✖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).
Shelf marks (full list)Manuscripts (search)List of Digitized ManuscriptsCatalogues EncodedInscriptions
✖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.
Clavis Aethiopica (Works)Narrative UnitsStudies
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.
Index of decorationsArt KeywordsIlluminations
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.
PlacesRepositories
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.
Persons and groupsEthnic units
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.
BibliographyIndexesProjectsVisualizationsGǝʿǝz Morphological ParserOnline 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.

arch

There are 151 resources that contain the exact keyword: arch
id title type
DabraLibanosHamGG1 Dabra Libānos of Ham, GG 1 mss
EMIP00341 Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Walter Codex 2 mss
BNFet32 Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien 32 mss
ESum027 Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, ʿUrā Qirqos, UM-027 mss
LOC2059Cabbe Čabbe place
LOC2929EndaPe Ǝnda Ṗeṭros place
LOC2923EndaMi Ǝnda Mikaʾel place
LOC2918EndaMa Ǝnda Maryam Mägdälawit place
LOC2275DabraG Däbrä Gärgiš place
LOC2636DeirAl Deir Alla place
LOC2889EndaGa Ǝnda Gabǝr place
LOC2988ErarKi Erär Kimet place
LOC2886EndaCa Ǝnda Ḉärqos place
LOC2946Endane Ǝndäne Kabasäne place
LOC2523Daqana Daqanāmo place
LOC2189Coloe Coloë place
LOC2616Debdeb Dǝbdǝb place
LOC2939EndaSe Ǝnda Sǝmʿon place
LOC2901EndaKa Ǝnda Kaleb place
LOC2559Daricc Däriḉḉen place
LOC2875EndaAb Ǝnda Abba Täkle place
LOC2778EdagaH ʿƎdäga Ḥamus place
LOC2639Dekana Dǝḵana place
LOC2912EndaMa Ǝnda Maryam place
LOC2772Ecamal Ǝḉämälä place
LOC2632Degum Dǝgum place
LOC2051Buya Buya place
LOC2930EndaOn Ǝnda ʿOna Libanos place
LOC2984Enzela ʾƎnzǝlāl place
LOC2628Degen Degen place
LOC2483DambiW Dämbi Wadi Muduy place
LOC2567Darota Darotai place
LOC2871EndaAb Ǝnda Abba Ṗänṭälewon place
LOC2771EcMarr ʿƎḉ Märra place
LOC2940EndaTa Ǝnda Täklä Haymanot place
LOC2088CalamN Calam Negus place
LOC2655DeraQo Dǝrʿā Qoḥayto place
LOC2498Dandan Dandaneit place
LOC2441Dakane Daḵane place
LOC2584Dawdaw Däwdäw place
LOC4033Kawhi Käwḥi place
LOC4966Naqbal Naqb al-Haǧar place
LOC4032Kawa Kawa place
LOC4215LagaGa Läga Gäfra place
LOC4414MajiMa Maǧi Malhess place
LOC4031Katkat Katkat May Ṣaʿǝda place
LOC4638Matara Mäṭära place
LOC4046Kelett Kǝlǝttä ʿAfa place
LOC4061Ketete Ketetekil place
LOC4420Mahaba Mäḥabärä Dǝyagwe place
LOC4049Kella Kella place
LOC4249Lamdra Lämdrara place
LOC4066KhorDa Khor Damtai place
LOC4156Kube Kube place
LOC4106Kokan Kokan place
LOC4783Meroe Meroë place
LOC4536Mannab Männäbiyät place
LOC4790Mesell Mǝšǝllam place
LOC4122Kone Kone place
LOC4163Kuhi Kuhi place
LOC4007KarinH Karin Heegan place
LOC4243Laliba Lalibäla place
LOC4936NafasM Näfas Mäwḉa place
LOC4220LagaOd Laga Oda place
LOC4787Mesbar Mǝsbar Gǝbbi place
LOC4233Lahlay Lählay Fǝččoqwa place
LOC4238LalayA Laʿlay ʿAddi place
LOC4067KhorKa Khor Karshmila place
LOC1201AddiSe ʿAddi Sǝglamen place
LOC1012AbbaCa Abba Čakat place
LOC1142AddiGa ʿAddi Gälämo place
LOC1137AddiDa ʿAddi Daro place
LOC1482Anza ʿAnza place
LOC1179AddiNa ʿAddi Näḵasi ʿAdgi place
LOC1674Baalbe Baalbek place
LOC1148AddiGw ʿAddi Gwatiya place
LOC1004Aba Abʿa place
LOC1164AddiKr ʿAddi Kramatǝn place
LOC1469AnqarB Anqär Baʾatti place
LOC1531Aret Aret place
LOC1770Baraki Bäräḵit place
LOC1267AfDegu ʿAf Dǝgum place
LOC1388AmbaFo Amba Foqäda place
LOC1187AddiQa ʿAddi äyyǝḥ place
LOC1161AddiKe ʿAddi Kern place
LOC1207AddiWa ʿAddi Watot place
LOC1151AddiHa ʿAddi Haleki place
LOC1514Aratu Aratu place
LOC1180AddiOs ʿAddi Osri place
LOC1306Akra Aḵra place
LOC1898BetaPa Betä Ṗänṭälewon place
LOC1614AwaluG Awalu Galba place
LOC1381AmbaBa Amba Barya place
LOC1036Abdur ʿAbdur place
LOC1186AddiQa ʿAddi Qänsa place
LOC1160AddiKe ʿAddi Kǝlǝttä place
LOC1120AddiAn ʿAddi Anzäräfo place
LOC1118AddiAl ʿAddi Alawti place
LOC1116AddiAd ʿAddi Adḫano place
LOC1158AddiKa ʿAddi Käwǝḥ place
LOC1175AddiMu ʿAddi Mulyon place
LOC5012Nouri Nouri place
LOC5025Nuri Nuri place
LOC5241QorSah Qor Sähune place
LOC5048OnaEnd ʿOna Ǝnda Abboy Zägwe place
LOC5050OnaHas ʿOna Hašel place
LOC5834TaakaM Taʾaḵa Maryam place
LOC5175QarSag Qar Sägla place
LOC5052OnaNag ʿOna Nägäśt place
LOC5049OnaGud ʿOna Gudo place
LOC5288Qwarta Qwärtamit place
LOC5584Saro Saro place
LOC5961Teya Ṭǝya place
LOC5786Soqla Soqla place
LOC5015Ntanei Ntanei place
LOC5930Tedrar Tedrär place
LOC5051OnaLib ʿOna Libanos place
LOC5002NistoQ Ništo Qoḥo place
LOC7081Cullite Cullite place
LOC7080Edit Edit place
LOC7079MayMbio May Mbio place
LOC7353MonJohnCol Monastery of St John ‘the Short’ (Colobus) place
LOC3853Hesmel Ḥǝšmele place
LOC3225Galma Galma place
LOC3603GratFu Grat Fugo place
LOC3129JabalB Ǧabal Barkal place
LOC3526Gobedr Gobǝdra place
LOC3140JabalW Ǧabal Walād al-Baraq place
LOC3950JebelM Jebel Mokram place
LOC3076Feqya Fǝqya place
LOC3532GoboFe Gobo Fǝnṣǝh place
LOC3017EyeMah ʾƎye Māhā place
LOC3160GabraM Gäbrä Mäsqäl Tomb place
LOC3137JabalQ Ǧabal Qaylī place
LOC3530GoboCe Gobo Čela place
LOC3685GwalSa Gwal Saʾim place
LOC3566Gollo Gollo place
LOC3178Gademo Gademota place
LOC3529GoboAd Gobo ʿAddi Ambar place
LOC3531GoboEn Gobo Ǝnda Näbri place
LOC3193Jago Ǧago place
LOC3176Gadein Gadein place
LOC3642Gumale Gumale place
LOC3136JabalM Ǧabal Mokram place
LOC3227Gama Gäma place
LOC3533GoboIs Gobo Išr place
LOC3714HabbiS Ḥabbi Ṣällim place
LOC6061Ungull ʿUngullä place
LOC6261WayBar Way Bärr place
LOC6098WadBal Wad Balho place
NLSms1894 Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Ms 1894 mss