This thesis concerns the study of the ancient manuscript, " R:}(ufa Haymanot." The reasonrnwhy this manuscript is selected is that it consists of immense collections of annualrnhomilies attributed to Ratu'a Haymanot (the writer), Aksumite Bishops, and foreignrnArchbishops and to an unknown writer. The other reason that led to this study is the factrnthat the manuscript of Retuahaymanot has not been critically studied as there is nornpublished work or thesis on it. The focus of the study is on both forms and contents of thernMSRHT the manuscript ofTana Qirqos (MSRHT) and theillanuscript ofHayq Estifiinosrn(MSRI-IH). The researcher formulated a hypothesis that the manuscript of RatufarnHaymanot could be a very rich source of historical, religious and cultural events.rnThe method used for the study is a comparative method where the two manuscripts wererncompared for their similarities and differences between them. Regarding similarities, thernentire homilies of both manuscripts deal with similar concepts and show punctuations,rnnumbers and graphic marks. Concerning their differences, each manuscript hasrnindependent characteristics. The manuscript of Tana Qirqos is different from modemrnGeez texts and its accusative and genitive structures are ambiguous.rnThe MSRHH, on the other hand, preserves the ancient forms of Geez orthography andrncaihgraphy. Regarding the s ite o{ quotations, bOlL m3l~Â·~scr .. pts use the same style. Thernquotation mark of the MSRI-IH is a star (*) while that in the MSRHT is an invertedrncoma (l). The placement of the punctuations of the MSRHH is found inside the columnsrnand at the left margins. Numbers differ from recent Geez writings since they show nornbars on top and bottom of numbers while modem writings use bars. There are soundrnchanges in nouns and adjectives in both MSRHT and MSRHH.rnThe content 311alys is deals with historical, religious and cultural events. The historicalrnevents cover the history of famous persons such as Meropius, Ella Amida, Ezana, AbbarnSalama, Constantine the Great, Queen Helena, Mark the evangelist, St.Mary andrnAbraham. In the religious study, the Biblical words, phrases sentences, and paragraphsrnare studied with metaphorical and literal explanations. Many express ions that refer tornVIIIrntheo logical questions have been given logical explanations. For example, the question,rn"Why was Christ crowned with thorn?" is explained in terms of the fact that the thornrnsymbo lizes the cursing of the earth and that the earth becomes new and its fruit blessed.rnThe other explanation refers to why Christ was born in a manger. The writer of MSRHrnsays that Chri st was born in the wilderness in order to teach us never to seek honor andrnhigh statu s, never to worship idols, but to know God. The explanation for the questionrnwhy Chri st washed the feet of His disciples is explained according to the MSRH, withrnrefercnce to the power of the disc iples to go and preach the Gospel without fatigue.rnEthiorian cultural features are reflected in several parts of the homily which re late tornweekly and annual holidays. The celebrations are classified into God's and Saint'srnhol idays To cclebrate God 's holiday is a supernatural law that eyery human being shouldrnobserve, and the ceremonial feasts of the Saints are considered as implements of moralrnvirtu e.rnThe study shows that the manuscript ofR:>tu!'ii Haymanot is a great source of historic a i,rnrelig ious and cultural values.