Gāntā ʾAfašum, Dabra Maʿār Qǝddǝst Māryām, MQM-008
Magdalena Krzyzanowska (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Vita, Miracles, and Image of Gabra Manfas Qǝddus”
Number of Text units: 4
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location: Dabra Maʿār Qǝddǝst Māryām↗
19th cent. (?)Provenance
The name(s) of the original donor(s) has been erased in the concluding supplication formula in check the viewer97ra and replaced with the following ones: Malkǝʾa Śǝllāse, ʾAwsābǝyos, Gabra ʾAragāwi, Walda Giyorgis, ʾAqalesya, Walatta Śǝllāse. The same names are written in supplication formulas, over erased name(s) of the original donor(s), throughout the Ms.: ʾAqalesya (check the viewer3vb , 77ra, 79ra, 81rab, 85ra, 87ra, 93ra, 96va), Malkǝʾa Śǝllāse (check the viewer3vb , 79rb, 80rb, 85ra, 87rb, 92vb, 93vb), Walatta Śǝllāse (check the viewer77ra , 85va), ʾAwsābǝyos (check the viewer80rb , 82va, 85va, 91vb), Gabra ʾAragāwi (check the viewer82va ), Walda Giyorgis (check the viewer89rb , 89va, 91vb). The names are written by a secondary hand and rubricated in strong scarlet.
Summary
- ms_i1
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Hagiographic Dossier of St Gabra Manfas Qǝddus
- ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 3ra–77ra ), Gadla Gabra Manfas Qǝddus (general record)
- ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 77ra–97ra ), Taʾammǝra Gabra Manfas Qǝddus “Miracles of Gabra Manfas Qǝddus”: 13 miracles
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 97rb–99va ), Malkǝʾ-hymn to Gabra Manfas Qǝddus
Contents
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 , 2 .
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check the viewerff. 99vb-100ra (Type: LandGrant)
Note on bequething land to the church of Gabra Manfas Qǝddus.
( gez ) የባለ፡ አገር፡ የነበረ፡ ገራህት፡ የጭቆች፡ ፊታውራሪ፡ ቢተው፡ ለአቡነ፡ ገብረ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ይሁን፡ ብለው፡ ሰጡት፡ በንቡረ፡ እድ፡ ተክለ፡ ጊዮርጊስ። ሹመ፡ ነጋሪት፡ ፊታውራሪ፡ ቢተው፡ ሊቀ፡ ካህናቱ፡ <...>፡ ወቄስ፡ ገበዝ፡ አቡነ፡ ገብረ፡ መስቀስ[sic]፡ ዘተአገሎ፡ ለዝንቱ፡ ገራህት፡ ዘአቡነ፡ ገብረ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ዘቲውህበ፡ በሰላጢን፡ በሥልጣነ፡ ጴጥሮስ...
Text in Amharic
The note is written in Amharic and Gǝʿǝz, by a mediocre hand. Nǝbura ʾǝd Takla Giyorgis is mentioned.
Extras
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Signs, in the shape of a cross with a loop at the end of each arm, are written in red or black in the side margins of check the viewer10va , 47rb, 58va, 67ra, 68va, 74ra. - Pen trials: check the viewer100v .
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Minor notes, writing exercises, doodles: check the viewer1v , 2r, 100rv.
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(Type: findingAid)
- Monthly readings of Text I are indicated by the names of the months written in the upper margin of some fols., by the main hand: za-Maggābit: fols. 3ra, 4ra, 5rb-10rb za-Miyāzyā: fols. 10va, 11rb-14rb za-Gǝnbot: fols. 14vb, 16rb-22rb za-Sane: fols. 23rb-34rb za-Ḥamle: fols. 34vb, 36rb-40rb za-Naḥase: fols. 41ra, 42rb-45rb ba-Maskaram: fols. 46ra, 47rb-57rb za-Ṭǝqǝmt: fols. 58va, 60rb-62rb za-Ḫǝdār: fols. 63vb, 66rb-66rb za-Tāḥśāś: fols. 67ra, 68rb za-Ṭǝrr: fols. 68vb, 69rb-73rb za-Yakkātit: check the viewerfol. 74ra
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(Type: findingAid)
- Monthly readings of Text II are indicated by the names of the months written in the upper margin of some fols, by a secondary crude hand: za-Miyāzyā: check the viewerfol. 77ra zä-Gǝnbot: check the viewerfol. 79ra za-Sane: check the viewerfol. 80rb za-Ḥamle: check the viewerfol. 81rb za-Naḥase: check the viewerfol. 82va za-Maskaram: check the viewerfol. 85ra za-Ṭǝqǝmt: check the viewerfol. 85va za-Ḫǝdar: check the viewerfol. 87rb za-Tāḥśāś: check the viewerfol. 89va za-Ṭǝrr: check the viewerfol. 91vb za-Yakkātit: check the viewerfol. 93ra za-Maggābit: check the viewerfol. 93vb
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: check the viewer97rb (incipit of Text III): simple coloured (red) ornamental band; geometric motifs.
