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Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Ganāḥti Qǝddǝst Māryām, GMG-017

Susanne Hummel (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin

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

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General description

Malkǝʾa Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi "Image of Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi" / Gadla Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi "Vita of Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi" / Ṭǝntä lǝdätomu la-mänäkosat "Origin of the Monks" / Gadla Gabra Krǝstos "Vita of Gabra Krǝstos [St Alexius]"

Number of Text units: 2

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Original Location: Ganāḥti Qǝddǝst Māryām↗

The colophon states that the Ms. was written in 1908 year of mercy (= 1915/16 A.D.).

Summary

I) Malkǝʾa Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi "Image of Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi" (fols. 1va-4rb) II) Gadla Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi "Vita of Za-Mikāʾel ʾAragāwi" (fols. 5ra-50vb) III) Ṭǝntä lǝdätomu la-mänäkosat "Origin of the Monks" (fols. 50vb-51rb), in Amharic IV) Gadla Gabra Krǝstos "Vita of Gabra Krǝstos [St Alexius]" (fols. 51va-79rb) Colophon.
  1. ms_i1 (),
  2. ms_i2 (),

Contents

Incipit ( ):

Explicit ( ):

()
(Text IV ("Vita of Gabra Krǝstos [St Alexius]") comprises the "List of Saints" (check the viewer66va l.13-68vb l.7), the "Song of Dāwit" (check the viewer68vb l.7-69va l.7) and the longer version of the kidan-scene (check the viewer69vb l.15-72va l.15).)

Colophon

check the viewer79va check the viewer79vb check the viewer79va check the viewer79vb

: ዝመጽሐፍ፡ ዘልጅ፡ ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ አይጎባ፡ ዘአጥረዮ፡ በንዋዩ፡ ወወሀባ፡ ለታቦተ፡ ማርያም፡ ገናህቲ፡ ከመ፡ ይኩኖ፡ መርሐ፡ ለመንግሥተ፡ ሰማያት፡ ስመ፡ አቡሁ፡ ገብረ፡ አልፋ፡ ወስማ፡ ለእሙ፡ ወለተ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወስመ፡ ብእሲቱ፡ ወለተ፡ ማርያም፡ ወስመ፡ አኃዊሁ፡ ገብረ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ሐደራ፡ ማርያም፡ ገብረ፡ ሊባኖስ፡ ወስመ፡ አኃቲሁ፡ ዓመተ፡ ማ[]ርያም፡ ወለተ፡ ማርያም፡ ይኩኖሙ፡ መርሐ፡ ለመንግሥተ፡ ሰማያት፡ ዘሠረቆ፡ ወዘፈሐቆ፡ በሥልጣነ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ወጳውሎስ፡ ውጉዘ፡ ለይኩን። ተጸ[ሐ]ፈ፡ በዘመነ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወንግላዊ፡ በሲመት፡ ጳጳስነ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ወንጉሥነ፡ ሚካኤል። በ፲፱፻፰ዓመተ፡ ምሕረት።: This is the book of lǝğ Takla Hāymānot (of) ʾAygoba who purchased it with his own money and donated it to the tabot of Māryām Gänaḥti so that it might be for him a guide to the Kingdom of Heaven. The name of his father is Gabra ʾAlfa, the name of his mother is Walatta Yoḥannǝs and the name of his wife is Walatta Māryām. The names of his brother are Gabra Giyorgis, Ḥadära Māryām, Gabra Libānos. The names of his sisters are ʿĀmata [] Māryām, Walatta Māryām. May it be for them a guide to the Kingdom of Heaven. The one who stole it or erased (its text) shall be excommunicated by the authority of Peter and Paul. So be it. It was written in the year of John the Evangelist, during the tenure of our metropolitan Ṗeṭros and our King Mikāʾel, in 1908 year of mercy. 1908 year of mercy corresonds to 1915/16 A.D. King Mikāʾel (d. 1918 A.D.), also known as Mikāʾel ʿAli was an important ruler of Wällo and of northern Ethiopia. The metropolitan ʾabuna Ṗeṭros died in 1917 A.D.

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .

    Extras

    1. (Type: findingAid)

      - Names of the months indicating the readings are written in the upper margin of some fols., in ink, felt pen and pencil: ዘጥቅምት: check the viewerfol. 5r ዘኅዳር: check the viewerfol. 15v ዘታሕሣሥ: check the viewerfol. 21r ዘጥር: check the viewerfol. 26r ዘየካቲት: check the viewerfol. 36v ዘመጋቢት: check the viewerfol. 44r ዘሚያዝያ: check the viewerfol. 47v .

    2. - Supplication note for the donor and his family: check the viewerfol. 51rb . - Erased notes in the upper margin: check the viewerfol. 57r . - Crude drawings and scribbles: fols. 1r, 4v, 15v, 21v, 80rv.

    Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .

    Miniatures notes

    1. miniature: check the viewerFol. 4v:

      St. Zä-Mikaʾel ʾArägawi, Archangel Michael, a monk (donor or painter?) and a church building.

      Legend: ሚካኤል፡ ተፈነወ፡ ኀበ፡ አረጋዊ "Michael was sent to ʾArägawi". Crude, unfinished miniatures and drawings in black and moderate red.

    Catalogue Bibliography

    This manuscript has no restorations.

    Physical Description

    Form of support

    Parchment Codex

    Extent

    Made of 80.0 (leaf) .Entered as 80.0 folios, in 11.0 (quire) .Entered as 11.0 quires . 237 175 45
    Outer dimensions
    Height 237
    Width 175
    Depth 45

    Foliation

    Quire Structure Collation

    Position Number Leaves Quires Description
    1 4 No image availableFols 1r–4v I(4/fols. 1r-4v)
    2 8 No image availableFols 5r–12v II(8/fols. 5r-12v)
    3 8 No image availableFols 13r–20v III(8; s.l.: 1, stub after 8; 8, stub after 1/fols. 13r-20v)
    4 8 No image availableFols 21r–28v IV(8/fols. 21r-28v)
    5 6 No image availableFols 29r–34v V(6/fols. 29r-34v)
    6 8 No image availableFols 35r–42v VI(8/fols. 35r-42v)
    7 8 No image availableFols 43r–50v VII(8/fols. 43r-50v)
    8 8 No image availableFols 51r–58v VIII(8/fols. 51r-58v)
    9 8 No image availableFols 59r–66v IX(8/fols. 59r-66v)
    10 8 No image availableFols 67r–74v X(8/fols. 67r-74v)
    11 6 No image availableFols 75r–80v XI(6/fols. 75r-80v).

    Collation diagrams


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

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

    III(8; s.l.: 1, stub after 8; 8, stub after 1/fols. 13r-20v)
    Quire ID:q3
    Collation diagram Quire 3 13 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

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

    V(6/fols. 29r-34v)
    Quire ID:q5
    Collation diagram Quire 5 29 34 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3

    VI(8/fols. 35r-42v)
    Quire ID:q6
    Collation diagram Quire 6 35 42 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

    VII(8/fols. 43r-50v)
    Quire ID:q7
    Collation diagram Quire 7 43 50 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

    VIII(8/fols. 51r-58v)
    Quire ID:q8
    Collation diagram Quire 8 51 58 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

    IX(8/fols. 59r-66v)
    Quire ID:q9
    Collation diagram Quire 9 59 66 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

    X(8/fols. 67r-74v)
    Quire ID:q10
    Collation diagram Quire 10 67 74 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

    XI(6/fols. 75r-80v).
    Quire ID:q11
    Collation diagram Quire 11 75 80 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3

    Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(4/No image availableFols 1r–4v) – II(8/No image availableFols 5r–12v) – III(6+2/s.l. 1, stub after 8; s.l. 8, stub after 1/No image availableFols 13r–20v) – IV(8/No image availableFols 21r–28v) – V(6/No image availableFols 29r–34v) – VI(8/No image availableFols 35r–42v) – VII(8/No image availableFols 43r–50v) – VIII(8/No image availableFols 51r–58v) – IX(8/No image availableFols 59r–66v) – X(8/No image availableFols 67r–74v) – XI(6/No image availableFols 75r–80v) –

    Formula: No image availableFols 1r–4v I(4/fols. 1r-4v) ; No image availableFols 5r–12v II(8/fols. 5r-12v) ; No image availableFols 13r–20v III(8; s.l.: 1, stub after 8; 8, stub after 1/fols. 13r-20v) ; No image availableFols 21r–28v IV(8/fols. 21r-28v) ; No image availableFols 29r–34v V(6/fols. 29r-34v) ; No image availableFols 35r–42v VI(8/fols. 35r-42v) ; No image availableFols 43r–50v VII(8/fols. 43r-50v) ; No image availableFols 51r–58v VIII(8/fols. 51r-58v) ; No image availableFols 59r–66v IX(8/fols. 59r-66v) ; No image availableFols 67r–74v X(8/fols. 67r-74v) ; No image availableFols 75r–80v XI(6/fols. 75r-80v).;

    Formula 1: 1 (4), 2 (8), 3 (), 4 (8), 5 (6), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (6),

    Formula 2: 1 (4), 2 (8), 3 (), 4 (8), 5 (6), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (8), 9 (8), 10 (8), 11 (6),

    State of preservation

    good

    Condition

    The spine cover is partly torn off and repaired with a crude overback made of a piece of cloth. The sewing is damaged. The front board is loosely attached to the text block with a cord. The headband is partly torn off.

    Binding

    Two wooden boards covered with reddish-brown tooled leather; textile inlays. Two pairs of sewing stations.

    Binding decoration

    Two pairs of chains of endband stitches (or their remains) at the spine cover.

    Binding material

    wood

    leather

    textile

    Original binding

    Yes

    Layout

    Layout note 1

    Number of columns: 2

    Number of lines: 16

    H 155mm
    W 140mm
    Intercolumn 10mm
    Margins
    top 30
    bottom 52
    right 25
    left 10
    intercolumn 10
    (All data are for check the viewer6r .)

    Ms Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Ganāḥti Qǝddǝst Māryām, GMG-017 main part

    looks ok for measures computed width is: 175mm, object width is: 175mm, computed height is: 237mm and object height is: 237mm.

    Layout note 1

    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.
    Pricking
    • Ruling and pricking are visible.
    • Primary pricks are partly visible.
    • Ruling pricks are partly visible.
    • Structural pricks are partly visible.

    Palaeography

  1. Hand 1

    Scribe: Walda ʾIyasus scribe

    Script: Ethiopic

    Rather fine, but irregular

    Ink: Black, red

    Rubrication: Nomina sacra, names of the protagonists; a few lines on the incipit page of Texts II and IV, incipit of Texts I and III, incipit of (sub)sections of Texts II and IV; word salām "salutation" in Text I, initial word of each strophe of the "Song of David" in Text IV; elements of the punctuation signs; elements of Ethiopic numerals.

    Date: Beginning of the 20th century

    Walda ʾIyasus scribe Walda ʾIyasus is mentioned as the scribe in the concluding supplications of Texts II (check the viewer49va ) and IV (check the viewer79rb ).Beginning of the 20th century

  2. Hand 2

    Script: Ethiopic

    The handwriting tends to small, broadly spaced letters. It appears irregular throughout the Ms. and changes from careful and neat, with upright and slender letters (cp., check the viewer10r , 30r, 35r, 37v) to mediocre, with irregularly slanted (right and left sloping) letters and forked hook vowel markers (cp., check the viewer3r-9r , 22r-25v).


      3. Publication Statement

      authority
      Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
      pubPlace
      Hamburg
      publisher
      Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
      availability

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      date
      2016-06-07T17:40:12.607+02:00
      date
      type=expanded
      16.12.2024 at 13:20:15
      date
      type=lastModified
      25.4.2019
      idno
      type=collection
      manuscripts
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      type=url
      https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESgmg017/main
      idno
      type=URI
      https://betamasaheft.eu/ESgmg017
      idno
      type=filename
      ESgmg017.xml
      idno
      type=ID
      ESgmg017

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    Revision history

    • Pietro Maria Liuzzo added missing extras from domlib on 25.4.2019
    • Pietro Maria Liuzzo transformed from mycore to TEI P5 on 10.5.2016
    • Susanne Hummel last edited in Ethio-SPaRe on 22.10.2014
    • Susanne Hummel catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 5.3.2013
    • Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 27.11.2010
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    Alessandro Bausi, general editor

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