Denver, CO, Eliza Bennett Collection, Eliza Codex 15
Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee, Ashlee Benson
Eliza, EMIP
Collection: Eliza
Other identifiers: Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project EMIP 40
General description
Eliza Codex 15
Number of Text units: 13
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
nineteenth/twentieth century
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–166r
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–130r
- ms_i1.1.1
(Fols 1r and following
- ms_i1.1.1
(Fols 1r and following
- ms_i1.2
(Fols 130v–143v
- ms_i1.3
(Fols 143v–150r
- ms_i1.5
(Fols 162r–166r
- ms_i1.4
(Fols 151r–162r
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–130r
Contents
Fols 1r–166r
Language of text:
Fols 1r–130r
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):መዝሙረ፡ ዳዊት፡ ትመስል፡ ገነተ። ታስተጋብእ፡ አቅማኃ፡ ወፍሬያተ።
A crude hand has attempted to arrange it for the days of the weekFols 1r and following
Fols 143v–150r
Additions In this unit there are in total 3 s, 1 .
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(Type: CommemorativeNote)
Fol. ir(ecto) Birth record of ገብረ፡ ሥላሴ፡, in an untrained hand
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Wangel za-Mātewos, 27:37 (CAe atch 27foundforLIT1558Matthew#27:37)
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Copy from the introduction on fol. 1r
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Fol. iir(ecto) (Type: CommemorativeNote)
What seems to be birth (or death) record of an unidentified person
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Fol. 8r (Type: CommemorativeNote)
The year in which some one was ordained priest, በ፲፻፡ ወ፱፻፡ ፲ወ፬፡ አመተ፡ ምሕረት፡ (internal)
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Asmat prayers whose purpose is not clear, in a crude hand
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The name መርጌታ፡ ገብረ፡ ማርያም፡
Extras
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A small black cross above a text circled in black and red ink mark the midpoint of the Psalms
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Illegible words, erased
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Overlooked words of text are written interlinearly
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Fols. 61r, 81v, 92v, 93r, 96r, 98r, 150r
Overlooked lines of text are written interlinearly
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e.g, the scribe’s chosen aspect ratio for the codex combined with the script size forces the scribe to reduce the font size at the end of lines to avoid having to go onto the next line throughout the codex
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etc., but, where the line of text is still too long, the scribe completes the line of text above the end of the line.
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etc., but, where the line of text is still too long, the scribe completes the line of text below the end of the line
Decoration In this unit there are in total 9 s, 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: Decorative designs: fols. 8r, 43v, 50r, 59v, 71v, 80v, 100v, 130r, 143v , (ሐረግ፡ using black or late pencil or pen); 1r, 24v, 86v, 117v, 124r, 130v , (ሐረግ፡ using black and red); 16r, 35r, 43r, 49v, 59v, 71v, 100r, 114r, 143v , (red and black dotted line)
Miniatures notes
- miniature: Fol. iv(erso)
- miniature: Fol. iiv(erso)
- miniature: Fol. 36r
- miniature:
Fol. 63r
St George of Lydda and the , Holy Man Portrait
- miniature: Fol. 95r
- miniature: Fol. 117r
- miniature: Fol. 126v
- miniature:
Fol. 150v
JesusChrist Teaching Multitude (Sending out the Seventy?)
- miniature: Fol. 166v
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 178mm |
Width | 120mm |
Depth | 65mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | a | 2 |
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Protection Quire |
2 | 1 | 10 |
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Quire 1 |
3 | 2 | 10 |
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Quire 2 |
4 | 3 | 10 |
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Quire 3 |
5 | 4 | 10 |
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Quire 4 |
6 | 5 | 12 |
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Quire 5 |
7 | 6 | 10 |
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Quire 6 |
8 | 7 | 12 |
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Quire 7 |
9 | 8 | 10 |
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Quire 8 |
10 | 9 | 10 |
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11 | 10 | 10 |
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12 | 11 | 12 |
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13 | 12 | 10 |
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Quire 12 |
14 | 13 | 12 |
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15 | 14 | 12 |
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Quire 14 |
16 | 15 | 10 |
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Quire 15 |
17 | 16 | 7 |
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Collation diagrams
Protection Quire
Quire ID:q1, number:a
Quire 1
Quire ID:q2, number:1
Quire 2
Quire ID:q3, number:2
Quire 3
Quire ID:q4, number:3
Quire 4
Quire ID:q5, number:4
Quire 5
Quire ID:q6, number:5
Quire 6
Quire ID:q7, number:6
Quire 7
Quire ID:q8, number:7
Quire 8
Quire ID:q9, number:8
Quire 9: 4, stub after 7 7, stub after 4
Quire ID:q10, number:9
Notes: 1)
Quire 10: 4, stub after 7 7, stub after 4
Quire ID:q11, number:10
Notes: 1)
Quire 11: 8, stub after 5 5, stub after 8
Quire ID:q12, number:11
Notes: 1)
Quire 12
Quire ID:q13, number:12
Quire 13: 8, stub after 5 5, stub after 8
Quire ID:q14, number:13
Notes: 1)
Quire 14
Quire ID:q15, number:14
Quire 15
Quire ID:q16, number:15
Quire 16: 7, stub after 1 2, stub after 6 1, stub after 7
Quire ID:q17, number:16
Notes: 1)
Ethio-SPaRe formula : a(2/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (12), 7 (10), 8 (12), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (12), 13 (10), 14 (12), 15 (12), 16 (10), 17 (),
Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (12), 7 (10), 8 (12), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (12), 13 (10), 14 (12), 15 (12), 16 (10), 17 (),
Binding
Four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to two rough-hewn boards.
Binding material
wood
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 12-14mm |
bottom | 30-35mm |
right | 20-22mm |
left | 10mm |
Ms Denver, CO, Eliza Bennett Collection, Eliza Codex 15 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 120mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 178mm.Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Rubrication: ኢግዚአብሔር፡ In many places alternating red and black letters on the word እግዚአብሔር፡ when it appears in a line succeeding another with the word እግዚአብሔር፡ directly above it.
Columetric layout of text: check the viewerfols. 139v, 140r , Third Song of the Three Youths in the Furnace, ThreeYouths3info | value |
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Standard date | በ፲፻፡ ወ፱፻፡ ፲ወ፬፡ አመተ፡ ምሕረት፡ (internal) |
Date in current calendar | 1921/22 |
Calendar | ethiopian |
Evidence | internal |
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