Sāʿsiʿ Ṣaʿdā ʾƎmbā, Māy Rāzā Takla Haymānot, THMR-008

Additions In this unit there are in total .

1. check the viewerf. 12ra

   : Purchase note. 

   ( Written in red ink; the name of the buyer has been erased. )

2. check the viewerf. 160vb

   : List of biblical names.

   ( It is partly a genealogy, partly a list of prophets. Probably written by the same hand as the main text, in ink. )

3. check the viewerf. 167v

   : Prayer to God the Father.

   ( Crudely written in ink, probably later than the main text; difficult to understand. The text in column a is blurred. )

Extras

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   - Text II contains some parts of Mǝʿrāf, The Common of the Office. - Pen trial with the signature of a scribe (not of the main scribe): . ብርእ፡ ዘፈተነ፡ በዕለ[ተ] ሰንበት፡ ጸሐፊሁ፡ አ˂…˃ ገብረ፡ ጻድቅ ቡሩክ፡ መ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ - Text probably concerning dates of some feasts, hardly legible because the ink is faded: . - Immediate erasure of a text, occasionally with two superimposed lines: b, 10ra, 13rb, 14va, 15rb, 26rb, 44va, 49rb, 59va, 74va, 75vb, 76ra, 78vb, 80ra, 83rb, 85rb, 104ra, 104va, 107ra, 111va, 113va, 127vb, 133rb, 134rb, 134vb, 136vb, 137rab, 137vab, 138rab, 153rb. - Immediate correction of the text: a mistaken word is taken between two parallel lines. The correct word follows the mistake or is written above: , 44va, 47va, 48ra, 50vab, 57va, 62vb, 66rb, 67rab, 67vab, 69va, 72ra, 73vb, 74vb, 74va, 86rb, 87vb, 88va, 97va, 110va, 133vb, 137vb. - Tamallas-signs indicating the place where the omissions, written in the margins, belong: Tamallas in the shape of +, by the same hand: l.10, 49vb l.10, 55ra l.5, 67ra l.15, 70ra l.3, 71vb l.4, 72va l.16, 78rb l.13, 72vb l.3, 74va l.7, 87vb l.6, 88va l.6, 95ra l.2, 105va l.12, 106ra l.14, 109ra l.6, 110va l.2. Tamallas in the shape of ┴, by the same hand: l.7, 61rb l.3, 68ra l.16, 68rb l.11, 69ra l.2, 69rb l.3, 76va l.4, 82va l.4, 93va l.7, 99va l.5, 103vb l.17, 104vb l.9, 112va l.6, 114rb l.6, 115vb l.3, 116ra l.16, 119ra l.9, 124vb l.11, 126va l.16, 126vb l.13, 128rb l.12, 129ra l.9, 132rb l.1, 138rb l.17, 143vb l.2, 146vb l.15, 147va l.8, 148va l.6, 148vb l.13, 156va l.10, 158vb l.6. - Immediate correction of the text: a mistaken word is taken between two parallel lines, the correct word written above accompanied by the tamallas sign: . - Passages omitted in the main text are written interlineally, between the columns, in the upper and lower margins: b, 18ra, 19ra, 23vb, 24ra, 25rb, 39rab, 39vb, 40rb, 42va, 43rb, 43vb, 44va,46va, 47ra, 47va, 49ra, 50vb, 51vb, 53ra, 56ra, 56va, 58ra, 58va, 62rb, 65va, 66r, 67v, 68va, 70rb, 71rb, 71va, 72rb, 73vb, 78vb, 79va, 82vb, 91rb, 98ra, 104va, 106rb, 106vb, 109vab, 119rb, 119vab, 120vab, 121vb, 126r, 140ra, 142rb, 145rb, 147vb, 148rab, 151va, 160v. - Names of parts of the day indicating when a given prayer is recited: , 161r, 162r (in the upper margins). - Pen trial: . - Minor notes, writing exercises, doodles: , 38vb, 51rb, 73va, 62va, 96va, 100r, 102r, 138rb.

Decoration In this unit there are in total 12 s.

Frame notes

1. frame: -check the viewer21va : Tiny red band.
2. frame: -check the viewer39rb : Horizontal band in red and black with geometric motifs and four “leaves” at the corners.
3. frame: -check the viewer58va : Horizontal band in red and black with geometric motifs and four circles at the corners.
4. frame: -check the viewer66va : Horizontal band in red and black with geometric motifs and four squares at the corners.
5. frame: -check the viewer81va : Tiny red band with four squares at the corners.
6. frame: -check the viewer81va : Horizontal band in red and black with “wild” patterns and four “leaves” at the corners.
7. frame: -check the viewer96vb : Horizontal band in red and black with “wild” patterns and four “leaves” at the corners.
8. frame: -check the viewer102ra : Horizontal band in red and black with “wild” patterns and four “leaves” at the corners.
9. frame: -check the viewer102rb : Horizontal band in red, white and black with geometric motifs and four squares at the corners; inside the figures an inscription in red ink ሩፋኤል.
10. frame: -check the viewer122va : Horizontal band in red and black with “wild” patterns.
11. frame: -check the viewer135va : Horizontal band in red, white and black with geometric motifs and three circles on the left and right sides.
12. frame: -check the viewer161ra : Tiny red band with nine-dot asterisks at the ends.