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Or 641 — ታምረ ማርያም, The Miracles of Mary.

British Library · Or 641 · 83 catalogue-identified art canvases

17th centuryManuscript paintingsBritish Library Ethiopian manuscripts catalogue
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Plate 1Or 641, f.7v. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.

British Library, Or 641

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Or 641, f.7v. The British Library catalogue identifies this folio within its art inventory; no additional scene attribution is inferred here.British Library, Or 641
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An Ethiopian manuscript containing:ታምረ ማርያም,The Miracles of Mary. 40 in number. f. 1r. The martyrdom of ስብስትያኖስ, Sebastian.f. 5r. The hymn called ኡደት ባሕር addressed to Eustathius.f. 6r. The hymn to the blessed Virgin Mary.f. 9r. Commemoration of the blessed Virgin Mary, from the Synaxarium (16th of Yakatit)f. 23r. Mary and the Angel. f. 26r. Hymn to the blessed Virgin Mary.f. 27r. Hymn beginning ተፈሥሒ ማርያም ድንግልተ ሥጋ ወሕሊና.f. 28r. The extract from John Chrysostom, እሰግድ ለኪ ወእዌድሰኪ..f. 30r. በእንተ ደቅስዮስ ዘከመ ጸሐፈ ታምሪሃ ለእግዝትነ ማርያም. The Miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 40 in number. f. 112r. This portion of the Ms. (ff. 30—236) was written in the reign of Fasildas, A.D. 1632—67 ; but his name has been almost everywhere erased, and that of his successor John (I., A.D. 1667—82) substituted.f. 181r. ማኃሌተ ጽጌ.f. 232r.The Hymn beginning ሰላም ለፍልሰተ ሥጋኪ ነፍስኪ ኢመዋቲ. f. 259r. Lamentations, ch. iii.f. 261v. prayer of Hezekiah.f. 262v. the prayer and song of the three holy Children.f. 262r. St. Matthew.f. 268r. A discourse on the Assumption of the blessed Virgin Mary,Dating of the MS:The portions of the Ms., foil. 1 — i, 9—29, and 238—267, were written in the 1st year of the reign of John (I.) and Sabl…

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Source date
The second third of the 17th century
Date evidence
Date range supplied by the British Library catalogue.
Holding institution
British Library
Shelfmark
Or 641
Folio
83 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 032-003353112