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Books
General Works
Sergew Hable Selassie. Bookmaking in Ethiopia. Leiden: Karsten Drukkers, 1981.
Mellors, John and Anne Parsons. Ethiopian Bookmaking. London: New Cross, 2002.
Mellors, John and Anne Parsons. Scribes of South Gondar. London: New Cross, 2002.
Mellors, John and Anne Parsons. "Manuscript and Book Production in South Gondar in the Twenty-First Century." In Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on the History of Ethiopian Art : Addis Ababa, 5-8 November 2002, edited by Birhanu Teferra and Richard Pankhurst. Addis Ababa: Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University, 2003.
Assefa Liban. "Preparation of Parchment Manuscripts." Addis Ababa University Ethnological Society Bulletin, number 8 (1958): 254–267.
Godet, Eric. "La préparation du parchemin en Ethiopie." Abbay 11 (1980-1982): 203–210.
'Magic' Scrolls
Mercier, Jacques. Ethiopian magic scrolls. Translated by Richard Pevear. New York: G. Braziller, 1979.
Painting
Chojnacki, Stanislaus. Major themes in Ethiopian painting : indigenous developments, the influence of foreign models and their adaptation, from the 13th to the 19th century. Wiesbaden: F. Steiner, 1983.
Projects
The Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library
The Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library (EMML) is a project of the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, at St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota.
The Ethiopian Manuscript Imaging Project
The Ethiopian Manuscript Imaging Project (EMIP) [Facebook Page], under the direction of Professor Steve Delamarter, George Fox University, is working to digitize and collect manuscripts from dealers, private collections and universities, mainly in North America.
Catalogues
Appleyard, David. Ethiopian Manuscripts. London: Jed Press, 1993.
Beylot, Robert and Maxime Rodinson. Répertoire des bibliothèques et des catalogues de manuscrits éthiopiens. Paris: Turnhout, 1995.
Delamarter, Steve and Demeke Berhane. A Catalogue of previously uncatalogued Ethiopic manuscripts in England: twenty-three manuscripts in the Bodleian, Cambridge University and John Rylands University Libraries and in a private collection. Volume 21. Journal of Semitic Studies Supplement. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
Delamarter, Steve and Melaku Terefe. Ethiopian Scribal Practice 1: Plates for the Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project. Pickwick Publications, 2009.
Dillman. A. Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum qui in Museo Britannico asservantur. Pars tertia, codices aethiopicos amplectus. London: The British Museum, 1847.
Getachew Haile. A catalogue of Ethiopian manuscripts microfilmed for the Ethiopian Manuscript Library, Addis Ababa, and for the Hill Monastic Manuscript Microfilm Library, Collegeville. Collegeville, Minnesota: Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, 1978.
Getatchew Haile, Melaku Terefe, and Roger M. Rundell. Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project: Volume 1: Codices 1105, Magic Scrolls 1134. Pickwick Publications, 2009.
Löfgren, Oscar. Katalog über die äthiopischen Handschriften in der Universitätsbibliothek Uppsala: sowie Anhänge über äthiopische Handschriften in anderen Bibliotheken und in Privatbesitz in Schweden. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1974
Melaku Terefe, Princeton Ethiopic Manuscripts, 1700s-1900s: Finding Aid. Princeton: Princeton University Library, 2009. See also their collection of Ethiopian magic scrolls and online bookbinding exhibit.
Strelcyn, Stefan. Catalogue of Ethiopian manuscripts in the British Library acquired since the year 1877. London: The British Library, 1978.
Strelcyn, Stefan. Catalogue of Ethiopic manuscripts in the John Rylands University Library of Manchester. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1974.
Tisserant, Eugène. Codices aethiopici vaticani et borgiani. Vatican: Apostolic Library, 1935.
Ullendorff, Edward. Codices Aethiopici/Catalogue of Ethiopian manuscripts in the Bodleian Library. Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum, number 7. Oxford: Academico, 1951.
Wion, Anaïs, Marie Laurie Derat, and Claire Bosc-Tiessé. Inventaire des bibliothèques et des catalogues et des catalogues de manuscrits éthiopiens. Paris: Menestrel, 2006.
Wright, W. Catalogue of the Ethiopic manuscripts in the British Museum acquired since the year 1847. London: The British Museum, 1877.
Reference
Muzerelle, Denis. Vocabulaire Codicologique: Répertoire méthodique des termes français relatifs aux manuscrits avec leurs équivalents en anglais, italien, espagnol. Edition hypertextuelle, Version 1.1. 2002-2003
