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Language Amharic Digitised Content Platform Endangered Archives Programme Level [32] Fonds

1. EAP254/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP254/1
Title:
Romanat Qeddus Michael Manuscript Collection [Second half of the 16th - 20th century]
Scope & Content:
Digital images of 70 parchment manuscripts which constitute the collection of the Romanat Qeddus Mika'el Church. It is a typical Ethiopia church manuscript library with the books dating into the period from the second half of the 16th century (i.e., possibly predating the foundation of the churc...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Amharic and Geez
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century-20th century
Extent:
70 digitised manuscripts, consisting of 7296 TIFF images

2. EAP286/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP286/1
Title:
Institute of Ethiopian Studies Collection of Ethiopian Manuscripts [14th century-21st century]
Scope & Content:
A broad collection of manuscripts (codices and scrolls), books, photographs, papers, pamphlets and ephemera, representing the literature of Ethiopia's major religious groups (e.g., Ge'ez manuscripts from the 14th to the 20th century of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Arabic Islamic manuscripts fr...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Amharic, Arabic, English, French, Geez, Harari, Italian, and Oromo
Date Range:
14th century-21st century
Extent:
74562 Tiff images

3. EAP336/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP336/2
Title:
Memher Deggu Collection [16th-20th centuries]
Scope & Content:
Out of the 11 andemta manuscripts in the collection, only seven are digitized for the rest are published and were not done according to the lay bet tradition. Arrangement and condition of original material: The codices in the collection are placed in a wooden box. The vellumanuscript are arrang...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Amharic and Geez
Date Range:
16th century-20th century
Extent:
7 folders containing 1473 tiff images

4. EAP336/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP336/3
Title:
Motta Giyorgis Collection [16th-20th centuries]
Scope & Content:
The content of the collection covers religion, philosophy, history, social law and statecraft, culture, and the technical sciences including Mathematics and Astronomy, Astrology, Architecture, Medicine and the Fine Arts and several allied subjects. Arrangement and condition of original materia...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Amharic and Geez
Date Range:
16th century-20th century
Extent:
9 folders containing 1558 tiff images

5. EAP336/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP336/5
Title:
Memhǝr Solomon [18th-20th century]
Scope & Content:
Most of the manuscripts in the collection are andemta manuscripts. Arrangement and condition of original material: The majority of the paper codices in the collection are not bounded. They are paginated. 10 manuscripts, 18th-20th century
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Amharic and Geez
Date Range:
18th century-20th century
Extent:
10 folders containing 1574 tiff images

6. EAP336/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP336/6
Title:
Memher Wolde Iyesus [17th -20th century]
Scope & Content:
The majority of this collection are andemta manuscripts. But there are also hagiographic manuscripts. He uses published manuscripts in his school which is not a lay bet version of the Ethiopian andemta. The collection is a private one with a visible attachment with the Monastery (Dimma Giyorgis)...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Amharic and Geez
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
10 folders containing 2131 tiff images

7. EAP336/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP336/7
Title:
Qeraneyo Medhanealem Collection [17th-18th century]
Scope & Content:
Very rich collection with dogmatic, historical and philosophical manuscripts. A highly endangered collection which is housed in an old building vulnerable to fire and theft. Only two manuscripts are found to be andemta manuscripts and are copied. 2 manuscripts, 17th and 18th century
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Amharic and Geez
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
2 folders containing 269 tiff images

8. EAP336/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP336/8
Title:
Mertule Lemaryam Collection [15th-20th century]
Scope & Content:
Most of the manuscripts in the collection are andemta manuscripts. As the instructor is versed in the New Testament, the majority of the commentary manuscripts cover book of the New Testament. The collection is a private one with a visible attachment with the Monastery (Mertu Lemaryam) where the...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Amharic and Geez
Date Range:
15th century-20th century
Extent:
12 folders containing 3305 tiff images

9. EAP357/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP357/1
Title:
Abuna Yohannes Museum Collection [20th century]
Scope & Content:
Digital copies of a collection of manuscripts of Abuna Yohannes Museum and official letters of Abuna Yohannes, written in Classical Ethiopic.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Amharic and Geez
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
712 TIFF files

10. EAP432/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP432/1
Title:
Dabra Koreb We Qeraneyo Medhanealem Monastery [14th-17th centuries]
Scope & Content:
The literary content covers not only the field it was designed for i.e. religion but also philosophy, history, social law and statecraft, culture, and last but not least, the technical sciences including Mathematics and Astronomy, Astrology, Architecture, Medicine and the Fine Arts and several a...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Amharic and Geez
Date Range:
14th century-17th century
Extent:
61 electronic folders containing 9549 TIFF images

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