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Project / Collection Preserving the lay bet andemta: the Ethiopian Intellectual Legacy on the Verge of Extinction Subject Church records and registers Level [32] Fonds

1. EAP336/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP336/1
Title:
Aleqa Mengest's Private Collection [14th-17th centuries]
Scope & Content:
The not less than 15 manuscripts (some of the codices are paper ones) cover ecclessiastical subjects like hagiographies, commentaries, biblical books, etc. Out of these manuscripts, three andemta manuscripts were copied. Arrangement and condition of original material: The codices in the collect...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
14th century-17th century
Extent:
3 folders containing 461 tiff images

2. 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

3. 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