The Scriptorium · translations
| Work | Author | Passages | Words | Commentary | Status |
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| Poetry59 works | |||||
001 This anonymous Geʿez poem, known as 'All of Your Images,' is a poetic salutation addressed to multiple images of a sacred figure, likely Christ or the Virgin Mary. It su… | Anonymous | 3 | 603 | 18 6 kinds | machine-draft |
002 The Canticle of the Flower is an anonymous Geʿez poem, likely a mälkǝʿ (image hymn) or qǝne (poetic hymn), that praises the Virgin Mary through floral imagery. It surviv… | Anonymous | 7 | 754 | 41 8 kinds | machine-draft |
003 This anonymous Geʿez poem is a first-person address to God, structured as a series of reverent invocations with a refrain. Its liturgical and hymnic register is typical… | Anonymous | 5 | 748 | 29 9 kinds | machine-draft |
004 The Image of Buruka ʾAmlāk of Dabra Kol is an anonymous Geʿez malkǝʿ (praise poem) that opens each stanza with the acclamation 'Buruka ʾAmlāk' ('Blessed is God'). It fol… | Anonymous | 3 | 602 | 18 6 kinds | machine-draft |
005 The anonymous Ethiopic poem 'Bǝḍuʿa ʾAmlāk' (the elect of God) is a liturgical hymn in the malkǝʿ genre, praising a monastic saint. It survives in the manuscript traditi… | Anonymous | 2 | 415 | 12 6 kinds | machine-draft |
006 This Geʿez encomium on King David casts him as a type of Christ and a model of repentance, using a liturgical-panegyric register rather than historical narrative. The po… | Anonymous | 3 | 425 | 18 7 kinds | machine-draft |
007 The work is a malkǝʿ-hymn in honor of Fiqṭor, a saint associated with Dabra Bǝsrāt, preserved in a single manuscript (EMML 2053) from that monastery. The Geʿez text is s… | Anonymous | 3 | 500 | 18 7 kinds | machine-draft |
008 The anonymous Ethiopic mälkəʿ hymn to the angel Gigār is a liturgical poem from the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwaḥədo Church, likely composed between the 15th and 17th centuri… | Anonymous | 5 | 887 | 29 9 kinds | machine-draft |
009 The anonymous Ethiopic poem 'Image of Her (Mary's) Assumption' celebrates the bodily assumption of the Virgin Mary. Preserved in a single Geʿez manuscript (betmas:LIT293… | Anonymous | 5 | 937 | 30 7 kinds | machine-draft |
010 The Image of John / Image of Yoḥannǝs I is an anonymous Geʿez poetic encomium of John the Evangelist, composed in acrostic and rhythmic parallelism typical of Ethiopian… | Anonymous | 3 | 631 | 18 7 kinds | machine-draft |
011 This anonymous Geʿez poem, composed in the formal qəne tradition of metrical hymnody, honors the Old Testament patriarch Joseph. It survives only within the betmas litur… | Anonymous | 3 | 475 | 17 7 kinds | machine-draft |
012 The anonymous Ethiopic poem 'Image of Joseph' is a malkeʿ hymn, a Geʿez genre that praises a saint or biblical figure through stanzas invoking bodily or spiritual parts.… | Anonymous | 3 | 587 | 18 7 kinds | machine-draft |
013 The Image of Julitta is an anonymous Geʿez malkeʿ, a poetic encomium in five-verse stanzas praising the female martyr Julitta. Each stanza salutes a different bodily par… | Anonymous | 4 | 627 | 23 8 kinds | machine-draft |
014 The Image of Krǝstos Śamrā (Malkǝʿ-hymn) is an anonymous Geʿez poem from the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwaḥədo tradition, praising the saint Krǝstos Śamrā ('Christ the Mercifu… | Anonymous | 9 | 1,746 | 53 8 kinds | machine-draft |
015 The 'Image of Madḫānina ʾƎgziʾ' (Image of Our Savior) is an anonymous Geʿez poem belonging to the liturgical repertoire of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. Its ge… | Anonymous | 3 | 452 | 17 7 kinds | machine-draft |
016 Malkǝʾa Krəstos of Gǝšaq is an anonymous Ethiopic malkǝʾ-hymn in honor of Christ, composed in the Gǝšaq tradition. It follows the standard 49-stanza structure, each stan… | Anonymous | 3 | 506 | 17 7 kinds | machine-draft |
017 The work is an anonymous Geʿez malkəʿ (image hymn) in honor of Marqorewos, a saint venerated in the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwaḥədo tradition. The text survives in a manuscr… | Anonymous | 2 | 444 | 12 7 kinds | machine-draft |
018 This anonymous Geʿez poem is a series of salutations (ሰላም) to parts of Mary's body, a common form in Ethiopic Marian poetry. Each stanza addresses a specific feature, mo… | Anonymous | 12 | 3,103 | 70 7 kinds | machine-draft |
019 The work is a malkəʿ (image) poem in Geʿez honoring Mātyās of Dabra Dəmāḥ, a saint venerated in the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwaḥədo tradition. It follows the standard five-v… | Anonymous | 2 | 441 | 12 6 kinds | machine-draft |
020 This anonymous Geʿez poem praises Emperor Mǝnilǝk II (r. 1889–1913) in elevated verse, blending imperial panegyric with biblical typology. Its formal register aligns wit… | Anonymous | 12 | 2,071 | 67 8 kinds | machine-draft |
021 The Image of Phanuel is an anonymous Geʿez malkǝʿ (image) poem, a genre of encomiastic verse that praises an angel or saint through stanzas beginning with “malkǝʿa” (ima… | Anonymous | 3 | 529 | 18 7 kinds | machine-draft |
022 The 'Image of Qʷǝsqʷām' is an anonymous Geʿez poem, likely a hymn or meditation on the church of Qusquam in Egypt, a major Marian pilgrimage site. The text survives in a… | Anonymous | 5 | 1,031 | 29 6 kinds | machine-draft |
023 The Image of Serapamon is an anonymous Geʿez encomium (salām hymn) praising the Coptic saint Serapamon (Sarapamon). It employs standard hagiographic topoi—ascetic virtue… | Anonymous | 3 | 499 | 18 8 kinds | machine-draft |
024 This work is a Geʿez poetic encomium (malkeʿ) in honor of Takla Hāymānot, a 14th-century Ethiopian saint. It follows the standard malkeʿ structure of 33 stanzas, each pr… | Anonymous | 4 | 644 | 23 7 kinds | machine-draft |
025 The Malkeʿ of Takla ʾIyyasus of Dabra Dəmāḥ is an anonymous Geʿez praise poem structured as a series of stanzas, each saluting a different bodily part of the saint, a ha… | Anonymous | 2 | 393 | 11 6 kinds | machine-draft |
026 The Malkeʿ of Takla Ḥawārǝyāt of Dabra Ṣəmmonā is an anonymous Geʿez praise poem dedicated to a saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. It follows the conventio… | Anonymous | 3 | 500 | 17 6 kinds | machine-draft |
027 The Image of Tanśǝʾa Madḫǝn of Dabra ʿĀśā is an anonymous Geʿez malkǝʿ-hymn praising the Savior (Tanśǝʾa Madḫǝn). Composed in the standard five-verse stanza structure of… | Anonymous | 3 | 614 | 17 6 kinds | machine-draft |
028 The Image of the Paraclete is an anonymous Geʿez poem in the malkeʿ genre, praising the Paraclete—likely the Holy Spirit—through a series of salutations to its attribute… | Anonymous | 3 | 441 | 16 7 kinds | machine-draft |
029 The Praise of Mary is an anonymous Ethiopic malkǝʿ hymn dedicated to the Virgin Mary, preserved in multiple manuscripts within larger collections of Marian hymns and mir… | Anonymous | 15 | 2,914 | 89 7 kinds | machine-draft |
