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Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library, HMML Project ID EMML, Manuscript No. 3872

This Geʿez language manuscript was created between 1508 and 1540. 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 Lebna Dengel.

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 Zena Marqos (Dabra Besrat) Monastery in Morat, Shoa Province, Ethiopia.

To view the manuscript, go to the digital copy.

This manuscript has a very high number of Marian miracle stories: 204. Of these stories, 8 are unique, 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 174 folios and 365 scans. It has 2 columns per page and approximately 28 lines per column.

The stories in this manuscript were cataloged by Getatchew Haile and W.F. Macomber.

The PEMM abbreviation for this manuscript is EMML (HMML) 3872.

The Beta Maṣāḥǝft abbreviation for this manuscript is EMML3872. Other shelfmarks and/or abbreviations for this manuscript include EMML 3872.

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) 3872

Order in MS	Story Title	Location in MS	Story Recension	Incipit	Other Aspects	Story ID
2	Thieves at the Spring: Part 2: The Virgin Mary saves the soul of a thief who was slain by the miraculous spring	3v	-	-	-	101
3	Homily on the miracles of the Virgin Mary.	4r	-	-	-	102
4	Bishop Mercurius contracted leprosy and the patriarch banned him from serving communion due to his ailment	4v	-	-	-	103
5	Patriarch Cosmas and his Christian flock in Alexandria, Egypt, who were persecuted by Caliph Jafar (Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil) and forced to wear indigo-dyed clothes	5v	-	-	-	104
7	The rich man who angrily threw a loaf of dry bread at a beggar, cutting him, but was saved from hell by the Virgin Mary	7r	-	-	-	106
10	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	10v	-	-	-	109
11	Emperor Arcadius of Constantinople, the golden statue of the Virgin Mary, and the exposition of the Byzantine Patriarch Saint John Chrysostom on Matthew 1:25	10v	-	ወኮነ፡ በመዋዕለ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ኄር፡ መፍቀሬ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አርቃድ...	-	110
12	A Cairo woman's daughter, who lived by the Nile river and became blind due to too much reading and study but was healed by the Virgin Mary	12r	-	ወሀለወት፡ አሐቲ፡ ብእሲት፡ ምስለ፡ ሐማታ፡ በደወለ፡ ቃሕራ፡ ወ...	-	111
13	A poor woman with a broken leg is healed by the icon of the Virgin Mary in the church of Harat ar-Rum in Cairo	12v	-	ወሀለወት፡ አሐቲ፡ ቤተ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ በስመ፡ እግዝእትነ፡…. በ...	-	112
14	A virgin, living with her mother, who slept with many young men due to Satan and was saved by the Virgin Mary when her tears outweighed her sins	13r	-	ወሀለወት፡ አሐቲ፡ ድንግል፡ ምስለ፡ እማ፡ ወመጽአ፡ አሐዱ፡ ወሬ...	-	113
15	Thieves at the Spring: Part 3: The thieves who killed each other at the miraculous spring, one who was the Cannibal of Qemer and the thief who repented on the cross	14r	-	ወእምድኅረ፡ ዕርገቱ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ መጽአ፡ ...	-	114
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	14v	EMML (HMML) 3872	ወካዕበ፡ ኮነ፡ ብእሲ፡ ባዕል፡ በሀገረ፡ ቀጰዶቅያ፡ ወኮነ፡ ሎቱ...	-	115
17	King Zara Yaqob's (Zarʾa Yaʿeqob) reign and the beggar at the church of Qirqos in Amhara from whose head a horn grew	15r	-	በ፮፻፡ ወ፱፻፡ ወ፴፡ ወ፬፡ ዓመት፡ እምዓለም፡ በመዋዕሊሁ፡ ለዘ...	-	116
29	The child Jesus causes a miraculous spring while the Holy Family is in Egypt	26r	-	-	-	40
30	Saint Menas and his jealous brother and the story of the saint's birth	26v	-	-	-	128
47	The priest who could only memorize one mass, the Anaphora of the Virgin Mary, and was prevented from performing mass by the bishop	38v	-	-	-	145
55	A young man who used to crown the icon of the Virgin Mary with roses	47r	EMML (HMML) 3872	ወሀሎ፡ አሐዱ፡ ብእሲ፡ ወሬዛ፡ ዘሠናይ፡ ስነ፡ ላሕዩ፡ ዘስሙ፡ ...	-	153
56	The two women who were attacked by robbers on their way to church	48r	EMML (HMML) 3872	ወሀለዋ፡ ክልኤ፡ አንስት፡ አእማተ፡ እግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡ በቤተ...	-	154
57	Emperor Constantine's sister, who prayed to know how the Virgin Mary bore the Word of God, but then failed to recognize her Son when he appeared to her in church.	48v	EMML (HMML) 3872	ወአስተርአየ፡ ዐቢይ፡ ተአምር፡ ዘገብሮ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክ...	-	155
82	The rich knight who tried to gain a woman's love through gifts and was advised by an abbot to pray to the Virgin Mary instead	73r	EMML (HMML) 3872	ወሀሎ፡ አሐዱ፡ ፈረሳዊ፡ ዘስሙ፡ ኒፎን፡ ዘሀገረ፡ ገለአድ፡ ዝሁ...	-	180

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