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Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project

Yale University Library, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library Ethiopic Collection, Manuscript No. 25

This Geʿez language manuscript was created between 1889 and 1913. 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 Menilek II.

This manuscript is held in the repository of Yale University Library in their Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library Ethiopic Collection in New Haven, CT, USA. This manuscript's last known location in Ethiopia was Ethiopia (probably).

To view the manuscript, go to the digital copy.

This manuscript has a high number of Marian miracle stories: 150.

This manuscript has some paintings of Marian miracle stories: 7. 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 196 folios and 408 scans. It has 3 columns per page and approximately 27 lines per column.

The stories in this manuscript were cataloged by Jeremy R. Brown.

The PEMM abbreviation for this manuscript is B-E (Yale) 25.

The Beta Maṣāḥǝft abbreviation for this manuscript is EMIP03153. Other shelfmarks and/or abbreviations for this manuscript include Yale Ethiopic 25.

Regarding this manuscript's repository:

The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, USA is home to at least 35 Ethiopian/Eritrean codices and scrolls. A catalog of the collection has been prepared by Steve Delamarter and Ewosteos Gebrekrestos in the 2020s. View highlights of the collection.

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B-E (Yale) 25

Order in MS
Story Title
Location in MS
Paintings
Story Recension
Incipit
Other Aspects
Story ID
1Bishop Hildephonsus of Toledo who collected stories and compiled them into the Book of the Miracles of the Virgin Maryf. 5r-6r, col. 3 2---13
2Book of Vision of Theophilus of Alexandria: Part 2: The Virgin Mary relates how Satan urged King Herod to pursue the Holy Familyf. 6r-7v, col. 3 0---2
3Deacon Michael, who was a grocer, and his stolen ring that the Virgin Mary helped to retrieve from a fishf. 7v-10r, col. 3 0---4
4The innocent Frenchman who was framed for theft by a spurned innkeeper’s daughter and was hanged but did not dief. 10r-14r, col. 3 0---5
5The Arabs who tried to plunder an Egyptian monastery during a famine in the time of the Patriarch Matthew and kidnap a monk when thwartedf. 14r-16r, col. 2 0---6
6Dabra Qalemon's monk who humbly pretends not to fast and is saved from his brothers by the Virgin Mary.f. 16r-17r, col. 1 0EMML (HMML) 2378--7
7Dabra Qalemon's monks who are robbed by Berbers and aided by Arabsf. 17r-19r, col. 3 0---8
8Dabra Qalemon's tailor, Jacob the Short, has his scissors stolen and the thief falls ill until he returns themf. 19r-21r, col. 1 0---9
9Dabra ʾƎntsǝnā's Abbot Raphael who refused to hear the sacrament of confession during the time of Patriarch Abba Matthew of Alexandriaf. 21r-22v, col. 3 0---10
10Dabra Qalemon's icon of the Virgin Mary and the Arab who has contempt for it and is punished during the time of Patriarch Gabriel IV of Alexandria (1370-1378)f. 22v-23v, col. 2 0---11
11Patriarch Gabriel Ibn Tarik of Alexandria who composed the Masehafa Hawi (The Book of the Collector), a collection of Christian doctrine and theologyf. 23v-25r, col. 1 0---12
12Ephrem the Syrian Potter who composed the praise hymn called Weddase Maryam over seven daysf. 25r-26v, col. 3 0---14
13Amnut, the custodian of a church in Egypt, who quarreled with the resentful new bishop after Amnut refused to become the bishopf. 26v-30r, col. 3 0---15
14Dabra Qalemon's gifts from two Arabs who, journeying on the Nile in Egypt, fall into the water due to a storm and are saved from crocodilesf. 30r-30v, col. 1 0EMML (HMML) 5520--16
15Emperor Theodosius of Constantinople's son, the Saint Alexius [Abd al-Masih], and the story of his lifef. 30v-31v, col. 2 0---130
16The faded icon of the Virgin Mary that the mother-in-law wanted to discard.f. 31v-32r, col. 1 0---131
17A woman from Cairo whose nine children all died but the Virgin Mary helped her conceive three more.f. 32r-32r, col. 2 0---132
18Holy Family's Journey: The places in Egypt visited by the Holy Family.f. 32r-34r, col. 3 0---133
19The nominal Christian from Sidon who encountered a serpent/dragon/snake in the desert of Scete (same as 1231?)f. 34r-35r, col. 3 0---134
20The sinful deacon who was healed from his illness by a drop of the Virgin Mary's breast milkf. 35r-36r, col. 3 0EMML (HMML) 3872--135
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