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Ethio-SPaRe Project, [Ethiopic Collection], Manuscript No. QSM-017

This Geʿez language manuscript was created between 1600 and 1699. This date is estimated based on various methods.

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 Qarsabar Qǝddus Mikāʾel in Qarsabar, Tigray Province, Ethiopia.

To view the manuscript, go to the digital copy.

This manuscript has a high number of Marian miracle stories: 162. Also, we are uncertain about the identification of 2 number of stories, marked with a [?] in the table below, under Other Aspects.

This manuscript has no paintings of Marian miracle stories, but it does have 1 painting of Mary and events in her life. To see the paintings in this manuscript, go to its PEMM Paintings by Manuscript page.

This manuscript has a total of 256 folios and 263 scans. It has 2 columns per page and approximately 17 lines per column. The stories in this manuscript appear in 2 sequences, and are numbered accordingly below as 1.2, 2.1, etc. The Marian miracle stories begin on folio 250v of the whole manuscript.

The stories in this manuscript were cataloged by Transkribus and ITool.

The PEMM abbreviation for this manuscript is ESP (UH) QSM-017.

The Beta Maṣāḥǝft abbreviation for this manuscript is ESqsm017.

Regarding this manuscript's repository:

The Ethio-SPaRe project was a digitization and cataloging project directed by Denis Nosnitsin of the Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian Studies of Hamburg University in Hamburg, Germany. The project digitized approximately 2,000 manuscripts and surveyed over one hundred collections between 2009 and 2015. The collection has over eighty Täˀammərä Maryam manuscripts. Over a thousand of these manuscripts have been cataloged by the team led by Denis Nosnitsin. View more information about the project.

For more information about understanding this table, see Using This Site. If you think any of the information on this page is incorrect (e.g., the location, date, folios, story IDs), please use our PEMM Feedback Form to let us know. We depend on users like you to improve the site.

