Copenhagen, The Royal Library, Cod. Etiop Add. 1
Denis Nosnitsin
Newly catalogued in Beta maṣāḥǝft
General description
Cod. Etiop Add. 1, codex
Number of Text units: 0
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
Original Location:
Copying date: Second half of the 19th – early 20th centurySummary
I) ዳዊት, Psalter (fols. check the viewerFols 1r–130vb, )I-check the viewer1, ) መዝሙረ᎓ዳዊት“Psalms of David” (fols. check the viewer1r–99v, ) I-check the viewer2, ) መኃልየ᎓ነቢያት፡ ወጸሎቱ፡ ለሙሴ “The Canticles of the Prophets and the Prayer of Moses” (fols. check the viewer100r–110r, ) I-check the viewer3, ) መኃልየ᎓መኃልይ᎓ዝውእቱ᎓ዘሰሎሞን“Song of Songs of Solomon” (fols. check the viewer110v–115v, ) I-check the viewer4, ) ውዳሴ᎓ማርያም“The Praise of Mary” (fols. check the viewer116ra–126rb )
I-check the viewerfols. 5, ) አንቀጸ᎓ብርሃን“Gate of Light” (fols. check the viewer126rb–130vb )
Contents
Additions In this unit there are in total .
Decoration In this unit there are in total 1 , 1 .
Other Decorations
- other:
- Decorated quire marks are written in the top left corner of the first leaf of each quire.
- Coloured threads are inserted in one of the upper pricks: yellow in fol. check the viewerFols. 27, ; red in fols. check the viewer55, 66, ; violet in fols. check the viewer77, 87, 94 .
- mixed:
Each unit of ten Psalms and other texts are preceded by an elaborate polychrome ornamental band, in the top margin of fols. check the viewerFols. 1r, 6v, 12v, 19r, 27r, 33r, 38r, 45v, 55r, 62r, 66v, 77r, 87r, 89v, 94v, 100r, 110v, 116r .
Physical Description
Form of support
Parchment Codex
Extent
Outer dimensions | |
Height | 17.4 |
Width | 10.9 |
Depth | 4.8 |
Quire Structure Collation
Position | Number | Leaves | Quires | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 |
|
A(2/fols. 1r-2v) | |
2 | 10 |
|
II(10/fols. 1r-10v) | |
3 | 10 |
|
፪III(10/fols. 11r-20v) | |
4 | 10 |
|
፫IV(10/fols. 21r-30v) | |
5 | 10 |
|
፬V(10/fols. 31r-40v) | |
6 | 10 |
|
፭VI(10/fols. 41r-50v) | |
7 | 10 |
|
፮VII(10/fols. 51r-60v) | |
8 | 10 |
|
፯VIII(10/fols. 61r-70v) | |
9 | 10 |
|
፰IX(10/fols. 71r-80v) | |
10 | 10 |
|
፱X(10/fols. 81r-90v) | |
11 | 10 |
|
፲XI(10/fols. 91r-100v) | |
12 | 10 |
|
፲፩XII(10/fols. 101r-110v) | |
13 | 10 |
|
፲፪XIII(10/fols. 111r-120v) | |
14 | 10 |
|
፲፫XIV(10/fols. 121r-130v) | |
15 | 2 |
|
B(2/fols. 131r-132v) |
Collation diagrams
A(2/fols. 1r-2v)
Quire ID:q1
II(10/fols. 1r-10v)
Quire ID:q2
፪III(10/fols. 11r-20v)
Quire ID:q3
፫IV(10/fols. 21r-30v)
Quire ID:q4
፬V(10/fols. 31r-40v)
Quire ID:q5
፭VI(10/fols. 41r-50v)
Quire ID:q6
፮VII(10/fols. 51r-60v)
Quire ID:q7
፯VIII(10/fols. 61r-70v)
Quire ID:q8
፰IX(10/fols. 71r-80v)
Quire ID:q9
፱X(10/fols. 81r-90v)
Quire ID:q10
፲XI(10/fols. 91r-100v)
Quire ID:q11
፲፩XII(10/fols. 101r-110v)
Quire ID:q12
፲፪XIII(10/fols. 111r-120v)
Quire ID:q13
፲፫XIV(10/fols. 121r-130v)
Quire ID:q14
B(2/fols. 131r-132v)
Quire ID:q15
Ethio-SPaRe formula : I(2/
Formula:
Formula 1: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (10), 15 (2),
Formula 2: 1 (2), 2 (10), 3 (10), 4 (10), 5 (10), 6 (10), 7 (10), 8 (10), 9 (10), 10 (10), 11 (10), 12 (10), 13 (10), 14 (10), 15 (2),
State of preservation
other
Condition
Good. The manuscript has been barely used.
Binding
Ethiopian binding. Two wooden boards, light-brown cotton secondary cover with a tongue protecting the edges of the volume.
Two pair of sewing stations.
Kept in the traditional two-part slip leather case (worn, the leather strap is missing).
Original binding
Yes
Layout
Layout note 1
H | 120mm |
W | 85mm |
Ms Copenhagen, The Royal Library, Cod. Etiop Add. 1 main part
has a sum of layout height of 120mm which is greater than the object height of 0mm has a sum of layout width of 85mm which is greater than the object height of 0mmLayout note 1
Ruling
- 1A-1A/0-0/0-0/C: fols. 1r-115v 1A-1A-1A1A/0-0/0-0/C: fols. 116r-131v
Palaeography
Hand 1
Script: Ethiopic
Rubrication: Executed in the main hand.
19th – early 20th-century script; fine, but not very regular hand.Unknown
- In order to accommodate longer text lines, the scribe employed compressed script, fols. check the viewerFols. 2r, check the viewer6r and following, v, check the viewer7r, 8r, check the viewer10r and following, v, check the viewer11r and following, v, check the viewer12r, 13v, etc., frequently in combination with runovers marked with red and/or black lines, fols. check the viewer6r, 12r, 13v, 21r, 30v, 79v
- Ps. check the viewerFols. 118, :check the viewer116, is placed in a “net” made of red lines, fol. check the viewer85v
- Mistaken words are cancelled with red lines, fol. check the viewerFol. 85v
- Midpoint of the Psalms is marked on fol. check the viewerFol. 50v .
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Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, ʻCopenhagen, The Royal Library, Cod. Etiop Add. 1ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2017-02-22) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/KopCodEtiopAdd1 [Accessed: 2024-05-18]
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- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: transformed from Word to TEI P5 on 22.2.2017
- Denis Nosnitsin Denis Nosnitsin: Final record in Word File on 15.12.2016
Attributions of the contents
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor