Gāntā ʾAfašum, ʾAḥzarā Māryām, DMA-012
Magdalena Krzyzanowska (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Vita and Miracles of Gabra Manfas Qǝddus
Number of Text units: 3
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location: ʾAḥzarā Māryām↗
Second half of the 20th cent.Provenance
The owner Walatta Mikāʾel is mentioned in supplication formulas throughout the Ms. (e.g., check the viewer3rb- va, 16vb, 45rb, 45ra, 47va, 48va, 53ra, 54va, 55vb, 58va). Also other names, most probably her family members, are mentioned in supplication formulas: Walatta Tǝnsāʾe (check the viewer37rb , 51rb, 53ra, 58va), Gabra Madḫǝn (check the viewer41va ), Walatta Muse (check the viewer41va , 50rb, 60rb), Ḫāyla Śǝllāse (check the viewer50ra , 60rb), Tasfā Śǝllāse (check the viewer50rb , 57vb, 60rb), Nǝgǝśtä Māryām (check the viewer51rb , 55rb), Bǝḍā Giyorgis (check the viewer54va ).
Summary
- ms_i1
(),
Hagiographic Dossier of St Gabra Manfas
Qǝddus
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 3ra–45rb ), Gadla Gabra Manfas Qǝddus (general record)
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 45rb–60va ), Taʾammǝra Gabra Manfas Qǝddus “Miracles of Gabra Manfas Qǝddus”: 16 miracles
Contents
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 .
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check the viewerf. 60va (Type: GuestText)
Unidentified prayer to Mary of Zion.
Text in Gǝʿǝz
The note is written by a very poor hand.
Extras
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- The word za-Mikāʾel “of Michael” is written in the outer margin of check the viewer18r .
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- A directive for the ministers is written in the upper margin of check the viewer39ra , by the main hand: ወኮነ፡ ዕረፍቱ፡ አመ፡ ፭ለመጋቢት፡ ዘይትነብብ፡ በዝ፡ ወርኅ “And he passed away on 5th Maggābit, it is read in that month”
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Pen trials: check the viewer1r , 60v. - Writing exercises, doodles: e.g., fols. 1r, 18r, 60v.
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(Type: findingAid)
- Monthly readings of Text I are indicated by the names of the months crudely written in pencil by secondary hands, in the upper margin of some fols.: Maggābit: check the viewerfol. 3ra za-Miyāzyā: fols. 6vb, 7vb za-Gǝnbot: check the viewerfol. 9vb Ḥamle: check the viewerfol. 13rb Naḥāse: check the viewerfol. 17ra . za-Maskaram: check the viewerfol. 30vb za-Ḫǝdār: check the viewerfol. 34va za-Ṭǝqǝmt: check the viewerfol. 34vb Ṭǝrr: check the viewerfol. 41vb
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 | 240 |
Width | 175 |
Depth | 50 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | 2 |
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A(2/fols. 1r-2v) | |
2 | 8 |
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I(8/fols. 3r-10v) | |
3 | 8 |
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II(8/fols. 11r-18v) | |
4 | 8 |
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III(8/fols. 19r-26v) | |
5 | 8 |
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IV(8/fols. 27r-34v) | |
6 | 8 |
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V(8/fols. 35r-42v) | |
7 | 8 |
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VI(8/fols. 43r-50v) | |
8 | 8 |
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VII(8/fols. 51r-58v) | |
9 | 2 |
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VIII(2/fols. 59r-60v). |
Collation diagrams
A(2/fols. 1r-2v)
Quire ID:q1
I(8/fols. 3r-10v)
Quire ID:q2
II(8/fols. 11r-18v)
Quire ID:q3
III(8/fols. 19r-26v)
Quire ID:q4
IV(8/fols. 27r-34v)
Quire ID:q5
V(8/fols. 35r-42v)
Quire ID:q6
VI(8/fols. 43r-50v)
Quire ID:q7
VII(8/fols. 51r-58v)
Quire ID:q8
VIII(2/fols. 59r-60v).
Quire ID:q9
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(2/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (2),
Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (2),
State of preservation
deficient
Condition
Both wooden boards are broken and repaired by means of threads and wires. The Ms. is badly affected by water; on some fols. the ink has been washed out with the loss of text. Holes carefully amended on fols. 9, 16.
Binding
Two wooden boards (both broken and repaired). Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Two rows of small holes are visible on the spinefolds of the quires.
Binding material
wood
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 27
H | 172mm |
W | 163mm |
Intercolumn | 15mm |
Margins | |
top | 18 |
bottom | 40 |
right | 23 |
left | 10 |
intercolumn | 15 |
Ms Gāntā ʾAfašum, ʾAḥzarā Māryām, DMA-012 main part
has a sum of layout width of 196mm which is greater than the object height of 175mmLayout 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, located very close to the margin.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Scribe: Tawalda Madḫǝn scribe
Script: Ethiopic
Mediocre. The 6th order vowel marker of ጵ is attached to the upper vertical stroke at the right side (check the viewer13rb ).
Ink: Black, red
Rubrication: Holy names; name of the protagonist; second components of the names of the donor, her family members and the scribe; groups of lines (alternating with black lines) on the incipit page of Texts I and II; incipits of sections/miracles; elements of the punctuation signs; elements of Ethiopic numerals.
Date: Second half of the 20th century
Tawalda Madḫǝn scribe , the scribe, is mentioned in the supplication formulas on check the viewer3va , 41vb, 45ra, 51rb and in the concluding supplication formula on check the viewer60rb .Second half of the 20th centuryAbbreviations
Hand 2
Script: Ethiopic
Very poor hand of additio 1
Date: Second half of the 20th century
Second half of the 20th centuryCheck for additional bibliography
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Magdalena Krzyzanowska, Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Stéphane Ancel, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻGāntā ʾAfašum, ʾAḥzarā Māryām, DMA-012ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-03-25) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESdma012 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: adjusted to schema split msitems provided IDs (no IDs for persons created) on 25.3.2020
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: transformed from mycore to TEI P5 on 10.5.2016
- Stéphane Ancel Stéphane Ancel: last edited in Ethio-SPaRe on 20.8.2014
- Magdalena Krzyzanowska Magdalena Krzyzanowska: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 8.7.2013
- Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 24.11.2010
Attributions of the contents
Stéphane Ancel, contributor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor