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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Place Tigray, Ethiopia Digitised Content Yes (available)

1. EAP526/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP526/1
Title:
Digitisation of the endangered monastic archive at May Wäyni (Tigray, Ethiopia) [5th-20th century]
Scope & Content:
The volumes digitized may all be classified as ecclesiastical literature. One manuscript, MW041, contains an inserted miniature of the Virgin Mary and Child, dating from the 15th century. All manuscripts are written in ancient Ethiopic, known as Ge'ez.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
5th century-20th century
Extent:
91 electronic folders containing 9,572 Tiff images

2. EAP704/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP704/1
Title:
The Monastic Archives of Däbrä Abbay (Shire region, Tigray Province, Ethiopia) [1495-1999]
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts date from the fourteenth to twentieth centuries. There is sometimes an indication on the last folio of a given manuscript as to whom it was offered and by whom. Only the most recent custodial history is known, and that is of the monasteries where they presently reside.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
1495-1999
Extent:
7279 tiff images

3. EAP704/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP704/2
Title:
The Monastic Archives of Marawe Krestos (Shire region, Tigray Province, Ethiopia) [1360-1999]
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts date from the fourteenth to twentieth centuries. There is sometimes an indication on the last folio of a given manuscript as to whom it was offered and by whom. Only the most recent custodial history is known, and that is of the monasteries where they presently reside.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
1360-1999
Extent:
10257 tiff images

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