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Regni Dei In Terris Historia Amharicè, Carlo Gulielo Isenberg,
Impensis Ecclesiae Anglicae societatis ad religionem Christianam in Africa et Oriente expandendam institutae, 1841, London.
Year Unknown
ዋዜማ።
ዋዜማ። ፣ ኁረይ፡ወልደ፡ሥላሴ፡ ፣
ጎሐ፡ጽባሕ፡ማተሚያ፡ታተመ፡ ፣ ፲፱፻፳፩፡ዓ.ም. ፣ አዲስ፡አበባ።
Does hulet neteb appear before or after a number? | Yes. |
Does hulet neteb appear before an opening parenthesis? | Yes. |
Does hulet neteb appear before or after a closing parenthesis? | Usually not. |
Does hulet neteb appear before an opening quotation mark? | No. |
Does hulet neteb appear before or after a close quotation mark? | N/A |
Does hulet neteb appear before or after terminating punctuation like “?” or “!”? | N/A |
Does hulet neteb appear before or after a Latin script word? | N/A |
Is hulet neteb used in dates? | Yes. |
At the right margin, at the right of characters, does the ink from split words align with the ink of the hulet neteb? | |
Is hulet neteb used as a comma or word separator? | Word Separator. |
Is hulet neteb word-bounded, or centered? | Centered. |
Is other punctuation treated identically as hulet neteb? | Yes. |
Does extra white space appear around arat neteb? How much? | No. |
How many characters are there per line? | |
How many lines are there per page? | 30 |
Do paragraphs use indentation? How much? | Yes. 3 letters. |
Is the first paragraph of a section indentented? | Yes. |
Are lists, tables, or other structured components indented? How much? | Lists only, Tables are centered but span full page. |
How much space appears between paragraphs? | None. |
Does extra space appear before or after a heading? How much? | |
What justification style is used? | Full. |
What line breaking style is used? | |
If justified text, is there a minimum number of characters per line observed? |
What numeral system is used? | Ethiopic. |
If both, which numbering system appears on the outside? | Ethiopic. |
Do the numbers appear at the top or bottom? | Top |
What is the first numbered page? | ፱ |
Is preface page numbering used? How so? | No. |
Are any irregular punctuation in use? 3 or 7 dot marks, section mark? Etc? | No. |
Are any Latin punctuation, or numerals, in use? Are they Ethiopicized? | No. |
If ellipsis appears, with how many dots? Does hulet neteb appear before or after it? | N/A |
Is punctuation rubricated following a rubricated word? | N/A |
Is ኛ raised in ordinals? | No. |
Describe other use of sub- or superscript. | N/A |
Can a paragraph end with a closing punctuation? | Yes. |
What parenthetic symbol(s) are used? | () |
What abbreviation style is used? | Only ዓ፡ም፡ observed. |
What quotation mark symbol is used? | N/A |
Are both single and double quotation marks used? | |
Is a duplication symbol used? (generally ») | N/A |
In a bullet list, what bullet symbol is used? | N/A |
What list item marker is used? | ፤ |
What list item separator is used, if any? | ። |
Does space appear after the marker? | After. In one case before. |
How does a paragraph follow from a list? | Separate. |
Are numbers fixed height? | No. |
Do the lower bars start at or below the baseline? |
How thick is the underline? | N/A |
How far below the base text does the underline appear? | N/A |
Is the hulet neteb at the end of an underlined sequence also underlined? | N/A |
Is the other punctuation at the end of an underlined sequence also underlined? | N/A |
Is there any use of bold text? | No. |
Is there any use of italics? | No. |
Is the font size larger for chapters or sections? How much so? | No. |
Is there any other form of emphasis used? | No. |
Describe the header. | |
Describe the footer. | |
How many columns are used? | 1 |
How are dates formed? | ነሐሴ፡፩፡ቀን፡፲፱፻፲፯፡ዓ፡ም፡ |
How is a bibliographic citation formed? | N/A |
How is the publisher name formed? | ጎሐ፡ጽባሕ፡ማተሚያ፡ታተመ። |
Describe the table of contents, if present. | |
Describe the index if present. | N/A |
Describe overall structure (component breakdown). | |
Describe table formatting. Cell centering? Vertical numeral alignment? Etc. | |
Table caption style? | |
Image caption style? |
የማይጨው፡ቍሶለኛ። መኰንን፡ዘውዴ። ብርሃንና፡ሰላም፡በቅዳሚ፡ኃይለ፡ሥላሴ፡ማተሚያ፡ቤት፣ ጥቅምት፡፳፫፡ቀን፡፲፱፻፵፰፡ ዓ.ም.። አዲስ፡አበባ። 123 ገጾች።
How thick is the underline? | Thick, more than half of the letter stroke thickness. The interlinear space increases where underline is used (~1.5) |
How far below the base text does the underline appear? | Standard. |
Is the hulet neteb at the end of an underlined sequence also underlined? | Both occur. |
Is the other punctuation at the end of an underlined sequence also underlined? | Both occur. |
Does hulet neteb appear before or after a number? | Both. |
Does hulet neteb appear before an opening parenthesis? | Yes. |
Does hulet neteb appear before or after a closing parenthesis? | Before only. |
Does hulet neteb appear before an opening quotation mark? | Yes. |
Does hulet neteb appear before or after a closing quotation mark? | No. |
Does hulet neteb appear before or after terminating punctuation like “?” or “!”? | In one case for before ? (p. 21) and before ! (p.98) |
Does hulet neteb appear before or after a Latin script word? | N/A |
Is hulet neteb used in dates? | Yes, between all parts. |
At the right margin, at the right of characters, does the ink from split words align with the ink of the hulet neteb? | Yes. |
Does hulet neteb follow a word in isolation? | N/A |
Is hulet neteb used as a comma or word separator? | Word separator. |
Is hulet neteb word-bounded, or centered? | Centered. |
Is other punctuation treated identically as hulet neteb? | Yes. |
Does extra white space appear around arat neteb? How much? | No. Treated like other punctuation. |
How many characters are there per line? | 23-27 |
How many lines are there per page? | 26 |
Do paragraphs use indentation? How much? | Yes. Width of “አገር" |
Is the first paragraph of a section indentented? | No, |
Are lists, tables, or other structured components indented? How much? | N/A |
How much space appears between paragraphs? | Regular interlinear line space. |
How much space follows the end of a section? | Single line. |
Does extra space appear before or after a heading? How much? | A single line before, 0.75 after., |
What numeral system is used? | Both |
If both, which numbering system appears on the outside? | Ethiopic |
Do the numbers appear at the top or bottom? | Top |
What is the first numbered page? | ፲፬ |
Is preface page numbering used? How so? | Yes. Uppercase Roman. |
Are any irregular punctuation in use? 3 or 7 dot marks, section mark? Etc? | N/A |
Are any Latin punctuation, or numerals, in use? Are they Ethiopicized? | ()?!. and numbers appear |
If ellipsis appears, with how many dots? Does hulet neteb appear before or after it? | N/A |
Is punctuation rubricated following a rubricated word? | N/A |
Is ኛ raised in ordinals? | N/A |
Describe other use of sub- or superscript. | N/A |
Can a paragraph end with a closing punctuation? | Yes, with » |
What parenthetic symbol(s) are used? | “(“ and “)” only |
What abbreviation style is used? | “.” observed only in ዓ.ም. |
In a bullet list, what bullet symbol is used? | N/A |
What list item marker is used? | N/A |
Does space appear after the marker? | N/A |
How does a paragraph follow from a list? | N/A |
Are numbers fixed height? | Appears fixed with ፬ being noticeably slightly smaller, top aligned with other numbers. |
Do the lower bars start at or below the baseline? | Below. |
Describe the header. | Ethiopic and Latin page numbers, with the book title centered. Prior to the first chapter, ማውጫ። and መግለጫ። A line separates the header from the body. |
Describe the footer. | None. |
How many columns are used? | 1. |
How are dates formed? | የካቲት፲፬፡ቀን፡፲፱፻፳፱፡ዓ.ም.የአዲስ፡አበባ፡ |
How is a bibliographic citation formed? | N/A |
How is the publisher name formed? | በብርሃንና፡ሰላም፡በቅዳሚ፡ኃይለ፡ሥላሴ፡ማተሚያ፡ቤት |
Describe the table of contents, if present. | |
Describe the index if present. | |
Describe overall structure (component breakdown). | |
Describe table formatting. Cell centering? Vertical numeral alignment? Etc. | |
Table caption style? | |
Image caption style? |
ከወልወል፡ማይጨው፣ብርሃኑ፡ድንቄ፣ትንሣኤ፡ዘጉባኤ፡መተሚያ፡ቤት፡ታተመ፣መስከረም ፳፮ ቀን ፲፱፻፵፪ ዓ.ም.፣አዲስ፡አበባ።
How thick is the underline? | N/A |
How far below the base text does the underline appear? | N/A |
Is the hulet neteb at the end of an underlined sequence also underlined? | N/A |
Is the other punctuation at the end of an underlined sequence also underlined? | N/A |
Does hulet neteb appear before or after a number? | Both. |
Does hulet neteb appear before an opening parenthesis? | Yes. |
Does hulet neteb appear before or after a closing parenthesis? | After (primarily, not consistent) |
Does hulet neteb appear before an opening quotation mark? | Yes. |
Does hulet neteb appear before or after a closing quotation mark? | Before only (not consistent) |
Does hulet neteb appear before or after terminating punctuation like “?” or “!”? | No. |
Does hulet neteb appear before or after a Latin script word? | N/A |
Is hulet neteb used in dates? | Yes, throughout. |
At the right margin, at the right of characters, does the ink from split words align with the ink of the hulet neteb? | Yes. |
Is hulet neteb used as a comma or word separator? | Word separator. |
Is hulet neteb word-bounded, or centered? | Centered. But appearing word-bounded in abbreviation of ዓ፡ም፡ |
Is other punctuation treated identically as hulet neteb? | Yes. |
Does extra white space appear around arat neteb? How much? | No. |
How many characters are there per line? | 40 |
How many lines are there per page? | 37 |
Do paragraphs use indentation? How much? | Yes, 3 characters. |
Is the first paragraph of a section indentented? | Yes. |
Are lists, tables, or other structured components indented? How much? | Tables span the full page. Lists might be indented 3,4, or 6 letter widths. |
How much space appears between paragraphs? | 0.75 line height |
Does extra space appear before or after a heading? How much? | 1 line height. |
What numeral system is used? | Ethiopic only. |
If both, which numbering system appears on the outside? | Ethiopic. |
Do the numbers appear at the top or bottom? | Top. |
What is the first numbered page? | ፲ |
Is preface page numbering used? How so? | No. |
Are any irregular punctuation in use? 3 or 7 dot marks, section mark? Etc? | ፧ ፲፪ , ፶፪ (4 times) ፶ |
Are any Latin punctuation, or numerals, in use? Are they Ethiopicized? | No. Latin weight. |
If ellipsis appears, with how many dots? Does hulet neteb appear before or after it? | N/A |
Is punctuation rubricated following a rubricated word? | N/A |
Is ኛ raised in ordinals? | No. |
Describe other use of sub- or superscript. | N/A |
Can a paragraph end with a closing punctuation? | Yes, » ) |
What parenthetic symbol(s) are used? | (,) |
What abbreviation style is used? | ፡ as a marker. Observed in ዓ፡ም፡ only. |
In a bullet list, what bullet symbol is used? | N/A |
What list item marker is used? | / |
Does space appear after the marker? | Yes. |
How does a paragraph follow from a list? | Separate. But indentation will usually match the list indentation. |
Are numbers fixed height? | Variable. |
Do the lower bars start at or below the baseline? | Below. |
Describe the header. | Book Title, Page number, and separator line. |
Describe the footer. | None. |
How many columns are used? | 1 |
How are dates formed? | ነሐሴ፡፳፬፡ቀን፡፲፱፻፳፯፡ዓ፡ም፡ |
How is a bibliographic citation formed? | N/A |
How is the publisher name formed? | በትንሣኤ፡ዘጉባኤ፡ማተሚያ፡ቤት፡ታተመ። |
Describe the table of contents, if present. | |
Describe the index if present. | |
Describe overall structure (component breakdown). | |
Describe table formatting. Cell centering? Vertical numeral alignment? Etc. | |
Table caption style? | |
Image caption style? |
መጽሐፈ፡ሰዋስው፡ወግስ፡ወመዝገበ፡ቃላት፡ሐዲስ፣ ኪዳነ፡ወልድ፡ክፍሌ። አርቲስቲክ፡ማተሚያ፡ቤት፣ ፲፱፻፵፰። አዲስ አበባ።
How thick is the underline? | N/A |
How far below the base text does the underline appear? | N/A |
Is the hulet neteb at the end of an underlined sequence also underlined? | N/A |
Is the other punctuation at the end of an underlined sequence also underlined? | N/A |
Does hulet neteb appear before or after a number? | Both. |
Does hulet neteb appear before an opening parenthesis? | Yes. |
Does hulet neteb appear before or after a closing parenthesis? | After only. |
Does hulet neteb appear before an opening quotation mark? | No examples. |
Does hulet neteb appear before or after a closing quotation mark? | Not before. |
Does hulet neteb appear before or after terminating punctuation like “?” or “!”? | N/A |
Does hulet neteb appear before or after a Latin script word? | Yes, but only observed before and after latin numbers. |
Is hulet neteb used in dates? | Yes. |
At the right margin, at the right of characters, does the ink from split words align with the ink of the hulet neteb? | Yes. |
Is hulet neteb used as a comma or word separator? | Word Separator. |
Is hulet neteb word-bounded, or centered? | Centered |
Is other punctuation treated identically as hulet neteb? | Yes. |
Does extra white space appear around arat neteb? How much? | Yes. 2-3 widths of arat neteb. |
How many characters are there per line? | 44 |
How many lines are there per page? | 37 |
Do paragraphs use indentation? How much? | Yes. 3 letters. |
Is the first paragraph of a section indentented? | Yes. |
Are lists, tables, or other structured components indented? How much? | Yes. |
How much space appears between paragraphs? | Regular interlinear space. |
Does extra space appear before or after a heading? How much? | 1 line after, 1 or 2 before. |
What justification style is used? | Full justification with extra elasticity after arat neteb. |
What line breaking style is used? | Regular, arbitrary, no minimum. |
If justified text, is there a minimum number of characters per line observed? | No minimum. |
What numeral system is used? | Ethiopic. |
If both, which numbering system appears on the outside? | Ethiopic. |
Do the numbers appear at the top or bottom? | None. |
What is the first numbered page? | በ / ፮ |
Is preface page numbering used? How so? | አበገደ from በ-ወ only |
Are any irregular punctuation in use? 3 or 7 dot marks, section mark? Etc? | Em dash and = observed. ፥ is the default comma. |
Are any Latin punctuation, or numerals, in use? Are they Ethiopicized? | No. |
If ellipsis appears, with how many dots? Does hulet neteb appear before or after it? | 2, 3, 4 and 7 dots. Ellipsis will appear after hulet neteb or dereb serez and can be terminated by arat neteb. See pages 44 & 45. |
Is punctuation rubricated following a rubricated word? | N/A |
Is ኛ raised in ordinals? | No. |
Describe other use of sub- or superscript. | N/A |
Can a paragraph end with a closing punctuation? | Yes. |
What parenthetic symbol(s) are used? | () |
What abbreviations style is used? | ዓ፡ም፡ |
What quotation mark symbol is used? | A quotation is not observed, but « » are indicated in a table of symbols. |
Are both single and double quotation marks used? | N/A |
Is a duplication symbol used? (generally ») | Yes, appears like a small » but with the lower half smaller than the top. Observed in the table of contents, see page “ወ”, and page ፻፹፱ - ፻፺፩. |
In a bullet list, what bullet symbol is used? | N/A |
What list item marker is used? | ፤ Page ፷፩, ፸ )፡ Page ፸፩ |
What list item separator is used, if any? | Arat Neteb |
Does space appear after the marker? | Yes. |
How does a paragraph follow from a list? | Both separate paragraph and continuation from the last item. (page ፴) |
Are numbers fixed height? | Appears fixed with ፬ being noticeably slightly smaller, top aligned with other numbers. |
Do the lower bars start at or below the baseline? | Below. |
Is there any use of bold text? | No. |
Is there any use of italics? | No. An older style typeface is used in place of where italics would normally be found. |
Is the font size larger for chapters or sections? How much so? | In the dictionary section, the each new term will appear in larger size text. ⅓ larger (32/24 pixels) |
Is there any other form of emphasis used? | Inline font size change in the dictionary. An older style typeface is used in the header and |
Describe the header. | Chapter , Section(?) Page # |
Describe the footer. | None. |
How many columns are used? | 1 and 2. |
How are dates formed? | A full date is not observed. |
How is a bibliographic citation formed? | N/A |
How is the publisher name formed? | በአርቲስቲክ፡ማተሚያ፡ቤት፡ |
Describe the table of contents, if present. | ምክሥተ፡አርእስት፡ Presented in 2 or 3 columns, no table borders used or dots. |
Describe the index if present. | N/A |
Describe overall structure (component breakdown). | |
Describe table formatting. Cell centering? Vertical numeral alignment? Etc. | |
Table caption style? | Not used. |
Image caption style? | Regular text, centered and with an empty line between the image and caption. |
Does hulet neteb appear before or after a number? | |
Does hulet neteb appear before an opening parenthesis? | |
Does hulet neteb appear before or after a closing parenthesis? | |
Does hulet neteb appear before an opening quotation mark? | |
Does hulet neteb appear before or after a close quotation mark? | |
Does hulet neteb appear before or after terminating punctuation like “?” or “!”? | |
Does hulet neteb appear before or after a Latin script word? | |
Is hulet neteb used in dates? | |
At the right margin, at the right of characters, does the ink from split words align with the ink of the hulet neteb? | |
Is hulet neteb used as a comma or word separator? | |
Is hulet neteb word-bounded, or centered? |
Is other punctuation treated identically as hulet neteb? | |
Does extra white space appear around arat neteb? How much? | |
How many characters are there per line? | |
How many lines are there per page? | |
Do paragraphs use indentation? How much? | |
Is the first paragraph of a section indentented? | |
Are lists, tables, or other structured components indented? How much? | |
How much space appears between paragraphs? | |
Does extra space appear before or after a heading? How much? | |
What justification style is used? | |
What line breaking style is used? | |
If justified text, is there a minimum number of characters per line observed? |
What numeral system is used? | |
If both, which numbering system appears on the outside? | |
Do the numbers appear at the top or bottom? | |
What is the first numbered page? | |
Is preface page numbering used? How so? |
Are any irregular punctuation in use? 3 or 7 dot marks, section mark? Etc? | |
Are any Latin punctuation, or numerals, in use? Are they Ethiopicized? | |
If ellipsis appears, with how many dots? Does hulet neteb appear before or after it? | |
Is punctuation rubricated following a rubricated word? | |
Is ኛ raised in ordinals? | |
Describe other use of sub- or superscript. | |
Can a paragraph end with a closing punctuation? | |
What parenthetic symbol(s) are used? | |
What abbreviation style is used? | |
What quotation mark symbol is used? | |
Are both single and double quotation marks used? | |
Is a duplication symbol used? (generally ») |
In a bullet list, what bullet symbol is used? | |
What list item marker is used? | |
What list item separator is used, if any? | |
Does space appear after the marker? | |
How does a paragraph follow from a list? |
Are numbers fixed height? | |
Do the lower bars start at or below the baseline? |
How thick is the underline? | |
How far below the base text does the underline appear? | |
Is the hulet neteb at the end of an underlined sequence also underlined? | |
Is the other punctuation at the end of an underlined sequence also underlined? |
Is there any use of bold text? | |
Is there any use of italics? | |
Is the font size larger for chapters or sections? How much so? | |
Is there any other form of emphasis used? |
Describe the header. | |
Describe the footer. | |
How many columns are used? | |
How are dates formed? | |
How is a bibliographic citation formed? | |
How is the publisher name formed? | |
Describe the table of contents, if present. | |
Describe the index if present. | |
Describe overall structure (component breakdown). | |
Describe table formatting. Cell centering? Vertical numeral alignment? Etc. | |
Table caption style? | |
Image caption style? |