Belmont, MA, , Alwan Codex 21
Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee, Ashlee Benson
Alwan, EMIP
Collection: Alwan
Other identifiers: Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project EMIP 172
General description
Alwan Codex 21
Number of Text units: 11
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
seventeenth/eighteenth century
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–2r
- ms_i2
(Fols 3r–5r,
- ms_i3
(Fols 6r–71r
Contents
Language of text: and Gǝʿǝz
Fols 1r–2r
Incipit (Amharic ): አቡነ፡ ዘበሰማያት፡ በሉኝ፡ አለ፡ ምነው፡ ቀድሞ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ወአምላክነ፡ ይሉ፡ ነበረ፡ ሕይወተ፡ ልቡና፡ ሀብተ፡ ወልድና፡ አልተሰጠም፡ ነበረና፡ ዛሬ፡፡ ግን፡ ተሰጥቶሃልና፡ ስለዚህ፡ አቡነ፡ በሉኝ፡ አለ። ጌታ፡ ሎሌውን፡ ቢወድ፡ መምህር፡ ደቀ። መዝምሩን፡ ቢወድ፡ ርስቱን፡ ጉልቱን፡ አያወርሰውም፡ ለልጁ፡ ያወርሳል፡ እንጂ፡ እርሱም፡ መንግሥተ፡ ሰማያትን፡ ያወርሰናልና፡. . . . .ommission by
Fols 3r–5r,
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ሰላም፡ ለኪ፡ ማርያም፡ ድን[ግ]ል፡ ዘመአዛ፡ አፉኪ፡ ኮል፡ እንተ፡ ትፄንዊ፡ በገዳም፡ ወሐቅል፡ ወልታ፡ ረዲኦትከ፡ በውስተ፡ ቀትል።
Additions In this unit there are in total 2 , 1 , 2 , 1 .
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Rǝḫwa samāy (CAe 6375)
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Genealogical list of Saint Mary. ቴክታ፡ ህኤሜንን፡ ህኤሜ፡ ዴርዴእን፡ ዴርዴእ፡ ቶናን፡ ቶና፡ ሲካርን፡ ሲካር፡ ሄርሜላን፡ ሄርሜ፡ ሐናን፡ ወለደ፡
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Story The Creating Power of the Divine Nature: ጌታ፡ የስንዴ፡ ቅንጣት፡ ታህል፡ አምጥቶ፡ ከሺህ፡ ከፈላት፡ ፭፻፺፭ን፡ ለፀሐይ፡ ሰጣት፡ ፻፭ን፡ ለጨረቃ፡ ሰጠ፡ ፻ውን፡ ለከዋክብት፡ ሰጠ፡ ፻ቶውን፡ ለማያት፡ እና፡ ለደመናት፡ ሰጠ፡ ፻ቶውን፡ ለነፋሳት፡ ሰጠ። (“The Lord brought forth [power] something as small as a kernel of grain and he divided it into a thousand parts, giving 595 to the sun and another 105 to the moon and another 100 to the stars and another 100 to the waters and the clouds and 100 to the winds.”)
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Excerpt of Wangel za-Mātewos, 25 (CAe 1558 25) , about the ten virgins.
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Fols. 75r, 75v (Type: Asmat)
Asmat prayer against the evil eye with the story of Jesus and the Disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, Ṣälota Nǝdra, ጸሎተ፡ ንድራ፡
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f. 76r, 76v, col. 1, upper (Type: Excerpt)
Excerpt of Hymns (from Dǝggwa?), Dǝggʷā (CAe 3178)
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f. 76v, col. 1, lower-col. 2 (Type: Genealogy)
genealogical list
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“Masyas in Hebrew, Kǝrstos in Greek, Mäsiḥ in Arabic, Qǝbu‘ǝ in Gǝ‘ǝz; Kefa in Hebrew, Peṭro in Greek, Alǝḥäjǝr in Arabic, Kwokwuḥ in Gǝ‘ǝz.” ማስያስ፡ በዕብራይስጥ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ በፅርዕ፡ መሲሕ፡ በዓረብ፡ ቅቡዕ፡ በግእዝ። ። ኬፋ፡ በዕብራይስጥ፡ ጴጥሮ፡ በፅርዕ፡ አልሐጅር፡ በዓረ፡ ኰኵሕ፡ በግእዝ።
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(Type: Genealogy)
f. 16v, upper margin : Genealogical list of ancestral positions: from parents, grandparents, great grandparents, etc. through 11 generations.”
