Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Westbrook 4
Ashlee Benson, Ralph Lee, Jonah Sandford
EMIP
General description
Westbrook 4
Number of Text units: 2
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
1896 E.C. Year of Mercy (fol. 44v )
Contents
Fols 3r–44v
Language of text:
Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ጥምቀት፡ ዘይትነበብ፡ በ፲፩ለወርኃ፡ ጥር፤ ወየሥርቅ፡ ወይውግር፡ ካህን፡ ዕጣነ፤ ወይዲ[.]፡ ሊጦን፡ ዘሌሊት፡ ክሥተት፡ መዝሙር።
Colophon
( ) “The book was made in the days of Menilek the second, King of Kings of Ethiopia, in the land of Ras Makwonen in 1896 Year of Mercy (=1903/4 CE).”
Translation Gǝʿǝz : ተጽሕፈ፡ በመዋዕሊሁ፡ ለዳግማዊ፡ ምኒልክ፡ ንጉሠ፡ ነገሥት፡ ዘኢትዮጵያ፡ በ ሀገረ፡ ራስ፡ መኰንን፡ በ ፲፰፻፺፮ዓመተ፡ ምሕረት።
Fols 46r–85v
Language of text:
Colophon
( ) Finished in peace on Monday in the year of Matthew the Evangelist] in the Month of Tahsas by ደብተራ፡ ወልደ፡ ሐና፡, Dabtara Walda Hana for መምሬ ፈለቀ, Mamre Falaqa and received 14 birr , 12 [….]
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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Excerpt from Epistle of Saint John. The scribe for this excerpt is listed on 1v, ፍሬ፡ ሰንበት፡, Faray Sanbat, who is also mentioned in fol. 44v
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Fol. 85r (Type: OwnershipNote)
Prayer for Mǝnilǝk and the owner, ወልደ፡ አምላክ፡, Walda Amlak, and scribe, ወልደ፡ ማርያም፡, Walda Maryam. Abba Matewos is also mentioned
Extras
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The book is comprised of two books, previously separate, but been rebound as one. In the process, the orientation of the books was rotated 180 degrees to one another. Consequently the images of the second book appear upside down
Physical Description
Form of support
Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 202mm |
Width | 140mm |
Depth | 45mm |
Binding
Binding material
parchment
wood
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 20-21
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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.
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Ashlee Benson, Ralph Lee, Jonah Sandford, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻPortland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Westbrook 4ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2021-06-08) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP03303 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Jonah Sandford Added ms dims, columns/lines, binding desc, dating info. on 8.6.2021
- Ralph Lee Corrected ms_i1 ref and added colophons on 8.9.2020
- Ashlee Benson Added items on 8.6.2020
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Created XML record from List of new EMIP entrie.csv on 11.5.2020
Attributions of the contents
Ashlee Benson, editor
Ralph Lee, editor
Jonah Sandford, editor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor