New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Ethiopic Ms 7
Ashlee Benson, Ralph Lee, Jonah Sandford
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Other identifiers: Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project EMIP 3135
General description
Yale Collection, Ethiopic 07
Number of Text units: 6
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Seventeenth century
Provenance
Fol. iiv(erso) note of provenance:
( ) “This Psalter was one of the books found in Magdala when that place was taken by Sir Robert Napier, afterwards Lord Napier of Magdala, in 1868. The collection had been formed by Theodore with the intention of found a large Library. These books were carried off by our people, and partly given to Abyssinian Churches on the march back to Zayla [?], and a number were brought back to England for our own and for foreign libraries. When hearing Zoula on the return march. M. Munzinger, who had charge of the books, found that he had a few to spare and among them was this Psalter, which he gave to me. William Simpson, 2nd April 1881.”
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–209r
), The Psalter of the Virgin is a special form of the Psalter in which a five-line rhyming hymn to Mary is affixed to the end of each Psalm. Each poem begins with the first line of the Psalm, the subsequent four lines all rhyme with the first and the content is directed toward Mary
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(Fols 1r–160v
), Psalm 151 is the short version
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(Fols 161r–179r
), Book of Odes
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(Fols 179r–189v
), Song of Songs
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(Fols 190r–204r
), Wǝddāse Māryām
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(Fols 204r–209r
), ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān
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(Fols 1r–160v
Contents
Fols 1r–209r
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Language of text:
Fols 1r–160v
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Fols 161r–179r
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Fols 179r–189v
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Fols 190r–204r
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Fols 204r–209r
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Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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Mota Muse (CAe 2024) , Incipit: ነገር፡ ዘከመ፡ መጽአ፡ መልአከ፡ ሞት፡ ኀበ፡ ሙሴ፡ ነቢይ፡
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A Translation of the Hundred Fifty First Psalm. ( ) I was young amongst my brethren And I dwelt in my father’s house And I had the oversight of my father’s flocks My hands handled the harp And my fingers touched the Lyre How great are the works of my Lord He is God, He hath heard me He sent his angel and delivered me And raised me up from my father’s folds And placed on me a holy helm My brethren were fair and grown up And the Lord preserved me And I went forth in the strength of the Lord And I hurled a stone at the wicked one And I cut off his head And I prayed this prayer to the Children of Israel
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Fol. 1r (Type: OwnershipNote)
Note in the upper margin: Text in ዳዊት፡ ዘ፡ ቅዱስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም፡. This is the statement that the Psalter belonged to the Great Library to be formed at Magala by Theoodore. W. Simpson
Extras
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The midpoint of the Psalms is not marked
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Two consecutive folios were assigned the number 98
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Missed foliation between fols., 160 .
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Fine cloth is visible between the paste downs of the front and back cover
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The Qalu counting employs the number 9, and does not include the strophes of the Virgin Mary
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Blank
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
| Outer dimensions | |
| Height | 363mm |
| Width | 320mm |
| Depth | mm |
Binding
Binding material
parchment
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1(Fols 1r–189v
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Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 20
Layout note 1(Fols 190r–209r
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Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 20
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Rubrication: ኢግዚአብሔር፡
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