Sälotä ’étan - The Prayer of Incense [20th century]
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MS NO. 51 34f. Prayer of incense The bookblock- in generally good condition The binding- the surface of the leather is slightly damaged near the corners and edges of the boards.
MS NO. 52 53f. Collection of prayers The manuscript is generally in very bad condition. The bookblock- very deformed and dirty especially on all surface. There are a large losses of parchment on all margins (especially on lower and in the middle of bifolios) caused probably by rodents. Extensive ...
Häymanotä ’äbäw - The Faith of the Fathers [ca. 1600 ]
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MS NO. 53 174f. Faith of the Fathers (Haymanotä Abew) The manuscript is generally in very bad condition. The bookblock- very deformed and dirty on all surface of the folios. There is a large loss of parchment on outer margin of all folios caused by rodents. Additionally all folios are yellowish a...
MS NO. 54 242f. Liturgy (paper) The bookblock- very deformed and dirty on all surface of the folios. Additionally all folios are yellowish and brittle. The glass-like layer, as an effect of gelatinization process of the parchment can be observed. The binding- the surface of the leather is slightl...
MS NO. 55 242f. Burial ritual The bookblock- very deformed and dirty on all surface of parchment folios. There are a large losses of parchment in corners caused probably by rodents. There are cracks and losses of parchment in many folds of bifolios. All folios are yellowish, very brittle and shru...
MS NO. 56 51f. Letters of Paul The bookblock- very deformed (especially in the spine), dirty and dusty. Paper folios are yellowish and probably acidic. The binding- The leather is dusty and its surface is scratched and partly worn away.
MS NO. 57 50f. Prayers to Mary The bookblock- all folios are very deformed and dirty on all surface. There are a large losses of parchment in many places of the folios. Some of them are not connected with the bookblock. All folios are yellowish, brownish, very brittle and shrunk. Many of them are...
MS NO. 58 65f. Liturgy The manuscript is extremely damaged. The bookblock- most of the folios are in the form of single pages or bifolios, not connected by sewing. All folios are very deformed and dirty on all surface. There are a large losses of parchment in many places and some of them are pres...
MS NO. 59 50f. Psalms of David The bookblock- deformed and dirty on all surface, but especially on all margins. The first and the last folios are very dark, gelatinized, with a large losses. There is a large water-stain including all margins visible. The parchment of folios is shrunk in lower par...
MS NO. 60 87f. Burial ritual The bookblock- folios strongly deformed and dirty on all surface, but especially on all margins. Most damaged, with a large losses, are external folios. The edges of all folios are very dark, brownish very brittle, mainly as an effect of high air temperature. Some of ...