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Title: On the front cover: ድርሳነ፡ እማ፡ / ነገረ ማርያም (Dərsanä ᾽əmma (sic!); Nägärä Maryam (the latter is a false identification)
Description: Text 1: ff. 1ra-10va3: “Homily on our Lady Mary, the birth of the holy Virgin Mary, how she entered the Temple, and how she was committed to Joseph’s care“ Text 2: ff. 10va,4-30ra: Homily on our Lady Mary by Abba Yoḥannəs, Metropolitan of Ethiopia; Text 3: ff. 30rb,1-64r (but fol. 63v-64r not filmed): The Book of Mary’s Birth (= Protevangelium of James); Text 4: ff. 64va,1- 68vb: A story of constructing churches devoted to Mary (f. 64a, upper margin: ዘሕንጸተ፡ ቤታ፡); (= extract from the Synaxary, on the 21 of Sane) Text 5: ff. 69ra,1- 83ra-b,8: (f. 69ra, upper margin: ዘቅዳሴ፡ ቤታ፡); Homily of Basil bishop of Caesarea on the construction of the church devoted to Mary Text 6: ff. 83ra,9-103v (unfinished): Homily of Minas bishop of Aksum on Mary; f. 83ra, on the upper margin: Kidanä Məḥrät (ኪዳነ፡ ምሕረት፡)
Date Created: [1600-1699?]
Subject: Marian literature, Apocrypha, Homiletics

Title: f. 2r, upper margin: ገድለ፡ ሃዋርያት፡ (Gädlä Hawarəyat); only lower parts of the letters of the latter word are visible
Description: Text 1: ff. 1ra,1-2vb,16; The Life of Bärtälomewos (Bartolomy), beginning missing; Text 2: ff. 2vb,17-4vb,end: The Martyrdom of Bärtälomewos (Bartolomy); Text 3: ff. 5ra1-11ra,22: Acts of Matewos (Matthew) Text 4: ff. 11ra,9fb-13ra,end: The Martyrdom of Matewos (Matthew) Text 5: ff. 13rb,1-16ra,6: The Martyrdom of Luke; Text 6: ff. 16ra,7-19rb,18: The Preaching of Filip; Text 7: ff. 19rb,13fb-21rb,19: The Martyrdom of Filip; Text 8: ff. 21rb,12fb-28rb,20: The Preaching of Andrew; Text 9: ff. 28rb,11fb-40rb,15: The Acts of Saint Andrew and Bartolomy Text 10: ff. 40rb,16fb-42rb,19: The Martyrdom of Andrew; Text 11: ff. 42rb,13fb-53ra,end: The Journey of John, son of Zebedee, the Evangelist, and his departure (from this world); Text 12: ff. 53rb,1-57ra,17: The Dormition of John, son of Zebedee, the Evangelist; Text 13: ff. 57ra,14fb-57vb,end: The Martyrdom of Saint James, son of Alphaeus; Text 14: ff. 58ra,1-65va,end: The Preaching of Saint Matthias in the country of the Cannibals; Text 14: ff. 65vb,1-67rb,18: The Martyrdom of Saint Matthias Text 15: ff. 67rb,13fb-70rb,12fb: The Acts of Saint James, son of Zebedee, in the country of India; Text 16: ff. 70rb,11fb:-71va,13; he Martyrdom of James, son of Zebedee; Text 17: ff. 71va,18fb-74va,11: The Martyrdom of Mark the Evangelist in the city of Alexandria; Text 18: ff. 74va,20fb-84va,3: The Preaching of Thomas in India; Text 19: ff. 84va,4-88ra,12: The Martyrdom of Thomas; Text 20: ff. 88ra,13-92ra,end: The Preaching of Juda Thaddaeus, the brother of the Lord, in Syria and Dacia; 92rb: end of the (Apocryphal) Acts of the Apostles; Text 21: ff. 93ra,1-99ra,20(end): Treatise in the form of Epistle of Dionysius Areopagite to Timothy on the end of the testimonies of Peter and Paul; Text 22: ff. 99rb,1-116va,22(end): About Thomas the Apostle when he went to preach in India; Text 23: ff. 116vb,1-125vb,end: Acts of Andrew in Jerusalem, not complete
Date Created: [1400-1499?]
Subject: New Testament, Apocrypha