[Miracles of the Saint Mary, Blessed Virgin, and image of Galawedéwos (Claudius)].

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Title
[Miracles of the Saint Mary, Blessed Virgin, and image of Galawedéwos (Claudius)].
Published / Created
[17th century].
Publication Place
[Ethiopia],
Abstract

Main works: Ff. 1r–8v: Introduction to the Miracles of Mary, መቅድመ ተአምረ ማርያም ዘሙዓልቃ; Ff. 9r–38r: Thirteen Miracles of Mary; Ff. 39r–52v: Image of Galawedéwos (Claudius), መልክአ ገላውዴዎስ; Ff. 53r–61v: Prayer to Saint Mary imploring her to bless the speaker in the various ways in which she has blessed others like Ephrem the Syrian, a priest from Rome; Ff. 63r–68r: Shorter Introduction to the Miracles of Mary, ስምዑ እነግረክሙ; Ff. 68v–73r: Prayer to Saint Mary on behalf of those who wrote the Miracles of Mary; F. 73r, bottom of second column: Chant to be recited after the reading of the Miracles of Jesus; Ff. 73v–82v: Two Miracles of Jesus Christ (beginning at 73v and 83v); Ff. 86rv: Chant to be recited before the reading of the miracle of Jesus.

Manuscript In fair hand, in red and black, with f.1r in a Western hand, probably copied in the seventeenth century, and ff. 62 rv in a later hand, in Amharic, containing miracles of Mary.

Varia: Ff. 62rv: Greeting to Abrǝha and Aṣbǝḥa, written in a later hand, in Amharic; Ff. 87rv: Calendar of the monthly feasts for the Apostles; Ff. 87v (center)–88r (top): Calendar of the weevily and unweevily months, ሐሳበ ዕፀዋት ጽንዕት ወጽንጽንት; Ff. 87v (very bottom)–88r (bottom)–90v: Image of the suffering of Saint George, መልክዐ ሥቃዩ.

Description
Bound in plain wooden boards; four chain stitches, in leather slip-case, with loops for missing carrying strap. Some holes and tears in parchment stitched back together. Sparse marginalia.
Gift of Charles C. Torrey, 1950.
In Geʼez or Amharic.
Notes: F. i r(ecto): “Miracles of the Virgin” written in a Western hand; F. 12r and passim mention the owner, ገብራ ገላወዴዎስ; Blank: ff. i v(erso)–ii v(erso), the two folios (recto and verso) between numbered folios 52 and 53, 91r–92v.
Two columns (ff. 1r–86v); One column (ff. 87r–90v). 14 lines.
Extent
1 v. (ii, 94 ff.) : on parchment ; 127 x 106 mm
Language
Geez
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Ethiopic MSS 5

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
text
Genre
Manuscripts, Ethiopic--Ethiopia--17th century.
Resource Type
Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Topic)
Ethiopic manuscripts.
Miracles.

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Citation
Image of Galawedéwos, see M. Chaîne, 'Répertoire des Salam et Malkeʼe contenus dans les manuscrits éthiopiens des bibliothèques d'Europe', 315, beginning: ናሁ ተወጥነ ለመረካዕከ ሰላሙ.
Image of the suffering of Saint George, see M. Chaîne, 'Répertoire des Salam et Malkeʼe contenus dans les manuscrits éthiopiens des bibliothèques d'Europe', 6.
Miracles of Mary, ተአምረ ማርያም. The standard works on the miracles of Mary are Cerulli, Maria, and Budge, Mary. An exhaustive collection has been published in Ethiopia, Ta’ammera Maryam (Addis Ababa: Tenśa’e za-guba’e, 1989 E.C.), cf. Ethiopic Monastic Manuscript Library 2058, 2059, and 2060. See Delamarter, et al, MYS 1 for a description of 371 miracles
Miracles of the Saint Mary, Blessed Virgin. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

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10269784

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