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Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, ʿUrā Qirqos, UM-030

Denis Nosnitsin (cataloguer)

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

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https://betamasaheft.eu/ESum030
ʿUrā Qirqos[view repository]

Collection: Ethio-SPaRe

GeneralDescriptionPhysical Description
Main parts
CatalogueAuthors

General description

Fragments

Number of Text units: 31

Number of Codicological units: 4

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Origin

Some leaves date back to the 14th or 15th century, some to the 17th or 18th century (dating on palaeographic grounds)

Summary

  1. p1_i1 (), Old Testament Fragments
    1. p1_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 3r–3v ), Sam 24:15-25:14
    2. p1_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 33r–33v ), Passage from Zechariah
  2. p2_i1 (), Homilies, Easter liturgy
    1. p2_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 5r–7r ), Homily of Theophilus, bishop of Aksum, on the wedding in Cana
    2. p2_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 7r–9v ), Homily by Athanasius of Alexandria on the Incarnation of the Word
    3. p2_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 9v–12v, check the viewer53v–53v ), Homily by Minas, bishop of Aksum, on the Dormition of Mary
    4. p2_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 13r–13v ), Homily by Minas, bishop of Aksum, for the feast of the 70 disciples and the 318 Orthodox from Nicea
    5. p2_i1.5 (check the viewerFol. 13v ), Homily by Cyril of Alexandria for the feast of John the Evangelist
    6. p2_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 14r–14v ), Homily by John Chrysostom on the Annunciation of Gabriel to Mary, for the second Sunday of Tāḫśāś
    7. p2_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 34v–34r ), Homily of Jacob of Serug on the Nativity, to be read on the commemoration of the holy innocents
    8. p2_i1.8 (check the viewerFols 37r–37v ), Homily on the great spiritual Easter
    9. p2_i1.9 (check the viewerFols 38r–38v ), Lament of Mary
    10. p2_i1.10 (check the viewerFols 39r–39v ), Homily on Mary for 3 Tāḫśāś
    11. p2_i1.11 (check the viewerFol. 40v ), Homily for the third Saturday in Lent
    12. p2_i1.12 (check the viewerFols 40v–40r ), Homily by Jacob of Serug for the third Sunday in Lent
    13. p2_i1.13 (check the viewerFols 41r–41v ), Homily on the suffering of Jesus for Monday in Easter-week
  3. p3_i1 (), Fragments of the Acts of Martyrs
    1. p3_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 4r–3v, check the viewer15r–16v, check the viewer18r–25v, check the viewer36r–36v ), Gadla Qirqos
    2. p3_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 17r–17v, check the viewer27r–27v ), Gadla Giyorgis
    3. p3_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 28r–29v, check the viewer31r–31v, check the viewer35r–35v ), Story of the appearance of the Cross to Constantine
    4. p3_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 30r–30v ), Lives of Sergius and Bacchus
    5. p3_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 32v–32r ), Martyrdom of Aretha
  4. p4_i1 (check the viewerFols 42r–50v ), Fragments from the Four Gospels
    1. p4_i1.1 (), Matthew
      1. p4_i1.1.1 (check the viewerFols 42r–47r ), Matthew 26:75-28:20
      2. p4_i1.1.2 (check the viewerFols 48r–48v ), Matt 25:11-26
      3. p4_i1.1.3 (check the viewerFols 49r–49v ), Matt 24:[29]-42
      4. p4_i1.1.4 (check the viewerFols 50r–50v ), Matt 26:[17]-29
    2. p4_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 47r–47v, check the viewer51r–52v ), Chapters for Mark, incomplete
      1. p4_i1.2.1 (check the viewerFols 51r–52v ), Mark 1:1-[19]

Contents

Catalogue Bibliography

This manuscript has no restorations.

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

Pile of 88 disconnected leaves

Foliation

Foliated by the Ethio-SPaRe team; foliation skips from 25 to 27 (no leaf 26)

State of preservation

deficient

Condition

The leaves are badly damaged by humidity and rodents

Layout

Layout note 1

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1350-1450

    14th or 15th-century hand of the earliest fragments 1350-1450

  • Hand 2

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1600-1700

    17th-century hand 1600-1700

  • Hand 3

    Script: Ethiopic

    Date: 1700-1800

    18th-century hand 1700-1800

    • Codicological Unit p1

    Summary of codicological unit 1

    1. p1_i1 (), Old Testament Fragments
      1. p1_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 3r–3v ), Sam 24:15-25:14
      2. p1_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 33r–33v ), Passage from Zechariah

    Contents

    Old Testament Fragments

    Codicological Unit p2

    Summary of codicological unit 2

    1. p2_i1 (), Homilies, Easter liturgy
      1. p2_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 5r–7r ), Homily of Theophilus, bishop of Aksum, on the wedding in Cana
      2. p2_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 7r–9v ), Homily by Athanasius of Alexandria on the Incarnation of the Word
      3. p2_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 9v–12v, check the viewer53v–53v ), Homily by Minas, bishop of Aksum, on the Dormition of Mary
      4. p2_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 13r–13v ), Homily by Minas, bishop of Aksum, for the feast of the 70 disciples and the 318 Orthodox from Nicea
      5. p2_i1.5 (check the viewerFol. 13v ), Homily by Cyril of Alexandria for the feast of John the Evangelist
      6. p2_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 14r–14v ), Homily by John Chrysostom on the Annunciation of Gabriel to Mary, for the second Sunday of Tāḫśāś
      7. p2_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 34v–34r ), Homily of Jacob of Serug on the Nativity, to be read on the commemoration of the holy innocents
      8. p2_i1.8 (check the viewerFols 37r–37v ), Homily on the great spiritual Easter
      9. p2_i1.9 (check the viewerFols 38r–38v ), Lament of Mary
      10. p2_i1.10 (check the viewerFols 39r–39v ), Homily on Mary for 3 Tāḫśāś
      11. p2_i1.11 (check the viewerFol. 40v ), Homily for the third Saturday in Lent
      12. p2_i1.12 (check the viewerFols 40v–40r ), Homily by Jacob of Serug for the third Sunday in Lent
      13. p2_i1.13 (check the viewerFols 41r–41v ), Homily on the suffering of Jesus for Monday in Easter-week

    Contents

    Homilies, Easter liturgy

    Codicological Unit p3

    Summary of codicological unit 3

    Contents

    Codicological Unit p4

    Summary of codicological unit 4

    Contents

    check the viewerFols 42r–50v Fragments from the Four Gospels
    Matthew

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      Hamburg
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      29.4.2022 at 13:44:42
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    Denis Nosnitsin, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻBǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, ʿUrā Qirqos, UM-030 (encoded from the catalogue)ʼ, in Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2022-04-26) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESum030 [Accessed: 2024-11-03]

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    Revision history

    • Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: split msitems (no IDs provided to works) on 26.4.2022
    • Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: transformed from mycore to TEI P5 on 10.5.2016
    • Denis Nosnitsin Denis Nosnitsin: last edited after the summary provided by Ted Erho on 6.8.2021 in Ethio-SPaRe on 16.12.2015
    • Denis Nosnitsin Denis Nosnitsin: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 17.7.2015
    • Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 23.11.2011
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