Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project: Volume 7, Codices 601-654. The Meseret Sebhat Le-Ab Collection of Mekane Yesus Seminary, Addis Ababa (EMIP)

The Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project (EMIP), volume 7, provides a full catalog for the collection of fifty-four manuscripts in the Meseret Sebhat Le-Ab collection at Mekane Yesus Seminary in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. These include one late fifteenth- or early sixteenth-century manuscript of Jubilees and the Minor Prophets. Each catalog entry provides a full physical description, a listing of 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, a biography of Alaqa Meseret's life and work, an introduction to the Ethiopian musical tradition of Saint Yared, and a study on the textual character of the manuscript of Jubilees. Four indices (works, names, miniatures, and scribal practice) provide quick access for the researcher.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword
Abbreviations
Foreword: Ethiopian Manuscripts and Their Preservation by Richard Pankhurst
Preface by Steve Delamarter
Introduction to the Collection by Steve Delamarter
Aläqa Meseret Sebhat Le-Ab: A Biography by Loren Bliese, Mehret-Ab Bereke, and Walda Estifanos
The Dǝggwa of St Yared and the Musical Manuscripts in the Collection by Ralph Lee
The Textual Character of Jubilees in Mekane Yesus Seminary 54 by Ted M. Erho
Catalogue of the Manuscripts by Kesis Melaku Terefe, Jeremy Brown and Steve Delamarter
List of the Manuscripts by MYS shelf mark
List of Dated or Datable Manuscripts by Date
List of Undated Manuscripts by Date
Bibliography
Index of Worksin the Codices
Index of Names and Places
Index of Miniatures
Index of Scribal Practices

Contents of the Companion, Plates Volume, Ethiopian Scribal Practice 7 (Forthcomimg)
Codicology and Scribal Practice in the Mekane Yesus Collection by Sara Vulgan and Steve Delamarter
Scribal Intervention in the Mekane Yesus Collection by Jeremy Brown
Illuminated Manuscripts in the Mekane Yesus Collection by Marilyn Heldman