Qeddase - The Liturgy [1600-1799]

The bookblock - deformed and very dirty on outer and lower margins, near the folios corner. There is a brown water-stain on the inner margin of a few first quires of the manuscript with the traces of microbiological infection. 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. Mechanical damages and irregular losses of all margins and corners are visible in all the bookblock. The sewing of the book is very weak, broken in many places and many of the folios are cracked in the gutters and separated. The binding - present bare wooden boards, previously cover with leather. Leather is preserved on the inner sides of the boards. Front cover is vertically broken and repaired with the use of cord. Spine covered with the strip of white leather.