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Gāntā ʾAfašum, Qandāʿro Qǝddus Qirqos, QDQ-001

Susanne Hummel (cataloguer), Denis Nosnitsin

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

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Collection: Ethio-SPaRe

General description

ʾArbāʿtu wangel “Four Gospels”

Number of Text units: 2

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

Original Location: Qandāʿro Qǝddus Qirqos

Second half of 16th cent.

Summary

I) Introduction (fols. 2ra-5v) - Maqdǝma Wangel “Introduction to the Gospels” (fols. 2ra-5rb l.18) - “Synopsis of Classes” (fols. 5rb l.19-5va l.30) - On the reliability of the Gospels (fols. 5va l.31-5vb l.13) II) Gospel of Matthew (fols. 5vb-47rb) - Biography of Matthew (fol. 5vb l.13-l.30) - Statement about the Eusebian sections (fol. 5vb l.30-l.34) - List of the “tituli” for the Gospel of Matthew: 68 titles (fol. 5vb-6va) - Bǝsrāta Mātewos “Gospel of Matthew” (fols. 8ra-47ra) - Postscript (fol. 47rb) III) Gospel of Mark (fols. 47rb-73rb) - Biography of Mark (fol. 47rb-47va l. 4) - Statement about the Eusebian sections (fol. 47va l.4-l.8). - List of the “tituli” for the Gospel of Mark: 48 titles (fols. 41va-47vb) - Bǝsrāta Mārqos “Gospel of Mark” (fols. 48ra-) IV) Gospel of Luke (fols. 74ra-117ra) - Biography of Luke (fols. 73rb-73va) - List of the “tituli” for the Gospel of Luke: 83 titles (fol. 73vab) - Bǝsrāta Luqās “Gospel of Luke” (fols. 74ra-117ra) V) Gospel of John (fols. 118va-139vb) - Biography of John (fol. 118va-151rb) - List of the “tituli” for the Gospel of John: 20 titles (fol. 118vab) - Bǝsrāta Yoḥannǝs “Gospel of John” (fols. 119ra-151rb) Additiones 1-6.
  1. ms_i1 (),
  2. ms_i2 (),

Contents


Incipit ( ):

Explicit ( ):

()

(- The "Golden Gospel" book of Qändaʿro Qǝddus Qirqos church.) (- The canon tables are missing.) (- The space left for the rubricated, initial lines of 'On the reliability of the Gospels' is unfilled (check the viewer5va ).) (- No opening lines for the Gospel of Mark, the Gospel of Luke and the Gospel of John.) (- The “tituli” of the Gospel of Matthew are only partly numbered (until “tituli” 15); the “tituli” of the Gospel of Mark and of the Gospel of Luke are not numbered; the numbers of the “tituli” of the Gospel of John are mistaken, after "10" follows 20 up to 29.)

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .

  1. check the viewerf. 6v

    : Record concerning a reconciliation agreement.

    ( Written in Amharic. The reconciliation took place on 23 Maskaram 1889 A.M. (= 3 October 3 1934 A.D.); the document is sealed with fingerprints. )
  2. check the viewerf. 43v

    : Excerpt from Maṣḥafa gǝbra ḥǝmāmāt "Book of the Rite of the Holy Week" (reading for Monday).

    check the viewer43v : በስሙነ: ሕማማት፡ ዝንቱ፡ ለከሃይል፡ ክብር፡ ወስብሐት፡ ወእዘዝ፡ እስከ፡ ለአለም፡ ... ( Written in the upper margin in the same hand as Additio 6. )
  3. check the viewerf. 47vb

    : Reconciliation note.

    ( Written in Amharic. )
  4. check the viewerf. 117ra

    -va: Excerpt from the Ṣoma dǝggʷa, Antiphonary for Lent (za-ʿarb za-sǝqlät).

    check the viewer117ra : ዘንዋም፡ ተሰቅለ፡ ወሐመ፡ እንበለ፡ ኃጢአት፡ ተረግዘ፡ ገቦሁ፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ደዊ፡ እስመ፡ መለኮቱ፡ ኢሐመ፡ ተሰቅለ፡ ከመ፡ ዕቡሰ፡ ማዕከለ፡ ፪ፈያት፡ ... ( Written in the same hand in small script as the short excerpts at the end of each gospel (see: Other Details), with musical notation. )
  5. check the viewerf. 117va-118

    ra: Record concerning the rules for the association (maḫbär) of Qändaʿro Qǝddus Qirqos (e.g., administration of land, periods of service of priests and deacons, wages).

    ( Written in Amharic in a crude hand. Two short notes were added at the end amending the rules, in pen. )
  6. check the viewerf. 148ra

    : Signature of the scribe, exhortation.

    check the viewer148ra : ዘጸሐፊሂ፡ መንበረ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ኢትርስኡኒ፡ በጸሎትክሙ፡ ፩፡ አቡነ፡ ዘበሰማያት። check the viewer148ra : Do not forget me, the scribe Mänbärä Krǝstos, in your prayer (recite for me) the Pater Noster one (time). ( Written in the upper margin in the same hand as Additio 2. )

Extras

  1. check the viewer44ra-46ra check the viewer21va check the viewer29rb check the viewer38va check the viewer2vb check the viewer2rb check the viewer11r

    - The introduction and the special introductions to each Gospel (biographies and lists of “tituli”) are written in small script. - Short excerpts from the Ṣoma dǝggʷa (Antiphonary for Lent) with musical notation for Good Friday at the end of each Gospel are written (in the same hand as Additio 5) in the upper margin of , 71ra-71vb, 113ra-115ra and 146vb-148ra; these fols. contain also remarks in the side margins/intercolumn indicating an assigned reading at a certain time of a day; additional notes on these fols. were erased. - Several short remarks are written interlineally or in the margins, in pen or ink, e.g., concerning St Qirqos: , 30rb, 31vb; the feast of Dabra Tabor: , 60ra. the feast of Dabra Zäyt: . - A few corrections written over erased words and passages: e.g., , 3ra, 71rb. - A few erasures: , 2vb, 3va, 4va, 8r, 61va, 151rb [4 lines]. - Pen trial: fol. 40v - A few words crudely written in pen: e.g., , 20r, 31v, 33v, 110r.
  2. (Type: findingAid)

    - In the Gospel of John the days of the week are written in the upper margin in the same hand as Additio 3: ዘሰኑይ: check the viewerfol. 119r ዘሰሉስ: check the viewerfol. 128r ዘራብዑ: check the viewerfol. 133v ዘሐሙስ: check the viewerfol. 138v ዘዐርብ: check the viewerfol. 142v ዘቀዳሚት: check the viewerfol. 144v ዘእኁድ: check the viewerfol. 149r . - Orange threads are vinserted in the upper corner of fols. 10, 48, 78, 119.

Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 .

Miniatures notes

  1. miniature: check the viewerFol. 7ra:

    The nine feasts of Our Lord Jesus Christ represented as seven saints.

    Caption: በዓለ፡ ፱ቱ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ። 'The nine feasts of our Lord Jesus Christ'. The names of the feasts are written above the heads of the saints: ትስብእት 'The Incarnation' (29 Mäggabit), ልደት 'The Nativity' (29 Taḫśaś), ግዝረት 'The Circumcision of the Lord' (6 Ṭǝrr), ጥምቀት 'The Baptism' (11 Ṭǝrr), ልደተ፡ ስምዖን 'Presentation of the Lord' (8 Yäkkatit), ትንሣዔ 'The Resurrection' (mobile), እርገት 'The Ascension' (mobile), ጰራቅሊጦስ 'Pentecost' (mobile), ደብረ፡ ታቦር 'The Transfiguration, i.e. Mount-Tabor' (13 Näḥase). See for the feasts: FRITSCH, EMMANUEL: The Liturgical Year of the Ethiopian Church, Addis Abäba 2001 (Ethiopian Review of Cultures. Special Issue. Vol. IX-X), pp. 60-61.

Catalogue Bibliography

This manuscript has no restorations.

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

Made of 150.0 (leaf) , Entered as 150.0 folios, of which (leaf, blank) : Entered as blank check the viewer1r , 1v., in 19.0 (quire) .Entered as 19.0 quires . 330 285 80
Outer dimensions
Height 330
Width 285
Depth 80

Foliation

(151-1) Foliation mistake: The fol. after 120 was foliated as 122 (number 121 is missing).

Quire Structure Collation

Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 7 No image availableFols 1r–7v I(7/fols. 1r-7v)
2 8 No image availableFols 8r–15v II(8/fols. 8r-15v)
3 8 No image availableFols 16r–23v III(8/fols. 16r-23v)
4 8 No image availableFols 24r–31v IV(8/fols. 24r-31v)
5 8 No image availableFols 32r–39v V(8/fols. 32r-39v)
6 8 No image availableFols 40r–47v VI(8/fols. 40r-47v)
7 8 No image availableFols 48r–55v VII(8/fols. 48r-55v)
8 8 No image availableFols 56r–63v VIII(8/fols. 56r-63v)
9 8 No image availableFols 64r–73v IX(8/fols. 64r-73v)
10 8 No image availableFols. 74r, No image availableFol. 81v X (8/fols. 74r - 81v)
11 8 No image availableFols 82r–89v XI(8/fols. 82r-89v)
12 8 No image availableFols 90r–97v XII(8/fols. 90r-97v)
13 8 No image availableFols 98r–105v XIII(8/fols. 98r-105v)
14 8 No image availableFols 106r–113v XIV (8/fols. 106r-113v)
15 5 No image availableFols 114r–118v XV(5; s.l. 4, stub after 2 (?)/fols. 114r-118v)
16 8 No image availableFols 119r–127v XVI(8/fols. 119r-127v)
17 8 No image availableFols 128r–135v XVII (8/fols. 128r-135v)
18 8 No image availableFols 136r–143v XVIII(8/fols. 136r-143v)
19 8 No image availableFols 144r–151v XIX(8/fols. 144r-151v) The structure of quire I cannot be identified. It seems that fols. 2-3 as well as fols. 4-6 are sewn together with parchment threads; fols. 1 and 8 may form one bifiolio.

Collation diagrams


I(7/fols. 1r-7v)
Quire ID:q1
Collation diagram Quire 1 1 7 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

II(8/fols. 8r-15v)
Quire ID:q2
Collation diagram Quire 2 8 15 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

III(8/fols. 16r-23v)
Quire ID:q3
Collation diagram Quire 3 16 23 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

IV(8/fols. 24r-31v)
Quire ID:q4
Collation diagram Quire 4 24 31 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

V(8/fols. 32r-39v)
Quire ID:q5
Collation diagram Quire 5 32 39 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

VI(8/fols. 40r-47v)
Quire ID:q6
Collation diagram Quire 6 40 47 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

VII(8/fols. 48r-55v)
Quire ID:q7
Collation diagram Quire 7 48 55 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

VIII(8/fols. 56r-63v)
Quire ID:q8
Collation diagram Quire 8 56 63 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

IX(8/fols. 64r-73v)
Quire ID:q9
Collation diagram Quire 9 64 71 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

X (8/fols. 74r - 81v)
Quire ID:q10
Collation diagram Quire 10 72 79 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

XI(8/fols. 82r-89v)
Quire ID:q11
Collation diagram Quire 11 80 87 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

XII(8/fols. 90r-97v)
Quire ID:q12
Collation diagram Quire 12 88 95 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

XIII(8/fols. 98r-105v)
Quire ID:q13
Collation diagram Quire 13 96 103 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

XIV (8/fols. 106r-113v)
Quire ID:q14
Collation diagram Quire 14 104 111 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

