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Art Institute of Chicago, Ada Turnbull Hertle and Marian and Samuel Klasstorner endowments, Manuscript No. 2002.4

This Geʿez language manuscript was created between 1667 and 1706. This date is estimated, based on a print or electronic catalog entry about the manuscript.

This manuscript is held in the repository of Art Institute of Chicago in their Ada Turnbull Hertle and Marian and Samuel Klasstorner endowments in Chicago, IL, USA. This manuscript's last known location in Ethiopia was Ethiopia (probably).

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

This manuscript has a typical number of Marian miracle stories: 36. Also, 32 have stanzas or hymns at their end, marked with a ♫ in the table below, under Other Aspects.

This manuscript has a lot of paintings of Marian miracle stories: 66. To see the paintings in this manuscript, go to its PEMM Paintings by Manuscript page.

These paintings have been digitized in color but are not available online. We hope the repository will put this manuscript online soon.

This manuscript has a total of 158 folios and 168 scans. It has 3 columns per page and approximately 15 lines per column.

The stories in this manuscript were cataloged by Jeremy R. Brown.

The PEMM abbreviation for this manuscript is HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4.

The Beta Maṣāḥǝft abbreviation for this manuscript is CIA20024. Other shelfmarks and/or abbreviations for this manuscript include The Art Institute of Chicago 2002.4.

Regarding this manuscript's repository:

The Art Institute of Chicago has a single Ethiopian codex. It was acquired from Sam Fogg Rare Books and Manuscripts through the Ada Turnbull Hertle and Marian and Samuel Klasstorner endowments in 2002. The manuscript has been cataloged by Getatchew Haile. For more information about the collection, 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.

HK-Chicago (AIC) 2002.4

Order in MS
Story Title
Location in MS
Paintings
Story Recension
Incipit
Other Aspects
Story ID
1Book of Ledata la-Maryam??: OldA: Part 01: Conception: The Virgin Mary is conceived and born (whole or opening)f. 26r-28v, col. 1 2---316-A
2Book of Ledata la-Maryam??: OldA: Part 01: Temple: The Virgin Mary stays in the Temple (315, 316-D, 447 similar)f. 29v-31r, col. 1 1---315
3Book of Ledata la-Maryam??: OldA: Part 02: Engagement: The Virgin Mary is espoused to Saint Joseph.f. 32r-34r, col. 1 1---317
4The Virgin Mary prays at the tomb of Christ on the 16th of Yakkatit.f. 42r-46r, col. 1 6---521
5Bishop Hildephonsus of Toledo who collected stories and compiled them into the Book of the Miracles of the Virgin Maryf. 57r-59r, col. 1 2--♫13
6The laborer who complained to the Virgin Mary because she did not reply to his Hail Maryf. 60v-61r, col. 1 1--♫187
7An old monk from Egypt whom the Virgin Mary made young againf. 62v-63v, col. 1 1EMML (HMML) 3872-♫161
8The monastic scribe who used to write the Virgin Mary's name in golden inkf. 64v-65v, col. 1 1EMML (HMML) 3872-♫162
9The former pagan, the Bishop of Rome, who cut off his hand because of a lustful thought and the Virgin Mary healed himf. 67r-68r, col. 1 2EMML (HMML) 3872-♫163
10The Egyptian monk Issac who prayed every night for seven years that the Virgin Mary would appear to himf. 69v-71r, col. 1 1EMML (HMML) 5520-♫19
11Maryam, an Egyptian child from Defra, who wanted to receive Communion but whose family locked her in the house when they went to churchf. 72r-73r, col. 1 1--♫27
12The French artist knocked off his scaffolding by Satan (who was angry because of how he was being painted) is caught by the Virgin Maryf. 74r-75v, col. 1 1EMML (HMML) 6938-♫33
13Dabra 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 landf. 76v-77r, col. 1 1EMML (HMML) 5520-♫54
14A young man who used to crown the icon of the Virgin Mary with rosesf. 78r-80r, col. 1 1EMML (HMML) 3872-♫153
15The two women who were attacked by robbers on their way to churchf. 81v-82v, col. 1 1EMML (HMML) 3872-♫154
16Dabra 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 crocodilesf. 83v-84v, col. 1 2EMML (HMML) 5520-♫16
17The church of the Virgin Mary that moved by itself to the shore of the Mediterranean Sea.f. 86r-87r, col. 1 1--♫46
18John Bakansi, the blind Egyptian monk, whose eyes the Virgin Mary healed with her breast milkf. 88r-89v, col. 1 1--♫43
19The rich man from Colosse who was shot in the eye with an arrow while fighting the Qwezf. 90v-91v, col. 1 1--♫48
20Elizabeth, the blind Egyptian girl from Badraman, whose eyes the Virgin Mary healed with her breast milkf. 93r-95r, col. 1 1--♫59
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