Denis Nosnitsin Bücher

The catalogue showcases a significant collection of Ethiopic manuscripts from the Royal Library in Copenhagen, highlighting the rich tradition of Ethiopian Christian literature. It features 24 parchment codices, 4 parchment scrolls, and 2 paper codices, primarily in Ethiopic (Ge'ez) and Amharic, with some European scholarly connections. Aimed at manuscript studies scholars, it includes over 77 full-page illustrations that reveal the texts, scribal styles, and decorative elements, making it a vital reference for understanding this unique cultural heritage.

The essays gathered in this volume evolved from papers that were delivered at the Second International Workshop of the project Ethio-SPaRe: Cultural Heritage of Christian Ethiopia, Salvation, Preservation and Research (2009-2015, 7th Research Framework Programme IDEAS, ERC Starting Grant 240720). The title of the workshop, which was held in Hamburg in April 2012, was "Saints in Christian Ethiopia: Literary Sources and Veneration". It covered a wide range of approaches to historical, textual, and socioanthropological questions connected with the veneration of saints in Ethiopia from its Christianization in the 4th century CE until the present day. The papers explore the hagiographical traditions of a number of saints, both indigenous and foreign. They cast new light on known facts, offer new interpretations, and introduce previously unknown texts and witnesses. The book is of interest to scholars of Ethiopian studies, Christian orient, history of religion, and African literature.

Ecclesiastic Landscape of North Ethiopia brings together a selection of papers presented at the first International Workshop of the project Ethio-SPaRe: Cultural Heritage of Christian Ethiopia, Salvation, Preservation and Research (2009–2014, 7th Research Framework Programme IDEAS, ERC Starting Grant 240720), held in Hamburg in July 2011. Project members and invited scholars, all with firsthand experience in Ethiopian manuscript studies, explored the spheres of influence in the historical monastic landscape of the North Ethiopian highlands. Case studies dedicated to prominent or little known individual sites completed the programme. The essays in this collection, edited by Denis Nosnitsin, are of great interest to both researchers and students of Ethiopian Studies, African History, Christian Orient and History of Religion.