New Orleans, LA, Whisnant Collection, Whisnant Codex 2
Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee, Ashlee Benson
Whisnant, EMIP
Collection: Whisnant
Other identifiers: Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project EMIP 30
General description
Whisnant Codex 2
Number of Text units: 13
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
eighteenth century
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–178r
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–119r
- ms_i1.2
(Fols 119v–131v
- ms_i1.3
(Fols 131v–138r
- ms_i1.4
(Fols 138v–148v
- ms_i1.4.1
(Fols 138v and following
- ms_i1.4.2
(Fols 139v and following
- ms_i1.4.3
(Fols 141r and following
- ms_i1.4.4
(Fols 143r and following
- ms_i1.4.5
(Fols 145r and following
- ms_i1.4.6
(Fols 146v and following
- ms_i1.4.7
(Fols 147v and following
- ms_i1.4.1
(Fols 138v and following
- ms_i1.5
(Fols 149r–153v
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–119r
Contents
Fols 1r–178r
Language of text:
Additions In this unit there are in total .
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Prayer to Mary by the author whose name has been erased
Extras
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Overlooked words of text are written interlinearly
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Overlooked lines of text are written interlinearly
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Overlooked lines of text are written in the upper margin with a symbol marking the location where the text is to be inserted
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etc., the scribe regularly has to complete a line of text on another line. Much of the problem is addressed through the selection of an appropriate aspect ratio for the codex combined with an appropriate script size. This scribe will reduce the font size at the end of lines to avoid having to go onto the next line
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Folss. 3v, 5r, 8v, 10r, 12r, 12v, 14v, 16r, 6r, 10v, 14v, 16r, 18r
For example: even with the reduction in font size, when a line is still too long it is completed above or below the end of the line. In these cases, the scribe places the material above the line, or below the line
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Cut out
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Back cover has tag with the following written: 1100– AF305
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: Decorative designs: fols. 1r, 131v, 143r, 153v (ሐረግ፡ using black and red); 32v, 40r, 74r, 79v, 104v, 119v (ሐረግ፡ using black); 138v (small ሐረግ፡ in top margin using red); 1r, 7v, 14v, 22v, 32r, 39v, 45v, 54v, 65v, 73v, 79r, 92r, 104r, 107r, 113r, 119r, 139r, 141r, 145r, 146v, 148v, (dotted line using alternating black and red); 22v, 145r, 147v (dotted line using alternating black and red surrounded by ሐረግ፡-like border); 146v (outline of a cross using black)
Miniatures notes
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 196mm |
Width | 125mm |
Depth | 72mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | 1 | 10 |
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2 | 2 | 10 |
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Quire 2 |
3 | 3 | 10 |
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Quire 3 |
4 | 4 | 10 |
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Quire 4 |
5 | 5 | 10 |
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Quire 5 |
6 | 6 | 10 |
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Quire 6 |
7 | 7 | 10 |
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Quire 7 |
8 | 8 | 10 |
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Quire 8 |
9 | 9 | 10 |
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Quire 9 |
10 | 10 | 10 |
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11 | 11 | 10 |
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Quire 11 |
12 | 12 | 6 |
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Quire 12 |
13 | 13 | 10 |
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Quire 13 |
14 | 14 | 10 |
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Quire 14 |
15 | 15 | 10 |
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Quire 15 |
16 | 16 | 8 |
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Collation diagrams
Quire 1
Quire ID:q1, number:1
Notes: 1)
Quire 2
Quire ID:q2, number:2
Quire 3
Quire ID:q3, number:3
Quire 4
Quire ID:q4, number:4
Quire 5
Quire ID:q5, number:5
Quire 6
Quire ID:q6, number:6
Quire 7
Quire ID:q7, number:7
Quire 8
Quire ID:q8, number:8
Quire 9
Quire ID:q9, number:9
Quire 10: 8, stub after 2 3, stub after 7
Quire ID:q10, number:10
Notes: 1)
Quire 11
Quire ID:q11, number:11
Quire 12
Quire ID:q12, number:12
Quire 13
Quire ID:q13, number:13
Quire 14
Quire ID:q14, number:14
Quire 15
Quire ID:q15, number:15
Quire 16: 1, stub after 8 2, stub after 8
Quire ID:q16, number:16
Notes: 1)
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(10/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (10), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (6), 13 (10), 14 (10), 15 (10), 16 (),
Formula 2: 1 (10), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (6), 13 (10), 14 (10), 15 (10), 16 (),
Binding
Four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough-hewn boards covered with tooled leather (binding exposed) over decorative linen patches visible inside the turn-ins on front and back cover.
Binding material
wood
leather
textile
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 15mm |
bottom | 34mm |
right | 21mm |
left | 11mm |
Ms New Orleans, LA, Whisnant Collection, Whisnant Codex 2 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 125mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 196mm.Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Columetric layout of text: fols. 76v, (Ps. 95), 118v, 119r, (Ps. 150), 127v, 128r, 128v (tenth biblical canticle)Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
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