Washington, D.C., Howard University School of Divinity, Tweed Codex 050
Ashlee Benson, Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee
Tweed Collection, EMIP
General description
Tweed Codex 050
Number of Text units: 1
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Early-twentieth century
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–125v
Contents
Fols 1r–125v
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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Asmat prayer for help in writing, ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ ምሥጢረ፡ ድርሰት፡ , with a drawing which relates to the prayer. Incipit: መሐልየ፡ መልያል፡ እብኖዲ፡ አብኖድያል፡ ሐራ፡ ሐራፑናዊ፡ . . . . .ommission by ይቀጽብ፡ በኅቡዕ፡ ተኃባዕ፡ ውስተ፡ ልብየ፡ ማስያስ፡ ተፈታሕ፡ . . . . .ommission by ከማሁ፡ አርእየኒ፡ ምሥጢረ፡ ድርሰት፡ ለገብርከ፡ . . . . .ommission by
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f. 126r, lines 3ff (Type: GuestText)
an extensive version of the concluding prayer for the Ethiopic Psalter (CAe 2701)
Extras
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pentrials and scrawls
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blank
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Identified in the insurance hand list as Case 67/12
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Fols. 20, 29, 36, 41, 48, 56, 67, 86, 89
red string is sewn into the fore edge as navigation system
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Numbered quires: quires check the viewerfols. q2, q3, q4, q5
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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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f. 12v, line 18 f. 14v, line 9 f. 21v, line 1
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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lines of text are written and in where the symbol (┴) is used marking the location where the text is to be inserted
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etc., text has been removed
Decoration In this unit there are in total 5 s, 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: Decorative designs: folss. 6v, 120v, (haräg); 7r, 20v, 48v, (line of black dots); 13v, 20v, 29v, 36r, 67r, 86r, 93v, 98r, 118r, 121r, 122r, 125v (multiple full stops between lines of alternating red and black dots).
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
Fol. iv(erso)
crude drawing of a figure
- miniature:
Fol. 76r
crude drawing of a talismanic symbol
- miniature:
f. 120v, top
picture of a priest with prayer stick and sistrum with caption Legend: ( ) “Zion;” Underneath him is a person carrying the ark surrounded by two figures with arms upstretched and holding something over the ark. To the left is an image of David Playing the Harp, with the caption, Legend: ( ) “As David the prophet prayed, I will pray to you, God, my creator” (an excerpt from God Reigns)
- miniature:
f. 120v, bottom center
Virgin and Child with the two archangels on either side. To the lower left is an Equestrian Saint, presumably Saint George
- miniature:
Fol. 127v
crude drawing of a figure
Physical Description
Form of support
Codex
Watermark
No
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 280mm |
Width | 190mm |
Depth | 68mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | a | 1 |
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2 | 1 | 8 |
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Quire 1 |
3 | 2 | 7 |
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4 | 3 | 6 |
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Quire 3 |
5 | 4 | 7 |
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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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Quire 12 |
14 | 13 | 7 |
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15 | 14 | 8 |
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Quire 14 |
16 | 15 | 9 |
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17 | 16 | 9 |
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18 | 17 | 2 |
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Quire 17 |
Collation diagrams
Protection Sheet: 1, stub before 1
Quire ID:q1, number:a
Notes: 1)
Quire 1
Quire ID:q2, number:1
Quire 2: 3, stub after 5
Quire ID:q3, number:2
Notes: 1)
Quire 3
Quire ID:q4, number:3
Quire 4: 3, 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
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: 3, stub after 5
Quire ID:q14, number:13
Notes: 1)
Quire 14
Quire ID:q15, number:14
Quire 15: 4, stub after 6
Quire ID:q16, number:15
Notes: 1)
Quire 16: 4, stub after 6
Quire ID:q17, number:16
Notes: 1)
Quire 17
Quire ID:q18, number:17
Ethio-SPaRe formula : a(0+1/s.l. 1, stub before 1/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (1), 2 (8), 3 (7), 4 (6), 5 (7), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (7), 15 (8), 16 (9), 17 (9), 18 (2),
Formula 2: 1 (1), 2 (8), 3 (7), 4 (6), 5 (7), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (7), 15 (8), 16 (9), 17 (9), 18 (2),
Binding
Parchment, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough-hewn boards of the traditional wood covered with tooled leather and fabric is visible between the turn-ins and wrapped with a double-pocket fabric cover, mirror niche is visible in the front cover.
Binding material
parchment
wood
leather
textile
other
glass
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 19mm |
bottom | 41mm |
right | 23mm |
left | 15mm |
Ms Washington, D.C., Howard University School of Divinity, Tweed Codex 050 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 190mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 280mm.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: folss. 90v, 91r, (Ps. 129); 97v, (Ps. 150); 104v, (ninth Biblical Canticle); 104v, 105r (tenth Biblical Canticle).Check for additional bibliography
Publication Statement
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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
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Ashlee Benson, Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻWashington, D.C., Howard University School of Divinity, Tweed Codex 050ʼ, 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/EMIP01999 [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: Added image links on 27.12.2019
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: updated msIdentifier for Tweed collection. on 13.11.2019
- Jonah Sandford Jonah Sandford: Added quire map, margin dim, columns/lines, binding desc, dating info. on 11.11.2019
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Added items on 28.10.2019
- 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