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Bibliothèque nationale de France, [Ethiopic Collection], Manuscript No. 61

This Geʿez language manuscript was created between 1650 and 1749. 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 Bibliothèque nationale de France in their Éthiopien in Paris, France. This manuscript's last known location in Ethiopia was Ethiopia (probably).

To view the manuscript, go to the digital copy.

This manuscript has a typical number of Marian miracle stories: 30. Also, 30 have stanzas or hymns at their end, marked with a ♫ in the table below, under Other Aspects.

This manuscript has a few paintings of Marian miracle stories: 5. To see the paintings in this manuscript, go to its PEMM Paintings by Manuscript page.

These paintings are digitized and available online but only in black and white.

This manuscript has a total of 127 folios and 130 scans. It has 1 columns per page and approximately 12–15 lines per column.

The stories in this manuscript were cataloged by H. Zotenberg and W.F. Macomber.

The PEMM abbreviation for this manuscript is Z-Paris (BNF) 61.

The Beta Maṣāḥǝft abbreviation for this manuscript is BNFet61. Other shelfmarks and/or abbreviations for this manuscript include Bibliothèque nationale de France Et. 60.

Regarding this manuscript's repository:

The Ethiopian Collection at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris contains 1034 manuscripts, one of the largest collections of Ethiopian/Eritrean manuscripts in Europe. This vast collection comprises several subcollections. First is the Antoine d’Abbadie Collection at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris, which contains 283 Ethiopian/Eritrean manuscripts acquired by Antoine d’Abbadie. The Antoine d’Abbadie Collection has been cataloged in several catalogs written by Antoine d’Abbadie (1859), Marius Chaîne (1912), and Carlo Conti Rossini (1914). Second are several subcollections that utilize the shelfmark “Éthiopien”. These include manuscripts from royal and imperial collections, manuscripts collected by Casimir Mondon-Vidhaillet, and manuscripts collected by Marcel Griaule in Gondar in 1932. The Éthiopien Collection has been cataloged in several catalogs written by Hermann Zotenberg (1877), Marius Chaîne (1913), and Sylvain Grébaut (1938, 1941, 1944, and 1954). Third is the manuscript collection acquired by Duchesne-Fourney, which was cataloged by J. Blanchart in 1909. Fourth is the manuscript collection acquired by Marcel Cohen, which was cataloged by Marcel Cohen (1912) and Marius Chaîne (1914).

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.

Z-Paris (BNF) 61

Order in MS	Story Title	Location in MS	Story Recension	Incipit	Other Aspects	Story ID
1	The laborer who complained to the Virgin Mary because she did not reply to his Hail Mary	f. 13r-14v, col. 1	-	-	♫	187
2	An old monk from Egypt whom the Virgin Mary made young again	f. 15r-17r, col. 1	EMML (HMML) 3872	-	♫	161
3	The monastic scribe who used to write the Virgin Mary's name in golden ink	f. 17v-20r, col. 1	EMML (HMML) 3872	-	♫	162
4	The former pagan, the Bishop of Rome, who cut off his hand because of a lustful thought and the Virgin Mary healed him	f. 20v-23v, col. 1	EMML (HMML) 3872	-	♫	163
5	The Egyptian monk Issac who prayed to Jesus 300 times every night for seven years asking for the Virgin Mary to appear to him	f. 24r-27v, col. 1	EMML (HMML) 5520	-	♫	19
6	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. 28r-30v, col. 1	-	-	♫	27
7	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	f. 31r-34v, col. 1	EMML (HMML) 6938	-	♫	33
8	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. 35r-37r, col. 1	EMML (HMML) 5520	-	♫	54
9	A young man who used to crown the icon of the Virgin Mary with roses	f. 37v-42v, col. 1	EMML (HMML) 3872	-	♫	153
10	The two women who were attacked by robbers on their way to church	f. 43r-45v, col. 1	EMML (HMML) 3872	-	♫	154
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	f. 45v-49r, col. 1	EMML (HMML) 5520	-	♫	16
12	The church of the Virgin Mary that moved by itself to the shore of the Mediterranean Sea.	f. 49v-51v, col. 1	-	-	♫	46
13	John Bakansi, the blind Egyptian monk, whose eyes the Virgin Mary healed with her breast milk	f. 52r-56v, col. 1	-	-	♫	43
14	The rich man from Colossae who was shot in the eye with an arrow while fighting the Qwez	f. 57r-60r, col. 1	-	-	♫	48
15	Elizabeth, the blind Egyptian girl from Badraman, whose eyes the Virgin Mary healed with her breast milk	f. 60v-65r, col. 1	-	-	♫	59
16	A widow who could not find husbands for her three daughters	f. 65v-69r, col. 1	-	-	♫	57
17	The two brothers who were scribes and while copying the Miracles of the Virgin Mary fell into sin	f. 69v-72r, col. 1	-	-	♫	61
18	George the Younger, the martyr, was visited in prison by the Virgin Mary	f. 72v-74v, col. 1	-	-	♫	68
19	Katir, the old priest from Al-Kasus, who was mistreated by a church custodian, is restored to strength by the Virgin Mary	f. 75r-78r, col. 1	-	-	♫	82
20	Two brothers were dyers from Dalga, Egypt, and one was tricked in a religious debate and imprisoned	f. 78v-82v, col. 1	-	-	♫	83

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