A Catalogue of Some Manuscripts in Ankobarr Madhanealam Church Museum
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2011-05
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Ethiopia is a home of enormous ancient written cultures. It is also a residence of
southern Semitic written accounts. G~'~z scripts are the most dominant heritage
of the country. Usually they are preserved by Ethiopian Orthodox Churches
especially in each church yard commonly known as [ '.;>qabetj. Even if they are
more of religious they contain many secular aspects which are useful for
researchers.
The collection of Ankobiirr Miidbane 'Aliim Church is the selected site for this
study because it was one of the five churches established by the Shoan Kings in
their capital during the Medieval Period. There are three kinds of scripts such as
codices, scrolls and epigraphic in the collection. From the group of codices sixty
nine vellum manuscripts are taken as the total population of this study and
fifteen of them are as a subject of it. The study employed on focused group
discussion and document analysis as primary data sources. It was for the
purpose of achieving historical references about the selected collections of this
study. It also engaged secondary tools such as cataloguing works of other
scholars in the same locality. After gathering data the work of catalogue has
conducted with the analysis of colophons. Based on this chapter one is an
introduction, chapter two the body and chapter three summaries, conclusion and
recommendation.
Based on the obtained major findings essential suggestions were forwarded to
ameliorate the observed drawback by the researcher.
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Ankobarr Madhanealam Church Museum