Ethiopian scribal practice. 1, Plates for the catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project / Steve Delamarter and Melaku Terefe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Delamarter, Steve.

Contributor:

Ethiopian Manuscript Imaging Project.

Melaku Terefe.

Series:

Ethiopic manuscripts, texts and studies ; v. 2.

Ethiopic manuscripts, texts, and studies series ; volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manuscripts, Ethiopic--Catalogs.

Manuscripts, Ethiopic.

Scribes--Ethiopia.

Scribes.

Scribes--Africa.

Codicology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : James Clarke & Co., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is the companion volume to the Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Volume 1: Codices 1-105, Magic Scrolls 1- 134. It contains at least one plate for each of the 105 codices described in that volume. But this is designed to be more than just a plates volume. The editors have selected images from the various manuscripts to tell a host of stories about Ethiopic manuscripts: cases (single and double-slip), covers and coverings (including leather and cloth), the tooling of leather covers, layout of text on the page (with prickings, columns and scored lines), codex bindin

Contents:

Front cover; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Series Title Page; Series Foreword; Dedication; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; Description and Analysis of Scribal Practiceswith Plates; Plate 1: EMIP 1 (Herron Codex), codex and case; Plate 2: EMIP 2 (Eliza Codex 1), spine with stitching for head and tail bands; Plate 3: EMIP 3 (Eliza Codex 2), ff. 8v-9r; Plate 4: EMIP 4 (Eliza Codex 3), ff. 61r-62v; Plate 5: EMIP 5 (Marwick Codex 1), ff. ii v(erso)-1r; Plate 6: EMIP 6 (Marwick Codex 2), ff. 20v-21r; Plate 7: EMIP 7 (Marwick Codex 3), front cover

Plate 8: EMIP 8 (Marwick Codex 4), inside front cover and folio 1rPlate 9: EMIP 9 (Marwick Codex 5), navigation strings in top fore edge; Plate 10: EMIP 9 (Marwick Codex 5), work of "the Speckled Garment artist"; Plate 11: EMIP 10 (Marwick Codex 6), tailband; Plate 12: EMIP 11 (Marwick Codex 7), ff. 30v-31r; Plate 13: EMIP 12 (Marwick Codex 8), f. 1r; Plate 14: EMIP 13 (Marwick Codex 9), ff. 38v-39r; Plate 15: EMIP 14 (Marwick Codex 10), ff. 130v-131r; Plate 16: EMIP 15 (Marwick Codex 11), spine and back cover; Plate 17: EMIP 16 (Marwick Codex 12), ff. 32v-33r

Plate 18: EMIP 17 (Marwick Codex 13), ff. 35v-36rPlate 19: EMIP 18 (Marwick Codex 14), f. 108r; Plate 20: EMIP 19 (Marwick Codex 15), spine; Plate 21: EMIP 20 (Marwick Codex 16), ff. 136v-137r; Plate 22: EMIIP 21 (Marwick Codex 17), front cover and f. 1r; Plate 23: EMIP 22 (Marwick Codex 18), top of the spine; Plate 24: EMIP 23 (Marwick Codex 19), front cover and three-quarter binding; Plate 25: EMIP 24 (Marwick Codex 24), ff. 8v-9r, gutter; Plate 26: EMIP 25 (Eliza Codex 4), side view of mahdar; Plate 27: EMIP 26 (Eliza Codex 5), ff. 84v-85r; Plate 28: EMIP 27 (Eliza Codex 6), ff. 110v-111r

Plate 29: EMIP 27 (Eliza Codex 6), spinePlate 30: EMIP 28 (Eliza Codex 7), f. 106v; Plate 31: EMIP 29 (Whisnant Codex 1), f. 134r; Plate 32: EMIP 30 (Whisnant Codex 2), f. 135v-136r; Plate 33: EMIP 31 (Earl Codex), inside front cover and f. 1r; Plate 34: EMIP 31 (Earl Codex), ff. 44v-45r; Plate 35: EMIP 32 (Delamarter Codex 1), ff. ii v(erso)-iii r(ecto); Plate 36: EMIP 33 (Eliza Codex 8), ff. 8v-9r; Plate 37: EMIP 34 (Eliza Codex 9), front cover; Plate 38: EMIP 35 (Eliza Codex 10), ff. 154v-155r; Plate 39: EMIP 36 (Eliza Codex 11), spine; Plate 40: EMIP 37 (Eliza Codex 12), ff. 78v-79r

Plate 41: EMIP 38 (Eliza Codex 13), linen cover and body of the codexPlate 42: EMIP 39 (Eliza Codex 14), ff. 22v-23r; Plate 43: EMIP 40 (Eliza Codex 15), ff. 21v-22r; Plate 44: EMIP 41 (Eliza Codex 16), ff. 48v-49r; Plate 45: EMIP 42 (Eliza Codex 17), spine; Plate 46: EMIP 42 (Eliza Codex 17), ff. 20v-21r; Plate 47: EMIP 43 (Eliza Codex 18), ff. 22v-23r; Plate 48: EMIP 44 (Eliza Codex 19), f. 140v; Plate 49: EMIP 45 (Eliza Codex 20), ff. i v(erso)-1r; Plate 50: EMIP 46 (Eliza Codex 21), f. 8v; Plate 51: EMIP 47 (Eliza Codex 22), f. 57r; Plate 52: EMIP 48 (Eliza Codex 23), f. 93r

Plate 53: EMIP 49 (Eliza Codex 24), f. 112r

Notes:

Companion to EMIP catalogue 1.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 21, 2013).

ISBN:

0-227-90164-9