| Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project 2: Volume 2: Codices 106-200, Magic Scrolls 135-284 Contributor(s): Terefe, Kesis Melaku (Editor), Young, Eric C. (Editor), Delamarter, Steve (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0227173848 ISBN-13: 9780227173848 Publisher: James Clarke Company OUR PRICE: $53.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - General - Art | History - Medieval - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 892.8 |
| Series: Emip |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.5" W x 9.4" (1.75 lbs) 530 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Catalog of the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project (EMIP), volume 2, provides a full catalog for EMIP codex numbers 106 through 200, and magic scrolls 135 through 284. Each catalog entry for the codices provides a full physical description, a listingof contents (with incipits), illuminations, varia (known works added later), notes on codicology and scribal practice, as well as a full quire map. Opening articles provide an introduction to the collection and its codicology, and an introduction to thisset of Ethiopian scrolls of spiritual healing. Seven indices (general, works in the codices, names in the codices, miniatures in the codices, scribal practices, works in the scrolls, and names in the scrolls) provide quick access for researchers. |
Contributor Bio(s): Delamarter, Steve: - Steve Delamarter is Professor of Old Testament at George Fox Evangelical Seminary, Director of the EMIP, Chair of the Society of Biblical Literature's Consultation on the Ethiopic Bible and Literature, and Project Co-Director in the British Library Endangered Archives Programme project in the Manuscripts and Archives Department of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Delamarter is also head of the steering committee for the Textual History of the Ethiopic Old Testament (THEOT) Project.Haile, Getatchew: - Getatchew Haile is a MacArthur Fellow who has also taught for over ten years at the Haile Sellassie I (now Addis Ababa) University, Addis Ababa (Ethiopic) before he moved to the United States in 1976. Getatchew is a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy and has served the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University (Collegeville, Minnesota) as Curator of the Ethiopian Study Center, as Regents Professor of Medieval Studies, and as Cataloguer of Oriental Manuscripts, Emeritus. |