Gulo Maḵadā, ʾAmbasat Kidāna Mǝḥrat, AKM-004
Vitagrazia Pisani (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography
General description
Taʾammǝra Libānos “Miracles of Libānos” / Gadla Libānos “Vita of Libānos” / Taʾammǝra Libānos “Miracles of Libānos” / ʾArgānona wǝddāse “The Harp of Praise”
Number of Text units: 4
Number of Codicological units: 3
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Origin
Original Location: ʾAmbasat Kidāna Mǝḥrat↗
AKM-004α: 19th century (?) AKM-004β: 18th century (?) AKM-004γ: second half of the 16th century (?)Summary
- p1_i1 (check the viewerFols 1ra–11vb, check the viewer13r–16vb, check the viewer64ra–64ra ), Taʾammǝra Libānos
- p2_i1 (check the viewerFols. 12r, check the viewer17ra–52rb, check the viewer55ra–56vb, check the viewer57ra–57ra, check the viewer58rv ), Gadla Libānos
- p2_i2 (check the viewerFols 52ra–54vb, check the viewer57ra–57vb ), Taʾammǝra Libānos
- p3_i1 (check the viewerFols 59ra–63vb ), ʾArgānona wǝddāse
Contents
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS ʾAmbasat Kidāna Mǝḥrat, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has no restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 195 |
Width | 170 |
Depth | 55 |
Foliation
State of preservation
deficient
Condition
The original structure of the quires cannot be established due to the poor condition of the Ms. The leaves of three different Mss. have been put and roughly sewn together. Many folios have been misplaced (esp. check the viewer12rv , 13r-16v, 32rv, 55r-56v, 58rv), some are still loose leaves (esp. check the viewer12 , 17, 18, 32, 34, 45, 59-61), and many others are missing. Some folios are affected by humidity (esp. check the viewer59r – 63v) and some others covered with stains (esp. check the viewer2rv , 3r, 7v, 8r, 11r, 13v, 49rv, 50r, 52v, 53rv, 54rv) check the viewer12 is inverted. check the viewer58 is broken in the upper part. check the viewer59 is mutilated. The original bindings of all three codices has not survived.
Binding
Two wooden boards, possibly non-original (both cracked and repaired with threads). Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
There are no traces of any original sewing. The leaves (originating from three different manuscripts) are in disorder, part of them unbound and part crudely sewn together with different threads. In the centre fold of some quires (e.g. check the viewer13v-14r , 14v-15r, 22v-23r), small holes are visible, close to the head of the codex. The remnants of three different manuscripts have been collected and put together between two wooden boards.
Binding material
wood
Original binding
No
Codicological Unit p1
Origin of codicological unit 1
19th century (?)
Provenance
Warada Qāl is mentioned several times in the supplication formulas in Texts 1-2 (e.g., check the viewer4va [l.17] and 64rb [ls.1-2]), together with the scribe. Sometimes only the first part of the name (Warada) is written, followed by a vacant space (e.g., check the viewer3rb [l.15], 5rb [check the viewer17-18 ]). In Additio 1 (check the viewer64rb ) the name of another individual related to the church of ʾAmbasat is mentioned: Kǝfla Gabrǝʾel Wagazunni Ḥǝzqǝʾel (?; check the viewer64rb , check the viewer10-12 ).
