Addis Ababa, Mekane Yesus Seminary Library, Mekane Yesus Seminary 53
Ashlee Benson, Jonah Sandford
Mekane Yesus Seminary, EMIP
Collection: Mekane Yesus Seminary
Other identifiers: Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project EMIP 653
General description
Mekane Yesus Seminary 53
Number of Text units: 64
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Eighteenth century
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r and following
- ms_i2
(Fols 1v and following
- ms_i3
( f. 2r-10v, left column
- ms_i4
( f. 10v, right column
- ms_i5
(Fols 11v–12r
- ms_i6
(Fols 13r–66r
- ms_i6.1
(Fols 14r and following
- ms_i6.2
(Fols 15r and following
- ms_i6.3
(Fols 15r and following
- ms_i6.4
(Fols 16r and following
- ms_i6.5
(Fols 16r and following
- ms_i6.6
(Fols 16v and following
- ms_i6.7
(Fols 17v and following
- ms_i6.8
(Fols 18r and following
- ms_i6.9
(Fols 18v and following
- ms_i6.10
(Fols 19v and following
- ms_i6.11
(Fols 20r and following
- ms_i6.12
(Fols 21r and following
- ms_i6.13
(Fols 21r and following
- ms_i6.14
(Fols 21v and following
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(Fols 21v and following
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(Fols 22r and following
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(Fols 22v and following
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(Fols 24r and following
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(Fols 26r and following
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(Fols 26r and following
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(Fols 26v and following
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(Fols 27r and following
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(Fols 27v and following
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(Fols 28r and following
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(Fols 29v and following
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(Fols 30v and following
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(Fols 31r and following
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(Fols 31r and following
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(Fols 31v and following
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(Fols 32r and following
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(Fols 33r and following
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(Fols 33v and following
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(Fols 34v and following
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(Fols 35r and following
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(Fols 35v and following
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(Fols 36v and following
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(Fols 37r and following
- ms_i6.38
(Fols 37r and following
- ms_i6.39
(Fols 37v and following
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(Fols 38r and following
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(Fols 39r and following
- ms_i6.42
(Fols 39v and following
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(Fols 43v and following
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(Fols 45r and following
- ms_i6.45
(Fols 45v and following
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(Fols 45v and following
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(Fols 45v and following
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(Fols 48v and following
- ms_i6.49
(Fols 52r and following
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(Fols 52r and following
- ms_i6.51
(Fols 52v and following
- ms_i6.52
(Fols 62r and following
- ms_i6.53
(Fols 65r and following
- ms_i6.1
(Fols 14r and following
- ms_i7
(Fols 66r–68v
- ms_i8
(Fols 69r–76v
- ms_i9
(Fols 76v–77r
- ms_i10
(Fols 77v and following
- ms_i11
(Fols 78r and following
Contents
Fols 1r and following
Language of text:
Top (from left to right): month of the year (in pairs). Second row: doors of the stars (Hebrew months). Four corners of box: Matthew and Euphrates (top left), Mark and Gihon (bottom left), Luke and Tigress (top right), John and Pishon (lit., Efeson, bottom right). Left to right at top of box (i.e., from Matthew to Luke): “from the right side of the eastern door comes out cold, frost, snow, and dryness;” “from the center of the door will come fair weather, rain, seed, peace, dew, and life;” “from the left side of the door comes destruction, dryness, death, and Perdition.” From Luke to John (upper right to lower right of the box): “from southeast or right door comes out wind, strong winds called nǝtug, dryness, destruction, heat and Perdition;” “from the center door comes out fragrance, dew, rain, peace and life;” “from the left door comes out dew, rain, locust, and destruction.” From Mark to John (written upside down and left to right along the bottom of the box): “from the left door comes dryness, destruction, heat, and Perdition;:” “from the center door comes dew, rain, blessing, and peace;” “from the right door of the west comes dew, snow, cold, and frost.” From Matthew to Mark (from upper left to lower left): “from left door comes dew, rain, locust, and destruction;” “from the center door comes fair (weather), life, rain, dew, and peace;” “from the northeast [sic, northwest] of the right door comes clouds, cold, snow, rain, dew, and locust.” Central box (clockwise from upper center): “east, southeast, south, southwest, west, northwest, north, northeast.” The center of the box: “Sun.”Fols 1v and following
Language of text:
Neugebaur, Ethiopic Astronomy and Computus, 178, says that “käntǝros indicates 1/30.” Along the bottom of the chart is written “30 units” six times. Along the right side of the chart are listed the hours from one through twelve. The red lines indicate the käntǝros for each hour. Along the top of the chart: “Säne, Ḫamle, sixth door, Gǝnbot, Näḥase, fifth door, Miyazya, Mäskäräm, fourth door, Ṭǝqǝmt, Mäggabit, third door, Ḫǝdar, Yäkkatit, second door, Taḫśaś, Ṭǝrr, first door.” Left side: “Fifteen käntǝros for a month.”f. 10v, right column
Language of text:
arranged by month. Red ink: the hour; black ink: the measurement. Final column on 11r says, “For agwame do as Näḥase.”Fols 13r–66r
Language of text:
Organized with titles in the upper marginsFols 66r–68v
Language of text:
from the Five PillarsAdditions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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the shortest form of the Baḥǝrä Ḫasab, recited by the priest on the New Year
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Fol. 77v (Type: OwnershipNote)
note of ownership: “This book belongs to Aläqa Ḫǝruy, that is, Kidanä Maryam
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note of items lent to other people
Extras
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Front cover has been repaired with a piece of modern board attached to the remaining piece of rough-hewn board
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pen trial (top), and incomplete Trinitarian formula pen trial
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blank
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pen trial on introduction to a miracle of Mary
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Fols. 13r, 13v, 14v, 15r, 17r, 17v
(etc.) words of text are written interlinearly
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Fols. 30v, 46r, 62r, 62v, 64r, 68v
(etc.) lines of text are written interlinearly
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f. 36, col. 2, line 17 f. 62r, col. 1, line 7 f. 68v, col. 1, line 7
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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text has been removed
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: Decorative designs: folss. 14r, 15r, 17v, 21v, 26v, 32r, 36v, 37v, 38r, 41v, 42r, 58v, 64r, 66r, 68r, 76v, 77v, 78r, (multiple full stops); black lines are used as section dividers throughout (e.g., 16r, 18r, ); 27r, 29r, 61r (line of alternating red and black dots)
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
Fol. iiv(erso)
chart, in pencil, of the cardinal points of the compass and their division: East (top), West (bottom), North (left), South (right)
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 213mm |
Width | 190mm |
Depth | 45mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | a | 2 |
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2 | 1 | 12 |
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Quire 1 |
3 | 2 | 9 |
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4 | 3 | 11 |
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5 | 4 | 11 |
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6 | 5 | 10 |
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Quire 5 |
7 | 6 | 8 |
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Quire 6 |
8 | 7 | 7 |
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9 | 8 | 11 |
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Collation diagrams
Protection Quire: 1, stub after 2 2, stub after 2
Quire ID:q1, number:a
Notes: 1)
Quire 1
Quire ID:q2, number:1
Quire 2: 1 added
Quire ID:q3, number:2
Notes: 1)
Quire 3: 1 added
Quire ID:q4, number:3
Notes: 1)
Quire 4: 6, stub after 5
Quire ID:q5, number:4
Notes: 1)
Quire 5
Quire ID:q6, number:5
Quire 6
Quire ID:q7, number:6
Quire 7: 6, stub after 1
Quire ID:q8, number:7
Notes: 1)
Quire 8: 11, stub before 1
Quire ID:q9, number:8
Notes: 1)
Ethio-SPaRe formula : a(0+2/s.l. 1, stub after 2; s.l. 2, stub after 2/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (), 2 (12), 3 (, +1), 4 (, +1), 5 (11), 6 (10), 7 (8), 8 (7), 9 (11),
Formula 2: 1 (), 2 (12), 3 (, first leaf is added), 4 (, first leaf is added), 5 (11), 6 (10), 7 (8), 8 (7), 9 (11),
Binding
Parchment, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough-hewn boards of the traditional wood.
Binding material
parchment
wood
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 23-26mm |
bottom | 42-47mm |
right | 27-30mm |
left | 12mm |
Ms Addis Ababa, Mekane Yesus Seminary Library, Mekane Yesus Seminary 53 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 190mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 213mm.Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 21
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Rubrication: ማርያም፡
The word Mary is rubricatedCheck for additional bibliography
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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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Ashlee Benson, Jonah Sandford, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Ralph Lee, ʻAddis Ababa, Mekane Yesus Seminary Library, Mekane Yesus Seminary 53ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-11-18) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP00653 [Accessed: 2024-06-01]
Revisions of the data
- Ashlee Benson Minor edits on 18.11.2020
- Jonah Sandford Added quire maps, margin dims, columns/lines, binding desc, dating info. on 22.7.2020
- Ashlee Benson Added items on 22.4.2020
- Ralph Lee Corrected ǝ character on 18.4.2020
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Created XML record from EMIP Collection Metadata.xsls on 18.1.2018
Attributions of the contents
Ashlee Benson, editor
Jonah Sandford, editor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Ralph Lee, contributor