Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Dabra Dāmmo ʾAbuna ʾAragāwi, DD-003
Magdalena Krzyzanowska (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the Catalogue Bibliography
Collection: Ethio-SPaRe
Other identifiers: C3-IV-245, 404
General description
Dǝggʷā, Antiphonary for the entire year
Number of Text units: 7
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location: Dabra Dāmmo ʾAbuna ʾAragāwi↗
18th cent. (?)Provenance
According to Additio 1, the Ms. belongs to rǝʾǝsa dabr (the head of the monastery) Walda Māryām.
Summary
- ms_i1
(check the viewer3ra-202rc ),
Dǝggʷā, Antiphonary for the entire year
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewer3ra-59rc l.1 ), Dǝggʷā, Antiphonary (for the period of St John the Baptist, 1st Maskaram to 30th Ḫǝdār)
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewer59ra l.5-114vc ), Dǝggʷā, Antiphonary (for the period of the Supplication, 1st Tāḫśāś to 30th Maggābit
- ms_i1.3
(check the viewer115ra-139vc ),
Ṣoma dǝggʷā, Antiphonary for Lent
- ms_i1.3.1 (check the viewer139ra-139vc ), Table of halleluiatic chants
- ms_i1.4 (check the viewer140ra-140vb ), ʾArʾǝsta mǝhǝllā za-baʿāta kǝramt, Rule of the Rogation for the beginning of the Rains
- ms_i1.5 (check the viewer141ra-202rc ), Dǝggʷā, Antiphonary (for the period of Easter and the season of the Rains)
Contents
Additions In this unit there are in total .
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: Ownership note extended by the names of the heads of Dabra Dāmmo .
( gez ) check the viewer1r : ዝድጓ፡ ዘርእሰ፡ ደብር፡ ወልደ፡ ማርያም፡ እጓለ፡ ርእሰ፡ ደብር፡ አቢሴሚ፤ ወአሚዜሌክ፡ እጓለ፡ ርእሰ፡ ደብር፡ ክብረ፡ ድንግል፡ ወርእሰ፡ ደብር፡ ወልደ፡ ማርያም፡ ወልደ፡ ኃይለ፡ ማርያም፡ ስወግደይ፡ ይኁቋ፡ የንህፀ፡ ፋፍን፡ ከምተ፡ ሲንዛል
The note is written in the main hand. It states that the Ms. belongs to rǝʾǝsa dabr ( (the nead of the monastery) Walda Māryām and mentions his predecessors. The meaning of the final part of the note is unclear. ) -
: Scribe’s signature.
( gez ) check the viewer202rc : ይትባረክ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘአፈጸመኒ፡ ዝንተ፡ ጽሕፍተ፡ ሊተ፡ ለኃጥእ፡ ጎሹ፡ ዘተሰመይከ፡ በጸጋ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ወልደ፡ ገብርኤል <...>
( The scribe mentions his name, Gošu, and his baptismal name Walda Gabrǝʾel. )
Extras
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Shelfmark C3-IV-245 (check the viewer3r )
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Shelfmark 404 (check the viewer1r )
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- The title ድጓ and the internal number of the monastic library (404) are written on check the viewer1r .
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ff. 1-2, serving as the guard leaves, contain a fragment of Dǝggʷā written in the main hand.
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Omitted words or passages are written in the margins, in the main hand: check the viewer16r , 20rb, 66r, 143rb, 147vb, 151r, 162r, 165r, 182v.
