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The Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library is Now Digital
“A scribe carefully copying a text by hand in the 19th century had no idea that technology would soon allow...”
- Wayne Torborg
Veiling the Holy: Textiles in Ethiopic Manuscripts
“Textiles play a vibrant role in the churches of Ethiopia and Eritrea...”
- Dr. Jeremy R. Brown
The Empress and the Church Library: Manuscript Donations by Empress Zawditu
“Church libraries in Ethiopia have often depended upon wealthy and powerful patrons...”
- Dr. Jeremy R. Brown
Postscript — On Our Behalf
“The manuscripts of Ethiopia and Eritrea come in all shapes and sizes...”
- Dr. Jeremy R. Brown
A Book You Would Love to Read...
“A book you would love to read is lost, altered, destroyed, buried, hidden, left unpublished, unwritten, banned.”
- Dr. Catherine Walsh and Margaret Bresnahan
Lifted on Wings
“Angels occupy an important place in monotheistic religions. They are mainly presented as celestial beings...”
- Sister Marie-Thérèse Elia
The Emperor’s Manuscript
“Towards the end of Getatchew Haile’s first published catalog of Ethiopic manuscripts...”
- Ted Erho
Prof. Getatchew Haile — A Giant in His Field and in the Hearts of All Who Knew Him
“Much has been said about the scholarly achievements of Prof. Getatchew Haile...”
- Joe Rogers
Medicine, Ritual, and Magic in Ethiopia
“Towards the middle of the 15th century, the Ethiopian Emperor Zar’a Yā‘eqob, a prominent theologian and scholar, faced...”
- Ted Erho
