Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 44
Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee, Ashlee Benson
EMIP
General description
Weiner Codex 44
Number of Text units: 4
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
nineteenth century
Contents
Fols 1r–76v
Language of text:
Cycle of Mabʿa ṢǝyonFols 1r–53r
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡. . . . .ommission by ንቀድም፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ጽሒፈ፡ መቅድመ፡ ድርሳን፡ ዘእግዚእነ፡ ወአምላክነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም፡ ፈጣሬ፡ ኵሉ፡ ፍጥረታት፡
Fols 53r–71r
Additions In this unit there are in total .
Extras
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Numbered quires: quire 2 and 4–10
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Fols. ir(ecto), 77r, 77v : blank except for a few letters and pen trials
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Scribal intervention: words of text are written interlinearly (folss. 36r, 72v, 73v, ); erasure markings are visible (54v, 55v, ); text has been removed (e.g., 5r, 24v, 76r )
Decoration In this unit there are in total 4 s, 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: Decorative designs: folss. 27r, 59r, (a line of alternating red and black dots); 50r (a line of black dots).
Miniatures notes
- miniature: Fol. iv(erso)
- miniature:
Fol. 11r
Three men standing
- miniature:
Fol. 44r
Three men standing
- miniature:
Fol. 67v
King seated under a canopy
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 245mm |
Width | 180mm |
Depth | 55mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | a | 1 |
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2 | 1 | 8 |
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Quire 1 |
3 | 2 | 8 |
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Quire 2 |
4 | 3 | 8 |
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Quire 3 |
5 | 4 | 8 |
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Quire 4 |
6 | 5 | 8 |
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Quire 5 |
7 | 6 | 8 |
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Quire 6 |
8 | 7 | 8 |
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Quire 7 |
9 | 8 | 8 |
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Quire 8 |
10 | 9 | 8 |
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Quire 9 |
11 | 10 | 5 |
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Collation diagrams
Protection Sheet: 1, stub after 1
Quire ID:q1, number:a
Notes: 1)
Quire 1
Quire ID:q2, number:1
Quire 2
Quire ID:q3, number:2
Quire 3
Quire ID:q4, number:3
Quire 4
Quire ID:q5, number:4
Quire 5
Quire ID:q6, number:5
Quire 6
Quire ID:q7, number:6
Quire 7
Quire ID:q8, number:7
Quire 8
Quire ID:q9, number:8
Quire 9
Quire ID:q10, number:9
Quire 10: 1, stub after 5 5, stub after 1 2, stub after 4
Quire ID:q11, number:10
Notes: 1)
Ethio-SPaRe formula : a(0+1/s.l. 1, stub after 1/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (),
Formula 2: 1 (), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (),
Binding
Parchment, 245 x 180 x 55 mm, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough-hewn boards of the traditional wood, covered in tooled leather, with decorative linen patches visible between the turn-ins.
Binding material
parchment
wood
leather
textile
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 26mm |
bottom | 47mm |
right | 30mm |
left | 10mm |
Ms Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 44 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 180mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 245mm.Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Rubrication: ማርያም፡ መድኃኔ፡ ዓለም፡
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Edition Statement
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, ʻPortland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 44ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-12-03) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP00149 [Accessed: 2024-05-27]
Revisions of the data
- Ashlee Benson Added facs statements on 3.12.2020
- Ralph Lee Corrected ms contents. This work is not a homiliary on the Saviour of the World, but Cycle of Mabˁa Ṣǝyon on 2.12.2020
- Ralph Lee replaced dots with @gap in incipit of ms i1 on 26.11.2020
- Ashlee Benson Updated id numbers on 23.11.2020
- Ralph Lee Corrected ǝ character on 18.4.2020
- Ralph Lee Minor edits to format on 23.9.2019
- Jonah Sandford Added quire desc, binding desc, margin dim, columns/lines, dating info on 15.7.2018
- 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