Gāntā ʾAfašum, ʾAḥzarā Māryām, DMA-001
Stéphane Ancel (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography
General description
ʾArbāʿtu wangel “Four Gospels”
Number of Text units: 2
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location: ʾAḥzära Māryām /DMA↗
Additio 4, written in a more recent hand, mentions Patriarch of Alexandria ʾabbā Matthew (III; in tenure 1631-46), and Metropolitan of Ethiopia ʾabbā Marqos (III; 1634-47/48; s. EAE III, 790a-91b).Summary
Contents
Incipit ( ):
Explicit ( ):
The canon tables are missing.
Additions In this unit there are in total .
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: Supplication for the donors.
check the viewer24va : ለእለ፡ ወሀቡ፡ ዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ስመ፡ ክርስቲይናሆሙ፡ <…> [ኢይ]ርስዕዎሙ፡ በጊዜ፡ ቍርባን፡ ወዕጣን፡ ወጊዜ፡ ጸሎት። ብሂለክሙ፡ ይጽሐፍ፡ ስሞሙ፡ ኀበ፡ ዐምደ፡ ወርቅ፡ ወተጽሒፎ፡ ኢይደምሰስ፡ ለዓለም፡ አሜን። The names of the donors are erased or washed out. -
check the viewerf. 24vb, l. 16
: Unclear note.
check the viewer24vb, l.16 : በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልደ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ። አሐዱ፡ አምላክ። ኵሉ፡ ዘኢያ<...>፡ በእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ወዘኢ <…> ። <…> ቶ፡ እማርያም፡ ያ <…> መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ እስከ፡ ም <…> ሐዲስ፡ በከመ፡ ይቤ፡ ጳውሎስ፡ ውጉዘ፡ ለአለመ፡ አለም። The note is hardly readable. -
: Ownership note.
check the viewer61r : [ዛ]ቲ፡ ወንጌል፡ ዘተክለ፡ ሰማዕት፡ [ዘተሳ]የጣ፡ በወርቁ፡ ዘ[ተ]አገላ[ወዘአ]ውጽ[አ]፡ <...> ቱ፡ በስልጣነ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ው[ጉዘ፡] ለይኩ[ን]፡ አሜን። check the viewer61r : This is the Gospel (book) of Takla Samāʿt who bought is with his own money. Anyone who took it away and brought it out (of the church), let him be excommunicated by the authority of Peter and Paul. The note is difficult to read. It is written in the bottom margin by a hand looking more or less contemporary to the hand of the main text. -
: Unidentified note (?).
check the viewer62vb : በእንተ፡ ብፁዕ፡ ወቅዱስ፡ ሊቀጳጳስነ፡ አባ፡ ማቴዎስ። ወብፀዕ፡ ጳጳስ፡ አባ፡ ማርቆስ፡ እንዘ፡ የ<...>ትኵከ፡ በጸ<…>ሙ፡ ወበሰእ<…>እሰጢፋኖስ፡ ቀዳሚ፡ ሰማእ[ት] By later hand, crude and hardly readable; mentioning Patriarch of Alexandria ʾabbā Matthew (III; 1631-46), and Metropolitan of Ethiopia ʾabbā Marqos (III; 1634-47/48; s. EAE III, 790a-91b). -
vb. Inventory of the manuscripts of ʾAḥzära Māryām.
