Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Dabra Zayt Qǝddǝst Māryām, DZ-003
Stéphane Ancel (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Hāymānota ʾabaw “Faith of the Fathers” / Taʾammǝra Māryām “Miracles of Mary”
Number of Text units: 6
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location: Dabra Zayt Qǝddǝst Māryām↗
Second half of the 16th - first half of the 17th century. Ff. 108-110, 117 originate from a Ms. of later period.Provenance
Owners Tābota Walda and Lāhǝya Dǝngǝl are mentioned in the supplication formulas, e.g., on check the viewer102vb , 103ra. ʾAtnatewos is mentioned on check the viewer108-110 .
Summary
- ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 2ra–25va ), Hāymānota ʾabaw
- ms_i2
(check the viewerFols 25vb–117vb ),
Taʾāmmǝra Māryām "Miracles of Mary"
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 25vb–26va ), Introductive exhortation to the Taʾammǝra Māryām
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 27ra–31rb ), Maṣḥafa śǝrʿāt za-waṣʾa ʾǝm-manbara Mārqos ḥawāryā ʾǝm-makāna maʿāllǝqā
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 31rb–31vb ), ʾƎsaggǝd laki ʾǝsaggǝd laki ʾǝsaggǝd laki wa-ʾǝweddǝsaki
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 32ra–117vb ), Miracles of Mary: 103 miracles
Contents
check the viewerFols 25vb–117vb Taʾāmmǝra Māryām "Miracles of Mary" (CAe 2384)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 31rb–31vb ʾƎsaggǝd laki ʾǝsaggǝd laki ʾǝsaggǝd laki wa-ʾǝweddǝsaki (CAe 3058)
Language of text:
check the viewerFols 32ra–117vb Miracles of Mary: 103 miracles (CAe 3585) possibly incomplete, fols. are misplaced. - The right sequence of Text II-4 is check the viewer33-39 (miracles 1-8), 32 (miracle 8), 50 (miracles 8-10), 58-63 (miracles 10-14), 48 (miracles 14-15), 57 (miracles 15-16), 64-68 (miracles 16-22), 89 (miracles 23-25), 51-56 (miracles 26-31), 70 (miracles 31-32), 73-87 (miracles 32-51), 40-47 (miracles 51-61), 69 (miracles 61-62), 71 (miracles 62-63), 112-116(miracles 64-72), 72 (miracles 72-73), 90-111 (miracles 73-103), 117 (miracle 103). - Miracles 6, 101-103are not numbered. Some numbers were not used: e.g., 86, 92, 95.
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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check the viewerf. 20r (Type: GuestText)
Māḫbara mǝʾǝmanān "Congregation of the Faithful" (CAe 2910) , incomplete (only the beginning).
( gez ) ማኅበረ፡ ምእመናን፡ ወምእመናት፡ እለ፡ ኪያከ፡ ተአምኑ፡...
The note is written in a crude hand.
Extras
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- The scribe used compressed script to accommodate lines written over erasure: check the viewer62ra .
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Omitted word inserted interlineally in small script: check the viewer117va .
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Erasures: e.g., check the viewer32vb , 50va, 67ra.
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Corrections written over erasures in the main hand: check the viewer29vb , 43ra, 53rb, 63vb.
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Erasures marked with thin black lines: e.g., check the viewer42va , 47va, 63vb.
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Immediate corrections indicated by thin lines above and below the word: check the viewer109ra , 110ra, 110vb.
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Pen trial on check the viewer92v .
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A coloured thread has been inserted in the upper margin of check the viewer41 .
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS Dabra Zayt Qǝddǝst Māryām, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has no restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 250 |
Width | 215 |
Depth | 65 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | 1 |
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A(1; s.l.: 1, no stub/fol. 1rv) | |
2 | 8 |
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I(8/fols. 2r-9v) | |
3 | 8 |
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II(8/fols. 10r-17v). |
Collation diagrams
A(1; s.l.: 1, no stub/fol. 1rv)
Quire ID:q1
I(8/fols. 2r-9v)
Quire ID:q2
II(8/fols. 10r-17v).
Quire ID:q3
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(0+1/s.l. 1, no stub/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (), 2 (8), 3 (8),
Formula 2: 1 (), 2 (8), 3 (8),
State of preservation
deficient
Condition
The Ms. is damaged by rodents (e.g., check the viewer27 , 30, 118). Both boards are broken, the front one has been repaired. The sewing is severely damaged. Leaves are held together by means of one-stiched repairs. Some leaves are stained with wax (e.g., check the viewer3v , 10v, 42v, 84r). Some leaves are misplaced, some are probably missing. Tear amended on check the viewer20 , 116.
Binding
Two wooden boards (the front one is broken; the back one is broken and repaired). Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Binding material
wood
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 26
H | 170mm |
W | 165mm |
Intercolumn | 15mm |
Margins | |
top | 40 |
bottom | 45 |
right | 40 |
left | 15 |
intercolumn | 15 |
Ms Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Dabra Zayt Qǝddǝst Māryām, DZ-003 main part
has a sum of layout height of 255mm which is greater than the object height of 250mm has a sum of layout width of 220mm which is greater than the object height of 215mmLayout note 1
Ruling
- The number varies from 25 to 28.
- (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
- Ruling and pricking are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Careful, by trained hand.
Ink: Black; red.
Rubrication: Nomina sacra, name of the donors, elements of the punctuation signs and of the text dividers; elements of Ethiopic numerals. Two lines on the incipit page of Text I; several lines on the incipit page of Text II-4, alternating with black lines; two initial lines of each subsection of Text I, of Texts II-2, II-3 and of each miracle in Text II-4.
Date: Second half of the 16th - first half of the 17th century (?); check the viewer108-110 , 117 are of later period.
Second half of the 16th - first half of the 17th century (?); check the viewer108-110 , 117 are of later period.Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
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