Sāʿsiʿ Ṣaʿdā ʾƎmbā, Bet Muḵāʿ Mikāʾel, BMQM-008
Veronika Roth (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Dāwit "Psalter"
Number of Text units: 6
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location: Bet Muḵaʿ Mikāʾel / BMQM↗
1500-1600Provenance
ʾAmata ʾƎgziʾ and ʾAmata Mikāʾel are mentioned in the supplication formulas on many fols., e.g., check the viewer42v , 59r, 83r, 115r, 130r, 148v, 172r.
Summary
- ms_i1
(check the viewerFols 5r–188r ),
Psalter
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 5r–148v ), Mazmura Dāwit
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 148v–163v ), Book of Odes
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 163v–172v ), Song of Songs
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 173ra–183rb ), Wǝddāse Māryām
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 183rb–188rb ), ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān
Contents
check the viewerFols 5r–188r Psalter (CAe 2701)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 5r–148v Mazmura Dāwit (CAe 2000) - Many Psalms have the words ሃሌ፡ ሉያ፡ መዝሙር፡ ዘዳዊት። instead of the traditional title. - Traditional interpretation of the Hebrew letters in P118 is missing. - Text I-3 has ስብሐት፡ ለአብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ (ለዓለም፡ ወለዓለመ፡ ዓለም።) instead of the traditional titles. - Stichometry (number of lines of each Ps.) is indicated by the word ቃሉ followed by a number, written in red or black. - Final note on stichometry and the midpoint of the Psalter on check the viewer163v . - P118 and 151 are not numbered.
Additions In this unit there are in total .
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: Protective prayer (?), unidentified.
( gez ) በአጽፈርኪ፡ ኵሎን፡ <…> ልቆን፡ እስራ፡ ሀገረ፡ አድኅኖ፡ ሕንጽት፡ ለነቢይ፡ እዝራ፡ ማርያም፡ ወለተ፡ ቅስራ።…
Written in a careful hand. -
Supplication prayer.
( gez ) ኀይልኪ፡ ተዓውቀ፡ በርህበ፡ ዓለም፡ ሰፈነ። እንተ፡ ላዕለ፡ ሕይወት፡ ወሞት፡ ሶበ፡ አድምአ፡ ስልጣነ። ቤተ፡ ክርስትያን፡ ቅድስት፡ ተራድእኒ፡ ፍጡነ። ...
Partly illegible. -
Unclear note (protective text or recipe?).
( gez ) ዲኒት፡ አናር <…> ነፍስያ፡ በዝንሚስ፡ ለገብርክ፡ ….
Partially illegible.
Extras
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- ff. 1-4 are additional leaves originating from another manuscript used as end leaves and containing a Malkǝʾa-Hymn to St Mary. - Minor notes: e.g., check the viewer5r , 172r, 173r. - Short supplication for the owners, written in a recent secondary hand on many folios: e.g. 42v, 59r, 83r, 115r, 130r, 148v, 172r. - The scribe reduced the size of his handwriting to accommodate the end of the line: check the viewer130v , 131r, 157v. - The scribe used compressed script: check the viewer119v , 140v, 157r. - Omitted letters, words, lines or passages have been inserted interlineally in small script on many fols.: check the viewer26v , 40r, 69r, 81r, 98v, 117v. - Corrections written over erasures on many fols.: check the viewer24v , 37r, 42v, 85r, 115r, 158v, 186r. - Erasures marked with thin lines: check the viewer37r , 70v, 81r, 134v, 159r. - Erasures: check the viewer50r , 64r, 68r. - Scribbles and doodles on many fols.: check the viewer13v , 21r, 37v, 61v, 99r, 131v.
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS Bet Muḵāʿ Mikāʾel, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has modern restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 223 |
Width | 197 |
Depth | 72 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 |
|
A(4; s.l.: 1, stub before 1; 2, stub before 1; 3, stub before 1; 4, stub before 1/fols. 1r-4v) | |
2 | 8 |
|
I(8/fols. 5r-12v) | |
3 | 8 |
|
II፪(8/fols. 13r-20v) | |
4 | 8 |
|
III(8/fols. 21r-28v) | |
5 | 8 |
|
IV፬(8/fols. 29r-36v) | |
6 | 8 |
|
V(8/fols. 37r-44v) | |
7 | 8 |
|
VI(8/fols. 45r-52v) | |
8 | 8 |
|
VII(8/fols. 53r-60v) | |
9 | 8 |
|
VIII(8/fols. 61r-68v) | |
10 | 8 |
|
IX(8/fols. 69r-76v) | |
11 | 8 |
|
X(8/fols. 77r-84v) | |
12 | 8 |
|
XI(8/fols. 85r-92v) | |
13 | 8 |
|
XII(8/fols. 93r-100v) | |
14 | 8 |
|
XIII(8/fols. 101r-108v) | |
15 | 8 |
|
XIV(8/fols. 109r-116v) | |
16 | 8 |
|
XV(8/fols. 117r-124v) | |
17 | 8 |
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XVI(8/fols. 125r-132v) | |
18 | 8 |
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XVII(8/fols. 133r-140v) | |
19 | 8 |
|
XVIII(8/fols. 141r-148v) | |
20 | 8 |
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XIX(8/fols. 149r-156v) | |
21 | 8 |
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XX(8/fols. 157r-164v) | |
22 | 8 |
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XXI(8/fols. 165r-172v) | |
23 | 8 |
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XXII(8/fols. 173r-180v) | |
24 | 8 |
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XXIII(6+2; s.l.: {1}, no stub; {8}, no stub/fols. 181r-187v) |
Collation diagrams
A(4; s.l.: 1, stub before 1; 2, stub before 1; 3, stub before 1; 4, stub before 1/fols. 1r-4v)
