Names of the months of different calendar systems in the ethiopian manuscript tradition [PDF]
The Ethiopians up to nowadays use their own calendar, traditional for the Christians of the country. It consists of twelve months and the additional, intercalary, days (epagomen).
Ekaterina Gusarova
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The monastic genealogy of Hoḫʷärwa monastery – a unique witness of Betä Ǝsraʾel historiography
During the course of a study of the manuscript tradition of the Betä Ǝsraʾel (Ethiopian Jews), the manuscript Jerusalem, National Library, Ms. Or. 87 came to light.
Sophia Dege-Müller
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The manuscript tradition of the Betä Ǝsraʾ el (Ethiopian Jews)
The manuscript tradition of the Betä Ǝsraʾel, the Jews of Ethiopia, has not been studied before. This article aims to provide a first tentative analysis of a number of features of the Betä Ǝsraʾel manuscript tradition, hoping to contribute to a new understanding of this phenomenon. The Betä Ǝsraʾel lived in close coexistence, albeit not always peaceful,
Dege-Müller, Sophia
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Textological features of the Chronicle of John of Nikiu [PDF]
In the frame of the present research the text of the Chronicle of John of Nikiu’s translation in Geez is considered on the base of its textological features.
Ekaterina Gusarova
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Manuscript and Print in the Islamic Tradition [PDF]
This volume explores and calls into question certain commonly held assumptions about the nature of writing and technological advancement in the Islamic tradition.
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An Ethiopian Grammar Treatise (Säwasəw) in the Manuscript NLR Eth. n.s. 11 as a Textbook for the Future Metropolitan of Ethiopia [PDF]
This article deals with a remarkable example of Ethiopian grammatical and lexicographic treatise (Säwasəw) kept in the Manuscript Department of the National Library of Russia in St Petersburg.
Ekaterina Gusarova
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Psatir’ Sledovannaya (MS or. 133) from E. Rüppell’s collection: specifics of the content [PDF]
Psatir’ Sledovannaya (Church Slavonic Псалтирь следованная) is a valuable source for the history of Ethiopia, particularly of the initial period of feudal decentralisation in this region, its literary and church-related traditions and the adjacent ...
Ekaterina Gusarova
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Praises of the Cross, Wǝddase Mäsqäl, by Abba Giyorgis of Gasǝč̣č̣a
One of the many works of Abba Giyorgis of Gasǝč̣č̣a/Sägla (d. 1527) is a Wǝddase Mäsqäl “Praises of the Cross”, a work which previously was known only from Abba Giyorgis’s Acts (Gädl) and oral tradition.
Getatchew Haile
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Chronicle of John of Nikiu and Ethiopic chronographs [PDF]
In the frame of the present research an attempt was made to discover continuity between the text of the Chronicle of John of Nikiu, translated from Arabic into Geez in the very beginning of the 17th century, the Ethiopian Chronographs, translated from ...
Ekaterina Gusarova
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Aspects of Traditional Culture in Modern Ethiopian Novel in English: with reference to Shinega’s Village and The Afersata [PDF]
This paper examines some prominent aspects of traditional Ethiopian culture depicted through modern Ethiopian long fiction in English. Ethiopia has a long history of literary tradition in its indigenous languages, mainly in Geez and Amharic. However, the
Mathews, Berhanu
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