Somä deggwa - Hymns for Lent [ca. 1700 ]

MS NO. 35 88f. Hymnal for fasting days The bookblock- is deformed and all the folios are very dirty, especially on outer and lower margins. There are traces of water- stains through all manuscript, very strong in the last a few folios of the manuscript. Additionally the margins of all folios are yellowish and very brittle, mainly as an effect of high air temperature. The glass-like layer, as an effect of gelatinization process of the parchment also can be observed. Mechanical damages and losses of parchment of many folios in all the bookblock are visible. Serious cracks and losses of the parchment in folds of quires can be observed. The binding- the bare wooden boards are very dirty. The back cover is broken and repaired with use of cord tied through 5 pairs of holes.