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Gāntā ʾAfašum, Maḵodʿa Dabra Gannat Kidāna Mǝḥrat, GKM-007

Magdalena Krzyzanowska (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin

This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography

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General description

Dǝrsān maḥyäwi “The Life-Giving Homily” / Malkǝʾa ʾIyasus “Image of Jesus”

Number of Text units: 2

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Original Location: Mäḵodʿä Dabra Gannat Kidāna Mǝḥrat / GKM↗

According to the colophon the Ms. was completed in the month of Ḫǝdār in 1913 year of mercy (= 1920 A.D.).

Summary

I) Dǝrsān maḥyawi “The Life-Giving Homily” (fols. 3ra-72ra) I-1) Introductory prayer (fol. 3ra-va) I-2) Reading for Monday, Compline (nǝwam) (fols. 3va-15rb) I-3) Reading for Tuesday, Matins (manfaqa lelit) (fols. 15va-25va) I-4) Reading for Wednesday, Lauds (nagh) (fols. 25vb-35rb) I-5) Reading for Thursday, Terce (śalastu säʿat) (fols. 35va-46vb) I-6) Reading for Friday, Sext (qätr) (fols. 47ra-55vb) I-7) Reading for Saturday, None (täsaʿtu säʿat) (fols. 55vb-65va) I-8) Reading for Sunday, Vespers (śark) (fols. 65va-72ra) II) Malkǝʾa ʾIyasus “Image of Jesus” (fols. 72ra-76rb) (s. ChRep no. 125) Additio 1; colophon.
  1. ms_i1 (),
  2. ms_i2 (),

Contents

Incipit ( ):

Explicit ( ):

()
(- For the translation of Text I s. O. Raineri, “Omelia del Salvatore (Trattato etiopico sulla passione di Cristo)”, Orientalia Christiana Periodica 77, 2011,93-151.)

Colophon

check the viewer72ra

: ይትባረክ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘአፈጸመኒ፡ ጽሒፈ፡ ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ለኃጥእ፡ ገብሩ፡ ወልደ፡ አረጋዊ፡ ወተፈጸመ፡ በ፲ወ፱፻፲ወ፫፡ ዓመተ፡ ምሕረት፡ በዘመነ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ በወርኀ፡ ኅዳር። According to the colophon the Ms. was written by Walda ʾAragāwi who completed the work in the month of Ḫǝdār in 1913 year of mercy, in the year of John the Evangelist (= 1920 A.D.).

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .

  1. check the viewerff. 1r-2 check the viewer1v check the viewer156

    v, 76rb-77v: Excerpt form ʾAnqaṣa nǝssǝḥa “The Gate of Penitence”.

    check the viewer1v : ንዌጥን፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አንቀጸ፡ ንስሐ፡ ዘተቀድሐ፡ እም፹ወ፩፡ መጻሕፍት… The text is carelessly written in a poor hand. It beginns on and is incomplete (cf. Vat. Aeth. n (). )

Extras

  1. check the viewer16vb check the viewer17ra check the viewer17v check the viewer1r

    - Tamallas-signs, in the shape of a cross, indicating the place where the omissions written in the margins, in the main hand, belong: l.4, 45va l.11. - Omitted words are written interlineally, in the main hand: , 20rb, 49ra, 53vb. - On numerous fols. the scribe aimed at accomodating bigger portions of the text within 18 ruled lines. Due to that he often disregarded the ruling: , 18rv, 31va, 35v, 43v, 61v, 62r, 63r, 64r, 69r. - Recent scribbles and writing exercises: , 35v, 36r.

  2. (Type: findingAid)

    - Daily readings of Text I are indicated by the names of the days of the week and sometimes the parts of the day written in the upper margin, in red and in the main hand: ዘሠሉስ: check the viewerfol. 15v ቀትር: ዘረቡዕ: check the viewerfol. 25v ፱ሰዓት: ዘሐሙስ: check the viewerfol. 35v ዘዓርብ: check the viewerfol. 47r ዘቀዳም: check the viewerfol. 55v ዘእሑድ: check the viewerfol. 65v

Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .

Frame notes

  1. frame: check the viewer7r (incipit of Text I): elaborate coloured (red, black) ornamental band; interlaces, floral motifs.

Catalogue Bibliography

This manuscript has modern restorations.

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

Made of 77.0 (leaf) .Entered as 77.0 folios, in 10.0 (quire) .Entered as 10.0 quires (A+9). 210 170 45
Outer dimensions
Height 210
Width 170
Depth 45

Foliation

Quire Structure Collation

Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 2 No image availableFols 1r–2v A(2/fols. 1r-2v)
2 10 No image availableFols. 10, No image availableFols 3r–12v I(10/fols. 3r-12v)
3 10 No image availableFols. 10, No image availableFols 13r–22v II(10/fols. 13r-22v)
4 10 No image availableFols. 10, No image availableFols 23r–32v III(10/fols. 23r-32v)
5 10 No image availableFols. 10, No image availableFols 33r–42v IV(10/fols. 33r-42v)
6 10 No image availableFols. 10, No image availableFols 43r–52v V(10; s.l.: 4, stub after 7; 7, stub after 4/fols. 43r-52v)
7 10 No image availableFols. 10, No image availableFols 53r–62v VI(10/fols. 53r-62v)
8 10 No image availableFols. 10, No image availableFols 63r–72v VII(10/fols. 63r-72v)
9 3 No image availableFols 73r–75v VIII(3: s.l.: 2, stub after 1/fols. 73r-75v)
10 2 No image availableFols 76r–77v IX(2/fols. 76r-77v).

Collation diagrams


A(2/fols. 1r-2v)
Quire ID:q1
Collation diagram Quire 1 1 2 Unit #1

I(10/fols. 3r-12v)
Quire ID:q2
Collation diagram Quire 2 3 12 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

II(10/fols. 13r-22v)
Quire ID:q3
Collation diagram Quire 3 13 22 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

III(10/fols. 23r-32v)
Quire ID:q4
Collation diagram Quire 4 23 32 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

IV(10/fols. 33r-42v)
Quire ID:q5
Collation diagram Quire 5 33 42 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

V(10; s.l.: 4, stub after 7; 7, stub after 4/fols. 43r-52v)
Quire ID:q6
Collation diagram Quire 6 43 52 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5 Unit #6

VI(10/fols. 53r-62v)
Quire ID:q7
Collation diagram Quire 7 53 62 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

VII(10/fols. 63r-72v)
Quire ID:q8
Collation diagram Quire 8 63 72 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

VIII(3: s.l.: 2, stub after 1/fols. 73r-75v)
Quire ID:q9
Collation diagram Quire 9 73 75 Unit #1 Unit #2

IX(2/fols. 76r-77v).
Quire ID:q10
Collation diagram Quire 10 76 77 Unit #1

Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(2/No image availableFols 1r–2v) – II(10/No image availableFols. 10, No image availableFols 3r–12v) – III(10/No image availableFols. 10, No image availableFols 13r–22v) – IV(10/No image availableFols. 10, No image availableFols 23r–32v) – V(10/No image availableFols. 10, No image availableFols 33r–42v) – VI(8+2/s.l. 4, stub after 7; s.l. 7, stub after 4/No image availableFols. 10, No image availableFols 43r–52v) – VII(10/No image availableFols. 10, No image availableFols 53r–62v) – VIII(10/No image availableFols. 10, No image availableFols 63r–72v) – IX(2+1/s.l. 2, stub after 1/No image availableFols 73r–75v) – X(2/No image availableFols 76r–77v) –

Formula: No image availableFols 1r–2v A(2/fols. 1r-2v) ; No image availableFols. 10, No image availableFols 3r–12v I(10/fols. 3r-12v) ; No image availableFols. 10, No image availableFols 13r–22v II(10/fols. 13r-22v) ; No image availableFols. 10, No image availableFols 23r–32v III(10/fols. 23r-32v) ; No image availableFols. 10, No image availableFols 33r–42v IV(10/fols. 33r-42v) ; No image availableFols. 10, No image availableFols 43r–52v V(10; s.l.: 4, stub after 7; 7, stub after 4/fols. 43r-52v) ; No image availableFols. 10, No image availableFols 53r–62v VI(10/fols. 53r-62v) ; No image availableFols. 10, No image availableFols 63r–72v VII(10/fols. 63r-72v) ; No image availableFols 73r–75v VIII(3: s.l.: 2, stub after 1/fols. 73r-75v) ; No image availableFols 76r–77v IX(2/fols. 76r-77v).;

Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (3), 10 (2),

Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (3), 10 (2),

State of preservation

good

Condition

The Ms. is affected by humidity. The spine cover is damaged. The sewing has been damaged and crudely repaired with a recent synthetic thread. A few words and passages are illegible due to smeared ink: check the viewer4rb , 6vb, 7r, 11va, 38vb. Holes are carefully amended in check the viewer26 , 56, 66, 72.

Binding

Two wooden boards covered with reddish-brown tooled leather; textile inlays. Two pairs of sewing stations.

Binding decoration

Small holes are visible on the spine fold of the quires, one close to the head and one close to the tail of the codex.

Binding material

wood

leather

textile

Original binding

No

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 18

H 143mm
W 134mm
Intercolumn 11mm
Margins
top 27
bottom 44
right 21
left 7
intercolumn 11
(All data for check the viewer4r .)

Ms Gāntā ʾAfašum, Maḵodʿa Dabra Gannat Kidāna Mǝḥrat, GKM-007 main part

has a sum of layout height of 214mm which is greater than the object height of 210mm
Ruling
  • The number of lines varies from fol. to fol. because frequently the scribe wanted to accomodate a bigger portion of the text.
  • (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.
  • On numerous fols. the bottom line is written below the ruling: (Excerpt from check the viewer7v)
    , 8r, 9v, 10r, 11rv, 12rv, 13r, 14r, 15ra, 16rb, 17r, 20rv, 25r, 25vb, 35ra, 43ra, 47r, 60v, 69v, 71r, 72ra.
  • The bottom ruled line was not used by the scribe on (Excerpt from check the viewer27v)
    , 45v.
Pricking
  • Pricking and ruling are visible.
  • Primary pricks are visible.
  • Ruling pricks are visible.

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Scribe: Walda ʾAragāwi scribe

    Script: Ethiopic

    Fine, careful

    Ink: Black, red

    Rubrication: Nomina sacra; a few groups of lines (alternating with black lines) on the incipit page of Text I; the incipit of Text II; two or three lines of the incipits of daily readings and their sections in Text I; the words salām “salutation” and sǝbḥat läkä “glory to you” in Text II; the names of the day of the week and parts of the day; elements of the text dividers; elements of the punctuation signs; elements of Ethiopic numerals.

    Date: Early 20th century

    Walda ʾAragāwi scribe Walda ʾAragāwi is mentioned as the scribe in the colophon (different from the scribe of SM-016).Early 20th century

    Abbreviations

  • ሰላ፡(- - -) for ሰላም፡ (Text II)


    • Keywords

    HomilyPoetry

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      Hamburg
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      16.12.2024 at 13:20:15
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      type=url
      https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESgkm007/main
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      https://betamasaheft.eu/ESgkm007
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      ESgkm007.xml
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    Revision history

    • Pietro Maria Liuzzo transformed from mycore to TEI P5 on 10.5.2016
    • Vitagrazia Pisani last edited in Ethio-SPaRe on 26.2.2015
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