Gāntā ʾAfašum, Margāḥǝya Qǝddus Mikāʾel, QMM-003
Vitagrazia Pisani (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Säʿatat za-lelit wa-za-nagh “Horologium for the Night and the Morning Hours”
Number of Text units: 2
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Summary
Contents
Incipit ( ):
Explicit ( ):
- About the text “Maṣḥafa Säʿatat” and the different versions, cp. EAE V,501-503. The text in Ms.QMM-003seems to belong to the category described as S.2. - The text is very similar to Ms.MR-027. - The Ms. contains most of the prayers and hymns of the edition Maṣḥafa Säʿatat, ba-gǝʿǝzǝnna ba-ʾamarǝñña. Za-lelit wa-za-nagh, Addis Abäba 1952 A.M. [1960 A.D.]. A similar text is contained in Ms. EMML 2096, fols.84r-125v.
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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: Hymn to St Mary.
check the viewer1v : [እ]ሴብህ፡ ጸጋኪ፡… check the viewer1v : I praise Your grace... Hymn from the “Säʿatat”. Written in a recent hand (in dark crimson ink), incomplete. -
: Hymn to St Mary.
check the viewer2r : ተፈሲሒ፡ ማርያም፡… check the viewer2r : Rejoice, Mary... Hymn from the “Säʿatat”. Crudely written in pencil, incomplete. -
check the viewerf. 2v check the viewer2r
: Hymn to St Mary.
check the viewer2v : ኩሎሙ፡ ሠራዊተ፡ መላእክት፡ መንፈሳውያን፡… check the viewer2v : All hosts of the spiritual angels… Written in a recent hand, incomplete. The same hymn has been started to be written on (above Additio 2).
Extras
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check the viewer47v check the viewer48v check the viewer56r check the viewer57r check the viewer1r check the viewer50v check the viewer14v check the viewer5r check the viewer8r check the viewer1r check the viewer1r
- The word ድንግል፡ (“Virgin”) is written (in black ink, by the scribe) in the upper margin of ; the word በከመ፡ (“Like, as”) is written upside down (in black ink, by the scribe) in the bottom margin of . - Several names are written in red ink in the same hand as the main text on , at the end of the text: [ወለ]ተ፡ ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ [ገብ]ረ፡ ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ወልደ፡ ማርያም።, [Wälä]ttä Takla Hāymānot, [G]äbrä Takla Hāymānot, Walda Māryām. - A note mentioning the title ውእቱ፡ ሰአታት፡ ዘቤተ፡ ክርስትያን፡ “This is the Hours of the church”, and a personal name in Latin script, Kahsay, are written (recently; in pencil) on . - The title of the work (ሠአታት) is written in pen in the upper margin of . - A simple black line is used as text divider on and 56r. - Corrections (words or letters) are written interlineally and in the margins: , 54v. - Immediate corrections indicated by thin lines above and below the word: , 48r. - Erasures: , 10r. - Crude minor notes: , 19v, 20v, 22r, 23r, 25v, 26r, 29r, 30v, 33v, 34r, 57v. - Crude drawing on . -
(Type: findingAid)
- For the readings of Monday and Sunday, the indications of the days have been wrongly inverted as follows: for Monday ዘዘእሑድ፡ (abbreviated in ዘዘሐ፡), for Sunday ዘዘሰኑይ፡ (ዘዘሰኑ፡) (s. fols. 14r and 16v). the references to specific hours are not given and the title is not mentioned.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 3 s.
Frame notes
- frame: check the viewer3r (incipit page): simple, coloured (red and black) ornamental band, with two lateral extensions reaching the bottom of the page; geometrical motifs.
- frame: check the viewer30v : simple, coloured (red and black) text divider.
- frame: check the viewer36r : simple text divider, with two lateral extensions reaching the bottom of the page; geometrical motifs.
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS Margāḥǝya Qǝddus Mikāʾel, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has ancient restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 133 |
Width | 90 |
Depth | 40 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 |
|
A (2/fols. 1r-2v) | |
2 | 8 |
|
I(8/fols. 3r-10v) | |
3 | 8 |
|
II(8/fols. 11r-18v) | |
4 | 8 |
|
III(8/fols. 19r-26v) | |
5 | 6 |
|
IV(6/fols. 27r-32v) | |
6 | 8 |
|
V(8/fols. 33r-40v) | |
7 | 8 |
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VI(7; s.l.: 2, stub after 6/fols. 41r-47v) - VII(8/fols. 48r-55v) | |
8 | 2 |
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B(2/fols. 56r-57v). |
Collation diagrams
A (2/fols. 1r-2v)
Quire ID:q1
I(8/fols. 3r-10v)
Quire ID:q2
II(8/fols. 11r-18v)
Quire ID:q3
III(8/fols. 19r-26v)
Quire ID:q4
IV(6/fols. 27r-32v)
Quire ID:q5
V(8/fols. 33r-40v)
Quire ID:q6
VI(7; s.l.: 2, stub after 6/fols. 41r-47v) - VII(8/fols. 48r-55v)
Quire ID:q7
B(2/fols. 56r-57v).
Quire ID:q8
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(2/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (6), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (2),
Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (6), 6 (8), 7 (8), 8 (2),
State of preservation
good
Condition
Several leaves are worn and affected by humidity, e.g., check the viewer27r , 19v, 20r.
Binding
Two wooden boards. Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Small holes are visible in the centre fold of the quires, close to the tail and head of the codex.
Binding material
wood
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 18
H | 84mm |
W | 65mm |
Intercolumn | mm |
Margins | |
top | 13 |
bottom | 28 |
right | 20 |
left | 4 |
intercolumn |
Ms Gāntā ʾAfašum, Margāḥǝya Qǝddus Mikāʾel, QMM-003 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 89mm, object width is: 90mm, computed height is: 125mm and object height is: 133mm.Ruling
- the number changes: e.g., it is 18 in (Excerpt from check the viewer4r)
, 24 in (Excerpt from check the viewer14r)
, 18r, 25 in (Excerpt from check the viewer23r)
- (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A/0-0/0-0/C.
- The upper line is written above the ruling.
- The bottom line is written above the ruling.
- Several times, the scribe disregarded the ruling
(e.g., (Excerpt from check the viewer33v)
, 34r).
Pricking
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks are partly visible.
- Ruling pricks are partly visible.
- Structural pricks are partly visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Mediocre, irregular.
Ink: Black; red (strong vermillion).
Rubrication: Nomina sacra; names of the donors (or owners); incipit of prayers and hymns (sometimes only one word); some other words (or their abbreviation), e.g., salām (e.g., fol. 51v), la-ṭǝbuʿ (e.g., fol. 52v), ʾafṭunä (e.g., fol. 33v); elements of the punctuation signs and the text dividers; elements of Ethiopic numerals.
Date: 19th century (?)
19th century (?)Abbreviations
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