✖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).
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✖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.
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Compare manuscripts which contain Malkǝʾ-hymn to the Apostles

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Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodleian Aeth. e. 21 (1750-1750)
London, British Library, BL Oriental 582 (1750-1750)
Williams, OR, Marwick Collection, Marwick Codex 56 (1900-1900)
  • ms_i1 (complete), Wǝddāse ʾAmlāk (ff. 2r-4r)
  • ms_i2 (incomplete), Malkǝʾ-hymn to the Apostles (ff. 4r-5r)
  • ms_i3, Prayer to the Trinity, “Eternal Trinity, Praised and Honored,” ዘለዓለም፡ ሥላሴ፡ ስቡሕ፡ ወውዱስ፡ (ff. 5r-5v)
  • ms_i4 (complete), ʾAsmāt-prayer (general record) (ff. 5v-6r)
  • ms_i5 (complete), Maṣḥafa kidān (ff. 7r-81v)
  • ms_i5.1, Introduction. (ff. 7r-)
  • ms_i5.2, Article 1, On the Holy Spirit. (ff. 7v-)
  • ms_i5.3, Article 2, On the Sign. (ff. 8v-)
  • ms_i5.4, Article 3, On the Sign. (ff. 9r-)
  • ms_i5.5, Article 4, About My Chosen. (ff. 10r-)
  • ms_i5.6, Article 5, On the Sign. (ff. 11r-)
  • ms_i5.7, Article 6, On the Antichrist. (ff. 12r-)
  • ms_i5.8, Article 7, On the things I told you. (ff. 12v-)
  • ms_i5.9, Article 8, On the conversation between the Lord, Mariam, Martha, and Salome. (ff. 13v-)
  • ms_i5.10, Article 9, On the gift given to the ones who persevere. (ff. 14v-)
  • ms_i5.11, Article 10, On the Holy Canon of the Church. (ff. 15r-)
  • ms_i5.12, Article 11, On the Ordination of the Bishop. (ff. 16r-)
  • ms_i5.13, Article 12, Prayer for the Ordination of the Bishop. (ff. 17r-)
  • ms_i5.14, Article 13, How the Bishop Must Attend to the Altar. (ff. 18r-)
  • ms_i5.15, Article 14, On the Teaching of the Bishop in the Church . (ff. 19r-)
  • ms_i5.16, Article 15, On the Catacumens. (ff. 19v-)
  • ms_i5.17, Article 16, On the Order of Communion, containing the Anaphora of Our Lord. (ff. 19v-)
  • ms_i5.18, Article 17, Prayer when Believers Receive Communion. (ff. 23v-)
  • ms_i5.19, Article 18, Prayer when the Bishop takes the Cup . (ff. 23v-)
  • ms_i5.20, Article 19, Prayer After Holy Communion. (ff. 24r-)
  • ms_i5.21, Article 20, Prayer for the Sick. (ff. 24r-)
  • ms_i5.22, Article 21, On the Praise of the Congregation (which is called, The Prayer of the Covenant). (ff. 24v-)
  • ms_i5.23, Article 22, On the Secret Teaching (which is called Mystogogia). (ff. 28r-)
  • ms_i5.24, Article 23, On the Ordination of the Priest. (ff. 31v-)
  • ms_i5.25, Article 24, Prayer on the Ordination of the Priest. (ff. 31v-)
  • ms_i5.26, Article 25, On the Priest who Prepares the Altar. (ff. 32v-)
  • ms_i5.27, Article 26, On the Rule of the Priest. (ff. 32v-)
  • ms_i5.28, Article 27, On the Hearers. (ff. 33v-)
  • ms_i5.29, Article 28, On Those who are Saved and on Those Who Perish. (ff. 33v-)
  • ms_i5.30, Article 29, On the Visitation of the Sick. (ff. 34r-)
  • ms_i5.31, Article 30, On the Ordination of Deacons. (ff. 35v-)
  • ms_i5.32, Article 31, On the Responsibilities of the Deacon. (ff. 36r-)
  • ms_i5.33, Article 32, On the Number of Priests and Deacons at the Service. (ff. 36v-)
  • ms_i5.34, Article 33, On the Order of the Church (i.e., locations for each person). (ff. 37r-)
  • ms_i5.35, Article 34, On Late-Comers to the Service. (ff. 39r-)
  • ms_i5.36, Article 35, On the Ordination of Deacons. (ff. 39v-)
  • ms_i5.37, Article 36, On the Widow. (ff. 41r-)
  • ms_i5.38, Article 37, Prayer Over the Widow. (ff. 43r-)
  • ms_i5.39, Article 38, Prayer of the Widow. (ff. 44v-)
  • ms_i5.40, Article 39, On the Female Sub-Deacons. (ff. 45r-)
  • ms_i5.41, Article 31 (sic), Prayer of Ordination for the Sub-Deacon. (ff. 45v-)
  • ms_i5.42, Article 41, On the Ordination of the Reader. (ff. 46r-)
  • ms_i5.43, Article 42, On the Virgins. (ff. 46v-)
  • ms_i5.44, Article 43, On the Believers (lit., Apostles). (ff. 47r-)
  • ms_i5.45, Article 44, On the Examination of New Believers. (ff. 48r-)
  • ms_i5.46, Article 45, On Receiving New Believers for Baptism. (ff. 48v-)
  • ms_i5.47, Article 46, On the Holy Greeting. (ff. 50v-)
  • ms_i5.48, Article 47, On the Head Covering for Women. (ff. 50v-)
  • ms_i5.49, Article 48፡ On the Laying On of Hands on the Catacumen. (ff. 51r-)
  • ms_i5.50, Article 49, For the Catacumen, on Receiving Suffering. (ff. 51v-)
  • ms_i5.51, Article 50, On the Exorcism of the Catacumen, containing the prayer, God of the Luminaries. (ff. 52r-)
  • ms_i5.52, Article 51, On the Order of Baptism. (ff. 54r-)
  • ms_i5.53, Article 52, On Chrismation (the second of the seven mysteries). (ff. 55r-)
  • ms_i5.54, Article 53, The Order for the Blessing of the Bread. (ff. 55v-)
  • ms_i5.55, Article 54, On the Season of Pentacost. (ff. 56v-)
  • ms_i5.56, Article 55, On Eating and Drinking with Believers. (ff. 56v-)
  • ms_i5.57, Article 56, On the Blessing of the First Fruits. (ff. 57v-)
  • ms_i5.58, Article 57, On the Order of Standing in the Church. (ff. 58r-)
  • ms_i5.59, Article 58, On the Hours of Prayer. (ff. 59r-)
  • ms_i5.60, Article 59, On Receiving Communion. (ff. 59v-)
  • ms_i5.61, About the End Times. (ff. 60r-62r)
  • ms_i5.62, About the Deceiver. (ff. 62r-64r)
  • ms_i5.63, The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles. (ff. 64r-81v)
  • ms_i5.64, Canon for the Sanctification of a Desecrated Church. (ff. 81v-83v)
London, British Library, BL Oriental 573 (-)