Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 83
Jonah Sandford, Ashlee Benson
EMIP
General description
Weiner Codex 83
Number of Text units: 12
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
twentieth century
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–6r
- ms_i2
(Fols 6v–12r
- ms_i3
(Fols 12v–14r
- ms_i4
(Fols 14r–17r
- ms_i5
(Fols 17v and following
- ms_i6
(Fols 18r–55r
- ms_i7
(Fols 56r–96v
- ms_i8
(Fols 97r–100r
- ms_i9
(Fols 100v–109v
- ms_i10
(Fols 109v–110v
- ms_i11
(Fols 110v–111r
- ms_i12
(Fols 111r–114r
Contents
Fols 1r–6r
Language of text:
Incipit (Amharic ):በስመ አብ ወወልድ… እጽሕፍ ነገረ ስለምን ዘተረክበ እምአቡነ ያሬድ ቁመት በስብከት ተጀመረ ይላሉ ሲጀመር ምን ብሎ ነው ቢሉ ሐነፀ መቅደሶ ብሎ ጀመረ ይላሉ…
Fols 6v–12r
Language of text:
Incipit (Amharic ):በስመ አብ ወወልድ… እጽሕፍ ነገረ ድጓ አርዕስተ ድጓ ፳፪ ናቸው ምን ምን ቢሉ ዋዜማ በ፭እግ ነግ ይትባረክ ፫ ሰላም ምዝሙር ዘአምላኪየ ሚበዝኁ…
Fols 14r–17r
Language of text:
Incipit (Amharic ):ጽሒፈ ሰዋስው ዘመምሕራነ ጎንጅ እንተ ይእቲ ብሔረ ጥበብ ወአእምሮ። ሰዋስው ማለት መሰላል መሸጋገሪያ ማለት ነው. . . . .ommission by
Fols 18r–55r
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ናሁ ተወጥነ ነገረ ዓቢይ አገባብ በሰላመ እግዚአብሔር አሜን። ። ። እስመ አምጣነ አኮኑ ወ ስ ና ይሆናሉ እስመ አምጣነ አኮኑ በቀዳማይ በካልዓይ አንቅጽ በዘማች በነባር ይገባሉ. . . . .ommission by
Fols 56r–96v
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ንዌጥን በረድኤተ እግዚአብሔር ነገረ ግሥ ሎሀ ጻፈ ለውህ ጥሬ ዘር ላህልሐ ላላ ይላሐልሕ ልህሎህ ውስጠዝ። ለስሐ አልጫ ሆነ ልስሐት ሳቢ ዘር።. . . . .ommission by
Additions In this unit there are in total .
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ivv(erso), bottom a fragment of the Trinitarian formula
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Fol. 17v Text written in a circle around a box filled with text. The text in the center reads: “Seventy-two languages given to the human beings.” The text written around the box attempts to list some of the languages, including Hebrew and Italian. According to the commentary tradition on Genesis 11 and Acts 2, God gave seventy-two languages to the disciples at Pentecost
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Fol. 109v Copied by Gäbrä Kidan Sǝbḥät lä-Ab
Extras
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Fols. ir(ecto), iv(erso), iir(ecto), iiv(erso), iiir(ecto), iiiv(erso), 114v blank
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marginal notation throughout
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Numbered quires: quires 6 and 8
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Scribal intervention: words of text are written interlinearly (folss. 9v, 12r, 16v, 22r, , etc.); lines of text are written interlinearly (70v, 73v, ); and in the upper margin with a symbol (┬) marking the location where the text is to be inserted ( f. 5v, col. 2, line 13 f. 11v, col. 1, line 2 f. 21r, col. 2, line 4 f. 27r, col. 1, line 6 ); erasure markings are visible (85r, ); text has been removed (e.g., 8r, 10r, 20r )
Decoration In this unit there are in total 6 s, 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: Decorative designs: folss. 4r, 10v, 11v, 28r, 36v, 91v, (multiple full stops); 10v, 14r, 38v, (ḥaräg in blue ink); 18r, 23r, 28r, 34r, 36r, 36v, 41r, (small ḥaräg in black and red ink); 56r, (ḥaräg in pencil); 10v, 12v, 17r, 44v, 46r, 53v, 55r, 71v, 85r, 87r, 96r, (ḥaräg in black ink); 6r, 35r, 36v (lines of alternating red and black dots)
Miniatures notes
- miniature: Fol. iiiv(erso)
- miniature: Fol. ivr(ecto)
- miniature:
Fol. ivv(erso)
Crude drawing of an Angel with and , in pencil
- miniature:
Fol. 55r
Drawing of a flower or some other vegetation, in purple and blue ink
- miniature:
Fol. 55v
Drawing of Angel with and , in pencil
- miniature:
f. 114r, lower right column
Three men
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 183mm |
Width | 129mm |
Depth | 45mm |
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 | 14 |
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4 | 3 | 14 |
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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 | 8 |
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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 | 8 |
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Quire 11 |
Collation diagrams
Protection Quire
Quire ID:q1, number:a
Quire 1
Quire ID:q2, number:1
Quire 2
Quire ID:q3, number:2
Notes: 1)
Quire 3: 6, stub after 9 9, stub after 6
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
Ethio-SPaRe formula : a(4/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (4), 2 (10), 3 (14), 4 (14), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (8), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (8),
Formula 2: 1 (4), 2 (10), 3 (14), 4 (14), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (8), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (8),
Binding
Parchment, 183 x 129 x 45 mm, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough-hewn boards of the traditional wood.
Binding material
parchment
wood
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 15mm |
bottom | 18mm |
right | 13mm |
left | 8mm |
Ms Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 83 main part
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Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Rubrication: ማርያም፡
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