✖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).
Shelf marks (full list)Manuscripts (search)List of Digitized ManuscriptsCatalogues EncodedInscriptions
✖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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History

There are 139 resources that contain the exact keyword: History
id title type
IHA0273 Chicago, Weiner, WEINER00120 mss
IHA1344 Hargeisa / Hargeysa, Hargeisa Cultural Center, HCC00029 mss
IHA0293 Chicago, Weiner, WEINER00131 mss
IHA1554 Agaro / Aggārō, Agaro Šayḫ Kamal, SHK00052 mss
IHA0418 Addis Ababa, IES - Institute of Ethiopian Studies, IES00283B mss
IHA0674 Addis Ababa, IES - Institute of Ethiopian Studies, IES01853 mss
IHA0532 Wulqiṭ / Wolkite / Wälqiṭe / Welkite (Zabbi Molla), Zabbi Molla Library, ZM00030 mss
IHA1288 Balbala, Kabirto - ʻAlawī b. ʻAbd al-Ṣamad b. ʻAbd al-Qādir b. Ḥāǧǧ Ḥamza, DJKH00039 mss
LIT2516IHA حياة الصحابة work
LIT1276IHA طبقات work
LIT3601IHA نسب الحاج عبد الله بن بوكي work
LIT1364IHA ترجمة احمد بن آدم الداني work
LIT1535IHA سلسلة الطريقة القادرية work
LIT0913IHA طبقات الشافعية الكبرى work
LIT3654IHA غزوة الاحزاب work
LIT1503IHA فتح مدينة هرر work
LIT3074IHA كتاب نفحات الردا والقبول في فضائل المدينة وزيارة سيدنا الرسول work
LIT2697IHA مقامة السندسية في النسبة المصطوفية work
LIT4596IHA رحلة مباركة work
LIT1411IHA رسالة في السيرة النبوية work
LIT2740IHA تقريب التهذيب work
LIT4441IHA List of notable men of Harar during the reign of Menelik work
LIT4334IHA برهان المسدد في طرق الاجازات والسند work
LIT3561IHA فتوح الحبشة work
LIT0983IHA خلاصة مختصر تحرير الاصول والاوراد في ذكر تراجم اشياخنا work
LIT1724IHA بهجة الاسرار ومعدن الانوار في بعض مناقب سيدي عبد القادر الجيلاني work
LIT1075IHA طبقات الخواص من اهل الصدق و الإخلاص work
LIT2062IHA ʻAǧamī text (Amharic) on the battles of the madinan period of the Prophet work
LIT3428IHA Apologia dell'Islamismo work
LIT0694IHA عقد الجواهر والدرر في أخبار القرن الحادي عشر work
LIT1114IHA مواهب اللدنية بالمنح المحمدية work
LIT4504IHA مولد النبي work
LIT2810IHA كتاب في التأريخ للمدارس work
LIT2605IHA مختصر سيرة الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم work
LIT4328IHA منارة الهادية الى تاريخ امارة بارطيري الاسلامية work
LIT0686IHA مختصر الطبقات الشافعية work
LIT0260IHA لواقح الانوار في طبقات السادة الاخيار work
LIT2518IHA اسعاف المبطأ برجال الموطأ work
LIT2465IHA اوجز السير لخير البشر work
LIT3672IHA حياة محمد work
LIT1209IHA مجموع اقوال صوفية work
LIT1887IHA تواريخ منقولة من تاريخ العارف جمال الدين الاني ومن تاريخ العالم العلامة الحاج عمر الدبرزيتي work
LIT4390IHA عسجد المنظوم في التاريخ والعلوم work
LIT0948IHA قصص من السيرة النبوية work
LIT3951IHA نور العين في مشهد الحسين work
LIT1321IHA در الفاخر في شرح قجر السافر work
LIT3590IHA اعلام الناس بما وقع للبرامكة مع بني العباس work
LIT2261IHA امامة والسياسة work
LIT1501IHA Notes on the history of Harar during the Egyptian occupation by Garad work
LIT1495IHA سلم الوصول الى حضرة الرسول work
LIT4320IHA ثقافة الاسلامية في الحبشة work
LIT0276IHA الفية السيرة النبوية work
LIT2625IHA تاريخ الخلفاء work
LIT0231IHA انوار المحمدية من المواهب اللَّدُنيَّةِ work
LIT1505IHA Historical notes on Wällo work
LIT3594IHA جواهر الحسان في تاريخ الحبشان work
LIT1225IHA تذكرة البدرية في ذكر الاصول والفوائد السنية work
LIT1796IHA نفح الطيب من غصن الأندلس الرطيب work
LIT1362IHA مطلع الروي في تذكرة مناقب سيد الآني work
LIT3721IHA شريعة الله الخالدة دراسة في تاريخ تشريع الاسلام ومذاهب الفقهاء الاعلام work
LIT2693IHA انباء الاذكياء في حياة الانبياء work
LIT1568IHA مذكرة بتعيين الرؤساء work
LIT0917IHA تاريخ الكبير work
LIT2563IHA حلية الاولياء وطبقات الأصفياء work
LIT0921IHA بذة من تاريخ المجاهدين ببلد الحبشة work
LIT3709IHA اخبار الاول في من تصرف في مصر من ارباب الدول work
LIT1071IHA نور العينين فى سيرة سيد الكونين work
LIT2908IHA ذخيرة في محاسن اهل الجزيرة work
LIT0995IHA جالية الكدر بذكر أهل بدروشهداء أحد السادة الغرر work
LIT4318IHA منهل العطشان في تاريخ الحبشان work
LIT2644IHA جمهرة الاولياء واعلام اهل التصوف work
LIT1159IHA منتخب من السيرة النبوية work
LIT2490IHA انسان العيون في سيرة الامين المأمون work
LIT2590IHA عمدة الاخبار في مدينة المختار work
LIT2706IHA لطائف المنن والاخلاق في بيان وجوب التحدث بنعمة الله على الاطلاق work
LIT4335IHA مع الهجرة الى الحبشة work
LIT3352IHA تاريخ الامة العربية : عصر الانبثاق work
LIT4339IHA نجم اللامع في مآثر واسانيد الشيخ محمد بن رافع work
LIT1502IHA Brief collection of notes on the history of Harar during the Egyptian occupation work
LIT3823IHA روض الانف في شرح السيرة النبوية لابن هشام work
LIT3581IHA اخبار مكة وما جاء فيها من الاثار work
LIT0963IHA لب الالباب في تحرير الانساب work
LIT1341IHA نصيحة المريدين work
LIT0390IHA بهجة المحافل وبغية الأماثل في تلخيص المعجزات والسير والشمائل work
LIT2696IHA مسالك الحنفاء في والدي المصطفى work
LIT1277IHA رسالة في زلزلة الارض work
LIT3120IHA لباب الالباب work
LIT3389IHA ازهر : تاريخه وتطوره work
LIT1445IHA كتاب خبر بلال بن حمامة work
LIT2578IHA مؤتلف والمختلف work
LIT3933IHA شخصية مصرية لعبت دورا في اثيوبيا work
LIT2694IHA دلائل النبوة work
LIT3583IHA انا عائد من جنوب الجزيرة العربية : الإنقلاب الثاني في اليمن [...] work
LIT1500IHA Notes on the history of Harar during the Egyptian occupation by al-Šāmī work
LIT3657IHA دولة العربية الإسلامية : نشأتها و نظامها السياسي work
LIT3602IHA سلسلة الطريقة التجانية work
LIT2519IHA نور اليقين في سيرة سيد المرسلين work
LIT3974IHA نزهة الناظرين في مسجد سيد الاولين والاخرين work
LIT3710IHA تحفة الناظرين في من ولي مصر من السلاطين work
LIT3978IHA فتح الحبشة work
LIT2515IHA تراجم العلماء work
LIT2244IHA تحرير الاصول والاوراد وتسهيل الوصول الى معرفة آداب القوم ومناقب الاسياد work
LIT3673IHA اضواء على الهجرة work
LIT2708IHA لطائف المنن في مناقب ابي العباس المرسي وشيخه ابي الحسن work
LIT2608IHA اخبار بلد ڠراڠى work
LIT1076IHA اظهار المحاسن والمحامد فى ترجمة سيدي الوالد work
LIT3350IHA شرح الزرقاني على المواهب اللدنية للقسطلاني work
LIT4337IHA سلسلة منشورات اثبات واجازات علماء الحبشة work
LIT3333IHA حياة سيد العرب وتاريخ النهضة الاسلامية مع العلم والمدنية work
LIT3680IHA كتاب شرح [...] على كتاب بهجة المحافل وبغية الأماثل في تلخيص المعجزات والسير والشمائل work
LIT3987IHA كتاب فرائد الجمة فى تأريخ بنو دغ وجمة وما فيها من العلماء والأمراء والصلحاء والأئمة work
LIT2743IHA سيرة النبوية لابن هشام work
LIT2948IHA فوائد الارتحال ونتائج السفر في اخبار القرن الحادي عشر work
LIT0492IHA نزهة الابرار work
LIT3777IHA في رحاب السيرة work
LIT2186IHA سيرة النبوية work
LIT3870IHA ملاحظات في الواقعات التاريخية work
LIT0384IHA كنز المدفون والفلك المشحون work
LIT0662IHA حدائق الأنوار ومطالع الأسرار فى سيرة النبى المختار work
LIT3110IHA مجموع فوائد work
LIT3370IHA هوى والشباب والحضارة في عهد الرشيد : وصف الحياة في بغداد عاصمة الدنيا [...] work
LIT1619IHA نص عالم الملك وشمسه غير آفد work
LIT3201IHA خليفة الزاهد عمر بن عبد العزيز work
LIT2600IHA قصص الانبياء لابن كثير work
LIT3337IHA مرآة الحرمين work
LIT0984IHA مختصر تحرير الاصول والاوراد وتسهيل الوصول الى معرفة آداب القوم ومناقب الاسياد work
LIT2297IHA مقصد الاحمد work
LIT2734IHA خلاصة تذهيب الكمال في اسماء الرجال work
LIT2491IHA سيرة النبوية والآثار المحمدية work
LIT4439IHA Document on the history of Harar after Egyptian occupation work
LIT1170IHA نور الابصار في مناقب آل بيت النبي المختار work
LIT2878IHA حماة الاسلام work
LIT0693IHA ذيل مختصر الطبقات الشافعية work
LIT2513IHA وفاء الوفا بأخبار دار المصطفى work
LIT1273IHA كتاب الالمام بمن ملك الحبشة من ملوك الاسلام work
LIT1226IHA مناقب الصوفيين work
LIT3935IHA Documents on the battle of Č̣allanqo and Amīr ʻAbdullāh work
LIT3827IHA حاضر العالم الاسلامي work
SinaiEt006 mss