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Addis Ababa, Mekane Yesus Seminary Library, Mekane Yesus Seminary 7

Ashlee Benson, Jonah Sandford

Mekane Yesus Seminary, EMIP

Work in Progress
https://betamasaheft.eu/EMIP00607
Mekane Yesus Seminary Library[view repository]

Collection: Mekane Yesus Seminary

Other identifiers: Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project EMIP 607

GeneralDescriptionPhysical DescriptionAuthors

General description

Mekane Yesus Seminary 7

Number of Text units: 8

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Twentieth century

Summary

Canticle of the Flower, ማሕሌተ፡ ጽጌ፡
  1. ms_i1 (Fols 2r–83v

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    ), Māḫleta ṣǝge
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Contents

Fols 2r–83v

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Māḫleta ṣǝge (CAe 1834)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ጽጌ፡ አስተርአየ፡ ሠሪፆ፡ እም፡ አፅሙ፡ ለዘአምኃኪ፡ ጽጌ፡ ለገብርኤል፡ ምስለ፡ ሰላሙ፡ ወበእንተዝ፡ ማርያም፡ ሶበ፡ ኃወዘኒ፡ መዓዛ፡ ጣዕሙ፡ ለተአምርኪ፡ ጽጌ፡ አሃሊ፡ እሙ፡ ማኅሌተ፡ ጽጌ፡ ዘይሰመይ፡ ስሙ፡

Language of text:

(fols. 4r, 4v, 5r, 5v are written in a different hand on an inserted leaf), arranged for the days of the week. In each case a piece of thread has been sewn into the upper fore edge.
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Monday

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Fols 12v and following

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Tuesday

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Wednesday

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Fols 37r and following

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Thursday

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Friday

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Fols 63r and following

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Saturday

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Fols 73r and following

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Sunday

Language of text:

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 .

  1. Fols. ir(ecto), iv(erso)

    Calendar of the Weevily and Unweevily Months

  2. Fols. 1r, 1v (Type: GuestText)

    Excerpt from Māḫleta ṣǝge (CAe 1834)

  3. Fols. ir(ecto), iv(erso)

    "Theon Mäskäräm 15 it will be weevily"

  4. Fol. 83v (Type: OwnershipNote)

    later owner‘s name (in blue ink) Wäldä Sändät Däsǝta

Extras

  1. Fol. 1v

    remnant of a seal is visible

  2. Fol. 84r

    blank

  3. Fol. 84v

    pen trial

  4. Fol. 85r

    Trinitarian formula

  5. Fols. 4r, 5v, 8r, 18v, 20v

    (etc.) words of text are written interlinearly

  6. Fols. 54v, 83v

    lines of text are written interlinearly

Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 .

Frame notes

  1. frame: Decorative designs: fols. 2r, (ornate ḫaräg in black ink); 12v, 25r, 37r, 50v, (line of red dots); 1v, 83v (multiple full stops)

Miniatures notes

  1. miniature: Fol. 85v

    crude drawing of a figure, in pencil

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

+NaN (leaf) .Entered as i + 85 +NaN (quire) .Entered as Protection sheet + 9 112 82 32
Outer dimensions
Height 112mm
Width 82mm
Depth 32mm

Quire Structure Collation

Quire descriptions: quires 2, 4–6 and 8–9 balanced; protection sheet and quires 3 and 7 adjusted balanced; quire 1 unbalanced. Navigation system: pink yarn is sewn into the fore edge of folss. 12, 25, 37, to mark content; purple yarn is sewn into the fore edge of 63, 73 to mark content. A sheet has been inserted between fols. 3, 6. Folio stubs are visible between folss. 25, 26, and 28, 29. Folio stubs are visible between folss. 67, 68, , 73, 74, and 75, 76.
Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 a 1 Fol. i Protection Sheet
2 1 12 Fols 1–12 A sheet has been inserted between fols. 3, 6. Quire 1: 4 added 5 added
3 2 10 Fols 13–22 Quire 2
4 3 10 Fols 23–32 Folio stubs are visible between folss. 25, 26, and 28, 29. Quire 3: 4, stub after 6 7, stub after 3
5 4 10 Fols 33–42 Quire 4
6 5 10 Fols 43–52 Quire 5
7 6 12 Fols 53–64 Quire 6
8 7 13 Fols 65–77 Folio stubs are visible between folss. 67, 68, , 73, 74, and 75, 76. Quire 7: 3, stub after 11 5, stub after 9 11, stub after 3
9 8 6 Fols 78–83 Quire 8
10 9 2 Fols 84–85 Quire 9

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  • Quire with id:q1 and n a is made of 1 leaves, but there is no futher information about the reason this number is odd.

Binding

Parchment, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough-hewn boards of the traditional wood, covered with a double-pouch, plain linen cover.

Binding material

parchment

wood

textile

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

H
W
Margins
top 13mm
bottom 22mm
right 9mm
left 4mm

Ms Addis Ababa, Mekane Yesus Seminary Library, Mekane Yesus Seminary 7 main part

looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 82mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 112mm.

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 1

Number of lines: 10

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Rubrication: ማርያም፡

    The word Mary is rubricated

    • Keywords

    Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    availability

    This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.

    date
    type=expanded
    17.5.2024 at 01:11:12
    date
    type=lastModified
    17.11.2020
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP00607/main
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/EMIP00607
    idno
    type=filename
    EMIP00607.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    EMIP00607

    Edition Statement

    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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    Encoded according to the Beta maṣāḥǝft Guidelines. These Guidelines detail the TEI format ruled by the Beta maṣāḥǝft Schema. The present TEI file is enriched with an Xquery transformation taking advantage of the exist-db database instance where the data is stored and of the many external resources to which this data points to.

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    Ashlee Benson, Jonah Sandford, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Ralph Lee, ʻAddis Ababa, Mekane Yesus Seminary Library, Mekane Yesus Seminary 7ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-11-17) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP00607 [Accessed: 2024-06-03]

    Revisions of the data

    • Ashlee Benson Minor edits on 17.11.2020
    • Jonah Sandford Added quire maps, margin dims, columns/lines, binding desc, dating info. on 22.6.2020
    • Ralph Lee Corrected ǝ character on 18.4.2020
    • Ashlee Benson Added facs statements on 25.3.2020
    • Ashlee Benson Added items on 24.2.2020
    • Pietro Maria Liuzzo Created XML record from EMIP Collection Metadata.xsls on 18.1.2018

    Attributions of the contents

    Ashlee Benson, editor

    Jonah Sandford, editor

    Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor

    Ralph Lee, contributor

    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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