Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, ʿUrā Qirqos, UM-031
Irene Roticiani (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Dāwit “Psalter”
Number of Text units: 2
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Summary
Contents
Incipit ( ):
Explicit ( ):
- Only Pcheck the viewer61 to 147 and parts of Pcheck the viewer35 and 36 are present in the Ms. - Traditional titles of the Psalms are missing.
Additions In this unit there are in total .
Extras
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check the viewer46v check the viewerfol. 6r check the viewerfol. 7r check the viewerfol. 34v check the viewerfol. 7r check the viewerfol. 44v
Shelfmark - The scribe reduced the size of his handwriting to accommodate the end of the line: e.g., fols. 1r l.15, 23v l.16, 49v l.4, 51r l.3, 62r l.11. - Corrections written interlineally: e.g. fols. 3v l.8, 6r l.16, 10r l.1. - Erasures: l.1 (marked with three lines above), l.9 (marked with a line of dots placed between two lines), l.4 (marked with black and red lines). - Erased line: l.5. - Part of the line is taken up on fols. 29r l.10, 31v l.16, 61v l.8, 63v l.2. - Part of the line is taken down on l. 5. - Some Psalms are numbered twice, in black and red (fols. 50v, 64v, 65v, 67v, 69v, 71v). - The numbers of some Psalms are alternated in black and red ink: e.g., fols. 1v, 2r, 3r, 7r, 8v, 10v, 13v, 13v, 14r, 14v, 16v, 31r. - The number of Psalm 130 is repeated on fols. 67v, 69v, 71v. - Ps. 118 is not numbered.
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS ʿUrā Qirqos, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has ancient restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 150 |
Width | 150 |
Depth | 45 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 15 |
|
I(15/fols. 1r-15v) | |
2 | 9 |
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II(9/fols. 16r-24v) | |
3 | 11 |
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III(11/fols. 25r-35v) | |
4 | 11 |
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IV(11/fols. 36r-46v) | |
5 | 15 |
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V(15/fols. 47r-61v) | |
6 | 10 |
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VI(10/fols. 62r-71v) | |
7 | 9 |
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VII(9/fols. 72r-80v). |
Collation diagrams
I(15/fols. 1r-15v)
Quire ID:q1
II(9/fols. 16r-24v)
Quire ID:q2
III(11/fols. 25r-35v)
Quire ID:q3
IV(11/fols. 36r-46v)
Quire ID:q4
V(15/fols. 47r-61v)
Quire ID:q5
VI(10/fols. 62r-71v)
Quire ID:q6
VII(9/fols. 72r-80v).
Quire ID:q7
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(15/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (15), 2 (9), 3 (11), 4 (11), 5 (15), 6 (10), 7 (9),
Formula 2: 1 (15), 2 (9), 3 (11), 4 (11), 5 (15), 6 (10), 7 (9),
State of preservation
deficient
Condition
The boards and more than a half of the fols. are missing. Most of the fols. are worn, stained with water. Some fols. are misplaced (fols. 4, 5, 6, 7, 10). f. 6 is loose. check the viewer15 , 62, 79, 80 are damaged with portions of the text lost. Cut carefully amended in check the viewer19 .
Binding
Both boards are missing; only small fragments of the original binding have been preserved. Probably two pairs of sewing stations (s. check the viewer30r ).
Binding decoration
All quires are reinforced by parchment guards.
Binding material
Original binding
No
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 1
Number of lines: 17
H | 105mm |
W | 90mm |
Intercolumn | mm |
Margins | |
top | 30 |
bottom | 50 |
right | 45 |
left | 5 |
intercolumn |
Ms Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, ʿUrā Qirqos, UM-031 main part
has a sum of layout height of 185mm which is greater than the object height of 150mmLayout note 1
Ruling
- (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.
Pricking
- Pricking and ruling arPrimary pricks are not visible. partly visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible (s. (Excerpt from check the viewer3r)
, 7r).
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Mediocre, irregular.
Ink: Black, red.
Rubrication: Numbers and titles of the Psalms; names of the Hebrew letters in Ps. 118; elements of the punctuation signs; caesura sign (fol. 29r).
Date: 18th century (?).
18th century (?).Hand 2
Script: Ethiopic
The quality of the handwriting is changing: from thin, slightly left-sloping, very broadly spaced letters (fols 1r-13v), to somewhat thicker, rounded, left-sloping letters (check the viewer14r-80v ).Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data
Use the tag BetMas:ESum031 in your public hypothes.is annotations which refer to this entity.