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Chronicle of John of Nikiu

Daria Elagina

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https://betamasaheft.eu/LIT1239Chroni
CAe 1239Clavis 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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Secondary Bibliography

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    • Weninger, S. 2007. ‘John of Nikiu’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, III (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2007), 298a–299a.
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    • Zotenberg, H. 1883. Chronique de Jean, évêque de Nikiou: texte éthiopien, ed., tr. H. Zotenberg, Extrait des Notices des Manuscrits, 24/1 (Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1883). page 11-222
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Translation Bibliography

    Translation Bibliography

    • Zotenberg, H. 1883. Chronique de Jean, évêque de Nikiou: texte éthiopien, ed., tr. H. Zotenberg, Extrait des Notices des Manuscrits, 24/1 (Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1883). page 223-467
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Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
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Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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  • Link to imagesCollegeville, Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, MS EMML no. 7919 (EMML7919)
    • content item with id ms_i2, Chronicle of John of Nikiu
  • Link to imagesLondon, British Library, BL Oriental 818 (BLorient818)
    • content item with id ms_i2, Chronicle of John of Nikiu
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    • content item with id ms_i2.2, Yoḥannəs Madabbar, Chapter table
    • content item with id ms_i2.3, Yoḥannəs Madabbar, Translator's preface
    • content item with id ms_i2.4, Chronicle of John of Nikiu, Colophon
  • Link to imagesParis, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien 146 (BNFet146)
    • content item with id ms_i2, Chronicle of John of Nikiu
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    • content item with id ms_i7.17, Yoḥannəs Madabbar, Chapter 16
  • Link to imagesParis, Bibliothèque nationale de France, BnF Éthiopien d'Abbadie 31 (BNFabb31)
    • content item with id p1_i6, Chronicle of John of Nikiu
  • Rome, Biblioteca dell’Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, ANL Conti Rossini 27 (ANLcr27)
    • content item with id ms_i1, Chronicle of John of Nikiu
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Daria Elagina, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, Dorothea Reule, ʻChronicle of John of Nikiuʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2021-01-28) https://betamasaheft.eu/works/LIT1239Chroni [Accessed: 2024-05-21]

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  • Daria Elagina Daria Elagina: Added colophon to the text structure. on 28.1.2021
  • Daria Elagina Daria Elagina: Added relation to the Chronicle of Malalas. on 11.9.2020
  • Daria Elagina Daria Elagina: Added witnesses on 6.6.2018
  • Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Added xml:lang to label on 25.4.2018
  • Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Added keywords on 30.3.2017
  • Dorothea Reule Dorothea Reule: Abstract, bibliography and textparts added on 8.11.2016
  • Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: Created file from google spreadsheet on 21.3.2016
  • Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: CREATED: text record on 9.2.2016

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Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor

Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor

Dorothea Reule, contributor

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