Book of the Spiritual Elder (= St. Saba) On the divine gifts

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Front board and f. IIIv: ኣረጋዊ / መንፈሳዊ (᾽Arägawi mänfäsawi) f. 1ra, 4-5: መጽሐፍ፡ ዘአረጋዊ፡ ጻድቅ፡ መንፈሳዊ፡ ዘይቤ፡ በእንተ፡ ሀብታት፡ አምላካዊያት።; (Mäṣḥaf zä-᾽Ärägawi ṣadəq Mänfäsawi zä-yəbe bä᾽əntä häbtat ᾽ämlakawiyat)

Michael Gervers (researcher)

Witold Witakowski (data contributor)

᾽Arägawi mänfäsawi (= Spiritual Elder = St. Saba) (author)

ʽƎnqwä Maryam (ዕንቈ፡ ማርያም፡) f. 141vb,last two lines (commissioner)

“This book belongs to the holy (monastery of) Däbrä Gärizan”; f. IIIr; (owner)

f. Iv-IIv (foreguard) & f.IVr-VIv (rearguard) - empty; f. IIIr: a “trial of the pen”; f. 141va,9-12: a colophon stating that the book was translated from Arabic into Ge‘ez at the command of King Ləbnä Dəngəl (1508-40)

Number of folios: 3 (I-III) + 141 + 3 (IV-VI); European foliation; Number of quires: 20; Number of columns of the text: 2; Number of lines in columns: 23

Ethiopia

Tigray