Sāʿsiʿ Ṣaʿdā ʾƎmbā, Manawat Qǝddus Giyorgis, QGM-008
Veronika Roth (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography
General description
Maṣḥafa gǝnzat “Book of the Funeral Ritual”
Number of Text units: 2
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Contents
Incipit ( ):
Explicit ( ):
ff. 2, 3, 136, 137 are unruled.
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
Extras
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(Type: findingAid)
- Coloured threads have been inserted in the upper corner/outer margins of fols. 29, 68, 91, 97, 99. - Notes written in the main hand in frames in the upper margin referring to the content of the Ms.: fols. 41r, 56v, 60r, 62r, 66r; sometimes written in recent crude blue ballpoint pen: e.g., fols. 48r, 51v.
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- check the viewerFol. 137v : Crude drawing of a human on a horse holding a spear (perhaps St. George slaying the dragon). - Erasures marked with thin lines: fols. 11ra, 59vb, 110vb. - Corrections written over erasures: fols. 45ra, 50ra, 129ra. - Immediate corrections marked by dashes above and below the words: check the viewerfol. 110va . - Omitted letters or words inserted interlineally: e.g., fols. 10rb, 11vb, 14rb, 20rb, 26va. - The scribe used compressed script: e.g., fols. 51ra-51vb, 55va-56ra, 57rb-57vb. - The word እገሌ(ት) is marked above and below by a series of dashes: e.g., fols. 68rb, 68vab, 76vab, 77va, 78rab. - Spaces for rubricated names of the donors left unfilled: e.g., fols. 12rb, 20rb, 20vab, 21rab, 28rab. - Scribbles and doodles: e.g., fols. 1r, 1v, 10v, 12v, 19r, 39r.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: check the viewer5r (incipit page of the Text): uncoloured ornamental frame; interlaces, anthropomorphic motifs (eyes).
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS Manawat Qǝddus Giyorgis, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has modern restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 315 |
Width | 260 |
Depth | 75 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | 2 |
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A(2/fols. 1r-4v) | |
2 | 8 |
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I(8/fols. 5r-12v) | |
3 | 8 |
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II(8/fols. 13r-20v) | |
4 | 8 |
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III(8/fols. 21r-28v) | |
5 | 8 |
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IV(8/fols. 29r-36v) | |
6 | 8 |
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V(8/fols. 37r-44v) | |
7 | 8 |
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VI(8; s.l.: 3, stub after 6; 6, stub after 3/fols. 45r-52v) | |
8 | 8 |
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VII(8/fols. 53r-60v) | |
9 | 8 |
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VIII(8/fols. 61r-68v) | |
10 | 8 |
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IX(8/fols. 69r-76v) | |
11 | 8 |
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X(8/fols. 77r-84v) | |
12 | 9 |
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XI(9; s.l.: 7, stub after 2/fols. 85r-93v) | |
13 | 10 |
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XII(10/fols. 94r-103v) | |
14 | 8 |
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XIII(8/fols. 104r-111v) | |
15 | 8 |
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XIV(8/fols. 112r-119v) | |
16 | 8 |
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XV(8/fols. 120r-127v) | |
17 | 8 |
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XVI(8/fols. 128r-135v) | |
18 | 2 |
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B(2; s.l.: 1, stub after 2; 2, stub after 2/fols. 136r-137v). |
Collation diagrams
A(2/fols. 1r-4v)
Quire ID:q1
I(8/fols. 5r-12v)
Quire ID:q2
II(8/fols. 13r-20v)
Quire ID:q3
III(8/fols. 21r-28v)
Quire ID:q4
IV(8/fols. 29r-36v)
Quire ID:q5
V(8/fols. 37r-44v)
Quire ID:q6
VI(8; s.l.: 3, stub after 6; 6, stub after 3/fols. 45r-52v)
Quire ID:q7
VII(8/fols. 53r-60v)
Quire ID:q8
VIII(8/fols. 61r-68v)
Quire ID:q9
IX(8/fols. 69r-76v)
Quire ID:q10
X(8/fols. 77r-84v)
Quire ID:q11
XI(9; s.l.: 7, stub after 2/fols. 85r-93v)
Quire ID:q12
XII(10/fols. 94r-103v)
Quire ID:q13
XIII(8/fols. 104r-111v)
Quire ID:q14
XIV(8/fols. 112r-119v)
Quire ID:q15
XV(8/fols. 120r-127v)
Quire ID:q16
XVI(8/fols. 128r-135v)
Quire ID:q17
B(2; s.l.: 1, stub after 2; 2, stub after 2/fols. 136r-137v).
Quire ID:q18
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 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (9), 13 (10), 14 (8), 15 (8), 16 (8), 17 (8), 18 (),
Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (9), 13 (10), 14 (8), 15 (8), 16 (8), 17 (8), 18 (),
State of preservation
good
Condition
The Ms. shows traces of extensive use. Many fols. are stained with wax and dirt and/or affected by humidity. The Ms. has been resewn. The leather cover has been torn off; only the turn-ins are preserved on the inner side of the boards. Holes or cuts amended on fols. 2, 3, 6, 12, 97.
Binding
Two wooden boards covered with reddish-brown tooled leather (missing for the most part); textile inlays. Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Small holes are visible on the spine fold of the quires close to the head and the tail of the codex.
Binding material
leather
textile
wood
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 24
H | 235mm |
W | 210mm |
Intercolumn | 17mm |
Margins | |
top | 25 |
bottom | 55 |
right | 35 |
left | 15 |
intercolumn | 17 |
Ms Sāʿsiʿ Ṣaʿdā ʾƎmbā, Manawat Qǝddus Giyorgis, QGM-008 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 260mm, object width is: 260mm, computed height is: 315mm and object height is: 315mm.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. The top line was not used by the scribe on (Excerpt from check the viewer78ra)
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Pricking
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Scribe: Gabra Mikāʾel scribe
Script: Ethiopic
Ink: Black, red
Rubrication: Nomina sacra; name of the scribe; a few lines on the incipit page, alternating with black lines; incipit of each section of the text; names of Hebrew letters in Ps. 118 (e.g., fols. 34vab, 36vab, 37ra); some other words: e.g., halle luya (e.g., fols. 5vab, 6rab, 6vab, 7rab), ṣällǝyu (e.g., fols. 29ra, 35va, 37va), kǝśtat (e.g., fols. 32vb, 51ra), qǝdmä wängel (e.g., fols. 35ra, 37ra), wa-kāʿǝba (e.g., fols. 35va, 37rb), dǝḫrä wängel (e.g., fols. 47ra, 52va), wa-ʾǝmzǝ (e.,g., fols. 121vab, 122rb), täśahalänni (e.g., fol. 123rb); abbreviations; elements of Ethiopic numerals; elements of the punctuation signs and text dividers.
Date: 19th century (?)
Gabra Mikāʾel scribe Gabra Mikāʾel is mentioned as the scribe in the supplication on check the viewer91rb .19th century (?)Abbreviations
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