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Shelfmark |
Zanasi-Li Volsi 2 |
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Owning institution |
Private collection of Giuseppina Zanasi, Rome |
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Typology |
Codex |
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Copying date |
18th–19th century, dated on a paleographical basis. |
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Title |
Dawit (Psalter) |
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Subject |
Old Testament, Prayers |
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Language |
Gǝʿǝz |
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Short description of the content |
Ff. 3r–186ra: Dawit (Psalter)
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Writing material |
Goat parchment |
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Outer size (included the binding) |
145 x 145 x 85 mm |
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Outer size (textblock) |
148 x 138 x 65 mm |
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Number of folia |
187 |
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Blank folia |
Ff. 1r, 2r–2v, 169v, 186v, 187rv. |
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Binding |
Two wooden boards covered with dark brown leather. The spine is uncovered. Four sewing stations. |
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Sewing |
Original sewing: two Z-twisted threads (each is S-twisted) of animal origin. Additional sewing: four white S-twisted threads (each is Z-twisted) made of white cotton and two S-twisted threads (each is Z-twisted) made of green-blue cotton. |
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Sewing pattern |
Bozzacchi A4 |
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Slip case |
Brown leather case; 185 x 175 x 90 mm. |
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Quires |
21 (20 + 1 initial protective quire) |
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Quire marks |
Indicated in black ink on the upper inner corner of the first folio of each quire. Undecorated. Most of them are probably illegible due to faded ink. |
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Layout |
1) Ff. 3r–169r: 1 column; 2) Ff. 170ra–186ra: 2 columns. |
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Number of lines per column |
18–19 |
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Ruling |
Blind ruling, from outside to inside. Lines are written above the ruling. |
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Ruling pattern |
Nosnitsin 1 |
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Scribe |
Unknown |
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Colophon |
– |
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Additional notes |
– |
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Decoration |
F. 1v: full-page drawing in black and red ink. Unclear subject, possibly unfinished. |
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State of preservation of the binding |
Deficient. |
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State of preservation of the textblock |
Mediocre. |
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Provenance and history |
Unknown provenance. The manuscript came into possession of the Zanasi-Li Volsi family at an unspecified time in the 20th century. |
