Subject: Christian literature - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP704/1/42
Title:: Senkesar - Synaxarion (Lives of saints) [1600-1799]
Scope & Content:: The manuscript is in good condition. Parchment folios are slightly dirty on margins. The binding - the surface of the leather is slightly damaged near the corners and edges of the boards.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 1600-1799
Extent:: 417 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP704/1/43
Title:: Gädlä qeddus Giyorgis - Life of Saint George [1600-1799]
Scope & Content:: The manuscript is in good condition. The bookblock - parchment folios are slightly deformed. The binding - in good condition. The leather dusty on all surface and with small damages on the edges.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 1600-1799
Extent:: 120 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP704/1/44
Title:: Haymanotä abaw - Faith of the Fathers [1600-1799]
Scope & Content:: The bookblock - folios are deformed, dusty on all surface with some traces of flies droppings (ff. 92-95, 119-120, 132, 149-152) large spots with traces of microbiological infection (126-27). The binding - repaired, in good condition. Additional strip of brown leather is pasted on the spine of th...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 1600-1799
Extent:: 322 tiff images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP704/1/45
Title:: Mäshafä krestenna - Ritual of Baptism [1900-1999]
Scope & Content:: The manuscript is in good condition. The bookblock - folios generally dusty on all surface and dirty on the outer and lower margins. Some wax spots on many folios are visible The binding - bare wooden boards are dirty.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Geez
Date Range:: 1900-1999
Extent:: 53 tiff images

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

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

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

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

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

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

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