Hamburg, Private collection, CJN-006
Denis Nosnitsin
Newly catalogued in Beta maṣāḥǝft
General description
Psalter
Number of Text units: 7
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1850-1930 (dating on palaeographic grounds) (The rubricated name of the commissioner has been erased from the supplication at the end of Content Item 1.5 ውዳሴ᎓ ወግናይ᎓ ዘእግዚእትነ᎓ ማርያም᎓ (CAe 1113) . Later the manuscript possibly belonged to Marʿāta Śǝllāse owner ) .
Acquisition
The manuscript was acquired in Ethiopia↗ in 1963-1966.
Summary
- ms_i1
(check the viewerFols 5r–143r ),
Psalter
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 5r–110r ), Mazmura Dāwit
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 110v–121r ),
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 121v–127v ), መሐልየ፡ መሐልይ᎓ ዝውእቱ᎓ ዘሰሎሞን።
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 128ra–138va ), Wǝddāse Māryām
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 138va–143rb ),
- ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 143ra–144va ), Yǝweddǝsǝwwa malāʾǝkt la-Māryām
Contents
check the viewerFols 5r–143r Psalter (CAe 2701)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 5r–110r Mazmura Dāwit (CAe 2000)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz
):
ዘከመ᎓ መዝሙረ፡ ድንግል፡ ትመስል፡ ገነተ።
ወታስተጋብእ᎓ አቅማኃ᎓ ወፍሬያት፨
ወትሰድድ᎓ አጋንንተ᎓ ወታቄርብ᎓ መላእክተ።
ተግሣጽ᎓ ለኵሉ᎓ ወአሥተናሥኦ᎓ ምግባራት፨
፨ ፨ ፨ ፨ ፨ ፨ ፨ ፨
ፍካሬ᎓ ዘጻድቃን᎓ ወዘኃጥአን።
መዝሙር᎓ ዘዳዊት᎓ ሃሌሉያ።
፩ብፁዕ᎓ ብእሲ᎓ ዘኢሖረ᎓ በምክረ᎓ ረሲዓን፨
ወዘኢቆመ᎓ ውስተ᎓ ፍኖተ᎓ ኃጥአን፨
ወዘኢነበረ᎓ ውስተ᎓ መንበረ᎓ መስተሣልቃን።
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz
):ወአሰሰልኩ᎓ ጽእለተ᎓ እምደቂቀ᎓ እስራኤል፨
check the viewerFols 110v–121r መሐልየ᎓ ነቢያት᎓ ወጸሎቱ᎓ ለሙሴ።
(CAe 1828)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz
):
ንሴብሖ᎓ ለእግዚአብሔር᎓ ስቡሕ᎓ ዘተሰብሐ።
ፈረሰ᎓ ወመስተፅዕነ᎓ ወረወ᎓ ውስተ᎓ ባሕር፨
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz
):እስመ᎓ ርእያ᎓ አዕይንትየ᎓ አድኅኖተከ፨
ዘአስተዳሎከ᎓ ቅድመ᎓ ኵሉ᎓ ሕዝብከ፨
ከመ᎓ ትክሥት᎓ ብርሃነ᎓ ለአሕዛብ፨
ወክብረ᎓ ለሕዝብከ᎓ እስራኤል፨
check the viewerFols 121v–127v መሐልየ፡ መሐልይ᎓ ዝውእቱ᎓ ዘሰሎሞን። (CAe 2362)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz
):ይስዕመኒ᎓ በስዕመተ᎓ አፉሁ።
አዳም᎓ አጥባተኪ᎓ እምወይን፨
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz
):ጕይ᎓ አንተ᎓ ወልድ᎓ እኁየ᎓ ወተመሰላ᎓ ለወይጠል፨
ወከመ᎓ ወሬዛ᎓ ኃየል᎓ ውስተ᎓ አድባራተ᎓ ድኍኃን፨
check the viewerFols 128ra–138va Wǝddāse Māryām (CAe 2509)
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ውዳሴሃ፡ እግዚእትነ᎓ ማርርያም᎓ ወላዲተ᎓ አምላክ᎓ ዘይትነበብ᎓ በዕለተ᎓ ሰኑይ᎓ ፈቀደ᎓ ይግዕዞ᎓ ለአዳም᎓ ኅዙነ᎓ ወትኩዘ᎓ ልብ፨
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ይስረይ᎓ ኃጢአተነ᎓ በብዝኃ᎓ ምሕረቱ᎓ ሰአሊ᎓ ለነ᎓ ቅድስት፨፨፨
check the viewerFols 138va–143rb ውዳሴ᎓ ወግናይ᎓ ዘእግዚእትነ᎓ ማርያም᎓ (CAe 1113)
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ቅድስት፡ ወብፅዕት᎓ ስብሕት᎓ ወቡርክት፨ ክብርት᎓ ወልዕልት᎓ አንቀጸ᎓ ብርሃን᎓ መዓርገ᎓ ሕይወት᎓
Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሣህሎ᎓ ይክፍለነ᎓ ሰአሊ᎓ ለነ᎓ ቅድስት፨ ጸሎታ᎓ ለማርያም᎓ ወስእለታ᎓ የሃሎ᎓ ምስለ᎓ ገብራ᎓ 〚 〛። ለዓለመ᎓ ዓለም᎓ አሜን፨
check the viewerFols 143ra–144va Yǝweddǝsǝwwa malāʾǝkt la-Māryām (CAe 3108)
Language of text:
(Added in a later and less careful hand.)Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ይዌድስዋ፡ መላእክት፡ ለማርያም፡ በውስተ፡ ውሳጤ፡ መንጦላዕት᎓ ወይብልዋ᎓ በሐኪ፡ ማርያም፡ ሐዳስዩ᎓ ጣዕዋ᎓ ይቤላ᎓ መልአክ᎓ ለማርያም᎓
(Probably incomplete, the text at the end is damaged, unreadable.)Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 , 1 .