Summary of codicological unit 1
- p1_i1 (check the viewerFols 1ra–11vb, check the viewer13r–16vb, check the viewer64ra–64ra ), Taʾammǝra Libānos
Contents
check the viewerFols 1ra–11vb, check the viewer13r–16vb, check the viewer64ra–64ra Taʾammǝra Libānos (CAe 4717) 15 miracles of Libānos; incomplete; some folia have been misplaced The miracles are numbered. The miracles 1- 2 are missing and the miracles 7-8 are misplaced, as well as part of the miracles 6 and 9. In the present condition of the manuscript, the actual order of the Miracles is as follows: Miracle 3 (?): check the viewer1ra - 2va (l.8), beginning missing; Miracle 4 (፬): check the viewer2va (l.8) - 3ra (l.12); Miracle 5 (፭): check the viewer3ra (l.13) - rb (l.16); Miracle 6 (፮): check the viewer3rb (l.16) - 3vb, end misplaced (in check the viewer13ra – rb [l.9], s. below); Miracle 9 (፱): check the viewer4ra - va (l.8), beginning and part of text misplaced (in check the viewer14ra [l.15] – 16vb, s. below); Miracle 10 (፲): check the viewer4va (l.9) - 5va (l.1); Miracle 11 (፲፩): check the viewer5va (l.2) - 6vb (l.2); Miracle 12 (፲፪): check the viewer6vb (l.2) - 7vb (l.9); Miracle 13 (፲፫): check the viewer7rb (l.9) - 8vb (l.4); Miracle 14 (፲፬): check the viewer8vb (l.15) - 9vb (l.13); Miracle 15 (፲፭): check the viewer9vb (l.14) -10va (l.12); Miracle 16 (፲፮): check the viewer10va (l.13) - 11ra (l.6); Miracle 17 (፲፯): check the viewer11ra (l.7) - 11vb; Miracle 6 (፮):13ra - rb (l.9), beginning misplaced (in check the viewer3rb [l.16] - 3vb, s. above); Miracle 7 (፯): check the viewer13rb (l.9) - 13vb; Miracle 8 (፰): check the viewer14ra (ls. 1-15); Miracle 9 (፱): check the viewer14ra (l.15) - 16vb, the end misplaced (in check the viewer4ra -va [l.8], s. above).
Additions of codicological unit 1 In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 .
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check the viewerf. 64rb (Type: AcquisitionNote)
(below the text): Acquisition note.( gez ) ዝገድል᎓ ዘአቡነ᎓ ሊባኖስ᎓ ዘአንበሰት᎓ ዘተሣጠ[sic]᎓ በንዋዩ᎓ ክፍለ᎓ ገብርኤል᎓ ወገዙኒ᎓ ሕዝቅኤል᎓ ዘሰረቃ᎓ ወዘፈሐቃ᎓ ወዘተአገላ᎓ በአፈ᎓ ጴጥሮስ᎓ ወጳውሎስ᎓ ውዘ᎓ ለኩን᎓ ( en ) This (is the book of) the Vita of ʾabuna Libānos of (the church of) ʾAmbasat which Kǝfla Gabrǝʾel Wagazunni Ḥǝzqǝʾel purchased with his own money. May the one who stole and erased and defrauded it be excommunicated through the mouth of Peter and Paul. It is written in black and by a recent hand. It is separated from the text through two parallel chains of black and red dots and nine dot asterisks in between.
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check the viewer15v (Type: OwnershipNote)
The name of an individual, Bǝrhāna liq ("Bǝrhāna, doctor"), is written on the left upper margin of check the viewer15v , apparently in the main hand.
Extras of codicological unit 1
- Crude notes in pen or pencil in the bottom margins of 64ra and above the .
Physical Description of codicological unit 1
Form of support of codicological unit 1
Parchment Codex
Extent of codicological unit 1
Foliation of codicological unit 1
Folia numbered by the Ethio-SPaRe project
Layout of codicological unit 1
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 18
H | 147mm |
W | 142mm |
Intercolumn | 14mm |
Margins | |
top | 19 |
bottom | 28 |
right | 23 |
left | 10 |
intercolumn | 14 |
Ms Gulo Maḵadā, ʾAmbasat Kidāna Mǝḥrat, AKM-0041
has a sum of layout width of 175mm which is greater than the object height of 170mmRuling of codicological unit 1
- (17 in (Excerpt from check the viewer1v)
, 4r, 9rv, 10rv, 11rv, 13rv, 14v, 15rv, 16r, 17r, 64r). - (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C.
- The upper line is written above the ruling.
- The bottom line is written above the ruling.
Pricking of codicological unit 1
- Pricking and ruling are partly visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
Palaeography of codicological unit 1
Hand 1
of codicological unit 1Scribe: Takla Krǝstos scribe
Script: Ethiopic
Fine hand, characterized by the rounded script. Some letters appear more angular, especially the loop of the letter “ʿAin” at the forth order (ዓ “ʿA”). The space between the individual letters and the lines is broad.
Ink: Black; Vermilion.
Rubrication: The names of the donor (or commissioner) and the scribe; name of the protagonist (both Libānos and Maṭāʿ); elements of the punctuation signs; elements of Ethiopic numerals. Incipit of each miracle: “Taʾāmrihu la-ʾabbā Libānos” (e.g. fols. 3ra [ls. 13-14], 4va [ls. 9-10], 6vb [ls. 3-4]) or “Taʾāmrihu la-ʾabuna Libānos” (e.g. fols. 2va [ls. 9-10], 3rb [ls. 16-17], 5va [ls. 2-3], 9vb [ls. 14-15]).
Date: 19th century (?).
check the viewerFols 1ra–11vb, check the viewer13r–16vb, check the viewer64ra–64ra Takla Krǝstos scribe is the scribe mentioned in the supplication formulas of Texts 1-2 in AKM-004α (e.g., in check the viewer3ra [ls.11-12], 6vb [ls. 6-7], 64rb [ls. 2-3]). 19th century (?). Some paleographical features: In the text contained in Codicological Unit p1 the scribe uses to exchange the laryngeals. You can notice it for instance in the word ጸሓፊ᎓ “ṣaḥafi” (“scribe, copyst”), present often in the supplication formulas at the end of each miracle. Here it appears written also with the laryngeal “Ha” (ሀ) as in check the viewer14rb (l.1), and with the laryngeal “Ḫa” (ኀ), as in check the viewer64rb (l.2). Other example of laryngeal exchanging is the verbal form የሀሉ written here የሐሉ (e.g., check the viewer6va [l.18], 7vb [l.8]). The punctuation used as sentence dividers generally is represented by the nine dot asterisk.Abbreviations
Codicological Unit p2
Origin of codicological unit 2
18th century (?)
Provenance
[Kǝ]brǝna Krǝstos appears in some supplication formulas within Texts 1 -2. His name is nearly complete only in check the viewer57ra (check the viewer16-17 ). In most of the other passages where this person is mentioned, the syllable “Kǝ” is washed out or erased (e.g., check the viewer28va [ls. 6-7], 19va [l.19], 37vb [ls. 1-2]). In check the viewer23va (ls. 2-3) the entire first name is erased.
Summary of codicological unit 2
- p2_i1 (check the viewerFols. 12r, check the viewer17ra–52rb, check the viewer55ra–56vb, check the viewer57ra–57ra, check the viewer58rv ), Gadla Libānos
- p2_i2 (check the viewerFols 52ra–54vb, check the viewer57ra–57vb ), Taʾammǝra Libānos
Contents
check the viewerFols. 12r, check the viewer17ra–52rb, check the viewer55ra–56vb, check the viewer57ra–57ra, check the viewer58rv Gadla Libānos (CAe 1473) check the viewer55rv , 56rv, 58rv, containing part of Gadla Libānos check the viewer12rv , 17ra – 52rb, 55ra – 56vb57ra [l.18], 58rv), are misplaced. check the viewer58rv contains the incipit of Text I.
Incipit ( ): check the viewerFol. 58rv
check the viewerFols 52ra–54vb, check the viewer57ra–57vb Taʾammǝra Libānos (CAe 4717) 4 miracles of Libānos; they are not numbered. In the present condition of the manuscript, the order is as follows: Miracle 1: check the viewer52va-54vb , end missing; Miracle 2: check the viewer57ra (ls.1-18) , mostly incomplete, only the end is present; Miracle 3: check the viewer57ra (l.18) - 57va (l.16) ; Miracle 4: check the viewer57va (l.17)- vb , mostly incomplete.
Additions of codicological unit 2 In this unit there are in total 1 .
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(Type: Supplication)
On check the viewer12va b (bottom margin) a beginning of a miracle followed by an unreadable supplication formula is crudely written in blue pen by a recent hand.
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Extras of codicological unit 2
- Crude notes in pen or pencil in the bottom margins of , 20v, 24v, 25v, 26r, 27r, 30r, 38v, 29rv, 40v, 43r, 43v (washed out), 45r, 49r, 50r, 57v, 61vb. Some others are between the columns and in the upper margin of , in the upper margin of 29r, in the left upper margin of 41r.
- The name “Libānos” is written in black in the left upper margin of (same hand as the text?).
Physical Description of codicological unit 2
Form of support of codicological unit 2
Parchment Codex
Extent of codicological unit 2
Foliation of codicological unit 2
Numbered by the Ethio-SPaRe project
Layout of codicological unit 2
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 20
H | 136mm |
W | 138mm |
Intercolumn | 17mm |
Margins | |
top | 17 |
bottom | 30 |
right | 16 |
left | 16 |
intercolumn | 14 |
Ms Gulo Maḵadā, ʾAmbasat Kidāna Mǝḥrat, AKM-0042
looks ok for measures computed width is: 170mm, object width is: 170mm, computed height is: 183mm and object height is: 195mm.Layout note 1
Ruling of codicological unit 2
- (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C.
- The upper line is written above the ruling.
- The bottom line is written above the ruling.
Pricking of codicological unit 2
- Pricking and ruling are partly visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are partly visible.
Palaeography of codicological unit 2
Hand 2
of codicological unit 2Script: Ethiopic
Regular and fine hand, characterized by a broad stroke of pen and by letters of equal height. The letters tend to square broad shapes, slightly slanted to the right.
Ink: Black; red.
Rubrication: Nomina sacra; names of the donor (or commissioner); name of the protagonist (both Libānos and Maṭaʿ); elements of the punctuation signs; elements of Ethiopic numerals. Two lines, alternating with black lines, on the incipit folio of Text I (fol. 58rab); incipit (two lines) of some subsections in Text I (fols. 21ra [ls. 14-15], 23rb [ls. 11-12], 27vb [ls. 1-2]); incipit of each miracle in Text II: “Taʾāmrihu la-Maṭāʿ” (fol. 52va [l.1]), “Taʾāmrihu la-bǝḍuʿ Libānos” (fols. 57ra [ls. 18-19], 57va [ls. 17-18]).
Date: 18th century (?).
check the viewerFols. 12, check the viewer17–58 The handwriting of AKM-004β is similar to that of Zawalda Māryām (s. UM-024 and other Mss.). 18th century (?). Some paleographical features: the letter “Ṗa” (ጰ) has the hook marking the sixth order vowel (ጵ) directed to the left (e.g., check the viewer19va [l.12], 22rb [l.17], 26ra [l.4]). the punctuation used as sentence dividers generally is represented by the nine dot asterisk.Codicological Unit p3
Origin of codicological unit 3
Original Location: ʾAmbasat Kidāna Mǝḥrat↗
Second half of the 16th century (?)Summary of codicological unit 3
- p3_i1 (check the viewerFols 59ra–63vb ), ʾArgānona wǝddāse
Contents
check the viewerFols 59ra–63vb ʾArgānona wǝddāse (CAe 1146) the text is incomplete and partly misplaced. According to the edition Leander 1922, the correct sequence of the folios should be as follows: check the viewer59ra - 60vb: Sat. LVIII, p. 165, l.9 - p. 167, check the viewer10 ; check the viewer62ra - 63vb: Sat. LVIII, p. 167, l.11 - p. 169, l.8; check the viewer61rv : Sat. LVIII, p. 169, ls. 8-19. Part of the text in check the viewer59rv is missing due to the present condition of the leaf (it is mutilated at bottom side), check the viewer61 is misplaced and the text in check the viewer61v is incomplete (lacuna in column b); in the same folio the list of names from ls. 6-16 is different from the edited version (s. above).
Physical Description of codicological unit 3
Form of support of codicological unit 3
Parchment Codex
Extent of codicological unit 3
Layout of codicological unit 3
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 14
H | 141mm |
W | 144mm |
Intercolumn | 9mm |
Margins | |
top | 23 |
bottom | 35 |
right | 14 |
left | 8 |
intercolumn | 9 |
Ms Gulo Maḵadā, ʾAmbasat Kidāna Mǝḥrat, AKM-0043
has a sum of layout height of 199mm which is greater than the object height of 195mmLayout note 1
Ruling of codicological unit 3
- (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C.
- The upper line is written above the ruling.
- The bottom line is written above the ruling.
Pricking of codicological unit 3
- Pricking and ruling are partly visible.
- Primary pricks are partly visible.
- Ruling pricks are partly visible.
- Structural pricks are partly visible.
Palaeography of codicological unit 3
Hand 3
of codicological unit 3Script: Ethiopic
Neat and careful hand, characterized by uniform, tall, slender and vertical broadly spaced letters.
Ink: Black; red.
Rubrication: Nomina sacra; the name Ṗāwlos (wa-Ṗāwlosni). Three lines, alternating with black lines, in fol. 61rb (ls. 6, 8, 10); one line in fol. 62rb (l.11).
Date: Second half of the 16th century (?).
check the viewerFols 59ra–63vb Second half of the 16th century (?). The punctuation used as sentence dividers generally is represented by the four dot asterisk.Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
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