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Thomas Kane Pamphlet Collection on Ethiopia/Eritrea at the Library of Congress

Art & Literature

Each article on Ethiopia from the Thomas Kane Pamphlet Collection is identified by a specific number. Within this subject, the articles and pamphlets are organized alphabetically by the author's name. Researchers should submit a call slip with the specific subject and the number assigned. The researcher is advised to take advantage of the alphabetical arrangement of the authors of the pamphlets. Because the pamphlets are kept in a folder with all of the information about the title of the article, name of author and the subject as well as the number assigned to it, please return the article inside the correct folder after each use.

# AUTHOR TITLE SOURCE DATE PAGES
1 Admassu, Yonas T’obbiya Revisited: Reflections on Afework’s Lebbwallad Tarik ;     14 pages
2 Amborn, Hermann Concepts in Wood and Stone - Plastic Art of the Konso of Southern Ethiopia     7 pages
3 Anfray, F     Ethiopie, Vieille Terre de Civilisation; Le Moyen Age Ethiopien; La Bibliotheque Nationale d’ Ethiopie     4 pages
4 Art Gallery of York University The Rayfield Collection of Ethiopian Art   20 February - 12 March 1978 8 pages
5 Assefa, Taye A Critical Comment on Some technical Aspects of Birhanu Zaryihun’s Hulatt Ya- Inba Dabdabbewoc African Language and Culture 1989 Pg. 133-147
6 Boavida, Isabel The Cross brought to Goa and Portugal by Lebna Dengel’s envoy Mathew     8 pages
7 Bosc-Tiesse, Claire The Evangelicae Historiae imagines of Jerome Nadal: Steps of an Encountering between European Art and Ethiopia in the 17th and 18th Centuries   1999 17 pages
8 Chaine, M. La Poesie Chez Les Ethiopiens   1920-1921 24 pages
9   An Ancient Ethiopian Custom Illustrated by a 15th Century miniature in the Juel-Jensen Collection   1990 Pg. 395-405
10 Chojnacki, Stanislaw Cultural Heritage, Museums and Tourism     4 pages
11 Chojnacki, Stanislaw European Painters in the 15th and Early 16th Century Ethiopia   1977 Pg. 1-4
12 Chojnacki, Stanislaw “Flemish” Painting and its Ethiopian Copy   1988 Pg. 51-73
13 Chojnacki, Stanislaw Note on the Early Imagery of the Virgin Mary In Ethiopia   1977 Pg. 5-41
14 Chojnacki, Stanislaw The Annunication in Ethiopian Art     Pg. 281-351
15 Chojnacki, Stanislaw The “Kwer’ata Re’esu”: Its Iconography and Significance   1985 43 pages
16 Chonjnacki, Stanislaw The Preservation of Ethiopia’s Cultural Heritage   1969  
17 Fusella, Luigi Una Poesia di Afaworq Gabra Iyasus sui Fatti del   December 1977 9 pages
18 Fusella, Luigi & Tedeschi, Salvatore & Tubiana, Joseph Trois Essais Sur la Litteature Ethiopienne Xii 1984 2 pages
19 Grebaut, Sylvain Littterature Ethiopienne Pseudo-Clementine III Revue de L’Oreint Chretien; v2 1920-1921 11 pages
20 Haile, Getatchew A New Ethiopic Version of the Acts of St. Mark   1981 Pg. 117-134
# AUTHOR TITLE SOURCE DATE PAGES
21 Haile, Getatchew Old Amharic Features in a Manuscript from Wollo     Pg. 157-169
22a Heldman, Marilyn An Early Gospel Frontispiece in Ethiopia     Pg. 107-121
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22b Heldman, Marilyn An Early Gospel Frontispiece in Ethiopia     Pg. 107-121
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23 Henze, Paul B Oromo Tomb Architecture and Art 2nd International Ethiopian Art Conference 24-29 September 1990 9 pages
24 Henze, Paul B The Illuminated Manuscripts of Lake Zway 1st International Conference on the History of Ethiopian Art 21-22 October 1986 7 pages
25 Henze, Paul B The Monastery of Mertule Maryam In Gojjam: A Major Medieval Ethiopian Architectural Monument   February 1997 19 pages
26a Kane, Thomas Excerpts from the Prison Diary of Ahadu Saboure   1991 Pg. 59-71
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26b Kane, Thomas Excerpts from the Prison Diary of Ahadu Saboure   1991 Pg. 59-71
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26c Kane, Thomas Excerpts from the Prison Diary of Ahadu Saboure   1991 Pg. 59-71 
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26d Kane, Thomas Excerpts from the Prison Diary of Ahadu Saboure   1991 Pg. 59-71
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26e Kane, Thomas Excerpts from the Prison Diary of Ahadu Saboure   1991 Pg. 59-71        *6 copies
26f Kane, Thomas Excerpts from the Prison Diary of Ahadu Saboure   1991 Pg. 59-71
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27 Kapeliuk, Olga A Novel About the Red Terror in Ethiopia Northeast African Studies 1982 Pg. 57-64
28 Kidane, Girma Contemporary Art in Ethiopia   1977 Pg. 1-27
29 Krafft, Walter Talk on Ethiopian Rock Churches held in Deutsche Gesell Schaft   November 1969 Pg. 2-15
30 Langmuir, Elizabeth Cross & Stanislaw Chojnacki & Peter Fetchki Ethiopia: The Christian Art of an African Nation   1998 Pg. v-30
# AUTHOR TITLE SOURCE DATE PAGES
31 Lindahl, B Ancient Architecture and Art In Ethiopia     13 pages
32 Mercier, Jacques La Peinture Abyssine: Art et Feodalite     9 pages
33 Mercier, Jacques Les Peintures des Rouleaux Protecteurs Ethiopiens Journal of Ethiopian Studies; v12, n2 July 1974 Pg. 107-146
34 Meskel, Dejazmach Berhane Autobiography     7 pages
35 Pankhurst, Richard The Genesis of Photography in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa     6 pages
36 Pankhurst, Richard The Genesis of Photography in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa   22 October 1976 Pg. 933-935
37 Pankhurst, Richard The History of the Kwer’ata Re’esu: An Ethiopian Icon African Affairs; v81, n322 January 1982 Pg. 117-125
38 Pankhurst, Richard Pushkin’s African Ancestry: A question of Roots   1980 Pg. 44-46
39 Petrides, S. Pierre The Wonderful World of Ethiopian Crosses     20 pages
40 Phillipson, David Aksum: Antiquity’s last Great Civilization The Art Newspaper; n47 April 1995 Pg. 19-22
41 Phillipson, David W. An Ivory throne from Aksum     Pg. 1-5
42 Phillipson, Laurel The Autochthonous Foundations of Aksumite Material Culture   October 1999 4 pages
43 Ricci, Lanfrano La “Komidiya” di Takla Hawaryat   1986 Pg. 193-203
44 Ruphael, Yohannes A Chat with a Renown Painter Addis Tribune 2000 2 pages
45 Sengal, Elena Note Sulla Letteratura Moderna Amarica     Pg. 291-302
46 Shiawl, Teferra Athiopiens Zeitgenossische Liturature Journal Afrika Heute 15 December 1965 4 pages
47 Silverman, Raymond Ethiopia Traditions of Creativity   Spring 1995 10 booklets;
40 pages
48 Society of Friends of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Haile Selassie I University Ethiopian Paintings: 16th and Early 17th Centuries   1971 10 pages
49 Strelcyn, S Quelques Inscriptions Ethiopiennes Bibliotheca Orientalis; v36, n3-4 1979 Pg. 37-156
50 Sugar, James A. Ethiopia’s Artful Weavers National Geographics; v143, n1 January 1973 pp125-144
51 The British Institute in Eastern Africa Annual Report 1994-1995 (Aksum Project)     5 pages
# AUTHOR TITLE SOURCE DATE PAGES
52 Ullendoff, Edward s To Lanfranco Ricci: an Ethiopic Inscription in Westminster Abbey   1992 Pg. 167-173
53 Ullendoff, Edward s Review of S. Strelcyn: Catologue des Manuscrits Ethiopiens     2 pages
54 Wendt, K Das Mashafa Berhan und Mashafa Milad     Pg. 1-30 &147-173
55 Zanon, Fernando Aspettidella Letteratura Popolare Fra le Genti Dell’ Ethiopia Africa vol.56 1938 Pg. 183-186
56   Handicraft Producers’ Co-operatives ADDIS ZEMEN 1971 17 pages
57   Modern Amharic Literature The Ethiopian Herald 24 June 1981 2 pages
58   Monumente auf Pergament   1987 Pg. 11-14
59   Negative. Art Pictures     5 Negatives
60   The Twelve Apostles in Ethiopian Art 6th International Conference on the History of Ethiopian Art October 1999 6 pages
61   The Art Newspaper Vol.9 no. 80 April 1998 3 pages
62   United Ethiopian Artists Association First Anniversary   1976 1 page
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Still Missing
  Ethiopian Manuscript Painting - 15 Slides with Commentary The British Museum 1968