Quire ID:q1
I(8/fols. 5r-12v)
Quire ID:q2
II፪(8/fols. 13r-20v)
Quire ID:q3
III(8/fols. 21r-28v)
Quire ID:q4
IV፬(8/fols. 29r-36v)
Quire ID:q5
V(8/fols. 37r-44v)
Quire ID:q6
VI(8/fols. 45r-52v)
Quire ID:q7
VII(8/fols. 53r-60v)
Quire ID:q8
VIII(8/fols. 61r-68v)
Quire ID:q9
IX(8/fols. 69r-76v)
Quire ID:q10
X(8/fols. 77r-84v)
Quire ID:q11
XI(8/fols. 85r-92v)
Quire ID:q12
XII(8/fols. 93r-100v)
Quire ID:q13
XIII(8/fols. 101r-108v)
Quire ID:q14
XIV(8/fols. 109r-116v)
Quire ID:q15
XV(8/fols. 117r-124v)
Quire ID:q16
XVI(8/fols. 125r-132v)
Quire ID:q17
XVII(8/fols. 133r-140v)
Quire ID:q18
XVIII(8/fols. 141r-148v)
Quire ID:q19
XIX(8/fols. 149r-156v)
Quire ID:q20
XX(8/fols. 157r-164v)
Quire ID:q21
XXI(8/fols. 165r-172v)
Quire ID:q22
XXII(8/fols. 173r-180v)
Quire ID:q23
XXIII(6+2; s.l.: {1}, no stub; {8}, no stub/fols. 181r-187v)
Quire ID:q24
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(0+4/s.l. 1, stub before 1; s.l. 2, stub
before 1; s.l. 3, stub before 1; s.l. 4, stub before 1/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (4), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (8), 15 (8), 16 (8), 17 (8), 18 (8), 19 (8), 20 (8), 21 (8), 22 (8), 23 (8), 24 (, +1, +8),
Formula 2: 1 (4), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (8), 15 (8), 16 (8), 17 (8), 18 (8), 19 (8), 20 (8), 21 (8), 22 (8), 23 (8), 24 (, first leaf is added, leaf added after fol. 187),
State of preservation
good
Condition
The Ms. shows signs of extensive use. The leather cover is torn off. Its traces have been preserved only on the inner side of the back board. The front board has been broken and repaired with threads. Some fols. are repaired with a cotton thread, e.g., check the viewer27 , 109, 116. ff. 1-4 originate from a different Ms.
Binding
Two wooden boards (the front board broken and repaired) covered with leather (missing). Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Small holes are visible on the spine fold of the quires, close to the head and the tail of the codex.
Binding material
wood
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 19
H | 140mm |
W | 160mm |
Intercolumn | mm |
Margins | |
top | 35 |
bottom | 55 |
right | 35 |
left | 10 |
intercolumn |
Ms Sāʿsiʿ Ṣaʿdā ʾƎmbā, Bet Muḵāʿ Mikāʾel, BMQM-008 main part
has a sum of layout height of 230mm which is greater than the object height of 223mm has a sum of layout width of 205mm which is greater than the object height of 197mmLayout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 20
H | 140mm |
W | 150mm |
Intercolumn | 10mm |
Margins | |
top | 35 |
bottom | 60 |
right | 40 |
left | 10 |
intercolumn | 10 |
Ms Sāʿsiʿ Ṣaʿdā ʾƎmbā, Bet Muḵāʿ Mikāʾel, BMQM-008 main part
has a sum of layout height of 235mm which is greater than the object height of 223mm has a sum of layout width of 200mm which is greater than the object height of 197mmLayout note 1
Ruling
- (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A/0-0/0-0/C.
- The upper line is written above the ruling.
- The bottom line is written above the ruling.
- (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A-1A-1A/0-0/0-0/C.
- The upper line is written above the ruling.
- The bottom line is written above the ruling.
Pricking
- Ruling and pricking are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
- Ruling and pricking are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Fine and regular.
Ink: Black, red
Rubrication: Nomina sacra in Text I-4 (Māryām); titles and numbers of the Psalms, Canticles and Songs; title of Texts I-2, I-3; title and incipit of the daily readings of Text I-4; name and number of the Hebrew letters in Ps. 118; stichometry; refrains of Texts I-4 and I-5 and their abbreviations; elements of the punctuation signs and text dividers; Ethiopic numerals.
Date: 16th cent.
16th cent.Abbreviations
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Veronika Roth, Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Sophia Dege-Müller, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻSāʿsiʿ Ṣaʿdā ʾƎmbā, Bet Muḵāʿ Mikāʾel, BMQM-008ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2024-02-20) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESbmqm008 [Accessed: 2024-05-25]
Revisions of the data
- Eugenia Sokolinski adjusted to schema, no person ID provided on 20.2.2024
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo transformed from mycore to TEI P5 on 10.5.2016
- Sophia Dege-Müller last edited in Ethio-SPaRe on 26.11.2014
- Veronika Roth catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 10.11.2014
- Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 8.12.2011
Attributions of the contents
Alessandro Bausi, general editor
Veronika Roth, editor
Denis Nosnitsin, editor
Sophia Dege-Müller, contributor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor