'Sayings'
Michael, Bishop of Atrīb and Malīj
Date: Between 1242/3 and 1247
Original Language: Arabic
Description
The Aqwāl consist of 13 texts that deal with a variety of topics (Sbath identifies only 12, and is followed in this by all later authors on this work). The author does not number them or use consistent titles: he calls one of the ‘sayings’ a ‘Treatise’, another ‘Response to a question’, and others ‘Question’. T…