Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner 477
Ashlee Benson, Ralph Lee, Jonah Sandford
EMIP
General description
Weiner 477
Number of Text units: 10
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Late-seventeenth/early-eighteenth century
Provenance
book was once owned by Mrs. M. R. Atkins, 29 Ovington Court, Brompton Road, London, S.W. 3. and offered to the British Museum in Nov. 1960, who turned it down
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 5r–46v
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 5r–5v
- ms_i1.2
(Fols 6r–36v
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 5r–5v
- ms_i2
(Fols 37r–46v
- ms_i2.1
(Fols 37r–46r
- ms_i2.2
(Fols 46r–46v
- ms_i2.1
(Fols 37r–46r
- ms_i3
(Fols 46v–50v
- ms_i4
(Fols 51r–66v
- ms_i5
(Fols 67r–72v
- ms_i6
(Fols 73r and following
Contents
Fols 73r and following
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 2 .
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(Type: GuestText)
Fols. 1v, 2r Prayer to Mary, excerpt from Maṣḥafa qǝddāse, Śǝrʿāta qǝddāseሥርዓተ፡ ቅዳሴ፡ (CAe 1960 SerataQeddase) , mentioning ወልደ፡ ሚካኤል፡
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Fol. 74v Comment on Death, in Amharic and Gǝ`ǝz, written in a later, untrained hand, mentioning how the earth shook at the burial of one ኃይለ ሥላሴ. Not likely the emperor, since the book was already in England by 1960
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(Type: OwnershipNote)
A letter is contained in the book. The letter is from the British Museum and tells that the book was once owned by Mrs. M. R. Atkins, 29 Ovington Court, Brompton Road, London, S.W. 3. and offered to the British Museum in Nov. 1960, who turned it down
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(Type: OwnershipNote)
Fols. 5v, 73r The owner is mentioned: ተክላ ሚካኤል, Takla Mika'el. The scribe's name appeared originally on 73r, but has been erased
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Fol. 5v mentions a secondary owner, ወለተ፡ ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡
Extras
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Fine materials and good workmanship
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Fine fabric is visible between the turn downs on the inside front and back covers
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The headband and tail band include a strand of green leather
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Fol. 1v has a nice example of an insertion symbol for an overlooked word, written in the upper margin
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Multi-colored yarn has been sewn into the fore edge of many pages to mark places of significance for the reader
Decoration In this unit there are in total 3 s.
Miniatures notes
- miniature: Fol. 2v
- miniature:
Fol. 3r
Holy Man Portrait Takla Hāymānot and a patron (right)
- miniature:
Fols. 3v, 4r
A man (JesusChrist?) with radiance emanating from the head and face, speaks to an audience of fourteen
Physical Description
Form of support
Codex
Extent
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Binding
Binding material
parchment
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 7
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
The handwriting is extremely large (only 7 lines per page) and fine, written in colorful inks of red, green, blue (very rare)Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
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