Ethiopic manuscripts

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cultural heritage object handwritten document manuscript tradition

Ethiopic manuscripts are handwritten texts in the Geʽez language and script, notable for preserving a wide range of religious, historical, and literary works within the Ethiopian Christian tradition.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Ethiopian Orthodox canon of 1 Enoch 1
Ethiopian illuminated manuscripts 1
Ethiopic manuscripts canonical 1

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural heritage object ⓘ
handwritten document ⓘ
manuscript tradition ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
associatedWithTradition Ethiopian Christian tradition ⓘ
bindingStyle codex format ⓘ
sewn binding ⓘ
cataloguedBy European orientalists ⓘ
containsWorkType apocryphal literature ⓘ
biblical texts ⓘ
hagiographic texts ⓘ
historical chronicles ⓘ
homiletic texts ⓘ
hymnals ⓘ
legal texts ⓘ
liturgical texts ⓘ
magical and protective texts ⓘ
monastic rules ⓘ
prayer books ⓘ
culturalSignificance documentation of Ethiopian history ⓘ
evidence for the development of the Geʽez script ⓘ
preservation of Ethiopian Christian literature ⓘ
preservation of liturgical traditions ⓘ
transmission of biblical texts in Geʽez ⓘ
dateFromPeriod early modern period ⓘ
late antiquity ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
decorativeFeature floral ornamentation ⓘ
frontispiece illustrations ⓘ
geometric ornamentation ⓘ
iconographic portraits of saints ⓘ
illuminated initials ⓘ
miniature paintings ⓘ
geographicOrigin Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
inkComposition carbon-based ink ⓘ
iron-gall ink ⓘ
oftenInclude colophons ⓘ
donor inscriptions ⓘ
protective prayers ⓘ
scribal notes ⓘ
preservationLocation Ethiopian churches ⓘ
Ethiopian monasteries ⓘ
European library networks ⓘ
surface form: European libraries

North American libraries ⓘ
museum collections ⓘ
productionContext monastic scriptoria ⓘ
royal workshops ⓘ
relatedTo Ethiopian liturgy ⓘ
Ge'ez Bible ⓘ
surface form: Ethiopic Bible
scriptType abugida ⓘ
studiedInField Ethiopian studies ⓘ
codicology ⓘ
manuscript studies ⓘ
palaeography ⓘ
typicalInkColor black ink ⓘ
red ink ⓘ
typicalMaterial parchment ⓘ
vellum ⓘ
usedIn churches ⓘ
monasteries ⓘ
royal courts ⓘ
scholarly schools ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingTool quill pen ⓘ
reed pen ⓘ
writtenInLanguage Geʽez ⓘ
surface form: Geʽez language
writtenInScript Geʽez script ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1 Enoch → preservedIn → Ethiopic manuscripts ⓘ
Ethiopian literature → hasPart → Ethiopic manuscripts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ethiopian illuminated manuscripts
Beta Israel liturgy → includesBook → Ethiopic manuscripts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mäṣḥafä Berhan
Astronomical Book → textualTradition → Ethiopic manuscripts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ethiopian Orthodox canon of 1 Enoch
Book of Dream Visions → preservedIn → Ethiopic manuscripts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ethiopic manuscripts of 1 Enoch
Lesser Genesis → preservedCompletelyIn → Ethiopic manuscripts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geʿez (Ethiopic) manuscripts