I manoscritti etiopici del Fondo Conti Rossini nell’Archivio dell’Accademia dei Lincei: un progetto di ricerca

This article deals with the remains of dozens of ancient Ethiopic manuscripts kept in the Archives of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei of Rome. The material, gathered in Ethiopia by Antonio Mordini, then transferred to Carlo Conti Rossini’s private home, entered the rooms of the Accademia’s Archives following the death of the renowned scholar (1949). The fragments, most probably tracing back to several liturgical codices once belonged to the Təgrayan monastery of Däbrä Dammo, prove to be of remarkable scientific value and are still waiting for a thorough philological, paleographic, and codicological investigation.