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Tamallas-signs, in the shape of a cross or ┴, indicate the place where the omissions written in the margins, in the main hand and usually in a small script, belong: check the viewer3v l.28, 3v l.30, 144v, 10rc l.16, 11va l.22, 12vc l.23, 14rc l.29, 16ra l.28, 18rb l.3, 18vb l.30, 21vc l.19, 26rc l.7, 33rb l.24, 36rb l.15, 37va l.32, 38rb l.33, 41ra l.37, 41vb l.8, 43va l.15, 46vc l.24, 26vc l.30, 46rb l.12, 48ra l.7, 48vb l.37, 54rb l.33, 59vc l.8, 63va l.38, 66va l.3, 68ra l.1, 70rc l.31, 71va l.3, 72va l.29, 73rc l.16, 74vc l.5, 75rb l.14, 83rc l.34, 86vc l.10, 96rc l.19, 118ra l.28, 118va l.5, 118vc l.37, 123va l.1, 124ra l.23, 124rb l.28, 144rb l.32, 144rb l.34, 144va l.2, 144va l.3, 144vb l.22, 145rb l.2, 145vb l.23, 147ra l.19, 147rb l.28, 149rb l.5, 149va l.33, 149vc l.33, 150rb l.12, 150rb l.38, 151rb l.36, 152ra l.36, 152va l.36, 153rb l.3, 164vc l.19, 175rb l.25, 177ra l.19, 177va l.26, 183va l.20, 194va l.13, 198vc l.27, 201ra l.14.
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A few lines of a text have been erased from below the end of Text I-5, on check the viewer202rc .
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A name (or names), አባ፡ ገበረ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ገብረ፡ ሚካኤል(?), is written in red pencil on check the viewer202v .
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Pen trial: check the viewer1rv , 2r.
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Minor notes, scribbles, writing exercises (part of Ethiopic syllabary): check the viewer1rv , 12v, 21v, 202v.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 5 s.
Frame notes
- frame: check the viewer5ra and throughout until check the viewer130rb : simple short ornamental bands dividing Texts I-1 to I-3 into sections.
- frame: check the viewer59r (incipit of Text I-1): elaborate, coloured (red, black) ornamental band; geometric motifs.
- frame: check the viewer114vc (explicit of Text I-1): elaborate, coloured (red, black) ornamental band; anthropomorphic and geometric motifs.
- frame: check the viewer138vc (explicit of Text I-2): elaborate, coloured (red, black) ornamental band; geometric motifs.
- frame: check the viewer182ra : elaborate, coloured (red, black) ornamental band; geometric motifs.
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS Dabra Dāmmo ʾAbuna ʾAragāwi, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has modern restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 310 |
Width | 270 |
Depth | 80 |
Foliation
Foliated by the Ethio-SPaRe team. Two leaves have been foliated with number 134 (piccheck the viewer134 , 135).
Quire Structure Collation
Signatures:
Collation diagrams
I(8/fols. 1r-8v)
Quire ID:q1
፪II(8/fols. 9r-16v)
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፫III(8/fols. 17r-24v)
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፬IV(8/fols. 25r-32v)
Quire ID:q4
፭V(8/fols. 33r-40v)
Quire ID:q5
፮VI(8/fols. 41r-48v)
Quire ID:q6
፯VII(8/fols. 49r-56v)
Quire ID:q7
፰VIII(8/fols. 57r-64v)
Quire ID:q8
፱IX(8/fols. 65r-72v)
Quire ID:q9
፲X(8/fols. 73r-80v)
Quire ID:q10
፲፩XI(8/fols. 81r-88v)
Quire ID:q11
፲፪XII(8/fols. 89r-96v)
Quire ID:q12
፲፫XIII(8/fols. 97r-104v)
Quire ID:q13
፲፬XIV(10/fols. 105r-114v)
Quire ID:q14
፲፭XV(10/fols. 115r-124v)
Quire ID:q15
፲፮XVI(8/fols. 125r-132v)
Quire ID:q16
፲፯XVII(8/fols. 133r-140v)
Quire ID:q17
፲፰XVIII(8/fols. 141r-148v)
Quire ID:q18
፲፱XIX(8/fols. 149r-156v)
Quire ID:q19
፳XX(8/fols. 157r-164v)
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፳፩XXI(10/fols. 165r-174v)
Quire ID:q21
፳፪XXII(10; s.l.: 3, stub after 7; 8, stub after 2/fols. 175r-184v)
Quire ID:q22
፳፫XXIII(10; s.l.: 3, stub after 8; 8, stub after 3/fols. 185r-194v)
Quire ID:q23
፳፬XXIV(8/fols. 195r-202v).
