The Chronicle of John of Nikiu
Its Arabic Vorlage and Its Afterlife in Ethiopia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21655143 |
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| Authors | Daria Elagina (0000-0001-9892-6837, Research fellow, Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies, Universität Hamburg Hamburg Germany, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 271-291 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-23 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quaderni di Studi Arabi (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1121-2306 • E-ISSN: 2667-016X |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/2667016x-16010009 |
| OpenAlex | W4200484413 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
The Chronicle of John of Nikiu is an important historiographical text which was most probably composed in Coptic but only survives in its Ethiopic translation, executed from an Arabic intermediate version. Although none of the witnesses to the earlier stages of the text transmission has been found so far, the Ethiopic version offers some material which allows for speculations on the possible text transformation in the course of time. The impact of the Chronicle on the literary production of Ethiopia documents a peculiar process of text reception
Afterlife · Arabic · Archaeology · Art · Historiography · Linguistics · Literature · African history and culture analysis · Byzantine Studies and History · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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