ESP (UH) QSM-017

Order in MS	Story Title	Location in MS	Story Recension	Incipit	Other Aspects	Story ID
1.1	Bishop Hildephonsus of Toledo who collected stories and compiled them into the Book of the Miracles of the Virgin Mary	s. 22b-24b, col. 2, line 5	-	ተብህለ፡ ከመ፡ ሀሎ፡ ውስተ፡ ቤተ ክርስቲያን፡ ዘዘገረ፡ ጠለ፡...	-	13
1.2	The laborer who complained to the Virgin Mary because she did not reply to his Hail Mary	s. 24b-25a, col. 2, line 2	-	ተብህለ፡ ከመ፡ ሀሎ፡ አሐዱ፡ ብእሲ፡ ገባራዊ፡ ዘኮነ፡ ያወትር፡...	-	187
1.3	An old monk from Egypt whom the Virgin Mary made young again	s. 25a-26a, col. 2, line 12	EMML (HMML) 3872	ወሀሎ፡ ፩፡ ብእሲ፡ ዕብራዊ፡ በሀገረ፡ አክሚም፡ ዘያፈቅራ፡ ለእ...	-	161
1.4	The monastic scribe who used to write the Virgin Mary's name in golden ink	s. 26a-27a, col. 2, line 4	EMML (HMML) 3872	ወሀሎ፡ ፩ብእሲ፡ መነኮስ ዘስሙ፡ ድምያኖስ፡ ዘይነብር፡ በሀገረ...	-	162
1.5	The former pagan, the Bishop of Rome, who cut off his hand because of a lustful thought and the Virgin Mary healed him	s. 27a-28a, col. 2, line 7	EMML (HMML) 3872	ወሀሎ፡ ፩፡ ብእሲ፡ ዘይብልዎ፡ አባስ፡ እምሰብአ፡ ሀገረ፡ ሮሜ...	-	163
1.6	The Egyptian monk Issac who prayed every night for seven years that the Virgin Mary would appear to him	s. 28a-29b, col. 2, line 11	EMML (HMML) 5520	ወሀሎ፡ ፩፡ መነኮስ፡ ኄር፡ ዘይሰመይ፡ ይስሐቅ፡ ወያፈቅራ፡ ለ...	-	19
1.7	Maryam, an Egyptian child from Defra, who wanted to receive Communion but whose family locked her in the house when they went to church	s. 29b-30a, col. 1, line 8	-	ወሀሎ፡ ፩ብእሲ፡ ፈራሄ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ ዘያፈቅራ፡ ለእግዝእትነ...	-	27
1.8	The French artist knocked off his scaffolding by Satan (who was angry because of how he was being painted) is caught by the Virgin Mary	s. 30a-31a, col. 2, line 5	-	ወሀሎ፡ ፩ሰዐሊ፡ ዘአልቦ፡ ዘይመስሎ፡ በውእቱ፡ አዝማን፡ ወደፈ...	-	33
1.9	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. 31a-31b, col. 1, line 14	EMML (HMML) 5520	ወሀሎ፡ ፩ሕሙ፡ ም፡ ዘነበረ፡ ጕንዲየ፡ መዋዕለ፡ በሕማም፡ እን...	-	54
1.10	The two women who were attacked by robbers on their way to church	s. 31b-32b, col. 2, line 7	EMML (HMML) 3872	ወሀለዋ፡ ፪አንስት፡ አእማተ፡ እግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡ በቤተ፡ ልሔ...	-	154
1.11	Dabra 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 crocodiles	s. 32b-33b, col. 1, line 7	EMML (HMML) 5520	ወኮነ፡ በ፩እመዋዕል፡ ሕሩ፡ ኀበ፡ ምድረ፡ ይፍ፡ ዮሰብእ፡ ዐረባ...	-	16
1.12	The church of the Virgin Mary that moved by itself to the shore of the Mediterranean Sea.	s. 33b-34b, col. 2, line 3	-	ወሀሎ፡ ፩፡ ደብር፡ በሀገረ፡ ጽርዕ፡ ወኑኁ፡ መጠነ፡ መንፈቀ፡...	-	46
1.13	John Bakansi, the blind Egyptian monk, whose eyes the Virgin Mary healed with her breast milk	s. 34b-35b, col. 1, line 8	-	ወሀሎ፡ ለቀሲስ፡ በሀገረ፡ ምሰር፡ ዘስሙ፡ ዮሓንስ፡ በክንሲ። ...	-	43
1.14	The rich man from Colosse who was shot in the eye with an arrow while fighting the Qwez	s. 35b-36b, col. 1, line 12	-	ወኮነ፡ በገ፡ለጋ፡ ለት፡ ፡ ደሴተ፡ ቈለስዩስ፨ ወሀሎ፡ ፩ብእ...	-	48
1.15	A woman from Cairo whose nine children all died but the Virgin Mary helped her conceive three more.	s. 36b-37a, col. 1, line 15	-	ወሀለወት፡ አሐቲ፡ ብእሲት፡ በደወለ፡ ቃሕራ፡ ወወለደት፡ ህውሉደ...	-	132
1.16	The two brothers who were scribes and while copying the Miracles of the Virgin Mary fell into sin	s. 37a-38a, col. 1, line 16	-	ወሀለዉ፡ ውስተ፡ አሐቲ፡ ሀገር፡ እምአህጉረ፡ ክርስቲያን፡ ደአ...	-	61
1.17	George the Younger, the martyr, was visited in prison by the Virgin Mary	s. 38a-39a, col. 1, line 14	-	ወሀሎ፡ ፩ብእሲ፡ መስተጋድል፡ ፊድፋ፡ ደ፡ በከዊነ፡ ሰምዕበእንተ...	-	68
1.18	Katir, the old priest from Al-Kasus, who was mistreated by a church custodian, is restored to strength by the Virgin Mary	s. 39a-40a, col. 1, line 3	-	ወሀሎ፡ ፩ብእሲ፡ ቀሲስ፡ መንፈሳዊ፡ ዘስሙ፡ ከጢር፡ ወአረጋዊ...	-	82
1.19	Two brothers were dyers from Dalga, Egypt, and one was tricked in a religious debate and imprisoned	s. 40a-41b, col. 1, line 10	-	ወሀለዉ ፪አኃው፡ በውስተ፡ ሀገር፡ ዘትሰመይ፡ ደልጋ፡ ወየአል...	-	83
1.20	A European man, lame due to a stone foot, is healed by praying in front of the icon of the Virgin Mary	s. 41b-42b, col. 1, line 12	-	ስምዑ፡ አበውየ፡ ወአኃውየ፡ ዘገብረት፡ እግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡ ተ...	-	99

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