Alehegne, Dr. MershaEshete, Fiseha2020-11-092023-11-082020-11-092023-11-082013-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/23079This thesis focuses on the la te medieval 14th c. Mss. of GadHi Qaws\os. The reason why the researcher chose this giidl as his research subject those targets on this gadl, and also it is not well known comparing with the Ms. of Gadla Takla Haymanot and also it had not been deeply studied by the scholars. The researcher introduces the Mss. of Gadla Qaws\os and assesses the activities of the saint towards the expansion of Christianity and monasticism. The researcher mainly describes the textual tradition of five Mss. of Gadla Qaws\os that are found from Garr Qddddst Sdllase monastery, Bayyo Abuna Qaws\os church, N ~ bge St. Mary and Abuna Qaws\os monastery, and from the National Archives and Library Agency and classify the stemma codicum of the Mss. depend on their internal evidences or they had shared conjunctive errors. Finally, the researcher analyzes the biography of Abuna Qaws\os depend on the gadl and philological analysis of the text.enBiographical and Philological AnalysisThesis