Dersanä sänbätat & Reyä Maryam - Homilies on the Sabbath day and The Vision of Mary [1900-1999]
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is in good condition. The bookblock - the parchment folios are slightly dusty and dirty, mainly on the outer margins. The binding - bare boards, never covered are slightly dirty.
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.
The bookblock - the parchment folios are deformed and dirty on the lower and outer margins. Additionally the margins of all folios are some darkened. The glass-like layer, as an effect of gelatinization process of the parchment, can also be observed. The binding - damages of the surface of the leath...
Dersanä selase - Homilies on the Trinity [1560-1599]
Scope & Content:
The book is generally in quite good condition. The bookblock - folios slightly dirty mainly on the outer margins. The binding - some abrasions of the surface of the leather on the edges and corners of the boards.
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 places ...
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.
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
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.