The Scriptorium · translations
| Work | Author | Passages | Words | Commentary | Status |
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001 This anonymous Geʿez note, surviving in a single manuscript (Betmaṣḥaf, MS 34), records a ban on women within a monastic enclosure. Its language suggests a composition n… | Anonymous | 2 | 402 | 11 6 kinds | machine-draft |
002 The Abridged Version of the Tārika Walda ʾAmid (β-recension) is an anonymous Ethiopic Christian historical chronicle that condenses a longer original attributed to Giyor… | Anonymous | 11 | 901 | 55 8 kinds | machine-draft |
003 The Anti-slavery Protocol is an anonymous, undated Geʿez ecclesiastical text of a legalistic and prescriptive genre, surviving in a single manuscript witness (betmas edi… | Anonymous | 3 | 376 | 18 6 kinds | machine-draft |
004 This record serves as a general bibliographic placeholder for the Ethiopic antiphonary tradition, specifically the Geʿez antiphons transmitted through the Deggwa, the ma… | Anonymous | 5 | 482 | 27 7 kinds | machine-draft |
005 The Antiphonary for Lent is an anonymous Geʿez liturgical work containing antiphons and responsories for the Lenten season in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. Its… | Anonymous | 68 | 7,317 | 372 10 kinds | machine-draft |
006 The 81 Apostolic Canons is a pseudepigraphical church-order text attributed to the apostles and transmitted in Geʿez within the Ethiopian Orthodox tradition. Its core li… | Anonymous | 18 | 3,957 | 108 8 kinds | machine-draft |
007 The Apostolic Canons Abṭelisāt (80) is a Geʿez canonical work attributed to the apostles and transmitted within the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo tradition. It survives in… | Anonymous | 36 | 8,097 | 210 8 kinds | machine-draft |
008 The Apostolic Canons after Ascension is a Geʿez pseudepigraphical church order claiming apostolic authority. Surviving in multiple Ethiopic manuscripts, it presents decr… | Anonymous | 21 | 4,679 | 125 9 kinds | machine-draft |
009 An anonymous Geʿez astrological treatise on the twelve zodiac signs, surviving in a single manuscript witness edited in the betmas series. The work lists zodiac names de… | Anonymous | 2 | 306 | 11 5 kinds | machine-draft |
010 The Book of Amos in the Geʿez version is part of the Ethiopic biblical canon, transmitted with the Minor Prophets in manuscripts of the Octateuch and Prophetic books. Th… | Anonymous | 21 | 4,359 | 124 8 kinds | machine-draft |
011 The Geʿez version of the Book of Esther, preserved in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo tradition, is a translation likely dating to the Aksumite period (5th–7th centuries… | Anonymous | 40 | 7,843 | 232 10 kinds | machine-draft |
012 The Geʿez version of the Book of Haggai, preserved in a single Ethiopic manuscript, follows the Septuagint tradition closely, including the longer chronological formula… | Anonymous | 6 | 1,160 | 34 8 kinds | machine-draft |
013 The Geʿez version of Hosea, part of the Ethiopic Old Testament, follows the Septuagint tradition and was likely translated from Greek during the Aksumite period (4th–6th… | Anonymous | 27 | 5,597 | 160 9 kinds | machine-draft |
014 The Geʿez version of the Book of Job is a translation from the Septuagint, preserving a distinct textual tradition with additional passages not found in the Masoretic He… | Anonymous | 98 | 20,476 | 575 9 kinds | machine-draft |
015 The Geʿez version of the Book of Joel, transmitted as part of the Ethiopic Octateuch and minor prophets corpus, follows the standard twelve-minor-prophets order with a s… | Anonymous | 10 | 2,089 | 59 8 kinds | machine-draft |
