Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 161
Ashlee Benson, Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee
EMIP
General description
Weiner Codex 161
Number of Text units: 13
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Late-nineteenth century
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–148v
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–117v
- ms_i1.2
(Fols 117v–129v
- ms_i1.3
(Fols 129v–135v
- ms_i1.4
(Fols 136r–144v
- ms_i1.4.1
(Fols 136r and following
- ms_i1.4.2
(Fols 137r and following
- ms_i1.4.3
(Fols 138r and following
- ms_i1.4.4
(Fols 139v and following
- ms_i1.4.5
(Fols 141v and following
- ms_i1.4.6
(Fols 142v and following
- ms_i1.4.7
(Fols 143v and following
- ms_i1.4.1
(Fols 136r and following
- ms_i1.5
(Fols 144v–148v
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–117v
Contents
Additions In this unit there are in total 2 , 1 , 1 , 1 .
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Fols. iiir(ecto), iiiv(erso) (Type: GuestText)
Excerpt from Mazmura Dāwit (CAe 2000) 75-6, incomplete at beginning and end
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f. 148v, column two (Type: GuestText)
Excerpt from Image of Saint George
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Fols. 149v, 150r, 150v (Type: CalendaricNote)
List of the moveable feasts and fasts, copied in blue ink in a crude hand
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Asmat Prayer against terrors of the night, መደንግጸ፡ ሌሊት፡
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Fol. 79v (Type: OwnershipNote)
Note of secondary ownership, incomplete
Extras
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Scrawls, pentrials, etc.
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erased text
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Scrawls, pentrials, etc.
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The midpoint of the psalm is marked with a cross and the word, መንፈቁ, “its half.”
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etc., words of text are written interlinearly;
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etc., lines of text are written interlinearly;
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lines of text are written in the upper margin with a symbol (+) marking the location where the text is to be inserted;
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etc., erasure markings are visible;
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etc., text has been removed
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The scribe’s chosen aspect ratio for the codex combined with the script size forces the scribe to complete the line of text above or below the end of the line (throughout). But, where the line of text is still too long, the scribe reduces the font size at the end of lines to avoid having to go onto the next line
Decoration In this unit there are in total 3 s, 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: Decorative designs: folss. 1r, 41r, 80r, 117v, 129v, 136r, 144v, (colorful ornate haräg); 7v, 15v, 24r, 33v, 40v, 46v, 55r, 65v, 73v, 92r, 102v, 105v, 111v, 117v, (line of alternating red and black dots); 79r, 135v, 148v (full stops between lines of red and black dots)
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
Fols. ir(ecto), iv(erso)
crude drawings of figures
- miniature:
Fol. ivv(erso)
David Playing the Harp with caption Legend: ( ) “Saint David.”
- miniature:
Fol. 149r
Virgin and Child with caption Legend: ( ) “Saint Mika’el,” “Icon of Our Lady Mary,” “Saint Gabri’el.”
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 174mm |
Width | 106mm |
Depth | 80mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | a | 4 |
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Protection Quire |
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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Quire 6 |
8 | 7 | 10 |
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Quire 7 |
9 | 8 | 10 |
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Quire 8 |
10 | 9 | 10 |
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Quire 9 |
11 | 10 | 10 |
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Quire 10 |
12 | 11 | 10 |
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Quire 11 |
13 | 12 | 10 |
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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 |
Collation diagrams
Protection Quire
Quire ID:q1, number:a
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
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
Ethio-SPaRe formula : a(4/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (4), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (10), 15 (10), 16 (10),
Formula 2: 1 (4), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (10), 15 (10), 16 (10),
Binding
Parchment, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to wood boards wrapped in tooled leather, headband and tailband.
Binding material
parchment
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 20mm |
bottom | 40mm |
right | 17mm |
left | 4mm |
Ms Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 161 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 106mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 174mm.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: folss. 116v, 117r, (Ps. 150), 125v, 126r, 126v (tenth biblical canticle)Check for additional bibliography
Publication Statement
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
Edition Statement
The initial version of this file was created from data kindly provided by the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project directed by Steve Delamarter.
Encoding Description
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Ashlee Benson, Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻPortland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 161ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-07-24) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP00393 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- 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 13.4.2020
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Added items on 22.1.2020
- 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