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Or 645 — ታምረ ማርያም The Miracles of Mary.

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Plate 1Or 645, f.11v. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.
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An Ethiopian manuscript containing:ታምረ ማርያም, The Miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary. f. 2v, ዝመጽሐፈ ዘአቡነ ተክለ ሃይማኖት ዘሐገረ ቼንከርf. 2r. The hymn beginning ኦርኅርኅተ ሕሊና አፍቅሮተ ሰብእ ልማደ.f. 5r. The extract from John Chrysostom, beginning እሰግድ ለኪ , (thrice) ወእዌድሰኪ.f. 7r. Extract from the Synaxarium, on the Commemorations of the Blessed Virgin Mary.f. 15r. ታምረ ማርያም The Miracles of the Blessed Virgin Maryf. 155v. hymn beginning, ተፈሥሒ ማርያም ድንግልተ ሥጋ ወሕሊና. The names of the first owners, continually erased, were አባዷር and ወለተ ጊዮርጊስ; for which have been substituted ላህየ ድንግል and ጊዮርጊስ.This manuscripts has 48 illuminations illustrating the Miracles of Mary: (ff. 11v, 12r, 12v, 13r, 14r, 14v, 19r, 19v, 21v, 25r, 27v, 31r, 34v, 38r, 41v, 44v, 45v, 49v, 50r, 52v, 56v, 57r, 58v, 60r, 64r, 67r, 71r, 74v, 78r, 80v, 83r, 87r, 87v, 90v, 91r, 94r, 97r, 97v, 103r, 103v, 106r, 109r, 114v, 119r, 119v, 123r, 126v, 128v)

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Source date: 1700-1750
Date evidence: Date range supplied by the British Library catalogue.
Holding institution: British Library
Shelfmark: Or 645
Folio: 48 catalogue-identified art canvases
Place evidence: No place is inferred from the shelfmark or repository. Consult the linked catalogue record for the source wording.
Catalogue source: British Library Ethiopian manuscripts catalogue
Source record: British Library catalogue 032-003346653