Quire ID:q24
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(8/No image availableFols 1r–8v) – II(8/No image availableFols 9r–16v) – III(8/No image availableFols 17r–24v) – IV(8/No image availableFols 25r–32v) – V(8/No image availableFols 33r–40v) – VI(8/No image availableFols 41r–48v) – VII(8/No image availableFols 49r–56v) – VIII(8/No image availableFols 57r–64v) – IX(8/No image availableFols 65r–72v) – X(8/No image availableFols 73r–80v) – XI(8/No image availableFols 81r–88v) – XII(8/No image availableFols 89r–96v) – XIII(8/No image availableFols 97r–104v) – XIV(10/No image availableFols. 10, No image availableFols 105r–114v) – XV(10/No image availableFols. 10, No image availableFols 115r–124v) – XVI(8/No image availableFols 125r–132v) – XVII(8/No image availableFols 133r–140v) – XVIII(8/No image availableFols 141r–148v) – XIX(8/No image availableFols 149r–156v) – XX(8/No image availableFols 157r–164v) – XXI(10/No image availableFols. 10, No image availableFols 165r–174v) – XXII(8+2/s.l. 3, stub after 7/No image availableFols. 10, No image availableFols 175r–184v) – XXIII(8+2/s.l. 3, stub after 8; s.l. 8, stub after 3/No image availableFols. 10, No image availableFols 185r–194v) – XXIV(8/No image availableFols 195r–202v) –
Formula: No image availableFols 1r–8v I(8/fols. 1r-8v) ; No image availableFols 9r–16v ፪II(8/fols. 9r-16v) ; No image availableFols 17r–24v ፫III(8/fols. 17r-24v) ; No image availableFols 25r–32v ፬IV(8/fols. 25r-32v) ; No image availableFols 33r–40v ፭V(8/fols. 33r-40v) ; No image availableFols 41r–48v ፮VI(8/fols. 41r-48v) ; No image availableFols 49r–56v ፯VII(8/fols. 49r-56v) ; No image availableFols 57r–64v ፰VIII(8/fols. 57r-64v) ; No image availableFols 65r–72v ፱IX(8/fols. 65r-72v) ; No image availableFols 73r–80v ፲X(8/fols. 73r-80v) ; No image availableFols 81r–88v ፲፩XI(8/fols. 81r-88v) ; No image availableFols 89r–96v ፲፪XII(8/fols. 89r-96v) ; No image availableFols 97r–104v ፲፫XIII(8/fols. 97r-104v) ; No image availableFols. 10, No image availableFols 105r–114v ፲፬XIV(10/fols. 105r-114v) ; No image availableFols. 10, No image availableFols 115r–124v ፲፭XV(10/fols. 115r-124v) ; No image availableFols 125r–132v ፲፮XVI(8/fols. 125r-132v) ; No image availableFols 133r–140v ፲፯XVII(8/fols. 133r-140v) ; No image availableFols 141r–148v ፲፰XVIII(8/fols. 141r-148v) ; No image availableFols 149r–156v ፲፱XIX(8/fols. 149r-156v) ; No image availableFols 157r–164v ፳XX(8/fols. 157r-164v) ; No image availableFols. 10, No image availableFols 165r–174v ፳፩XXI(10/fols. 165r-174v) ; No image availableFols. 10, No image availableFols 175r–184v ፳፪XXII(10; s.l.: 3, stub after 7; 8, stub after 2/fols. 175r-184v) ; No image availableFols. 10, No image availableFols 185r–194v ፳፫XXIII(10; s.l.: 3, stub after 8; 8, stub after 3/fols. 185r-194v) ; No image availableFols 195r–202v ፳፬XXIV(8/fols. 195r-202v).;
Formula 1: 1 (8), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (10), 15 (10), 16 (8), 17 (8), 18 (8), 19 (8), 20 (8), 21 (10), 22 (10), 23 (10), 24 (8),
Formula 2: 1 (8), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (8), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (8), 12 (8), 13 (8), 14 (10), 15 (10), 16 (8), 17 (8), 18 (8), 19 (8), 20 (8), 21 (10), 22 (10), 23 (10), 24 (8),
State of preservation
good
Condition
The Ms. has been resewn. The front board is broken and repaired with cords. The leather cover is damaged in the upper part of the spine. The patched doublure is missing from the inner side of the front board. Two holes of square shape have been cut out in the leather cover of the front board exposing the 3rd and 4th sewing stations. Small cuts have been made in the leather cover of the back board around all the sewing stations. ff. 1, 2 and 8 are damaged by rodents, with the loss of text. Some fols. are stained with water. Holes are carefully amended on fols. 2, 5, 18, 19, 21, 22, 26, 29, 32, 37, 43, 50, 53, 58, 63, 66, 77, 82, 87 (with red threads), 92-95, 99, 104, 108, 110, 113, 116, 121, 124, 136, 142, 145, 153, 157, 158, 161, 165, 169, 170, 181 (with white threads), 184-186, 188, 191, 201, 202.
Binding
Two wooden boards (the front board is broken and repaired) covered with dark brown tooled leather; textile inlays. Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Remains of chains of endband stitches at the spine cover.
Binding material
wood
leather
textile
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 3
Number of lines: 37
H | 210mm |
W | 210mm |
Intercolumn | 10mm |
Margins | |
top | 35 |
bottom | 60 |
right | 35 |
left | 16 |
intercolumn | 10 |
Ms Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Dabra Dāmmo ʾAbuna ʾAragāwi, DD-003 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 261mm, object width is: 270mm, computed height is: 305mm and object height is: 310mm.Layout note 1
Ruling
- 33 lines: (Excerpt from check the viewer3ra-8vc)
; 39 lines: (Excerpt from check the viewer114ra-139vc)
, 140ra-140vb - (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A-1A1A-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.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Scribe: Gošu (Walda Gabrǝʾel) scribe
Script: Ethiopic
Mediocre but careful
Ink: Black, red
Rubrication: Nomina sacra; the names of the scribe; a few groups of lines (alternating with black lines) in the incipit page of Texts I-1, I-2 and I-3; names of sections occasionally followed by the feast name and initial words or lines (e.g., wāzemā ba-6 ʾƎsṭifānos diyaqonay mǝʾmän za-samāy…, fol. 13rb; ba-maḫtäwä ʿƎleni ba-4 baʾǝnta wǝʾǝtu ʿǝḍä masqal…, fol. 14vc; mǝsbak ba-1 wa-ʾantässä…, fol. 37rc); names of antiphons and their abbreviations (e.g., māḥlet, mazmur, śalast, salām, ba-5-tu, ʾabun, ʾaryām, ʾǝsma la-ʿālam, kʷǝllǝkkǝmu, za-ʾamlākiya, za-yǝʾǝze, yǝtbārak); names of other chants and their abbreviations (e.g., mǝlṭān, mǝsbak, mǝqnāy, mǝdgam, qǝnnǝwat, ʿǝzl); musical notation: intratextual signs (e.g., ʿararat, ʾaklilä, ba-zemahu, ḥaḍä, wäy, yǝgäbbǝru, ʾaryām qadāmi zema), mariginal signs and their elements; elements of the Table of halleluiatic chants; red and black dot chains separating groups of antiphons; elements of the punctuation signs; Ethiopic numerals or their elements. Often only the initial letters of words are rubricated.
Date: 18th century (?)
Gošu (Walda Gabrǝʾel) scribe The scribe’s signature (s. Addito 2) mentions Gošu, whose baptismal name is Walda Gabrǝʾel.18th century (?)Abbreviations
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