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Gāntā ʾAfašum, Soṭā Dabra Salām Qǝddus Mikāʾel, SDM-016

Stéphane Ancel (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin

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

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https://betamasaheft.eu/ESsdm016
Soṭā Dabra Salām Qǝddus Mikāʾel[view repository]

Collection: Ethio-SPaRe

General description

Maṣḥafa ʾaslǝṭi, Lectionary for the entire year

Number of Text units: 2

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Original Location: Soṭa Dabra salām Qǝddus Mikāʾel / SDM

19th cent (?).

Summary

I) Maṣḥafa ʾaslǝṭi, Lectionary for the entire year (fols. 3ra-56vb)
  1. ms_i1 (),
  2. ms_i2 (),

Contents


Incipit ( ):

Explicit ( ):


- Text I is called Maṣḥafa ʾaslǝṭi in the incipit (check the viewer3ra ).

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .

    Extras

    1. (Type: findingAid)

      - Readings are indicated by the names of the feasts and liturgical periods, framed and partially rubricated, written in the upper margin: ዘመስቀል: check the viewerfol. 6r ዘመምሐራን: check the viewerfol. 7v ዘጽጌ: check the viewerfol. 10r ዘሰብክት: check the viewerfol. 18r ዘብርሃናት: check the viewerfol. 19v [ዘጥ]ምቀት: check the viewerfol. 25r ዘገብርኤል: fols. 31v-32r Unreadable: check the viewerfol. 35v , in red ink, in the main hand (?) ዘመድኃኔ፡ ዓለም: check the viewerfol. 37r ዘፋሲካ: check the viewerfol. 40r ዘጰንጠቆስጤ: check the viewerfol. 44r በክረምት: check the viewerfol. 49r Unreadable: check the viewerfol. 50v , in red ink, in the main hand (?) [ዘድ]ናግል: check the viewerfol. 52r Unreadable: check the viewerfol. 53r , in red ink, in the main hand (?) ዘደብረ፡ ታቦር: check the viewerfol. 53v .

    2. - Doodles: fols. 1r, 2r.

    Catalogue Bibliography

    This manuscript has modern restorations.

    Physical Description

    Form of support

    Parchment Codex

    Extent

    Made of 57.0 (leaf) .Entered as 57.0 folios, in 9.0 (quire) .Entered as 9.0 quires (A+8). 200 170 40
    Outer dimensions
    Height 200
    Width 170
    Depth 40

    Foliation

    check the viewer12v-13r not photographed.

    Quire Structure Collation

    Signatures:

    Position Number Leaves Quires Description
    1 2 Fols 1r–2v A(2/fols. 1r-2v)
    2 9 Fols 3r–10v I(9/fols. 3r-10v)
    3 6 Fols 11r–16v II(6/fols. 11r-16v)
    4 5 Fols 17r–21v ፫III(5/fols. 17r-21v)
    5 6 Fols 22r–27v IV(6/fols. 22r-27v)
    6 6 Fols 28r–33v ፭V(6/fols. 28r-33v)
    7 9 Fols 34r–42v ፮VI(9; s.l.: 4, stub after 6/fols. 34r-42v)
    8 12 Fols. 12, Fols 43r–54v ፯VII(12/fols. 43r-54v)
    9 3 Fols 55r–57v VIII(3; s.l.: 3, stub before 1/fols. 55r-57v) For quires I-V, the structure cannot be identified due to the poor condition of the Ms.

    Collation diagrams


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

    I(9/fols. 3r-10v)
    Quire ID:q2
    Collation diagram Quire 2 3 11 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

    II(6/fols. 11r-16v)
    Quire ID:q3
    Collation diagram Quire 3 12 17 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3

    ፫III(5/fols. 17r-21v)
    Quire ID:q4
    Collation diagram Quire 4 18 22 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3

    IV(6/fols. 22r-27v)
    Quire ID:q5
    Collation diagram Quire 5 23 28 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3

    ፭V(6/fols. 28r-33v)
    Quire ID:q6
    Collation diagram Quire 6 29 34 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3

    ፮VI(9; s.l.: 4, stub after 6/fols. 34r-42v)
    Quire ID:q7
    Collation diagram Quire 7 35 43 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5

    ፯VII(12/fols. 43r-54v)
    Quire ID:q8
    Collation diagram Quire 8 44 55 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4 Unit #5 Unit #6

    VIII(3; s.l.: 3, stub before 1/fols. 55r-57v) For quires I-V, the structure cannot be identified due to the poor condition of the Ms.
    Quire ID:q9
    Collation diagram Quire 9 58 Unit #1 Unit #2

    Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(2/Fols 1r–2v) – II(9/Fols 3r–10v) – III(6/Fols 11r–16v) – IV(5/Fols 17r–21v) – V(6/Fols 22r–27v) – VI(6/Fols 28r–33v) – VII(8+1/s.l. 4, stub after 6/Fols 34r–42v) – VIII(12/Fols. 12, Fols 43r–54v) – IX(2+1/s.l. 3, stub before 1/Fols 55r–57v) –

    Formula: Fols 1r–2v A(2/fols. 1r-2v) ; Fols 3r–10v I(9/fols. 3r-10v) ; Fols 11r–16v II(6/fols. 11r-16v) ; Fols 17r–21v ፫III(5/fols. 17r-21v) ; Fols 22r–27v IV(6/fols. 22r-27v) ; Fols 28r–33v ፭V(6/fols. 28r-33v) ; Fols 34r–42v ፮VI(9; s.l.: 4, stub after 6/fols. 34r-42v) ; Fols. 12, Fols 43r–54v ፯VII(12/fols. 43r-54v) ; Fols 55r–57v VIII(3; s.l.: 3, stub before 1/fols. 55r-57v) For quires I-V, the structure cannot be identified due to the poor condition of the Ms.;

    Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (9), 3 (6), 4 (5), 5 (6), 6 (6), 7 (9), 8 (12), 9 (3),

    Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (9), 3 (6), 4 (5), 5 (6), 6 (6), 7 (9), 8 (12), 9 (3),

    State of preservation

    deficient

    Condition

    Both wooden boards are broken and repaired. The sewing is damaged and crudely repaired with modern threads. Most of the fols. are damaged (especially fols. 1-18). Some fols. are affected by water (e.g. check the viewer39-45 ). check the viewer37 is made of two pieces of parchment sewn together. Tears carefully amended on fols. 4, 7, 14, 30, 46, 55.

    Binding

    Two wooden boards (both broken and repaired). Two pairs of sewing stations.

    Binding decoration

    Binding material

    wood

    Original binding

    No

    Layout

    Layout note 1

    Number of columns: 2

    Number of lines: 16

    H 142mm
    W 142mm
    Intercolumn mm
    Margins
    top 20
    bottom 38
    right 15
    left 13
    intercolumn 13
    All data for check the viewer4r .

    Ms Gāntā ʾAfašum, Soṭā Dabra Salām Qǝddus Mikāʾel, SDM-016 main part

    looks ok for measures computed width is: 170mm, object width is: 170mm, computed height is: 200mm and object height is: 200mm.

    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
    • Pricking and ruling are visible.
    • Primary pricks are visible.
    • Ruling pricks are partly visible.

    Palaeography

  1. Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Mediocre

    Ink: Black, red.

    Rubrication: Nomina sacra; titles of books to be read; elements of the punctuation signs; elements of Ethiopic numerals. On the incipit page of Text I (fol. 3r), few lines are rubricated (alternating with back lines).

    Date: 19th century.

    19th century.
  2. Keywords

      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
      2016-06-07T17:46:49.116+02:00
      date
      type=expanded
      2022-01-05T13:36:28.446+01:00
      date
      type=lastModified
      25.4.2019
      idno
      type=collection
      manuscripts
      idno
      type=url
      https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESsdm016
      idno
      type=URI
      https://betamasaheft.eu/ESsdm016
      idno
      type=filename
      ESsdm016.xml
      idno
      type=ID
      ESsdm016

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    Stéphane Ancel, Denis Nosnitsin, Susanne Hummel, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻGāntā ʾAfašum, Soṭā Dabra Salām Qǝddus Mikāʾel, SDM-016 (encoded from the catalogue)ʼ, in Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2019-04-25) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESsdm016 [Accessed: 2024-11-19]

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    Revision history

    • Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: added missing extras from domlib on 25.4.2019
    • 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 15.9.2014
    • Stéphane Ancel Stéphane Ancel: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 17.4.2014
    • Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 17.5.2011
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    Susanne Hummel, contributor

    Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor

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