Washington, D.C., Howard University School of Divinity, Tweed Codex 053
Ashlee Benson, Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee
Tweed Collection, EMIP
General description
Tweed Codex 053
Number of Text units: 1
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Twentieth century
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–166v
Contents
Fols 1r–166v
Language of text:
Mazmura Dāwit, Psalm 118 including the Spritual Meaning of the Hebrew LettersAdditions In this unit there are in total 2 , 1 , 2 , 1 .
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f. ir(ecto), iv(erso), first two lines (Type: CalendaricNote)
Lucky and Unlucky Days of the Year ጽንዕት፡ ወጽንጽንት፡
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Fols. iv(erso), iir(ecto) (Type: Asmat)
Asmat prayer against wild animals, ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ መስተሃድር፡ with incipit: በስመ፡ አብ፡ በል፡ በጭራ፡ በል፡ በተጁራጁር፡ መላእክት፡ ወኄር፡ ቆርቋራ፡ ወኪን፡ ሰላም፡ ለክሙ፡. . . . .ommission by ኵልክሙ፡ አራዊት፡ ዘአጥረዮ፡ በንዋዩ፡ ለእመ፡ ነስክሙ፡ ወበላእክሙ፡ አዕይንቲክሙከመ፡ ከመ፡ ይኩን፡ ጨለማ፡
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Fols. iir(ecto), 167r (Type: CalendaricNote)
in pencil: List of the feast days of the Apostles and Evangelists
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Fols. 130v, 131r, 131v, 69v, 70r, 70v (Type: GuestText)
Hymn to Raguel the Archangel (CAe 3085) , incomplete at the end
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f. 167v, upper (Type: GuestText)
Spiritual Rewards (fruits) for reciting the Lord’s Prayer and the Hail, Mary, written in blue ink, in a crude hand
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Fols. 46r, 166v (Type: OwnershipNote)
the name of the owner is Wäldä Maryam
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mentions the scribe, Za-Mäsqäl, and the owner, Kasaye
Extras
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the mid-point of the Psalms is marked with the words ( ) “Half of David.”
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illegible note, in pencil
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pen trial
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It is unclear what manuscript this is in the insurance hand list
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etc., words of text are written interlinearly
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lines of text are written interlinearly
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f. 103v, line 20, and in the upper margin
lines of text are written with a symbol (+) 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 9 s, 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: Decorative designs: folss. 1r, 8r, 17r, 26v, 46r, 52r, 61r, 73v, 82r, 82v, 88v, 102r, 114v, 117v, 124r, 132r, 145v, (haräg); 7v, 154r, 157r, 159r, 160r, 162r, (small cross); 145r, (line of alternating red and black dots); 156v (line of black dots).
Miniatures notes
- miniature: Fol. iiv(erso)
- miniature:
Fol. 12r
The Ancient of Days, surrounded by Savior of the World (Jesus seated holding orb)
- miniature:
Fol. 12v
The Ancient of Days, surrounded by Savior of the World (Jesus seated holding orb)
- miniature:
Fol. 18r
A Holy Man Portrait being led away by evil people (showing one eye), Jesus Christ in the garden(?)
- miniature:
Fol. 18v
Crucifixion of Jesus, with Jesus Christ surrounded by soldiers with and
- miniature:
Fol. 37r
Two animals grazing under a fruit tree, one larger than the other with caption Legend: ( ) ኃየል፡ ምስለ፡ ወልድ፡, “A powerful [beast] with a son.”
- miniature:
f. 106v, upper margin
an ornate flower
- miniature:
Fol. 109v
interlocking circles
- miniature:
Fol. 110r
Ornate Cross(?) with a bird (dove?) descending
Physical Description
Form of support
Codex
Watermark
No
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 126mm |
Width | 90mm |
Depth | 58mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | a | 2 |
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Protection Sheet |
2 | 1 | 8 |
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Quire 1 |
3 | 2 | 8 |
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Quire 2 |
4 | 3 | 10 |
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Quire 3 |
5 | 4 | 8 |
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Quire 4 |
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 | 6 |
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Quire 10 |
12 | 11 | 6 |
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Quire 11 |
13 | 12 | 8 |
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Quire 12 |
14 | 13 | 8 |
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Quire 13 |
15 | 14 | 8 |
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Quire 14 |
16 | 15 | 8 |
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Quire 15 |
17 | 16 | 8 |
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Quire 16 |
18 | 17 | 10 |
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Quire 17 |
19 | 18 | 8 |
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Quire 18 |
20 | 19 | 8 |
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Quire 19 |
21 | 20 | 10 |
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Quire 20 |
22 | 21 | 4 |
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Quire 21 |
23 | 22 | 2 |
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Quire 22 |
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
Quire 17
Quire ID:q18, number:17
Quire 18
Quire ID:q19, number:18
Quire 19
Quire ID:q20, number:19
Quire 20
Quire ID:q21, number:20
Quire 21
Quire ID:q22, number:21
Quire 22
Quire ID:q23, number:22
Ethio-SPaRe formula : a(2/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (10), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (6), 12 (6), 13 (8), 14 (8), 15 (8), 16 (8), 17 (8), 18 (10), 19 (8), 20 (8), 21 (10), 22 (4), 23 (2),
Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (10), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (6), 12 (6), 13 (8), 14 (8), 15 (8), 16 (8), 17 (8), 18 (10), 19 (8), 20 (8), 21 (10), 22 (4), 23 (2),
Binding
Parchment, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough-hewn boards of the traditional wood covered with tooled leather, headband and tailband.
Binding material
parchment
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 10mm |
bottom | 25mm |
right | 14mm |
left | 6mm |
Ms Washington, D.C., Howard University School of Divinity, Tweed Codex 053 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 90mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 126mm.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., check the viewerfol. 7v ). Columetric layout of text: folss. 129v, 130r, (Ps. 150); 141r, 141v (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 053ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-08-06) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP02002 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Added ref to spiritual meaning of Hebrew letters in Ps118, minor formatting edits on 6.8.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: corrected ǝ character on 17.4.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Minor correction to item e1, added incipit to a2 on 21.2.2020
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Minor location edits on 27.1.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Added image links on 2.1.2020
- Jonah Sandford Jonah Sandford: Added quire maps, margin dims, columns/lines, binding desc, dating info. on 24.11.2019
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: updated msIdentifier for Tweed collection. on 13.11.2019
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Added items on 30.10.2019
- 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