ʾƎndartā, Māy ʾAnbasā Dabra Gannat Kidāna Mǝḥrat, MAKM-044
Iosif Fridman (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: Māy ʾAnbasā Kidāna Mǝḥrat / MAKM↗
Second half of the 19th cent. (?) Additio 1, dated to the time of King Yoḥannǝs IV (r. 1872-89), is probably executed in the same hand as that of the main text.Summary
Contents
Incipit ( ):
Explicit ( ):
The biography and the list of “tituli” for the Gospel of Matthew are missing.
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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: Note on the land charter issued by King Yoḥannǝs IV (r. 1872-89) to May ʾAnbäsa.
In Amharic; the note concerns the gʷǝlt to May ʾAnbäsa donated by King Yoḥannǝs IV (r. 1872-89). -
: Donation note (?)
The note is effaced. The name of the donor Takla Wängel and the name of his wife are still readable; the note contained also the name of the scribe, written in red ink, now unreadable.
Extras
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check the viewer1v check the viewer1v check the viewer7r check the viewer94r
- Incomplete list of the items owned by the monastery, crudely written in blue pen: . - The title ብስራተ፡ አብ፡ ትሩፍ፡ is carefully written in red ink on . - A strip of parchment is inserted (?): . - Small cross on the left margin of the first column of . -
(Type: findingAid)
- A thread is inserted in the upper corner of check the viewerfol. 46r .
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS Māy ʾAnbasā Dabra Gannat Kidāna Mǝḥrat, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has modern restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 360 |
Width | 305 |
Depth | 70 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 |
|
I(2/fols. 1r-2v) | |
2 | 4 |
|
II(4/fols. 3r-6v) | |
3 | 8 |
|
III፩(8/fols. 7r-14v) | |
4 | 8 |
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፪IV(8/fols. 15r-22v) | |
5 | 8 |
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፫V(8/fols. 23r-30v) | |
6 | 8 |
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፬VI(8/fols. 31r-38v) | |
7 | 8 |
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፭VII(8/fols. 39r-46v) | |
8 | 10 |
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፮VIII(10/fols. 47r-56v) | |
9 | 7 |
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፯IX(7; s.l.: 1, stub after 7/fols. 57r-63v) | |
10 | 8 |
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፰X(8/fols. 64r-71v) | |
11 | 8 |
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፱XI(8/fols. 72r-79v) | |
12 | 8 |
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፲XII(8/fols. 80r-87v) | |
13 | 8 |
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፲፩XIII(8/fols. 88r-95v) | |
14 | 8 |
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፲፪XIV(8/fols. 96r-103v) | |
15 | 8 |
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፲፫XV(8/fols. 104r-111r) | |
16 | 6 |
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፲፬XVI(6/fols. 112r-117v) | |
17 | 8 |
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፲፭XVII(8/fols. 118r-125v) | |
18 | 6 |
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፲፮XVIII(6/fols. 126r-131v) | |
19 | 1 |
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XIX(1; s.l.: 1/fol. 132) |
Collation diagrams
I(2/fols. 1r-2v)
Quire ID:q1
II(4/fols. 3r-6v)
Quire ID:q2
III፩(8/fols. 7r-14v)
Quire ID:q3
፪IV(8/fols. 15r-22v)
Quire ID:q4
፫V(8/fols. 23r-30v)
Quire ID:q5
፬VI(8/fols. 31r-38v)
Quire ID:q6
፭VII(8/fols. 39r-46v)
Quire ID:q7
፮VIII(10/fols. 47r-56v)
Quire ID:q8
፯IX(7; s.l.: 1, stub after 7/fols. 57r-63v)
Quire ID:q9
፰X(8/fols. 64r-71v)
Quire ID:q10
፱XI(8/fols. 72r-79v)
Quire ID:q11
፲XII(8/fols. 80r-87v)
Quire ID:q12
፲፩XIII(8/fols. 88r-95v)
Quire ID:q13
፲፪XIV(8/fols. 96r-103v)
Quire ID:q14
፲፫XV(8/fols. 104r-111r)
Quire ID:q15
፲፬XVI(6/fols. 112r-117v)
Quire ID:q16
፲፭XVII(8/fols. 118r-125v)
Quire ID:q17
፲፮XVIII(6/fols. 126r-131v)
Quire ID:q18
XIX(1; s.l.: 1/fol. 132)
Quire ID:q19
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(2/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (4), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (10), 9 (), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (8), 15 (8), 16 (6), 17 (8), 18 (6), 19 (1),
Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (4), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (10), 9 (), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (8), 15 (8), 16 (6), 17 (8), 18 (6), 19 (1),
State of preservation
good
Condition
ff. 1, 2, 130, 132 are slightly damaged, check the viewer131 is mutilated. check the viewer29 is of slightly irregular form. check the viewer132 is a single leaf loosely inserted between the last folio of quire XVIII and the back board. Holes or tears roughly amended on fols. 4, 9, 19, 33, 38, 48, 62, 77, 92, 103, 106, 120, 122, 123. Colour of the parchment and ink of quire I is different from the rest of the Ms.
Binding
Two wooden boards covered with brown tooled leather. Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Small holes are visible on the spine fold and in the centre fold of the quires, close to the head and tail of the codex.
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 50
H | 280mm |
W | 265mm |
Intercolumn | mm |
Margins | |
top | 31 |
bottom | 47 |
right | 30 |
left | 10 |
intercolumn |
Ms ʾƎndartā, Māy ʾAnbasā Dabra Gannat Kidāna Mǝḥrat, MAKM-044 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 305mm, object width is: 305mm, computed height is: 358mm and object height is: 360mm.Layout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 27
H | 245mm |
W | 250mm |
Intercolumn | mm |
Margins | |
top | 40 |
bottom | 75 |
right | 28 |
left | 27 |
intercolumn |
Ms ʾƎndartā, Māy ʾAnbasā Dabra Gannat Kidāna Mǝḥrat, MAKM-044 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 305mm, object width is: 305mm, computed height is: 360mm and object height is: 360mm.Layout note 1
Ruling
- (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A-1A1A1A1A/0-0/0-0/C
- The upper line is written above the ruling.
- The bottom line is written above the ruling.
- (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A-1A1A1A1A/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.
- Ruling and pricking are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Fine, regular.
Ink: Black; red.
Rubrication: Headings and incipits of the texts; on the incipit page of each Gospel a few lines are rubricated (alternating with black lines); numbers of the “tituli”; chapter numbers and the word mǝʿrāf; parts of the Canon tables; elements of the punctuation signs; elements of Ethiopic numerals.
Date: Second half of the 19th century (?)
The name of the scribe, now unreadable, was mentioned in Additio 2.Second half of the 19th century (?)Hand 2
Script: Ethiopic
Quire I is possibly written in a different hand (belonging to the same period of time).Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
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