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New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Ethiopic 18

Ashlee Benson, Ralph Lee, Jonah Sandford

EMIP

Work in Progress
https://betamasaheft.eu/YaleMs18
Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library[view repository]

Collection:

Other identifiers: Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project EMIP 3146

GeneralDescriptionPhysical DescriptionAuthors

General description

Yale Collection, Ethiopic 18

Number of Text units: 13

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Seventeenth-century

Provenance

Gift of Thomas Ewart Marston (Yale 1927) to Yale.

Summary

Ff. 5r–169v: Psalter, Dawit, ዳዊት; Ff. 5r–134r: Psalms of David, መዝሙር ዘዳዊት, the Psalms begin with a strophe from the Psalter of the Virgin [f. 5r], the word for God is not rubricated in the psalms, the midpoint of the Psalms is unmarked in Psalm 77 [f. 70r], Psalm 119 has only the Hebrew letters at the head of each section, without an interpretation, Psalm 151 contains the short version; Ff. 134r–148r: Biblical Canticles, መሓልየ ነቢያት; Ff. 148r–155r: Song of Songs, መኃልየ መኃልይ, common version. Ff. 155v–167v: Praises of Mary, ውዳሴ ማርያም, arranged for the days of the week: Monday (f. 155v), Tuesday (f. 156v), Wednesday (f. 158r), Thursday (f. 160r), Friday (f. 162v), Saturday (f. 164r), Sunday (f. 165r); Ff. 167v–170v: Gate of Light, አንቀጸ ብርሃን, incomplete at the very end.
  1. ms_i1 (Fols 5r–169v

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    ), Psalter
    1. ms_i1.1 (Fols 5r–134r

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      ), Mazmura Dāwit
    2. ms_i1.2 (Fols 134r–148r

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      ), Book of Odes
    3. ms_i1.3 (Fols 148r–155r

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      ), common version
    4. ms_i1.4 (Fols 155v–167v

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      ), Wǝddāse Māryām
      1. ms_i1.4.1 (Fols 155v and following

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        ), Monday
      2. ms_i1.4.2 (Fols 156v and following

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        ), Tuesday
      3. ms_i1.4.3 (Fols 158r and following

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        ), Wednesday
      4. ms_i1.4.4 (Fols 160r and following

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        ), Thursday
      5. ms_i1.4.5 (Fols 162v and following

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        ), Friday
      6. ms_i1.4.6 (Fols 164r and following

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        ), Saturday
      7. ms_i1.4.7 (Fols 165r and following

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        ), Sunday
    5. ms_i1.5 (Fols 167v–170v

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      ), ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān

Contents

Fols 5r–169v

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Psalter (CAe 2701)

Language of text:

Fols 5r–134r

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Mazmura Dāwit (CAe 2000) Psalm 118 has only the Hebrew letters at the head of each section, without an interpretation. Psalm 151 contains the short version Fol. 5r Mazmura Dāwit begin with a strophe from Mazmura Dǝngǝl
Fols 134r–148r

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Book of Odes (CAe 1828) Fol. 139r The Prayer of Hannah, mother of Samuel the Prophet, Hannah, here identified as

( ) ጸሎተ፡ ሐና፡ አመ፡ ሰሙኤል፡, Prayer of Hana, mother of Samuel

Fols 148r–155r

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common version (CAe 2362)
Fols 155v–167v

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Wǝddāse Māryām (CAe 2509)
Fols 155v and following

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Monday
Fols 156v and following

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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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Sunday
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ʾAnqaṣa bǝrhān (CAe 1113) incomplete at the very end

Additions In this unit there are in total 2 , 1 .

  1. Fol. 1v (Type: CalendaricNote)

    text: Calendar, in an 18th century hand

  2. upper

    text , in a 19th century hand

  3. f. 3v, lower and f. 4r, lower

    text, in a 20th century hand

  4. Fol. 4v (Type: CalendaricNote)

    text: calendar

  5. f. 151r, bottom margin (Type: OwnershipNote)

    note of secondary ownership, ገብረ፡ ጊዎርጊስ, written in a later hand

Extras

  1. Fol. 1r

    pen trial

  2. Fol. 70r

    The midpoint of the Psalms is unmarked in Psalm 77

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

+NaN (leaf) .Entered as iv + 168 158 135
Outer dimensions
Height 158mm
Width 135mm
Depth mm

Binding

Parchment. Wooden boards (the front one is broken and stitched), half bound with leather, with four chain stitches.

Binding material

parchment

wood

leather

Original binding

No

Layout

Layout note 1(Fols 1r–151r

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)

Number of columns: 1

Number of lines: 20-21

Layout note 1(Fols 151v–166v

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)

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 20-21

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Rubrication: check the viewerFols. ms_i1.2, ms_i1.3, ms_i1.4, ms_i1.5 ኢግዚአብሔር፡

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      Publication Statement

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      Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
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      Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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      Hamburg
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      9.4.2024 at 21:47:47
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      https://betamasaheft.eu/YaleMs18
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      YaleMs18.xml
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      YaleMs18

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    Ashlee Benson, Ralph Lee, Jonah Sandford, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻNew Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Ethiopic 18ʼ, in Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2024-04-08) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/YaleMs18 [Accessed: 2024-07-29]

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    Revision history

    • Eugenia Sokolinski renamed, partially aligned to Yale catalogue at https://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/13194240 on 8.4.2024
    • Jonah Sandford Added columns/lines, binding desc, dating info. on 20.5.2021
    • Ralph Lee Corrected reference to Ps118, Prayer of Hannah, etc. and some minor format edits on 29.6.2020
    • Ashlee Benson Added items on 22.5.2020
    • Pietro Maria Liuzzo Created XML record from EMIP Collection Metadata.xsls on 18.1.2018
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    Attribution of the content

    Ashlee Benson, editor

    Ralph Lee, editor

    Jonah Sandford, editor

    Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor

    Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor

    The initial version of this file was created from data kindly provided by the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project directed by Steve Delamarter. See also https://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/13194240
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