Washington, D.C., Howard University School of Divinity, Tweed Codex 091
Ralph Lee, Ashlee Benson, Jonah Sandford
Tweed Collection, EMIP
General description
Tweed Codex 091
Number of Text units: 1
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Twentieth century
Contents
Language of text:
Additions In this unit there are in total .
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Inscription from a teacher to a student: “‘Kahnu, May God keep you from all evil,’ said his father (i.e., his teacher), teacher of Qoma. And he said, ‘Alaqä Kahnu, judge of Däbrä Tabor, called son of Täklä Haymanot, Amen and Amen.’”
Extras
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beginning formula of an Amharic letter
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scrawls in purple ink
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blank
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Identified in the insurance hand list as Case C4
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Numbered quires: quires 2–7
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words of text are written interlinearly and in the margins throughout the codex;
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words of text are written in the upper margin with a symbol (+) marking the location where the text is to be inserted
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etc., text has been removed
Decoration In this unit there are in total 7 s, 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: Decorative designs: fols. 11r, 29r, 46v, 49r, 52v (line of alternating red and black dots)
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
Fols. Inside,,
Sketch of a church (top), sketch of church (bottom), sketches of people a sketch of Alaqä Kahnu, under an umbrella, with a student nearby with caption Legend: ( ) "Däbra Ḍäḥay," “He learned from Qoma (a well-known church) and taught at Däbra Ḍäḥay,” “student”
- miniature:
Fol. ir(ecto)
A soldier with a rifle with caption Legend: ( ) “Kidanä Wäldä Täklu”
- miniature:
Fol. 52v
Hand-Drawn Seal of the owner: Sign of the Cross with the name of Kahnu written into the sign
- miniature:
Fol. 53r
Drawing of the church, in pencil
- miniature:
Fol. 53v
Drawing of the church, in pencil with caption Legend: ( ) “This is the Church of Saint George,” “The painter is Lǝj Śahǝlu Kidanä Wäld”
- miniature:
Fol. 54r
Drawing of the teacher and his students, in pencil
- miniature:
Fols. Inside,,
sketches of the church
Physical Description
Form of support
Codex
Watermark
No
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 200mm |
Width | 155mm |
Depth | 32mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | a | 2 |
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Protection Sheet |
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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6 | 5 | 8 |
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Quire 5 |
7 | 6 | 8 |
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Quire 6 |
8 | 7 | 4 |
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Quire 7 |
9 | 8 | 2 |
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Quire 8 |
Collation diagrams
Protection Sheet
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: 3, stub after 5 6, stub after 2
Quire ID:q5, number:4
Notes: 1)
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(2/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (4), 9 (2),
Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (4), 9 (2),
Binding
Parchment, 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 | 20mm |
bottom | 25mm |
right | 13mm |
left | 7mm |
Ms Washington, D.C., Howard University School of Divinity, Tweed Codex 091 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 155mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 200mm.Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 24-25
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Edition Statement
The initial version of this file was created from data kindly provided by the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project directed by Steve Delamarter
Dedicated to Cane Hope Felder
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Ralph Lee, Ashlee Benson, Jonah Sandford, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻWashington, D.C., Howard University School of Divinity, Tweed Codex 091ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-04-17) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP02040 [Accessed: 2024-06-03]
Revisions of the data
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: corrected ǝ character on 17.4.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Added quire image links on 27.2.2020
- Jonah Sandford Jonah Sandford: Added quire maps, margin dims, columns/lines, binding desc, dating info. on 2.1.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Edits to format of additions on 20.12.2019
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Added facs on 17.12.2019
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: updated msIdentifier for Tweed collection. on 13.11.2019
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Added ms items, miniatures and notes on 30.10.2019
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: Created XML record from EMIP Collection Metadata.xsls on 18.1.2018
Attributions of the contents
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor