Aethiopica 25 (2022)

Aethiopica is an internationally refereed academic journal, edited at the Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian Studies and at the Department of African and Ethiopian Studies of the Asien-Afrika-Institut at the University of Hamburg. It is published annually in a printed version. The journal focuses on philology, linguistics, archaeology, history, cultural anthropology, religion, philosophy, literature, and manuscript studies, with a regional emphasis on Eritrea, Ethiopia, the Horn of Africa, and related areas. The journal welcomes contributions on relevant academic topics as well as on recent research in the respective fields. Each issue of Aethiopica contains reviews of books which form a substantial section of the journal. Aethiopica is published mainly in English. Articles in French, German and Italian are also accepted for publication. An English abstract for all articles in any language is provided. From the contents (altogether 32 contributions): Stéphane Ancel, Yo?ann?s IV and the Patriarchate of Alexandria: Obtaining Four Coptic Bishops while Ceding Nothing on Jerusalem Issue (1876–1882) Sophia Dege-Müller, Jacopo Gnisci, Vitagrazia Pisani, A Handlist of Illustrated Early Solomonic Manuscripts in German Public Collections Hagos Abrah, The G???z Manuscripts Collection from the Monastery of Däbrä ??yon (Abunä Abr?ham, T?gray, Ethiopia) Maria Bulakh, Yohannes Gebre Selassie, New Readings and Interpretations on the Inscribed Stele from ??nzat (HS1) Solomon Gebreyes, Die Königsberger Silberbibliothek im Kontext der protestantischen Buchkultur des 16. Jahrhunderts Alessandro Bausi, I manoscritti etiopici della Biblioteca Statale di Montevergine a Mercogliano, Avellino