✖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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There are 275 resources that contain the exact keyword: settlement
id title type
LOC2659Depeca Depeçan place
LOC2037BussaB Bussa Baasso place
LOC2485Damboz Dambozā place
LOC2689Dimall Ðímalle place
LOC2554Darbus Darbuset place
LOC2146Celga Ḉǝlga place
LOC2826Elgo Elgo place
LOC2090Calaqo Ḉäläqot place
LOC2766Ebarda Ǝbardaʿ place
LOC2484Dambil Dambille place
LOC2470DambaM Dämba Mǝčč place
LOC2722Dolah Doläh place
LOC2040Busurr Bušurro place
LOC2092Calaqt Ḉäläqtu place
LOC2467Damas Damas place
LOC2519Dansa Danša place
LOC2058Cabara Ḉäbära place
LOC2038BussaN Bussa Naalo place
LOC2842EmbaDe Ǝmba Dǝrho place
LOC2861EncatK ʾƎnḉat Kāb place
LOC2555Dardar Dardarre place
LOC2035Buso Buso place
LOC2598Dayral Dayr al-Ǧanādla place
LOC2801EgguAg Eggu Agär place
LOC2608Dayraz Dayr az-Zāwīya place
LOC2530DaqqiG Däqqi Gäbru place
LOC2036Bussa Bussa place
LOC2475Dambal Dambala place
LOC2006Bulbok Bulboks place
LOC2585Dawdo Dawdo place
LOC2556Darfo Därfo place
LOC2969Ensala Ǝnsälale place
LOC2742Dogali Dogʿāli place
LOC2843EmbaFa Ǝmba Fäqadu place
LOC2848Embara Ǝmbärämi place
LOC2534DaqqiZ Däqqi Zärʾu place
LOC2039BussaQ Bussa Qilla place
LOC2490Damota Damota place
LOC2562Darmi Dārmi place
LOC2429Daggam Daggam place
LOC4710MaySek May Šeka place
LOC4084Kigill Kigille place
LOC4660MayAwl May Awlid place
LOC4666MayCaa May Ḉäʿa place
LOC4044Kela Kela place
LOC4443Makaar Mäkaʿarabur place
LOC4540Mannaw Männawe place
LOC4435Mahlab Mäḥlab place
LOC4030Katemo Kätǝmowǝle place
LOC4639Matara Maṭarā place
LOC4725Mayjud Mayǧud place
LOC4860Montfe Montferrer place
LOC4347Lugo Lugo place
LOC4062Kettel Kettelé place
LOC4478Malbar Mälbäradi place
LOC4715MayWay May Wäyni place
LOC4566Marann Märañña place
LOC4679MayGif May Gif place
LOC4916MuSe Muṣe place
LOC4164Kulama Kulama place
LOC4466Maki Mäki place
LOC4286Lencic Lenčiččo place
LOC4627Masno Mäsno place
LOC4353Luqa Luqa place
LOC4491MalkaR Mälka Räfu place
LOC4623Masca Masč̣ā place
LOC4043Kedagu Kedagul place
LOC4709MaySea May Ṣǝʿada place
LOC4170Kulluk Kulluku place
LOC4948Nagas Nagāš place
LOC4448Makana Mäkanä Bǝrhan place
LOC4487MalkaJ Mälka Ǧäbdu place
LOC4632Mastal Maštala place
LOC4957anNajr an-Naǧrānīya place
LOC4791Mesgwa Mǝsgwag place
LOC4930Nabk Nabk place
LOC4856Monne Monne place
LOC4721MayaHe Mayä Ḥǝywät place
LOC1312Akula Akula place
LOC1155AddiHa ʿAddi Ḥawǝšä place
LOC1144AddiGa ʿAddi Gäzaʾiti place
LOC1417Amboba Ambobär place
LOC1178AddiNa ʿAddi Näfas place
LOC1758Banno Banno place
LOC1973Bordol Bordole place
LOC1283Agula ʾAgulāʿ place
LOC1977Boroma Boroma place
LOC1132AddiBo ʿAddi Boḵoḵway place
LOC1302Akobo Akobo place
LOC1165AddiKr ʿAddi Krǝs place
LOC1169AddiLa ʿAddi Lamza place
LOC1343Algade Algäden place
LOC1153AddiHa ʿAddi Ḥammuštä place
LOC1125AddiAy ʿAddi Aytay place
LOC1211AddiZa ʿAddi Zawǝl place
LOC1128AddiBa ʿAddi Bärʿǝd place
LOC1586Asus Asus place
LOC1199AddiSa ʿAddi Šäḥo place
LOC1176AddiMu ʿAddi Musa place
LOC1252Adegna ʿAdǝgna place
LOC1174AddiMo ʿAddi Moqäda place
LOC1154AddiHa ʿAddi Ḥasama place
LOC1454Angir Angir place
LOC1327Alata Alata place
LOC1171AddiMa ʿAddi Mängwǝntu place
LOC1942Bodo Bodo place
LOC1105Addabn ʿAddäbnägär place
LOC1631Ayba ʿAyba place
LOC1195AddiRa ʿAddi Raʾsi place
LOC1783BarkaM Barka Mogaräb place
LOC1560Asberi Asberi place
LOC1168AddiLa ʿAddi Lagwän place
LOC1182AddiQa ʿAddi Qäläbäs place
LOC1630Ayba ʾAybā place
LOC1129AddiBa ʿAddi Baro place
LOC1152AddiHa ʿAddi Hallo place
LOC1143AddiGa ʿAddi Gätät place
LOC1139AddiFe ʿAddi Fǝnniʿ place
LOC1643AynAmb ʿAyn Amba place
LOC1210AddiYo ʿAddi Yoḥannǝs place
LOC1835Belala Bǝlala Arketa place
LOC1965Boosoa Boošoana place
LOC1323Alaqot Aläqot place
LOC1726Bahrey Baḥrǝy Gǝmb place
LOC1346Algude Algude place
LOC1457Angorc Angorḉa place
LOC1193AddiQw ʿAddi Qwänṣi place
LOC1069Abyar Abyar place
LOC1818Bayso Bayso place
LOC1203AddiSe ʿAddi Sǝldayǝt place
LOC1177AddiNa ʿAddi Naʾammǝn place
LOC1181AddiPa ʿAddi Paša place
LOC1124AddiAt ʿAddi Aṭāl place
LOC1959Bonga Bonga place
LOC1612Awad ʿAwāḍ place
LOC1122AddiAr ʿAddi Arqay place
LOC1140AddiGa ʿAddi Gäbray place
LOC1905BethAr Beth Arsham place
LOC1145AddiGo ʿAddi Gombällo place
LOC1412Ambase Ambasǝya place
LOC1648AynaAl ʿAynä ʿAläm place
LOC1173AddiMa ʿAddi Märʿawi place
LOC1993BoZZab Božžäbär place
LOC1147AddiGw ʿAddi Gwaʾdad place
LOC1208AddiYa ʿAddi Yāʿqob place
LOC1941Bode Bode place
LOC1206AddiWa ʿAddi Wänfǝto place
LOC1192AddiQu ʿAddi Qušät place
LOC1854Berahl Beraḥle place
LOC1003AbAle Ab ʿAle place
LOC1543Armany Armanya place
LOC1163AddiKo ʿAddi Kolom place
LOC1170AddiLo ʿAddi Loggo place
LOC1056AbuTij Abū Tiǧ place
LOC1530AreraF Arera Fura place
LOC1141AddiGa ʿAddi Gäbru place
LOC1150AddiHa ʿAddi Habtäsullus place
LOC1699Baddes Bäddessa place
LOC1725Bala Bala place
LOC1584Astit Astit place
LOC1156AddiHe ʿAddi Ḥǝdur place
LOC1149AddiHa ʿAddi Ḥabab place
LOC1126AddiBa ʿAddi Bäläw place
LOC1131AddiBi ʿAddi Bidäl place
LOC1292Ahsaa Ahsäʾa place
LOC1779Bargeb Bärgǝbbi place
LOC5721Sigama Šigama place
LOC5722Sigima Šigima place
LOC5535Sanale Sänale place
LOC5195Qatbar Qaṭbäre place
LOC5616SayhZe Šayḫ Zerbay place
LOC5477SalaDa Sälaʿ Daʿro place
LOC5041Oganna Oganna place
LOC5587Sasa Šaša place
LOC5978Tiiffa Tiiffa place
LOC5670Semema Sǝmema place
LOC5657Selle Šelle place
LOC5466Sahara Šahāra place
LOC5101Pocala Počala place
LOC5565SarAmb Śār ʾAmbā place
LOC5160Qallaf Qällafo place
LOC5168Qana Qana place
