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Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Ḥarennat Gabazayti Qǝddǝst Māryām, MHG-014

Susanne Hummel (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin

This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography

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Ḥarennat Gabazayti Qǝddǝst Māryām[view repository]

Collection: Ethio-SPaRe

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General description

Taʾammǝra Māryām "Miracles of Mary"

Number of Text units: 2

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Original Location: Ḥarennät Gäbäzäyti Qǝddǝst Māryām / MHG↗

Second half of the 19th cent. (?)

Summary

I) Taʾammǝra Māryām "Miracles of Mary" (fols. 2ra-39vb) I-1) Maṣḥafa śǝrʿāt, Introductory rite of al-Muʿallaqah (fols. 2ra-3rb) I-2a) Taʾammǝra Māryām "Miracles of Mary": 12+48 miracles (fols. 3va-9vb, 14ra-39vb) I-3) ʾAkkonu bǝʾsi ... "Does not the man ..." (fol. 9ra) I-4) Introductory exhortation and hymns (fols. 10ra-11vb) I-5) ʾƎsaggǝd laki wa-ʾǝweddǝsaki... "I worship Thee..." (fols. 11vb-12rb) I-2b) Taʾammǝra Māryām "Miracles of Mary": 1 miracle (fols. 12rb-13vb)
  1. ms_i1 (),
  2. ms_i2 (),

Contents

Incipit ( ):

Explicit ( ):

Text I-3 includes the hymns: - ʾO-ʾǝgzǝʾtǝyä qǝddǝst dǝngǝl Māryām [walādita ʾamlak] ... "O my Lady, Holy Virgin Mary, [Godbearing] ..." (check the viewer10va l.23-11ra l.9) - ʾO-ʾǝgzǝʾtǝyä Māryām ʾǝmmu la-ʾǝgziʾǝnä ʾIyasus Krǝstos kahāli ... "O my Lady Mary, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ the Almighty ..." (check the viewer11ra l.9-11rb l.2) (cp. ChRep ncheck the viewer373 ) - salām laki ʾo-ʾǝgzǝʾtǝyä Māryām ʾǝmma bǝrhān ... "Salutation to you, o my Lady Mary, Mother of the Light ..." (check the viewer11rb l.2-vb).

Additions In this unit there are in total .

    Extras

    1. check the viewerfol. 3rb

      - The scribe determined as ‘hand a’ sometimes ignored the ruled lines and wrote in compressed script: e.g., . - The scribe determined as ‘hand b’ wrote in smaller script on fols. 12ra-13vb. - Spaces for the names of the donor(s) to be rubricated are left unfilled throughout the Ms. - Space for the rubricated incipit of a miracle is left unfilled on fols. 31vb, 32ra. - Omitted letters or words inserted interlineally: fols. 3rab, 8ra, 21vb, 23vb. - Immediate corrections are indicated by thin lines above and below the letters or words to be cancelled on fols. 2vb, 18va, 21vb, 22vb, 24ra. - Scribbles: fols. 1rv, 40rv.

    Catalogue Bibliography

    This manuscript has no restorations.

    Physical Description

    Form of support

    Parchment Codex

    Extent

    Made of 40.0 (leaf) , Entered as 40.0 folios, of which (leaf, blank) : Entered as blank check the viewer1rv , 40rv., in 8.0 (quire) .Entered as 8.0 quires (A+6+B). 275 190 45
    Outer dimensions
    Height 275
    Width 190
    Depth 45

    Foliation

    Quire Structure Collation

    Signatures: Decorated - Decorated quire mark for the first quire is written twice, in the centre and in the right corner of the upper margin of 2r; in red ink.

    Position Number Leaves Quires Description
    1 1 Fol. 1r A(1; s.l.: 1, stub after 1/fols. 1rv)
    2 6 Fols 2r–9v ፩I(6/fols. 2r-9v)
    3 4 Fols 10r–13v <II(4; s.l.: 1, 2, 3, 4/fols. 10r-13v)>
    4 8 Fols 14r–21v III(8/fol. 14r-21v)
    5 4 Fols 22r–25v IV(4/fols. 22r-25v)
    6 6 Fols 26r–31v V(6/fols. 26r-31v)
    7 8 Fols 32r–39v VI(8/fols. 32r-39v)
    8 1 Fol. 40r B(1; s.l.: 1, stub before 1/fols. 40rv)

    Collation diagrams


    A(1; s.l.: 1, stub after 1/fols. 1rv)
    Quire ID:q1
    Collation diagram Quire 1 1 Unit #1

    ፩I(6/fols. 2r-9v)
    Quire ID:q2
    Collation diagram Quire 2 2 7 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3

    <II(4; s.l.: 1, 2, 3, 4/fols. 10r-13v)>
    Quire ID:q3
    Collation diagram Quire 3 8 11 Unit #1 Unit #2

    III(8/fol. 14r-21v)
    Quire ID:q4
    Collation diagram Quire 4 12 19 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

    IV(4/fols. 22r-25v)
    Quire ID:q5
    Collation diagram Quire 5 20 23 Unit #1 Unit #2

    V(6/fols. 26r-31v)
    Quire ID:q6
    Collation diagram Quire 6 24 29 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3

    VI(8/fols. 32r-39v)
    Quire ID:q7
    Collation diagram Quire 7 30 37 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

    B(1; s.l.: 1, stub before 1/fols. 40rv)
    Quire ID:q8
    Collation diagram Quire 8 38 Unit #1

    Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(0+1/s.l. 1, stub after 1/Fol. 1r) – II(6/Fols 2r–9v) – III(4/Fols 10r–13v) – IV(8/Fols 14r–21v) – V(4/Fols 22r–25v) – VI(6/Fols 26r–31v) – VII(8/Fols 32r–39v) – VIII(0+1/s.l. 1, stub before 1/Fol. 40r) –

    Formula: Fol. 1r A(1; s.l.: 1, stub after 1/fols. 1rv) ; Fols 2r–9v ፩I(6/fols. 2r-9v) ; Fols 10r–13v <II(4; s.l.: 1, 2, 3, 4/fols. 10r-13v)> ; Fols 14r–21v III(8/fol. 14r-21v) ; Fols 22r–25v IV(4/fols. 22r-25v) ; Fols 26r–31v V(6/fols. 26r-31v) ; Fols 32r–39v VI(8/fols. 32r-39v) ; Fol. 40r B(1; s.l.: 1, stub before 1/fols. 40rv);

    Formula 1: 1 (), 2 (6), 3 (4), 4 (8), 5 (4), 6 (6), 7 (8), 8 (1),

    Formula 2: 1 (), 2 (6), 3 (4), 4 (8), 5 (4), 6 (6), 7 (8), 8 (1),

    State of preservation

    deficient

    Condition

    The original sewing is for the most part missing; crudely repaired with recent threads (visible in the centre fold of some quires). The boards and the text block are hold together with two threads, led through the boards and all folios. Two bifolios in quire III were reinforced with parchment guards. Holes or tears carefully amended on check the viewer11 , 15, 20, 24, 25, 38, 40.

    Binding

    Two wooden boards (possibly reused). Two pairs of sewing stations.

    Binding decoration

    Binding material

    wood

    Original binding

    No

    Layout

    Layout note 1

    Number of columns: 2

    Number of lines: 27

    H 180mm
    W 160mm
    Intercolumn 9mm
    Margins
    top 30
    bottom 55
    right 14
    left 14
    intercolumn 9
    Quires I, III-VI: all data for check the viewer16r .

    Ms Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Ḥarennat Gabazayti Qǝddǝst Māryām, MHG-014 main part

    looks ok for measures computed width is: 188mm, object width is: 190mm, computed height is: 265mm and object height is: 275mm.

    Layout note 1

    Number of columns: 2

    Number of lines: 25

    H 195mm
    W 160mm
    Intercolumn 12mm
    Margins
    top 30
    bottom 47
    right 20
    left 10
    intercolumn 12
    Quire II: all data for check the viewer11r .

    Ms Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Ḥarennat Gabazayti Qǝddǝst Māryām, MHG-014 main part

    looks ok for measures computed width is: 190mm, object width is: 190mm, computed height is: 272mm and object height is: 275mm.

    Layout note 1

    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. Some leaves have an additional ruled line in the upper margin, close to the edge of the folio ((Excerpt from check the viewer26rv)
      , 31rv).
    • The ruling for lines and columns appears irregular (s. (Excerpt from check the viewer8v)
      , 29v).
    • (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
    • Pricking and ruling are visible.
    • Primary pricks are visible.
    • Ruling pricks are visible.
    • Pricking and ruling are visible.
    • Primary pricks are visible.
    • Ruling pricks are visible.

    Palaeography

  1. Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Hand a: poor. Hand b: poor.

    Ink: Black, red

    Rubrication: Nomina sacra; names of the archangels Gabrǝʾel and Mikāʾel (fols. 24ra, 25ra); elements of the punctuation signs and of the text dividers; elements of Ethiopic numerals. Several groups of lines on the incipit page of Texts I-1, I-4 (alternating with black lines); two initial lines in the incipit of Text I-5; two initial lines in the incipit of the subsections (miracles); first word of Text I-3.

    Date: Second half of the 19th century

    Second half of the 19th century

  2. Hand 2

    Script: Ethiopic

    The handwriting is irregular and ranges from mediocre (e.g., check the viewer1r , 6v, 20r) to poor, hastily executed (e.g., check the viewer4r , 7v, 35r). These irregularities occur also within columns (e.g., check the viewer3v , 21v. 24vb). For these reasons, it cannot be excluded that several scribes were involved in writing (esp. see check the viewer9r ).

  3. Hand 3

    Script: Ethiopic

    Hand b: Texts I-4, I-5 and I-2b (quire II). The handwriting appears also irregular, more upright with thinner, more broadly spaced letters.

    4. Keywords

    ApocryphaPoetry

    Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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    date
    2016-06-07T17:43:56.102+02:00
    date
    type=expanded
    2022-04-08T11:57:25.254+02:00
    date
    type=lastModified
    25.4.2019
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESmhg014
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/ESmhg014
    idno
    type=filename
    ESmhg014.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    ESmhg014

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    Susanne Hummel, Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻBǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Ḥarennat Gabazayti Qǝddǝst Māryām, MHG-014ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2019-04-25) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESmhg014 [Accessed: 2024-05-18]

    Revisions of the data

    • Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: added missing extras from domlib on 25.4.2019
    • Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: transformed from mycore to TEI P5 on 10.5.2016
    • Susanne Hummel Susanne Hummel: last edited in Ethio-SPaRe on 15.1.2015
    • Susanne Hummel Susanne Hummel: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 12.11.2014
    • Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 20.5.2011

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    Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor

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