Sāʿsiʿ Ṣaʿdā ʾƎmbā, Walwālo Dabra Bǝrhān Qirqos, WQ-003
Veronika Roth (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin
This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography
General description
Maṣḥafa gǝnzat “Book of the Funeral Ritual”
Number of Text units: 2
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Contents
Incipit ( ):
Explicit ( ):
- check the viewer1r-3v are unruled.
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
Extras
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(Type: findingAid)
- Coloured threads have been inserted in the upper corner or in the outer margin of fols. 34, 37, 53, 64, 70, 78, 93, 98.
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- Erasures: fols. 25rab, 89rb. - Corrections written over erasures: fols. 21ra, 29vb. - Omitted letters or words written interlineally: e.g., fols. 9rb, 10rb, 25ra, 47vb, 72rb. - Scribbles and doodles: e.g., fols. 14v, 15r, 18r, 18v, 20r.
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: check the viewer4r (incipit page of the Text): uncoloured ornamental band; anthropomorphic motifs (face).
Catalogue Bibliography
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MS Walwālo Dabra Bǝrhān Qirqos, Ethio-SPaRe
This manuscript has modern restorations.
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 320 |
Width | 250 |
Depth | 80 |
Foliation
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | 3 |
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A(3; s.l.: 2, stub after 1/fols. 1r-3v) | |
2 | 8 |
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I(8/fols. 4r-11v) | |
3 | 8 |
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II(8/fols. 12r-19v) | |
4 | 8 |
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III(8/fols. 20r-27v) | |
5 | 10 |
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IV(10/fols. 28r-37v) | |
6 | 10 |
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V(10; s.l.: 3, stub after 7; 8, stub after 2/fols. 38r-47v) | |
7 | 10 |
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VI(10; s.l.: 3, stub after 8; 8, stub after 3/fols. 48r-57v) | |
8 | 10 |
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VII(10; s.l.: 3, stub after 8; 8, stub after 3/fols. 58r-67v) | |
9 | 10 |
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VIII(10; s.l. 3, stub after 7; 8, stub after 2/fols. 68r-77v) | |
10 | 10 |
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IX(10/fols. 78r-87v) | |
11 | 5 |
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X(5; s.l.:3, stub before 4/fols. 88r-92v) | |
12 | 8 |
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XI(8/fols. 93r-100v). |
Collation diagrams
A(3; s.l.: 2, stub after 1/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(10/fols. 28r-37v)
Quire ID:q5
V(10; s.l.: 3, stub after 7; 8, stub after 2/fols. 38r-47v)
Quire ID:q6
VI(10; s.l.: 3, stub after 8; 8, stub after 3/fols. 48r-57v)
Quire ID:q7
VII(10; s.l.: 3, stub after 8; 8, stub after 3/fols. 58r-67v)
Quire ID:q8
VIII(10; s.l. 3, stub after 7; 8, stub after 2/fols. 68r-77v)
Quire ID:q9
IX(10/fols. 78r-87v)
Quire ID:q10
X(5; s.l.:3, stub before 4/fols. 88r-92v)
Quire ID:q11
XI(8/fols. 93r-100v).
Quire ID:q12
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(2+1/s.l. 2, stub after 1/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (3), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (5), 12 (8),
Formula 2: 1 (3), 2 (8), 3 (8), 4 (8), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (5), 12 (8),
State of preservation
good
Condition
The Ms. shows traces of extensive use. Most fols. are heavily stained with wax or dirt. Both boards have been broken and repaired. Holes or tears amended on fols. 3, 13, 14, 33, 51, 59, 76, 90, 95, 96, 99.
Binding
Two wooden boards (both broken and repaired). Two pairs of sewing stations.
Binding decoration
Small holes are visible on the spine fold of the quires close to the head and tail of the codex.
Binding material
wood
Layout
Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 25
H | 227mm |
W | 190mm |
Intercolumn | 10mm |
Margins | |
top | 32 |
bottom | 57 |
right | 32 |
left | 10 |
intercolumn | 10 |
Ms Sāʿsiʿ Ṣaʿdā ʾƎmbā, Walwālo Dabra Bǝrhān Qirqos, WQ-003 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: 232mm, object width is: 250mm, computed height is: 316mm and object height is: 320mm.Layout note 1
Ruling
- (Subtype: pattern) Ruling pattern: 1A-1A-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 are visible.
- Primary pricks are visible.
- Ruling pricks are visible.
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Very irregular.
Ink: Black, red
Rubrication: Nomina sacra; the names of the donors; a few lines on the incipit page of the Text, alternating with black lines; incipit of each section of the text; names of Hebrew letters in Ps. 118 (e.g., fols. 20vb, 23ra); abbreviations; elements of Ethiopic numerals; elements of the punctuation signs and text dividers; some other words, e.g., wa-yǝbälu (e.g., fols. 10rb, 12ra), qǝdmä wängel (e.g., fols. 17ra, 25ra), wa-kāʿǝba (e.g., fols. 22ra, 23va), ṣällǝyu (e.g., fols. 25vb, 27ra), ʾǝgäle (e.g., fols. 79ra, 90va), wa-ʾǝmzǝ (e.g., fol. 91ra).
Date: Late 19th century – early 20th century (?)
Late 19th century – early 20th century (?)Abbreviations
Hand 2
Script: Ethiopic
Some vowel markers and left and right pointing elements have forked shapes.Check for additional bibliography
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Veronika Roth, Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻSāʿsiʿ Ṣaʿdā ʾƎmbā, Walwālo Dabra Bǝrhān Qirqos, WQ-003ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 25.4.2019) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESwq003 [Accessed: 2024-05-04+02:00]
Revisions of the data
- 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
- Veronika Roth Veronika Roth: last edited in Ethio-SPaRe on 28.4.2015
- Veronika Roth Veronika Roth: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 23.2.2015
- Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 30.11.2011
Attributions of the contents
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor