Washington, D.C., Howard University School of Divinity, Tweed Codex 023
Ashlee Benson, Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee
Tweed Collection, EMIP
General description
Tweed Codex 023
Number of Text units: 2
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Twentieth century
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–158v
- ms_i2
(Fols 158v–160r
Contents
Fols 1r–158v
Language of text:
Mazmura Dāwit, Psalm 118 including the Spritual Meaning of the Hebrew LettersAdditions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 .
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Fols. iv(erso), iir(ecto) (Type: Asmat)
Asmat Prayer of David for a person bitten by a snake, written in pencil. Incipit: ጸሎት፡ ለዘነደፎ፡ አርዌ፡ ምድር፡ ዘጸለዮ፡ ዳዊት፡ ወልደ፡ ዕሤይ፡ ይቤ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አንተ፡ ዘቀተልከ፡ አንበሳ፡ ወከይሴ፡ ከማሁ፡ ቅትሎ፡ እኩይ፡ አርዌ፡ ምድር፡
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Concluding Prayer to the Ethiopic Psalter (CAe 2701)
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Concluding prayer for the Ethiopic Psalter, written in faded pencil
Extras
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blank
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the mid-point of the Psalter is, perhaps, very subtly marked with a full stop with a black triangle off of the right side of the symbol
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scrawls
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Identified in the insurance hand list as Psalter 6
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orange yarn is sewn into the fore edge as navigation system
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maroon yarn is sewn into the fore edge as navigation system
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white yarn is sewn into the fore edge as navigation system
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Numbered quires: quire 6 check the viewerfol. q6
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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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erasure markings are visible
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etc., text has been removed
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: Decorative designs: folss. 1r, 54r, 65r, 73r, 141r, (haräg); 7r, 53v, 64v, 91r, 112v, 140v, 158v, 160r, (multiple full stops); 45r (line of red and black dots)
Physical Description
Form of support
Codex
Watermark
No
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 164mm |
Width | 120mm |
Depth | 50mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | a | 2 |
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Protection Sheet |
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 |
17 | 16 | 10 |
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Quire 16 |
Collation diagrams
Protection Sheet
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
Quire 16
Quire ID:q17, number:16
Ethio-SPaRe formula : a(2/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (2), 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), 17 (10),
Formula 2: 1 (2), 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), 17 (10),
Binding
Parchment, 164 x 120 x 50 mm, 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 | 18mm |
bottom | 33mm |
right | 20mm |
left | 7mm |
Ms Washington, D.C., Howard University School of Divinity, Tweed Codex 023 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 120mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 164mm.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. 118v, (Ps. 150); 127v, 128r (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.
Dedicated to Cain Hope Felder
Encoding Description
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Ashlee Benson, Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻWashington, D.C., Howard University School of Divinity, Tweed Codex 023ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-08-05) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP01972 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Added link to spiritual meaning of Hebrew letters in Ps118, minor formatting edits on 5.8.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: corrected ǝ character on 17.4.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Corrections to additions and extras formatting, corrected locus statement on 12.2.2020
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Minor location edits on 27.1.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Added image links on 6.12.2019
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: updated msIdentifier for Tweed collection. on 13.11.2019
- Jonah Sandford Jonah Sandford: Added margin dim, columns/lines, binding desc, dating. on 23.10.2019
- Jonah Sandford Jonah Sandford: Added quire maps. on 18.10.2019
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Added items on 14.10.2019
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: CreatedXML record from EMIP Collection Metadata.xsls on 18.1.2018
Attributions of the contents
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor