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Sinai Peninsula, Saint Catherine’s Monastery Sinai, Sinai Ethiopic 2

Dorothea Reule

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

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Collection: Ethiopic

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General description

Gospel of Mark, beginning of the Gospel of Luke

Number of Text units: 2

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

1750-1849 (dating on palaeographic grounds)

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 4r–53ra ), Bǝsrāta Mārqos
  2. ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 53rb–55va ), Wangel za-Luqās, Preface to the Gospel of Luke

Contents

check the viewerFols 4r–53ra Bǝsrāta Mārqos (CAe 2711)

Language of text:

Colophon

check the viewerFols 52vb–53ra

መልዓ፡ ጽሕፈተ፡ ብስራቱ፡ ለማርቆስ፡ ሐዋርያ፡ ወኮነ፡ ጸሐፎ፡ በልሳነ፡

| ሮሜ፡ ዘአፍርክንጊ፡ ዘሀገረ፡ ሮምያ፨ እምድኅረ፡ ዕርገቱ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ በሥጋ፨ ውስተ፡ ሰማይ፡ በዓሠርቱ፡ ወአሐዱ፡ ዓመት፡ በራብዒት፡ ዓመተ፡ መንግሥቱ፡ ለቀላውዴዎስ፡ ቄሣር፡ ንጉሠ፡ ሮምያ፨ ጸሎቱ፡ ወበረከቱ፡ ለቅዱስ፡ ማርቆስ፡ የሃሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፨

check the viewerFols 53rb–55va Wangel za-Luqās, Preface to the Gospel of Luke (CAe 1812 LukeGospelPreface)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ አሐዱ፡ አምላክ፨ ዘመርሐነ፡ በርድኤቱ፡ እምድኅረ፡ ስሕተት፡ ወሁረት፨ ወአርአየነ፡ ተመርሖ፡ እምድኅረ፡ እከይ፡

It includes several parts including the list of "tituli", possibly not all complete

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 , 1 , 2 , 1 .

  1. check the viewerFols 1v–3v, check the viewer55vb–59r (Type: GuestText)

    Malkǝʿa-hymn to John the Baptist, written in a very crude hand (that most probably wrote also other notes listed below) (CAe 2999)

    ( gez ) በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ እሳት፡ በሐቅለ፡ ሕሊና፡ ነዳዲ፨ ወበስመ፡ ማርያም፡ ድንግል፡ መጥበቢተ፡ ዓለም፡ አባዲ፨ ማኅቶተ፡ ጥበብ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ጸልመተ፡ (!) sic by Denis Nosnitsinአበሳ፡ ሳዳዲ፨ ከመ፡ እዜኑ፡ ኂሩተከ፡ ዕዳ፡ ኃጣውዕየ፡ ይፍዲ፨

  2. (Type: OwnershipNote)

    The name of Hǝristo Foros↗ is indicated in supplications in margins of most folia, in varying spelling (ህሪስቶፎሮስ፡; ህሪስቶፍሮ፡; ህሪስቶፎሮ፡ ኤሳ; ህሪስቶፎሮስ፡ ኤሳ፡ ደቂቁ፡ ለሳባ፡).

    ( gez ) ለገብርከ፡ ህሪስቶ፡ ፎሮስ፡

  3. (Type: Gloss)

    Explanation of the word ቃሜላ፡ in the upper margin, referring to Mark 10:25.

    ( am ) ቃሜላ፡ ብሒል፡ የመርከብ፡ ገመድ፡ የመልህቁ፡

  4. check the viewerFol. 53r (Type: Supplication)

    Supplication written in the upper margin.

    ( gez ) በዝ፡ ቃለከ፡ ኢይቅርቡ፡ ሰይጣናት፡

  5. check the viewerFol. 54r (Type: Supplication)

    Supplication written in the upper margin.

    ( gez ) ኦእግዚዕየ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ህሪስቶስ፡ ፈውስ፡ ደውየሁ፡ ለሀጥዕ፡ ገብርከ፡ ህሪስቶፎሮ፡

  6. check the viewerFol. 59r (Type: Unclear)

    Indication of the chapter numbers.

    ( gez ) እሮም፡ ማቴዎስ፡ ፳፰፡ ማርቆስ፡ 〚፳〛፲፮፡ ሉቃስ፡ ፳፬፡ ዮሕዐንስ፡ ፳፩

Extras

  1. check the viewerFol. 1r

    Beginning of Hymn to John the Baptist, maybe pen trial.

    ( gez ) በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ እሳት [...]ommission by ቅለ፡ ሕሊናተ፡

  2. The "Coptic" and Greek (በሮም፡) numeration of chapters is given within the main body of the text.

  3. check the viewerFols. 1r, 30v

    The days of the week are indicated in the upper margin. Kamil indicates the further division into the days of the week as follows: Monday: check the viewerfols. 4r, , chapters 1-10; Tuesday: check the viewer14r, , chapters 11-17; Wednesday: check the viewer21v, , chapters 18-27; Thursday: check the viewer30v, , chapters 28-37; Friday: check the viewer37v, , chapters 38-45; Saturday: check the viewer44r, , chapters 46-47; Sunday: check the viewer51r , chapter 48.

  4. check the viewerFol. 4r

    The name of Gabrǝʾel↗ has been inserted probably after the production of the manuscript in space left empty in the introductory supplication to Content Item 1 Bǝsrāta Mārqos (CAe 2711) . Later, it has been crossed out and that of Hǝristo Foros↗ has been added in the margin. In the final supplication on check the viewerfol. 53ra , the original name has been erased and that of Hǝristo Foros↗ been written above the erasure.

Catalogue Bibliography

  • Kamil, M. 1957. ‘Les manuscrits éthiopiens du Sinaï’, Annales d’Éthiopie, 2 (1957), 83–90.
    page 85-86
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Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Paper Codex

check the viewerFols 1–57 check the viewerFols 58–59

Extent

59 (leaf) .Entered as 59 +NaN (quire) .Entered as A+6+B 334 (g, weight) .Entered as 334 135 109 40 128 108 Data on leaves dimensions taken from check the viewerfol. 34r .
Outer dimensions
Height 135mm
Width 109mm
Depth 40mm
Leaf dimensions
Height 128mm
Width 108mm

Foliation

Foliation in the upper outer corner.

Quire Structure Collation

Signatures:

Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 A 3 Fols 1r–3v 2, stub after 2
2 1 10 Fols 4r–13v ፩
3 2 10 Fols 14r–23v ፪
4 3 10 Fols 24r–33v ፫
5 4 10 Fols 34r–43v ፬
6 5 10 Fols 44r–53v ፭
7 6 10 Fols 54r–57v ፮
8 B 2 Fols 58r–59v

Collation diagrams


2, stub after 2
Quire ID:q1, number:A
Collation diagram Quire 1 1 3 Unit #1 Unit #2


Quire ID:q2, number:1, Ethiopic quire number: ፩
Collation diagram Quire 2 4 13 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q3, number:2, Ethiopic quire number: ፪
Collation diagram Quire 3 14 23 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q4, number:3, Ethiopic quire number: ፫
Collation diagram Quire 4 24 33 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q5, number:4, Ethiopic quire number: ፬
Collation diagram Quire 5 34 43 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q6, number:5, Ethiopic quire number: ፭
Collation diagram Quire 6 44 53 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q7, number:6, Ethiopic quire number: ፮
Collation diagram Quire 7 54 63 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5


Quire ID:q8, number:B
Collation diagram Quire 8 64 65 Unit #1

Ethio-SPaRe formula : A(2+1/s.l. 2, stub after 2/Fols 1r–3v) – B(2/Fols 58r–59v) – ፩I(10/Fols 4r–13v) – ፪II(10/Fols 14r–23v) – ፫III(10/Fols 24r–33v) – ፬IV(10/Fols 34r–43v) – ፭V(10/Fols 44r–53v) – ፮VI(10/Fols 54r–57v) –

Formula: Fols 1r–3v 2, stub after 2 ; Fols 4r–13v ; Fols 14r–23v ; Fols 24r–33v ; Fols 34r–43v ; Fols 44r–53v ; Fols 54r–57v ; Fols 58r–59v ;

Formula 1: 1 (3), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (2),

Formula 2: 1 (3), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (2),

State of preservation

good

Condition

Binding

Two boards covered with blind-tooled leather. Fastening consisting of metal fastening nailed to the front board and leather strap with metal peg nailed to the back board.

Textile inlay in the front board.

Sewing Stations

4

Headband missing, tailband slightly torn.

Binding decoration

Coloured inserted in an upper text prick of check the viewerfols. 4, 14, 21, 30, 37, 44, 50 .

Binding material

wood

leather

textile

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 4r–55va )

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 16

H 83mm
W 83mm
Margins
top 29mm
bottom 27mm
right 13mm
left 10mm
intercolumn 8mm
Data on text area and margin dimensions taken from check the viewerfol. 34r .

Ms Sinai Peninsula, Saint Catherine’s Monastery Sinai, Sinai Ethiopic 2 main part

has a sum of layout height of 139mm which is greater than the object height of 135mm
Ruling
  • Ruling and pricking are visible.
  • (Subtype: pattern)1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C
  • The upper written line is written above the ruling, the lower written line is written above the ruling.
Pricking
  • Horizontal and vertical pricks are visible.

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Second half of the eighteenth-/first half of the nineteenth-century script.

    Ink: Black, red

    Date: 1750-1849

    1750-1849 Regular and careful, well-trained hand.

  • Hand 2

    Script: Ethiopic

    Second half of the eighteenth-/nineteenth-century script.

    Ink: Black, red

    Date: 1800-1849

    1800-1849 Very crude and irregular; by a poorly trained scribe; possibly the hand of the additional texts in Sinai Peninsula, Saint Catherine’s Monastery Sinai, Sinai Ethiopic 1.

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    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
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    Hamburg
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    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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    type=expanded
    28.2.2023 at 17:25:33
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    10.2.2023
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/SinaiEt002/main
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/SinaiEt002
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    type=filename
    SinaiEt002.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    SinaiEt002

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    Dorothea Reule, Alessandro Bausi, Denis Nosnitsin, ʻSinai Peninsula, Saint Catherine’s Monastery Sinai, Sinai Ethiopic 2ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2023-02-10) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/SinaiEt002 [Accessed: 2024-05-17]

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    • Denis Nosnitsin Minor editions on 10.2.2023
    • Dorothea Reule Created record from catalogue description with consultation of digitized microfilm on 25.10.2022

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    Alessandro Bausi, general editor

    Dorothea Reule, editor

    Denis Nosnitsin, contributor

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