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Gāntā ʾAfašum, Dabra Sāhl Qǝddus Mikāʾel Bet Maḵāʿ, DSM-006

Stéphane Ancel (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin

This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography

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Dabra Sāhl Qǝddus Mikāʾel Bet Maḵāʿ[view repository]

Collection: Ethio-SPaRe

Places IndexPersons IndexGeneralDescriptionPhysical DescriptionCatalogueAuthors

General description

Vita, Miracles, Image, Commemoration of Takla Hāymānot

Number of Text units: 7

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Original Location: Dabra Sāhl Qǝddus Mikāʾel Bet Maḵāʿ↗

The manuscript was bought and donated to the church during the rule of daǧǧāzmāč Wǝbe Ḫāyla Māryām (1835-1867) (s. Additio 1).

Provenance

According to Additio 1 ʾabuna Gabra Ḥǝywat donated the Ms. (s. also donation note check the viewer2r ). The names in the original donation note were washed out (s. Additio 2); other persons are mentioned in supplication formulas: Wangelāwit (s. check the viewer84ra , 84rb, 92vb, 94va), Habta Māryām (check the viewer86vb ), Masqal Kǝbrā (check the viewer87va ). Elsewhere, a few other names are crudely written, interlineally, by a different hand; Kidāna Māryām in supplication formulas (check the viewer20va , 25va, 40vb, 50va, 50va, 85va); Naftālem (check the viewer84vb , 86ra, 86vb, 87v-88r). Possibly, these Kidāna Māryām and Naftālem are linked to ʾabuna Gabra Ḥǝywat.

Summary

I) Gadla Takla Hāymānot “Vita of Takla Haymanot” (fols. 2ra-81vb) II) Maṣḥafa lǝdatu la-ʾabuna Takla Hāymānot “Book of the Genealogy of ʾabuna Takla Haymanot” (fols. 81vb-82vb) - Genealogy of Takla Hāymānot (fols. 81vb-82vb) III) Taʾammǝra Takla Hāymānot “Miracles of Takla Haymanot: 20 miracles (fols. 83ra-89va) IV) Malkǝʾa Takla Hāymānot “Image of Takla Haymanot” (fols. 89va-92vb) V) Commemorative notice from the Sǝnkǝssar for the 24th of Naḥāse dedicated to St Takla Hāymānot (fol. 92vb) Additiones 1-4.
  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 2ra–92vb ), Hagiographic Dossier of Takla Hāymānot
    1. ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 2ra–81vb ), The Acts of Takla Hāymānot
    2. ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 81vb–82vb ), Maṣḥafa lǝdatu la-ʾabuna Takla Hāymānot
      1. ms_i1.2.1 (check the viewerFols 81vb–82vb ), Genealogy of ʾabuna Takla Haymanot
      2. ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 83ra–89va ), Miracles of Takla Hāymānot, 20 in number
      3. ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 89va–92vb ), Malkǝʾa Takla Hāymānot
      4. ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFol. 92vb ), Commemorative notice from the Sǝnkǝssar for the dedicated to St Takla Hāymānot

Contents

check the viewerFols 2ra–92vb Hagiographic Dossier of Takla Hāymānot (CAe 1008)

Language of text:

check the viewerFols 2ra–81vb The Acts of Takla Hāymānot (CAe 4114)

Language of text:

The text of the Vita represents the first of the two sub-types of the Dabra Libānos recension of the Gadla Takla Hāymānot (close, but not identical to the Budge 1906).
check the viewerFols 81vb–82vb Maṣḥafa lǝdatu la-ʾabuna Takla Hāymānot (CAe 3972)

Language of text:

Additions In this unit there are in total 2 , 1 , 1 , 1 .

  1. check the viewerf. 2r (Type: DonationNote)

    Donation note.

    ( gez ) ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘተሣጦ፡ በንዋዩ፡ አቡነ፡ ገብረ፡ ሕይወት፡ በመንግሥተ፡ ደዠአጅማች፡ ውቤ፡ ወሃቦ፡ ለተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡

    Written in the on check the viewer16v , 17r, 23r, 40r, 51r, 56r, 61r, 68r, 83r.

  2. check the viewerf. 82va-82vb (Type: DonationNote)

    Original donation note.

