The Anglo-Ethiopian Society
Study Day - Introducing Manuscripts from Ethiopia and Eritrea
Jacopo Gnisci, Miranda Williams, Judith McKenzie, and Rahel Fronda
Saturday 1st September 2018
Organised by Jacopo Gnisci, Miranda Williams, Judith McKenzie, and Rahel Fronda
The Study day runs from 9:00 - 15:00 in the Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles', Oxford OX1 3LU (With tea/coffee being served from 8:40 am).
Programme
Context and History
Chair: Bryan Ward-Perkins
Discussants: Mai Musié (Oxford) and Yoseph Araya (Open University)
| 9:00 | Alessandro Bausi (HLCES, Hamburg), Introduction to the Manuscript Culture of Ethiopia: Early Developments and New Discoveries |
| 9:45 | Marie-Laure Derat (CNRS, Paris) Ethiopian Authors and Scribes in the Middle Ages: Monastic and Curial Milieu |
10:30–10:50: Coffee Break
Art
Chair: Judith McKenzie
Discussants: Yemane Asfedai (London) and Dereje Debella (London)
| 10.50 | Jacopo Gnisci (BAV, Vatican/HLCES, Hamburg) Illustrated Ethiopic Gospels: From Late Antiquity to the Early Solomonic Period (ca. 350-1527) |
| 11.35 | Tania Tribe (SOAS, London) Ethiopian Manuscript Painting: 16th to 18th Centuries |
12:20–13:30 Lunch
Chronicles and Manuscript Making
Chair: Elizabeth Jeffreys
Discussants: Eyob Derillo (British Library) and Gianfrancesco Lusini (University of Naples "L'Orientale")
| 13.30 | Solomon Gebreyes Beyene (HLCES, Hamburg), Ethiopian Royal Chronicles: Production and Manuscript Tradition |
| 14:15 | Sean M. Winslow (Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz), "Bless the Makers of Parchment, Because They Laboured Much": Craft Practices of the Ethiopian Scribe |
15:00 Tea break – Bodleian visit to see some relevant highlights of its collection
The study day is free to attend, but please register in advance via Eventbrite: