It is a collection of different stories about saints commemorated from Megabit (March) to Ginbot (May). Three columns, damaged. It measures 34x30x7 and has 185 folios. Sewed together
It is a book which is devoted to the praise of the Holy Cross. Two columns, relatively in a better situation. It measures 16x14.5x4 and has 76 folios. Sewed together
It is a hymnical book which is written in poem form and it praises different angels and saints. Two columns, relatively in a better situation. It measures 21x12x6 and has 184 folios. Sewed together
Under the title, the Book of Solomon, the book contains the Book of Enoch. Two columns, relatively in a better situation. It measures 18.4x17x6 and has 164 folios. Sewed together
It is a hymnical book which is written in poem form and it praises different angels and saints. One column, written in big letters, in a better condition. It measures 17x11x4 and has 110 folios. Sewed together
The Monastic Archives of Däbrä Abbay (Shire region, Tigray Province, Ethiopia) [1495-1999]
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts date from the fourteenth to twentieth centuries. There is sometimes an indication on the last folio of a given manuscript as to whom it was offered and by whom. Only the most recent custodial history is known, and that is of the monasteries where they presently reside.
The bookblock is repaired and resewn. Surface of all leaves is very dirty. Margins have numerous mechanical damages, tears and losses, especially in the beginning and in the end of the book. Parchment folios are hard and dark-yellowish. There are water- stains visible on folios edges in many plac...
Gädlä Täklä Haymanot - Life of Täklä Haymanot [1900-1999]
Scope & Content:
The manuscript and its binding generally is in quite good condition. The bookblock - dirty on the outer margins of most folios, particular in the first few quires. The binding - in good condition with the exception of some damages of the leather in the lower corners of the boards.
Senkesar - Synaxarion (Lives of saints) [1600-1799]
Scope & Content:
The manuscript generally is in quite good condition. The bookblock - dirty on the margins, with some serious brown stains on folios nr. 12r, 20r, 24r, 28v, 37, 39, 40, 55, 56, 99, 100, 108, 147, 180. The binding - in good condition with the exception of some damages of the leather on the ends of ...