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check the viewerFol. 159v (Type: GuestText)
Malkǝʾa Mikāʾel (CAe 2835)
(Crudely written.) -
check the viewerFol. 127v (Type: OwnershipNote)
( gez ) ዝዳዊት᎓ ዘመርዓተ᎓ ሥላሴሴ።
(Crudely written, mentioning Marʿāta Śǝllāse owner , an owner.) -
check the viewerFol. 144vb (Type: Unclear)
Extras
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Take-downs and take-ups of the lines, on these and some other folios.
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The use of compressed script to accomodate longer lines, corrections on a few folios.
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Omitted passages are added interlineally, on a few folios, in various hands.
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Scribbles with pencil, on a few folios.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 .
Other Decorations
- ornamentation:
check the viewerFols. 17r, 24r, 32v, 38v, 62v, 70r, 74v, 86r, 99r, 104v, 110r,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, , 121r, 127v, 130vb, 134vb, 136rb, 137rb, 138va, 143r
Red and black dotted lines separating ten-psalm divisions of Psalter and other works.
- drawing:
check the viewerFol. 127v
Drawing of a cross and uncolored (black) ornamental band beneath, at the bottom of the page, added later.
Natively encoded in TEI.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 160mm |
Width | 110mm |
Depth | 62mm |
Leaf dimensions | |
Height | 160mm |
Width | 110mm |
Foliation
check the viewerFols 1r–178v Foliated by the cataloguer in pencil in the middle of the bottom margin of the folio.
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | A | 4 | No image availableFols 1r–4v | |
2 | 1 | 8 | No image availableFols 5r–12v | |
3 | 2 | 8 | No image availableFols 13r–20v | |
4 | 3 | 8 | No image availableFols 21r–28v | |
5 | 4 | 8 | No image availableFols 29r–36v | |
6 | 5 | 8 | No image availableFols 37r–44v | |
7 | 6 | 8 | No image availableFols 45r–52v | |
8 | 7 | 8 | No image availableFols 53r–60v | |
9 | 8 | 8 | No image availableFols 61r–68v | |
10 | 9 | 8 | No image availableFols 69r–76v | |
11 | 10 | 8 | No image availableFols 77r–84v | |
12 | 11 | 8 | No image availableFols 85r–92v | |
13 | 12 | 8 | No image availableFols 93r–100v | |
14 | 13 | 8 | No image availableFols 101r–108v | s.l. 3, stub after 5 s.l. 6, stub after 2 |
15 | 14 | 8 | No image availableFols 109r–116v | |
16 | 15 | 8 | No image availableFols 117r–124v | |
17 | 16 | 8 | No image availableFols 125r–140v | |
18 | 17 | 4 | No image availableFols 141r–144v |
Collation diagrams
Quire ID:q1, number:A
Quire ID:q2, number:1
Quire ID:q3, number:2
Quire ID:q4, number:3
Quire ID:q5, number:4
Quire ID:q6, number:5
Quire ID:q7, number:6
Quire ID:q8, number:7
Quire ID:q9, number:8
Quire ID:q10, number:9
Quire ID:q11, number:10
Quire ID:q12, number:11
Quire ID:q13, number:12
s.l. 3, stub after 5 s.l. 6, stub after 2
Quire ID:q14, number:13
Quire ID:q15, number:14
Quire ID:q16, number:15
Quire ID:q17, number:16
Quire ID:q18, number:17
Ethio-SPaRe formula : A(4/No image availableFols 1r–4v) – I(8/No image availableFols 5r–12v) – II(8/No image availableFols 13r–20v) – III(8/No image availableFols 21r–28v) – IV(8/No image availableFols 29r–36v) – V(8/No image availableFols 37r–44v) – VI(8/No image availableFols 45r–52v) – VII(8/No image availableFols 53r–60v) – VIII(8/No image availableFols 61r–68v) – IX(8/No image availableFols 69r–76v) – X(8/No image availableFols 77r–84v) – XI(8/No image availableFols 85r–92v) – XII(8/No image availableFols 93r–100v) – XIII(6+2/s.l. 3, stub after 5; s.l. 6, stub after 2/No image availableFols 101r–108v) – XIV(8/No image availableFols 109r–116v) – XV(8/No image availableFols 117r–124v) – XVI(8/No image availableFols 125r–140v) – XVII(4/No image availableFols 141r–144v) –
Formula: No image availableFols 1r–4v ; No image availableFols 5r–12v ; No image availableFols 13r–20v ; No image availableFols 21r–28v ; No image availableFols 29r–36v ; No image availableFols 37r–44v ; No image availableFols 45r–52v ; No image availableFols 53r–60v ; No image availableFols 61r–68v ; No image availableFols 69r–76v ; No image availableFols 77r–84v ; No image availableFols 85r–92v ; No image availableFols 93r–100v ; No image availableFols 101r–108v s.l. 3, stub after 5 s.l. 6, stub after 2 ; No image availableFols 109r–116v ; No image availableFols 117r–124v ; No image availableFols 125r–140v ; No image availableFols 141r–144v ;
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 (4),
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 (4),
State of preservation
good
Condition
The first (endleaf) quire, check the viewerfols 1r–4v, is added later, its two leaves are made of pieces of parchment carefully sewn in the middle (along the lines). check the viewer143–144 are damaged by insects. The back wooden board is broken at two places, repaired with cords.
Binding
Two wooden boards.
Sewing Stations
4check the viewerFols 1r–4v are made from remains of parchment leaves.The manuscript is placed in a slip-case, made of poorly processed thin, cockled leather (the carrying strap looks older, made of a different type of leather).Binding decoration
The sewing is intact. The front board bears 4 sets of half-ready double holes that probably represent failed attempts to arrange sewing stations
Binding material
wood
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1(check the viewerFols 5r–127v )
Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 25
H | 128mm |
W | 90mm |
Margins | |
top | 10mm |
bottom | 22mm |
right | 12mm |
left | 10mm |
Ms Hamburg, Private collection, CJN-006 main part
has a sum of layout width of 112mm which is greater than the object height of 110mmLayout note 1(check the viewerFols 128ra–143vb )
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 24
H | 125mm |
W | 90mm |
Margins | |
top | 12mm |
bottom | 23mm |
right | 14mm |
left | 9mm |
Ms Hamburg, Private collection, CJN-006 main part
has a sum of layout width of 113mm which is greater than the object height of 110mmLayout note 1
Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 28
H | 127mm |
W | 85mm |
Margins | |
top | 12mm |
bottom | 20mm |
right | 13mm |
left | 10mm |
Ms Hamburg, Private collection, CJN-006 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 108mm, object width is: 110mm, computed height is: 159mm and object height is: 160mm.Ruling
- Ruling and pricking are visible.
- (Subtype: pattern)Ruling pattern: 1-1/0/0/C
- Ruling and pricking are visible.
- (Subtype: pattern)Ruling pattern: 1-1-11/0/0/C
- Ruling and pricking are visible.
- (Subtype: pattern)Ruling pattern: 1-1-11/0/0/C
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
A mid-19th- to early 20th-century script.
Ink: Black, red
Rubrication: Titles and incipits of the psalms and other texts; numbers of psalms and other texts; punctuation marks; name of God, Mary; single letters and words.
Date: .
. Slender rounded script, irregular (size and slant change throughout the manuscript). The vowel markers of the 5th order are bulky, open. ም and ሞ look similar (both tend to a direct line), in many cases not easy to distinguish.Hand 2
Script: Ethiopic
A script of a somewhat later period, possibly late 19th or early 20th century.
Ink: Black, red
Date: 1850-1930
1850-1930 Broad, rectangular; downstrokes are very broad. Irregular, crudely written. The vowel markers of the 5th order are bulky, open.Hand 3
Script: Ethiopic
A 20th-century script.
Ink: Black, red.
Date: 1900-1975
1900-1975 Crude, broadly spaced, strongly slanted; reddish brown ink used for rubrication. ()Hand 4
Script: Ethiopic
A mid-19th- to early 20th-century script.
Ink: Black, red.
Date: 1850-1930
1850-1930 Very similar or identical to the main hand. ()Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
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