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Project / Collection Monastic archives of Marawe Krestos and Däbrä Abbay Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP704/2 Digitised Content Platform Endangered Archives Programme

1. EAP704/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP704/2
Title:
The Monastic Archives of Marawe Krestos (Shire region, Tigray Province, Ethiopia) [1360-1999]
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:
1360-1999
Extent:
10257 tiff images

2. EAP704/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP704/2/1
Title:
Gebrä hamamat - Ritual for the Passion Week [1460-1499]
Scope & Content:
The bookblock - folios strongly deformed, dusty and dirty on all surface, especially on all margins. Additionally, the margins of all folios are yellowish and very brittle, mainly as an effect of high air temperature. The glass-like layer can also be observed. A large water-stains mainly in the o...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
1460-1499
Extent:
270 tiff images

3. EAP704/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP704/2/2
Title:
Gädlä säma'etat ("Lives of martyrs") [1360-1399]
Scope & Content:
Manuscript is generally in very bad condition. The bookblock - deformed, shrunken in the margins due to water damage. Folios are dusty on all surface, but especially on all margins. The edges of all folios are yellowish and very brittle. The glass-like layer, as an effect of gelatinization proces...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
1360-1399
Extent:
370 tiff images

4. EAP704/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP704/2/3
Title:
Zena ayhud - The Story of the Jews [1595-1605]
Scope & Content:
Manuscript is generally in very bad condition. The bookblock - damaged, deformed and dirty especially on all margins. Large losses of upper and lower margins through all bookblock. Water stains in different areas of bookblock are visible. The edges of all folios are yellowish, very brittle and sh...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
1595-1605
Extent:
174 tiff images

5. EAP704/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP704/2/4
Title:
Senodos - Book of Assembly [1595-1605]
Scope & Content:
Manuscript is generally in bad condition. The bookblock - deformed, shrunken in all margins due to water damage. Especially damaged are first folios, which edges are very weak, brittle, shrunken and in dark-brown colour. All folios are dusty on all surface, but especially on all margins. The glas...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
1595-1605
Extent:
51 tiff images

6. EAP704/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP704/2/5
Title:
Henok - The Book of Enoch [1600-1699]
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is generally in quite good condition. The bookblock - folios are dirty especially on all surface. The glass-like layer, as an effect of gelatinization process of the parchment on all margins, can be clearly observed. There are numerous smaller water-stains, smudges and spots visibl...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
1600-1699
Extent:
220 tiff images

7. EAP704/2/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP704/2/6
Title:
Beluy kidan - Old Testament books (Jubilees and the prophets) [1595-1605]
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is generally in very bad condition. The bookblock - deformed, shrunken in all margins due to water damage. Especially damaged is initial and final part of the book, were dark water stains on all margins are visible. Edges of folios are very weak, brittle, shrunken and in dark-brown...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
1595-1605
Extent:
430 tiff images

8. EAP704/2/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP704/2/7
Title:
Mäshafä berhan - The Book of Light [1495-1505]
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is generally in very bad condition. The bookblock - deformed, shrunken in all margins due to water damage. Especially damaged is initial and final part of the book, were the most serious losses of parchment occur. Edges of folios are very weak, brittle, shrunken and in dark-brown c...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
1495-1505
Extent:
183 tiff images

9. EAP704/2/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP704/2/8
Title:
Synodos (Corpus Juris Ecclesiastical) [14th century-15th century]
Scope & Content:
This Ethiopian manuscript contains Synodos, an apostolic Canons after Ascension; a collection of canonical-liturgical writing dealing with various aspects of ecclesiastical practice of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. The manuscript is generally in a very bad condition. The bookblock - deformed, s...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
14th century-15th century
Extent:
175 tiff images

10. EAP704/2/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP704/2/9
Title:
Genzät - Burial Ritual [1900-1999]
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is in quite good condition. The bookblock - folios are dusty with some dirt in the corners. The binding - the leather is dusty and its surface is scratched and partly worn away.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Geez
Date Range:
1900-1999
Extent:
223 tiff images

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