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f. 51v, 52r, upper margin : Notes on the meaning of the term, paraclete
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(Type: OwnershipNote)
f. 71r, col. 2, lower : Note of ownership, Kǝnfä Yona’elክንፈ፡ ዮናኤል፡
Extras
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Scribal intervention: words of text are written interlinearly (folss. 7r, 11r, 14r, 27v, , etc.); and lines of text are written interlinearly (6v, 12v, 70r, ); and in the upper margin with a symbol (+) marking the location where the text is to be inserted ( f. 13r, col. 1, line 6 ); erasure markings are visible (12r, 18v, 70v, ); text has been removed (e.g., 11v )
Decoration In this unit there are in total 8 s, 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: Decorative designs: fols. 71r, (haräg); 6r (a line of full stops)
Miniatures notes
- miniature: Fol. 5v
- miniature: Fol. 21v
- miniature:
Fol. 22r
Resurrection of Jesus with caption: Legend: ( ) “How our Lord, Jesus Christ, rose from the Dead on the third day,” “with Adam,” and “with Eve.”
- miniature: Fol. 38r
- miniature:
Fol. 63v
Road to Calvary with caption: Legend: ( ) “He carried the cross.”
- miniature:
Fol. 64r
The Last Supper with caption: Legend: ( ) “Maundy Thursday.”
- miniature: Fol. 73v
- miniature: Fol. 74r
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 175mm |
Width | 124mm |
Depth | 45mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | 1 | 5 |
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2 | 2 | 8 |
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Quire 2 |
3 | 3 | 8 |
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Quire 3 |
4 | 4 | 8 |
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Quire 4 |
5 | 5 | 8 |
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Quire 5 |
6 | 6 | 8 |
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7 | 7 | 10 |
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Quire 7 |
8 | 8 | 8 |
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Quire 8 |
9 | 9 | 8 |
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Quire 9 |
10 | 10 | 5 |
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Collation diagrams
Quire 1: 3, stub before 4
Quire ID:q1, number:1
Notes: 1)
Quire 2
Quire ID:q2, number:2
Quire 3
Quire ID:q3, number:3
Quire 4
Quire ID:q4, number:4
Quire 5
Quire ID:q5, number:5
Quire 6: 6, stub after 3 3, stub after 6
Quire ID:q6, number:6
Notes: 1)
Quire 7
Quire ID:q7, number:7
Quire 8
Quire ID:q8, number:8
Quire 9
Quire ID:q9, number:9
Quire 10: 4 added
Quire ID:q10, number:10
Notes: 1)
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(4+1/s.l. 3, stub before 4/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (5), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (10), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (5, +4),
Formula 2: 1 (5), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (10), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (5, leaf added after fol. 74),
Binding
Parchment, 175 x 124 x 45, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to two rough-hewn boards covered with tooled leather with the traditional patterns of leather working, headband and tailband.
Binding material
parchment
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 12-15mm |
bottom | mm |
right | 12mm |
left | 5mm |
Ms Belmont, MA, , Alwan Codex 21 main part
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Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Rubrication: ማርያም፡ ሚካኤል፡ ኢየሱስ፡
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Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee, Ashlee Benson, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻBelmont, MA, , Alwan Codex 21ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2021-02-08) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP00172 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Ralph Lee Added work ref for addition item a1 on 8.2.2021
- Ralph Lee Changed text title to work ref in ms i1, reformatted days of the week titles for ms i3 on 11.12.2020
- Ashlee Benson Minor changes on 12.11.2020
- Ashlee Benson Updated facs statements on 4.11.2020
- Ashlee Benson Added facs statements on 28.10.2020
- Ralph Lee Corrected textlang statement on 4.5.2020
- Ralph Lee Corrected ǝ character on 18.4.2020
- Ralph Lee Minor edits to miniature description format on 27.9.2019
- Ralph Lee Added items, miniatures, notes and varia on 13.9.2019
- Jonah Sandford Added quire desc, binding desc, margin dim, columns/lines, dating info on 20.7.2018
- 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