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Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Mekane Yesus Seminary 28

Ashlee Benson, Jonah Sandford

EMIP

Work in Progress
https://betamasaheft.eu/EMIP00628
Mekane Yesus Seminary [view repository]

Collection: EMIP

GeneralDescriptionPhysical DescriptionAuthors

General description

Mekane Yesus Seminary 28

Number of Text units: 3

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Early twentieth century (fols. 4r, 6r mention Abba Qerǝlos).

Summary

Anaphora of Our Lady, ቅዳሴ" ማርያም", Image of the Trinity, መልክአ፡ ሥላሴ፡, Excerpt from Image of the Passion Week, መልክአ፡ ሕማማት፡ (ሰላምታ፡ ዘሰሙነ፡ ሕማማት፡)
  1. ms_i1 (Fols 1r–48v

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    ), Anaphora of Our Lady Mary by Gregory or Nathaniel
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    ), Malkǝʾa Śǝllāse
  3. ms_i3 (Fols 71r–72v

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    ),

Contents

Fols 1r–48v

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Anaphora of Our Lady Mary by Gregory or Nathaniel (CAe 2037)

Language of text:

arranged by a later hand for the days of the week
Fols 51r–71r

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Malkǝʾa Śǝllāse (CAe 2736)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለህላዌክሙ፡ ዘይመውእ፡ ህላውያተ፡ ለረኪበ፡ ስሙ፡ ኅቡዕ፡ ሶበ፡ ወጠንኩ፡ ተምኒተ፡ እምግብርክሙ፡ ሥላሴ፡ አመ፡ ረከብኩ፡ አስማተ፡ መለኮተ፡ ለለ፩፡ ዘዚአክሙ፡ ገጻተ፡ እንበለ፡ ትድምርት፡ እሰሚ፡ ወእሁብ፡ ትድምርተ፡

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Fols 71r–72v

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ግናይ፡ ለክሙ፡ ሥሉስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ዕሩያነ፡ አካል፡ ወገጽ፡ ዘአስተርአይክሙ፡ እንበለ፡ ሕፀፅ፡

Language of text:

Excerpt from Image of the Passion Week [the last line of the first stanza is missing.]

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 .

  1. Fols. 1r, 36v

    Title ( ) Monday for readings for the days of the week

  2. Fol. 6v

    Title ( ) Tuesday for readings for the days of the week

  3. Fol. 9v

    Title ( ) Wednesday for readings for the days of the week

  4. Fol. 18v

    Title ( ) Thursday for readings for the days of the week

  5. Fol. 25v

    Title ( ) Friday for readings for the days of the week

  6. Fol. 29v

    Title ( ) Saturday for readings for the days of the week

  7. Fol. 32v

    Title ( ) Sunday for readings for the days of the week

  8. Fol. 1v (Type: OwnershipNote)

    name of the second owner, Abäbä Täklä Ṣadǝq, is written over the name of the original owner which is erased. The original owner appears to have been someone with the second name of Abära; cf. check the viewerFol. 73r

  9. Fols. 4r, 6r

    mention Abba Qerǝlos (2 June 1929–22 October 1950)

  10. Fol. 48v

    name of the scribe: Täklä Haymanot

  11. Fol. ir(ecto)

    “1938, twentieth of Yäkkatit, at night, he was born.”

  12. Fol. iir(ecto)

    “The date Abäbä Čärǝnät was born was 1917 EC, sixteenth of Mäskäräm on the [feast of] Mercy of the Covenant, at Arero Bedegon. His baptismal name was Täklä Ṣadǝq”

  13. Fol. 60r

    the scribe wrote two mistaken lines, which he then erased, and over which he placed 10 parallel lines per line of text to indicate the error

  14. Fol. 73r (Type: DonationNote)

    Note of gift of the manuscript: “On 1941 EC, the first of Mäskäräm this prayer book was given to Lǝj Abäbä Čärǝnät from [illegible] Abära

Extras

  1. The manuscript has been foliated in Gǝ‘ǝz numbers by a later hand

  2. Fols. ivr(ecto), 49v, 74v

    blank

  3. Fols. 73v, 74r

    erased notes in various hands and inks

  4. The workmanship, quality of parchment, tooled leather, trimmed paste downs and, especially, the colorful ḫärags, point to the government scriptorium as the place of production for this codex

  5. Fols. 51v, 52r, 54r

    words of text are written interlinearly

Decoration In this unit there are in total 7 s, 1 .

