The illustrated collection.

Annunciation: St Gabriel appears to Mary sewing or spinning — Or 520, f. 135v

Date: 17th century
Type: Sacred scenes
Holding: British Library

Hildephonsus of Toledo handing over to St Mary the finished book of the Taʾammǝra Māryām, which she blesses and returns to him — Or 520, f. 141v

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

St Mary presenting to Hildephonsus of Toledo a throne and garment — Or 520, f. 142r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

Hildephonsus of Toledo sits upon the throne, wears the garment given to him by Mary, and reads the Miracles of Mary; The throne and garment are after Hildephonsus of Toledo's death; Hildephonsus of Toledo's successor falling and being smitten by an angel having touched Mary's gifts to Hildephonsus without permission

Hildephonsus of Toledo sits upon the throne, wears the garment given to him by Mary, and reads the Miracles of Mary — Or 520, f. 142v

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The worker standing next to St Mary, who performs a blessing gesture, while sitting on a throne and holding her son — Or 520, f. 145r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The Jewish priest standing before St Mary, who is sitting on the throne and performs a gesture of blessing — Or 520, f. 149r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

Dǝmyānos writing the name of St Mary in a manuscript; In the background, the pillar of gold, on which Mary inscribed Dǝmyānos' name is depicted; Dǝmyānos lying down before the icon of Mary, which performs a gesture of blessing

Dǝmyānos writing the name of St Mary in a manuscript — Or 520, f. 152r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The bishop ʾAbbās standing and distributing communion surrounded by the faithful, among whom is the woman who kisses his hand; The bishop sitting and cutting off his hand

The bishop ʾAbbās standing and distributing communion surrounded by the faithful, among whom is the woman who kisses his hand — Or 520, f. 155r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The bishop and the faithful standing in front of the icon of the Virgin and Child, which has healed his hand — Or 520, f. 155v

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The monk Yǝsḥaq kneeling in prayer; The icon of St Mary taking Yǝsḥaq by the hand and raising him — Or 520, f. 159r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

St Mary standing next to Māryām of Dafrā — Or 520, f. 162r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The painter sitting on a scaffold and drawing a scene; The painter falling down from the scaffold; The icon of St Mary, who extends her hand to save the painter; A group of demons look on

The painter sitting on a scaffold and drawing a scene — Or 520, f. 166r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The sick pilgrim lying in bed; The sick pilgrim standing before the places to which Mary carries him: the Jordan — Or 520, f. 168v

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The sick pilgrim standing before the places to which Mary carries him: Jerualem — Or 520, f. 169r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

Zakāryās praying the greeting of the angel before the icon of Mary; The thieves hiding behind trees; Zakāryās prosterning himself — Or 520, f. 173v

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

Zakāryās standing before St Mary, who is sitting on a throne surrounded by angels, and collects roses out of his mouth; The thieves being consecrated as monks — Or 520, f. 174r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The two thieves attempting to eat the bread they stole from Yolyānā and Barbārā; The two thieves standing before an icon of St Mary — Or 520, f. 177r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

Motherhood: Madonna and child — Or 634, f. 10r

Date: 18th century
Type: Sacred scenes
Holding: British Library

Annunciation: St Gabriel appears to Mary sewing or spinning — Or 634, f. 10v

Date: 18th century
Type: Sacred scenes
Holding: British Library

Motherhood: Madonna and child — Or 634, f. 8v

Date: 18th century
Type: Sacred scenes
Holding: British Library

Childhood: Bringing Mary to temple (related to ID 316D) — Or 634, f. 9r

Date: 18th century
Type: Sacred scenes
Holding: British Library

The leprous bishop standing before the sitting patriarch and showing him his leprosy; The bishop praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child — Or 635, f. 101v

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The bishop showing himself healed to the patriarch; The healed bishop distributing the Eucharist — Or 635, f. 102r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

Two men carrying the woman with a broken foot on a stretcher; The woman lying below the icon of the Virgin and Child — Or 635, f. 104v

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

St Mary extending her foot to touch the woman lying below her; The custodian of the church and the healed woman standing before the icon of St Mary, who is extending her hand

St Mary extending her foot to touch the woman lying below her — Or 635, f. 105r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

Sofyā lying on top of a building before the icon of the Virgin and Child while an angel carries away the child from her womb; The angel handing the child to Finkǝs

Sofyā lying on top of a building before the icon of the Virgin and Child while an angel carries away the child from her womb — Or 635, f. 110v

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The bishop sitting on a throne in front of a group of women accusing Sofyā; The bishop and Sofyā sitting next to each other; The bishop sitting next to Finkǝs and the child; The child as a grown man is appointed bishop, he is surrounded by two persons

The bishop sitting on a throne in front of a group of women accusing Sofyā — Or 635, f. 111r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

Bārok sitting in his house surrounded by those for whom he makes a feast; Bārok being consecrated as a monk; The icon of the Virgin and Child; The funeral of Bārok; His guests sitting and drinking wine; Bārok surrounded by his attackers who are holding various weapons

Bārok sitting in his house surrounded by those for whom he makes a feast — Or 635, f. 113r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