check the viewer138va , l. 7: ኆልቈ፡ መጸሕፍት፡ ዘቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ዘአሕዘራ፡ ዘወሁቡ፡ ምእመናን። ፩ወንጌል። ወ፩ተአምር። ወ፩። ጳውሎስ። ፩ግብር። ፩ሐዋርያ። ፪፡ ቀለምሲስ። ፪ወንጌል፡ ዮሐንስ። ፪፡ ቅዳሴ፡ ፩ፍጹም፡ ወ፩ዘኢፍጹም። ፩፡ ገድለ፡ ሐዋርያት። ወ፩ድርሳነ፡ ቄርሎስ። ፩ገድለ፡ ሚካኤል። ወ፩ገድለ፡ አብርሃም፡ ይስሐቅ። ወያዕቆብ። ፩ገድለ፡ አቡነ፡ ገብረ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ። ፩ገድለ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ቂርቆስ። ፩መጽሐፈ፡ ፍትሐት፡ ወ፩መጽሐፈ፡ ጥምቀት። ወ፩ግጻዌ። ወ፩መዝሙር፡ ፩አርድእት። ወኮነ፡ ድሙር፡ ኵሉ፡ ፳ወ፪መጽሐፍ፡ ዘፈሐቃ፡ ለዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ በሞሥያጥ። ወለዛቲኒ፡ ዘጸሐፍዋ፡ [check the viewer138vb , l.6] ሥዩማነ፡ ክህነት፡ አውገዙ፡ በሰይፈ፡ ቃሎሙ፡ ከመ፡ ኢይስርቅዋ፡ ወኢይሂድዋ፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ለትህርት፡ ወለድግመት፡ እመሂ፡ ዘነሥአ፡ በተጓህልዎ፡ ውጉዘ፡ ይኩን። በአፈ፡ ቆሞሳት፡ ወበሥልጣኖሙ፡ ለአብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ። እስከ፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም። The handwriting of the note looks similar to that of Additio 4. If correct, the inventory of the books of ʾAḥzära Māryām could be written between 1634 and 1646 and shows the composition of the church library for that period.
Extras
- - : A note which was washed out.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 4 s.
Frame notes
- frame: check the viewer1r (incipit of the Gospel of Mark): elaborate coloured (red and yellow) frontispiece horizontal ornamental band, with three lateral extensions reaching the bottom of the page; the horizontal band extends to the top of the page; interlaces.
- frame: check the viewer63r (incipit of the Gospel of Matthew): elaborate coloured (red and yellow) frontispiece horizontal ornamental band, with three lateral extensions reaching the bottom of the page; the horizontal band extends to the top of the page; interlaces.
- frame: check the viewer95r (incipit of the Gospel of John): elaborate coloured (red and yellow) frontispiece horizontal ornamental band, with three lateral extensions reaching the bottom of the page; the horizontal band extends to the top of the page; interlaces.
- frame: check the viewer139r (incipit of the Gospel of Luke): elaborate coloured (red and yellow) frontispiece horizontal ornamental band, with three lateral extensions reaching the bottom of the page; the horizontal band extends to the top of the page; interlaces.
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS ʾAḥzarā Māryām, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has no restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
| Outer dimensions | |
| Height | 340 |
| Width | 275 |
| Depth | 70 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
State of preservation
deficient
Condition
The Ms. is in deprecate condition. Both wooden boards are missing; the threads of the binding are missing. The fols. are in disorder; many are missing.
Binding
The original binding (two wooden boards, two pairs of sewing stations?) is completely destroyed: both wooden boards and the threads of the binding are missing.
Binding decoration
Binding material
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 23
| H | 256mm |
| W | 209mm |
| Intercolumn | 18mm |
| Margins | |
| top | 39 |
| bottom | 45 |
| right | 52 |
| left | 14 |
| intercolumn | 18 |
Ms Gāntā ʾAfašum, ʾAḥzarā Māryām, DMA-001 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 275mm, object width is: 275mm, computed height is: 340mm and object height is: 340mm.Layout 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
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
Other
CruxAnsata
Yes
CruxAnsata:
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Careful.
Ink: Black; red.
Rubrication: Nomina sacra; “tituli” written in the upper margins; numbers of the chapters (on the left side from the columns); elements of the punctuation signs, chapter dividers and numbers; crux ansata; several groups of lines on the incipit page of Texts II, III, IV, V, alternating with black lines.
Date: 16th century.
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