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Ethio-SPaRe Project, [Ethiopic Collection], Manuscript No. ATH-008

This Geʿez language manuscript was created between 1900 and 1999. This date is estimated, based on paleography, a study of the manuscript's letter shapes, by Jeremy Brown and Stephen Delamarter.

This manuscript's last known location (i.e., where it was microfilmed or digitized at some point in the past forty years) is the repository of ʾArāʿro Takla Hāymānot in ʾArāʿro, Tigray Province, Ethiopia.

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

This manuscript has a typical number of Marian miracle stories: 46.

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 69 folios and 76 scans. It has 2 columns per page and approximately 24–28 lines per column.

The stories in this manuscript were cataloged by Dawit Muluneh.

The PEMM abbreviation for this manuscript is ESP (UH) ATH-008.

The Beta Maṣāḥǝft abbreviation for this manuscript is ESath008.

Regarding this manuscript's repository:

The Ethio-SPaRe project was a digitization and cataloging project directed by Denis Nosnitsin of the Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian Studies of Hamburg University in Hamburg, Germany. The project digitized approximately 2,000 manuscripts and surveyed over one hundred collections between 2009 and 2015. The collection has over eighty Täˀammərä Maryam manuscripts. Over a thousand of these manuscripts have been cataloged by the team led by Denis Nosnitsin. View more information about the project.

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ESP (UH) ATH-008

Order in MS	Story Title	Location in MS	Story Recension	Incipit	Other Aspects	Story ID
1	A barren woman who was despised by her husband in Ethiopia conceives and bears Saleda Masqal after licking the Icon of Virgin Mary [who is Saleda Masqal?]	s. 10a-10a, col. 1, line 4	-	ወሀለወት ፡ አሐቲ ፡ ብእሲት ፡ መካን ፡ ዘይዘነጕጓ ፡ ብእሴሃ...	-	539
2	Book of Nagara Maryam??: OldF: Part 05: Journey: The Holy Family hides from thieves in a sycamore tree at Dabra Metmaq. (321, 322, 325, 431 similar)	s. 10a-11b, col. 2, line 16	-	ወኮነ ፡ ዝንቱ ፡ ነገር ፡ አመ ፡ ነግሠ ፡ ሄሮድስ ፡ ወአዘዘ...	-	325
3	Oz, the Byzantine monk, is shown a vision of Hell by Saint Urael.	s. 11b-12b, col. 1, line 25	-	ወሀሎ ፡ ፩መነኮስ ፡ ሮማዊ ፡ ዘስሙ ፡ ዖፅ ፡ በደብረ ፡ ኩዛ...	-	419
4	Book of Felsata la-Maryam??: New: Dormition: An angel gives the Virgin Mary an unnamed book and Jesus promises a church will be built in her name and Peter and Paul build it with special rocks	s. 12b-13b, col. 1, line 12	-	ወእመ ፡ ፈቀደ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ያዕርግ ፡ ሥጋሃ ፡ ለእግዝእ...	-	1135
5	Book of Felsata la-Maryam??: JOld?: Dormition: The Transitus of The Virgin Mary. (623, 502, 532, 550 similar)	s. 13b-14b, col. 2, line 2	-	ንዜንክሙ ፡ ክብራ ፡ ለእግዝእትነ ፡ ማርያም ፡ እምአመ ፡ ዕረ...	-	550
6	Thieves at the Spring: Part 2: The Virgin Mary saves the soul of a thief who was slain by the miraculous spring	s. 14b-15a, col. 1, line 15	-	ወእድምኅረ ፡ አእረፈት ፡ እግዝእትነ ፡ ማርያም ፡ ወላዴ ፡ አ...	-	101
7	The Jewish magistrate who believed in Christ when he saw the Virgin Mary's miracles in her house	s. 15a-15b, col. 1, line 26	-	ወሀሎ ፡ ፩መኰንን ፡ አይሁዳዊ ፡ ዘፈነውዋ ፡ ሊቃናተ ፡ አይሁ...	-	551
8	Saint Basil and the rich man who refused to give him a tablet [saleda] for an icon of the Virgin Mary.	s. 15b-16b, col. 2, line 10	-	ስምዑ ፡ ዘገብረት ፡ ተአምረ ፡ በቂሳርያ ፡ በመዋዕሊሁ ፡ ለኤ...	-	124
9	Homily on the Virgin Mary's symbolism in Scripture as a dove.	s. 16b-17a, col. 1, line 9	-	ስምዑ ፡ ሕዝብ ፡ ክርስቲያን ፡ ተአምሪሃ ፡ ለእግዝእትነ ፡ ዘ...	-	552
10	Book of Felsata la-Maryam: [Chaine Part 07] Dormition: The Holy Spirit recounts the salvific events that have occurred on Sunday.	s. 17b-18a, col. 1, line 1	-	ወእምድኅረ ፡ አስተርአየ ፡ ዘንተ ፡ አተምረ ፡ ላዕለ ፡ እግዝ...	-	243
11	Book of Ledata la-Maryam??: Old: Part 06: Pregnancy: The Virgin Mary leaves the Temple and enters the home of Saint Joseph.	s. 18a-19b, col. 1, line 20	-	ዘከመ ፡ አብእዋ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ቤተ ፡ መቅደስ ፡ ዘእግዝእትነ ....	-	298
12	Thieves at the Spring: Part 1: The daughter of the chief of the thieves is cured of her leprosy at the miraculous spring.	s. 19b-20b, col. 1, line 12	-	ወኮነ ፡ እንከ ፡ እምድኅረ ፡ ወለደቶ ፡ ለፍቁር ፡ ወልደ ፡ ...	-	100
13	Book of Ledata la-Maryam??: OldA: Part 04: Temple: The Virgin Mary is taken to the Temple at three years old (315, 316-D, 447 similar)	s. 20b-20a, col. 1, line 18	-	ወካዕበ ፡ ንነግረክሙ ፡ ቅድስናሃ ፡ ወንጽሕናሃ ፡ ለእግዝእትነ...	-	316-D
14	The former pagan, the Bishop of Rome, who cut off his hand because of a lustful thought and the Virgin Mary healed him	s. 24b-25a, col. 1, line 1	-	ወሀሎ ፡ ፩ብእሲ ፡ ዘይብልዎ ፡ እባዕ ፡ እምሰብአ ፡ ሀገረ ፡...	-	163
15	The laborer who complained to the Virgin Mary because she did not reply to his Hail Mary	s. 25a-25b, col. 1, line 18	-	ተብህለ ፡ ከመ ፡ ሀሎ ፡ ፩ብእሲ ፡ ገባራዊ ፡ ዘኮነ ፡ ያወት...	-	187
16	Book of Felsata la-Maryam??: AOld?: Dormition: Bier: When Tafoneya lays hands on the bier of The Virgin Mary, an angel cuts his arms off.	s. 25b-26a, col. 1, line 5	-	ወኮነ ፡ እምድኅረ ፡ ዕረፍታ ፡ ለእግዝእትነ ፡ ማርያም ፡ ይቤ...	-	119
17	Dabra Metmaq's water cistern is filled miraculously	s. 26a-27b, col. 2, line 18	-	ወሀሎ ፡ ፩ደብር ፡ ቅዱስ ፡ ደብረ ፡ ምጥማቅ ፡ ቤተ ፡ ክርስ...	-	53
18	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. 27b-28a, col. 1, line 2	-	ወሀሎ ፡ ፩ብእሲ ፡ ፈራሄ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ዘያፈቅራ ፡ ለእግ...	-	27
19	A woman from Cairo whose nine children all died but the Virgin Mary helped her conceive three more.	s. 28a-28a, col. 1, line 2	-	ወሀለወት ፡ አሐቲ ፡ ብእሲት ፡ በደወለ ፡ ቃሕራ ፡ ወወለደት ...	-	132
20	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. 28a-28b, col. 2, line 13	-	ወሀሎ ፡ ፩ሕሙም ፡ ዘነበረ ፡ ጕንዱየ ፡ መዋዕለ ፡ በሕማም ፡...	-	54

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