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Project / Collection Monastic archives of Marawe Krestos and Däbrä Abbay Language Geez Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. EAP704/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP704/1
Title:
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.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
1495-1999
Extent:
7279 tiff images

2. EAP704/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP704/1/1
Title:
Mäshafä salot - Book of Prayer [1495-1505]
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
1495-1505
Extent:
241 tiff images

3. EAP704/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP704/1/2
Title:
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.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
1900-1999
Extent:
158 tiff images

4. EAP704/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP704/1/3
Title:
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 ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
1600-1799
Extent:
396 tiff images

5. EAP704/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP704/1/4
Title:
Gädlä hawariyat - Lives of the Apostles [1495-1505]
Scope & Content:
The bookblock - in good condition. Some brown stains in different parts of the book are visible. Small losses of the folios in the part of text (76, 80, 81, 199). The binding - bare wooden boards in good condition. Repairs of sewing in different parts of the bookblock.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
1495-1505
Extent:
212 tiff images

6. EAP704/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP704/1/5
Title:
Mäshafä kufale, Isayeyas - Book of Jubilees, Book of Isaiah [1360-1399]
Scope & Content:
The book is generally in bad condition. The bookblock - the parchment folios are very deformed and dirty. Most of the folios are broken in the gutters and 8 last folios are partly preserved and not connected with the bookblock. Additionally the edges of all folios are brownish and brittle, mainly...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
1360-1399
Extent:
328 tiff images

7. EAP704/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP704/1/6
Title:
Gädlä äbunä Samuel emennä Wäldebba - Life of Saint Samuel from Wäldebba [1460-1499]
Scope & Content:
The book is generally in bad condition. The bookblock - folios and quires are held together by stab-stitching along the edges of the inner margins of all quires and single folios. All pages through all the manuscript are very dirty and brownish on all margins. The glass-like layer, as an effect o...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
1460-1499
Extent:
191 tiff images

8. EAP704/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP704/1/7
Title:
Nägärä Maryam - Story of Mary [1600-1699]
Scope & Content:
The book is generally in good condition. The bookblock - the lower corners of the folios are slightly dirty. The binding - There are some abrasions of the surface of the leather on the edges of the boards and small damages in the joints at the head and the tail of the book
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
1600-1699
Extent:
286 tiff images

9. EAP704/1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP704/1/8
Title:
Kidanä Maryam - The Covenant of Mary [1900-1999]
Scope & Content:
The bookblock - in quite good condition. Folios are dirty mainly on the outer margins through all the book. The binding - wooden boards covered with leather in quite good condition. Some cracks of the leather in the head and the tail of the spine are visible.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
1900-1999
Extent:
71 tiff images

10. EAP704/1/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP704/1/9
Title:
Gädlä abunä cAbiyä egzi - Life of Saint Abiya Egzi [1900-1999]
Scope & Content:
The book is generally in good condition. The bookblock - in quite good condition. Only a small traces of dirt on the margins are visible. The binding - some impurities on the surface of the leather.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
1900-1999
Extent:
83 tiff images

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