Qeddasé - The Liturgy [20th century]

MS NO. 25 115f. Liturgy The bookblock- was resewn in the past. The parchment folios of the manuscript are deformed and dusty evenly on all surface. Additionally, there is a large brownish water-stain on the upper corner of the folios visible (running from 1 to 47 ff). From 72 folio water-stain begin to broaden out and is visible on all upper part of the last pages. In this case parchment base is very creased and wavy. In areas of water-stains dark spots of microbiological nature are visible. The binding- is in bad condition. The sewing thread is partly broken in joints of the covers. The leather on the boards is very dirty and the grain layer is to a large extent worn away. There are losses of the leather of the spine part and in the area near joints on the boards. In this place the leather was cut off during a new sewing. The material on the covers is partly unstuck and fragile on the edges.