Ethiopian Manuscript Digital Archive, HMML Project ID EMDA, Manuscript No. 162
This Geʿez language manuscript was created between 1730 and 1755. This date is estimated, based on the reigning Ethiopian royal ruler's name appearing in the manuscript. The royal ruler's name mentioned in the manuscript is Iyasu II.
This manuscript's last known location (i.e., where it was microfilmed or digitized at some point in the past forty years) is the repository of Qarāneyo Madḫānē Alam Monastery in Gojjam Province, Ethiopia.
To view the manuscript, go to the digital copy.
This manuscript has a typical number of Marian miracle stories: 37. Also, 33 have stanzas or hymns at their end, marked with a ♫ in the table below, under Other Aspects.
This manuscript has a lot of paintings of Marian miracle stories: 53. To see the paintings in this manuscript, go to its PEMM Paintings by Manuscript page.
Fortunately, these paintings are digitized and available online in color.
This manuscript has a total of 138 folios and 146 scans. It has 2 columns per page and approximately 15 lines per column. The stories in this manuscript appear in 1 sequences, and are numbered accordingly below as 1.2, 2.1, etc. The Marian miracle stories begin on folio 96v of the whole manuscript.
The stories in this manuscript were cataloged by Jeremy R. Brown. Assistance and/or typing of incipits by Beimnet Beyene Kassaye.
The PEMM abbreviation for this manuscript is EMDA (HMML) 162.
The Beta Maṣāḥǝft abbreviation for this manuscript is EMDA00162. Other shelfmarks and/or abbreviations for this manuscript include EMDA 00162; G1-IV-288; EAP 432/1/13.
Regarding this manuscript's repository:
The Ethiopian Manuscript Digital Archive (EMDA) at the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) is a collection of several digitization projects that have been carried out in Ethiopia beginning in 2011. HMML has the largest collection of electronic and microfilmed Ethiopian/Eritrean manuscripts in the world. Locations for the EMDA project include Moṭā Giyorgis Church in Goğğām Province, Marṭula Māryām Monastery in Goğğām Province, Dabra Ḍaḥāy Qeddus Mārqos Church in Goğğām Province, Dimā Giyorgis Monastery in Goğğām Province, Na'akkweto La'ab Church in Wallo Province, and Qarānyo Madḫānē Ālam Church in Goğğām Province. There are currently 566 manuscripts in this collection.
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