Background information   from Drower Various sections of the Canonical Prayerbook Copyists BOOK OF SOULS  Prayers  1-31    MASIQTA  Prayers  32-72   The Letter ('ngirta)  Prayer 73    COLOPHON  #74    HYMNS OF PRAISE  Prayers 75-77   The Responses ('niania)  Prayers 78-103 The Rusma (Daily Ablution Prayers)--Prayer 104 ASIET MALKIA  Prayer 105   Rahmia (Daily Devotional Prayers)--Prayers 106-168      Colophon 169     Tab Taba Ltabia (the full Commemoration prayer forthe dead and living--Prayer  170      Hymns of Praise--Prayers 171-172      Sumhata (The Names)--Prayers 173-176      Little New Year's Feast Prayer--Prayer 177      Prayers for honoring the crown--Prayer 178     Hymns of marriage and a new priest (including the series Kt Azil Bhira Dakia--  Prayer 179-198      Colophon 199     Prayers 200-283    Colophon 284      Prayers 285-304     Coronation Prayers and hymns (including two for  myrtle)-- Prayers 305-328       Colophon 329 BANNER HYMNS  Prayers 330- 347     Blessed Oblation Prayers and Hymns--Prayers 348- 374   Blessings on the chief celebrant after Blessed Oblation--                     Prayers 375-381     Myrtle prayers and hymns--Prayers 382-385      Various prayers 386-409      Prayer of Yahia--Prayer 410      Odd hymns--411- 412

THE CANONICAL PRAYERBOOK OF THE MANDAEANS

Copyists

SECTION 1 (Prayers  1 to 74)     Called "The Book of Gadana) ***Last Copyist Adam Yuhana son of Bihram  1802 (1217 AH) in Huwaiza, Khuzestan  (Huwaiza is located about 40 miles west-southwest of Ahwaz) ***Earlist Copyist Zazai d Gawazta son of Hawa (272  AD)          SECTION 2  (Prayers 75 to 77)     ***Last Copyist Adam Yuhana son of Bihram  1802 (1217 AH) in Huwaiza, Khuzestan  (Huwaiza is located about 40 miles west-southwest of Ahwaz) ***Last Entry Ends with Hauna (prayers 75-77)        SECION 3 (Prayers 78 to 103)     ***Last Copyist Adam Yuhana son of Bihram  1802 (1217 AH) in Huwaiza, Khuzestan  (Huwaiza is located about 40 miles west-southwest of Ahwaz)  ***Last Copyist 'Qaiam son of Zindana  SECION 4 (Prayers 104 to 169)  Copied from the Qulasta (collection) of Baktiar son                          of Mhatam-Zihrun ***Last Copyist Adam Yuhana son of Bihram  1802 (1217 AH) in Huwaiza, Khuzestan  (Huwaiza is located about 40 miles west-southwest of Ahwaz)   ***Last Copyist Zazai d Gawazta son of Hawa, name of his father Natar copied from the "Scroll of the First Life"(272 AD)  SECION 5 (Prayers 170-199)  ***Last Copyist Adam Yuhana son of Bihram  1802 (1217 AH) in Huwaiza, Khuzestan  (Huwaiza is located about 40 miles west-southwest of Ahwaz) ***Last Copyist Zazai d Gawazta son of Hawa, name of his father Natar copied from the "Scroll of the First Life"(272 AD)  SECION 6 (Prayers 200 to 284)  ***Last Copyist Adam Yuhana son of Bihram  1802 (1217 AH) in Huwaiza, Khuzestan  (Huwaiza is located about 40 miles west-southwest of Ahwaz)  ***Earlist Copyist Ram, son of Adam Bayan-Hadada son of Zihrun   SECION 7 (Prayers 285 to 304)  ***Last Copyist Adam Yuhana son of Bihram  1802 (1217 AH) in Huwaiza, Khuzestan  (Huwaiza is located about 40 miles west-southwest of Ahwaz)  SECION 8 (Prayers 305 to 329)  ***Last Copyist Adam Yuhana son of Bihram  1802 (1217 AH) in Huwaiza, Khuzestan  (Huwaiza is located about 40 miles west-southwest of Ahwaz) ***Earlist Copyist Zazai d Gawazta   SECION 9 ( Prayers 330 to 412)  Completed on Friday (yuma d-rahatia),, the 4th of the month Akir-Paiiz (Last of Autumn) which is Tabit, Capricornus, in the year of  Wednesday in the year 1217 AH ***Last Copyist Adam Yuhana son of Bihram  1802 (Moslem date AH 1217) in Huwaiza, Khuzestan  (Huwaiza is located about 40 miles west-northwest of Ahwaz)