‎Contents

‎Preface

‎Acknowledgements

‎Chapter 1. Introduction

‎1.1. The Story of the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ (Commentary on Matthew 27:1–28:7)

‎1.1.1. Introduction

‎1.1.2. The Manuscripts

‎1.1.3. The Excerpt

‎1.1.4. Text and Translation

‎1.2. The Wood of the Cross

‎1.3. The Historian Giyorgis Wäldä ʿAmid (Ǧirǧis al-Makīn Ibn ʿAmīd) on the History of the Holy Cross

‎1.4. Mälkəʿa Mäsqäl, መልክዐ ፡ መስቀል ።, “Image of the Cross”

‎1.4.1. Introduction

‎1.4.2. The Sufferings (Passions) of Christ

‎1.4.3. The Manuscripts

‎1.4.4. Text and Translation

‎1.5. Mälkəʿa Ḥəmam, መልክዐ ፡ ሕማም ። “Image of the Suffering”

‎1.5.1. Introduction

‎1.5.2. Text and Translation

‎Chapter 2. The Cross in the Life of the Faithful: Samples from the Literature

‎2.1. From Arägawi Mänfäsawi, The Spiritual Elder John Saba

‎2.2. From the Miraculous Works of Abunä Libanos

‎2.3. From the Life of Hermit Abba Akalä Krǝstos

‎Chapter 3. Homilies on the Holy Cross by Ancient Fathers

‎3.0. Introduction

‎3.1. Homily by Minas, Metropolitan of Aksum, for the Feast Day of the Cross

‎3.1.1. Text and Translation

‎3.2. Homily by James of Sarug, “For (the Feast of) the Cross”

‎3.2.1. Text and Translation

‎3.3. Anonymous Homily on the Appearance of the Image of the Cross to Caesar Constantine and How Helen Found the Cross, “For (the Feast of Saint) Helen”

‎3.3.1. Text and Translation

‎3.4. Anonymous Homily on the Finding of the True Cross, for the Feast Day of Saint Helen

‎3.4.1. Text and Translation

‎3.5. Anonymous Homily on the Finding of the True Cross, for 10 Mäggabit

‎3.5.1. Text and Translation

‎3.6. Homily by John (Chrisostom), for 12 Mäggabit

‎3.6.1. Text and Translation

‎3.7. Anonymous Homily on the Holy Wood of the Cross, for 27 Mäggabit

‎3.7.1. Text and Translation

‎3.8. Excerpt from Saint John Chrysostom’s Homily on the Fig Tree

‎3.8.1. Text and Translation

‎3.9. An Amharic Narrative on Saint Helen and How She Found the Holy Cross

‎3.9.1. Text and Translation

‎3.10. Sǝbḥatä Mäsqäl, ስብሐተ ፡ መስቀል ።, “Glorification of the Cross” by Abba Baḥrǝy

‎3.10.1. Introduction

‎3.10.2. Text and Translation

‎3.11. Mǝsṭirä Mäsqäl, ምስጢረ ፡ መስቀል ።, “Mystery of the Cross”

‎3.11.1. Introduction

‎3.11.2. Text and Translation

‎Chapter 4. Short Hymns on the Cross

‎4.1. Nägś Hymn by Zärʾa Yaʿǝqob

‎4.2. Nägś Hymns by Abba Giyorgis of Gasǝč̣č̣a

‎Nägś Hymn (MS EMML 204, fol. 96v)

‎4.3. From the Säʿatat (Horologium) of Abba Giyorgis

‎4.4. Arke Hymn by the Unidentified Arkä Śǝllus

‎Index of Edited Manuscripts

‎Collegeville, Minnesota, Hill Monastic Manuscript Library

‎London, British Library

‎Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France

‎Tǝray (Ethiopia), ʿUra Mäsqäl

‎Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

‎Bibliography

‎Index of Biblical Quotations

‎Old Testament

‎New Testament

‎Index of Names and Subjects