The manuscript is composed of one quire of eight leaves, five quiries of ten leaves each, and two quires of fourteen leaves each, one quire additional.
The formal text is accompanied by extensive notes in the margin in Amharic, called 'anedemtā' commentary, which serves as a reminder to the reader of commentaries about the specific words or passages next to which the notes are written.
Side 2: Primarily images. Seal for the National Tourist and Travel Agency (NTTA) in the middle of the poster in black. Seal consists of drawings of a stele at Axum, the Church of St. George in Lalibela, Fasilides Castle, and the Lion of Judah statue in Addis Ababa. Above the black seal is the logo for NTTA in brown. Another logo is under the seal for an unidentified company and consists of a filled-in outline of Ethiopia, over which a running white horse is superimposed. Underneath the horse is the word, "Wollo." Black and white photos are placed around the seal and logos and consist of a stele at Axum, Church of St. George at Lalibela, the Blue Nile Falls, two tour buses which seem to be associated with the Wollo logo, a pile of fish, workers by what appears to be piles of salt, some boats, and Fasilides Castle.
Appears to be a poster showing examples of poor hygiene. 1) A woman walks from a hut, possibly a bathroom area, to a food prep area and starts preparing food, with no sign of washing her hands. 2) A woman cleans up after a defecating boy and proceeds inside, without washing her hands. 3) People working in a cow pasture full of manure, and then a man getting a cup of water from a drinking bucket, without washing his hands.
Drawing side: Woman in a purple headwrap with her right eye bandaged. Woman in a green shirt is taking a red pill while holding a glass of water to wash it down. Man wearing a light green shirt washes his eyes while a hand pours water out of a pitcher. Woman in a light green dress uses a broom to sweep the floor.
Poster shows examples of people either washing their hands, or instructing people to wash their hands. 1) A woman washes her hands with a jug attached to a hut. 2) A woman pours water from a pitcher over another woman's hands. 3) A man instructs a boy to use the water jug attached to a hut.
Appears to be a poster on constructing and using an outhouse. 1) a man and woman digging a pit some distance from a house. 2) A woman helping a young child defecate over a pot, and then taking the pot to the outhouse. 3) A woman instructing a child on using an outhouse.
Stylized eye with a rainbow arch in upper left corner of the image side of the poster. The same image is in the same place on the text side of the poster, in greyscale.
Image side: A chart showing the transmission of eye diseases in eleven images. A boy with an eye disease hangs out with another boy, hugging him. The second boy touches his eye, catching the disease. Flies land on that boy's eyes, and carry the disease to a girl. The girl gets her face wiped with a handkerchief, which is then used to wipe a baby's face and then the mother's. The whole group of five have now been infected.
Stylized eye with a rainbow arch in upper left corner of the image side of the poster. The same image is in the same place on the text side of the poster, in greyscale.
Stylized eye with a rainbow arch in upper left corner of the image side of the poster. The same image is in the same place on the text side of the poster, in greyscale.