Bibliothèque nationale de France, [Ethiopic Collection], Manuscript No. 53
This Geʿez language manuscript was created between 1400 and 1499. This date is estimated, based on paleography, a study of the manuscript's letter shapes, by Jeremy Brown and Stephen Delamarter.
This manuscript is held in the repository of Bibliothèque nationale de France in their [Ethiopic Collection] in Paris, France. This manuscript's last known location in Ethiopia was Ethiopia (probably).
To view the manuscript, go to the digital copy.
This manuscript has fewer Marian miracle stories than most, only 5.
This manuscript has no paintings of Marian miracle stories, but it does have 1 painting of Mary and events in her life. To see the paintings in this manuscript, go to its PEMM Paintings by Manuscript page.
This manuscript has a total of 64 folios and 144 scans. It has 2 columns per page and approximately 22 lines per column.
The stories in this manuscript were cataloged by H. Zotenberg and W.F. Macomber.
The PEMM abbreviation for this manuscript is Z-Paris (BNF) 53.
The Beta Maṣāḥǝft abbreviation for this manuscript is BNFet53. Other shelfmarks and/or abbreviations for this manuscript include Bibliothèque nationale de France Et. 22.
Regarding this manuscript's repository:
The Ethiopian Collection at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris contains 1034 manuscripts, one of the largest collections of Ethiopian/Eritrean manuscripts in Europe. This vast collection comprises several subcollections. First is the Antoine d’Abbadie Collection at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris, which contains 283 Ethiopian/Eritrean manuscripts acquired by Antoine d’Abbadie. The Antoine d’Abbadie Collection has been cataloged in several catalogs written by Antoine d’Abbadie (1859), Marius Chaîne (1912), and Carlo Conti Rossini (1914). Second are several subcollections that utilize the shelfmark “Éthiopien”. These include manuscripts from royal and imperial collections, manuscripts collected by Casimir Mondon-Vidhaillet, and manuscripts collected by Marcel Griaule in Gondar in 1932. The Éthiopien Collection has been cataloged in several catalogs written by Hermann Zotenberg (1877), Marius Chaîne (1913), and Sylvain Grébaut (1938, 1941, 1944, and 1954). Third is the manuscript collection acquired by Duchesne-Fourney, which was cataloged by J. Blanchart in 1909. Fourth is the manuscript collection acquired by Marcel Cohen, which was cataloged by Marcel Cohen (1912) and Marius Chaîne (1914).
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