ʾAnǝsṭāsyos standing praying in a church before the icon of the Virgin and Child; ʾAnǝsṭāsyos lying before St Mary, who together with the Child is extending her hand towards him

ʾAnǝsṭāsyos standing praying in a church before the icon of the Virgin and Child — Or 635, f. 115r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The monk surrounded by the other monks, who are attacking him — Or 635, f. 117v

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The other monks preventing him for eating; The monk standing praying in a church before the icon of the Virgin and Child with his skull-cap fallen to the ground — Or 635, f. 118r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The angels serving food to St Mary in the temple — Or 635, f. 11r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The cannibal surrounded by the bodies of those he killed; The peasant and other inhabitants fleeing from the cannibal, with several houses depicted in the background; The cannibal offering water to a beggar covered by sores of leprosy

The cannibal surrounded by the bodies of those he killed — Or 635, f. 121r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The demons holding the cannibal's soul among the flames of hell before Jesus Christ sitting on a throne; St Mary, who holds the soul of the cannibal, standing before Jesus Christ; Two angels weighing the cannibal's good and bad deeds in a scale

The demons holding the cannibal's soul among the flames of hell before Jesus Christ sitting on a throne — Or 635, f. 121v

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The widow's son stealing cloth from a church — Or 635, f. 123v

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The widow standing praying before the icon of St Mary; St Mary ordering those who bound the widow's son to release him — Or 635, f. 124r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

A church amongst the waves from which the people are fleeing; The woman holding her new-born child protected by St Mary from the water — Or 635, f. 126r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The woman with her child surrounded by the marvelling people — Or 635, f. 126v

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The woman and her blind daughter standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child; Both lying asleep before St Mary, who wakes up the girl; The girl standing before the icon of St Mary, who takes out her breast and drops her milk into the girl's eyes

The woman and her blind daughter standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child — Or 641, f. 100r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The poor widow praying before the the icon of the Virgin and Child, below which her three daughters are sitting; The two other daughters standing next to the blacksmith; The funeral of the eldest daugher, who is wrapped in a shroud and surrounded by persons

The poor widow praying before the the icon of the Virgin and Child, below which her three daughters are sitting — Or 641, f. 105r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The demons seizing the scribe; One of the brothers sitting and facing the man who commissions a copy of the Taʾāmmǝra Māryām from him; The two brothers sitting and writing next to each other; The scribe sitting again and resuming his writing; St Mary pulling down the scribe from amongs the demons

The demons seizing the scribe — Or 641, f. 108v

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

Giyorgis lying in prison bound at his hands and feet, with a dove appearing to him; Giyorgis standing healed from his wounds — Or 641, f. 111v

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The custodian of the church standing in front of the sitting Kaṭir ordering him to leave the church; St Mary sitting on a throne surrounded by two angels with the custodian of the church sitting before her; Kaṭir standing before St Mary, who is sitting on throne and performs a blessing gesture

The custodian of the church standing in front of the sitting Kaṭir ordering him to leave the church — Or 641, f. 115r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The two brothers and the Muslim customer gathered around a piece of cloth; The Muslim kissing the head of Nazib; The Muslim denouncing Nazib to the judge; Nazib lying in prison bound at his hands and feet

The two brothers and the Muslim customer gathered around a piece of cloth — Or 641, f. 120r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

St George of Lydda riding on a horse, brandishing a weapon, and appearing to the judge; The judge handing to Nazib his paper of release; Nazib entering the church, in which the people are gathered, and handing his paper of release to the priest

St George of Lydda riding on a horse, brandishing a weapon, and appearing to the judge — Or 641, f. 120v

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The bishop sitting on a throne before the people, who are gathered in a church, and amongst whom is the man with the petrified foot — Or 641, f. 125r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The man with the petrified foot standing and praying before an icon of the Virgin and Child while his foot is healed; The man showing his healed foot to the bishop with the people standing in the background

The man with the petrified foot standing and praying before an icon of the Virgin and Child while his foot is healed — Or 641, f. 125v

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The leprous bishop standing before the sitting patriarch and showing him his leprosy; The bishop praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child — Or 641, f. 128v

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The bishop showing himself healed to his student; The bishop showing himself healed to the patriarch; The healed bishop distributing the Eucharist — Or 641, f. 129r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

Two men carrying the woman with a broken foot on a stretcher; The woman lying below the icon of the Virgin and Child — Or 641, f. 133r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

St Mary extending her foot to touch the woman lying below her — Or 641, f. 133v

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

Resurrection: Mary prays at Golgotha — Or 641, f. 13r

Date: 17th century
Type: Sacred scenes
Holding: British Library

Sofyā lying on top of a building before the icon of the Virgin and Child while an angel carries away the child from her womb — Or 641, f. 141r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The bishop sitting on a throne in front of a group of women accusing Sofyā — Or 641, f. 141v

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

Bārok sitting in his house surrounded by those for whom he makes a feast; His guests sitting and drinking wine — Or 641, f. 144v

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

Sofyā lying on top of a building before the icon of the Virgin and Child while an angel carries away the child from her womb — Or 645, f. 103r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The bishop sitting on a throne in front of a group of women accusing Sofyā — Or 645, f. 103v