030 The Image of the Sabbath of the Christians is an anonymous Geʿez poem in the malkǝʿ (image) hymn genre, typically used for saints or angels, here applied to the Sabbath… | Anonymous | 3 | 564 | 17 6 kinds | machine-draft |
031 The 'Image of the Twenty-Four Heavenly Priests' is an anonymous Geʿez poem of uncertain date, likely post-15th century, surviving in Ethiopian manuscript tradition. It f… | Anonymous | 3 | 583 | 18 7 kinds | machine-draft |
032 The 'Image of Three Youths' is an anonymous Geʿez poetic encomium (malkeʾ) praising Hananya, Azarya, and Mishael from the Book of Daniel. It follows the formal structure… | Anonymous | 3 | 401 | 17 6 kinds | machine-draft |
033 The Malkeʿ of Walda Māryām of Dabra Zamaddo is an undated Geʿez encomiastic poem from the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo tradition, structured as a malkeʿ (praise poem) tha… | Anonymous | 3 | 482 | 17 7 kinds | machine-draft |
034 The work is an anonymous Geʿez malkeʿ (image) poem in honor of Walda Rufāʾel, a genre of encomiastic verse that praises a saint through stanzas addressing different bodi… | Anonymous | 3 | 530 | 18 6 kinds | machine-draft |
035 The work is a Geʿez malkeʿ (image) poem in honor of Yoḥanni of Dabra ʿĀśā, a little-known saint in the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwaḥədo tradition. The poem follows the conven… | Anonymous | 3 | 468 | 17 7 kinds | machine-draft |
036 This work is an anonymous malkeʿ-hymn in Geʿez dedicated to Yoḥannǝs (John), likely John the Evangelist or a bishop venerated in the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwaḥədo Church.… | Anonymous | 2 | 414 | 11 6 kinds | machine-draft |
037 This work is an anonymous Geʿez malkǝʿ (image) poem in honor of Yoḥannǝs (John the Evangelist), following the standard structure of saluting bodily parts or attributes i… | Anonymous | 3 | 526 | 18 8 kinds | machine-draft |
038 This work is an anonymous Ethiopic malkeʿ hymn in honor of Yoḥannǝs of Dabra Zamaddo, a saint venerated in the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwaḥədo tradition. The poem follows th… | Anonymous | 10 | 1,801 | 58 8 kinds | machine-draft |
039 The work is an anonymous Geʿez malkeʾ (praise poem) honoring Yāsāy of Mandābbā, a saint venerated in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The poem follows the convent… | Anonymous | 3 | 424 | 17 8 kinds | machine-draft |
040 The work is an anonymous Geʿez malkeʿ (image) poem in honor of the archangel Zamikāʾel, a minor figure in Ethiopic angelology. It follows the standard five-stanza struct… | Anonymous | 3 | 488 | 17 8 kinds | machine-draft |
041 The anonymous Geʿez malkǝʿ-hymn in praise of the angel ʾAfnin follows the standard malkǝʿ pattern of salutations to bodily and spiritual attributes. The sole known witne… | Anonymous | 3 | 503 | 18 7 kinds | machine-draft |
042 The anonymous malkǝʿ (image) poem in honor of ʾAfqaranna ʾƎgziʾ of Degʷa is a Geʿez hymn preserved in the Degʷa, a liturgical book for the Ethiopian rainy-season fast. F… | Anonymous | 2 | 474 | 11 7 kinds | machine-draft |
043 This anonymous Geʿez malkǝʿ (praise poem) honors ʾAnorewos of Dabra Ṣǝgāǧǧā, a saint venerated in the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwaḥədo tradition. Structured as a series of st… | Anonymous | 2 | 415 | 11 7 kinds | machine-draft |
044 The Image of ʾEwosṭātewos is an anonymous malkǝʿ (image) poem in Geʿez honoring the 14th-century monastic leader ʾEwosṭātewos. Following the standard malkǝʿ structure, e… | Anonymous | 8 | 1,482 | 47 8 kinds | machine-draft |