016 The Geʿez translation of the Book of Jonah, preserved in the manuscript betmas (LIT1694Jonah), is a version of the biblical prophetic book used in the Ethiopian Orthodox… | Anonymous | 7 | 1,311 | 42 8 kinds | machine-draft |
017 The Geʿez Book of Joshua, part of the Ethiopic Octateuch, closely follows the Septuagint tradition, including the longer ending with Caleb’s grant of Hebron and Joshua’s… | Anonymous | 119 | 19,836 | 691 10 kinds | machine-draft |
018 The Ethiopic Book of Judges is a Geʿez translation from the Septuagint, including deuterocanonical additions, and forms part of the broader Octateuch in the Ethiopian Or… | Anonymous | 115 | 19,518 | 653 9 kinds | machine-draft |
019 The Geʿez translation of the Book of Malachi, preserved within the Ethiopic Old Testament manuscript tradition, is part of the broader corpus of the Minor Prophets. Its… | Anonymous | 10 | 2,043 | 60 8 kinds | machine-draft |
020 The Book of Questions is an anonymous Geʿez catechetical dialogue structured as questions and answers on Christian doctrine, likely composed for monastic instruction wit… | Anonymous | 5 | 338 | 26 6 kinds | machine-draft |
021 The Geʿez translation of the Book of Ruth, preserved in the Ethiopic Octateuch tradition, is a liturgical and canonical text within the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Churc… | Anonymous | 15 | 2,430 | 86 8 kinds | machine-draft |
022 The Geʿez translation of the Book of Zechariah, preserved in the Ethiopian Orthodox canon, is a late antique or early medieval version of the biblical prophetic book. Tr… | Anonymous | 31 | 6,411 | 182 9 kinds | machine-draft |
023 The Calendrical diagram is an anonymous Ethiopic table used to compute movable feasts and fasts in the Geʿez tradition. It survives in a single manuscript witness (betma… | Anonymous | 2 | 181 | 10 6 kinds | machine-draft |
024 The Canons of Clement, presented as a letter from the apostle Peter to Clement of Rome, is a pseudepigraphal canonical-legal text preserved in Geʿez within the Ethiopic… | Anonymous | 15 | 3,231 | 88 8 kinds | machine-draft |
025 The Canons of Simon the Canaanite (2nd recension) is a Geʿez pseudepigraphic collection of disciplinary rules for clergy and laity, attributed to the apostle Simon the Z… | Anonymous | 30 | 7,003 | 178 8 kinds | machine-draft |
026 The Chronicle of Zarʾa Yāʿqob is an anonymous Geʿez work composed during the reign of the Ethiopian emperor Zarʾa Yāʿqob (r. 1434–1468). It survives in a single manuscri… | Anonymous | 14 | 3,258 | 77 8 kinds | machine-draft |
027 This anonymous Geʿez commentary treats Chapter 76 of 1 Enoch as a self-contained unit on celestial and calendrical lore. It interprets the four winds, twelve portals, an… | Anonymous | 3 | 554 | 17 7 kinds | machine-draft |
028 The Confessio Claudii is a first-person confession of faith attributed to Emperor Claudius of Ethiopia (r. 1540–1559). Written in Geʿez, it comprises a series of credal… | Anonymous | 5 | 1,081 | 28 7 kinds | machine-draft |
029 The Geʿez translation of Ecclesiastes, preserved in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo biblical tradition, is a Wisdom book attributed to Solomon. Its translation likely oc… | Anonymous | 58 | 11,996 | 336 8 kinds | machine-draft |
030 The Edict of King Galāwdewos is a Geʿez royal decree issued around 1555 CE at ʾAgrāro, the royal seat of the Solomonic king Galāwdewos (Claudius, r. 1540–1559). The edic… | Anonymous | 3 | 669 | 17 7 kinds | machine-draft |
031 The Epistle of Eusebius to Carpianus is a prefatory letter introducing the Eusebian canon tables, a system of Gospel parallels. The Geʿez version, preserved in Ethiopic… | Anonymous | 3 | 593 | 15 5 kinds | machine-draft |
