Addis Ababa, Mekane Yesus Seminary Library, Mekane Yesus Seminary 28
Ashlee Benson, Jonah Sandford
Mekane Yesus Seminary, EMIP
Collection: Mekane Yesus Seminary
Other identifiers: Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project EMIP 628
General description
Mekane Yesus Seminary 28
Number of Text units: 3
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Early twentieth century (fols. 4r, 6r mention Abba Qerǝlos).
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–48v
- ms_i2
(Fols 51r–71r
- ms_i3
(Fols 71r–72v
Contents
Fols 1r–48v
Language of text:
arranged by a later hand for the days of the weekFols 51r–71r
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ሰላም፡ ለህላዌክሙ፡ ዘይመውእ፡ ህላውያተ፡ ለረኪበ፡ ስሙ፡ ኅቡዕ፡ ሶበ፡ ወጠንኩ፡ ተምኒተ፡ እምግብርክሙ፡ ሥላሴ፡ አመ፡ ረከብኩ፡ አስማተ፡ መለኮተ፡ ለለ፩፡ ዘዚአክሙ፡ ገጻተ፡ እንበለ፡ ትድምርት፡ እሰሚ፡ ወእሁብ፡ ትድምርተ፡
Language of text:
Fols 71r–72v
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ግናይ፡ ለክሙ፡ ሥሉስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ዕሩያነ፡ አካል፡ ወገጽ፡ ዘአስተርአይክሙ፡ እንበለ፡ ሕፀፅ፡
Language of text:
Excerpt from Image of the Passion Week [the last line of the first stanza is missing.]Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 .
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Title ( ) Monday for readings for the days of the week
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Title ( ) Tuesday for readings for the days of the week
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Title ( ) Wednesday for readings for the days of the week
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Title ( ) Thursday for readings for the days of the week
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Title ( ) Friday for readings for the days of the week
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Title ( ) Saturday for readings for the days of the week
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Title ( ) Sunday for readings for the days of the week
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Fol. 1v (Type: OwnershipNote)
name of the second owner, Abäbä Täklä Ṣadǝq, is written over the name of the original owner which is erased. The original owner appears to have been someone with the second name of Abära; cf. check the viewerFol. 73r
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mention Abba Qerǝlos (2 June 1929–22 October 1950)
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name of the scribe: Täklä Haymanot
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“1938, twentieth of Yäkkatit, at night, he was born.”
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“The date Abäbä Čärǝnät was born was 1917 EC, sixteenth of Mäskäräm on the [feast of] Mercy of the Covenant, at Arero Bedegon. His baptismal name was Täklä Ṣadǝq”
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the scribe wrote two mistaken lines, which he then erased, and over which he placed 10 parallel lines per line of text to indicate the error
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Fol. 73r (Type: DonationNote)
Note of gift of the manuscript: “On 1941 EC, the first of Mäskäräm this prayer book was given to Lǝj Abäbä Čärǝnät from [illegible] Abära
Extras
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The manuscript has been foliated in Gǝ‘ǝz numbers by a later hand
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blank
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erased notes in various hands and inks
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The workmanship, quality of parchment, tooled leather, trimmed paste downs and, especially, the colorful ḫärags, point to the government scriptorium as the place of production for this codex
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words of text are written interlinearly
Decoration In this unit there are in total 7 s, 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: Decorative designs: folss. 1r, 51r, 71r, (ornate, colorful ḫarägs); 48v, (lines of red and black dots); 60r, 72v (multiple full stops)
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
Fol. iv(erso)
a printed card of Nativity of Jesus has been pasted onto the folio
- miniature:
Fol. iiv(erso)
a printed card of Crucifixion of Jesus with caption Legend: ( ) “Flowers from the Holy Land Placed on the Holy Sepulcher” has been pasted onto the folio
- miniature:
Fol. iiir(ecto)
a printed card of Virgin and Child has been pasted onto the folio
- miniature:
Fol. iiiv(erso)
a printed card of The Last Supper has been pasted onto the folio
- miniature:
Fol. ivv(erso)
a printed card of the Holy Family has been pasted onto the folio
- miniature:
Fol. 49r
a printed card of Crucifixion of Jesus has been pasted onto the folio
- miniature:
Fol. 50r
a printed card of The Striking of the Head, ኵርዓተ፡ ርእሱ፡ has been pasted onto the folio
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 127mm |
Width | 88mm |
Depth | 36mm |
Quire Structure Collation
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 | 10 |
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Quire 3 |
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 | 4 |
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Quire 8 |
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
Ethio-SPaRe formula : a(4/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (4), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (4),
Formula 2: 1 (4), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (4),
Binding
Parchment, three Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough-hewn boards of the traditional wood, covered with tooled leather.
Binding material
parchment
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 21mm |
bottom | 36mm |
right | 20mm |
left | 10mm |
Ms Addis Ababa, Mekane Yesus Seminary Library, Mekane Yesus Seminary 28 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 88mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 127mm.Layout note 1
Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 11
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Rubrication: ማርያም፡
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