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EAP704/1/1
- Record Id:
- 040-003352092
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003352091
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100036164853.0x000002
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP704/1/1
- Title:
- Mäshafä salot - Book of Prayer [1495-1505]
- Scope & Content:
- 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 of the bookblock. In most cases deformations, numerous tears and folds are visible. Many of the folios are broken in the gutters. The book has its sewing threads broken in many places and a lot of the folios or quires are weakly connected with bookblock. There are small losses of the painting layer of miniatures on pages 30v and 153v. The binding - bare wooden boards are very dirty and deteriorated. Remnant of leather on the inner side of the back cover.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Monastic archives of Marawe Krestos and Däbrä Abbay
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003352091
040-003352092 - Is part of:
- EAP704/1 : The Monastic Archives of Däbrä Abbay (Shire region, Tigray Province, Ethiopia) [1495-1999]
EAP704/1/1 : Mäshafä salot - Book of Prayer [1495-1505] - Hierarchy:
- 032-003352091[0001]/040-003352092
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP704/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 241 tiff images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP704-1-1 (opens in a new tab)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Geez
- Scripts:
- Ethiopic (Ge'ez)
Ethiopic (ge'ez) - Start Date:
- 1495
- End Date:
- 1505
- Date Range:
- 1495-1505
- Era:
- CE
- Latitude (Decimal):
- 14.10594
- Longitude (Decimal):
- 38.274049
- Access:
- User Conditions:
- For research purposes only
This item is part of the Endangered Archives Programme.
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- Information About Copies:
- Monastery of Dabra Abbey, The Office of Tourism and Culture of the Tigray, The University of Toronto Scarborough, Uppsala University, The British Library
- Information About Originals:
- Monastery of Dabra Abbey
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)