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F. 3b: Madonna and child with the angels Michael and Gabriel by a different artist from (l) above but apparently of the same century . The designs that mark the beginning of each of the miracles are small but fine; each one is usually different.
Original catalogue wording
F. 3b: Madonna and child with the angels Michael and Gabriel by a different artist from (l) above but apparently of the same century . The designs that mark the beginning of each of the miracles are small but fine; each one is usually different. Copied for Gabra Mar'awi (ff . l4a, l5b and passim), who donated it to (the Church of) Iyyasus, f. l28a. The name Galawdewos is mentioned by the same copyist twice (ff. 57b and l22a) . He could be the copyist. B. 1) Ff. l 29a-l34a : Introductory rite [Ma~e~afa ser'at ] to the Miracles of Mary. 2) Ff. l34a-l4lb: 5 Miracles of Jesus. 1. Tatamina, whose cattle [alhemt] were stolen by people from Jerusalem [sab'a QWeds], f. 134a. 2 . The child Jesus [~e~an wareza] made a calf [egwalt] tell who its real owner was when two men were disputing about its ownership, f. 135b. 3 . Joseph and the lion, f . l37a. 4. The watermelon [malpapon] plantation, f. l38b. 5 . The prostitute, f. l40a.
Description transcribed from the printed EMML catalogue; the manuscript image is not redistributed.
- Holding institution
- Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa
- Shelfmark
- EMML 1692
- Folio
- 3b
- Catalogue source
- Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library (EMML) catalogues
- Source record
- EMML Catalogue, volume 5, PDF page 175