Täsfa Gäbrä Śəllase Printing Press (TGS), Täsfa Gäbrä Śəllase, Editor, Manuscript No. 1988-1996

This Geʿez language manuscript was created between 1995 and 1996. This date is precise, based on the scribe noting the date in the manuscript.

This manuscript is held in the repository of Täsfa Gäbrä Śəllase Printing Press (TGS) in their Täsfa Gäbrä Śəllase, Editor in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This manuscript's last known location in Ethiopia was South: Addis Ababa.

This manuscript is digitized but not publicly available online as of September 2022.

This manuscript has a very high number of Marian miracle stories: 381. Of these stories, 41 are unique, marked with a ☆ in the table below, under Other Aspects. 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 1271 folios and 758 scans. It has 2 columns per page and approximately 41 lines per column.

The stories in this manuscript were cataloged by Mehari Worku. Assistance and/or typing of incipits by Annabel S. Lemma.

The PEMM abbreviation for this manuscript is TGS (EOTC) 1988-1996.

Regarding this manuscript's repository: The historical Tesfa Gebreselassie Printing Press is in Arat Killo. The founder, the Tesfa Gebreselassie, was born in Bulga, Gojam. He developed the printing business to publish religious and educational books and it has been publishing materials since 1931. He himself prepared the Miracles of Mary books, working from manuscripts in Addis Ababa primarily. He did not list which manuscripts he used. Tesfa’s son, Te’ebeb, now runs the business.

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