This research area is focused on Christian manuscripts made in Ethiopia and Eritrea and includes codices in Ge'ez (the liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church) and other languages. Amulet scrolls, which are made and used outside the official purview of the Church, are also an important part of this research area. A particular focus is the development of enhanced access to items from this region that are currently located in repositories linked to the project’s institutional homes — especially the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library in Toronto, Canada, and the Princeton University Library, in the USA.

Lead researchers include Hagos Abrha Abay (University of Toronto) and Eyob Derillo (British Library), with project coordination by Melissa Moreton and Suzanne Conklin Akbari (IAS - Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton) and collaborative support from librarian Tim Perry at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library (U of T). Abay’s research, focused on “Heritage Crises and Distribution of Ge’ez Manuscripts of Tigray,” is part of the broader theme of “provenance” which is central to the Hidden Stories project as a whole.