[2] Some Coptic manuscript fragments recovered at Fayyum appear to contain a sort of commentary or homily on the gospel.
[3] There is a tendency in historical scholarship to confuse the Mani's Living Gospel with another of his works,[4] known as Ertenk or Ardhang/Arzhang (ancient Persian: artha-thanha, approximately "message of truth") or The Picture Book.
This was a book containing illustrations to accompany and facilitate the understanding of Mani's cosmology.
The combination of two Turfan fragments allows the reconstruction of the text of the first part (alaph).
The section deals with the nature of the "King of the World of Light" who resides at the "Navel of the World" but is also present on his whole earth, from without as from within, having no limits except where his earth borders on that of his enemy, the "Kingdom of Darkness".