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Institute of Ethiopian Studies, EAP Project No. 286, by Delamarter and Demeke, Manuscript No. 1-1-0223

This Geʿez language manuscript was created between 1750 and 1849. This date is estimated, based on paleography, a study of the manuscript's letter shapes, by Jeremy Brown and Stephen Delamarter.

This manuscript is held in the repository of Institute of Ethiopian Studies in their EAP Project No. 286, by Delamarter and Demeke in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This manuscript's last known location in Ethiopia was South: Addis Ababa.

To view the manuscript, go to the digital copy.

This manuscript has a typical number of Marian miracle stories: 34. Also, 32 have stanzas or hymns at their end, 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 159 folios and 164 scans. It has 2 columns per page and approximately 16–17 lines per column.

The stories in this manuscript were cataloged by Mehari Worku.

The PEMM abbreviation for this manuscript is IES-286 (EAP) 1-1-0223.

The Beta Maṣāḥǝft abbreviation for this manuscript is EMML1437. Other shelfmarks and/or abbreviations for this manuscript include IES 223; EAP286/1/1/223.

Regarding this manuscript's repository:

Endangered Archives Programme grant EAP286 was a digitization project directed by Demeke Berhane Teffera and Steve Delamarter, with Jeremy R. Brown as the director of manuscript digitization. The project digitized 5,749 items, of which are 1,800 Ge’ez manuscripts at the Institute of Ethiopian Studies in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Cataloging for the project has been carried out by Demeke Berhane Teffera, Kesis Melaku Terefe, Steve Delamarter, and Jeremy R. Brown. For more information about the project, go here.

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.

IES-286 (EAP) 1-1-0223

Order in MS	Story Title	Location in MS	Story Recension	Incipit	Other Aspects	Story ID
1	Bishop Ildefonsus (Daqseyos) of Toledo who collected stories and compiled them into the Book of the Miracles of the Virgin Mary	s. 29b-32b, col. 2, line 1	-	-	♫	13
2	The laborer who complained to the Virgin Mary because she did not reply to his Hail Mary	s. 33a-34a, col. 2, line 6	-	-	♫	187
3	An old monk from Egypt whom the Virgin Mary made young again	s. 34b-35b, col. 1, line 5	-	-	♫	161
4	The monastic scribe who used to write the Virgin Mary's name in golden ink	s. 42b-43b, col. 1, line 1	-	-	♫	162
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. 44a-45b, col. 1, line 10	-	-	♫	163
6	The Egyptian monk Issac who prayed to Jesus 300 times every night for seven years asking for the Virgin Mary to appear to him	s. 46a-48a, col. 1, line 1	-	ወሀሎ፡ ፩ መነኮስ፡ ዘስሙ፡ ይስሐቅ፡ ወያፈቅራ፡ ለእግዝእትነ፡ ...	♫	19
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. 51b-53a, col. 1, line 1	-	ወሀሎ፡ ፩ ብእሲ፡ ፈራሄ፡ እግዚአብሔር። ወያፈቅራ፡ ለእግዝ እት...	♫	27
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. 53a-55a, col. 2, line 7	-	-	♫	33
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. 55b-56b, col. 1, line 1	-	-	♫	54
10	A young man who used to crown the icon of the Virgin Mary with roses	s. 62b-65a, col. 1, line 1	-	-	♫	153
11	The two women who were attacked by robbers on their way to church	s. 65b-66b, col. 1, line 4	-	-	♫	154
12	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. 67a-68b, col. 1, line 3	-	-	♫	16
13	The church of the Virgin Mary that moved by itself to the shore of the Mediterranean Sea.	s. 69a-70b, col. 1, line 5	-	ወሀሎ፡ ፩ደብር፡ በሀገረ፡ ፅርዕ፡ ወኑኁ፡ መንፈቀ፡ ምዕራፍ፡ እ...	♫	46
14	John Bakansi, the blind Egyptian monk, whose eyes the Virgin Mary healed with her breast milk	s. 75b-77b, col. 1, line 1	-	ወሀሎ፡ ፩ ቀሲስ፡ በሀገረ፡ ምስር፡ ዘስሙ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ በከንሲ፡ ...	♫	43
15	The rich man from Colossae who was shot in the eye with an arrow while fighting the Qwez	s. 78a-79b, col. 1, line 1	-	ወሀሎ፡ ፩ ብእሲ፡ በደሴተ፡ ቈላስይስ፡ ባዕል፡ ጥቀ፡ ወሖረ፡ ኀ...	♫	48
16	Elizabeth, the blind Egyptian girl from Badraman, whose eyes the Virgin Mary healed with her breast milk	s. 80a-82b, col. 1, line 7	-	ወሀሎ፡ ፩ ብእሲ፡ በሀገረ፡ ጽዒድ፡ ዘትሰመይ፡ በድርማን፡ ዘስሙ...	♫	59
17	A widow who could not find husbands for her three daughters	s. 86a-88a, col. 1, line 1	-	ወሀለወት፡ አሐቲ፡ ብ እሲት፡ ነዳይት፡ ዘሞተ፡ ምታ። ወኃደገ፡ ...	♫	57
18	The two brothers who were scribes and while copying the Miracles of the Virgin Mary fell into sin	s. 88a-89b, col. 2, line 11	-	ወሀለዉ፡ በአሐቲ፡ ሀገር፡ ፪ አኃው፡ ፍቁራን፡ ዘይትፋቀሩ፡ ጥቀ...	♫	61
19	George the Younger, the martyr, was visited in prison by the Virgin Mary	s. 90a-90b, col. 1, line 1	-	ወሀሎ፡ ፩ ብእሲ፡ መስተጋድል፡ ፈድፋደ፡ በከዊነ፡ ስምዕ፡ በስመ...	♫	68
20	Katir, the old priest from Al-Kasus, who was mistreated by a church custodian, is restored to strength by the Virgin Mary	s. 94b-96a, col. 1, line 1	-	ወሀሎ፡ ፩ ብእሲ፡ በአሐቲ፡ ሀገር፡ ዘትሰመይ፡ እልክሱእሲ፡ በአ...	♫	82

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