Ser’ätä qeddasé - Order of the Mass [ca. 1700] Order of the Mass [ca. 1700]

MS NO. 36 76f. Liturgy The bookblock- deformed and dusty on all surface. There is a lot of brown spots and stains on almost all folios mainly as the effect of material deterioration caused by improper process of production of parchment. The margins of all folios are yellowish and very brittle, mainly as an effect of high air temperature. The glass-like layer can also be observed. Deformations, mechanical damages and losses of parchment of exterior folios are visible. The binding- leather covering is in bad condition. It is preserved on the inner side and partly on the exterior surface of the boards. The leather is partly unstuck and fragile on the edges. Its surface is dirty, stained and partly worn away.