Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 160
Ashlee Benson, Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee
EMIP
General description
Weiner Codex 160
Number of Text units: 13
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Early-nineteenth century
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–174r
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–135r
- ms_i1.2
(Fols 135r–149v
- ms_i1.3
(Fols 149v–157r
- ms_i1.4
(Fols 158r–169r
- ms_i1.4.1
(Fols 158r and following
- ms_i1.4.2
(Fols 159r and following
- ms_i1.4.3
(Fols 161r and following
- ms_i1.4.4
(Fols 162v and following
- ms_i1.4.5
(Fols 165r and following
- ms_i1.4.6
(Fols 166v and following
- ms_i1.4.7
(Fols 167v and following
- ms_i1.4.1
(Fols 158r and following
- ms_i1.5
(Fols 169r–174r
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–135r
Contents
Fols 1r–174r
Language of text:
Fols 1r–135r
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 .
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Fols. ir(ecto), iv(erso), iir(ecto), iiv(erso), iiir(ecto), iiiv(erso), ivr(ecto), ivv(erso) (Type: GuestText)
Saqoqāwa dǝngǝl (CAe 2285)
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Fol. 174v (Type: OwnershipNote)
Mentions a secondary owner, ( ) This Dawit belongs to Gäbrä Märqorewos. A curse is proclaimed “on anyone who erases or steals, [may] his eyes [be gouged out] with a spear, his hands [cut off] with a knife.”
Extras
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etc., words of text are written interlinearly
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Fols. 10v, 52v, 58r, 104r, 136r
etc., lines of text are written interlinearly
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f. 21v, line 7 f. 47r, line 14 f. 89r, line 14
lines of text are written in the upper margin with a symbol (┴) marking the location where the text is to be inserted (21v), and in another case where the symbol (+) is used (47r; 89r);
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etc., erasure markings are visible
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etc., text has been removed
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This scribe has avoided the problem of lines of text too long to fit on one line by adopting an aspect ratio that leaves ample room for the width of most lines. On a few occasions, the line would have been too long and the scribe finishes the end of the line above or below the end of the line
Decoration In this unit there are in total 3 s, 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: Decorative designs: fols. 1r, (haräg); 8r, 16r, 24v, 36r, 44v, 51r, 60v, 72v, 82r, 88r, 102v, 116v, 120r, 127v, 149v, 159r, (line of alternating red and black dots); 135r, 169r (full stops between lines of red and black dots)
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
Fol. 27r
crude drawing of a face
- miniature:
Fol. 31v
a standing Holy Man Portrait with arms upraised
- miniature: Fol. 157v
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 175mm |
Width | 160mm |
Depth | 83mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | a | 4 |
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2 | 1 | 10 |
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Quire 1 |
3 | 2 | 10 |
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Quire 2 |
4 | 3 | 10 |
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Quire 3 |
5 | 4 | 10 |
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Quire 4 |
6 | 5 | 10 |
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Quire 5 |
7 | 6 | 10 |
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8 | 7 | 12 |
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Quire 7 |
9 | 8 | 8 |
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Quire 8 |
10 | 9 | 10 |
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Quire 9 |
11 | 10 | 8 |
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Quire 10 |
12 | 11 | 10 |
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Quire 11 |
13 | 12 | 8 |
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Quire 12 |
14 | 13 | 10 |
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Quire 13 |
15 | 14 | 10 |
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Quire 14 |
16 | 15 | 10 |
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Quire 15 |
17 | 16 | 10 |
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Quire 16 |
18 | 17 | 10 |
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Quire 17 |
19 | 18 | 8 |
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Quire 18 |
Collation diagrams
Protection Quire: 1 added 4 added 2, stub after 2
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: 3, stub after 8 8, stub after 3
Quire ID:q7, number:6
Notes: 1)
Quire 7
Quire ID:q8, number:7
Quire 8
Quire ID:q9, number:8
Quire 9
Quire ID:q10, number:9
Quire 10
Quire ID:q11, number:10
Quire 11
Quire ID:q12, number:11
Quire 12
Quire ID:q13, number:12
Quire 13
Quire ID:q14, number:13
Quire 14
Quire ID:q15, number:14
Quire 15
Quire ID:q16, number:15
Quire 16
Quire ID:q17, number:16
Quire 17
Quire ID:q18, number:17
Quire 18
Quire ID:q19, number:18
Ethio-SPaRe formula : a(3+1/s.l. 1 added
4; s.l. 2, stub after 2/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (, +1, +4), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (12), 9 (8), 10 (10), 11 (8), 12 (10), 13 (8), 14 (10), 15 (10), 16 (10), 17 (10), 18 (10), 19 (8),
Formula 2: 1 (, first leaf is added, leaf added after fol. 3), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (12), 9 (8), 10 (10), 11 (8), 12 (10), 13 (8), 14 (10), 15 (10), 16 (10), 17 (10), 18 (10), 19 (8),
Binding
Parchment, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough-hewn boards of the traditional wood partially wrapped in leather.
Binding material
parchment
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 19-24mm |
bottom | 36-45mm |
right | 28mm |
left | 12-15mm |
Ms Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 160 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 160mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 175mm.Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Rubrication: ማርያም፡
The word God is not rubricated in the first three works; the word Mary is rubricated in the final two works Columetric layout of text: fols. 145r, 145v, 146r (tenth biblical canticle)Check for additional bibliography
Publication Statement
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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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Ashlee Benson, Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻPortland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 160ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-11-13) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP00384 [Accessed: 2024-05-27]
Revisions of the data
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Minor edits on 13.11.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Added link to spiritual meaning of Hebrew letters in Ps118, and minor formatting edits on 24.7.2020
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Added facs statements on 15.5.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: corrected ǝ character on 17.4.2020
- Jonah Sandford Jonah Sandford: Added quire maps, margin dims, columns/lines, binding desc, dating info. on 8.4.2020
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Added items on 20.1.2020
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: Created XML record from EMIP Collection Metadata.xsls on 18.1.2018
Attributions of the contents
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor