Washington, D.C., Howard University School of Divinity, Tweed Codex 038
Jonah Sandford, Ashlee Benson, Ralph Lee
Tweed Collection, EMIP
General description
Tweed Codex 038
Number of Text units: 1
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Twentieth century
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–138r
Contents
Fols 1r–138r
Language of text:
Space was left on Psalm 118 for the spiritual meanings of the Hebrew letters, but they were not writtenAdditions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 .
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An Asmat Prayer for protection against demons, an Arabic text written in Gǝ‘ǝz characters. Incipit: የጋኔን፡ የማስቀርብ፡ ቢስምላሒ፡ አርማኒ፡ እራሒም፡ ለሚኩኒ፡ አለዚነ፡ ከፈሩ፡ ምን፡ አህሊል፡ ኪታቤ፡
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Fol. ir(ecto) (Type: OwnershipNote)
Note of secondary ownership, in purple ink and blue ink
Extras
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Fols. iv(erso), iir(ecto), 126r, 126v, 139r, 139v, 140r
blank
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Identified in the insurance hand list as Psalter 22
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Green yarn is sewn into the fore edge as navigation system
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Black yarn is sewn into fore edge as navigation system
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Numbered quires: quires 5 check the viewerfols. q5, (incorrectly numbered on check the viewer49r, ) and 12 check the viewerq12
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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 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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check the viewerFols. 17v, 26r, 28r, 35r, 44r
etc., text has been removed
Decoration In this unit there are in total 3 s.
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
Fol. iiv(erso)
Representation of an altar. Below is a pen trial
- miniature:
Fol. 125v
Ornate Cross
- miniature:
Fol. 140v
Excerpt from Psalms of David, Psalm151 (CAe 2000 Psalm151) with an ornate symbol, functioning as a pen trial
Physical Description
Form of support
Codex
Watermark
No
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 193mm |
Width | 146mm |
Depth | 60mm |
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 | 8 |
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Quire 5 |
7 | 6 | 10 |
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Quire 6 |
8 | 7 | 8 |
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Quire 7 |
9 | 8 | 11 |
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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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13 | 12 | 10 |
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Quire 12 |
14 | 13 | 10 |
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Quire 13 |
15 | 14 | 8 |
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Quire 14 |
16 | 15 | 6 |
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Quire 15 |
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: 5, stub after 6 6, stub after 5
Quire ID:q9, number:8
Notes: 1)
Quire 9
Quire ID:q10, number:9
Quire 10
Quire ID:q11, number:10
Quire 11: 3, stub before 9 8, stub before 4
Quire ID:q12, number:11
Notes: 1)
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(2/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (8), 7 (10), 8 (8), 9 (11), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (10), 15 (8), 16 (6),
Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (8), 7 (10), 8 (8), 9 (11), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (10), 15 (8), 16 (6),
Binding
Parchment, 193 x 146 x 60 mm, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough-hewn boards of the traditional wood covered with tooled leather with fabric visible beneath the turn-ins, headband and tailband.
Binding material
parchment
wood
leather
textile
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 15mm |
bottom | 39mm |
right | 20mm |
left | 14mm |
Ms Washington, D.C., Howard University School of Divinity, Tweed Codex 038 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 146mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 193mm.Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Rubrication: ኢግዚአብሔር፡ ማርያም፡
The word God is rubricated in the first three works; the word Mary is rubricated in the final two works. Occasionally, the word God is rubricated in alternating red and black letters (e.g., fol. 48v )
Columetric layout of text: fols. 110r, (Ps. 150); 117r, 117v (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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Jonah Sandford, Ashlee Benson, Ralph Lee, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻWashington, D.C., Howard University School of Divinity, Tweed Codex 038ʼ, 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/EMIP01987 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Moved comment on spiritual meanings in Ps118 to ms items on 5.8.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: corrected ǝ character on 17.4.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Minor edits to additions and extras on 18.2.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Added image links on 12.12.2019
- Jonah Sandford Jonah Sandford: Edited quire map. on 13.11.2019
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: updated msIdentifier for Tweed collection. on 13.11.2019
- Jonah Sandford Jonah Sandford: Added quire maps, margin dim, columns/lines, binding desc, dating info. on 1.11.2019
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Added items on 21.10.2019
- 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