Washington, D.C., Howard University School of Divinity, Tweed Codex 096
Ralph Lee, Ashlee Benson, Jonah Sandford
Tweed Collection, EMIP
General description
Tweed Codex 096
Number of Text units: 16
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Fol. 67r mentions Bishop Yǝṣḥaq of Ethiopia, 1921–1947 (EC = 1928–55).
Summary
- ms_i1
(Fols 1r–23r
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r and following
- ms_i1.2
(Fols 3r and following
- ms_i1.3
(Fols 6v and following
- ms_i1.4
(Fols 10v and following
- ms_i1.5
(Fols 15r and following
- ms_i1.6
(Fols 18v and following
- ms_i1.7
(Fols 20v and following
- ms_i1.1
(Fols 1r and following
- ms_i2
(Fols 23r–33v
- ms_i3
(Fols 34r–36r
- ms_i4
(Fols 36v–48v
- ms_i5
(Fols 49r–59v
- ms_i6
(Fols 60r–65v
- ms_i7
(Fols 66r–85r
- ms_i8
(Fols 85v–105r
- ms_i9
(Fols 105v–110r
Contents
Language of text:
Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .
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The birthplace of Wayzäro Abäraš Gäzahañ and list of dates of the deaths of various family members, written in pencil and light black ink. “The Lords family is twelve apostles, 76 disciples, 36 holy women.”
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check the viewer f. 60r and passim (Type: OwnershipNote)
mentions the original owner, Gäbrä Rufa’el
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mentions Bishop Yǝṣḥaq of Ethiopia, 1871–1947 EC = 1878–1956, bishop 1921–1947 EC = 1928–55
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Record of a religious decree of 1936 EC regarding various issues including the observance of Saturday as Sabbath and appropriate days for weddings and memorials for the dead, etc., written in red ink
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List of names, written in blue pen
Extras
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A name, written in purple ink
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Fols. iir(eco), iiiv(erso), ivv(erso), 111r, 111v, 112r, 112v, 113r, 113v, 114r, 115v
blank
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Illegible scrawls
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Identified in the insurance hand list as Case B5
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Numbered quires: quires 3–6
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words of text are written interlinearly
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text has been removed
Decoration In this unit there are in total 2 , 1 .
Frame notes
- frame: Decorative designs: folss. 1r, 36v, 49r, 60r, 66r, 85v, (haräg); 33v, 48v, 59v, 65v, 85r, 105r, 110r (multiple full stops)
Miniatures notes
- miniature:
Fol. iiv(erso)
A man standing holding a handkerchief in his right hand and with left hand outstretched, and attendant with a rifle with caption Legend: ( ) “How Fitawrari [name erased] interceded.”
- miniature:
Fol. iiir(ecto)
Virgin and Child with caption Legend: ( ) “Mika’el” “with her beloved son,” “Gabri’el"
Physical Description
Form of support
Codex
Watermark
No
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 201mm |
Width | 152mm |
Depth | 52mm |
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
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1 | a | 4 |
|
Protection Quire |
2 | 1 | 10 |
|
Quire 1 |
3 | 2 | 10 |
|
Quire 2 |
4 | 3 | 10 |
|
Quire 3 |
5 | 4 | 10 |
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Quire 4 |
6 | 5 | 10 |
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Quire 5 |
7 | 6 | 11 |
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8 | 7 | 10 |
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Quire 7 |
9 | 8 | 10 |
|
Quire 8 |
10 | 9 | 12 |
|
Quire 9 |
11 | 10 | 12 |
|
Quire 10 |
12 | 11 | 11 |
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Collation diagrams
Protection Quire
Quire ID:q1, number:a
Quire 1
Quire ID:q2, number:1
Quire 2
Quire ID:q3, number:2
Quire 3
Quire ID:q4, number:3
Quire 4
Quire ID:q5, number:4
Quire 5
Quire ID:q6, number:5
Quire 6: 9, stub after 2
Quire ID:q7, number:6
Notes: 1)
Quire 7
Quire ID:q8, number:7
Quire 8
Quire ID:q9, number:8
Quire 9
Quire ID:q10, number:9
Quire 10
Quire ID:q11, number:10
Quire 11: 10, stub after 1
Quire ID:q12, number:11
Notes: 1)
Ethio-SPaRe formula : a(4/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (4), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (11), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (12), 11 (12), 12 (11),
Formula 2: 1 (4), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (11), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (12), 11 (12), 12 (11),
Binding
Parchment, four Coptic chain stitches attached with bridle attachments to rough-hewn boards of the traditional wood covered with tooled leather, headband and tailband.
Binding material
parchment
wood
leather
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | |
W | |
Margins | |
top | 25mm |
bottom | 53mm |
right | 25mm |
left | 12mm |
Ms Washington, D.C., Howard University School of Divinity, Tweed Codex 096 main part
looks ok for measures computed width is: NaNmm, object width is: 152mm, computed height is: NaNmm and object height is: 201mm.Layout note 1
Number of columns: 2
Number of lines: 15
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Rubrication: ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ኢግዚአብሔር፡ ማርያም፡
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Publication Statement
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
Edition Statement
The initial version of this file was created from data kindly provided by the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project directed by Steve Delamarter
Dedicated to Cane Hope Felder
Encoding Description
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Ralph Lee, Ashlee Benson, Jonah Sandford, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻWashington, D.C., Howard University School of Divinity, Tweed Codex 096ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2020-04-17) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/EMIP02045 [Accessed: 2024-05-17]
Revisions of the data
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: corrected ǝ character on 17.4.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Added quire image links on 27.2.2020
- Jonah Sandford Jonah Sandford: Added quire maps, margin dims, columns/lines, binding desc, dating info. on 6.1.2020
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Edits to format of additions on 20.12.2019
- Ashlee Benson Ashlee Benson: Added items on 17.12.2019
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: updated msIdentifier for Tweed collection. on 13.11.2019
- Ralph Lee Ralph Lee: Added ms items, miniatures, notes on 31.10.2019
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: Created XML record from EMIP Collection Metadata.xsls on 18.1.2018
Attributions of the contents
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor