ʾƎndartā, Koholo Yoḥannǝs Dabra Betel, KY-030
Iosif Fridman (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Dāwit “Psalter”
Number of Text units: 7
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location: Koholo Yoḥannǝs Dabra Betel↗
Late 19th-early 20th centuryProvenance
The names of Walatta Muse, Walda Śǝllāse and rarely Takla ʾƎgziʾ are crudely written, possibly in the same hand as Additio 2, in black, beside the ornamental bands on e.g., check the viewer3r , 56v, 105r.
Summary
- ms_i1
(check the viewerFols 3r–141ra ),
Psalter
- ms_i1.1
(check the viewerFols 3r–62r, check the viewer63r–110r ),
Mazmura Dāwit
- ms_i1.1.1 (), Mazmura Dǝngǝl
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 110v–121r ), Maḥālǝya nabiyāt
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 121r–126v ), Song of Songs
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 127ra–136vb ), Wǝddāse Māryām
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 136vb–141ra ), ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān
- ms_i1.1
(check the viewerFols 3r–62r, check the viewer63r–110r ),
Mazmura Dāwit
Contents
check the viewerFols 3r–141ra Psalter (CAe 2701)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 3r–62r, check the viewer63r–110r Mazmura Dāwit (CAe 2000)
Mazmura Dǝngǝl (CAe 3985) Ps. 1 is preceded by a few lines from the Mazmura dǝngǝl “Psalter of the Virgin” (CAe 3985)
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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-v: salām-hymn for the Archangel Fanuʾel.
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: Protective prayer containing ʾasmat.
Text at page bottom poorly legible. -
: Note on the end of the Psalms of Dawid.
The note is hardly legible due to faded ink. The name of the supplicant has been erased. -
-rb: Note on calendar.
In Amharic. Beginning of the text has been erased. -
: Purchase note.
The note is crudely written in Amharic and dated to 1927 year of mercy (= 1934/35 A.D.).
Extras
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- Title of the work, ዳዊት, is written on the front board, in black paint.
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- The Pss. are divided into groups of ten separated by coloured ornamental bands, mostly rather crudely drawn, with varying filler motifs.
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- The midpoint of the “Psalms of David” (in Pcheck the viewer77 ) is marked on check the viewer52r with a coloured (red, black) drawing of a cross and an inscription inside: መንፈቁ፡.
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- Part of the line is taken up: e.g., check the viewer6v , 11v, 14v, 34v, 37r, 54r, 76r, 119r, 126v.
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- Part of the line is taken down: e.g., check the viewer22v , 26v, 27r, 43v, 46r.
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- Tamallas-sign, in the shape of a cross, indicating the place where the omissions, written in the upper margin, belong: check the viewer113r l.16, 140va l.17.
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- Omitted letters, words, lines or passages written interlineally, in the main hand and in a secondary hand: check the viewer7v , 20r, 25r, 29r, 33r, 42r, 47r, 58r, 64v, 83r, 100r, 111r, 112r, 122r.
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- At least two notes have been erased form check the viewer141rab .
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(Type: findingAid)
Coloured threads are inserted in the right upper corner of fols. 35, 39, 47, 56, 68, 78, 88, 105.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: check the viewer8v , 14v, 20v, 28v, 35r, 39v, 56v, 63v, 68r, 88r, 90v, 105r, 110v, 121r; 47r, 78v (in the incipit pages of the Psalms, Canticles and Song of Songs, and separating each ten psalm group): elaborate coloured (red, yellow, blue) ornamental bands; interlaces, floral and geometrical motifs; anthropomorphic motifs (eyes).
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS Koholo Yoḥannǝs Dabra Betel, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has no restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 190 |
Width | 133 |
Depth | 60 |
Foliation
Foliation mistake; check the viewer91 has been numbered 100, this numbering continues up to the end of the Ms.
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | 2 |
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A(2/fols. 1r-2v) | |
2 | 10 |
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I(10/fols. 3r-12v) | |
3 | 10 |
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፪II(10/fols. 13r-22v) | |
4 | 10 |
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፫III(10/fols. 23r-32v) | |
5 | 12 |
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፬IV(12/fols. 33r-44v) | |
6 | 10 |
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፭V(10/fols. 45r-54v) | |
7 | 10 |
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፮VI(10/fols. 55r-64v) | |
8 | 10 |
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፯VII(10/fols. 65r-74v) | |
9 | 10 |
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፰VIII(10/fols. 75r-84v) | |
10 | 10 |
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፱IX(10/fols. 85r-103v) | |
11 | 10 |
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፲X(10/fols. fols. 104r-113v) | |
12 | 10 |
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፲፩XI(10/fols. 114r-123v) | |
13 | 10 |
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፲፪XII(10/fols. 124r-133v) | |
14 | 10 |
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፲፫XIII(10/fols. 134r-143v). |
Collation diagrams
A(2/fols. 1r-2v)
Quire ID:q1
I(10/fols. 3r-12v)
Quire ID:q2
፪II(10/fols. 13r-22v)
Quire ID:q3
፫III(10/fols. 23r-32v)
Quire ID:q4
፬IV(12/fols. 33r-44v)
Quire ID:q5
፭V(10/fols. 45r-54v)
Quire ID:q6
፮VI(10/fols. 55r-64v)
Quire ID:q7
፯VII(10/fols. 65r-74v)
Quire ID:q8
፰VIII(10/fols. 75r-84v)
Quire ID:q9
፱IX(10/fols. 85r-103v)
Quire ID:q10
፲X(10/fols. fols. 104r-113v)
Quire ID:q11
፲፩XI(10/fols. 114r-123v)
Quire ID:q12
፲፪XII(10/fols. 124r-133v)
Quire ID:q13
፲፫XIII(10/fols. 134r-143v).
Quire ID:q14
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(2/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (12), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (10),
Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (12), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (10),
State of preservation
good
Condition
Many leaves are damaged by water and stained with dirt.
Binding
Two wooden boards covered with reddish-brown tooled leather; textile inlays. Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Two pairs of chains of endband stitches at the spine cover.
Binding material
wood
leather
textile
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 24
H | 130mm |
W | 100mm |
Intercolumn | mm |
Margins | |
top | 15 |
bottom | 30 |
right | 17 |
left | 10 |
intercolumn |
Ms ʾƎndartā, Koholo Yoḥannǝs Dabra Betel, KY-030 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 127mm, object width is: 133mm, computed height is: 175mm and object height is: 190mm.Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 24
H | 135mm |
W | 100mm |
Intercolumn | 8mm |
Margins | |
top | 15 |
bottom | 30 |
right | 17 |
left | 10 |
intercolumn | 8 |
Ms ʾƎndartā, Koholo Yoḥannǝs Dabra Betel, KY-030 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 127mm, object width is: 133mm, computed height is: 180mm and object height is: 190mm.Layout 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-1A1A/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 partly visible.
- Ruling pricks are mostly visible (s. (Excerpt from check the viewer27r)
). - Ruling and pricking are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Mediocre
Ink: Black, red
Rubrication: Nomina sacra (name of God in Text I-1; name of St Mary in Texts I-4, I-5); incipit of the inscription on fol. 3r; titles and numbers of the Pss. and Canticles; incipits and numbers of Songs; title of Texts I-2, I-3 and I-5; title and incipit of the daily readings of Text I-4; name, number and traditional interpretation of the Hebrew letters in Ps. 118; abbreviation እስ፡ in Ps. 135; letters ስ and ሕ in the word ስብሕዎ in Ps. 150; letters ይ, ር and ዎ in the word ይባርክዎ in Canticle 10; abbreviation ስቡ᎓ in Canticle 10; abbreviations of refrains of Texts I-4 and I-5; elements of the punctuation signs and text dividers; Ethiopic numerals or their elements. A few groups of lines are rubricated (alternating with black lines) on the incipit page of Texts I-1 to I-4.
Date: Late 19th - first half of the 20th century
Late 19th - first half of the 20th centuryAbbreviations
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Iosif Fridman, Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Ekaterina Gusarova, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻʾƎndartā, Koholo Yoḥannǝs Dabra Betel, KY-030ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2016-05-10) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESky030 [Accessed: 2024-05-18]
Revisions of the data
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: transformed from mycore to TEI P5 on 10.5.2016
- Ekaterina Gusarova Ekaterina Gusarova: last edited in Ethio-SPaRe on 20.2.2015
- Iosif Fridman Iosif Fridman: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 2.12.2011
- Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 5.5.2011
Attributions of the contents
Ekaterina Gusarova, contributor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor