Ethiopia. Ministry of Pen

Subordinate to the imperial Ethiopian government, the Ministry of the Pen had among its duties the transfer of the emperor's words and decrees into writing, which then became law.

HMML ID
190749453895
PURL
https://w3id.org/haf/organization/190749453895
LC name
Ethiopia. Ṣeḥefat ministér
HMML name
Ethiopia. Ministry of Pen
Library of Congress
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2008201638
VIAF
https://viaf.org/viaf/158503398

Variants

  • Ministry of the Pen

Organization information

Organization type
Governmental agency
Countries
Languages
Fields of activity

General notes

Description
Letter from the Ministry of Pen
Citations
Getatchew Haile, A Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts Microfilmed for the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library, Addis Ababa, and for the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, Collegeville, vol. IX: Project Numbers 3501-4000 (Collegeville: Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, 1987), 138, https://archive.org/details/EMMLCatalog09.
Citations
EMML 3768, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, accessed October 12, 2021, https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/205576.

Preferred citation

"Ethiopia. Ministry of Pen." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified October 13, 2021. https://w3id.org/haf/organization/190749453895

Change notes

Date added
2021-10-13
Last edited
2021-10-13