XV(5; s.l. 4, stub after 2 (?)/fols. 114r-118v)
Quire ID:q15
Collation diagram Quire 15 112 116 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3

XVI(8/fols. 119r-127v)
Quire ID:q16
Collation diagram Quire 16 117 124 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

XVII (8/fols. 128r-135v)
Quire ID:q17
Collation diagram Quire 17 125 132 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

XVIII(8/fols. 136r-143v)
Quire ID:q18
Collation diagram Quire 18 133 140 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

XIX(8/fols. 144r-151v) The structure of quire I cannot be identified. It seems that fols. 2-3 as well as fols. 4-6 are sewn together with parchment threads; fols. 1 and 8 may form one bifiolio.
Quire ID:q19
Collation diagram Quire 19 141 148 Unit #1 Unit #2 Unit #3 Unit #4

Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(7/No image availableFols 1r–7v) – II(8/No image availableFols 8r–15v) – III(8/No image availableFols 16r–23v) – IV(8/No image availableFols 24r–31v) – V(8/No image availableFols 32r–39v) – VI(8/No image availableFols 40r–47v) – VII(8/No image availableFols 48r–55v) – VIII(8/No image availableFols 56r–63v) – IX(8/No image availableFols 64r–73v) – X(8/No image availableFols. 74r, No image availableFol. 81v) – XI(8/No image availableFols 82r–89v) – XII(8/No image availableFols 90r–97v) – XIII(8/No image availableFols 98r–105v) – XIV(8/No image availableFols 106r–113v) – XV(4+1/s.l. 4, stub after 2/No image availableFols 114r–118v) – XVI(8/No image availableFols 119r–127v) – XVII(8/No image availableFols 128r–135v) – XVIII(8/No image availableFols 136r–143v) – XIX(8/No image availableFols 144r–151v) –

Formula: No image availableFols 1r–7v I(7/fols. 1r-7v) ; No image availableFols 8r–15v II(8/fols. 8r-15v) ; No image availableFols 16r–23v III(8/fols. 16r-23v) ; No image availableFols 24r–31v IV(8/fols. 24r-31v) ; No image availableFols 32r–39v V(8/fols. 32r-39v) ; No image availableFols 40r–47v VI(8/fols. 40r-47v) ; No image availableFols 48r–55v VII(8/fols. 48r-55v) ; No image availableFols 56r–63v VIII(8/fols. 56r-63v) ; No image availableFols 64r–73v IX(8/fols. 64r-73v) ; No image availableFols. 74r, No image availableFol. 81v X (8/fols. 74r - 81v) ; No image availableFols 82r–89v XI(8/fols. 82r-89v) ; No image availableFols 90r–97v XII(8/fols. 90r-97v) ; No image availableFols 98r–105v XIII(8/fols. 98r-105v) ; No image availableFols 106r–113v XIV (8/fols. 106r-113v) ; No image availableFols 114r–118v XV(5; s.l. 4, stub after 2 (?)/fols. 114r-118v) ; No image availableFols 119r–127v XVI(8/fols. 119r-127v) ; No image availableFols 128r–135v XVII (8/fols. 128r-135v) ; No image availableFols 136r–143v XVIII(8/fols. 136r-143v) ; No image availableFols 144r–151v XIX(8/fols. 144r-151v) The structure of quire I cannot be identified. It seems that fols. 2-3 as well as fols. 4-6 are sewn together with parchment threads; fols. 1 and 8 may form one bifiolio.;

Formula 1: 1 (7), 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 (5), 16 (8), 17 (8), 18 (8), 19 (8),

Formula 2: 1 (7), 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 (5), 16 (8), 17 (8), 18 (8), 19 (8),

State of preservation

good

Condition

The Ms. was resewn. A small rectangular piece of parchment is sewn on check the viewer1v , 2r, 3r and 4r with parchment threads to repair holes.

Binding

Two wooden boards covered with reddish-brown tooled leather. Two pairs of sewing stations.

Binding decoration

Two pairs of chains of stitches at the spine cover. All quires are reinforced with parchment guards of different size.

Binding material

wood

leather

Original binding

No

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 21

H 230mm
W 220mm
Intercolumn 20mm
Margins
top 35
bottom 65
right 45
left 20
intercolumn 20
(All data are for check the viewer9r .)

Ms Gāntā ʾAfašum, Qandāʿro Qǝddus Qirqos, QDQ-001 main part

looks ok for measures computed width is: 285mm, object width is: 285mm, computed height is: 330mm and object height is: 330mm.

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.
Pricking
  • Ruling and pricking are visible.
  • Primary pricks are partly visible.
  • Ruling pricks are partly visible.

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Very careful and regular. Written by trained hand.

    Ink: Black, red (vivid scarlet).

    Rubrication: Nomina sacra; groups of lines on the incipit page of the introduction and of each Gospel; incipits of all sections (one or two initial lines); section numbers; the word mǝʿǝraf "chapter"; elements of the punctuation signs; elements of the Ethiopic numerals.

    Date: Second half of 16th century?

    The scribe who wrote Additiones 2 and 6 is Mänbärä Krǝstos.Second half of 16th century?
  • Hand 2

    Script: Ethiopic

    The handwriting remains very uniform throughout the Ms. with slender, tall and upright letters; tze script shows typical palaeographic features of the mid-16th until mid-17th cent. as well as a few archaic features.
  • Hand 3

    Script: Ethiopic

  • Hand 4

    Script: Ethiopic

    Characteristics:
  • Hand 5

    Script: Ethiopic

    - uniform shapes of the letters
  • Hand 6

    Script: Ethiopic

    - slender proportions and parallel downstrokes
  • Hand 7

    Script: Ethiopic

    - broadly spaced letters
  • Hand 8

    Script: Ethiopic

    - form of 'six' (፮, looking like "compressed" number 'seven')
  • Hand 9

    Script: Ethiopic

    - numeral 'ten' (፲) has a peculiar rare form with a ring on check the viewer5vb (cp. Synaxarion of QDQ-004).
  • Hand 10

    Script: Ethiopic

    - ው with marker of the 6th order closer to the top than in the middle
  • Hand 11

    Script: Ethiopic

    - መ and ሠ of smaller size than other characters, but written in the upper limit of the line
  • Hand 12

    Script: Ethiopic

    - the loops of መ are mostly separate in all vowel orders
  • Hand 13

    Script: Ethiopic

    - ጥ written with short curves
  • Hand 14

    Script: Ethiopic

    - tendency to keep open vocalization loops of the 5th order.
  • Hand 15

    Script: Ethiopic

  • Hand 16

    Script: Ethiopic

    See: UhlPal 425-544.
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      authority
      Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
      pubPlace
      Hamburg
      publisher
      Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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      date
      2016-06-07T17:45:34.754+02:00
      date
      type=expanded
      2022-01-05T13:36:28.446+01:00
      date
      type=lastModified
      10.5.2016
      idno
      type=collection
      manuscripts
      idno
      type=url
      https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESqdq001
      idno
      type=URI
      https://betamasaheft.eu/ESqdq001
      idno
      type=filename
      ESqdq001.xml
      idno
      type=ID
      ESqdq001

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    Susanne Hummel, Denis Nosnitsin, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻGāntā ʾAfašum, Qandāʿro Qǝddus Qirqos, QDQ-001 (encoded from the catalogue)ʼ, in Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2016-05-10) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/ESqdq001 [Accessed: 2024-12-16]

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    Revision history

    • Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: transformed from mycore to TEI P5 on 10.5.2016
    • Susanne Hummel Susanne Hummel: last edited in Ethio-SPaRe on 24.9.2014
    • Susanne Hummel Susanne Hummel: catalogued in Ethio-SPaRe on 1.8.2012
    • Denis Nosnitsin: Ethio-SPaRe team photographed the manuscript on 25.11.2011
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    Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor

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