Books by Jeremy R Brown
In The Songs of Africa, the authors present evidence that the oldest written form of African musi... more In The Songs of Africa, the authors present evidence that the oldest written form of African music with embedded musical notation in the Sub-Saharan region was Ethiopian chant, song, dance, and instrumentation. Those who are looking for the most ancient known roots of African song, jazz, musical phrases, composition, and scripted musical notation may find them echoing from the Ethiopian highlands from the fifth century and codified in a stable manuscript tradition dating to the fourteenth century.
These manuscript sources predate by many centuries most other oral traditions found in traditional African religions. Despite their crucial importance in centuries of culture-formation, the Ethiopian Canticles have never before been the specific subject of rigorous critical textual investigation. In this volume one encounters significant implications for jazz history, African studies, and Christian culture in eastern Africa.
Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Volume Codices 601-654 - The Meseret Sebhat... more Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Volume Codices 601-654 - The Meseret Sebhat Le-Ab Collection of Mekane Yesus Seminary, Addis Ababa. This catalogue was prepared by Kesis Melaku Terefe, Steve Delamarter, and Jeremy Brown.
Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Volume 2: Codices 106-200, Magic Scrolls 13... more Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Volume 2: Codices 106-200, Magic Scrolls 135-284 The catalogue was prepared by Veronika Sixx, Steve Delamarter, Getatchew Haile, Kesis Melaku Terefe, Jeremy R. Brown, and Erik C. Young.
Conference Posters by Jeremy R Brown
This lecture considers the earlier scholarship that has been performed on the Ethiopic Minor Prop... more This lecture considers the earlier scholarship that has been performed on the Ethiopic Minor Prophets and then examines the new possibilities for scholarship in thanks to the dozens of new manuscripts that have been microfilmed and digitized in the recent decades. This lecture was made possible by the 2017 Hyvernat Fellowship Travel Grant.
April 20, 2018
1:00-4:30 (with reception following)
Heritage Hall
Father O’Connell Hall
The Catho... more April 20, 2018
1:00-4:30 (with reception following)
Heritage Hall
Father O’Connell Hall
The Catholic University of America
Washington, DC
USA
Keynote lecture by Prof. Dr. Loren Stuckenbruck (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) on “The Sacred Tradition of Ethiopia: Recovering Evidence for the Book of Enoch”
Graduate student lectures by Meseret Oldjira (Princeton University) on “Tradition and Innovation: Illuminated Gospel Manuscripts in Ethiopia, 1280-1500” and Jeremy R. Brown (CUA) on “Active Readers: Scribal Intervention in Ethiopic Manuscripts”
For more information, contact Aaron Butts ([email protected])
Papers by Jeremy R Brown
Aethiopica, 2019
This article introduces a new witness to the Chronicle of John of Nikiu (EMML 7919). It analyses ... more This article introduces a new witness to the Chronicle of John of Nikiu (EMML 7919). It analyses the text of this witness alongside the four previously known Ethiopic manuscripts of this work. The article considers the current state of research on the Chronicle of John of Nikiu, including an examination of the textual witnesses, the language of the original composition, and the biographical and historical information of the chronicler. The textual analysis of EMML 7919 demonstrates a strong relation with the text attested in ANL Conti Rossini 27, which suggests that EMML 7919 is highly valuable for the reconstruction of the Ethiopic version of the Chronicle of John of Nikiu. Finally, there is a catalogue entry for EMML 7919, which details the textual and codicological features of the manuscript.
Aethiopica, 2018
This article introduces a new witness to the Chronicle of John of Nikiu (EMML 7919). It analyses ... more This article introduces a new witness to the Chronicle of John of Nikiu (EMML 7919). It analyses the text of this witness alongside the four previously known Ethiopic manuscripts of this work. The article considers the current state of research on the Chronicle of John of Nikiu, including an examination of the textual witnesses, the language of the original composition, and the biographical and historical information of the chronicler. The textual analysis of EMML 7919 demonstrates a strong relation with the text attested in ANL Conti Rossini 27, which suggests that EMML 7919 is highly valuable for the reconstruction of the Ethiopic version of the Chronicle of John of Nikiu. Finally, there is a catalogue entry for EMML 7919, which details the textual and codicological features of the manuscript.
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Books by Jeremy R Brown
These manuscript sources predate by many centuries most other oral traditions found in traditional African religions. Despite their crucial importance in centuries of culture-formation, the Ethiopian Canticles have never before been the specific subject of rigorous critical textual investigation. In this volume one encounters significant implications for jazz history, African studies, and Christian culture in eastern Africa.
Conference Posters by Jeremy R Brown
1:00-4:30 (with reception following)
Heritage Hall
Father O’Connell Hall
The Catholic University of America
Washington, DC
USA
Keynote lecture by Prof. Dr. Loren Stuckenbruck (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) on “The Sacred Tradition of Ethiopia: Recovering Evidence for the Book of Enoch”
Graduate student lectures by Meseret Oldjira (Princeton University) on “Tradition and Innovation: Illuminated Gospel Manuscripts in Ethiopia, 1280-1500” and Jeremy R. Brown (CUA) on “Active Readers: Scribal Intervention in Ethiopic Manuscripts”
For more information, contact Aaron Butts ([email protected])
Papers by Jeremy R Brown
These manuscript sources predate by many centuries most other oral traditions found in traditional African religions. Despite their crucial importance in centuries of culture-formation, the Ethiopian Canticles have never before been the specific subject of rigorous critical textual investigation. In this volume one encounters significant implications for jazz history, African studies, and Christian culture in eastern Africa.
1:00-4:30 (with reception following)
Heritage Hall
Father O’Connell Hall
The Catholic University of America
Washington, DC
USA
Keynote lecture by Prof. Dr. Loren Stuckenbruck (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) on “The Sacred Tradition of Ethiopia: Recovering Evidence for the Book of Enoch”
Graduate student lectures by Meseret Oldjira (Princeton University) on “Tradition and Innovation: Illuminated Gospel Manuscripts in Ethiopia, 1280-1500” and Jeremy R. Brown (CUA) on “Active Readers: Scribal Intervention in Ethiopic Manuscripts”
For more information, contact Aaron Butts ([email protected])