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          <desc xml:lang="en">Prologue</desc>
          <note xml:lang="fr" type="prologue">
            <quote source="#bib558-1">Aux frères spirituels et très amis du Christ, Mâr Serge et Mâr Paul, hommes libres dans la vérité, Élie votre adorateur dans notre Seigneur, paix.</quote>
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            <quote source="#bib558-1">ܠܐܚ̈ܐ ܪ̈ܘܚܢܐ ܘܪ̈ܚܡܝ ܒܟܠܡܕܡ ܠܡܫܝܚܐ: ܡܪܝ ܣܪܓܝܣ ܘܡܪܝ ܦܘܠܐ ܒܢ̈ܝ ܚܐܪ̈ܐ ܒܫܪܪܐ̣. ܐܠܝܐ ܣܓܘܕܟܘܢ ܒܡܪܢ ܫܠܡ܀</quote>
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            <quote source="#bib558-1">Je commence par dire à ceux qui ne savent pas de quelle ville était ce saint Jean qui par la grâce de Dieu fut jugé digne de devenir évêque dans la ville de Tellâ, et quelle raison l’appela à devenir moine.</quote>
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            <quote source="#bib558-1">ܬܡܢ ܓܝܪ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܐܬܪܐ ܕܐܫܬܘܕܝ ܠܗܘܢ ܗܘ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܒܣܒܪܬܗ. ܕܐܝܟܐ ܕܐܢܐ ܐܝܬܝ. ܬܡܢ ܢܗܘܐ ܐܦ ܡܫܡܫܢܝ. ܕܠܗ... ܥܠܡܝܢ.</quote>
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          <note xml:lang="fr" type="explicit">
            <quote source="#bib558-1">Car là est la région que le Christ leur a promise dans son Évangile: «Là où je suis, là sera aussi mon serviteur». À lui… des siècles.</quote>
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            <label>mss Londres, British Library, Add. 12174, f. 152-165v + Add. 14622, f. 1-27v + ms Berlin, Königliche Bibliothek, syr 26 (Sachau 321), f. 147v-166</label>
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            <title xml:lang="en" level="a">Saints’ Lives with a Difference. Elijah on John of
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            <title level="m" xml:lang="la">IV Symposium Syriacum 1984</title>
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            <title level="a" xml:lang="en">Eliya (mid-6th cent)</title>
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