Ethiopian Scribal Practice 1: Plates for the Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscrip

Description: Ethiopian Scribal Practice 1 by Steve Delamarter, Melaku Terefe A collection of colour plates with annotations illustrating the Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, revealing a wealth of fascinating detail about Ethiopic manuscripts and scribal practice. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The series Ethiopic Manuscripts, Texts, and Studies offers, in the first place, catalogues of the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, whose purpose it is to digitize and catalogue collections of Ethiopic manuscripts in North America and around the world. Beyond this, though, the series offers a venue for monographs, revised dissertations, and texts that explore the rich historical, literary, and artistic traditions of Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.From the Series Foreword. Author Biography Steve Delamarter teaches Old Testament at the seminary of George Fox University. With Ato Demeke Berhane, he has written A Catalogue of Previously Uncatalogued Ethiopic Manuscripts in England: Twenty-three Manuscripts in the Bodleian, Cambridge University and John Rylands University Libraries and in a Private Collection (Oxford University Press, 2007). Melaku Terefe served the church in Ethiopia for several years in various positions in Awasa (southern Ethiopia) and Harrar (eastern Ethiopia). For the last seven years he has served as priest in the Virgin Mary Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in Los Angeles, California. He is in frequent demand, speaking in various churches throughout North America. He is also the cataloguer of the Wolf Leslau collection of Ethiopian manuscripts at the Charles E. Young Research Library at UCLA. Table of Contents Series ForewordAbbreviationsPrefaceIntroductionDescription and Analysis of Scribal Practices with PlatesList of the Manuscripts by EMIP and Owner NumberList of Dated or Datable Manuscripts by DateList of Undated Manuscripts by DateFor Further ReadingIndex of Scribal Practices Review "Published simultaneously with the Catalogue (978-0-227-17350-3), this volume contains at least one plate for each of the 105 codices described there. It selects images from the various manuscripts to physical features of Ethiopic manuscripts, which are explained on pages faces the images. The publications are the first fruit of a project to digitize and disseminate all Ethiopic manuscript in the US and around the world." Book News Inc., Reference - Research Book News - October 2011 ...the catalogue and the companion volume mark an important step towards the establishing of a better standard of Ethiopic codicology, where quantitative evaluation comes to play a more central role... Alessandro Bausi, Aethiopica: International Journal of Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies, 13 (2010) Long Description This book is the companion volume to the Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, Volume 1: Codices 1-105, Magic Scrolls 1- 134. It contains at least one plate for each of the 105 codices described in that volume. But this is designed to be more than just a plates volume. The editors have selected images from the various manuscripts to tell a host of stories about Ethiopic manuscripts: cases (single and double-slip), covers and coverings (including leather and cloth), the tooling of leather covers, layout of text on the page (with prickings, columns and scored lines), codex binding (including primary binding chain stitches and secondary fixing points with headband and tail band), the marking of content divisions, iconography and illuminations, the dating of manuscripts (with colophons and other references to historical persons as well as through an analysis of the paleography), mirrors and mirror niches in the inside covers of books, forged paintings, musical notation and many others. Review Quote ...the catalogue and the companion volume mark an important step towards the establishing of a better standard of Ethiopic codicology, where quantitative evaluation comes to play a more central role... Details ISBN0227173511 Author Melaku Terefe Short Title ETHIOPIAN SCRIBAL PRAC 1 Language English ISBN-10 0227173511 ISBN-13 9780227173510 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2011 Illustrations Yes Series Number 02 Publication Date 2011-04-28 UK Release Date 2011-04-28 Imprint James Clarke & Co Ltd Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2011-04-28 NZ Release Date 2011-04-28 Subtitle Plates for the Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project Edited by Melaku Terefe Pages 204 Publisher James Clarke & Co Ltd Series EMIP DEWEY 220.4 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:136671299;

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