Gulo Maḵadā, ʾAgarhǝse ʾAbuna Māmās, AQM-035
Susanne Hummel (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Gadla Māmās "Vita of Māmās" / Taʾammǝra Māmās "Miracles of Māmās"
Number of Text units: 3
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location: ʾAgarhǝse ʾAbuna Māmās↗
According to Additio 2, the Ms. was written in the time of King Takla Giyorgis (r. several periods between 1779-1800) and "prince" (masfǝn) Walda Lǝʿul (d. 1767?).Provenance
The owner/donor Tasfā Ṣǝyon is mentioned in the supplication formulas throughout the Ms., as well as his wife Walatta Mikāʾel and his mother Walatta Libānos. Occasionally their names were erased and replaced with that of Walda Lǝʿul (e.g., check the viewer27ra , 31vb, 33rb, 37ra).
Summary
- ms_i1
(check the viewerFols 3ra–39va ),
Hagiographic Dossier of Māmās
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 3ra–24rb ), Gadla Māmās za-Gʷǝdgʷǝdā
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 1ra–2rb, check the viewer24rb–39va ), Taʾammǝra Māmās
Contents
check the viewerFols 3ra–39va Hagiographic Dossier of Māmās (CAe 6481)
check the viewerFols 3ra–24rb Gadla Māmās za-Gʷǝdgʷǝdā (CAe 6470) Text I ("Vita of Mamas") does not contain the last chapter (kidan-scene) as presented inAQM-002 (check the viewer24va-29ra ).
check the viewerFols 1ra–2rb, check the viewer24rb–39va Taʾammǝra Māmās (CAe 6471) In Text II ("Miracles of Mamas") most of the miracles are numbered. The 8th miracle is missing inAQM-002. The 12th miracle begins on check the viewer38vb l.5. Its explicit differs from the miracle presented inAQM-002(check the viewer38ra-38vb ). Here, ʾabuna Bǝrhān Moʿa is mentioned as commissioner "of this book". Furthermore the 13th miracle ends differently than inAQM-002(check the viewer42va-43rb ) and is followed by an ʾarke-hymn.
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 .
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check the viewerf. 2v (Type: GuestText)
salām-hymn for ʾabbā Māmās.
The hymn is written in pencil and barely legible. -
check the viewerFols 39vb–40ra (Type: OwnershipNote)
Ownership note mentioning also a land grant issued by Walda Lǝʿul.
( gez ) ዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘአቡነ፡ ማማስ፡ መምሕረ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ዘተጽሕፈት፡ በዘመነ፡ ንጉሥነ፡ ተክለ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ወበዘመኑ፡ መስፍን፡ ወልደ፡ ልዑል፡ ሊቀ፡ መኳንንት፡ ወመሳፍንት፡ ይትቀጸል፡ ዕድሜ፡ ዘሄኖክ፡ አዝማናት። ወበአይኑ፡ ኢይርአይከ፡ ሞት። ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፡ ዘወሀበ፡ ገራውሕተ፡ ለቤተ፡ ክርስቲያንሂ፡ ወለካህናት፡ <...> ክልኤ፡ ክፍል፡ ለግብር፡ ወ፩ክፍል፡ ለአቡነ፡ ማማስ፡ ወለካናት፡[sic] ይኩኖ፡ መርሐ፡ በመ[
]ንግሥተ፡ ሰማያት፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን። The note states that the Ms. was written in the time of King Takla Giyorgis (r. several periods between 1779-1800) and Prince Walda Lǝʿul (d. 1767?). The latter also donated land to the church. The note is written in red by the same hand that inserted the name of "prince" (mäsfǝn) Walda Lǝʿul in erasures.
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Short note on excommunication against those who stole the book or erased its text.
Extras
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A few corrections written interlineally: e.g., check the viewer4ra , 6va, 9vb, 10ra.
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Several lines erased and marked.
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS ʾAgarhǝse ʾAbuna Māmās, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has no restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 203 |
Width | 190 |
Depth | 42 |
Foliation
Foliated by the Ethio-SPaRe team
Quire Structure Collation
State of preservation
deficient
Condition
The Ms. is severely worn. Both boards are broken. The front board is repaired with metal rings. The original sewing is missing. Most of the leaves are detached from their counterparts and held together with several stitches through all fols.
Binding
Two wooden boards (both broken). Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Binding material
wood
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 16
H | 165mm |
W | 160mm |
Intercolumn | 12mm |
Margins | |
top | 25 |
bottom | 32 |
right | 25 |
left | 15 |
intercolumn | 12 |
Ms Gulo Maḵadā, ʾAgarhǝse ʾAbuna Māmās, AQM-035 main part
has a sum of layout height of 222mm which is greater than the object height of 203mm has a sum of layout width of 200mm which is greater than the object height of 190mmLayout note 1
Ruling
- (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C.
- The upper line is written above the ruling.
- The bottom line is written above the ruling.
Pricking
- Ruling and pricking are visible.
- Primary pricks are partly visible.
- Ruling pricks are partly visible.
- Structural pricks are partly visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Mediocre script. The handwriting is characterized by broadly spaced and angular letters. Some letters appear with forked hook vowel markers (esp. ተ, ን, ዘ, ገ). The shading is strongly pronounced (esp. በ, ዘ, የ, ደ).
Ink: Black, red
Rubrication: Divine names; name of the protagonist; names of the donors. A few lines in the incipit page of Text I, incipit of Text II, incipits of all sections and its numbers; word salām; elements of the punctuation signs and text dividers; elements of Ethiopic numerals.
Date: Second half of the 18th century
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Use the tag BetMas:ESaqm001 in your public hypothes.is annotations which refer to this entity.