Belmont, MA, , Alwan Codex 4
Ralph Lee, Ashlee Benson
Alwan, EMIP
Collection: Alwan
Other identifiers: Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project EMIP 109
General description
Alwan Codex 4
Number of Text units: 6
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
early-nineteenth century
Provenance
Part of lot of six mss sent by Mohammad Alwan in December 2006.
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–139r
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–109v
- ms_i1.2
(Fols 110r–121r
- ms_i1.3
(Fols 121r–127r
- ms_i1.4
(Fols 127r–135r
- ms_i1.5
(Fols 135r–138r
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–109v
Contents
Additions In this unit there are in total 3 s, 1 , 1 .
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Fol. iv(erso) (Type: Asmat)
Asmāt prayer for help in learning with incipit ( gez ) . . . . .ommission by ትትር፡ ቦትር፡ አላቶር፡ በዝ፡ ቃልከ። ይኩን፡ ልብየ፡ ከመ፡ ፀሐይ፡ ወከመ፡ መብረቅ፡ ብሌህ፡
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Genealogical lists
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Fol. iir(ecto) (Type: Asmat)
Asmāt prayer for help to win an argument at court with incipit ( gez ) . . . . .ommission by በስመ፡ አብ፡ ብል፡ . . . . .ommission by ጸሎት፡ በእንተ፡ ነገረ፡ ምጉት፡
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The spiritual benefits produced through prayer, recitations, hymns, helping the church, etc., with incipit ( gez ) ዘአቡነ፡ ዘበሰማያት፡ ፍሬሁ፡ ፶፼፡ ዘምስለ፡ ፩ሽህ፡ ይከውን፡
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Asmāt prayer for help for protection against diarrhea, with incipit ( am ) ለትቅማጥ፡ ያሽክምት፡ ፯ጊዜ፡ ደመና፡ ሕር፡ ፯ጊዜ፡ ያከርፍትዕ፡ ፯ጊዜ፡ ሳዶቅ፡ ወጭት፡ ጽሒፈነ፡ ሐፂበከ፡
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Fol. ir(ecto) (Type: OwnershipNote)
Note of later ownership, in ink pen ማሪጌታ፡ ካሴ፡
Extras
- (erased) Some folios contain marginal notations about the situation in which the Pslam should be read
- Numbered quires 1-14
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fols. 19v, 86v, f. 4r, line 7 f. 88r, line 12 f. 17v, line 5 f. 51v, line 9 f. 59r, line 19 f. 79v, line 21 f. 94v, line 6
Scribal intervention: words of text are written interlinearly ; lines of text are written interlinearly ; lines of text are written in the upper margin with a symbol (+) marking the location where the text is to be inserted ; to correct homoeoteleuton); erasure markings are visible in red ink ; ; ; ; ; etc.).
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 , 7 s.
Frame notes
- frame:
Decorative designs fols. 1r, 21v (haräg using black, red, yellow and green); many folios employ line of alternating red and black dots as section divider
Miniatures notes
- miniature: Fol. iiv(erso)
- miniature: Fol. iiir(ecto)
- miniature: Fol. iiiv(erso)
- miniature: Fol. ivr(ecto)
- miniature: Fol. ivv(erso)
- miniature:
Fol. 50r
Arrest of Jesus with caption Legend: ( ) "How Judas sold him (Jesus)"
- miniature: Fol. 111r
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 177mm |
Width | 120mm |
Depth | 55mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | a | 4 |
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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 | 9 |
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5 | 4 | 10 |
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Quire 4 |
6 | 5 | 10 |
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Quire 5 |
7 | 6 | 10 |
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Quire 6 |
8 | 7 | 10 |
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Quire 7 |
9 | 8 | 10 |
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Quire 8 |
10 | 9 | 10 |
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Quire 9 |
11 | 10 | 10 |
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Quire 10 |
12 | 11 | 10 |
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Quire 11 |
13 | 12 | 10 |
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Quire 12 |
14 | 13 | 10 |
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Quire 13 |
15 | 14 | 10 |
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Quire 14 |
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: 7, stub after 2
Quire ID:q4, number:3
Notes: 1)
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
Quire ID:q10, number:9
Quire 10
Quire ID:q11, number:10
Quire 11
Quire ID:q12, number:11
Quire 12
Quire ID:q13, number:12
Quire 13
Quire ID:q14, number:13
Quire 14
Quire ID:q15, number:14
Ethio-SPaRe formula : a(4/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (4), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (9), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (10), 15 (10),
Formula 2: 1 (4), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (9), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (10), 15 (10),
Binding
Four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to two rough-hewn boards covered with tooled leather and with decorative linen patches of green, red, black and white visible between the turn-ins (front and back), headband (repaired) and tailband.
Binding material
wood
leather
textile
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 12-14mm |
bottom | 33-35mm |
right | 18-20mm |
left | 6-8mm |
Ms Belmont, MA, , Alwan Codex 4 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 120mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 177mm.Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Rubrication: Content Item 1.1 , item 1 Mazmura Dāwit (CAe 2000) Content Item 1.2 , item 1 Book of Odes (CAe 1828) Content Item 1.3 , item 1 Song of Songs (CAe 2362) እግዚአብሔር Content Item 1.4 , item 1 Wǝddāse Māryām (CAe 2509) Content Item 1.5 , item 1 ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān (CAe 1113) ማርያም Content Item 1.1 , item 1 Mazmura Dāwit (CAe 2000) Last word of each line in Psalm 135 fols 100v–101r
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The initial version of this file was created from data kindly provided by the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project directed by Steve Delamarter.
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Ralph Lee, Ashlee Benson, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Jonah Sandford, ʻBelmont, MA, , Alwan Codex 4ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 30.3.2021) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP00109 [Accessed: 2024-04-30+02:00]
Revisions of the data
- Ashlee Benson Updated location/facs of d7 on 30.3.2021
- Ralph Lee Added praises of mary, ms_i1.4, and edited handnote to be more concise, reformatted miniature descriptions, reassinged severl extras as additions and edited their format on 20.11.2020
- Ashlee Benson Added facs statements on 17.11.2020
- Ashlee Benson Minor changes on 12.11.2020
- Ralph Lee Corrected ref to spiritual meaning of Hebrew letters in Ps118 on 29.6.2020
- Ralph Lee Corrected ǝ character on 18.4.2020
- Jonah Sandford Added quire desc, binding desc, margin dim, columns/lines, provenance, dating info on 19.6.2018
- Ralph Lee Added ms items, added extras, added miniatures description on 18.6.2018
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Created XML record from EMIP Collection Metadata.xsls on 18.1.2018
Attributions of the contents
Ralph Lee, editor
Ashlee Benson, editor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Jonah Sandford, contributor