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EAP526/1/23
- Record Id:
- 040-002455203
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002455180
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022825457.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP526/1/23
- Title:
- Argänonä Weddasé - The Harp of Praise [20th century ]The Harp of Praise [20th century ]
- Scope & Content:
- MS NO. 23 175f. Hymnal (Arganon) The bookblock- the parchment folios are very deformed and dirty evenly on all surface. Additionally, there is a large brownish water-stain on the lower margin visible (running from 1 to 76 ff). The parchment in this areas is very brittle, hard and wavy. The sewing thread is broken between 1 and 2 quires. A glass-like layer, as an effect of gelatinization process of the parchment, can also be observed. The binding- repaired by adding new leather on the spine. The original leather on the boards is dirty, partly unstuck , creased, very fragile on the edges. There are large losses on the lower part of the front cover and smaller one in the upper corner of the back cover. The grain layer of the original leather is partly worn away.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Endangered monastic archive at May Wäyni
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002455180
040-002455203 - Is part of:
- EAP526/1 : Digitisation of the endangered monastic archive at May Wäyni (Tigray, Ethiopia) [5th-20th century]
EAP526/1/23 : Argänonä Weddasé - The Harp of Praise [20th century ]The Harp of Praise [20th century ] - Hierarchy:
- 032-002455180[0023]/040-002455203
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP526/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 183 Tiff images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP526-1-23⧉ (opens in a new tab)
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- Geez
- Scripts:
- Ethiopic (Ge'ez)
Ethiopic (ge'ez) - Start Date:
- 1900
- End Date:
- 1999
- Date Range:
- 20th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- 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, "Arganonä Maryam", EAE 1, 329f; S. Weininger
