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.
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Collection
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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
320 -
Digital Surrogates
5759 -
Microfilm Reels
257 -
Date Preserved
1973-1975, 2008-2010 -
HMML Reading Room (first record)
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HMML Authority File
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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 -
Yes
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).