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Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library, HMML Project ID EMML, Manuscript No. 1965

This Geʿez language manuscript was created between 1900 and 1949. This date is estimated, based on paleography, a study of the manuscript's letter shapes, by Jeremy Brown and Stephen Delamarter.

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 Private library of Abba Gurare Marqorewos in Yağğu, Wallo Province, Ethiopia.

To view the manuscript, go to the digital copy.

This manuscript has a typical number of Marian miracle stories: 31.

This manuscript has no paintings of Marian miracle stories.

This manuscript has a total of 40 folios and 45 scans. It has 2 columns per page and approximately 22–23 lines per column.

The stories in this manuscript were cataloged by Dawit Muluneh.

The PEMM abbreviation for this manuscript is EMML (HMML) 1965.

The Beta Maṣāḥǝft abbreviation for this manuscript is EMML1965. Other shelfmarks and/or abbreviations for this manuscript include EMML 1965.

Regarding this manuscript's repository:

The Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library (EMML) was a microfilming project carried out in Ethiopia in the 1970s-1990s. The project photographed 9,238 manuscripts prior to its conclusion in 1994. The collection has over five hundred Täˀammərä Maryam manuscripts. This project revolutionized Ethiopian Studies through the thousands of manuscripts made available for research and the ten volumes of catalogs prepared by William F. Macomber and Getatchew Haile. There is no institution that holds a complete set of the EMML microfilms, although the majority of the microfilms are available at the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML). HMML has the largest collection of electronic and microfilmed Ethiopian/Eritrean manuscripts in the world. There is an ongoing digitization effort at HMML to make the entirety of the EMML collection available online in their Reading Room. View more information about collections at HMML, including EMML.

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EMML (HMML) 1965

Order in MS	Story Title	Location in MS	Story Recension	Incipit	Other Aspects	Story ID
1	Bishop Hildephonsus sees the icon of the Virgin Mary sweating; she asks him to raise a girl from the dead.	s. 15a-16a, col. 2, line 1	-	-	-	474
2	A child and his mother see the icon of the Virgin Mary weeping for the sins of the world.	s. 16a-16a, col. 1, line 5	-	ወሀሎ ፡ ፩ሕፃን ፡ ንዑስ ፡ ዘያፈቅራ ፡ ለእግዝእትነ ፡ ......	-	412
3	Jesus asks the Virgin Mary what her greatest sorrow is and she replies saying these five sorrows	s. 16a-17a, col. 2, line 16	-	ወበአሐቲ ፡ ዕለት ፡ ይቤላ ፡ ክርስቶስ ፡ ለእሙ ፡ አይ ፡ ኀ...	-	400
4	The daughter of the rich man from Caesarea who could not deliver her baby and almost died until taken to the church of the Virgin Mary	s. 17a-17b, col. 1, line 9	-	ወሀለወት ፡ አሐቲ ፡ ብእሲት ፡ እምዓበይተ ፡ ሀገረ ፡ ቂሳርያ...	-	109
5	John, a monk in the Monastery of Abba Macarius, who was visited by the Virgin Mary as a winged maiden of light	s. 17b-17b, col. 1, line 14	-	ወሀሎ ፡ ፩ብእሲ ፡ ቀሲስ ፡ በደብረ ፡ አባ ፡ መቃርስ ፡ ዘ...	-	66
6	Book of Felsata la-Maryam: [Chaine Part 06.1] Dormition: When Tafoneya lays hands on the bier of The Virgin Mary, an angel cuts his arms off (continuation of the preceding miracle) [same as 119]	s. 18a-18b, col. 1, line 1	-	ወእምዝ ፡ መጽአ ፡ ኀቤየ ፡ ሠላስ ፡ ደናግል ፡ እለ ፡ ይትቀ...	-	51
7	Book of Felsata la-Maryam: [Chaine Part 02] Dormition: An Egyptian woman comes to the Virgin Mary in Bethlehem and is healed of her fever.	s. 18b-19a, col. 2, line 3	-	ወመጽአት ፡ አሐቲ ፡ ብእሲት ፡ እምድረ ፡ ግብጽ ፡ እንዘ ፡ ...	-	221
8	The rich woman who went with the monks to the [the Church of] Manbalis [in the town of Alwa, Nubia] for prayer and there saw a vision of the Virgin Mary	s. 19a-20a, col. 2, line 16	-	ተብህለ ፡ ሶበ ፡ ፈቀዱ ፡ አኃው ፡ ከመ ፡ ይትጋብኡ ፡ ውስ...	-	185
9	Scete's monks who were visited by apparitions of the Desert Fathers, including the saints Macarius, John, Moses, and John Kama, while praying to the Virgin Mary	s. 20a-20b, col. 2, line 1	-	ወሀለዉ ፡ በገዳመ ፡ አስቄጥስ ፡ ብዙኃን ፡ ሕሙማን ፡ እምአበ...	-	55
11	Book of Vision of Anthony of Dabra Qwesqwam: Part 4: Anthony asks why the Virgin Mary anoints them and its because of her beloved son Jesus	s. 21b-22a, col. 2, line 4	-	ወውእቱሰ ፡ ይቤ ፡ አንሰ ፡ ርኢክዋ ፡ካዕበ ፡ ለእግዝእትነ ፡...	-	227
12	Sara from Mesot, who became insane and went about naked was healed by Mary by her breast milk.	s. 22a-22b, col. 2, line 12	-	-	-	506
13	The three monks who attempted to say Mass in a mosque.	s. 22b-23a, col. 2, line 2	-	-	-	477
14	A woman whose baby daughter was carried off by a hyena.	s. 23a-24a, col. 2, line 13	-	-	-	438
15	Dabra Timona's monk, Efrem, who is swallowed by a dragon but the dragon is compelled to vomit him up alive ten days later	s. 24a-25a, col. 1, line 9	-	-	-	465
16	A Cappadocian official's beloved son who died but was raised from the dead when he was carried to the icon of the Virgin Mary	s. 25a-25b, col. 1, line 3	-	ወሀሎ ፡ ፩ብዕል ፡ በሀገረ ፡ ቀጶዶቅያ ፡ ወኮነ ፡ ሎቱ ፡ ፩...	-	115
17	Book of Felsata la-Maryam??: Dormition: Part 12: Christ appears with his mother to the apostles and makes Saint Peter head of the Church.	s. 26a-26b, col. 1, line 1	-	ወእንዘ ፡ ሀለዉ ፡ ሐዋርያት ፡ ይሜህርዎሙ ፡ ለሰብአ ፡ ሀገር...	-	255
18	An official who used to rob the poor is converted when a monk reveals that Satan was acting as his counsellor.	s. 26b-27b, col. 2, line 11	-	-	-	476
19	The laborer who complained to the Virgin Mary because she did not reply to his Hail Mary	s. 27b-28a, col. 2, line 5	-	ወሀሎ ፡ ፩ብእሲ ፡ ገባራዊ ፡ ዘያፈቅራ ፡ ለእግዝእትነ ፡ .....	-	187
20	Dabra Nagadeyan's dying monk prays in front of her icon to go to Jerusalem and the Virgin Mary takes him from Lower Egypt to all around the holy land	s. 28a-29a, col. 2, line 17	-	ወሀለወት ፡ ሥእለ ፡ እግዝእትነ ፡ ... በደብረ ፡ ነጋድያን ...	-	54
21	The two women who were attacked by robbers on their way to church	s. 29a-29b, col. 1, line 6	-	ወሀለዋ ፡ ክልዔ ፡ አንሰት ፡ አዕማተ ፡ እግዝእትነ ፡ ... ...	-	154

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