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Shelfmark |
3868 |
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Owning institution |
Biblioteca Palatina, Parma |
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Typology |
Codex |
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Copying date |
19th–20th century, dated on a paleographical basis. |
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Title |
Dawit (Psalter) |
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Subject |
Old Testament, Poetry |
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Language |
Gǝʿǝz |
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Short description of the content |
Ff. 4r–168va: Dawit (Psalter)
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Writing material |
Goat parchment |
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Outer size (included the binding) |
179 x 144 x 79 mm |
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Outer size of the textblock |
177 x 134 mm |
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Number of folia |
169 |
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Blank folia |
– |
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Binding |
Two wooden boards. The spine is covered with parchment. Four sewing stations. |
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Sewing |
Two S-twisted threads (each thread is Z-twisted) of animal origin. |
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Sewing pattern |
Bozzacchi A |
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Slip case |
Leather case. The leather is reddish-brown. Size: 200 x 174 x 85 mm. |
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Quires |
20 (18 + 1 initial and 1 final protective quires) |
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Quire marks |
– |
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Layout |
1) Ff. 4r–149v: 1 column. 2) Ff. 150ra–168va: 2 columns. |
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Number of lines per column |
20 |
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Ruling |
Blind ruling, from the flesh side to the hair side. Lines are written above the ruling. |
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Ruling pattern |
Nosnitsin 1 |
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Scribe |
Kǝflä Giyorgis (ff. 149v, 168va). |
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Colophon |
– |
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Additional notes |
– |
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Decoration |
The manuscript hosts numerous ornamental bands (ḥaräg) in black and red ink and decorated with geometrical motifs, crosses, human faces and birds (e.g., ff. 4r, 11r, 18v, 27r, 38r, 46r, 52r, 60v, 72r, 99v, 100r, 114v). Most of them are used to separate groups of ten psalms. |
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State of preservation of the binding |
Defective. |
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State of preservation of the textblock |
Defective. |
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Provenance and history |
Unknown provenance. According to the ownership note written in the main hand on f. 168va, the original owner was Wäldä Gäbrǝʾel and the scribe was Kǝflä Giyorgis. The name of Wäldä Gäbrǝʾel is also mentioned in the supplication formulas on ff. 149v, 150ra, 159va, together with that of a certain Śahlä Śǝllase. |
