Here you can explore some general information about the project. See also Beta maṣāḥəft institutional web page. Select About to meet the project team and our partners. Visit the Guidelines section to learn about our encoding principles. The section Data contains the Linked Open Data information, and API the Application Programming Interface documentation for those who want to exchange data with the Beta maṣāḥǝft project. The Permalinks section documents the versioning and referencing earlier versions of each record.
Click to get back to the home page. Here you can find out more about the project team, the cooperating projects, and the contact information. You can also visit our institutional page. Find out more about our Encoding Guidelines. In this section our Linked Open Data principles are explained. Developers can find our Application Programming Interface documentation here. The page documents the use of permalinks by the project.
Descriptions of (predominantly) Christian manuscripts from Ethiopia and Eritrea are the core of the Beta maṣāḥǝft project. We (1) gradually encode descriptions from printed catalogues, beginning from the historical ones, (2) incorporate digital descriptions produced by other projects, adjusting them wherever possible, and (3) produce descriptions of previously unknown and/or uncatalogued manuscripts. The encoding follows the TEI XML standards (check our guidelines).
We identify each unit of content in every manuscript. We consider any text with an independent circulation a work, with its own identification number within the Clavis Aethiopica (CAe). Parts of texts (e.g. chapters) without independent circulation (univocally identifiable by IDs assigned within the records) or recurrent motifs as well as documentary additional texts (identified as Narrative Units) are not part of the CAe. You can also check the list of different types of text titles or various Indexes available from the top menu.
The clavis is a repertory of all known works relevant for the Ethiopian and Eritrean tradition; the work being defined as any text with an independent circulation. Each work (as well as known recensions where applicable) receives a unique identifier in the Clavis Aethiopica (CAe). In the filter search offered here one can search for a work by its title, a keyword, a short quotation, but also directly by its CAe identifier - or, wherever known and provided, identifier used by other claves, including Bibliotheca Hagiographica Graeca (BHG), Clavis Patrum Graecorum (CPG), Clavis Coptica (CC), Clavis Apocryphorum Veteris Testamenti (CAVT), Clavis Apocryphorum Novi Testamenti (CANT), etc. The project additionally identifies Narrative Units to refer to text types, where no clavis identification is possible or necessary. Recurring motifs or also frequently documentary additiones are assigned a Narrative Unit ID, or thematically clearly demarkated passages from various recensions of a larger work. This list view shows the documentary collections encoded by the project Ethiopian Manuscript Archives (EMA) and its successor EthioChrisProcess - Christianization and religious interactions in Ethiopia (6th-13th century) : comparative approaches with Nubia and Egypt, which aim to edit the corpus of administrative acts of the Christian kingdom of Ethiopia, for medieval and modern periods. See also the list of documents contained in the additiones in the manuscripts described by the Beta maṣāḥǝft project . Works of interest to Ethiopian and Eritrean studies.
While encoding manuscripts, the project Beta maṣāḥǝft aims at creating an exhaustive repertory of art themes and techniques present in Ethiopian and Eritrean Christian tradition. See our encoding guidelines for details. Two types of searches for aspects of manuscript decoration are possible, the decorations filtered search and the general keyword search.
The filtered search for decorations, originally designed with Jacopo Gnisci, looks at decorations and their features only. The filters on the left are relative only to the selected features, reading the legends will help you to figure out what you can filter. For example you can search for all encoded decorations of a specific art theme, or search the encoded legends. If the decorations are present, but not encoded, you will not get them in the results. If an image is available, you will also find a thumbnail linking to the image viewer. [NB: The Index of Decorations currently often times out, we are sorry for the inconvenience.] You can search for particular motifs or aspects, including style, also through the keyword search. Just click on "Art keywords" and "Art themes" on the left to browse through the options. This is a short cut to a search for all those manuscripts which have miniatures of which we have images.
We create metadata for all places associated with the manuscript production and circulation as well as those mentioned in the texts used by the project. The encoding of places in Beta maṣāḥǝft will thus result in a Gazetteer of the Ethiopian tradition. We follow the principles established by Pleiades and lined out in the Syriaca.org TEI Manual and Schema for Historical Geography which allow us to distinguish between places, locations, and names of places. See also Help page fore more guidance.
This tab offers a filtrable list of all available places. Geographical references of the type "land inhabited by people XXX" is encoded with the reference to the corresponding Ethnic unit (see below); ethnonyms, even those used in geographical contexts, do not appear in this list. Repositories are those locations where manuscripts encoded by the project are or used to be preserved. While they are encoded in the same way as all places are, the view offered is different, showing a list of manuscripts associated with the repository.
We create metadata for all persons (and groups of persons) associated with the manuscript production and circulation (rulers, religious authorities, scribes, donors, and commissioners) as well as those mentioned in the texts used by the project. The result will be a comprehensive Prosopography of the Ethiopian and Eritrean tradition. See also Help page for more guidance.
We encode persons according to our Encoding Guidelines. The initial list was inherited from the Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, and there are still many inconsistencies that we are trying to gradually fix. We consider ethnonyms as a subcategory of personal names, even when many are often used in literary works in the context of the "land inhabited by **". The present list of records has been mostly inherited from the Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, and there are still many inconsistencies that we are trying to gradually fix.
This section collects some additional resources offered by the project. Select Bibliography to explore the references cited in the project records. The Indexes list different types of project records (persons, places, titles, keywords, etc). Visit Projects for information on partners that have input data directly in the Beta maṣāḥǝft database. Special ways of exploring the data are offered under Visualizations. Two applications were developed in cooperation with the project TraCES, the Gǝʿǝz Morphological Parser and the Online Lexicon Linguae Aethiopicae.
Help

You are looking at work in progress version of this website. For questions contact the dev team.

Hover on words to see search options.

Double-click to see morphological parsing.

Click on left pointing hands and arrows to load related items and click once more to view the result in a popup.

Do you want to notify us of an error, please do so by writing an issue in our GitHub repository (click the envelope for a precomiled one).
On small screens, will show a navigation bar on the leftOpen Item Navigation
Edit Not sure how to do this? Have a look at the Beta maṣāḥǝft Guidelines!
Hide pointersClick here to hide or show again the little arrows and small left pointing hands in this page.
Hide relatedClick here to hide or show again the right side of the content area, where related items and keywords are shown.
EntryMain Entry
TEI/XMLDownload an enriched TEI file with explicit URIs bibliography from Zotero API.
SyntaxeSee graphs of the information available. If the manuscript contains relevant information, then you will see visualizations based on La Syntaxe du Codex, by Andrist, Canart and Maniaci.
RelationsFurther visualization of relational information
TranscriptionTranscription (as available). Do you have a transcription you want to contribute? Contact us or click on EDIT and submit your contribution.
Link to imagesLink to images available not on this site

Frankfurt, Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg, Frankfurt Ms. or. 41

Dorothea Reule

This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography

Work in Progress
https://betamasaheft.eu/FSUor41
Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg[view repository]

Collection:

Other identifiers: Goldschmidt 20, Rüpp. I, d e f

Dated

General description

Composite manuscript of historiographic works

Number of Text units: 7

Number of Codicological units: 6

For a table of all relations from and to this record, please go to the Relations view. In the Relations boxes on the right of this page, you can also find all available relations grouped by name.

Origin

Original Location: Ethiopia

Before 1834

Provenance

This composite manuscript was compiled by Eduard Rüppell between 1831 and 1834 in Ethiopia from the family archive of ʾAṣqu .

Secondary Bibliography

  • Kropp, M. 1989. Die äthiopischen Königschroniken in der Sammlung des Däǧǧazmač Ḫaylu: Entstehung und handschriftliche Überlieferung des Werks, Heidelberger orientalische Studien, 13 (Frankfurt a. M.: Lang, 1989). page 245

Catalogue Bibliography

  • Goldschmidt, L. 1897. Die Abessinischen Handschriften der Stadtbibliothek zu Frankfurt am Main (Rüppell’sche Sammlung) nebst Anhängen und Auszügen (Berlin: S. Calvary & Co., 1897). page 68–71

Secondary Bibliography

  • Kropp, M. 1989. Die äthiopischen Königschroniken in der Sammlung des Däǧǧazmač Ḫaylu: Entstehung und handschriftliche Überlieferung des Werks, Heidelberger orientalische Studien, 13 (Frankfurt a. M.: Lang, 1989). page 303

  • Bachmann, J. 1893. Aethiopische Lesestücke. Inedita Aethiopica für den Gebrauch in Universitäts-Vorlesungen (Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung, 1893). page 49-50

Physical Description

Form of support

Codex

Extent

217 (page) .Entered as 217 25 22
Outer dimensions
Height 25cm
Width 22cm

Binding

European half leather binding.

Binding material

leather

Original binding

Yes

Codicological Unit p1

Origin of codicological unit 1

Original Location: Ethiopia

1735 (internal-date)

Provenance

Summary of codicological unit 1

  1. p1_i1 (), History of Ethiopia

Contents


History of Ethiopia (CAe 4831)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ፩አምላክ፡ ዘለዓለም፡ እንዘ፡ ነአምን፤ በ፸፻ወ፪፻በ፳ወ፰ዓመት፡ እንዘ፡ ወንጌላዊ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወአበቅቴ፡ ፀሐይ፡ ፬ወአበቅቴ፡ ወርኅ፡ ፲ወ፯፡ ወበ፯ዓመት፡ መንግሥቱ፡ ለንጉሠ፡ ነገሥት፡ ኢያሱ፡ ዘስመ፡ መንግሥቱ፡ ብርሃን፡ ሰገድ፡ በወርኃ፡ መስከረም፡ አመ፡ ዓሡሩ፡ ወረቡዑ፡ ሠርቀ፡ ሌሊት፡ አመ፡ ፳ወሰዱሱ፡ ሠርቀ፡ መዓልት። ንጽሕፍ፡ በዕለተ፡ ረቡዕ፡ መጽሐፈ፡ ልደቶሙ፡ ወዘመኖሙ፡ ለአበው፡ ወነገሥት፡ አሜን። እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘሀሎ፡ እምቅድመ፡ ዓለም፡ ወይሄሉ፡ እስከ፡ ለዓለም፡ አመ፡ ፳ወተሥዐ፡ ለመጋቢት፡ በዕለተ፡ እሁድ፡ በቀዳሚ፡ ሰዓት፡ ገብረ፡ ሰማየ፡ ወምድረ፡ ነፋሰ፡ ወእሳተ፡ ወማየ፡ ጽልመተ፡ ወመላእክተ። ወበሰዓተ፡ ጽባሕ፡ ይቤ፡ ለይኩን፡ ብርሃን፡

The work breaks off in the middle, as the last leaf is missing.

Secondary Bibliography of codicological unit 1 , item 1

  • Rüppell, E. 1840. Reise in Abyssinien, II (Frankfurt am Main: Gedruckt auf Kosten des Verfassers, und in Commission bei Siegmund Schmerber, 1840). page 337, note 3

Additions of codicological unit 1 In this unit there are in total .

    Extras of codicological unit 1

    1. check the viewerpp. 1

      Note added by Eduard Rüppell at the top of the page.

      ( de ) Chronik geschrieben im Jahre 7228, im 6ten Regierungs Jahre von Jasu Burhan Saged (welcher auch heisst Adiama Sagid), enthaltend die Geschichte & Chronologie der Jüdischen, & Persischen Fürsten, so wie der Ptolemäer (p. 1-66), endlich die Geschichte Abyssiniens von Menilek bis zum Regierungs Anfang von Jasu Burhan Saged .

    2. check the viewerpp. 1

      Note added by Eduard Rüppell at the bottom of the page.

      ( de ) Von pag. 1-108. Vollständig bis auf die letzte Seite welche fehlt. Eduard Rüppell.

    3. check the viewerpps 65ab and following

      Starting from check the viewerpp. 65ab , proper names are transcribed in Latin letters by Eduard Rüppell .

    4. check the viewerpps 65ab and following

      Remarks by Eduard Rüppell .

    Physical Description of codicological unit 1

    Form of support of codicological unit 1

    Parchment Codex

    Extent of codicological unit 1

    108 (page) .Entered as 108 24 21
    Outer dimensions of codicological unit 1
    Height 24cm
    Width 21cm

    Layout of codicological unit 1

    Layout note 1

    Number of columns: 2

    Number of lines: 19

    Palaeography of codicological unit 1

  1. Hand 1

    of codicological unit 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Beautiful handwriting.

    Date: 1735 (internal)

    1735 (internal)
  2. Codicological Unit p2

    Summary of codicological unit 2

    1. p2_i1 (), Short Chronicles

    Contents


    Short Chronicles (CAe 2352)

    Language of text:

    Fragment of a Short Chronicle, beginning with the end of a chapter on check the viewerpp. 1a , a King list B and a chronology from Yǝkunno ʾAmlāk to ʿAmda Ṣǝyon I . This fragment ends with the reign of Lǝbna Dǝngǝl , Basset 1882.

    Physical Description of codicological unit 2

    Form of support of codicological unit 2

    Parchment Codex

    Extent of codicological unit 2

    12 (folio) .Entered as 12 24 18
    Outer dimensions of codicological unit 2
    Height 24cm
    Width 18cm

    Layout of codicological unit 2

    Layout note 1

    Number of columns: 2

    Number of lines: 25

    Palaeography of codicological unit 2

  3. Hand 2

    of codicological unit 2

    Script: Ethiopic

    Beautiful handwriting.

  4. Codicological Unit p3

    Origin of codicological unit 3

    Original Location: Ethiopia

    1832

    Provenance

    Commissioned by Eduard Rüppell . This composite manuscript was part of the familiy archive of ʾAṣqu .

    Summary of codicological unit 3

    1. p3_i1 (), Short Chronicles (Qʷaraṭā Recension)

    Contents


    Short Chronicles (Qʷaraṭā Recension) (CAe 4833)

    Language of text:

    Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በስመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ሥሉስ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ፩አምላክ፡ መሐሪ፡ ወመስተሣህል፡ ንዌጥን፡ ጽሒፈ፡ ዘይነግር፡ ኍልቈ፡ ዓመታተ፡ ዓለም፡ እምአመ፡ ተፈጥረ፡ እስከ፡ ዝየ። ወታሪከ፡ ነገሥት፡ ዘነግሡ፡ በበዕብሬቶሙ፡ ወበበመኖሙ፡ እስከ፡ ይእዜ፤ በኢየሩሳሌም፤ ወበሰማርያ፡ በሮም፡ ወበኢትዮጵያ፡ በበክፍሉ፡ ወበበፃታሁ፡ ዘአስተገብአ፡ አብ፡ ክቡር፡ ወትሩፍ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ወልደ፡ አሚድ፡ ዘብሔረ፡ ግብጽ፡ ጸሎቱ፡ ወበረከቱ፡ የሃሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁሩ፡ ሩፋኤል፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም።

    Filiation: Kropp 1989

    Physical Description of codicological unit 3

    Form of support of codicological unit 3

    Paper Leaf

    Extent of codicological unit 3

    51 (page) .Entered as 51 21 15
    Outer dimensions of codicological unit 3
    Height 21cm
    Width 15cm

    Layout of codicological unit 3

    Layout note 1

    Number of columns: 2

    Number of lines: 26

    Palaeography of codicological unit 3

  5. Hand 3

    of codicological unit 3

    Script: Ethiopic

  6. Codicological Unit p4

    Origin of codicological unit 4

    Original Location: Ethiopia

    1725-1775 ? according to Lazarus Goldschmidt 1600-1699 ? according to Manfred Kropp

    Provenance

    Summary of codicological unit 4

    1. p4_i1 (), Śǝrʿāta mangǝśt (general record)

    Contents


    Śǝrʿāta mangǝśt (general record) (CAe 2341)

    Language of text:

    Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):

    Fragment of an older witness of the Śǝrʿāta mangǝśt (general record).

    Secondary Bibliography of codicological unit 4 , item 1

    • Kropp, M. 1989. Die äthiopischen Königschroniken in der Sammlung des Däǧǧazmač Ḫaylu: Entstehung und handschriftliche Überlieferung des Werks, Heidelberger orientalische Studien, 13 (Frankfurt a. M.: Lang, 1989). page 303

    Physical Description of codicological unit 4

    Form of support of codicological unit 4

    Parchment Leaf

    Extent of codicological unit 4

    16 (page) .Entered as 16 24 18
    Outer dimensions of codicological unit 4
    Height 24cm
    Width 18cm

    Layout of codicological unit 4

    Layout note 1

    Number of columns: 2

    Number of lines: 16

    Palaeography of codicological unit 4

  7. Hand 4

    of codicological unit 4

    Script: Ethiopic

    Large and beautiful characters.

    Date: 1725-1775 ? according to Lazarus Goldschmidt 1600-1699 ? according to Manfred Kropp

    1725-1775 ? according to Lazarus Goldschmidt 1600-1699 ? according to Manfred Kropp
  8. Codicological Unit p5

    Origin of codicological unit 5

    Original Location: Ethiopia

    1600-1699 according to Manfred Kropp

    Summary of codicological unit 5

    1. p5_i1 (), Śǝrʿāta mangǝśt (general record)

    Contents


    Śǝrʿāta mangǝśt (general record) (CAe 2341)

    Language of text:

    Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):

    Fragment of a Śǝrʿāta mangǝśt (general record), whose remaining part is contained in , f. 26.

    Secondary Bibliography of codicological unit 5 , item 1

    • Kropp, M. 1989. Die äthiopischen Königschroniken in der Sammlung des Däǧǧazmač Ḫaylu: Entstehung und handschriftliche Überlieferung des Werks, Heidelberger orientalische Studien, 13 (Frankfurt a. M.: Lang, 1989). page 277; 303

    Physical Description of codicological unit 5

    Form of support of codicological unit 5

    Parchment Leaf

    Extent of codicological unit 5

    16 (page) .Entered as 16 23 20
    Outer dimensions of codicological unit 5
    Height 23cm
    Width 20cm

    Layout of codicological unit 5

    Layout note 1

    Number of columns: 2

    Number of lines: 24

    Palaeography of codicological unit 5

  9. Hand 5

    of codicological unit 5

    Script: Ethiopic

    Bad handwriting.

    Date: 1700-1799 ? according to Lazarus Goldschmidt 1600-1699 according to Manfred Kropp

    1700-1799 ? according to Lazarus Goldschmidt 1600-1699 according to Manfred Kropp
  10. Codicological Unit p6

    Origin of codicological unit 6

    Original Location: Ethiopia

    1777-1800 (reign)

    Provenance

    This manuscript belonged originally to the family archive of ʾAṣqu .

    Summary of codicological unit 6

    1. p6_i1 (check the viewerpps 13–14, check the viewer1–10 ), Zenā zǝkra sǝmu
    2. p6_i2 (check the viewerpps 11 and following ), Zenā motā la-ʾǝmmǝna ʾƎskǝndǝryāwit

    Contents


    check the viewerpps 13–14, check the viewer1–10 Zenā zǝkra sǝmu (CAe 2627)

    Language of text:

    Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):በረከተ፡ አምላኩ፡ ወሞገሰ፡ ኀብቱ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ወልዱ፡ ወፍቁሩ፡ ተክለ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፡ ወአሜን፡ ለይኩን።

    Text Bibliography of codicological unit 6 , item 1

    • Bachmann, J. 1893. Aethiopische Lesestücke. Inedita Aethiopica für den Gebrauch in Universitäts-Vorlesungen (Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung, 1893). page 33-44


    check the viewerpps 11 and following Zenā motā la-ʾǝmmǝna ʾƎskǝndǝryāwit (CAe 4836)

    Language of text:

    Text Bibliography of codicological unit 6 , item 2

    • Kropp, M. 1986. ‘An hypothesis concerning an author or compiler of the “Short Chronicles” of the Ethiopian kings’, in Ethiopian Studies. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies (Rotterdam–Boston: A. A. Balkema, 1986), 359–372. page 361-362

    Physical Description of codicological unit 6

    Form of support of codicological unit 6

    Parchment Codex

    Extent of codicological unit 6

    14 (page) .Entered as 14 23 20
    Outer dimensions of codicological unit 6
    Height 23cm
    Width 20cm

    Layout of codicological unit 6

    Layout note 1

    Number of columns: 2

    Number of lines: 24-25

    Palaeography of codicological unit 6

  11. Hand 6

    of codicological unit 6

    Script: Ethiopic

    Bad handwriting.

    Date: 1777-1800

    1777-1800
  12. Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    availability
    This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.
    date
    type=expanded
    13.9.2022 at 11:44:29
    date
    type=lastModified
    29.5.2018
    idno
    type=collection
    manuscripts
    idno
    type=url
    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/FSUor41/main
    idno
    type=URI
    https://betamasaheft.eu/FSUor41
    idno
    type=filename
    FSUor41.xml
    idno
    type=ID
    FSUor41

    Encoding Description

    Encoded according to TEI P5 Guidelines.

    Encoded according to the Beta maṣāḥǝft Guidelines. These Guidelines detail the TEI format ruled by the Beta maṣāḥǝft Schema. The present TEI file is enriched with an Xquery transformation taking advantage of the exist-db database instance where the data is stored and of the many external resources to which this data points to.

    Definitions of prefixes used.

    info value
    Standard date በ፸፻ወ፪፻በ፳ወ፰ዓመት፡
    Date in current calendar no *-custom attributes
    Calendar world
    info value
    Standard date 7228
    Date in current calendar no *-custom attributes
    Calendar world

    Select one of the keywords listed from the record to see related data

    No keyword selected.
    This page contains RDFa. RDF+XML graph of this resource. Alternate representations available via VoID.
    Hypothes.is public annotations pointing here

    Use the tag BetMas:FSUor41 in your public hypothes.is annotations which refer to this entity.

    Suggested Citation of this record

    To cite a precise version, please, click on load permalinks and to the desired version (see documentation on permalinks), then import the metadata or copy the below, with the correct link.

    Dorothea Reule, Alessandro Bausi, Solomon Gebreyes, ʻFrankfurt, Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg, Frankfurt Ms. or. 41ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 29.5.2018) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/FSUor41 [Accessed: 2024-05-05+02:00]

    Revisions of the data

    • Solomon Gebreyes encoding persons and places on 29.5.2018
    • Dorothea Reule Additions on 17.11.2017
    • Dorothea Reule Created catalogue entry on 15.10.2017

    Attributions of the contents

    Alessandro Bausi, general editor

    Dorothea Reule, editor

    Solomon Gebreyes, contributor

    This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.