✖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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41
Gāntā ʾAfašum, Golʿa Dabra Bǝrhān Yoḥannǝs, BGY-007 (ESbgy007)
1

...nternal number of the monastic library (ዝ 1/0 7 24-8-93) ...

in element msDesc, with id ms
42
Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Alemu Codex (EMIP00346)
1

ዝ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘመምሕር፡ ገብረ፡ ሕይወት፡ ዘወሀቦ፡ ለመምሕሬ፡ ገብረ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ፲፱፻፳፬፡ ዓመተ፡ ምሕረት፡ ኅዳር፡ ሶስት፡ ቀን...

in element msDesc, with id ms
43
Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Dabra Dāmmo ʾAbuna ʾAragāwi, DD-024 (ESdd024)
3

ዝ፡ ድጓ፡ ዘአለቃ፡ ገብረ፡ ጽሳማ፡ ደብረ፡ ዳሞ

in element msDesc, with id ms

ዝ፡ ድጓ፡ የየኔታ፡ ገብረ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘተሳየጣ፡ በ፹

in element msDesc, with id ms

ዝ፡ ድጓ፡ ዘየኔታ፡ ገብረ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ደብረ፡ ዳሞ፡ ዘተሳየጣ፡ በ፸፡ በንጉ...

in element msDesc, with id ms
44
Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 20 (BAVet20)
1

...x ansata and the zǝya-sign (ligature of ዝ and የ) are used. ...

in element msDesc, with id ms
45
Gulo Maḵadā, Qarsabar Qǝddus Mikāʾel, QSM-016 (ESqsm016)
1

... e.g., ዳኅንኑ፤ ዝ፤ አ stands

in element msDesc, with id ms
46
Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 117 (EMIP00301)
1

ዝ: ትእምርት: ዘወልደ: መስቀል: በሃይማኖት: ክርክር: ምክር: አልሰማሉ: በካህናት: እከይ: ይጠፋሉ:

in element msDesc, with id ms
47
Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, Bet Ḥāwāryāt, SSB-011 (ESssb011)
1

ዝ፡/ዝማ፡ for ዝማሬ፡

in element msDesc, with id ms
48
London, British Library, BL Additional 24991 (BLadd24991)
1

ሰኔ፡ ሠረቀ፡ ተሙ ዝ፡ በዕብራውያን፡ ዮልዮሰ፡ በሮሜ፡ አጲፍ፡ በቅብጢ፡ አቢብ፡ በዓረቢ፡ ...

in element msDesc, with id ms
49
Addis Ababa, Mekane Yesus Seminary Library, Mekane Yesus Seminary 25 (EMIP00625)
1

ኦሪት፡ ዘጸዓት፡ ዝ፡ ውእቱ፡ አስማቲሆሙ፡ ለደቂቀ፡ እስራኤል፡ እለ፡ ቦኡ፡ ብሔረ፡ ግብጽ፡ ምሰለ፡ ያዕቆብ፡ አቡሆሙ፡ ብእሲ፡ ብ...

in element msDesc, with id ms
50
Washington, D.C., Howard University School of Divinity, Tweed Codex 070 (EMIP02019)
1

በስመ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ጸሎቱ፡ ለቅዱስ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ዝ፡ ውእቱ፡ ዘየዓቢ፡ እምሐዋርያቲሁ፡ ዘሐረዮ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ እምቅድመ፡ ኵሎሙ፤ ...

in element msDesc, with id ms
51
Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 10 (BAVet10)
1

... the zǝya-sign (ligature of ዝ and የ) is written on the right margi...

in element msDesc, with id ms
52
Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth. 120 (BAVet120)
1

...ol. 42v ዝ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘበጌምድር፡ ...

in element msDesc, with id ms
53
Williams, OR, Marwick Collection, Marwick Codex 41 (EMIP00203)
1

ዝ፡ ውእቱ፡ ጊዜ፡ ባርኮት፡ ወዝውእቱ፡ ጊዜ፡ ዕጣን፡ ኅሩይ፡

in element msDesc, with id ms
54
Egypt, Dayr as-Suryān, DS Ethiop. 20 (DSEthiop20)
1

...3r ኦማርያም፡ በእንተ፡ ዝ፡ ናፈቅረኪ፡ ወናአብየኪ፡ እሥመ፡ ወልድኪ፡ ለነ፡ መብልአ፡...

in element msDesc, with id ms
55
Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Weiner Codex 75 (EMIP00234)
1

ዝ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ዘቅዱስ፡ ሚካኤል፡ ዘአጽሐፎ፡ ወልደ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ እንዳለ፡ ወስመ፡ ደብሩ፡ ከርከሬሳ...

in element msDesc, with id ms
56
(BLorient13266)
1

ለዛቲ፡ መጽሐፍ፡ ከመ፡ ዝ፡ ምጽአታ፡ እስመ፡ ነበረ፡ ፩መኰንን፡ በሀገረ፡ አፍርንጊ፡ ወቦአ፡ ውስተ፡ ጾማእት፡ ከመ፡ ያሰምሮ፡ ለ...

in element msDesc, with id ms
57
Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, ʿUrā Qirqos, UM-035 (ESum035)
2

... አፉ፡ ላዕለይ፡ ዒላ፡ ወከመ ዝ፡ አጐለትኩ፡ ላቲ፡ አነ፡ ...

in element t:text, at 3

... ስተ፡ ሐጹሮሙ፡ ወከመ፡ ዝ፡ አጐለትኩ፡ ዘንዕባት፡ ...

in element t:text, at 5
58
Portland, Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Tweed MS 10 (EMIPms00478)
1

... በ፡ ወእምዝ፡ ይጥፋዕ፡ ዝ ክረ፡ ስማ፡ ከ ...

in element text, at 10
59
ʾAddis ʾAbabā, Capuchin Center for Research and Retreat, 47 (EMIP00701)
1

በስመ፡ አብ፡ ጸሎቱ፡ ለጴጥሮስ ዝ ውእቱ፡ ዘየዓቢ፡ እምሐዋርያቲሁ፡ ዘዘኃረዮ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ እምቅድመ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ ሐዋርያቲሁ፡ ለኢየ...

in element msDesc, with id ms
60
Sāʿsiʿ Ṣaʿdā ʾƎmbā, Manawat Qǝddus Giyorgis, QGM-008 (ESqgm008)
1

ይ፡ ሕ(ዝ)፡

in element msDesc, with id ms

1 result in narratives