032 The Geʿez text of the Epistle of Jude, titled መልእክተ፡ ይሁዳ፡ እኁሁ፡ ለያዕቆብ፡ (Epistle of Jude, brother of James), is presented in this edition (betmas) as transmitted in the Et… | Anonymous | 4 | 810 | 24 7 kinds | machine-draft |
033 The Geʿez work መልእክተ፡ ጳውሎስ፡ ኀበ፡ ፊልሞና፡ (Epistle of Paul to Philemon) is a translation of the canonical New Testament letter into Ethiopic. It is part of the broader Ethio… | Anonymous | 3 | 549 | 18 8 kinds | machine-draft |
034 The Geʿez work መልእክተ፡ ጳውሎስ፡ ኀበ፡ ሰብአ፡ ቈላስይስ፡ is a translation of the canonical New Testament Epistle to the Colossians, attributed to Paul. It forms part of the Ethiopic… | Anonymous | 12 | 2,297 | 71 8 kinds | machine-draft |
035 The Geʿez work መልእክተ ጳውሎስ ኀበ ሰብአ ኤፌሶን is a translation of the canonical New Testament Epistle to the Ephesians, attributed to Paul. It belongs to the Ethiopic biblical t… | Anonymous | 18 | 3,396 | 100 8 kinds | machine-draft |
036 The Geʿez version of Paul's Epistle to the Galatians, titled መልእክተ፡ ጳውሎስ፡ ኀበ፡ ሰብአ፡ ገላትያ፡፡, is a translation of the canonical New Testament letter into Classical Ethiopic… | Anonymous | 19 | 3,438 | 108 9 kinds | machine-draft |
037 The Geʿez work መልእክተ፡ ጳውሎስ፡ ኀበ፡ ሰብአ፡ ፊልጵስዮስ፡ is an Ethiopic translation of the canonical Epistle to the Philippians, attributed to Paul. Transmitted within the broader E… | Anonymous | 14 | 2,523 | 81 9 kinds | machine-draft |
038 The Geʿez work 'መልእክተ፡ ጳውሎስ፡ ኀበ፡ ሰብአ፡ ሮሜ፡' is a translation of the canonical Epistle to the Romans, attributed to Paul. Its title means 'Epistle of Paul to the People of… | Anonymous | 58 | 11,107 | 324 10 kinds | machine-draft |
039 The Geʿez work መልእክተ፡ ጳውሎስ፡ ኀበ፡ ቲቶ፡ is a translation of the New Testament Epistle to Titus, part of the Ethiopic biblical corpus. Transmitted within the Ethiopian Orthod… | Anonymous | 7 | 1,185 | 37 8 kinds | machine-draft |
040 The Geʿez version of the First Epistle to the Thessalonians, titled ቀዳማዊት መልእክተ ጳውሎስ ኀበ ሰብአ ተሰሎንቄ, is an Ethiopic translation of the canonical Pauline letter. Preserved… | Anonymous | 12 | 2,187 | 70 8 kinds | machine-draft |
041 The Geʿez text of the First Epistle of Paul to Timothy (ቀዳማዊ መልእክተ ጳውሎስ ኀበ ጢሞቴዎስ) is a translation of the canonical New Testament letter, preserved in the Ethiopian Orth… | Anonymous | 15 | 2,869 | 88 8 kinds | machine-draft |
042 The Five Pillars of Mystery is an anonymous Geʿez theological treatise structured around five metaphorical pillars expounding Christian mystery (məśṭir). Its elevated re… | Anonymous | 3 | 653 | 18 7 kinds | machine-draft |
043 Gʷǝlt by Bǝlen Sābā is an anonymous Geʿez poetic praise text, likely composed for a saint or theological figure. It survives in a single manuscript witness (betmas) with… | Anonymous | 4 | 862 | 23 6 kinds | machine-draft |
044 The Ethiopic version of 2 Kings (4 Kings in the Septuagint tradition) is an anonymous translation preserved in Geʿez as part of the broader Octateuch corpus. Its text de… | Anonymous | 118 | 23,607 | 691 9 kinds | machine-draft |
045 Lālibalā's gʷǝlt to Ham is a Geʿez land grant (gʷǝlt) attributed to King Lālibalā (r. ca. 1185–1225) of the Zagwe dynasty, endowing the monastery of Mäṭaʿ (ʾAḥām) with u… | Anonymous | 2 | 473 | 12 5 kinds | machine-draft |
046 Lālibalā's gʷǝlt is a Geʿez land grant issued by King Lālibalā (throne name Gabra Masqal) to the churches of Masqal and Mary. The document records a royal endowment of l… | Anonymous | 3 | 631 | 16 6 kinds | machine-draft |
047 Maqdǝma Ṗawlos ḥawāryā is an anonymous Geʿez homily on the Apostle Paul, likely used in liturgical or catechetical settings within the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwaḥədo Church… | Anonymous | 3 | 415 | 17 7 kinds | machine-draft |
048 The Monastic genealogy of Madḫānina ʾƎgziʾ is an anonymous Ethiopic work that traces the spiritual lineage of the venerated Ethiopian Orthodox figure Madḫānina ʾƎgziʾ. P… | Anonymous | 2 | 300 | 12 7 kinds | machine-draft |
