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Ethio-SPaRe Project, [Ethiopic Collection], Manuscript No. DD-001

This Geʿez language manuscript was created between 1632 and 1667. This date is estimated, based on the reigning Ethiopian royal ruler's name appearing in the manuscript. The royal ruler's name mentioned in the manuscript is Fasiladas.

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 Dabra Dāmmo ʾAbuna ʾAragāwi in Dabra Dāmmo, Tigray Province, Ethiopia.

To view the manuscript, go to the digital copy.

This manuscript has a typical number of Marian miracle stories: 57. Also, 31 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: 48. To see the paintings in this manuscript, go to its PEMM Paintings by Manuscript page.

Fortunately, these paintings are digitized and available online in color.

This manuscript has a total of 123 folios and 132 scans. It has 2 columns per page and approximately 16 lines per column. The stories in this manuscript appear in 2 sequences, and are numbered accordingly below as 1.2, 2.1, etc.

The stories in this manuscript were cataloged by Dawit Muluneh.

The PEMM abbreviation for this manuscript is ESP (UH) DD-001.

The Beta Maṣāḥǝft abbreviation for this manuscript is ESdd001.

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.

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.

ESP (UH) DD-001

Order in MS	Story Title	Location in MS	Paintings	Story Recension	Incipit	Other Aspects	Story ID
1.1	The rich woman who went with the monks to the [the Church of] Manbalis [in the town of Alwa, Nubia] for prayer and there saw a vision of the Virgin Mary	s. 3b-5a, col. 1	0	-	ወሀሎ ፡ ፩ደብር ፡ ዘመነኮሳት ፡ ወልማዶሙ ፡ ስእሎ ፡መነኮሳት...	-	185
1.2	Thieves at the Spring: Part 2: The Virgin Mary saves the soul of a thief who was slain by the miraculous spring	s. 11a-12a, col. 1	0	-	ወእምድኅረ ፡ አዕረፈት ፡ እግዝእትነ .... መጽአ ፡ ፈታይ ፡...	-	101
1.3	A man with paralysis who was healed on the Feast of Our Lady's Assumption	s. 12a-13a, col. 2	0	-	ወኮነ ፡ አመ ፡ ፲ወ፮ ፡ በነሐሴ ፡ ነበረ ፡ መፃጕዕ ፡ ውስተ...	-	313
1.4	A priest becomes insane after his entire family dies of the plague.	s. 13a-13b, col. 1	0	-	ተብህለ ፡ ከመ ፡ ሀሎ ፡፡፩ቀሲስ ፡ በአሐቲ ፡ ሀገር ፡ ወኃል...	-	314
1.5	The peasant who became rich by seizing his neighbors' land and crops and is rescued from going to hell by the Virgin Mary	s. 13b-15a, col. 2	0	-	ወሀሎ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ሀገር ፡ ብእሲ ፡ ገባር ፡ ወባዕል ፡ ውእቱ...	-	195
1.6	An official who kidnapped a girl who had made a vow of virginity is visited by the Virgin Mary	s. 15a-16a, col. 1	0	-	ወሀለወት ፡ አሐቲ ፡ ድንግል ፡ እንተ ፤ በፅአት ፡ ድንግልናሃ...	-	309
1.7	A stream runs uphill after its neighbor had diverted it.	s. 106a-106b, col. 1	0	-	ተብህለ ፡ ከመ ፡ ሀሎ ፡ ፩ብእሲ ፡ እንዘ ፡ የሐፅብ ፡ ልብሶ...	-	311
1.8	The two women who were attacked by robbers on their way to church	s. 106b-107b, col. 2	1	-	ወሀለዋ ፡ ክልኤ ፡ አንስት ፡ ወአሐተ ፡ ዕለተ ፡ እንዘ ፡ የ...	-	154
1.9	An official who kidnapped a girl who had made a vow of virginity is visited by the Virgin Mary	s. 107b-108b, col. 1	0	-	ወሀለወት ፡ አሐቲ ፡፡ድንግል ፡ እንተ ፡ ብፅእት ፡ ድንግልናሃ...	-	309
1.10	A woman from Cairo whose nine children all died but the Virgin Mary helped her conceive three more.	s. 108b-109a, col. 1	0	-	ወሀለወት ፡ አሐቲ ፡ ብእሲት ፡ በደብረ ፤ ቃሕራ ፡ ወወለደት ...	-	132
1.11	The sinful deacon whom his enemies could not kill until he had confessed himself to a priest.	s. 109a-110b, col. 1	1	-	ተብህለ ፡ ከመ ፡ ሀሎ ፡ ፩ብእሲ ፤ እኩይ ፡ ውሁደ ፡ ሠናይ ...	-	140
1.12	A Muslim who found an icon of the Virgin Mary in his house and converted after oil flowed from it	s. 110b-111b, col. 1	0	-	ወሀሎ ፡ ፩አረማዊ ፡ እምደቂቀ ፡ እስማዔል ፡ ዘረከበ ፡ ውስተ...	-	190
1.13	The laborer who complained to the Virgin Mary because she did not reply to his Hail Mary	s. 111b-112b, col. 2	1	-	ወሀሎ ፡ ፩ገባራዊ ፡ ዘኮነ ፡ ያወትር ፡ ኵሎ ፡ ዕለተ ፡ ውስ...	-	187
1.14	The rich woman who went with the monks to the [the Church of] Manbalis [in the town of Alwa, Nubia] for prayer and there saw a vision of the Virgin Mary	s. 112b-113b, col. 2	0	-	ወሶበ ፡ ፈቀዱ ፡ አኃው ፡ ይትጋብኡ ፡ ውስተ ፡ መንበሊስ ፡ ...	-	185
1.15	A monk who was carried by his fellow monks to church when he became too sick to walk	s. 113b-114b, col. 2	0	-	ወሀሎ ፡ ፩መነኮስ ፡ ውስተ ፡ አሐቲ ፡ ምኔት ፡ ወእሙቅ ፡ ፍ...	-	179
1.16	The nun who the Virgin Mary encouraged to recite the Hail Mary more slowly because the Virgin Mary enjoyed it	s. 114b-115b, col. 2	0	-	ወሀለወት ፡ መበለት ፡ ውስተ ፡ አሐቲ ፡ ደብር ፡ ወኮነት ፡ ...	-	206
1.17	The priest who could only memorize one mass, the Anaphora of the Virgin Mary, and was prevented from performing mass by the bishop	s. 115b-116b, col. 1	0	-	ወሀሎ ፡ ፩ቀሲስ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ፩መካን ፡ ዘብዙኅ ፡ ሕዝብ ፡ ወ...	-	145
1.18	Saint Menas and his jealous brother and the story of the saint's birth	s. 116b-118a, col. 2	0	-	ወሀሎ ፡ ፩መኰንን ፡ በህገረ ፡ ንቱዮስ ፡ወስሙ ፡ አውድክዮስ ...	-	128
1.19	The daughter of the rich man from Caesarea who could not deliver her baby and almost died until taken to the church of the Virgin Mary	s. 118a-118b, col. 1	0	-	ወሀለወት ፡ አሐቲ ፡ ብእሲት ፡ እምአዋልደ ፡ ዐበይተ ፡ ሀገር...	-	109
1.20	John, a monk in the Monastery of Abba Macarius, who was visited by the Virgin Mary as a winged maiden of light	s. 118b-119a, col. 2	0	-	ወሀሎ ፡ ፩መነኮስ ፡ ዘይነብር ፡ በደብረ ፡ አባ ፡ መቃርስ ፡...	-	66

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