The Scriptorium · translations
| Work | Author | Passages | Words | Commentary | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poetry17 works | |||||
001 Frik's poems, composed in classical Armenian (grabar) with occasional colloquial and Middle Armenian forms, reflect a transitional linguistic register. Flourishing in th… | Frik | 257 | 2,228 | 964 10 kinds | machine-draft |
002 This anonymous Geʿez poem, titled 'Bǝḍuʿa ʾAmlāk' ('the elect of God'), is a mälkəʿ hymn praising a monastic saint, likely associated with Dabra Mǝʿǝwān monastery in nor… | Anonymous | 10 | 390 | 53 8 kinds | machine-draft |
003 The Image of David is an anonymous Geʿez encomium that praises King David as a typological ancestor of Christ and a model of righteous kingship. The poem survives in a s… | Anonymous | 10 | 461 | 55 8 kinds | machine-draft |
004 The 'Image of Joseph' is an anonymous Geʿez poem from the Ethiopian Orthodox tradition, likely composed as a qǝne or mälkǝʿ hymn. It survives in a single manuscript witn… | Anonymous | 9 | 499 | 46 9 kinds | machine-draft |
005 The work is an anonymous Ethiopic malkeʿ-hymn in honor of Marqorewos of Dabra Dəmāḥ, a saint venerated in the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwaḥədo tradition. Preserved only in th… | Anonymous | 8 | 450 | 42 8 kinds | machine-draft |
006 The Image of Mātyās of Dabra Dəmāḥ is an anonymous Ethiopic malkǝʿ (image) poem honoring the saint Mātyās, venerated in the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwaḥədo tradition. The en… | Anonymous | 8 | 440 | 42 8 kinds | machine-draft |
007 The Image of Takla ʾIyyasus of Dabra Dəmāḥ is an anonymous Ethiopic malkəʿ hymn honoring the saint Takla ʾIyyasus, a 14th-century monastic founder in northern Ethiopia.… | Anonymous | 9 | 390 | 50 8 kinds | machine-draft |
008 Image of the Paraclete is an anonymous Geʿez malkeʿ, a stanzaic encomiastic poem praising the Holy Spirit. The work survives in a single manuscript witness (betmas) with… | Anonymous | 9 | 443 | 45 8 kinds | machine-draft |
009 This Geʿez poetic encomium (malkeʾ) honors the three youths Hananya, Azarya, and Misael from the book of Daniel. Following the standard malkeʾ structure, stanzas praise… | Anonymous | 10 | 417 | 55 7 kinds | machine-draft |
010 The Image of Yoḥannǝs is an anonymous Geʿez malkǝʿ (image) poem honoring John the Evangelist, structured as a series of stanzas praising his bodily and spiritual attribu… | Anonymous | 8 | 444 | 43 7 kinds | machine-draft |
011 The Malkəʿ (Image) of Yāsāy of Mandābbā is an anonymous Geʿez hymn from the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwaḥədo tradition. It belongs to the malkəʿ genre, a form of encomiastic… | Anonymous | 10 | 436 | 56 8 kinds | machine-draft |
012 The work is a malkeʿ (image poem) in honor of ʾAfqaranna ʾƎgziʾ of Degʷa, a saint venerated in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo tradition. The genre is poetic, structured… | Anonymous | 8 | 484 | 43 8 kinds | machine-draft |
013 The work is an anonymous Ethiopic malkǝʿ (praise poem) dedicated to ʾAnorewos of Dabra Ṣǝgāǧǧā, a saint venerated in the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwaḥədo tradition. The poem… | Anonymous | 8 | 420 | 43 8 kinds | machine-draft |
014 This work is a Geʿez poetic composition, likely a hymn or encomium, attributed to the Ethiopian saint ʾIyyasus Moʾa (1214–1294). The poem employs a personal, devotional… | Anonymous | 9 | 347 | 48 8 kinds | machine-draft |
015 This work is a Geʿez malkeʿ (praise poem) attributed to ʾƎda Krǝstos of Dabra Magʷinā, structured as a series of stanzas each praising a different bodily part or attribu… | Anonymous | 7 | 401 | 40 8 kinds | machine-draft |
016 The work is a malkeʾ (praise poem) in honor of ʾƎsṭifānos of Gunda Gunde, a saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwaḥədo tradition. The genre is characterized by acrostic st… | Anonymous | 8 | 408 | 42 8 kinds | machine-draft |
017 This anonymous Geʿez poem, surviving in a single manuscript (Bet Mas 1), recounts the martyrdom of Saint George through a narrative of seventy assembled kings and a dire… | Anonymous | 10 | 423 | 54 8 kinds | machine-draft |