049 The document records the restoration of gʷǝlt (hereditary land rights) by Tasfāna ʾƎgziʾ, likely to a church in the ʾAwegər region of medieval Ethiopia. It opens with a… | Anonymous | 2 | 479 | 11 6 kinds | machine-draft |
050 This document records the restoration of a gʷǝlt (land grant) by King ʿAmda Ṣǝyon (also known as Garba Masqal), confirming land rights to a church or monastic institutio… | Anonymous | 3 | 801 | 17 6 kinds | machine-draft |
051 The Geʿez translation of the Second Epistle of Peter, titled መልእክተ፡ ጴጥሮስ፡ ካልእት፡, is part of the Ethiopic biblical canon preserved by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Chur… | Anonymous | 10 | 1,831 | 59 8 kinds | machine-draft |
052 The Geʿez version of the Second Epistle of Paul to the Thessalonians (ካልእት መልእክተ ጳውሎስ ኀበ ሰብአ ተሰሎንቄ) is a translation of the canonical New Testament letter, preserved wit… | Anonymous | 7 | 1,235 | 37 7 kinds | machine-draft |
053 The Geʿez text titled ካልእት መልእክተ ጳውሎስ ኀበ ጢሞቴዎስ (Second Epistle of Paul to Timothy) is an Ethiopic version of the canonical New Testament letter. The edition (betmas) pro… | Anonymous | 11 | 1,919 | 64 8 kinds | machine-draft |
054 The Melkite Index is a canonical collection attributed to the Melkite (Chalcedonian) tradition, preserved in Geʿez translation within the broader Senodos corpus. It list… | Anonymous | 3 | 560 | 17 6 kinds | machine-draft |
055 The work is a collection of wisdom sayings attributed to Solomon, composed in Geʿez. Its register is didactic and aphoristic, drawing on biblical and para-biblical sapie… | Anonymous | 12 | 3,293 | 69 8 kinds | machine-draft |
056 RIE 187 is an anonymous Geʿez text preserved in the Bet Mas manuscript, cataloged in the Repertorium of Ethiopian manuscripts. The work lacks a known author, date, and e… | Anonymous | 2 | 427 | 9 5 kinds | machine-draft |
057 The Book of the Signs is a Geʿez apocalypse that enumerates portents of the end times, presented as a revelation from Christ to the apostles and pseudepigraphically attr… | Anonymous | 3 | 168 | 16 5 kinds | machine-draft |
058 The long recension of the Book of the Wise Philosophers is an anonymous Geʿez wisdom collection, preserved in Ethiopian Orthodox manuscripts and often bound with other d… | Anonymous | 4 | 554 | 22 8 kinds | machine-draft |
059 The First Ethiopian Book of Maccabees is a Geʿez adaptation of 1 Maccabees, reworked with local Ethiopian Christian concerns. It survives in a single Aksumite-period man… | Anonymous | 88 | 25,648 | 524 8 kinds | machine-draft |
060 The Genealogy of the Boranā is an anonymous Ethiopic text that presents a genealogical narrative of the Boranā, a group whose identity and historical context remain unde… | Anonymous | 5 | 574 | 26 7 kinds | machine-draft |
061 The Wisest among the Wise is an anonymous Geʿez wisdom text belonging to the Ethiopic sapiential and monastic tradition. Its title indicates a didactic register, and the… | Anonymous | 25 | 5,284 | 150 8 kinds | machine-draft |
062 The Treatise on moonrise and moonset is an anonymous Geʿez computational work on lunar visibility, used for calendar reckoning. Its sole witness is the manuscript underl… | Anonymous | 4 | 813 | 18 5 kinds | machine-draft |
063 The Geʿez work አስተዋፅኦ፡ ትርጉም፡ (ʾAstawāḍəʿo, Tərgum), meaning 'Contribution, Translation,' is an anonymous theological or exegetical text preserved in the manuscript tradi… | Anonymous | 3 | 472 | 18 6 kinds | machine-draft |
064 ሐሳባት (Ḥassābat, 'Thoughts' or 'Meditations') is an anonymous collection of homilies or treatises on spiritual topics preserved in the Ethiopic (Geʿez) manuscript traditi… | Anonymous | 3 | 248 | 14 6 kinds | machine-draft |