Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 76
Jonah Sandford, Ralph Lee
EMIP
General description
Weiner Codex 76
Number of Text units: 6
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
early-twentieth century
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–136v
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–107r
- ms_i1.2
(Fols 107r–118v
- ms_i1.3
(Fols 118v–124v
- ms_i1.4
(Fols 124v–133r
- ms_i1.5
(Fols 133r–136v
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r–107r
Contents
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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Fols. 13r, 13v, 16r, 18r, 18v, 27r notes on the occasions when the psalms should be read, some written in red ink.
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Fols. 23r, 23v a patch has been sown over what looks like a hole burned in the folio, with text added where it has been destroyed
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(Type: ScribalSignature)
Fol. 136v Copied by Zena Marqos.
Extras
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The manuscript is nicely made and heavily used, with dirt and wear patterns on the folios.
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Fol. ir(ecto) an exercise in letter writing.
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check the viewerFol. iir(ecto) beginning of letter writing.
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check the viewerFol. iiiv(erso) upper, exercise in letter writing; writing exercise from some Image.
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Fol. 56r A small cross in a red circle mark the midpoint of the Psalms.
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Status of binding is very good.
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Condition of vellum is clean and shows virtually no cracking and only minimal discoloration.
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Numbnered quires: quires 2–17.
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words of text are written interlinearly (folss. 51r, 59r, 61r, 110r, , etc.); text has been removed (e.g., 12v, 31v, 119v )
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This scribe has avoided the problem of lines of text too long to fit on one line by adopting an aspect ratio that leaves ample room for the width of most lines. On a few occasions, a line is still too long and has to be completed above or below the end of the line (e.g., fols. 6v, 10v, 11v
Decoration In this unit there are in total 5 s, 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: Decorative designs: check the viewerfols. 1r, (ḥaräg in brown and green ink); 7r, 14r, 21r, 30v, 37v, 42v, 50v, 60r, 67r, 72v, 83v, 93r, 96r, 101v, 107r, 118v, 124v, 125v, 127r, 128v, 130r, 131r, 132r, 133r (alternating black and red dots denoting section breaks
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
Fol. iv(erso)
Crude drawing of a 6-pointed star, in pencil
- miniature:
Fol. iiv(erso)
Crude drawing of a figure
- miniature:
Fol. iiir(ecto)
Angel with caption Legend: ( ) “Saint Raphael.”
- miniature:
Fol. 49r
JesusChrist with caption Legend: ( ) “How he gave sight to the blind.” The caption may have been added later to an image that is actually depicting the raising of Adam and Eve, who are given halos in this image
- miniature:
Fol. 137r
David Playing the Harp with caption Legend: ( ) “Saint David.”
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 165mm |
Width | 116mm |
Depth | 55mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | a | 3 |
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2 | 1 | 8 |
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Quire 1 |
3 | 2 | 8 |
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Quire 2 |
4 | 3 | 8 |
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Quire 3 |
5 | 4 | 8 |
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Quire 4 |
6 | 5 | 8 |
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7 | 6 | 8 |
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Quire 6 |
8 | 7 | 8 |
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9 | 8 | 8 |
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Quire 8 |
10 | 9 | 8 |
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Quire 9 |
11 | 10 | 8 |
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Quire 10 |
12 | 11 | 8 |
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Quire 11 |
13 | 12 | 8 |
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Quire 12 |
14 | 13 | 8 |
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Quire 13 |
15 | 14 | 8 |
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Quire 14 |
16 | 15 | 8 |
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Quire 15 |
17 | 16 | 8 |
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Quire 16 |
18 | 17 | 9 |
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Collation diagrams
Protection Quire: 2, stub after 1
Quire ID:q1, number:a
Notes: 1)
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: 3, stub after 6 6, stub after 3
Quire ID:q6, number:5
Notes: 1)
Quire 6
Quire ID:q7, number:6
Quire 7: 6, stub after 2 3, stub after 5
Quire ID:q8, number:7
Notes: 1)
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
Quire 15
Quire ID:q16, number:15
Quire 16
Quire ID:q17, number:16
Quire 17: 9, stub before 1
Quire ID:q18, number:17
Notes: 1)
Ethio-SPaRe formula : a(2+1/s.l. 2, stub after 1/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (3), 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 (9),
Formula 2: 1 (3), 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 (9),
Binding
Parchment, 165 x 116 x 55 mm, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough hewn boards, covered with tooled leather over decorative linen patches visible between the turn-ins on front and back cover, headband is intact.
Binding material
parchment
wood
leather
textile
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 7-10mm |
bottom | 30-40mm |
right | 10-12mm |
left | 5-7mm |
Ms Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 76 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 116mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 165mm.Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Rubrication: Content Item 1.1 , item 1 Mazmura Dāwit (CAe 2000) Content Item 1.2 , item 1 Maḥālǝya nabiyāt (CAe 1828) Content Item 1.3 , item 1 Song of Songs (CAe 2362) ኢግዚአብሔር፡ Content Item 1.4 , item 1 Wǝddāse Māryām (CAe 2509) Content Item 1.5 , item 1 ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān (CAe 1113) ማርያም፡
Columetric layout of text: fols. 114r, 114v, 115r Third Song of the Three Youths in the Furnace, ThreeYouths3Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
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