsāna Māryām, Homiliary for the feasts of St Mary
Number of Text units: 2
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Summary
Contents
Incipit ( ):
Explicit ( ):
Subscriptiones on check the viewer83ra- b, 121vb.
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
Extras
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(Type: findingAid)
Daily readings of Texts I-1 and I-5 are indicated by the names of the days written in the upper margin: አም፩፡ ለግንቦት።: check the viewerfol. 1ra erased: check the viewerfol. 39vb .
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- Omitted letters or words inserted interlineally probably in the main hand: e.g., fols. 2ra, 20vb, 40rb, 52ra, 120vb, 128rb, 140rb. - Omitted word added at the end of the line: check the viewerfol. 135ra . - Erasures: fols. 8rb, 14ra, 141vb. - Corrections written over erasures: e.g., fols. 3ra, 15ra-b, 19ra-b, 68vb, 106rb, 115vb. - Scribbles: fols. 1r, 1v, 83rb, 90v, 104v.
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS ʿUrā Qirqos, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has modern restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 245 |
Width | 170 |
Depth | 60 |
Foliation
Foliation mistake: check the viewer123a has not been numbered.
Quire Structure Collation
State of preservation
deficient
Condition
The Ms. is slightly damaged by water and by rodents. The boards are missing. The sewing is severely damaged and has been repaired with modern threads. Many leaves are stained with water, especially at the beginning and the end of the Ms., e.g. fols. 1, 2, 40, 58, 62, 64. Text on check the viewer1ra- b, 1va-b, 2ra-b, 148va-b and some letters on check the viewer61vb , 62ra, 64ra, 65vb, 67ra are illegible or barely legible due to humidity. Many fols. are misplaced and some are missing.
Binding
Two wooden boards (both missing), Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Small holes are visible on the spine fold of the quires, close to the head and to the tail of the codex.
Binding material
wood
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 22
H | 170mm |
W | 125mm |
Intercolumn | 10mm |
Margins | |
top | 26 |
bottom | 48 |
right | 33 |
left | 10 |
intercolumn | 10 |
Ms Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, ʿUrā Qirqos, UM-025 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 168mm, object width is: 170mm, computed height is: 244mm and object height is: 245mm.Layout note 1
Ruling
- (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C.
- The upper line is written below the ruling.
- The bottom line is written above the ruling.
Pricking
- Ruling and pricking are visible.
- Primary pricks are partly visible.
- Ruling pricks are partly visible.
Other
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the crux ansata and the coronis together are used in the margins of some texts, marking the beginning (check the viewerfols. 1ra, 19vb)
etc.)
CruxAnsata
Yes
CruxAnsata:
the crux ansata and the coronis together are used in the margins of some texts, marking the beginning (check the viewerfols. 1ra, 19vb)
etc.)
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
fine.
Ink: Black, red
Rubrication: Texts I-5 and I-7 conclude with subscriptiones (fols. 83ra-b, 121vb). Sentence dividers are accompanied by paragraph signs throughout the whole Ms. Texts I-1, I-2, I-3, I-5, I-7, I-8 have been published in S. BOMBECK, Die Geschichte der heiligen Maria in einer alten Äthiopischen Handschrift: Einleitung, kritischer Apparat, Übersetzung, Anmerkungen, Kommentar, Dortmund 2010.
Date: 15th century (?)
15th century (?)Hand 2
Script: Ethiopic
Some distinctive features:Hand 3
Script: Ethiopic
- the handwriting is conspicuously right-sloping,Hand 4
Script: Ethiopic
- ሎ has the loop marking the 7th order sometimes attached directly to the body of the letter, without the linking line (e.g., check the viewer10vb l. 2, 18va l. 1)Hand 5
Script: Ethiopic
- መ has the loops not completely separated, of triangular shape (e.g. 138rb check the viewer11 )Hand 6
Script: Ethiopic
- the numerals are written without dashes (e.g. check the viewer13va- b, 53va, 116ra-vb, 138ra-b, 146rb)Hand 7
Script: Ethiopic
- ው has the stroke marking the 6th order on the top of the body of the letter (e.g. check the viewer11rb l. 5 and 11, 99ra check the viewer13 , 120vb l. 9)Hand 8
Script: Ethiopic
- ፮ looks like “compressed” ፯ (e.g. check the viewer78va , 116vb)Hand 9
Script: Ethiopic
- ፴ has a very short left stroke (check the viewer137ra )Hand 10
Script: Ethiopic
- ፪ has angular and not separated loops (check the viewer15vb ).Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
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