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Title: f. Ir: ዮሃንስ፡ ኣፈ-ወርቅ፡ ወኣረጋዊ፡ መንፈሳዊ፡ (Yohannəs Afäwärq wä- ᾽Arägawi Mänfäsawi
Description: Text 1: ff. 1ra,1-2vb,6: Introduction (without title) to the Treatise presenting the author, John Chrysostom, and ff. 2vb,7-3vb,32(end): Life (Zena) of John Chrysostom excerpted from the Chronicle of Giworgis (= Giyorgis) Wäldä Amid; (f. 2vb,10-13); Text 2: translated from Arabic ff. 5r,1-111vc,23(end): John Chrysostom, Commentary or Treatise (Dərsan) on Paul’s Epistle to the Hebrews, (f. 5r12-13; 111vc,4-7) Text 3: ff. 123ra,1-199ra-c,21: “Spiritual Old Man” (= St. Saba; Eth. ᾽Arägawi mänfäsawi), On the divine gifts and contemplation of the grace that God sent for the consolation of the anchorites; Text 4: ff. 199va,1-201rb,end: [Evagrius of Pontus, On the Eight Evil Thoughts] without the author’s name or the title; only seven homilies (ምዕዳን፡) are extant (the one On cowardice is missing)
Date Created: [1700-1799?]
Subject: Ecclesiastical biography, Bible, New Testament, Biblical exegesis, Monastic literature, Moral treatise