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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP704/2/57
Title:: Mäzmurä Dawit - Psalms of David [1700-1899]
Scope & Content:: Manuscript is generally in bad condition. The bookblock - the parchment folios are very deformed, shrunken in all margins due to large water damage. Strong water stains are visible in outer and inner margins with traces of microbiological infection. Due to water damage in many places text is fuzz...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 1700-1899
Extent:: 158 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP704/2/58
Title:: Fälasäfä - Book of Philosophers [1600-1699]
Scope & Content:: Manuscript is generally in very bad condition. The bookblock - the parchment folios are very deformed, shrunken in all margins due to large water damage. Strong water stains are visible in inner margin with significant traces of microbiological infection. Due to water damage in many places text i...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 1600-1699
Extent:: 82 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP704/2/59
Title:: Gädlä Anorewos - Life of Anorewos [1600-1799]
Scope & Content:: Manuscript is generally in bad condition. The bookblock - the parchment folios are very deformed, shrunken in all margins due to large water damage. Traces of water stains are visible in all margins. At these areas a strong gelatinization process of parchment can be observed. A large loss of parc...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 1600-1799
Extent:: 65 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP704/2/60
Title:: Mäzmurä Dawit - Psalms of David [1900-1999]
Scope & Content:: The bookblock - in quite good condition. All folios are yellowish and dirty on all surface. The glass-like layer of parchment folios can be observed. There is a lot of small spots, smudges and stains visible in many places in the bookblock. The binding - wooden boards covered with leather. The su...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 1900-1999
Extent:: 125 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP704/2/61
Title:: Dersanä selase - Homilies on the Trinity [1900-1999]
Scope & Content:: The bookblock - in quite good condition. All folios are yellowish and dirty on all surface. The glass-like layer of parchment folios can be observed. There is a lot of small spots, smudges and stains visible in many places in the bookblock. The binding - wooden boards covered with leather. The su...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 1900-1999
Extent:: 94 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP823/1
Title:: Manuscript Collection at the Monastery of St Saviour in Old Jerusalem
Scope & Content:: The collection contains 553 codices and rotuli, dating from the 12th to the 20th century and written in eight languages: Ethiopic, Arabic, Armenian, Corali, Greek, Hebrew, Miniati, Latin, Italian, Spanish, Coptic and Syriac. The texts present great variety and contain theological and philosophica...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Coptic, French, Geez, German, German, Old High, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Maltese, Portuguese, Samaritan, Spanish, Syriac, Turkish, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:: 12th century-20th century
Extent:: 273814 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP823/1/1/1
Title:: Mäzmurä dawit -Book of psalms
Scope & Content:: Psaltar and other texts belonging to the Ethiopian psaltar. Physical condition of originals: 345pp + 8 at the beginning and 11 at the end empty; 182x125cm industrial paper; black, red ink; industrial colours; Decoration: pages with guilded edges; headings in the form of ornamented band (haräg – t...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 1884
Extent:: 399 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP823/1/1/2
Title:: [Miscellanea ]
Scope & Content:: Miscellanea : 1. Mälk’ә Maryam - “Effigy of Mary";2. "Effigy of Jesus"; 3."Effigy of the Savior of the World"; 4. Anaphora by Cyriacos of Behnesa (Qeddәse Maryam). Physical condition of originals: 99ff; 140x100 cm parchment; black & red ink. Decoration; elaborated punctuation signs; line fill...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 1881-1905
Extent:: 224 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP823/1/1/3
Title:: awit - Psalter (incomplete)
Scope & Content:: Psalter, incomplete. Physical condition of originals: 128 ff; 147x135cm parchment; black and red ink; unbound. Decoration: simple band (haräg) on f. 30v. Condition: ms in need of conservation; ff. 21r-27v large parts of folios missing; ff. 95r-116v in loose pieces put together for photographing
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 254 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP823/1/1/4
Title:: [Missal]
Scope & Content:: Missal . Physical condition of originals: 38 ff; 10x10 cm parchment; black and red ink; wooden cover. Condition: most of the folios water stained; back cover broken but repaired.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 86 tiff images

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