Frame notes

  1. frame: Decorative designs: folss. 1r, 51r, 71r, (ornate, colorful ḫarägs); 48v, (lines of red and black dots); 60r, 72v (multiple full stops)

Miniatures notes

  1. miniature: Fol. iv(erso)

    a printed card of Nativity of Jesus has been pasted onto the folio

  2. miniature: Fol. iiv(erso)

    a printed card of Crucifixion of Jesus with caption Legend: ( ) “Flowers from the Holy Land Placed on the Holy Sepulcher” has been pasted onto the folio

  3. miniature: Fol. iiir(ecto)

    a printed card of Virgin and Child has been pasted onto the folio

  4. miniature: Fol. iiiv(erso)

    a printed card of The Last Supper has been pasted onto the folio

  5. miniature: Fol. ivv(erso)

    a printed card of the Holy Family has been pasted onto the folio

  6. miniature: Fol. 49r

    a printed card of Crucifixion of Jesus has been pasted onto the folio

  7. miniature: Fol. 50r

    a printed card of The Striking of the Head, ኵርዓተ፡ ርእሱ፡ has been pasted onto the folio

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

+NaN (leaf) .Entered as iv + 74 +NaN (quire) .Entered as Protection quire + 8 127 88 36
Outer dimensions
Height 127mm
Width 88mm
Depth 36mm

Quire Structure Collation

Quire descriptions: protection quire and quires 1–8 balanced.
Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 a 4 Fols i–iv Protection Quire
2 1 10 Fols 1–10 Quire 1
3 2 10 Fols 11–20 Quire 2
4 3 10 Fols 21–30 Quire 3
5 4 10 Fols 31–40 Quire 4
6 5 10 Fols 41–50 Quire 5
7 6 10 Fols 51–60 Quire 6
8 7 10 Fols 61–70 Quire 7
9 8 4 Fols 71–74 Quire 8

Collation diagrams


Protection Quire
Quire ID:q1, number:a
Collation diagram Quire 1 1 4 Unit #1 Unit #2

Quire 1
Quire ID:q2, number:1
Collation diagram Quire 2 5 14 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

Quire 2
Quire ID:q3, number:2
Collation diagram Quire 3 15 24 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

Quire 3
Quire ID:q4, number:3
Collation diagram Quire 4 25 34 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

Quire 4
Quire ID:q5, number:4
Collation diagram Quire 5 35 44 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

Quire 5
Quire ID:q6, number:5
Collation diagram Quire 6 45 54 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

Quire 6
Quire ID:q7, number:6
Collation diagram Quire 7 55 64 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

Quire 7
Quire ID:q8, number:7
Collation diagram Quire 8 65 74 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

Quire 8
Quire ID:q9, number:8
Collation diagram Quire 9 75 78 Unit #1 Unit #2

Ethio-SPaRe formula : a(4/Fols i–iv) – I(10/Fols 1–10) – II(10/Fols 11–20) – III(10/Fols 21–30) – IV(10/Fols 31–40) – V(10/Fols 41–50) – VI(10/Fols 51–60) – VII(10/Fols 61–70) – VIII(4/Fols 71–74) –

Formula: Fols i–iv Protection Quire ; Fols 1–10 Quire 1 ; Fols 11–20 Quire 2 ; Fols 21–30 Quire 3 ; Fols 31–40 Quire 4 ; Fols 41–50 Quire 5 ; Fols 51–60 Quire 6 ; Fols 61–70 Quire 7 ; Fols 71–74 Quire 8 ;

Formula 1: 1 (4), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (4),

Formula 2: 1 (4), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (4),

Binding

Parchment, three 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 21mm
bottom 36mm
right 20mm
left 10mm

Ms Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Mekane Yesus Seminary 28 main part

looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 88mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 127mm.

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 1

Number of lines: 11

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Rubrication: ማርያም፡

    The word Mary is rubricated

    • Keywords

    Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    availability

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    date
    type=expanded
    2022-02-04T13:17:08.101+01:00
    date
    type=lastModified
    9.7.2020
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP00628
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/EMIP00628
    idno
    type=filename
    EMIP00628.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    EMIP00628

    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, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Ralph Lee, ʻPortland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Mekane Yesus Seminary 28ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-07-09) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP00628 [Accessed: 2024-05-18]

    Revisions of the data

    • Jonah Sandford Jonah Sandford: Added quire maps, margin dims, columns/lines, binding desc, dating info. on 9.7.2020
    • Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Added additions on 16.6.2020
    • Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: corrected ǝ character on 17.4.2020
    • Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Added items on 7.4.2020
    • 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

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    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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