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EAP336/2
- Record Id:
- 032-002501017
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002501017
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023431294.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP336/2
- Title:
- Memher Deggu Collection [16th-20th centuries]
- Scope & Content:
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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 arranged in different bunches (Gebeta) which are sewed together to form the volume. The sewed vellumanuscript are bound with a hard cover. The volume is not paginated. There are clear notes when the commentary of a book is finished and a new one starts. All of the andemta manuscripts archived in the collection are in good condition.
7 manuscripts, 16th-20th centuries
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Preserving the lay bet andemta: the Ethiopian Intellectual Legacy on the Verge of Extinction
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002501017", "parent" : "#", "text" : "EAP336/2: Memher Deggu Collection [16th-20th centuries]" },{ "id" : "040-002501018", "parent" : "032-002501017", "text" : "EAP336/2/1: Terguame Paulos Ze Yohannes Afe Werq [18th Century]" },{ "id" : "040-002501019", "parent" : "032-002501017", "text" : "EAP336/2/2: Terguame Ebrawuyan ze Yohannes Afe Werq [18th Century]" },{ "id" : "040-002501020", "parent" : "032-002501017", "text" : "EAP336/2/3: Terguame Orit [16th Century]" },{ "id" : "040-002501021", "parent" : "032-002501017", "text" : "EAP336/2/4: Terguame Qerlos we Ebrawuyan [20th century]" },{ "id" : "040-002501022", "parent" : "032-002501017", "text" : "EAP336/2/5: Terguame Qerlos [20th century]" },{ "id" : "040-002501023", "parent" : "032-002501017", "text" : "EAP336/2/6: Terguame Haymanote Abew [20th century]" },{ "id" : "040-002501024", "parent" : "032-002501017", "text" : "EAP336/2/7: Sene Fetret [19th century]" }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002501017
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- EAP336/2/1 : Terguame Paulos Ze Yohannes Afe Werq [18th Century]
EAP336/2/2 : Terguame Ebrawuyan ze Yohannes Afe Werq [18th Century]
EAP336/2/3 : Terguame Orit [16th Century]
EAP336/2/4 : Terguame Qerlos we Ebrawuyan [20th century]
EAP336/2/5 : Terguame Qerlos [20th century]
EAP336/2/6 : Terguame Haymanote Abew [20th century]
EAP336/2/7 : Sene Fetret [19th century]
Click here to View / search full list of parts of EAP336/2 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002501017
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP336/2
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 7 folders containing 1473 tiff images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/collection/EAP336-2
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Amharic
Geez - Scripts:
- Ethiopic (ge'ez)
- Start Date:
- 1500
- End Date:
- 1999
- Date Range:
- 16th century-20th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Custodial History:
- Material in this Collection was created as part of the EAP336 project, 'Preserving the lay bet andemta: the Ethiopian Intellectual Legacy on the Verge of Extinction', with the permission of Memher Deggu
- Source of Acquisition:
- Received from Mr Mersha Mengisitie, April 2011 and August 2011 (Accession Record EAP336/1 & EAP336/2)
- Administrative Context:
- EAP336 was funded by the Endangered Archives Programme. In this collection, it created digital copies of material owned by Memher Deggu
- Information About Copies:
- Digital copies of the collections have been deposited with the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church’s Mahibere Kidusan Research Centre, the Monastic Library of Debre Dimah St. George (East Gojjam), the British Library and the Hiob Ludolf Center of Ethiopian
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is part of Memher Deggu's private collection
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)