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Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, [Arabic Manuscript Collection], Manuscript No. 170

This Arabic language manuscript was created between 1719 and 1719. This date is precise, based on the scribe noting the date in the manuscript.

This manuscript is held in the repository of Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana in their [Arabic Manuscript Collection] in Rome, Italy. This manuscript's last known location in Ethiopia was Egypt (probably).

To view the manuscript, go to the digital copy.

This manuscript has a typical number of Marian miracle stories: 77.

This manuscript has no paintings of Marian miracle stories.

This manuscript has a total of 333 folios and 341 scans. It has 1 columns per page and approximately 15 lines per column.

The stories in this manuscript were cataloged by Jeremy Brown with Ekaterina Pukhovaia.

The PEMM abbreviation for this manuscript is V-Ar-Vatican (BAV) 170.

Other shelfmarks and/or abbreviations for this manuscript include Vatican Ar. 170.

Regarding this manuscript's repository:

The Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana collection of over 2600 Arabic manuscripts is one of the largest and most studied collections in Europe. The Arabic Collections have been cataloged in several catalogs written by J.S. Assemani, E. Tisserant, and others.

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V-Ar-Vatican (BAV) 170

Order in MS	Story Title	Location in MS	Story Recension	Incipit	Other Aspects	Story ID
1	Bishop Ildefonsus (Daqseyos) of Toledo who collected stories and compiled them into the Book of the Miracles of the Virgin Mary	6v	-	-	-	13
2	The sinful deacon who was healed from his illness by a drop of the Virgin Mary's breast milk	8r	-	-	-	135
3	The thief whom the king's soldiers could not kill by hanging because he prayed to the Virgin Mary	9r	-	-	-	136
4	Sybil the prophetess saw a vision of the Virgin Mary holding her child within a circle around the sun and the Emperor of Rome erected an altar in his palace	10r	-	-	-	137
5	A sinful deacon assassinated by his enemies receives a Christian burial and is found with a flower growing out of his mouth	11v	-	-	-	138
6	The repentant knight who could only learn to pray the prayer of the Hail Mary	12v	-	-	-	139
7	The sinful deacon whom his enemies could not kill until he had confessed himself to a priest.	13v	-	-	-	140
8	Pilgrim to Santiago: Part 1: The bishop for whom the Virgin Mary tailored a new sackcloth sends a penitent pilgrim to Santiago (whole or opening)	14v	-	-	-	141-A
9	A deacon prayed the prayer that contained the word 'rejoice' five times for the five joys of the Virgin Mary	15v	-	-	-	142
10	The pilgrim [to Santiago] whom Satan persuaded to mutilate himself after falling into a sexual sin	16v	-	-	-	144
11	The priest who could only memorize one mass, the Anaphora of the Virgin Mary, and was prevented from performing mass by the bishop	18r	-	-	-	145
12	The knight who plotted to seduce the shoemaker's daughter, who had pledged her virginity to the Virgin Mary	19r	-	-	-	146
13	The Jewish boy who was thrown into the furnace by his father after he received Holy Communion with his Christian companions	22v	-	-	-	147
14	The pregnant woman who was caught by a wave while going to the church of Saint Michael (Mont Saint Michel) and gives birth underwater protected by the Virgin Mary's cloak	24r	-	-	-	148
15	A man who drowned when a pilgrim ship sank and was delivered unharmed to their destination	25r	-	-	-	149
16	A divorced wife who prayed for revenge against her husband's new wife but was refused because the new wife was devoted to the Virgin Mary	26r	-	-	-	150
17	A woman from Rome whose daughter returns to life for a day on the anniversary of her death	28r	-	-	-	151
18	A widow who saved her only son from execution by hanging when she prayed to the Virgin Mary	29v	-	-	-	152
19	A young man who used to crown the icon of the Virgin Mary with roses	30v	-	-	-	153
20	The two women who were attacked by robbers on their way to church	32r	-	-	-	154

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