Essays in Ethiopian Manuscript Studies

Proceedings of the International Conference Manuscripts and Texts, Languages and Contexts: the Transmission of Knowledge in the Horn of Africa. Hamburg, 17-19 July 2014

edited by Alessandro Bausi, Alessandro Gori and Denis Nosnitsin

Book cover: Essays in Ethiopian Manuscript Studies

Extent: 392 pages

Publisher: Harrassowitz Verlag

Subjects: African Studies, Cultural Studies, Literary Studies

Series: Aethiopica. Supplements

Series volume number: 4

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(December 2015)

ISBN: 9783447104302

Price: $82.00

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This volume contains selected papers from the international conference Manuscripts and Texts, Languages and Contexts, which was held at the University of Hamburg in July 2014. The conference was organized by three projects funded by the European Union within the 7th Research Framework Programme IDEAS, all dealing with the written heritage of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ethio-SPaRe: Cultural Heritage of Christian Ethiopia, Salvation, Preservation and Research (PI Denis Nosnitsin, Hamburg), TraCES: From Translation to Creation: Changes in Ethiopic Style and Lexicon from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages (PI Alessandro Bausi, Hamburg), and IslHornAfr: Islam in the Horn of Africa, A Comparative Literary Approach (PI Alessandro Gori, Copenhagen). With the focus on the written tradition, the articles cover the main themes of traditional Ethiopian studies. Texts and their contents but also material aspects of the manuscript witnesses as well as their broader historical context were taken into consideration. The volume contains a detailed index of persons, titles, places, and languages that facilitates access to the contents.

  • Edited by Alessandro Bausi
  • Edited by Alessandro Gori
  • Edited by Denis Nosnitsin