045 This anonymous Geʿez poem is a hymn or encomium celebrating ʾIyyasus Moʾa, a 13th-century Ethiopian Orthodox saint. Composed in the malkǝʾ-hymn tradition, it uses formul… | Anonymous | 2 | 403 | 11 6 kinds | machine-draft |
046 The anonymous Ethiopic malkǝʿ (image poem) in honor of ʾƎda Krǝstos of Dabra Magʷinā survives in a single manuscript witness (betmas). Following the standard malkǝʿ stru… | Anonymous | 2 | 404 | 12 6 kinds | machine-draft |
047 The anonymous Ethiopic malkeʿ (praise poem) dedicated to ʾƎsṭifānos of Gunda Gunde is a Geʿez hymn structured as a series of stanzas, each saluting a different attribute… | Anonymous | 2 | 396 | 11 6 kinds | machine-draft |
048 The anonymous Geʿez poem Ṗarāqliṭos is a liturgical hymn venerating the Paraclete, likely performed during Pentecost or related feasts. It survives in a single 18th–19th… | Anonymous | 4 | 714 | 23 7 kinds | machine-draft |
049 Ṣabala Māryām (Image of Mary) is an anonymous Ethiopic malkǝʿ poem honoring the Virgin Mary through a series of stanzas, each praising a different bodily or spiritual at… | Anonymous | 3 | 537 | 17 8 kinds | machine-draft |
050 This anonymous Ethiopic poem, surviving in a single 18th–19th century manuscript (Betmaṣ 42), opens with a rhetorical question and mixes narrative with petition. Its pri… | Anonymous | 19 | 3,895 | 114 8 kinds | machine-draft |
051 The Malkǝʾ-hymn of the Covenant of Mercy is an anonymous Geʿez acrostic poem from the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwaḥədo tradition, praising Mary under the title 'Covenant of M… | Anonymous | 12 | 2,517 | 70 8 kinds | machine-draft |
052 The Malkǝʾ-hymn to Sāṭnāʾel is an anonymous Geʿez poem in the malkǝʾ genre, which typically praises saints or angels through stanzas beginning with body parts or attribu… | Anonymous | 3 | 621 | 18 7 kinds | machine-draft |
053 The Malkəʾ-Hymn for the Conception of Mary is an anonymous Geʿez poem in the malkəʾ genre, a sequence of salutations to a saint's attributes or body parts. It follows a… | Anonymous | 3 | 443 | 18 7 kinds | machine-draft |
054 Rejoice Mary is an anonymous Geʿez Marian hymn (mälkǝʿ) transmitted in a modern compilation of Ethiopic Marian poetry (betmas:LIT3023RepCh303). The poem consists of stan… | Anonymous | 4 | 703 | 24 8 kinds | machine-draft |
055 Rejoice Mary, the Pascha of Adam is an anonymous Geʿez poem that addresses Mary with the refrain 'Rejoice, Mary' while framing Christ's passion as the 'Pascha of Adam,'… | Anonymous | 4 | 801 | 24 6 kinds | machine-draft |
056 This work is an anonymous cycle of poetic salutations to Jesus, structured around the seven canonical hours of the Ethiopian daily office. The edition is based on a sing… | Anonymous | 4 | 566 | 23 7 kinds | machine-draft |
057 The Salutations for Mary for the Canonical Hours is an anonymous cycle of Geʿez poetic salutations to the Virgin Mary, structured around the canonical hours of the Copti… | Anonymous | 3 | 452 | 18 7 kinds | machine-draft |
058 The Second Image of Mary Zion is an anonymous Geʿez poem preserved in a single manuscript (betmas:LIT2893RepCh174) alongside other Marian hymns. Its language and theolog… | Anonymous | 4 | 668 | 24 7 kinds | machine-draft |
059 This anonymous Geʿez praise poem (malkeʾ) survives only in Ethiopic manuscripts with no known Vorlage. Its title alludes to a legendary council of seventy kings, a motif… | Anonymous | 2 | 413 | 12 6 kinds | machine-draft |