Sāʿsiʿ Ṣaʿdā ʾƎmbā, Sawna Māryām, SDSM-006
Susanne Hummel (cataloguer)
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: 6
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location: Sawna Māryām↗
Mid-19th – mid-20th cent. (?)Provenance
Gabra Yoḥannǝs and Walatta Takla Hāymānot are mentioned as commissioners on check the viewer68rb and 112ra and in many supplication formulas. Besides, the following names are written in supplications: Walda Mikāʾel, Walatta Sanbat and Walatta Śǝllāse (check the viewer68rb , 898vb, 95vb).
Summary
- ms_i1
(),
Hagiographic Dossier of St Gabra Manfas Qǝddus
- ms_i1.1
(check the viewerFols 4ra–94ra ),
Gadla Gabra Manfas Qǝddus (general record)
- ms_i1.1.1 (check the viewerFols 68va–94ra ), Homily by Zenā Gabrǝʾel on Gabra Manfas Qǝddus; 4 miracles in vita
- ms_i1.2
(check the viewerFols 94ra–112rb ),
Taʾammǝra Gabra Manfas Qǝddus “Miracles of
Gabra Manfas Qǝddus”: 13 miracles
- ms_i1.2.1 (check the viewerFols 111va–112rb ), Blessings for those who gathered to listen to the Vita and Miracles of Gabra Manfas Qǝddus
- ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 112rb–116rb ), Malkǝʾ-hymn to Gabra Manfas Qǝddus
- ms_i1.1
(check the viewerFols 4ra–94ra ),
Gadla Gabra Manfas Qǝddus (general record)
Contents
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
Extras
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(Type: findingAid)
- Monthly readings of Texts I-II are indicated by the names of the months written in frames, in the upper margin: ጥር: check the viewerfol. 4r የካቲት: check the viewerfol. 10r , effaced but still readable የካቲት: check the viewerfol. 15va , in red ሚያዝያ: check the viewerfol. 23rb , partly over erasure in red <...>: check the viewerfol. 27vb , effaced ግንቦት: check the viewerfol. 29va , in red <...>: check the viewerfol. 33va , erased ሰኔ: check the viewerfol. 36va , secondary hand ሐምሌ: check the viewerfol. 42va , secondary hand ነሐሴ: check the viewerfol. 48vb , secondary hand <...>: check the viewerfol. 51ra , erased መጋቢት: check the viewerfol. 54r ጥቅምት: check the viewerfol. 74ra , secondary hand ኅዳር: check the viewerfol. 77vb , secondary hand ታኅሣሥ: check the viewerfol. 83vb , secondary hand erased: check the viewerfol. 87vb መጋቢት: check the viewerfol. 88vb መጋቢት: check the viewerfol. 108vb , in pen.
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Omitted letters and words written interlineally: e.g., fols. 6vb, 13ra, 13va, 17ra, 18ra, 23vb, 39ra, 42ra, 56vb (margin), 69vb, 76vb, 84rb (margin), 111ra.
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Tamallas-signs (in the shape of +) indicating the place where the omissions, written in the margins, belong: fols. 38rb, 83rb, 84vb.
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Signs in red ink marking certain text passages on fols. 26v, 37r, 39r, 40r, 44v, 71v, 76v, 79r, 84v, 85r, 89r, 90r, 114v.
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Spaces for rubricated names (of the commissioners) are left unfilled: fols. 4ra, 5ra, 16vb.
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Scribbles: fols. 1r, 28r.
Catalogue Bibliography
This manuscript has no restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 208 |
Width | 157 |
Depth | 72 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 |
|
A(3; s.l.: 2, stub before 3/fols. 1r-3v) | |
2 | 8 |
|
I(8/fols. 4r-11v) | |
3 | 8 |
|
II(8/fols. 12r-19v) | |
4 | 8 |
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III(8/fols. 20r-27v) | |
5 | 8 |
|
IV(8/fols. 28r-35v) | |
6 | 8 |
|
V(8/fols. 36r-43v) | |
7 | 8 |
|
VI(8; s.l.: 3, stub after 5; 6, stub after 2/fols. 44r-51v) | |
8 | 8 |
|
VII(8/fols. 52r-59v) | |
9 | 8 |
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VIII(8/fols. 60r-67v) | |
10 | 8 |
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IX(8/fols. 68r-75v) | |
11 | 8 |
|
X(8/fols. 76r-83v) | |
12 | 8 |
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XI(8/fols. 84r-91v) | |
13 | 8 |
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XII(8/fols. 92r-99v) | |
14 | 8 |
|
XIII(8/fols. 100r-107v) | |
15 | 8 |
|
XIV(8; s.l.: 3, stub after 5; 6, stub after 2/fols. 108r-115v) | |
16 | 3 |
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XV(3; s.l.: 2, no stub/fols. 116r-118v) |
Collation diagrams
A(3; s.l.: 2, stub before 3/fols. 1r-3v)
Quire ID:q1
I(8/fols. 4r-11v)
Quire ID:q2
II(8/fols. 12r-19v)
Quire ID:q3
III(8/fols. 20r-27v)
Quire ID:q4
IV(8/fols. 28r-35v)
Quire ID:q5
V(8/fols. 36r-43v)
Quire ID:q6
VI(8; s.l.: 3, stub after 5; 6, stub after 2/fols. 44r-51v)
Quire ID:q7
VII(8/fols. 52r-59v)
Quire ID:q8
VIII(8/fols. 60r-67v)
Quire ID:q9
IX(8/fols. 68r-75v)
Quire ID:q10
X(8/fols. 76r-83v)
Quire ID:q11
XI(8/fols. 84r-91v)
Quire ID:q12
XII(8/fols. 92r-99v)
Quire ID:q13
XIII(8/fols. 100r-107v)
Quire ID:q14
XIV(8; s.l.: 3, stub after 5; 6, stub after 2/fols. 108r-115v)
Quire ID:q15
XV(3; s.l.: 2, no stub/fols. 116r-118v)
Quire ID:q16
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(2+1/s.l. 2, stub before 3/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (3), 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 (8), 15 (8), 16 (3),
Formula 2: 1 (3), 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 (8), 15 (8), 16 (3),
State of preservation
good
Condition
The leather cover is damaged at the spine check the viewer55 , 56, 73 have been enlarged by sewing a piece of parchment onto them (at the bottom or side margin). Tear amended on check the viewer70 .
Binding
Two wooden boards covered with reddish-brown tooled leather. Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Two pairs of chains of endband stitches at the spine cover. Quire XV is reinforced with a parchment guard, inserted into the centre fold.
Binding material
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 18
H | 148mm |
W | 125mm |
Intercolumn | 10mm |
Margins | |
top | 17 |
bottom | 40 |
right | 20 |
left | 10 |
intercolumn | 10 |
Ms Sāʿsiʿ Ṣaʿdā ʾƎmbā, Sawna Māryām, SDSM-006 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 155mm, object width is: 157mm, computed height is: 205mm and object height is: 208mm.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. Some leaves have one ((Excerpt from check the viewer79v-80r)
, 83rv, 92r-93v, 100rv, 103r-104v, 107r-108v, 115rv) or two ((Excerpt from check the viewer60rv)
, 67rv, 87r-88v, 98r-99v) additional bottom ruled lines not used by the scribe.
Pricking
- Pricking and ruling are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Mediocre, irregular.
Ink: Black, red
Rubrication: Holy names; names of the protagonist and of other characters like Mikāʾel and Gabrǝʾel (fols. 5va, 18vb, 28rab etc.); names of the commissioners; elements of the punctuation signs and of the text dividers; elements of Ethiopic numerals. Several groups of lines on the incipit page of Text I and in the incipit of Text II (alternating with black lines); two initial lines in the incipit of Text III; several groups of lines in the incipit of a section of Text I (dǝrsān, alternating with black lines); one to three initial lines of sections of Text I, two initial lines of sections of Text II (miracles), initial word or its abbreviation of each stanza of Text III.
Date: Mid 19th – mid 20th cent. (?)
Mid 19th – mid 20th cent. (?)Abbreviations
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