[Miracles of Mary].

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Description

Title
[Miracles of Mary].
Contributor
Gabera ʼEgaziʼabeḥér, scribe.
Published / Created
[19th century]
Publication Place
Ethiopia
Abstract

Manuscript in the hand of Gabera ʼEgaziʼabeḥér, containing miracles of Mary

Ff. 1r–3v: Introduction to the Miracles of Mary, መቅድመ: ተአምረ: ማርያም: ዘሙዓልቃ:, to be read on Sundays, explaining the feast days of Mary; Ff. 3v–5r: Second, shorter Introduction to the Miracles of Mary, ስምዑ እነግረክሙ, to be read Monday through Saturday; ff. 5r–193r One Hundred Fifty Two Miracles of Mary

Varia: ff. iv rv: Hymn to Mary, “I Prostrate Before You,” እሰግድ ለኪ.

Illuminations: ff. ii v: an illustration of the first of the miracles of Mary contained in the book. Mary sits on throne (left) and holds out a cloth in her left hand to a man seated before her (right) and who is copying a book; above right an angel hovers; on the far left, behind Mary, stands another angel; f. iii r: an angel armed with two spears stands (left) before a man who has fallen on his back, with feet in the air (right); f. 48v: The Annunciation; f. 69v: Our Lady Mary, Enthroned. f. 108v: The Weighing of Souls (Mary on the left; Satan(?) on the right; f. 117r: Our Lady Mary with the Body of Jesus, flanked by two angels; f. 128v: A saint kneels at left before a crucifix; a king sits enthroned on the right with several men looking on; f. 141v: The burial of Mary, where King David plays the harp to her

Description
In Geʻez.
Leather bound between wooden boards with four chain stitches. In black and red ink. Three columns, 26-27 lines per page. There is fine cloth between the turndowns on the inside back cover.
Detailed illustrations in the first flyleaves, depicting Mary, among many other human and angelic figures. Decorative headpieces throughout. Some marginalia. Numerical markings at the beginning of each quire. Various illuminated pages throughout the text depicting the life and miracles of Mary.
1868-1913 (ff. 5r and passim) mention Emperor Menilek, 1868–1913; and f. 195v mentions Ras Mikael of Wollo, 1850–1918); the harags also indicate production in the Menilek scriptorium.
1. The last of the miracles (ff. 193v–195v) is written in a different hand and dated in the time of “Our King Mika’el,” i.e., Ras Mikael of Wollo, 1850–1918.; 2. Inside cover contains the ownership plate of Yale University Library, Gift of Laurence and Cora Witten; 3. f. ir: written in the upper left corner [12210]; 4. Ff. i v–ii r, iii v, and 69r are blank.
Provenance
Gift of Laurence and Cora Witten.
Extent
iv, 195 ff : 369 x 306 mm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
Ethiopic

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Ethiopic MSS 25
Container / Volume
Box

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Manuscripts, Ethiopic Ethiopia 19th century
Ethiopic manuscripts
Material
on parchment ;
Resource Type
unspecified
Subject (Topic)
Miracles
Subjects
Miracles
Ethiopia > 19th century
Ethiopic manuscripts

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Citation
Miracles of Mary. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
13195325
Object ID (OID)
33074772

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