attribute type

These are fuzzy categories, inherited from the EAe. In volume 5, pages 580–590 a list of titles, ranks and functions can be found.

This is a closed list of allowed values

value	definition
title	title is used when addressing a person, particularly an office holder (e.g. ʾabbā, wayzaro, daǧǧāzmačč, ʾabuna), and is to be used only within a persName, since names of offices and office holders can overlap.
office	name of an office within an institution (e.g. Metropolitan, daǧǧāzmāčč, king, governor ), to be used only when not inside a persName, since names of offices and office holders can overlap
function	is the task that a particular office holder is assigned to accomplish or a word referring to its duties which is not a title assigned by some authority
rank	a position in a hierarchy, particularly military, e.g. colonel

                            ወእንዘ፡ ሀሎ፡ በምድረ፡ <placeName ref="LOC2516Danqaz">ደንቀዝ፡</placeName>
                            ፈነዎ፡ <persName ref="PRS4979HafaKre"><roleName type="title">ደጅ፡ አዝማች፡</roleName>ሀፈ፡ ክርስቶስ፡</persName> ለ<persName ref="PRS10233Yamana"><roleName type="title">ራስ፡</roleName> የማነ፡ ክርስቶስ፡</persName> ምስለ፡ ቊራኛ።
                        

                            <persName ref="PRS2377Bakaffa"><roleName type="title">ንጉሥ፡ </roleName>
                                መሢሕ፡ ሰገድ፡</persName>
                        

                            ወእምድኅረ፡ ተቀበልዎ፡ በከመ፡ ተአዘዙ፡ ተራከቡ፡ <persName ref="PRS9038Susenyos">
                                <roleName type="title">ንጉሥ፡ </roleName>
                            </persName>
                            ወ<persName ref="PRS1291Abreham">
                                <roleName type="title">አበ፡ ምኔት፡ </roleName>
                            </persName>ወተአምኁ፡ በበይናቲሆሙ፡ በአምኃ፡ ልብ፡ መንፈሳዊ።
                        

                            <div type="textpart" subtype="paragraph" n="4">
                                <ab>ወለተሳየጦሂ፡ እምደቂቀ፡ ዐረብ፡ እንዘ፡ የአምር፡ ከመ፡ ውእቱ፡ ክርስቲያናዊ፡ ይንሥእዎ፡
                                    ኵሎ፡ ንዋዮ። ኵሉ፡ <roleName type="office">አዛዢ።</roleName>
                                    አው፡ <roleName type="office">ፈታሕት፡</roleName> አው፡ <roleName type="office">መኮንን፡</roleName> አው፡
                                    <roleName type="office">ስዩመ፡</roleName> ሀገረ፡ ዘኢይፈትሕ፡ በዘ፡ አዘዝነ፡ ቦቱ፡ ይትቀተል፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ምሕረት፡ ወይትበርበር፡ ኵሉ፡ ንዋዩ፡ ወይኩን፡ ውጉዘ፡ በአፈ፡
                                    አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ወበአፈ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ አበው፡ ዘተወክፈቶሙ፡ ቤተ ክርስቲያን። </ab>
                            </div>

                        

                            <note>
                                The note is crudely written in Amharic in blue ink (the last two lines are in black and red ink). It is written by
                                <persName role="scribe" ref="PRS12007GabraYohannes">
                                    <roleName type="function">priest</roleName>
                                    (
                                    <roleName type="title">qes</roleName>
                                    ) Gabra Yoḥannǝs
                                </persName>
                                and it seems to enumerate several payments (?).
                            </note>