LOC5442Safra Safra place
LOC5103Pokwo Pokwo place
LOC5798Spigli Spigliótissa place
LOC5428SaedaK Ṣäʿǝda Krǝstiyan place
LOC5393Saazza Ṣäʿazzäga place
LOC5207Qembeb Qǝmbǝbit place
LOC5200QayyAf Qäyy Afär place
LOC5102Pokung Pokung place
LOC5664Semane Šǝmanǝguś Taḥtay place
LOC5255Qulleb Qullǝbi place
LOC5494Salla Šalla place
LOC5648SelaMe Šela-Mela place
LOC5310Rama Rama place
LOC5383RubaKw Ruba Kwǝsa place
LOC5663Semane Šǝmanǝguś Laʿǝlay place
LOC5028Obboru Obborubär place
LOC5043Ollawa Ollawaam-Goonamo place
LOC7078Atsbi Atsbi place
LOC7272Awado ʾAwādo place
LOC7348Legat ልጋት፡ place
LOC3677Guzara Guzara place
LOC3715Hadale Ḥadale place
LOC3357Gassen Gäššǝnašǝm place
LOC3595Gota Gota place
LOC3765Hamday Ḥamdāyt place
LOC3669Gusi Guši place
LOC3922Ilaoda Ilaʾoda place
LOC3769Hamuse Hamuset place
LOC3768Hamla Hamla place
LOC3463Gidaam Gidaamii place
LOC3420Gera Gera place
LOC3275Gandar Gāndārābā place
LOC3776HarAmb Ḥar Amba place
LOC3687Gwalag Gwälagul place
LOC3191Gajera Gäǧǝrät place
LOC3185Gafat Gāfāt place
LOC3274Gandab Gandabtā place
LOC3881Hobyo Hobyo place
LOC3697Gwanqw Gwänqwa place
LOC3339Jarra Ǧarra place
LOC3197Galab Gäläb place
LOC3587GoreOd Gore Oda place
LOC3481Gila Gila place
LOC3918Idrisa Idrisamba place
LOC3022Fadse Fadse place
LOC3834Hayram Hayramba place
LOC3574Gonco Gončo place
LOC3512Gisma Gisma place
LOC3074FeqreG Fǝqre Gǝmb place
LOC3659GurAmb Gur Amba place
LOC3436Gesa Geša place
LOC3837Hayyal Hayyälo place
LOC3721Hadra Hadrä place
LOC3265JanBad Ǧān Badǝl place
LOC3651Gumhot Gumhot place
LOC3701Gwedda Gwǝdda Guddi place
LOC3021Fadis Fādis place
LOC3295Ganti Gänti place
LOC3670Gussa Gussa place
LOC3540Godofe Godofǝllase place
LOC6456Zazie Zaziʾe place
LOC6559Kwasen Kwasǝn Zǝfān (?) place
LOC6860borderland Southern borderland of the Christian kingdom place
LOC6385Yeki Yeki place
LOC6258WaSilu Waṣilu place
LOC6859Royalhouse Royal house place
LOC6406Zabol Zäbol place
LOC6561KabLay Kāb Lāy Māryām (?) place
LOC6233Warota Wärota place
LOC6180Wallin Wällinsin place
LOC6274WayraW Wäyra Wǝha place
LOC6717TahtayLabakala Tāḥtāy Labakalā / Lower Labakalā place
LOC6050alUbay al-Ubayyiḍ place
LOC6141Wagar Wagar place
LOC6558Arabiya ʿĀrabiyā (?) place
LOC6857Palace Palace of winter and summer place
LOC6684Gamaral Gamarāl / Gamarār place
LOC6176Waliqo Waliqo place
LOC6562Berahela Bǝrāhelā (?) place
LOC6560Gewana Ǧǝwānā (?) place
LOC6473Zemute Zemute place
LOC6100WadMed Wad Medani place
LOC6294Wekkid Wǝkkidǝbba place
LOC6487Zillo Zillo place
LOC6283Wazent Wazǝntät place
LOC6320WugaMa Wuga Maštala place
LOC6219Wara Wara place
LOC6054Umarku ʿUmarkule place
LOC6316Wosa Woša place
LOC6282Wazaqa Wäzäqa place
LOC7378Ababir ʿAbābir place
LOC7379Enawga ʾƎnāwgā place
LOC7380Enarij ʾƎnārǝǧa place