Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 172
Ashlee Benson, Jonah Sandford
EMIP
General description
Weiner Codex 172
Number of Text units: 8
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Late-nineteenth century
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–142r
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–22r
- ms_i1.2
(Fols 22r–38v
- ms_i1.3
(Fols 39r–61v
- ms_i1.4
(Fols 62r–84r
- ms_i1.5
(Fols 85r–115r
- ms_i1.6
(Fols 116r–138r
- ms_i1.7
(Fols 138r–142v
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–22r
Contents
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 .
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Fol. 61v (Type: RecordTransaction)
Note of transaction (perhaps of land), in Amharic, written in purple ink and badly effaced. It includes fingerprints of the parties with their names written around the fingerprints
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Concluding prayer: Text: ለዛቲ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ስንክሳር፡ ዜና፡ መላእክት፡ ወተዝካረ፡ ነቢያት፡ ቅዱሳን፡ ወስብከተ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ፍጹማን፡ ወገድለ፡ ሰማዕታት፡ መዋዕያን፡ ወተዝካረ፡ ኵሎሞ፡ ጻድቃን፡ የሃሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁሮሙ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን። Translation: This book of Synaxarium is [about] the story of the angels, the memory of saintly prophets, the preaching of the perfect apostles, and acts of the victorious martyrs. May the memory of all saints be with their beloved [followers] forever and ever, amen.”
Extras
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Fols. ir(ecto), 84v, 144r, 144v
blank
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Typed note on a piece of paper: “An Extraordinary Large Illustrated Ethiopian Bible [sic] 150 years or older wooden boards and spine covered in leather, black and red gheeze script seven full page polychrome illustrations to front, one to center, four to back. Note:s leather binding worn consistent with age; wooderful sewn restoration to some pages and hole in vellum to few pages, 13 ½” x 10 3/8” x 3 1/8” AC71144 $7,500”
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Numbered quires: quires 2–15 and 18
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(etc.) words of text are written interlinearly;
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lines of text are written interlinearly;
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(etc.) text has been removed
Decoration In this unit there are in total 12 s, 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: Decorative designs: folss. 22r, 84r, 142r, (line of full stops between lines of alternating red and black dots); 38v, 61v, 66r, 115r, 142r (lines of alternating red and black dots); multiple full stops are used throughout as section dividers
Miniatures notes
- miniature: Fol. iv(erso)
- miniature: Fol. iir(ecto)
- miniature: Fol. iiv(erso)
- miniature: Fol. iiir(ecto)
- miniature: Fol. iiiv(erso)
- miniature: Fol. ivr(ecto)
- miniature: Fol. ivv(erso)
- miniature: Fol. 115v
- miniature:
f. 142r, right column
Holy Man Portrait, standing, holding a book
- miniature: Fol. 142v
- miniature: Fol. 143r
- miniature:
Fol. 143v
Jesus (center), healing a lame man (left) , surrounded by disciples
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 343mm |
Width | 265mm |
Depth | 80mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | a | 4 |
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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 | 8 |
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Quire 10 |
12 | 11 | 8 |
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Quire 11 |
13 | 12 | 8 |
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14 | 13 | 8 |
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15 | 14 | 6 |
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16 | 15 | 5 |
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17 | 16 | 8 |
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Quire 16 |
18 | 17 | 8 |
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19 | 18 | 10 |
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Quire 18 |
20 | 19 | 3 |
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Collation diagrams
Protection Quire: 4, stub before 1 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
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: 3, stub after 6 6, stub after 3
Quire ID:q13, number:12
Notes: 1)
Quire 13: 3, stub after 6 6, stub after 3
Quire ID:q14, number:13
Notes: 1)
Quire 14: 4, stub after 3 3, stub after 4
Quire ID:q15, number:14
Notes: 1)
Quire 15: 5, stub before 1
Quire ID:q16, number:15
Notes: 1)
Quire 16
Quire ID:q17, number:16
Quire 17: 3, stub after 5 6, stub after 2
Quire ID:q18, number:17
Notes: 1)
Quire 18
Quire ID:q19, number:18
Quire 19: 3, stub before 1
Quire ID:q20, number:19
Notes: 1)
Ethio-SPaRe formula : a(2+2/s.l. 4, stub before 1; s.l. 2, stub after 2/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (4), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (8), 15 (6), 16 (5), 17 (8), 18 (8), 19 (10), 20 (3),
Formula 2: 1 (4), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (8), 15 (6), 16 (5), 17 (8), 18 (8), 19 (10), 20 (3),
Binding
Parchment, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough-hewn boards of the traditional wood, covered with tooled leather.
Binding material
parchment
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 23-31mm |
bottom | 57-64mm |
right | 35-39mm |
left | 10-13mm |
Ms Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 172 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 265mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 343mm.Layout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 40
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Rubrication: ማርያም፡
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