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
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.
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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
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.