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Gāntā ʾAfašum, Dabra Sāhl Qǝddus Mikāʾel Bet Maḵāʿ, DSM-018

Sophia Dege-Müller (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin

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

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Collection: Ethio-SPaRe

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General description

Dǝrsāna sanbata krǝstiyān “Homily on the Sabbath of Christians” / Malkǝʾa sanbata krǝstiyān “Image of the Sabbath of Christians” / Maṣḥafa ṭomār “Book of the Letter (from Heaven)”

Number of Text units: 3

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Original Location: Dabra Sāhl Qǝddus Mikāʾel Bet Maḵāʿ↗

late 19th – early 20th cent.

Summary

I) Dǝrsāna sanbata krǝstiyān “Homily on the Sabbath of Christians” (Homily on the observance of Sunday, ascribed to Jacob of Serug) (fols. 5ra-43ra) II) Malkǝʾa sanbata krǝstiyān “Image of the Sabbath of Christians” (fols. 43ra-51ra) III) Maṣḥafa ṭomār “Book of the Letter (from Heaven)” (fols. 51ra-64va) (cp. Ms. MKL-021) Additiones 1-3; colophon.
  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 5ra–43ra ), Dǝrsāna sanbata krǝstiyān “Homily on the Sabbath of Christians” (Homily on the observance of Sunday, ascribed to Jaqob of Serug)
  2. ms_i2 (check the viewerFols 43ra–51ra ), Malkǝʾa sanbata krǝstiyān
  3. ms_i3 (check the viewerFols 51ra–64va ), Maṣḥafa ṭomār

Contents

check the viewerFols 51ra–64va Maṣḥafa ṭomār (CAe 1978) Cp. also the text in [link]

Colophon

check the viewer64vb check the viewer64vb

ተፈጸመ፡ ዝንተ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ጦማር፡ አመ፭፡ ለኅዳር። በሰላመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፡: This Maṣḥafa ṭomār (“Book of the Letter (from Heaven)”) was finished on the fifth Ḫǝdār. With the piece of the Lord, forever and ever, Amen.

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

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

    Note on the Nature of Christ.

    ( am ) በሰመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ፩አምላክ፡ ብለው፡ መጻህፍት፡ አንድጀምሩ፡ በአብ፡ ስም፡ ወላዲ፡ በወልድ፡ ሰም፡ ተወላዲ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ስሞ፡ …

    Written in Amhraic, in a crude hand. Note to be read before every reading.

  2. check the viewerf. 2r (Type: MixedNote)

    List of names and instructions to handle Ms. with care.

    Text in Amharic

    Written in a careless hand in Amharic in red pen.

  3. check the viewerff. 3ra-3vb (Type: GuestText)

    Unidentified text on the Creation(?), incomplete.

    ( gez ) … ዓኒክሙ፡ ዓር፡ ወይኩክሙ፡ ወዕሩቃኒከሙ፡ አልበሰኩክሙ፡ በሠሠናይ፡ አብዓልኩክሙ፡ ወእንዘ፡ መሬት፡ ሰብአ፡ ረሰይኩክሙ፡ መላክተ፡ ፈጠርኩ፡ በእንቲአክሙ፡ ሰማየ፡ ወምድረ፡ ዘፈጠርኩ፡ በእንቲአክሙ …

    Written in a crude hand. Possibly originating from another manuscript.

Extras

  1. Scribbles and crude notes: check the viewer1r , 55r.

Catalogue Bibliography

This manuscript has no restorations.

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

Made of 66.0 (leaf) , Entered as 66.0 folios, of which (leaf, blank) .Entered as blank 1v, 2v, 4r, 65r, 65v, 66r, 66v., in 9.0 (quire) .Entered as 9.0 quires (A+8). 160 312 43
Outer dimensions
Height 160
Width 312
Depth 43

Foliation

Quire Structure Collation

Signatures: Quire numbers are indicated in the upper left margin: 13r, 12r, 19r, 37r, 45r.

Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 4 Fols 1r–4v A(4/fols. 1r-4v)
2 8 Fols 5r–12v I(8/fols. 5r-12v)
3 8 Fols 13r–20v ፪II(8/fols. 13r-20v)
4 8 Fols 21r–28v ፫III(8/fols. 21r-28v)
5 8 Fols 29r–26v ፬IV(8/fols. 29r-26v)
6 8 Fols 27r–44v ፭V(8/fols. 27r-44v)
7 8 Fols 45r–52v ፮VI(8/fols. 45r-52v)
8 8 Fols 53r–60v VII(8/fols. 53r-60v)
9 6 Fols 61r–66v VIII(6; s.l.: 2, stub after 5; 5, stub after 2/fols. 61r-66v).

