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Belmont, MA, , Alwan Codex 11

Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee, Ashlee Benson

Alwan, EMIP

Work in Progress
https://betamasaheft.eu/EMIP00125
Alwan Collection[view repository]

Collection: Alwan

Other identifiers: Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project EMIP 125

GeneralDescriptionPhysical DescriptionAuthors

General description

Alwan Codex 11

Number of Text units: 6

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

nineteenth century

Summary

Psalter, ዳዊት፡
  1. ms_i1 (Fols 1r–148r

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    ), Psalter
    1. ms_i1.1 (Fols 1r–107v

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      ), Mazmura Dāwit
    2. ms_i1.2 (Fols 108r–119r

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      ), Book of Odes
    3. ms_i1.3 (Fols 119r–125v

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      ), Song of Songs
    4. ms_i1.4 (Fols 126r–134r

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      ), Wǝddāse Māryām
    5. ms_i1.5 (Fols 134r–137r

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      ), ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān

Contents

Fols 1r–148r

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Psalter (CAe 2701)

Language of text:

Fols 1r–107v

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Mazmura Dāwit (CAe 2000)
Fols 108r–119r

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Book of Odes (CAe 1828)
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Song of Songs (CAe 2362)
Fols 126r–134r

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Wǝddāse Māryām (CAe 2509)
Fols 134r–137r

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ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān (CAe 1113)

Additions In this unit there are in total 2 , 1 .

  1. (Type: Excerpt)

    Fol. iir(ecto) Portion of Psalms 115–117, Psalms of David, Psalmus 115 (CAe 2000 Ps115) Psalms of David, Psalmus 116 (CAe 2000 Ps116) Psalms of David, Psalmus 117 (CAe 2000 Ps117)

  2. Fol. 107v (bottom) Concluding Prayer of the Psalms, incomplete at the end, Mazmura Dāwit

  3. (Type: RecordTransaction)

    Fol. ir(ecto) Note of transaction: sale of the manuscript, with a list of two witnesses (both of whom are Däbǝtäroč)

  4. (Type: Excerpt)

    Fol. 138v , in purple ink: Excerpt of either Malkǝʾ-hymn to St George (CAe 2927) or Malkǝʾ-hymn to St George (CAe 2866)

Extras

  1. words of text are written interlinearly folss. 16v, 37v, 65r, 85v, , etc.); and lines of text are written interlinearly 7v, 62r, 77v, 84v, ); erasure markings are visible (44r, 74r, 116r, ); text has been removed (31v, 40r, 80v , etc.).

  2. Fol. 54v A symbol in the margin marks the midpoint of the Psalms

  3. f. 116r, line 5 : a line of text has lines drawn above and below to signal its erasure in order to correct a homoeoteleuton

  4. Fol. 71v : Scrawls with ink pen

  5. The scribe regularly has to complete a line of text on another line. Much of the problem is addressed through the selection of an appropriate aspect ratio for the codex combined with an appropriate script size. But, where the line of text is still too long, the scribe completes the line of text above the end of the line (throughout). This scribe also will reduce the font size at the end of lines to avoid having to go onto the next line (e.g., fols. 4v, 5r, 7r, 10v ).

Decoration In this unit there are in total 6 s, 1 .

Frame notes

  1. frame: Decorative designs: folss. 1r, 35r, 72r, 108r, 126r, (haräg); 7r, 13r, 19v, 28r, 48v, (line of alternating red and black dots); 34v, (multiple full stops); 40r, 59r, 82v, 93v, 96r, 102r, 107v, (multiple full stops connected with alternating red and black dots); 66v, 119r, 125v (a line of alternating red and black dots and a line of full stops)

Miniatures notes

  1. miniature: Fol. iv(erso)
  2. miniature: Fol. iiv(erso)

    Virgin and Child

  3. miniature: Fol. iiir(ecto)
  4. miniature: Fol. iiiv(erso)

    Resurrection of Jesus

  5. miniature: Fol. 137v

    Holy Man Portrait with (?) before crowd

  6. miniature: Fol. 138r

    Road to Calvary

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

+NaN (leaf) .Entered as iii + 138 +NaN (quire) .Entered as Protection quire + 15 168 122
Outer dimensions
Height 168mm
Width 122mm
Depth mm

Quire Structure Collation

Quire descriptions: quires 1–15 balanced; protection quire adjusted balanced. A folio stub is visible between fols. i, ii.
Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 a 3 Fols i–iii A folio stub is visible between fols. i, ii. Protection Quire: 2, stub after 1
2 1 10 Fols 1–10 Quire 1
3 2 10 Fols 11–20 Quire 2
4 3 10 Fols 21–30 Quire 3
5 4 10 Fols 31–40 Quire 4
6 5 8 Fols 41–48 Quire 5
7 6 8 Fols 49–56 Quire 6
8 7 10 Fols 57–66 Quire 7
9 8 8 Fols 67–74 Quire 8
10 9 10 Fols 75–84 Quire 9
11 10 10 Fols 85–94 Quire 10
12 11 10 Fols 95–104 Quire 11
13 12 10 Fols 105–114 Quire 12
14 13 10 Fols 115–124 Quire 13
15 14 10 Fols 125–134 Quire 14
16 15 4 Fols 135–138 Quire 15

Collation diagrams


Protection Quire: 2, stub after 1
Quire ID:q1, number:a
Notes: 1) A folio stub is visible between fols. i, ii.
Collation diagram Quire 1 1 3 Unit #1 Unit #2

Quire 1
Quire ID:q2, number:1
Collation diagram Quire 2 4 13 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

Quire 2
Quire ID:q3, number:2
Collation diagram Quire 3 14 23 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

Quire 3
Quire ID:q4, number:3
Collation diagram Quire 4 24 33 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

Quire 4
Quire ID:q5, number:4
Collation diagram Quire 5 34 43 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

Quire 5
Quire ID:q6, number:5
Collation diagram Quire 6 44 51 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

Quire 6
Quire ID:q7, number:6
Collation diagram Quire 7 52 59 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

Quire 7
Quire ID:q8, number:7
Collation diagram Quire 8 60 69 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

Quire 8
Quire ID:q9, number:8
Collation diagram Quire 9 70 77 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

Quire 9
Quire ID:q10, number:9
Collation diagram Quire 10 78 87 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

Quire 10
Quire ID:q11, number:10
Collation diagram Quire 11 88 97 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

Quire 11
Quire ID:q12, number:11
Collation diagram Quire 12 98 107 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

Quire 12
Quire ID:q13, number:12
Collation diagram Quire 13 108 117 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

Quire 13
Quire ID:q14, number:13
Collation diagram Quire 14 118 127 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

Quire 14
Quire ID:q15, number:14
Collation diagram Quire 15 128 137 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

Quire 15
Quire ID:q16, number:15
Collation diagram Quire 16 138 141 Unit #1 Unit #2

Ethio-SPaRe formula : a(2+1/s.l. 2, stub after 1/Fols i–iii) – I(10/Fols 1–10) – II(10/Fols 11–20) – III(10/Fols 21–30) – IV(10/Fols 31–40) – V(8/Fols 41–48) – VI(8/Fols 49–56) – VII(10/Fols 57–66) – VIII(8/Fols 67–74) – IX(10/Fols 75–84) – X(10/Fols 85–94) – XI(10/Fols 95–104) – XII(10/Fols 105–114) – XIII(10/Fols 115–124) – XIV(10/Fols 125–134) – XV(4/Fols 135–138) –

Formula: Fols i–iii Protection Quire: 2, stub after 1 ; Fols 1–10 Quire 1 ; Fols 11–20 Quire 2 ; Fols 21–30 Quire 3 ; Fols 31–40 Quire 4 ; Fols 41–48 Quire 5 ; Fols 49–56 Quire 6 ; Fols 57–66 Quire 7 ; Fols 67–74 Quire 8 ; Fols 75–84 Quire 9 ; Fols 85–94 Quire 10 ; Fols 95–104 Quire 11 ; Fols 105–114 Quire 12 ; Fols 115–124 Quire 13 ; Fols 125–134 Quire 14 ; Fols 135–138 Quire 15 ;

Formula 1: 1 (3), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (10), 9 (8), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (10), 15 (10), 16 (4),

Formula 2: 1 (3), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (10), 9 (8), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (10), 15 (10), 16 (4),

Binding

Parchment, 168 x 122 mm, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough-hewn boards of the traditional wood, covered with tooled leather, headband and tailband.

Binding material

parchment

wood

leather

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

H
W
Margins
top 15mm
bottom 34mm
right 13mm
left 11mm

Ms Belmont, MA, , Alwan Codex 11 main part

looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 122mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 168mm.

Layout note 1(Fols 1r–125v

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)

Number of columns: 1

Number of lines: 22-23

Layout note 1(Fols 126r–137r

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Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 22-23

Keywords

Bible

Publication Statement

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Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
publisher
Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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Hamburg
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18.4.2024 at 21:57:07
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24.11.2020
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manuscripts
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https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP00125/main
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idno
type=filename
EMIP00125.xml
idno
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EMIP00125

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The initial version of this file was created from data kindly provided by the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project directed by Steve Delamarter.

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Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee, Ashlee Benson, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻBelmont, MA, , Alwan Codex 11ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-11-24) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP00125 [Accessed: 2024-05-21]

Revisions of the data

  • Ralph Lee Added refs to locations of columetric layout of text in handnote, and added 'incomplete' status to refs in a1 and corrected statement in a2 on 24.11.2020
  • Ashlee Benson Updated id numbers on 23.11.2020
  • Ashlee Benson Minor changes on 12.11.2020
  • Ashlee Benson Updated facs statements on 4.11.2020
  • Ashlee Benson Added facs statements on 26.10.2020
  • Ralph Lee Corrected ǝ character on 18.4.2020
  • Ralph Lee Corrected rubrication target statement on 20.9.2019
  • Ralph Lee Reformatted miniature descriptions, additions, etc. on 17.9.2019
  • Ralph Lee Added miniatures and additions on 16.9.2019
  • Jonah Sandford Added ms contents on 13.10.2018
  • Jonah Sandford Added quire desc, binding desc, margin dim, columns/lines, dating on 10.7.2018
  • Pietro Maria Liuzzo Created XML record from EMIP Collection Metadata.xsls on 18.1.2018

Attributions of the contents

Jonah Sandford, editor

Ralph Lee, editor

Ashlee Benson, editor

Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor

The initial version of this file was created from data kindly provided by the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project directed by Steve Delamarter.
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