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Kǝbra nagaśt

Susanne Hummel (encoder annotator), Ran HaCohen (encoder), Eugenia Sokolinski (metadata)

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CAe 1709Clavis Aethiopica, an ongoing repertory of all known Ethiopic Textual Units. Use this to refer univocally to a specific text in your publications. Please note that this shares only the numeric part with the Textual Unit Record Identifier.
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  • Citation URI: https://betamasaheft.eu/LIT1709Kebran.49
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፵፱ ፡ ኀበ ፡ ባረኮ ፡ አቡሁ ፡ ለወልዱ ። chapter : 49
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፵፱ ፡ ኀበ ፡ ባረኮ ፡ አቡሁ ፡ ለወልዱ ።

ወእምዝ ፡ ተንሥአ ፡ ንጉሠ ፡ ኢትዮጵያ ፡ ከመ ፡ ይሖር ፡ ብሔሮ ፡ ወቦአ ፡ ኀበ ፡ አቡሁ ፡ ከመ ፡ ይጸሊ ፡ ሎቱ ፡ ወይቤሎ ፡ ባርከኒ ፡ አባ ፡ ወሰገደ ፡ ሎቱ ። ወአንሥኦ ፡ ወባረኮ ፡ ወአኀዞ ፡ ርእሶ ፡ ወይቤ ፤ ቡሩክ ፡ እግዚኣብሔር ፡ አምላኪየ ፡ ዘባረኮ ፡ ለአቡየ ፡ ዳዊት ፡ ወዘባረኮ ፡ ለአቡነ ፡ አብርሃም ፡ የሀሉ ፡ ምስሌከ ፡ በኵሉ ፡ ጊዜ ፡ ወይባርክ ፡ ዘርእከ ፡ በከመ ፡ ባረኮ ፡ ለያዕቆብ ፡ ወአብዝኀ ፡ ዘርኦ ፡ ከመ ፡ ኮከበ ፡ ሰማይ ፡ ወከመ ፡ ኆጻ ፡ ባሕር ፤ ወበከመ ፡ ባረኮ ፡ አብርሃም ፡ ለይስሐቅ ፡ አቡየ ፡ ከማሁ ፡ ይኩን ፡ በረከትከ ፡ እምጠለ ፡ ሰማይ ፡ ወእምስፍሓ ፡ ለምድር ፡ ወይትአዘዝ ፡ ለከ ፡ ኵሉ ፡ እንስሳ ፡ ወአዕዋፈ ፡ ሰማይ ፡ ወአራዊተ ፡ ገዳም ፡ ወዓሣተ ፡ ባሕር ፤ ኩን ፡ ምሉአ ፡ ወአኮ ፡ ንቱገ ፡ ኩን ፡ ፍጹመ ፡ ወአኮ ፡ ሕጹጸ ፡ ኩን ፡ የዋሀ ፡ ወአኮ ፡ ነቢረ ፡ ኩን ፡ ጥዑየ ፡ ወአኮ ፡ ሕሙመ ፡ ኩን ፡ ኄረ ፡ ወአኮ ፡ መስተቀይመ ፡ ኩን ፡ ንጹሐ ፡ ወአኮ ፡ ርሱሐ ፡ ኩን ፡ ጻድቀ ፡ ወአኮ ፡ ኃጥአ ፡ ኩን ፡ መሓሬ ፡ ወአኮ ፡ ዐማፄ ፡ ኩን ፡ ብሩሀ ፡ ወአኮ ፡ ፀዋገ ፡ ኩን ፡ መስተዐግሰ ፡ ወአኮ ፡ ምዑዐ ፤ ወይፍርሁከ ፡ ፀር ፡ ወይግረሩ ፡ ለከ ፡ ጸላእትከ ፡ ታሕተ ፡ መከይደ ፡ እገሪከ ፤ ወትኩን ፡ ለከ ፡ መርሐ ፡ እግዝእትየ ፡ ጽዮን ፡ ቅድስት ፡ ሰማያዊት ፡ ታቦተ ፡ ሕጉ ፡ ለእግዚኣብሔር ፡ በኵሉ ፡ ጊዜ ፡ ኀበ ፡ ኀለይከ ፡ በልብከ ፡ ወአንጸርከ ፡ በአጻብዒከ ፡ ዘርሑቅ ፡ ወዘቅሩብ ፡ ለከ ፡ ኀበ ፡ ዘትሑት ፡ ወዘልዑልለከ ፡ ኀበ ፡ ዘጽኑዕ ፡ ወዘድኩም ፡ ለከ ፡ ኀበ ፡ ዘአፍአ ፡ ወዘውስጥ ፡ ለከ ፡ ኀበ ፡ ዘቤት ፡ ወዘገዳም ፡ ለከ ፡ ኀበ ፡ ዘያስተርኢ ፡ ወዘኢያስተርኢ ፡ ለከ ፡ ኀበ ፡ ዘእቱት ፡ ወልጹቅ ፡ ለከ ፡ ኀበ ፡ ዘኅቡእ ፡ ወክሡት ፡ ለከ ፡ ኀበ ፡ ዘክቡት ፡ ወግሁድ ፡ ለከ ፡ ትኩንከ ፡ መርሐ ፡ እግዝእትነ ፡ ጽዮን ፡ ቅድስት ፡ ሰማያዊት ፡ ታቦተ ፡ ሕጉ ፡ ለእግዚኣብሔር ፡ ንጽሕት ። ወተባረከ ፡ ወሰገደ ፡ ወሖረ ፨ ፨ ፨ ፨ ፨ ፨ ፨ ፨ ፨ ፨

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  • Budge, E. A. T. W. 1922. The Queen of Sheba & her only son Menyelek; being the history of the departure of God & His Ark of the covenant from Jerusalem to Ethiopia, and the establishment of the religion of the Hebrews & the Solomonic line of kings in that country (London: Medici Society, 1922).
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  • Colin, G. 2002. La gloire des rois (Kebra Nagast). Épopée nationale de l’Éthiopie, Cahiers d’orientalisme, 23 (Genève: Cramer, 2002).
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  • Bezold, C. 1905. Kebra Nagast: Die Herrlichkeit der Könige, Nach den Handschriften in Berlin, London, Oxford und Paris, zum ersten Mal im äthiopischen Urtext herausgegeben und mit deutscher Übersetzung versehen von Carl Bezold, ed., tr. C. Bezold, Abhandlungen der philosophisch-philologischen Klasse der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 23, Denkschriften, 77 (München: Verlag der K. B. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Kommission des G. Franz’schen Verlags (J. Roth), 1905).
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  • Beylot, R. 2008. La Gloire des rois ou l’histoire de Salomon et de la reine de Saba, Apocryphes, collection de poche de l’AELAC, 12 (Turnhout: Brepols, 2008).
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  • Raineri, O. 2008. ክብረ፡ ነገሥት። Kebra Nagast. La gloria dei re. Salomone e la regina di Saba nell’epopea etiopica tra testo e pittura, traduzione dal testo etiopico (geʿez) (Roma: Fondazione Benedetta Riva, 2008).
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  • Mahler, S. 2007. Kebra Nagast, La gloire des rois d’Éthiopie (Paris: La boutique des artistes, 2007).
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  • Dorothea Reule Deleted variant from English title on 5.12.2018
  • Susanne Hummel Edited and annotated selected chapters for the TraCES project on 29.6.2018
  • Dorothea Reule Minor correction to the text division on 27.7.2017
  • Pietro Maria Liuzzo Marked up minimally the text provided. on 21.7.2017
  • Ran HaCohen Sent word file with unicode encoded text. on 18.7.2017
  • Eugenia Sokolinski added keywords, added information on 14.12.2016
  • Dorothea Reule Bibliography and textparts added on 8.11.2016
  • Dorothea Reule Title updated on 7.11.2016
  • Pietro Maria Liuzzo Created file from google spreadsheet on 21.3.2016
  • Eugenia Sokolinski CREATED: text record on 9.2.2016
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Digitized by by (from 1995 to 1995), Ran HaCohen (from 2000 to 2003), Susanne Hummel (from 2014 to 2018)

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