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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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
| Verificar disponibilidade: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Publicado em: |
2015
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Islamic Africa
Ano: 2015, Volume: 6, Número: 1/2, Páginas: 192-200 |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Manuscript collection
B Dirre Shaykh Hussein B Ajami B Literary heritage B Arabic B Taqet (book shelve), Harar B Ethiopia |
| Acesso em linha: |
Volltext (JSTOR) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Resumo: | 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 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Islamic Africa
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/21540993-00602012 |