    Text in Gǝʿǝz

    The name of the original donor was washed out.

  3. check the viewerf. 91v (Type: GuestText)

    Salām-hymn for Takla Hāymānot.

    Text in Gǝʿǝz

  4. check the viewerf. 92v (Type: Supplication)

    Crudely written supplication note mentioning fields donated to the church.

    Text in Gǝʿǝz

    Text in Amharic

    Partly in Amharic.

Extras

  1. (Type: findingAid)

    - Notes in the upper margin of some fols. indicate the monthly readings from the Vita of Takla Hāymānot as follows: reading for Naḥāse (check the viewerfol. 2r ); reading for Ṭǝqǝmt (check the viewerfol. 20v ); reading for Ḫǝdār (check the viewerfol. 26v ); reading for Tāḥśāś (check the viewerfol. 39v ); reading for Ṭǝrr (check the viewerfol. 50r ); reading for Miyāzyā (check the viewerfol. 64r ); reading for Gǝnbot (check the viewerfol. 67v ); reading for Säne (check the viewerfol. 73r ).

Catalogue Bibliography

This manuscript has modern restorations.

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

Made of 94.0 (leaf) , Entered as 94.0 folios, of which 1.0 (leaf, blank) .Entered as 1.0 blank fol. 1., in 10.0 (quire) .Entered as 10.0 quires (A+9). 310 230 52
Outer dimensions
Height 310
Width 230
Depth 52

Foliation

Quire Structure Collation

Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 1 A(1; s.l.: 1, no stub/fol. 1)
2 10 Fols. 10, Fols 2r–11v I(10/fols. 2r-11v)
3 11 Fols. 11, Fols 12r–22v II(11; s.l.: 4, stub after 8/fols. 12r-22v)
4 10 Fols. 10, Fols 23r–32v III(10/fols. 23r-32v)
5 10 Fols. 10, Fols 33r–42v IV(10/fols. 33r-42v)
6 11 Fols. 11, Fols 43r–53v V(11; s.l.: 9, stub after 2/fols. 43r-53v)
7 10 Fols. 10, Fols 54r–63v VI(10/fols. 54r-63v)
8 10 Fols. 10, Fols 64r–73v VII(10/fols. 64r-73v)
9 9 Fols 74r–82v VIII(9; s.l.: 8, stub after 1/fols. 74r-82v)
10 12 Fols. 12, Fols 83r–94v, Fols 16–21, Fols 26–27, Fols 77–78 IX(12/fols. 83r-94v). ff. 1, 16-21, 26-27, 77-78 are of irregular size.

Collation diagrams


A(1; s.l.: 1, no stub/fol. 1)
Quire ID:q1
Collation diagram Quire 1 1 Unit #1

I(10/fols. 2r-11v)
Quire ID:q2
Collation diagram Quire 2 2 11 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

II(11; s.l.: 4, stub after 8/fols. 12r-22v)
Quire ID:q3
Collation diagram Quire 3 12 22 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5 Unit #6

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(11; s.l.: 9, stub after 2/fols. 43r-53v)
Quire ID:q6
Collation diagram Quire 6 43 53 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5 Unit #6

VI(10/fols. 54r-63v)
Quire ID:q7
Collation diagram Quire 7 54 63 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

VII(10/fols. 64r-73v)
Quire ID:q8
Collation diagram Quire 8 64 73 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

VIII(9; s.l.: 8, stub after 1/fols. 74r-82v)
Quire ID:q9
Collation diagram Quire 9 74 82 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

IX(12/fols. 83r-94v). ff. 1, 16-21, 26-27, 77-78 are of irregular size.
Quire ID:q10
Collation diagram Quire 10 83 94 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5 Unit #6

Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(0+1/s.l. 1, no stub/) – II(10/Fols. 10, Fols 2r–11v) – III(10+1/s.l. 4, stub after 8/Fols. 11, Fols 12r–22v) – IV(10/Fols. 10, Fols 23r–32v) – V(10/Fols. 10, Fols 33r–42v) – VI(10+1/s.l. 9, stub after 2/Fols. 11, Fols 43r–53v) – VII(10/Fols. 10, Fols 54r–63v) – VIII(10/Fols. 10, Fols 64r–73v) – IX(8+1/s.l. 8, stub after 1/Fols 74r–82v) – X(12/Fols. 12, Fols 83r–94v, Fols 16–21, Fols 26–27, Fols 77–78) –

Formula: A(1; s.l.: 1, no stub/fol. 1) ; Fols. 10, Fols 2r–11v I(10/fols. 2r-11v) ; Fols. 11, Fols 12r–22v II(11; s.l.: 4, stub after 8/fols. 12r-22v) ; Fols. 10, Fols 23r–32v III(10/fols. 23r-32v) ; Fols. 10, Fols 33r–42v IV(10/fols. 33r-42v) ; Fols. 11, Fols 43r–53v V(11; s.l.: 9, stub after 2/fols. 43r-53v) ; Fols. 10, Fols 54r–63v VI(10/fols. 54r-63v) ; Fols. 10, Fols 64r–73v VII(10/fols. 64r-73v) ; Fols 74r–82v VIII(9; s.l.: 8, stub after 1/fols. 74r-82v) ; Fols. 12, Fols 83r–94v, Fols 16–21, Fols 26–27, Fols 77–78 IX(12/fols. 83r-94v). ff. 1, 16-21, 26-27, 77-78 are of irregular size.;

Formula 1: 1 (), 2 (10), 3 (11), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (11), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (9), 10 (12),

Formula 2: 1 (), 2 (10), 3 (11), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (11), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (9), 10 (12),

State of preservation

good

Condition

The leather cover has been slightly damaged.

Binding

Two wooden boards covered by reddish-brown tooled leather; textile inlays. Overback made of untooled leather of different colour. Two pairs of sewing stations.

Binding decoration

Binding material

wood

leather

Original binding

No

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 27

H 205mm
W 185mm
Intercolumn mm
Margins
top 45
bottom 55
right 30
left 15
intercolumn 15
All data for check the viewer3r .

Ms Gāntā ʾAfašum, Dabra Sāhl Qǝddus Mikāʾel Bet Maḵāʿ, DSM-006 main part

looks ok for measures computed width is: 230mm, object width is: 230mm, computed height is: 305mm and object height is: 310mm.

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.
  • Structural pricks are visible.

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Scribe: Walda Malāʾǝkt scribe

    Script: Ethiopic

    Hand a: texts I, II, V. Mediocre.

    Ink: Black; red.

    Rubrication: Holy names; name of the protagonist; name of the scribe; incipits of Text I and its subsections (fols. 20v, 21v, 26v, 27r, 39v, 50v); incipit of Text II; notes in the upper margin of some fols.; elements of the punctuation signs; Ethiopic numerals. In the incipit page of Text I (fol. check the viewer2r ), a few lines are rubricated (alternating with black lines).

    Date: First half of the 19th century.

    Walda Malāʾǝkt scribe is mentioned as the scribe in the supplication formula on check the viewer92vb . First half of the 19th century.

  • Hand 2

    Script: Ethiopic

    Hand b: text III, IV (?). Mediocre (seems slightly different from Hand a).

    Ink: Black; red.

    Rubrication: Holy names; name of the protagonist; incipit of Text III (a few lines are rubricated (alternating with black lines) on check the viewerfol. 83r ); notes in the upper margin of some fols.; elements of the punctuation signs; Ethiopic numerals; numbers of the Miracles.

    Date: First half of the 19th century.

    check the viewerFols 83ra–89va First half of the 19th century.

    • Keywords

    Hagiography

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      Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
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      Hamburg
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      2016-06-07T17:38:58.291+02:00
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      2022-01-05T13:36:28.446+01:00
      date
      type=lastModified
      7.4.2020
      idno
      type=collection
      manuscripts
      idno
      type=url
      https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESdsm006
      idno
      type=URI
      https://betamasaheft.eu/ESdsm006
      idno
      type=filename
      ESdsm006.xml
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      type=ID
      ESdsm006

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    Revision history

    • Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: adjusted to schema introduced msitems IDs, no person IDs on 7.4.2020
    • Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: transformed from mycore to TEI P5 on 10.5.2016
    • Denis Nosnitsin Denis Nosnitsin: last edited in Ethio-SPaRe on 15.10.2014
    • Stéphane Ancel Stéphane Ancel: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 18.1.2012
    • Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 14.5.2011
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