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 (https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP286).
- 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
- 1836
- Digital Surrogates
- 1876
- 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).