Addis Ababa University. Institute Of Ethiopian Studies: HMML Repository

Addis Ababa University. Institute of Ethiopian Studies

Founded in 1963 on the campus of Addis Ababa University, the Institute of Ethiopian Studies houses the world's largest single collection of Ethiopian manuscripts, comprised of numerous Ge'ez and Amharic codices, hundreds of items in Arabic, and considerable material in many other indigenous and foreign languages. Subsequent to the microfilming of approximately 260 principally Christian volumes in the 1970s, the entire manuscript fonds, including archival material, was digitized by the Ethiopian Manuscript Imaging Project (EMIP) between 2008-2010, an endeavour initially undertaken with funding from HMML and later from the British Library Endangered Archives Programme.


Collection
Eastern Christian ; Islamic
Country
Ethiopia
City
Addis Ababa
Repository
Addis Ababa University. Institute of Ethiopian Studies
Project Codes
IES, EMML
Project Numbers
IES 00001-005526; EMML 3-10, 1283-1316, 1333-1414, 1421-1429, 1436-1439, 1462-1478, 1483-1542, 1549-1562, 1568-1574, 1581-1585, 1590-1598, 1692-1699
Type
Digital/Microform
Active Catalog Records
574
Digital Surrogates
620
Microfilm Reels
257
Date Preserved
1973-1975, 2008-2010
HMML Reading Room (sample record)
https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/520326
HMML Authority File
https://haf.vhmml.org/organization/742566092454
Languages
Amharic, Arabic, Ge'ez, Harari, Tigrinya, Gurage, Oromiffaa, Dorze, Afar, Swedish, Konso, Sidaama, Diraašša, English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Russian, Latin, Hebrew, Greek, Persian, Turkish, Coptic
Bibliography
See below
Preservation Status
Complete
Cataloging Status
In progress
Legacy Catalog
Yes
Collections News
800 manuscripts added

Bibliography

William F. Macomber, A Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts Microfilmed for the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library, Addis Ababa, and for the Monastic Manuscript Microfilm Library, Collegeville. Vol. I: Project Numbers 1-300 (Collegeville, 1975).

Getatchew Haile, A Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts Microfilmed for the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library, Addis Ababa, and for the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, Collegeville. Vol. IV: Project Numbers 1101-1500 (Collegeville, 1979).

Getatchew Haile and William F. Macomber, A Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts Microfilmed for the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library, Addis Ababa, and for the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, Collegeville. Vol. V: Project Numbers 1501-2000 (Collegeville, 1981).

Alessandro Gori, A handlist of the manuscripts in the Institute of Ethiopian Studies. Volume Two, the Arabic materials of the Ethiopian Islamic tradition (2014).

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