Heres the 722 Page Book About Abysinnia and Ethiopia Published 1691 (Latin) https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_VOtT ... 1/mode/2up
(Latin: Iobus Ludolfus or Ludolphus; 15 June 1624 – 8 April 1704), was a German orientalist, born at Erfurt. Edward rated Ludolf as having "the most illustrious name in Ethiopic scholarship".[1]
After studying philology at the Erfurt academy and at Leiden, he travelled in order to increase his linguistic knowledge. While searching in Rome for some documents at the request of the Swedish Court (1649), he became friends with Abba Gorgoryos, a monk from the Ethiopian province of Amhara, and acquired from him an intimate knowledge of the Ethiopian language.
Abba Gorgoryos (Ge'ez: ጎርጎርዮስ) (sometimes transliterated in English as Gorgorios, Gregorius, and so on; meaning Father Gregory) (1595–1658) was an Ethiopian priest and lexicographer of noble origin.[3][4][5][6] He is famous for co-authoring encyclopedias with his friend and companion Hiob Ludolf in two Ethiopian languages, Amharic and Ge'ez, both in Ge'ez script.[7]
Abba Gorgoryos was born in Mekane Sellasie in Amhara Province. He was invited to Gotha in 1652 by Ludolf, who at the time was in the service of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha.[7] Lodolf and the Duke were interested about Ethiopia and prepared a list of queries which were presented to Abba Gorgoryos. The Duke took particular interest in the legend of Prester John, while Ludolf was interested in Christianity in Ethiopia and the teaching of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The findings of Ludolf is included in his work Theologica aethiopica.[8]
Abba Gorgoryos worked with Hiob Ludolf in co-authoring the earliest grammar of the Amharic language, as well as an Amharic-Latin dictionary, which became the first African language to be translated to Latin. Ludolf's book A History of Ethiopia was based in part on Abba Gorgoryos's conceptualization of Ethiopia and letters.[9] Abba Gorgoryos also developed a Ge'ez lexicon.
On his return to Ethiopia in 1658, he died in a shipwreck off the Turkish city of İskenderu
Ludolf Account the Amhara People in 1672 he in detail the names of Amhara woredas including Berara in Entoto as Amhara southern border with the Waj People
1. Akamba
2. Ambassel
3. Ambassit
4. Armonem
5. Atronsa Mariam
6. Badabad
7. Barara
8. Barata
9. Beda Gedel
10. Dada
11. Dad
12. Demah
13. Ephrata
15. Feres Bahr
16. Genete Giorgis
17. Ghesha Bar
18. Grumghe (sounds like Gurage)
19. Ghel
20. Geshe
21. Gheshem
22. Hagere Chriflos
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Excuse my Latin
23. Korna Mariam
24. Kicaria
25. Lay Kuete ?
26. Mekane Selassie where Aba Gregory was born
27. Melza (Dessie Zuria)
28. Shegla
29. Tabor (Debre Tabor?)
30. Tedbaba Mariam (Amhara Sayint)
31. Tat Kuya?
32. Walfa (Olfa)
33. Wero
34. Wagda
35. Wanzeger
36. Zeramba
