Islamic Manuscript Collections in Ethiopia
Ethiopian Muslims introduced literary culture and manuscript collection in the mosques after the introduction of Islam in the seventh century. Books stored and preserved in a bookshelves known as taqet (Arabic, tāqat, shelf). This clearly shows African endogenous culture of preserving textual materi...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
| Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Έκδοση: |
2015
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| Στο/Στη: |
Islamic Africa
Έτος: 2015, Τόμος: 6, Τεύχος: 1/2, Σελίδες: 192-200 |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Manuscript collection
B Dirre Shaykh Hussein B Ajami B Literary heritage B Arabic B Taqet (book shelve), Harar B Ethiopia |
| Διαθέσιμο Online: |
Volltext (JSTOR) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Σύνοψη: | Ethiopian Muslims introduced literary culture and manuscript collection in the mosques after the introduction of Islam in the seventh century. Books stored and preserved in a bookshelves known as taqet (Arabic, tāqat, shelf). This clearly shows African endogenous culture of preserving textual material that before the introduction of European models for archives and museums. This article demonstrates the collection of Islamic manuscripts in Ethiopian state archives and private collections and illustrates their challenges with recommendation to rescue the collections. |
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| ISSN: | 2154-0993 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Islamic Africa
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/21540993-00602012 |
