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EAP526/1/6
- Record Id:
- 040-002455186
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002455180
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022825440.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP526/1/6
- Title:
- Mäshäfä mestir - The Book of Mysteries [ca. 1600]
- Scope & Content:
- MS NO. 06 291f. Book of Mystery The bookblock- dirty, mainly on the lower and outer margins of all the pages through all the manuscript . There are also losses of parchment base of all folios in the head and tail of the spine, probably caused by rodent. The binding- The codex has its sewing threads broken in the joints of the covers in the lacing holes, improper and ineffective repaired with the use of the new cord. The headbands and leather covering, which margins are visible on the inner sides of the boards, are lost.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Endangered monastic archive at May Wäyni
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002455180
040-002455186 - Is part of:
- EAP526/1 : Digitisation of the endangered monastic archive at May Wäyni (Tigray, Ethiopia) [5th-20th century]
EAP526/1/6 : Mäshäfä mestir - The Book of Mysteries [ca. 1600] - Hierarchy:
- 032-002455180[0006]/040-002455186
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP526/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 300 Tiff images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP526-1-6
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- Geez
- Scripts:
- Ethiopic (Ge'ez)
Ethiopic (ge'ez) - Start Date:
- 1595
- End Date:
- 1605
- Date Range:
- c 1600
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Information About Originals:
- Original material is held by the Monastery of May Wäyni
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Christian literature
Ethiopia--History - Places:
- Ethiopia, Africa
- Related Material:
- Getachew Haile, "Retu’a Haymanot", EAE 4, 382f
