A "Study Manuscript" from Qäqäma (Tǝgray, Ethiopia): Attempts at Ink and Parchment Analysis

One of the few items of Qäqäma (Ethiopia) collection which predate the time of Gäbrä Giyorgis is a manuscript (QDGM-010) containing New Testament books: the Acts of the Apostles and all Apostolic Epistles. Manuscripts of this type are not common in small rural libraries of North Ethiopia which in most of the cases possess only lectionaries with selections of New Testament readings. The article showcases the results of material analysis, demonstrating that MS QDGM-010 might have been produced and used as “study manuscript” in a different area, and found its way to the collection of Qäqäma, under still unknown circumstances, at some point in the eighteenth or nineteenth century.