Collation diagrams


A(4/fols. 1r-4v)
Quire ID:q1
Collation diagram Quire 1 1 4 Unit #1 Unit #2

I(8/fols. 5r-12v)
Quire ID:q2
Collation diagram Quire 2 5 12 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

፪II(8/fols. 13r-20v)
Quire ID:q3
Collation diagram Quire 3 13 20 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

፫III(8/fols. 21r-28v)
Quire ID:q4
Collation diagram Quire 4 21 28 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

፬IV(8/fols. 29r-26v)
Quire ID:q5
Collation diagram Quire 5 29 36 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

፭V(8/fols. 27r-44v)
Quire ID:q6
Collation diagram Quire 6 37 44 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

፮VI(8/fols. 45r-52v)
Quire ID:q7
Collation diagram Quire 7 45 52 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

VII(8/fols. 53r-60v)
Quire ID:q8
Collation diagram Quire 8 53 60 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

VIII(6; s.l.: 2, stub after 5; 5, stub after 2/fols. 61r-66v).
Quire ID:q9
Collation diagram Quire 9 61 66 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(4/Fols 1r–4v) – II(8/Fols 5r–12v) – III(8/Fols 13r–20v) – IV(8/Fols 21r–28v) – V(8/Fols 29r–26v) – VI(8/Fols 27r–44v) – VII(8/Fols 45r–52v) – VIII(8/Fols 53r–60v) – IX(4+2/s.l. 2, stub after 5; s.l. 5, stub after 2/Fols 61r–66v) –

Formula: Fols 1r–4v A(4/fols. 1r-4v) ; Fols 5r–12v I(8/fols. 5r-12v) ; Fols 13r–20v ፪II(8/fols. 13r-20v) ; Fols 21r–28v ፫III(8/fols. 21r-28v) ; Fols 29r–26v ፬IV(8/fols. 29r-26v) ; Fols 27r–44v ፭V(8/fols. 27r-44v) ; Fols 45r–52v ፮VI(8/fols. 45r-52v) ; Fols 53r–60v VII(8/fols. 53r-60v) ; Fols 61r–66v VIII(6; s.l.: 2, stub after 5; 5, stub after 2/fols. 61r-66v).;

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

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

State of preservation

deficient

Condition

The sewing is damaged and repaired with different threads. The Ms. shows signs of extensive use.

Binding

Two wooden boards covered with reddish-brown tooled leather (half cover). One pair of sewing stations.

Binding decoration

Binding material

wood

leather

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 14

H 113mm
W 97mm
Intercolumn mm
Margins
top 20
bottom 29
right 20
left 10
intercolumn 13
All data for check the viewer9r .

Ms Gāntā ʾAfašum, Dabra Sāhl Qǝddus Mikāʾel Bet Maḵāʿ, DSM-018 main part

has a sum of layout height of 162mm which is greater than the object height of 160mm

Layout note 1

Ruling
  • (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C
  • The upper line is written above the ruling.
Pricking
  • Pricking and ruling are visible.
  • Primary pricks are visible.
  • Ruling pricks are visible.

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Mediocre.

    Ink: Black, red.

    Rubrication: Divine names; the word salām; the words sanbata krǝstiyān; three pairs of red lines alternating with black on the incipit page of Text I; two lines on the incipit page of Texts II and III; elements of the punctuation signs; elements of Ethiopic numerals.

    Date: Late 19th – early 20th cent.

    Late 19th – early 20th cent.

      • Publication Statement

      authority
      Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
      pubPlace
      Hamburg
      publisher
      Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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      date
      2016-06-07T17:39:02.305+02:00
      date
      type=expanded
      2022-01-05T13:36:28.446+01:00
      date
      type=lastModified
      15.9.2020
      idno
      type=collection
      manuscripts
      idno
      type=url
      https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESdsm018
      idno
      type=URI
      https://betamasaheft.eu/ESdsm018
      idno
      type=filename
      ESdsm018.xml
      idno
      type=ID
      ESdsm018

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    Sophia Dege-Müller, Denis Nosnitsin, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻGāntā ʾAfašum, Dabra Sāhl Qǝddus Mikāʾel Bet Maḵāʿ, DSM-018 (encoded from the catalogue)ʼ, in Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-09-15) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESdsm018 [Accessed: 2024-11-03]

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    Revision history

    • Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: adjusted to schema on 15.9.2020
    • Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: transformed from mycore to TEI P5 on 10.5.2016
    • Sophia Dege-Müller Sophia Dege-Müller: last edited in Ethio-SPaRe on 18.9.2014
    • Sophia Dege-Müller Sophia Dege-Müller: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 15.8.2014
    • Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 14.5.2011
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