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS Dabra Maʿār Qǝddǝst Māryām, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has modern restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 230 |
Width | 195 |
Depth | 55 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | 2 |
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A(2/fols. 1r-2v) | |
2 | 10 |
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I(10/fols. 3r-12v) | |
3 | 10 |
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II(10/fols. 13r-22v) | |
4 | 10 |
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III(10/fols. 23r-32v) | |
5 | 10 |
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IV(10/fols. 33r-42v) | |
6 | 10 |
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V(10/fols. 43r-52v) | |
7 | 4 |
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VI(4/fols. 53r-62v) | |
8 | 10 |
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VII(10/fols. 63r-72v) | |
9 | 10 |
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VIII(10/fols. 73r-82) | |
10 | 10 |
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IX(10/fols. 83r-92v) | |
11 | 8 |
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X(8/fols. 93r-100v). |
Collation diagrams
A(2/fols. 1r-2v)
Quire ID:q1
I(10/fols. 3r-12v)
Quire ID:q2
II(10/fols. 13r-22v)
Quire ID:q3
III(10/fols. 23r-32v)
Quire ID:q4
IV(10/fols. 33r-42v)
Quire ID:q5
V(10/fols. 43r-52v)
Quire ID:q6
VI(4/fols. 53r-62v)
Quire ID:q7
VII(10/fols. 63r-72v)
Quire ID:q8
VIII(10/fols. 73r-82)
Quire ID:q9
IX(10/fols. 83r-92v)
Quire ID:q10
X(8/fols. 93r-100v).
Quire ID:q11
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(2/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (4), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (8),
Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (4), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (8),
State of preservation
good
Condition
The leather cover at the spine is damaged. The back board attachment has been repaired with a synthetic brown thread visible in the centrefold of quires IX-X. Some fols. are stained with ink and water.
Binding
Two wooden boards covered with brown tooled leather; textile inlays. Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Two pairs of chains of endband stitches (or their traces) at the spine cover.
Binding material
wood
leather
textile
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 18
H | 160mm |
W | 150mm |
Intercolumn | 10mm |
Margins | |
top | 20 |
bottom | 48 |
right | 35 |
left | 10 |
intercolumn | 10 |
Ms Gāntā ʾAfašum, Dabra Maʿār Qǝddǝst Māryām, MQM-008 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 195mm, object width is: 195mm, computed height is: 228mm and object height is: 230mm.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 bottom ruled line was not used by the scribe in (Excerpt from check the viewer3r-12v)
.
Pricking
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Mediocre, slightly irregular
Ink: Black, red
Rubrication: Holy names; name of the protagonist; a few lines and a group of lines (alternating with black lines) on the incipit page of Text I; groups of lines (alternating with black lines) on the incipit page of Text II; initial line of Text III; incipits of sections/miracles; name of the month “za-Maggābit” on fols. 3r-6r; word "salām" in Text III; text dividers; elements of the punctuation signs; elements of Ethiopic numerals.
Date: 19th century.
19th century.Check for additional bibliography
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Magdalena Krzyzanowska, Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Susanne Hummel, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻGāntā ʾAfašum, Dabra Maʿār Qǝddǝst Māryām, MQM-008ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-03-27) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESmqm008 [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: adjusted to schema split msitems provided IDs (no IDs for persons created) on 27.3.2020
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: transformed from mycore to TEI P5 on 10.5.2016
- Susanne Hummel Susanne Hummel: last edited in Ethio-SPaRe on 9.9.2014
- Magdalena Krzyzanowska Magdalena Krzyzanowska: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 1.7.2013
- Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 3.12.2010
Attributions of the contents
Susanne Hummel, contributor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor