Digitisation of the endangered monastic archive at May Wäyni (Tigray, Ethiopia) [5th-20th century]
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The volumes digitized may all be classified as ecclesiastical literature. One manuscript, MW041, contains an inserted miniature of the Virgin Mary and Child, dating from the 15th century. All manuscripts are written in ancient Ethiopic, known as Ge'ez.
MS NO. 01 82f. Wedding ritual The bookblock- surface of the first several leaves are very dirty and its margins have numerous mechanical damages, tears and losses. Its parchment folios are hard and dark-yellowish. In most cases the parchment base deformations, numerous tears and folds are visible...
Mäla’ektä Pawlos - Letters of Paul [18th century ]
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MS NO. 02 158f. Letters of Paul The bookblock- the manuscript is generally very dirty especially on all margins of the folios. The binding- its spine repaired. The original leather preserved only on the surface of the boards. There are large, irregular losses on all margins of the boards. The sur...
MS NO. 03 170f. Octoteuch The bookblock- dirty on the margins, but generally in quite good condition. There is a large water- stain visible, especially in the beginning of the book, in the upper and inner part of the folios. The bookblock was re-sewn. The binding- the original leather partly pres...
Nägärä/dersanä Maryam - Story/Homily of Mary 112f [ca. 1600 ]
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MS NO. 04 112f. Story of Mary (Nägärä Maryam) The bookblock- in good condition. Some brown stains in different parts of the book. Right, lower corners of the folios are dirty because of the long usage of the manuscript. The binding- in quite good condition. There are some tears and small losses o...
MS NO. 05 148f. Burial ritual The manuscript generally is in quite good condition. The bookblock- dirty, mainly on the lower margins of the folios in the first few quires. There are also some microbiological stains in all folds of the bifolios in the bookblock visible. The binding- good condition...
MS NO. 06 291f. Book of Mystery The bookblock- dirty, mainly on the lower and outer margins of all the pages through all the manuscript . There are also losses of parchment base of all folios in the head and tail of the spine, probably caused by rodent. The binding- The codex has its sewing threa...