The bookblock - All folios are deformed and very dirty on all surface. Many of them are gelatinized and partly transparent. The sewing is very weak and broke in many places. A large splash of ink on folios 65v. and 66r. is visible. The binding - very dirty bare wooden boards.
Gädlä Gäbrä Mänfäs Qeddus - Life of Gäbrä Mänfäs Qeddus [1560-1599]
Scope & Content:
The book is generally in bad condition. The bookblock - folios and quires are held together by stab-stitching along the edges of theirs inner margins. All pages through all the manuscript are very dirty and brownish on all, but especially on outer margin. The glass-like layer, as an effect of gel...
Manuscript is in very bad condition. The bookblock - deformed, wavy and shrunken on all margins due to water damage on most of folios. A strong brown water stains are visible on all margins of most of folios. Some smaller brown stains in different places on folios are visible. In the second part ...
Wängel zä-Yohannes - Gospel of Saint John [1900-1999]
Scope & Content:
The bookblock - very deformed and dirty on all surface. Small water stain on upper corner of first few folios is visible. All folios are yellowish and the glass-like layer, as an effect of gelatinization process of the parchment on all margins can be observed. Front flyleaf is damaged with signif...
Gädlä Täklä Haymanot - Life of Täklä Haymanot [1900-1999]
Scope & Content:
The bookblock - in quite good condition. All folios are slightly dirty on all surface and wavy. All folios are yellowish and the glass-like layer can be observed The binding - The surface of the leather is slightly damaged near the joints, corners and edges of the boards.
The bookblock - traces of intensive reading. Lower corners of folios extremely dirty with spots of black and blue ink in many places. The binding - The surface of the leather is slightly damaged near the joints, corners and edges of the boards.
Manuscript is in very bad condition. The bookblock - deformed, wavy and shrunken on all margins due to water damage on most of folios. All folios are dirty on all surface. A strong brown water stains are visible on all margins of most of folios. The glass-like layer can be observed. Most of folio...
Basilyos/Efrem - Collection of texts by Basilius the Great and Ephraim the Syrian [1700-1799]
Scope & Content:
Manuscript is in bad condition. The bookblock - all folios are deformed and very dirty on all surface. All folios are yellowish and very brittle. The glass-like layer can be observed. Large losses of parchment caused by rodents on outer and lower margins are visible in all bookblock. The binding ...
Mälkae Märcawe Krestos - Hymns to Märcawe Krestos [1600-1799]
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is generally in bad condition. The bookblock - deformed, shrunken in all margins due to water damage. Water stains are visible in initial and final part of the book. Edges of folios are very weak, brittle, shrunken and in dark-brown colour. All folios are dusty on all surface. The ...
The bookblock - in quite good condition. All folios are slightly dirty on all surface and wavy. Water stain on the upper margin of last folios is visible. The binding - the surface of the leather is slightly damaged near the joints, corners and edges of the boards.