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Berlin Staatsbibliothek, [Ethiopic Collection], Manuscript No. 42

This Geʿez language manuscript was created between 1350 and 1399. 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 Berlin Staatsbibliothek in their [Ethiopic Collection] in Berlin, Germany. This manuscript's last known location in Ethiopia was Ethiopia (probably).

To view the manuscript, go to the digital copy.

This manuscript has fewer Marian miracle stories than most, only 8.

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 41 folios and 95 scans. It has 2 columns per page and approximately 18–20 lines per column.

The stories in this manuscript were cataloged by E. Hammerschmidt, V. Six, and W.F. Macomber.

The PEMM abbreviation for this manuscript is H-Berlin (BS) 42.

The Beta Maṣāḥǝft abbreviation for this manuscript is BerOrOct1270. Other shelfmarks and/or abbreviations for this manuscript include Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Ms or. oct. 1270.

Regarding this manuscript's repository:

The Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin has a collection of 335 Ethiopian/Eritrean manuscripts. The first manuscripts in the collection were acquired from Theodor Petraeus in 1682. Multiple catalogs of this collection have been prepared, by August Dillmann (1878), Ernst Hammerschmitt (1983), and Veronika Six (1983, 1994, and 1999). View more information about this collection

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H-Berlin (BS) 42

Order in MS	Story Title	Location in MS	Story Recension	Incipit	Other Aspects	Story ID
1	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	f. 28r-30r, col. 1, line 1	-	ወሀሎ፡ እንከ፡ አሓዱ፡ ብእሲ፡ በአሓቲ፡ ሀገር፡ ባዕል፡ ፈድፋድ...	-	106
2	The noble man from Qemer who was a cannibal and ate 78 people, gave a drop of water to a beggar, and went to heaven	f. 30r-33v, col. 1, line 13	-	ወሀሎ፡ አሐዱ፡ ብእሲ፡ በሃገረ፡ ቅምር፡ ክቡረ፡ ዘመድ፡ በስምስ...	-	125
3	A young man who used to crown the icon of the Virgin Mary with roses	f. 33v-35r, col. 2, line 1	EMML (HMML) 7089	ወሀሎ፡ አሐዱ፡ ብእሲ፡ በውእቱ፡ ሃገር፡ ወሀለወት፡ ውስተ፡ ይእ...	-	153
4	The pilgrim [to Santiago] whom Satan persuaded to mutilate himself after falling into a sexual sin	f. 35r-35v, col. 1, line 13	-	ወሀሎ፡ አሐዱ፡ መነኮስ፡ ዘይፈርሆ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ዘይበኪ፡ መ...	-	144
5	The priest who could only memorize one mass, the Anaphora of the Virgin Mary, and was prevented from performing mass by the bishop	f. 36r-36v, col. 1, line 1	-	-	-	145
6	A widow who saved her only son from execution by hanging when she prayed to the Virgin Mary	f. 36v-18r, col. 1, line 12	-	ወኮነት፡ እንከ፡ ብእሲት፡ መበላት፡ ነዳይት፡ ወባቲ፡ አሐደ፡ ወ...	-	152
7	The sinful deacon whom his enemies could not kill until he had confessed himself to a priest.	f. 18r-37v, col. 2, line 14	-	ወኮነ፡ ብእሲ፡ ድያቆን፡ ይፈቅድ፡ ይትአመን፡ በእንተ፡ ኃጣውኢሁ...	-	140
8	An official who kidnapped a girl who had made a vow of virginity is visited by the Virgin Mary	f. 25r-38v, col. 1, line 1	-	ወሀሎ፡ ብእሲ፡ ውስተ፡ ሃገር፡ እምሠራዊተ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ክበር፡ በሀ...	-	309

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