Survey of collections in East Tigray, 2016-2019
Survey of collections in East Tigray, 2016-2019
After the termination of the project Ethio-SPaRe in May 2015 several field research trips to Ethiopia, Tigray, could be carried out within the framework of the project Beta maṣāḥǝft: Manuscripts of Ethiopia and Eritrea, to wrap up some activities started by Ethio-SPaRe and evaluate prospects of the continuation of work. The trips took place in September 2016, September 2018, and March 2019.
On particularities of the scribal tradition at Lǝggāt see https://www.betamasaheft.uni-hamburg.de/manuscripts/newresearch/leggat.html
On further field work in the time of pandemic and war visit https://www.betamasaheft.uni-hamburg.de/about/situation/fieldwork.html