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Title: On the front cover: ሃይማኖተ ኣበው [Haymanotä ᾽abäw] f. Ir: ሃይማ[ኖተ፡] አበው፡ ቅዱሳን፡ [Hayma[notä] ᾽äbäw qəddusan] f. 1ra3-4: ሃይማኖተ፡ አበው፡ መምህራነ፡ ቅድስት፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ [Haymanotä ᾽äbäw mämhəranä qəddəst betä krəstiyan]
Description: (Excerpts from the writings of the normative Eastern Orthodox fathers) Text 1: f. 2r-187v: The Faith of the Fathers; Text 2: f. 189ra,10-193ra, end: The Faith of Jacob Baradaios (Syriac: Burdəʽāyā); the photo is not quite clear, but the title is probably: መጽሐፈ፡ ሃይማኖቱ፡ ለቅዱስ፡ ዐቢይ፡ ማሪ፡ ያዕቆብ፡ እልበራድዒ፡ ጳጳሶሙ፡ ለያዕቆባውያን፡ በሶርያ፡
Date Created: [1700-1799?]
Subject: Theology, Patristics

Title: Front cover: መፅሃፈ / ሚስጥር (Mäḍhafä Misṭər; sic !) f. Vv: መ ምስጢር (Mä Məsṭir) f. 1ra,14: መጽሐፈ፡ ምስጢር፡ (Mäṣhafä Məsṭir)
Description: Text 1: ff. 1ra,1-46ra-b,12 (end); The Book of Mystery
Date Created: [1600-1699?]
Subject: Theology, Heresiology

Title: f. IIr: መፅሃፈ፡ ሚስጢር፡ [Mäḍhafä Misṭir] (sic!); f. 197ra,10: መጽሐፈ፡ ምሥጢር፡ [Mäṣḥäfä Məśṭir]
Description: Text 1: f. 1ra,1-193vb,end; The Book of Mystery; (a treaty in heresiology) Text 2: f. 194ra,1-196ra,3: Catholic apostolic prayer of the faith (ጸሎተ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ … ሃይማኖት፡ ከቶሊኪ። እንተ፡ ይእቲ፡ ሐዋርያዊት።) Text 3: f. 196ra,4-197vb,end: various prayers for Giyorgis (Säglawi), the author of The Book of Mystery
Date Created: [1600-1649]
Subject: Theology

Title: f. Ir: ሃይማኖተ፡ ኣበው፡ (Haymanotä ᾽Abäw) [Note! This is a different text from "The Faith of the Fathers", i.e., the collection of excerpts from several patristic authors]
Description: Text 1: ff. 1ra1-25ra,3: “The orthodox faith that the ancient fathers gave us and bequeathed to us, and that the elders bequeathed to our fathers, and the Apostles bequeathed to the elders, and to the Apostles bequeathed (it) Jesus Christ, the bishop of the entire creation.” Text 2: ff. 25ra,4-75vb,end: Another (article of) faith which is the belief in the Son Text 3: ff. 76ra,1-99va,end: The third (article of) faith which is the belief in the Holy Spirit and the holy Church Text 4: ff. 99vb,1-119rb,end; The fourth (article of) faith which is the belief in the baptism and its rules; Text 5: ff. 119va,1-138ra,end: The fifth (article of) faith which is the belief in the resurrection of the dead and the life that will come
Date Created: [1800-1899?]
Subject: Theology

Title: f. 1r upper margin: መፅሃፈ ሚስጥር (sic! for መጽሐፈ፡ ምስጢር፡); Mäḍhafä Misṭər (sic! for Mäṣḥafä Məsṭir)
Description: Text 1: ff. 1r,1-184v: Book of the Mystery; (not complete)
Date Created: [1400-1499?]
Subject: Theology, Treatise of heresiology

Title: f. Ir: written in large blue characters: መገፀጸዊ / ብሩክ (sic!); (Mägäḍḍäwi Bəruk); f. 1ra,4-7: መገጸዊ፡ ቡሩክ፡ እስትርኩብ፡ በእንተ፡ ዘአስተጋብአ፡ ዝንቱ፡ መጽሐፍ። (Mägäṣṣäwi Buruk ᾽əstərkub bä-᾽əntä zä-astägab᾽a zəntu mäṣḥaf)
Description: Text 1: ff. 1ra,1-198rb,3: Mägäṣṣäwi Buruk; ff. 1ra,1-4va,4(end): contents: list of chapters ff. 5ra,1-198ra,4: the main text: 22 mäbhəlt (መብህልት፡), i.e exchanges of questions and answers between a disciple (ረድእ፡) and his teacher (መምህር፡) about salvation; (Inc. f. 5ra,1-15: በስመ፡ … ንወጥን፡ በረድኤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ስቡሕ፡ ጽሒፈ፡ ኆልቈ፡ ተስእሎታተ። ዘተስእለ፡ ኪያሆሙ፡ ረድእ፡ ለመምህሩ። ይከሥት፡ በውስቴቶሙ፡ ምግባረ፡ ዘቦቱ፡ ትድኅን፡ ነፍስ። ዘውፅእት፡ እምቅዱሳት፡ መጻሕፍት።)
Date Created: [1500-1599?]
Subject: Theology

Title: Front cover: መፅሃፈ / ኪዳነ / ምህረት (Mäḍhafä [sic!] kidanä məhrät) f. 1rb,7-11: መጽሐፈ፡ ኪዳነ፡ ለእግዝእትነ፡ ቅድስት፡ ድንግል፡ ወላዲተ፡ አምላክ፡ ማርያም፡ …
Description: Text 1: ff. 1ra,1-64rb,end: Book of the Covenant of Grace (of Jesus with Mary); Text 2: f. 64va,1-71: Sälam to Mary
Date Created: [1800-1899?]
Subject: Theology