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  • Restrictions on Access
  • Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
  • Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
  • UCLA Catalog Record ID
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing Information
  • Scope and Content
  • Existence and Location of Copies
  • Ge'ez descriptions available

  • Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
    Title: A collection of Ethiopic manuscripts
    Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0937
    Physical Description: 1 unknown (13 boxes)
    Date (inclusive): various dates
    Abstract: Collection contains 64 Ethiopian manuscripts.
    Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
    Language of Material: Materials are in English, Ethiopic (Ge'ez), and Amharic.

    Restrictions on Access

    Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

    Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

    Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

    Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

    PORTIONS OF THIS COLLECTION HAVE BEEN DIGITIZED. See the Existence and Location of Copies note for the link to the digitized materials.

    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 999643443606533 

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], A collection of Ethiopic manuscripts (Collection 937). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

    Processing Information

    Processed by Kesis Melaku Terefe, October 2008.
    Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.
    We are committed to providing ethical, inclusive, and anti-racist description of the materials we steward, and to remediating existing description of our materials that contains language that may be offensive or cause harm. We invite you to submit feedback about how our collections are described, and how they could be described more accurately, by filling out the form located on our website: Report Potentially Offensive Description in Library Special Collections. 

    Scope and Content

    Collection contains 64 Ethiopian manuscripts. Of these, 14 are magical prayers, 10 of which are in scrolls. Most of the manuscripts are service books of Ethiopian Orthodox Church. There is one manuscript which is the prayer book of Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jewish community); it is one of very few Jewish manuscripts written in Ethiopic (Ge'ez) and Agaw. Most of the manuscripts are written in the Ethiopic (Ge'ez) language but there are some manuscripts in Amharica.

    Existence and Location of Copies

    Digitized materials are available electronically at https://digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/x3xg9000zz-89112 .

    Ge'ez descriptions available

    To obtain a copy of this finding aid which contains Ethiopic language (Ge'ez) descriptions of the material, please contact UCLA Library Special Collections. A computer with the Ge'ez font installed is necessary to view the Ge'ez descriptions.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Ethiopic manuscripts.