Ashlee Benson, Ralph Lee, Jonah Sandford
EMIP
Collection:
Other identifiers: Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project EMIP 3158
General description
Yale Collection, Ethiopic 30
Number of Text units: 16
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Fols. 1r, mentions the 7,221st year of creation (=1721), and “the month of February (Yakatit) ... in the time of our King, Bakafa (1721–1730); 19v mentions Abba Petros = Peter VI, 1718–1726, and Abba Krestodolu III, 1720–1735; the overlap between the three dates—king, Coptic Patriarch, and Ethiopian Abuna—is 1721–1726.
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–28v
- ms_i2
(Fols 28v–37v
- ms_i3
(Fols 38r–39v
- ms_i4
(Fols 41r–43r
- ms_i5
(Fols 43r–44v
- ms_i6
(Fols 44v–51v
- ms_i7
(Fols 52r–58r
- ms_i8
(Fols 58r–63r
- ms_i9
(Fols 63v–67r
- ms_i10
(Fols 67r–70v
- ms_i11
(Fols 71r–77v
- ms_i12
(Fols 78r–81v
- ms_i13
(Fols 82r–85r
- ms_i14
(Fols 85r–91r
- ms_i15
(Fols 91r–95r
- ms_i16
(Fols 96v and following
Contents
Fols 1r–28v
Language of text:
Beginning with Morning Prayer of the Covenantwith musical notation
Colophon
Introductory colophon to the manuscript:
( ) “In the name of the Father and Son and Holy Spirit, one God. How we remember the calculation of the year of our Lord Jesus Christ since we are in the year of Matthew the Evangelist, may He keep us until the year of Mark (the Evangelist), in the 7,221st year of creation [=1721], since there is no epact for [the ringing of] its bell, the month of February (Yakatit), the fourth day and seventh night, in the time of our King, Bakafa [1721–1730], in the eighth year after he became king, this book was written [text is damaged]
Fols 43r–44v
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Fols 52r–58r
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Fols 63v–67r
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Fols 67r–70v
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Fols 71r–77v
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Fols 78r–81v
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Additions In this unit there are in total .
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mentions Abba Petros = Peter VI, 1718–1726, and Abba Krestodolu III, 1720–1735. The overlap between the three dates (King and Coptic Patriarch and Ethiopian Abuna) is 1721–1726
Extras
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blank folios
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 200mm |
Width | 170mm |
Depth | mm |
Binding
Parchment. Wooden boards, with four chain stiches. Leather bound. Fine fabric is visible between the pastedowns of the front and back covers.
Binding material
parchment
wood
leather
textile
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 22-23
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