Mäzmurä Dawit - Psalter [ca. 1600] Psalter [ca. 1600]

MS NO. 61149f. Psalms of David The bookblock- the manuscript was swamped. The folios are strongly deformed and dirty on all surface. A very serious, dark brawn water-stains in all the bookblock are visible. There are the traces of microbiological infection visible. Most damaged, with a large losses, are external folios. The edges of all folios are very dark, brownish very brittle, mainly as an effect of high air temperature and water. Some of the folios are brownish on all surface. The glass-like layer, as an effect of gelatinization process of the parchment, can also be observed. The sewing of the book is very weak. The binding- fragments of two wooden boards are very dirty and deformed.