EAP704/2/8

This Ethiopian manuscript contains Synodos, an apostolic Canons after Ascension; a collection of canonical-liturgical writing dealing with various aspects of ecclesiastical practice of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.

The manuscript is generally in a very bad condition. The bookblock - deformed, shrunken in all margins due to water damage, especially in initial and final part of the book. Edges of folios are very weak, brittle, shrunken and in dark-brown colour. Shrinkage of margins caused creases of central part and further destruction of folios. All folios are dusty on all surface, but especially on all margins. The glass-like layer can be observed. A large loss of lower margin, including partly column of text, run through the entire bookblock. The sewing of the book was very weak and was repaired by stab-stitching along the edges of the inner margins of all quires, additionally protected by strips of new parchment. The binding - bare wooden boards. Front board broken and tied together with thick thread in 3 places.