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

Bārok sitting in his house surrounded by those for whom he makes a feast; The icon of the Virgin and Child; The funeral of Bārok; His guests sitting and drinking wine; Bārok being consecrated as a monk; Bārok surrounded by his attackers who are holding various weapons

Bārok sitting in his house surrounded by those for whom he makes a feast — Or 645, f. 106r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

ʾAnǝsṭāsyos standing praying in a church before the icon of the Virgin and Child — Or 645, f. 109r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The monk surrounded by the other monks, who are attacking him; The monk standing praying in a church before the icon of the Virgin and Child with his skull-cap fallen to the ground; The other monks preventing him for eating

The monk surrounded by the other monks, who are attacking him — Or 645, f. 114v

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The demons holding the cannibal's soul among the flames of hell before Jesus Christ sitting on a throne — Or 645, f. 119v

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

Resurrection: Mary prays at Golgotha — Or 645, f. 11v

Date: 17th century
Type: Sacred scenes
Holding: British Library

The widow's son stealing cloth from a church; The widow standing praying before the icon of St Mary; St Mary ordering those who bound the widow's son to release him

The widow's son stealing cloth from a church — Or 645, f. 123r

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

A church amongst the waves from which the people are fleeing; The woman holding her new-born child protected by St Mary from the water; The woman with her child surrounded by the marvelling people

A church amongst the waves from which the people are fleeing — Or 645, f. 126v

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

St Mary giving the dog water to drink from her shoe; The group of virgins gathered around the well while one of them chases away the thirsty dog — Or 645, f. 128v

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

Ascension: Mary surrounded by angels and the apostles — Or 645, f. 12r

Date: 17th century
Type: Sacred scenes
Holding: British Library

Dormition: Mary receives the Covenant of Mercy from Jesus — Or 645, f. 12v

Date: 17th century
Type: Sacred scenes
Holding: British Library

Dormition: Angels show Mary the fires of Sheol and the souls within. — Or 645, f. 13r

Date: 17th century
Type: Sacred scenes
Holding: British Library

Dormition: Mary prays for those in Sheol — Or 645, f. 14r

Date: 17th century
Type: Sacred scenes
Holding: British Library

Dormition: Mary receives the Covenant of Mercy from Jesus — Or 645, f. 14v

Date: 17th century
Type: Sacred scenes
Holding: British Library

Hildephonsus of Toledo sits upon the throne, wears the garment given to him by Mary, and reads the Miracles of Mary; The throne and garment are preserved after Hildephonsus of Toledo's death; Hildephonsus of Toledo's successor falling and being smitten by an angel having touched Mary's gifts to Hildephonsus without permission

Hildephonsus of Toledo sits upon the throne, wears the garment given to him by Mary, and reads the Miracles of Mary — Or 645, f. 19v

Date: 17th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The Christians assemble in the church on the day of the festival; The leader of the Arabs falls upon the ground and his companions flee from the church — Or 648, f. 100r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The person who had died a year prior appears in the midst of the crowd inside the church; The woman holds the person who had died a year prior — Or 648, f. 102r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The thieves hiding behind trees; Zakāryās standing before St Mary, who is sitting on a throne surrounded by angels, and collects roses out of his mouth — Or 648, f. 107r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

St Mary surrounded by angels while two crowds of people look on; Zakāryās tells the thieves about St Mary; The thieves being consecrated as monks — Or 648, f. 107v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

While in the home of a faithful woman, St Mary appears to the Ethiopian priest named Clement when he would read the Miracles of Mary — Or 648, f. 110r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The European man is trapped under the door of the manger, which he was attempting to steal; The European man is healed of his injuries — Or 648, f. 112v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The two thieves attempting to eat the bread they stole from Yolyānā and Barbārā; Two figures (the thieves?) handing a bowl to two other figures (Yolyānā and Barbārā?)

The two thieves attempting to eat the bread they stole from Yolyānā and Barbārā — Or 648, f. 117r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The woman pushes away the child who comes to her while she prays before the icon of St Mary; The woman recognizes the child as Jesus Christ, who rebukes her for not having recognized him

The woman pushes away the child who comes to her while she prays before the icon of St Mary — Or 648, f. 119r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

Hildephonsus of Toledo handing over to St Mary the finished book of the Taʾammǝra Māryām, which she blesses and returns to him; St Mary presenting to Hildephonsus of Toledo a throne and garment; The throne and garment are preserved after Hildephonsus of Toledo's death; Hildephonsus of Toledo's successor falling and being smitten by an angel having touched Mary's gifts to Hildephonsus without permission

Hildephonsus of Toledo handing over to St Mary the finished book of the Taʾammǝra Māryām, which she blesses and returns to him — Or 648, f. 11v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The young novice sees St Mary enthroned and surrounded by angels and virgins while he sleeps in the church — Or 648, f. 121r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The king orders the falsely accused official to be hung; The official is hung for three days; The official is rescued from hanging by St Mary — Or 648, f. 122v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The angel handing the child to Finkǝs — Or 648, f. 125v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

Sofyā lying on top of a building before the icon of the Virgin and Child while an angel carries away the child from her womb; The bishop sitting on a throne in front of a group of women accusing Sofyā

Sofyā lying on top of a building before the icon of the Virgin and Child while an angel carries away the child from her womb — Or 648, f. 126r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

A demon possesses a good captain and makes him violent so he is put in metal bonds — Or 648, f. 13r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The abbot of the monastery stopping the priests from continueing the chant for St Mary; The hermit Estifanos chastising the abbot; The abbot and the monks appearing before the deacon for the Eucharist

The abbot of the monastery stopping the priests from continueing the chant for St Mary — Or 648, f. 140v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

Absadi gives the produce of the vegetable garden to those who need it; A monk reports Absadi's actions to the elder [Shenoute]; St Mary appears to the elder [Shenoute] in a vision; St Mary lifts the hand of Absadi while he is in the vegetable garden

Absadi gives the produce of the vegetable garden to those who need it — Or 648, f. 142v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The son is reunited with his mother — Or 649, f. 100r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

Dǝmyānos lying down before the icon of Mary, which performs a gesture of blessing; Dǝmyānos writing the name of St Mary in a manuscript — Or 649, f. 15v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The bishop ʾAbbās standing and distributing communion surrounded by the faithful, among whom is the woman who kisses his hand — Or 649, f. 18r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

St Mary standing next to Māryām of Dafrā — Or 649, f. 28r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

Māryām of Dafrā partakes of the Eucharist in the church — Or 649, f. 32r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The painter sitting on a scaffold and drawing a scene; The painter falling down from the scaffold; A group of demons look on; The icon of St Mary, who extends her hand to save the painter

The painter sitting on a scaffold and drawing a scene — Or 649, f. 34v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The sick pilgrim standing before the places to which Mary carries him: the Jordan; The sick pilgrim standing before the places to which Mary carries him: unidentified

The sick pilgrim standing before the places to which Mary carries him: the Jordan — Or 649, f. 39v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

Motherhood: Madonna and child — Or 649, f. 3r

Date: 18th century
Type: Sacred scenes
Holding: British Library

The thieves hiding behind trees — Or 649, f. 46v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The two thieves attempting to eat the bread they stole from Yolyānā and Barbārā; The two thieves standing before an icon of St Mary — Or 649, f. 47r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

St Mary surrounded by the sleeping monks of the monastery, which is depicted in the background — Or 649, f. 50v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

A group of people marvelling at the miracle — Or 649, f. 54v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The monastery with its monks that has been moved to the shore of the sea — Or 649, f. 55r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

St Mary is taking out a breast and dropping her milk into the eyes of Yoḥannǝs; The priest Yoḥannǝs is depicted standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child

St Mary is taking out a breast and dropping her milk into the eyes of Yoḥannǝs — Or 649, f. 58v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The rich man from Qʷalāsis travelling with his companions on a ship; The rich man standing next to a small statue of himself in front of the icon of the Virgin and Child

The rich man from Qʷalāsis travelling with his companions on a ship — Or 649, f. 63v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The girl standing before the icon of St Mary, who takes out her breast and drops her milk into the girl's eyes; Both lying asleep before St Mary, who wakes up the girl; The woman and her blind daughter standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child

The girl standing before the icon of St Mary, who takes out her breast and drops her milk into the girl's eyes — Or 649, f. 67r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

Dǝmyānos writing the name of St Mary in a manuscript; Dǝmyānos lying down in bed — Or 653, f. 10r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

Dǝmyānos lying down before the icon of Mary, which performs a gesture of blessing — Or 653, f. 10v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The bishop sitting and cutting off his hand — Or 653, f. 11v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The monk Yǝsḥaq kneeling in prayer — Or 653, f. 13v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The monk Yǝsḥaq falling on the ground during the apparition of Mary; The icon of St Mary taking Yǝsḥaq by the hand and raising him — Or 653, f. 14r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

Māryām of Dafrā partakes of the Eucharist in the church — Or 653, f. 15v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The painter sitting on a scaffold and drawing a scene — Or 653, f. 17r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The icon of St Mary, who extends her hand to save the painter — Or 653, f. 17v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The sick pilgrim lying in bed — Or 653, f. 18v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The sick pilgrim standing before the places to which Mary carries him: unidentified; The sick pilgrim standing before the places to which Mary carries him: the Jordan

The sick pilgrim standing before the places to which Mary carries him: unidentified — Or 653, f. 19r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The youth Zakāryās fastening a crown of roses to an icon of St Mary — Or 653, f. 21r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The two thieves attempting to eat the bread they stole from Yolyānā and Barbārā; The two thieves standing before an icon of St Mary — Or 653, f. 22v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The two thieves standing before an icon of St Mary — Or 653, f. 23r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

St Mary surrounded by the sleeping monks of the monastery, which is depicted in the background; The priest tells people Mary's desired location for the church — Or 653, f. 25v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The monastery with its monks that has been moved to the shore of the sea — Or 653, f. 26r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

The priest Yoḥannǝs is depicted standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child — Or 653, f. 27v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library

17th–18th centuriesVerified artwork

Crucifixion: Mary at the cross — Or 654, f. 1v

Date: 17th–18th centuries
Type: Sacred scenes
Holding: British Library

17th–18th centuriesVerified artwork

Motherhood: Madonna and child — Or 654, f. 2r

Date: 17th–18th centuries
Type: Sacred scenes
Holding: British Library

Ascension: Mary Enthroned — Or 8814, f. 64r

Date: 18th century
Type: Sacred scenes
Holding: British Library

Crucifixion: Mary at the cross — Or 8814, f. 64v

Date: 18th century
Type: Sacred scenes
Holding: British Library

Motherhood: Madonna and child — Or 8814, f. 93v

Date: 18th century
Type: Sacred scenes
Holding: British Library

11. Motherhood: Madonna and child — DL-E (Brown) 14, fol. 10v

Date: 18th century
Type: Sacred scenes
Holding: Brown University

1. Hildephonsus of Toledo composes the book of the Taʾammǝra Māryā — DL-E (Brown) 14, fol. 16v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Brown University

3. St Mary presenting to Hildephonsus of Toledo a throne and garment — DL-E (Brown) 14, fol. 17r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Brown University

1. A poor monk lacks the food and clothes that he requires — DL-E (Brown) 14, fol. 18v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Brown University

3. St Mary appears in the poor monk in a vision while he sleeps — DL-E (Brown) 14, fol. 19r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Brown University

2. St Mary sitting on a throne with the two deacons in the background and raising him by her hand — DL-E (Brown) 14, fol. 22v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Brown University

2. Dǝmyānos lying down before the icon of Mary, which performs a gesture of blessing | 3. In the background, the pillar of gold, on which Mary inscribed Dǝmyānos' name is depicted

Dǝmyānos lying down before the icon of Mary, which performs a gesture of blessing — DL-E (Brown) 14, fol. 24v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Brown University

1. The bishop ʾAbbās standing and distributing communion surrounded by the faithful, among whom is the woman who kisses his hand | 2. The bishop sitting and cutting off his hand | 3. The bishop and the faithful standing in front of the icon of the Virgin and Child, which has healed his hand

The bishop ʾAbbās standing and distributing communion surrounded by the faithful, among whom is the woman who kisses his hand — DL-E (Brown) 14, fol. 26v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Brown University

2. Māryām of Dafrā partakes of the Eucharist in the church — DL-E (Brown) 14, fol. 30v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Brown University

6. The sick pilgrim standing before the places to which Mary carries him: the Jordan — DL-E (Brown) 14, fol. 33v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Brown University

1. The youth Zakāryās fastening a crown of roses to an icon of St Mary | 9. Zakāryās tells the thieves about St Mary — DL-E (Brown) 14, fol. 36v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Brown University

1. St Mary surrounded by the sleeping monks of the monastery, which is depicted in the background | 2. The monastery with its monks that has been moved to the shore of the sea

St Mary surrounded by the sleeping monks of the monastery, which is depicted in the background — DL-E (Brown) 14, fol. 42v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Brown University

2. St Mary is taking out a breast and dropping her milk into the eyes of Yoḥannǝs — DL-E (Brown) 14, fol. 44v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Brown University

3. The rich man standing next to a small statue of himself in front of the icon of the Virgin and Child — DL-E (Brown) 14, fol. 46v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Brown University

12. Holy Family: Flight to Egypt — DL-E (Brown) 14, fol. 48v

Date: 18th century
Type: Sacred scenes
Holding: Brown University

3. The girl standing before the icon of St Mary, who takes out her breast and drops her milk into the girl's eyes — DL-E (Brown) 14, fol. 49r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Brown University

4. St Mary appearing to the poor widow in a dream — DL-E (Brown) 14, fol. 50v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Brown University

2. The funeral of the eldest daugher, who is wrapped in a shroud and surrounded by persons | 3. The two other daughters standing next to the blacksmith — DL-E (Brown) 14, fol. 51r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Brown University

1. Giyorgis lying in prison bound at his hands and feet, with a dove appearing to him | 2. Giyorgis standing healed from his wounds — DL-E (Brown) 14, fol. 54r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Brown University

2. St Mary sitting on a throne surrounded by two angels with the custodian of the church sitting before her | 3. Kaṭir standing before St Mary, who is sitting on throne and performs a blessing gesture

St Mary sitting on a throne surrounded by two angels with the custodian of the church sitting before her — DL-E (Brown) 14, fol. 56r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Brown University

5. St George of Lydda riding on a horse, brandishing a weapon, and appearing to the judge | 6. The judge handing to Nazib his paper of release — DL-E (Brown) 14, fol. 58v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Brown University

2. The bishop praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child — DL-E (Brown) 14, fol. 62r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Brown University

1. Sofyā lying on top of a building before the icon of the Virgin and Child while an angel carries away the child from her womb | 2. The angel handing the child to Finkǝs

Sofyā lying on top of a building before the icon of the Virgin and Child while an angel carries away the child from her womb — DL-E (Brown) 14, fol. 67r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Brown University

1. The cannibal surrounded by the bodies of those he killed | 4. The cannibal attempting to buy an ox from the farmer | 3. The cannibal offering water to a beggar covered by sores of leprosy

The cannibal surrounded by the bodies of those he killed — DL-E (Brown) 14, fol. 76v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Brown University

8. St Mary, who holds the soul of the cannibal, standing before an angel holding the scale — DL-E (Brown) 14, fol. 77r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Brown University

4. The widow standing praying before the icon of St Mary | 5. St Mary releasing the widow's son from the tree — DL-E (Brown) 14, fol. 79v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Brown University

2. The woman holding her new-born child protected by St Mary from the water — DL-E (Brown) 14, fol. 81v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Brown University

1. The group of virgins gathered around the well while one of them chases away the thirsty dog | 1. The group of virgins gathered around the well while one of them chases away the thirsty dog

The group of virgins gathered around the well while one of them chases away the thirsty dog — DL-E (Brown) 14, fol. 83v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Brown University

2. Mary stands next to the cross — DL-E (Brown) 14, fol. 92r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Brown University

1. The custodian of the church standing in front of the sitting Kaṭir ordering him to leave the church — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 100r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

5. St George of Lydda riding on a horse, brandishing a weapon, and appearing to the judge | 4. Nazib lying in prison bound at his hands and feet — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 106v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

7. Nazib entering the church, in which the people are gathered, and handing his paper of release to the priest | 6. The judge handing to Nazib his paper of release

Nazib entering the church, in which the people are gathered, and handing his paper of release to the priest — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 107r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

3. The man showing his healed foot to the bishop with the people standing in the background — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 112r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

6. The bishop is healed before the icon of Mary — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 116r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

3. The bishop sitting on a throne in front of a group of women accusing Sofyā | 1. Sofyā lying on top of a building before the icon of the Virgin and Child while an angel carries away the child from her womb

The bishop sitting on a throne in front of a group of women accusing Sofyā — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 129r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

2. The angel handing the child to Finkǝs — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 129v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

3. St Mary presenting to Hildephonsus of Toledo a throne and garment | 1. Hildephonsus of Toledo composes the book of the Taʾammǝra Māryā — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 12r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

7. Hildephonsus of Toledo's successor falling and being smitten by an angel having touched Mary's gifts to Hildephonsus without permission — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 12v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

5. Bārok surrounded by his attackers who are holding various weapons | 7. The funeral of Bārok — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 132v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

1. The monk surrounded by the other monks, who are attacking him | 3. The monk standing praying in a church before the icon of the Virgin and Child with his skull-cap fallen to the ground

The monk surrounded by the other monks, who are attacking him — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 138v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

4. The cannibal attempting to buy an ox from the farmer | 1. The cannibal surrounded by the bodies of those he killed — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 143v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

4. The widow standing praying before the icon of St Mary — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 146r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

5. St Mary releasing the widow's son from the tree | 7. The widow's son hanging from the scaffolding or the tree — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 146v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

2. St Mary giving the dog water to drink from her shoe | 1. The group of virgins gathered around the well while one of them chases away the thirsty dog

St Mary giving the dog water to drink from her shoe — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 152v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

1. A poor monk lacks the food and clothes that he requires | 3. St Mary appears in the poor monk in a vision while he sleeps — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 15r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

2. St Mary sitting on a throne with the two deacons in the background and raising him by her hand — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 22r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

1. Dǝmyānos writing the name of St Mary in a manuscript — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 25v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

Dǝmyānos lying down before the icon of Mary, which performs a gesture of blessing — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 26r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

2. The bishop sitting and cutting off his hand — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 29v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

1. St Mary standing next to Māryām of Dafrā — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 39v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

2. Māryām of Dafrā partakes of the Eucharist in the church — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 40r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

1. The painter sitting on a scaffold and drawing a scene | 2. The painter falling down from the scaffold | 3. The icon of St Mary, who extends her hand to save the painter

The painter sitting on a scaffold and drawing a scene — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 44v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

6. The sick pilgrim standing before the places to which Mary carries him: the Jordan — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 47v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

11. Motherhood: Madonna and child — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 4r

Date: 18th century
Type: Sacred scenes
Holding: Princeton University Library

1. The youth Zakāryās fastening a crown of roses to an icon of St Mary — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 54v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

13. The thieves seize Zakāryās — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 55r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

1. The two thieves attempting to eat the bread they stole from Yolyānā and Barbārā — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 58v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

2. The two thieves standing before an icon of St Mary — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 59r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

2. The monastery with its monks that has been moved to the shore of the sea — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 67v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

2. St Mary is taking out a breast and dropping her milk into the eyes of Yoḥannǝs — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 72r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

3. The girl standing before the icon of St Mary, who takes out her breast and drops her milk into the girl's eyes — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 82r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

4. St Mary appearing to the poor widow in a dream | 2. The funeral of the eldest daugher, who is wrapped in a shroud and surrounded by persons — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 87v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

1. The two brothers sitting and writing next to each other — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 91v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

4. St Mary pulling down the scribe from amongs the demons — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 92r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

3. Giyorgis touching the wings of the flying dove | 1. Giyorgis lying in prison bound at his hands and feet, with a dove appearing to him — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 95r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

2. Hildephonsus of Toledo handing over to St Mary the finished book of the Taʾammǝra Māryām, which she blesses and returns to him — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 10r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

3. St Mary presenting to Hildephonsus of Toledo a throne and garment — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 10v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

4. Hildephonsus of Toledo sits upon the throne, wears the garment given to him by Mary, and reads the Miracles of Mary | 5. The throne and garment are preserved after Hildephonsus of Toledo's death | 7. Hildephonsus of Toledo's successor falling and being smitten by an angel having touched Mary's gifts to Hildephonsus without permission

Hildephonsus of Toledo sits upon the throne, wears the garment given to him by Mary, and reads the Miracles of Mary — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 11r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

1. The worker standing next to St Mary, who performs a blessing gesture, while sitting on a throne and holding her son — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 12v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

1. The Jewish priest lying on the ground after his fall in the foreground of the miniature | 2. St Mary sitting on a throne with the two deacons in the background and raising him by her hand

The Jewish priest lying on the ground after his fall in the foreground of the miniature — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 14v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

3. The Jewish priest standing before St Mary, who is sitting on the throne and performs a gesture of blessing — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 15r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

1. Dǝmyānos writing the name of St Mary in a manuscript | 3. In the background, the pillar of gold, on which Mary inscribed Dǝmyānos' name is depicted | 2. Dǝmyānos lying down before the icon of Mary, which performs a gesture of blessing

Dǝmyānos writing the name of St Mary in a manuscript — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 17v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

The bishop ʾAbbās standing and distributing communion surrounded by the faithful, among whom is the woman who kisses his hand — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 19v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

3. The bishop and the faithful standing in front of the icon of the Virgin and Child, which has healed his hand — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 20r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

1. St Mary standing next to Māryām of Dafrā — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 25r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

The painter sitting on a scaffold and drawing a scene — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 27v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

7. St Mary appearing to the sick pilgrim in a dream — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 29r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

3. The sick pilgrim standing before the places to which Mary carries him: Jerualem — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 29v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

1. The youth Zakāryās fastening a crown of roses to an icon of St Mary | 2. Zakāryās praying the greeting of the angel before the icon of Mary | 3. Zakāryās prosterning himself

The youth Zakāryās fastening a crown of roses to an icon of St Mary — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 33r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

6. The thieves hiding behind trees | 5. Zakāryās standing before St Mary, who is sitting on a throne surrounded by angels, and collects roses out of his mouth | 7. The thieves being consecrated as monks

The thieves hiding behind trees — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 33v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

1. The two thieves attempting to eat the bread they stole from Yolyānā and Barbārā — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 35r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

2. The two thieves standing before an icon of St Mary — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 35v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

1. The three Arabs swimming in the water | 2. One man being eaten by a crocodile | 3. The two others standing on a rock above the water — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 37v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

4. The priest tells people Mary's desired location for the church | 1. St Mary surrounded by the sleeping monks of the monastery, which is depicted in the background

The priest tells people Mary's desired location for the church — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 40v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

2. The monastery with its monks that has been moved to the shore of the sea — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 41r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

1. The priest Yoḥannǝs is depicted standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 43v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

2. St Mary is taking out a breast and dropping her milk into the eyes of Yoḥannǝs — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 44r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

1. The rich man from Qʷalāsis travelling with his companions on a ship — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 46r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

2. The rich man fallen after his eye has been pierced by arrows from a group of enemies | 3. The rich man standing next to a small statue of himself in front of the icon of the Virgin and Child

The rich man fallen after his eye has been pierced by arrows from a group of enemies — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 46v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

1. The woman and her blind daughter standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 49v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

1. The poor widow praying before the the icon of the Virgin and Child, below which her three daughters are sitting — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 52v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

3. The two other daughters standing next to the blacksmith | 2. The funeral of the eldest daugher, who is wrapped in a shroud and surrounded by persons

The two other daughters standing next to the blacksmith — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 53r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

1. The two brothers sitting and writing next to each other — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 55r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

4. St Mary pulling down the scribe from amongs the demons — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 55v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

1. Giyorgis lying in prison bound at his hands and feet, with a dove appearing to him | 2. Giyorgis standing healed from his wounds — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 57v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

2. St Mary sitting on a throne surrounded by two angels with the custodian of the church sitting before her — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 59v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

1. The custodian of the church standing in front of the sitting Kaṭir ordering him to leave the church | 3. Kaṭir standing before St Mary, who is sitting on throne and performs a blessing gesture

The custodian of the church standing in front of the sitting Kaṭir ordering him to leave the church — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 60r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

Nazib entering the church, in which the people are gathered, and handing his paper of release to the priest — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 64r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

1. The bishop sitting on a throne before the people, who are gathered in a church, and amongst whom is the man with the petrified foot | 2. The man with the petrified foot standing and praying before an icon of the Virgin and Child while his foot is healed

The bishop sitting on a throne before the people, who are gathered in a church, and amongst whom is the man with the petrified foot — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 67r

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

3. The man showing his healed foot to the bishop with the people standing in the background — PEM (Princeton) 65, fol. 67v

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: Princeton University Library

Other recorded places

16 shown

architecture

Mika’el Amba

Mika’el Amba, the west façade, showing late twentieth-century alterations to the doorway, 2006.

Type: Architecture & ruins
Place: Atsbi area

Or 533, f. 6v: a folio of አብቀለምሲስ, "The Revelation of St. John" the British Library catalogue records as decorated.

አብቀለምሲስ, "The Revelation of St. John" — Or 533, f. 6v

f. 6v of Or 533, አብቀለምሲስ, "The Revelation of St. John" — one of the folios the British Library catalogue lists among this manuscript's illustrations.

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript paintings
Holding: British Library
Source: British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue

Verified artwork

Saint George and the dragon

Miniature of Saint George and the dragon with Berutawit; original to the text. Red and gold are original, while blue may be later.

Type: Manuscript painting
Holding: Princeton University Library
Source: Princeton University Library

Or 791 · f. 5r

An illustrated folio from Mashafa Madbal, volume II, an eighteenth-century Ge’ez manuscript. The narrative subject of this individual painting has not been identified here.

Date: 18th century
Type: Manuscript painting
Holding: British Library
Source: British Library · Mashafa Madbal, volume II

the place where the founder of the monastery, Abuna Aregawi, went to heaven, is marked with this colourful hut

Ancientarchitecture

Debre Damo Monastery

The monastery of Debre Damo on its sheer-sided amba, reached only by rope; its main church is held to be the oldest standing built church in Ethiopia, in classic Aksumite wood-and-stone construction.

Date: 6th century (traditional foundation, reign of Gebre Meskel)
Type: Architecture & ruins
Place: Debre Damo

Modernartifact

Female Figure

Female Figure. 20th century; glazed terra-cotta; Ethiopia (Beta Esra'el).

Date: 20th century
Type: Inscriptions & stelae
Place: Ethiopia (Beta Esra'el)
Holding: Salem, The Peabody Essex Museum

The first of the Gondar castle complex, built in about 1640 by King Fasilidas

Fasilides Castle, Fasil Ghebbi

The castle of Emperor Fasilides at the heart of the Fasil Ghebbi in Gondar, a two-storey basalt keep with domed corner towers and battlemented parapets.

Date: c. 1636–1640 (reign of Emperor Fasilides)
Type: Architecture & ruins
Place: Gondar

Iyasus Church at Gorgora Nova

Church roof vault at Gorgora Nova, since collapsed (photograph by A. González-Ruibal)

Type: Architecture & ruins
Place: Gorgora

Medievalartifact

Processional cross (qäqwami mäsqäl)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues this object as “Processional Cross (qäqwami mäsqäl)”. The museum dates it to 15th–16th century. Its recorded cultural attribution is Amhara or Tigrinya peoples. The catalogue geography is Ethiopia; Highlands region.

Date: 15th–16th century
Type: Religious objects
Place: Highlands region
Holding: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Facade of Bet Giyorgis Rock-Hewn Church - Lalibela - Ethiopia

Biete Ghiorgis (Church of Saint George), Lalibela

The cross-shaped monolithic church of Saint George, hewn downward into the volcanic scoria at Lalibela; the last and most refined of the town's eleven rock-hewn churches.

Date: 12th–13th century (traditional attribution to the reign of King Lalibela)
Type: Architecture & ruins
Place: Lalibela

Medievalartifact

Processional Cross

The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues this object as “Processional Cross”. The museum dates it to 14th–15th century. Its recorded cultural attribution is Northern Highlands region. The catalogue geography is Ethiopia; Lasta region.

Date: 14th–15th century
Type: Religious objects
Place: Lasta
Holding: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Medievalartifact

Mäsqälä qǝddase liturgical cross

The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues this object as “Mäsqälä qǝddase (liturgical cross)”. The museum dates it to 13th–14th century. Its recorded cultural attribution is Northern Highlands region. The catalogue geography is Ethiopia; Northern Highlands.

Date: 13th–14th century
Type: Religious objects
Place: Northern Highlands
Holding: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ancientarchitecture

Great Temple of Yeha

The Great Temple of Yeha, a windowless tower of finely dressed ashlar standing to some 14 m — the oldest standing structure in Ethiopia, built for the Sabaean-influenced polity of Diʿamat.

Date: c. 8th–7th century BC
Type: Architecture & ruins
Place: Yeha

East Elevation of the Half-Timbered Church of Agobo Qirqos

The east elevation of a half-timbered church near Aṣbi records the continuity of Aksumite building practice.

Date: twelfth century (?)
Type: Architecture & ruins
Place: Agobo Qirqos near Aṣbi, Tigray (Ethiopia)

A sketch of the hilltop palace of Ras Alula with thatched-roof buildings overlooking the town of Asmara.

Modernarchitecture

Ras Alula’s palace on a hill overlooking Asmara

A sketch of the hilltop palace of Ras Alula with thatched-roof buildings overlooking the town of Asmara.

Date: 19th-century illustration
Type: Architecture & ruins

The manuscript's leather satchel used for storage or transportation

artifact

Leather manuscript satchel — MS Aeth. d. 23

A leather satchel made to carry and protect a manuscript. The source dates the associated manuscript to the first half of the eighteenth century; the satchel is not independently dated here.

Type: Manuscript satchel
Holding: Bodleian Library, Oxford