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Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project

Museum of the Bible, [Ethiopic Collection], Manuscript No. 304

This Geʿez language manuscript was created between 1700 and 1799. 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 Museum of the Bible in their [Ethiopic Collection] in Washington, DC, USA. 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: 57.

This manuscript has no paintings of Marian miracle stories.

This manuscript has a total of 143 folios and 294 scans. It has 2 columns per page and approximately 20-24 lines per column.

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

The PEMM abbreviation for this manuscript is MoB-Wash DC (MoB) 304.

The Beta Maṣāḥǝft abbreviation for this manuscript is MoBEth304. Other shelfmarks and/or abbreviations for this manuscript include Museum of the Bible Ethiopic 304.

Regarding this manuscript's repository:

The Museum of the Bible in Washington D.C., USA has a collection of Ethiopian/Eritrean manuscripts. It is not publicly known how many manuscripts are contained in the collection and they have yet to be cataloged. The Ethiopic Miracles of Mary manuscripts are all digitized and now online.

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MoB-Wash DC (MoB) 304

Order in MS
Story Title
Location in MS
Paintings
Story Recension
Incipit
Other Aspects
Story ID
1Bishop Hildephonsus of Toledo who collected stories and compiled them into the Book of the Miracles of the Virgin Maryf. 3r-4r, col. 1 ---13
2The 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 Maryf. 4r-5r, col. 2 EMML (HMML) 5520--185
3The pious official who was accused of embezzlement and of having an affair with the wife of his lordf. 5r-6r, col. 2 ---157
4The hypocritical superior of a monastery who pretended to be religious and is rescued from hell by the Virgin Maryf. 6r-6v, col. 1 ---196
5A man who drowned when a pilgrim ship sank and was delivered unharmed to their destinationf. 6v-7v, col. 2 EMML (HMML) 3872--149
6A monk who got himself appointed by the king to be abbot when the abbot died, angering the monks, and then he himself diedf. 7v-8r, col. 2 ---199
7The Jew who stabbed the icon of the Virgin Mary when he failed to obtain someone else's property through a lawsuitf. 8v-9r, col. 1 ---202
8A monk who was custodian of a church near a river and, when tried to cross it to visit his lover, drownedf. 9r-9v, col. 1 ---204
9The shepherd near Saint Paul's Church in Rome who was possessed by a demonf. 9v-10v, col. 2 ---178
10A monk who was carried by his fellow monks to church when he became too sick to walkf. 10v-11v, col. 2 ---179
11The rich knight who tried to gain a woman's love through gifts and was advised by an abbot to pray to the Virgin Mary insteadf. 11v-13v, col. 1 EMML (HMML) 1573--180
12A monk, the church custodian, who prayed to see the Virgin Mary and didf. 13v-15v, col. 1 ---181
13A bankrupt merchant to whom Satan offered two pearls if he would deny Christ and the Virgin Mary and they turn to sandf. 15v-17v, col. 1 ---182
14A herder saves his sheep and cattle during a storm by praying to the Virgin Maryf. 17v-19r, col. 1 ---183
15The poor, pious firewood collector to whom the town's gatekeeper betrothed his daughterf. 19r-20v, col. 2 ---184
16A bishop who was commanded by the Virgin Mary in a dream to bury an executed robber in consecrated groundf. 20v-21v, col. 1 EMML (HMML) 3275--186
17The laborer who complained to the Virgin Mary because she did not reply to his Hail Maryf. 21v-22r, col. 2 ---187
18The former pagan, the Bishop of Rome, who cut off his hand because of a lustful thought and the Virgin Mary healed himf. 22v-24v, col. 1 EMML (HMML) 3872--163
19The Jewish boy and cowherd who was thrown into the furnace by his father after he was baptized by his Christian companionsf. 24v-26r, col. 1 ---188
20A mighty Roman emperor named Julian the Apostate threatens to destroy the monastery of the Virgin Maryf. 26r-27v, col. 2 ---189
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