The Book of Axum ( Ge'ez መጽሐፈ ፡ አክሱም maṣḥafa aksūm , Amharic : meṣhafe aksūm , Tigrinya : meṣḥafe aksūm , Latin : Liber Axumae ) is the name accepted since the time of James Bruce in the latter part of the 18th century CE for a collection of documents from Saint Mary's Cathedral of Axum providing information on History of Ethiopia . The earliest parts of the collection date to the mid-15th century during the reign of Zar'a Ya`qob (r. 1434-1468).
4-607: The book's editor Carlo Conti Rossini classified the book into three parts: the first, earlier, section describes the Church Maryam Seyon in Axum prior to it being damaged in the mid-16th century, the topography of Axum and its history, and contains a list of services and the like regarding Maryam Seyon and its clergy. The second part is dated to the early 17th century and contains 104 historical and legal texts, many dealing with land grants, along with their protocols, while
8-541: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Semitic languages -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Carlo Conti Rossini Carlo Conti Rossini (1872–1949) was an Italian orientalist . He was director of the State Treasury from 1917 to 1925, a member of the Accademia dei Lincei in 1921 and Royal Academy of Italy from 1939. He wrote various works on
12-652: The historical geography of Ethiopia , of which the most famous is Italia ed Etiopia dal trattato di Uccialli alla battaglia d'Adua ( Italy and Ethiopia from the Treaty of Uccialli to the Battle of Adwa , 1935). He also wrote articles on phonetic Ethiopian ( Tigrinya Language , 1940). His library is preserved in Rome. This biographical article about an Italian historian is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an Africanist (person involved in
16-639: The third text dates to the late 17th century and contains 14 miscellaneous legal and historical texts regarding Axum's history. The book was also supplemented in the mid-19th century with further later documents. The book derives the name Ethiopia from Itiyopp'is , an (otherwise unmentioned) son of the Biblical Cush . According to the Book of Axum Itiyopp'is built Mazaber, the Kingdom of Axum 's first capital. This Ethiopian history –related article
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