Mäshäfä mädhänä ’aläm - The Book of the Saviour of the World [ca. 1700]

MS NO. 50 82f. Book of the Saviour of the World The bookblock- deformed and dirty especially on all margins. There is a large water-stain visible on all margins through all bookblock. That was the reason why the inks in the text column became blurred in many places. The edges of all folios are yellowish, very brittle and shrunk. The glass-like layer, as an effect of gelatinization process of the parchment on all margins, can be clearly observed. Last a few quires are particularly dirty, shrunk with dark water-stain visible. The book was resewn. The binding- The leather is preserved only on the inner sides of the wooden boards and on the lower corner of the front cover. The boards are dirty with the remnants of binding medium.