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Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library, HMML Project ID EMML, Manuscript No. 2686

This Geʿez language manuscript was created between 1700 and 1899. 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 Sotal Amba Kidana Mihret Church in Ankobar, Shoa Province, Ethiopia.

To view the manuscript, go to the digital copy.

This manuscript has a typical number of Marian miracle stories: 53. Also, we are uncertain about the identification of 1 stories, marked with a [?] in the table below, under Other Aspects.

This manuscript has no paintings of Marian miracle stories.

This manuscript has a total of 67 folios and 75 scans. It has 2 columns per page and approximately 16–17 lines per column.

The stories in this manuscript were cataloged by Solomon Gebreyes.

The PEMM abbreviation for this manuscript is EMML (HMML) 2686.

The Beta Maṣāḥǝft abbreviation for this manuscript is EMML2686. Other shelfmarks and/or abbreviations for this manuscript include EMML 2686.

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) 2686

Order in MS	Story Title	Location in MS	Story Recension	Incipit	Other Aspects	Story ID
1	John, a monk in the Monastery of Abba Macarius, who was visited by the Virgin Mary as a winged maiden of light	f. 9r-9v, col. 2, line 8	-	ወሀሎ፡ ፩ቀሲስ፡ በደብረ፡ አባ፡ መቃርስ፡ ዘስሙ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወ...	-	66
2	Pifamon, the noble martyr from Awsim near Cairo, Egypt, who was visited by Jesus and the Virgin Mary before his martyrdom	9v, col. 2, line 12	-	-	(?)	85
3	Bishop Hildephonsus of Toledo who collected stories and compiled them into the Book of the Miracles of the Virgin Mary	f. 10r-12r, col. 1, line 2	-	ተብህለ፡ ከመ፡ ሀሎ፡ በውስተ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ዘጥልጥልያ፡ ...	-	13
4	The nun who the Virgin Mary encouraged to recite the Hail Mary more slowly because the Virgin Mary enjoyed it	f. 12r-12v, col. 1, line 5	-	ወሀለወት፡ አሐቲ፡ መበለት፡ ውስተ፡ ፩ደብር፡ ወታፈቅራ፡ ለእግ...	-	206
5	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	f. 12v-13r, col. 2, line 7	-	ወሀሎ፡ ህየ፡ ሕሙም፡ ዘነበረ፡ ጒንዱየ፡ መዋለ፡ በሕማሙ፡ ወዘል...	-	54
6	The church of the Virgin Mary that moved by itself to the shore of the Mediterranean Sea.	f. 13r-14r, col. 2, line 16	-	ወሀሎ፡ ፩ደብር፡ በሀገረ፡ ፅርዕ፡ ወኑኁ፡ መጠነ፡ ምዕራፍ፡ ኢ...	-	46
7	Ephrem the Syrian Potter who composed the praise hymn called Weddase Maryam over seven days	f. 14r-16v, col. 2, line 2	-	ወሀሎ፡ ፩ብእሲ፡ ለብሐዊ፡ በምድረ፡ ሶርያ፡ ዘይፈርሆ፡ ለእግዚአ...	-	14
8	Jesus asks the Virgin Mary what her greatest sorrow is and she replies saying these five sorrows	f. 16v-17v, col. 1, line 14	-	ወበአሐቲ፡ ዕለት፡ ይቤላ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ለእሙ። አይ፡ የዓቢ፡ እም...	-	400
9	A man who drowned when a pilgrim ship sank and was delivered unharmed to their destination	17r	-	-	-	149
10	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	f. 17v-18v, col. 2, line 17	EMML (HMML) 1573	ወሀለወት፡ አሐቲ፡ ብእሲት፡ ፅንስት፡ ዘአልፀቀት፡ ለወሊድ፡ ወእ...	-	148
11	A Muslim who found an icon of the Virgin Mary in his house and converted after oil flowed from it	f. 18v-19r, col. 1, line 15	-	ወሀሎ፡ ፩አረማዊ፡ እምደቂቀ፡ እስማኤል፡ ዘረከበ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ቤ...	-	190
12	Pifamon, the noble martyr from Awsim near Cairo, Egypt, who was visited by Jesus and the Virgin Mary before his martyrdom	f. 19r-20v, col. 1, line 10	-	ወሀሎ፡ አሐዱ፡ ብእሲ፡ ዘስሙ፡ ዊፋሞን፡ በሀገረ፡ አውሴም፡ ወዊ...	-	85
13	The laborer who complained to the Virgin Mary because she did not reply to his Hail Mary	f. 20v-21r, col. 1, line 12	-	ወሀሎ፡ ፩ብእሲ፡ ገባራዊ፡ ዘያፈቅራ፡ ለእግዝእትነ፡… በኵሉ፡ ል...	-	187
14	An old monk from Egypt whom the Virgin Mary made young again	f. 21r-22r, col. 1, line 14	EMML (HMML) 3872	ወሀሎ፡ ፩ብእሲ፡ ዕብራዊ፡ በሀገረ፡ አክሚም፡ ዘያፈቅራ፡ ለእግዝ...	-	161
15	The monastic scribe who used to write the Virgin Mary's name in golden ink	f. 22r-22v, col. 1, line 12	EMML (HMML) 3872	ወሀሎ፡ ፩መነኮስ፡ ዘይነብር፡ ፊልጵስዩስ፡ ዘስሙ፡ ድምያኖስ፡ ዘ...	-	162
16	The former pagan, the Bishop of Rome, who cut off his hand because of a lustful thought and the Virgin Mary healed him	f. 22v-23v, col. 2, line 10	EMML (HMML) 3872	ወሀሎ፡ ፩ብእሲ፡ እምጳጳሳተ፡ ሮሜ፡ ዘይብልዎ፡ አባሰ። ወኄር፡ ...	-	163
17	The Egyptian monk Issac who prayed every night for seven years that the Virgin Mary would appear to him	f. 23v-25r, col. 2, line 14	EMML (HMML) 5520	ወሀሎ፡ አሐዱ፡ መነኮስ፡ ኄር፡ ዘስሙ፡ ይስሐቅ፡ ያፈቅራ፡ ለእግ...	-	19
18	Maryam, an Egyptian child from Defra, who wanted to receive Communion but whose family locked her in the house when they went to church	f. 25r-26r, col. 2, line 5	-	ወሀሎ፡ ፩ብእሲ፡ ፈራሄ፡ [እግዚአብሔር፡] ለቅድስት፡ ... ወሀ...	-	27
19	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	f. 26r-26v, col. 2, line 9	-	ወሀለወት፡ አሐቲ፡ ብእሲት፡ እምዐባይተ፡ ሀገረ፡ ዘቂሳርያ። ወኮ...	-	109
20	George the Younger, the martyr, was visited in prison by the Virgin Mary	f. 26v-27v, col. 2, line 14	-	ወሀሎ፡ ፩ብእሲ፡ ጊዮርጊስ፡ ስሙ፡ መስተጋድል፡ ፈድፋደ፡ ለከዊ...	-	68

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