‹ Catalogue sequence 7r — Motherhood: Madonna and child — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 7r — source only 9r — Crucifixion: Mary at the cross — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 9r — source only 16v — Resurrection: Mary prays at Golgotha — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 16v — source only 17r — Ascension: Mary surrounded by angels and the apostles — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 17r — source only 18r — Dormition: Mary receives the Covenant of Mercy from Jesus — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 18r — source only 18v — Dormition: Angels show Mary the fires of Sheol and the souls within. — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 18v — source only 19r — Dormition: Mary prays for those in Sheol — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 19r — source only 19v — Dormition: Mary receives the Covenant of Mercy from Jesus — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 19v — source only 20r — Annunciation: St Gabriel appears to Mary sewing or spinning — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 20r — source only 20v — Nativity: Mary, Joseph, Jesus in manger — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 20v — source only 21r — Holy Family: Flight to Egypt — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 21r — source only 43r — Hildephonsus of Toledo handing over to St Mary the finished book of the Taʾammǝra Māryām, which she blesses and returns to him — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 43r — source only 43v — St Mary presenting to Hildephonsus of Toledo a throne and garment — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 43v — source only 46r — The worker standing next to St Mary, who performs a blessing gesture, while sitting on a throne and holding her son — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 46r — source only 50r — The Jewish priest lying on the ground after his fall in the foreground of the miniature — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 50r — source only 54r — Dǝmyānos writing the name of St Mary in a manuscript — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 54r — source only 56v — The bishop ʾAbbās standing and distributing communion surrounded by the faithful, among whom is the woman who kisses his hand — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 56v — source only 57r — The bishop and the faithful standing in front of the icon of the Virgin and Child, which has healed his hand — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 57r — source only 59v — The icon of St Mary taking Yǝsḥaq by the hand and raising him — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 59v — source only 62v — St Mary standing next to Māryām of Dafrā — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 62v — source only 67r — The painter sitting on a scaffold and drawing a scene — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 67r — source only 70r — The sick pilgrim standing before the places to which Mary carries him: Jerualem — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 70r — source only 75r — The youth Zakāryās fastening a crown of roses to an icon of St Mary — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 75r — source only 75v — The thieves hiding behind trees — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 75v — source only 78v — The two thieves attempting to eat the bread they stole from Yolyānā and Barbārā — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 78v — source only 82r — The three Arabs swimming in the water — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 82r — source only 85r — St Mary surrounded by the sleeping monks of the monastery, which is depicted in the background — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 85r — source only 85v — The monastery with its monks that has been moved to the shore of the sea — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 85v — source only 89v — The priest Yoḥannǝs is depicted standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 89v — source only 90r — St Mary is taking out a breast and dropping her milk into the eyes of Yoḥannǝs — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 90r — source only 93v — The rich man fallen after his eye has been pierced by arrows from a group of enemies — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 93v — source only 98r — The woman and her blind daughter standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 98r — source only 102r — The poor widow praying before the the icon of the Virgin and Child, below which her three daughters are sitting — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 102r — source only 102v — The poor widow praying before the the icon of the Virgin and Child, below which her three daughters are sitting — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 102v — source only 105v — One of the brothers sitting and facing the man who commissions a copy of the Taʾāmmǝra Māryām from him — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 105v — source only 108v — Giyorgis lying in prison bound at his hands and feet, with a dove appearing to him — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 108v — source only 112v — The custodian of the church standing in front of the sitting Kaṭir ordering him to leave the church — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 112v — source only 117v — The two brothers and the Muslim customer gathered around a piece of cloth — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 117v — source only 118r — St George of Lydda riding on a horse, brandishing a weapon, and appearing to the judge — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 118r — source only 121v — 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 — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 121v — source only 122r — The man with the petrified foot standing and praying before an icon of the Virgin and Child while his foot is healed — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 122r — source only 124v — The leprous bishop standing before the sitting patriarch and showing him his leprosy — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 124v — source only 125r — The bishop showing himself healed to his student — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 125r — source only 129r — Two men carrying the woman with a broken foot on a stretcher — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 129r — source only 129v — St Mary extending her foot to touch the woman lying below her — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 129v — source only 136v — 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 — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 136v — source only 137r — The angel handing the child to Finkǝs — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 137r — source only 140r — Bārok sitting in his house surrounded by those for whom he makes a feast — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 140r — source only 144r — ʾAnǝsṭāsyos standing praying in a church before the icon of the Virgin and Child — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 144r — source only 151r — The monk surrounded by the other monks, who are attacking him — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 151r — source only 158v — The cannibal surrounded by the bodies of those he killed — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 158v — source only 159r — The demons holding the cannibal's soul among the flames of hell before Jesus Christ sitting on a throne — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 159r — source only 163v — The widow's son stealing cloth from a church — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 163v — source only 167v — A church amongst the waves from which the people are fleeing — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 167v — source only 170v — St Mary giving the dog water to drink from her shoe — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 170v — source only 171v — Crucifixion: Mary with the body of Jesus — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 171v — source only 172r — Crucifixion: Mary at the cross — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 172r — source only 215r — Motherhood: Madonna and child — BOr (BL) 639, fol. 215r — source only ›
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Holding institution British Library
Shelfmark 639
Folio 7r
Catalogue date 17th
Catalogue source Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
Source record paintings.csv, Painting ID 636 (1 episode row) Image status Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
Open the cited source ↗ ‹ Catalogue sequence f. 20v — Moses writing the Law — Or 481, f. 20v f. 34v — Aaron with the staff which budded — Or 481, f. 34v f. 45v — Aaron — Or 481, f. 45v f. 60v — Moses — Or 481, f. 60v f. 73v — Joshua and the Angel — Or 481, f. 73v f. 82v — Judah (sic) and Caleb — Or 481, f. 82v f. 91v — Ruth, Naomi and Boaz — Or 481, f. 91v f. 93v — Eusebius and Carpianus — Or 481, f. 93v f. 99r — The Annunciation of Zacharia — Or 481, f. 99r f. 99v — Anna and Joachim giving over Mary to the service of the Temple, and the Angel bringing food to Mary in the Temple — Or 481, f. 99v f. 100r — The Annunciation of the blessed Virgin Mary — Or 481, f. 100r f. 100v — The Nativity — Or 481, f. 100v f. 101r — The three Magi — Or 481, f. 101r f. 101v — The Baptism of Jesus — Or 481, f. 101v f. 102r — The Massacre of the Innocents — Or 481, f. 102r f. 102v — The Transfiguration — Or 481, f. 102v f. 103r — The Entry into Jerusalem — Or 481, f. 103r f. 103v — Zacchaeus — Or 481, f. 103v f. 104r — Washing of the Disciples’ feet — Or 481, f. 104r f. 104v — St. Peter’s sorrow when the rock crowed — Or 481, f. 104v f. 105v — Jesus Christ on the Cross, committing Mary to the care of St. John — Or 481, f. 105v f. 106r — The Crucifixion — Or 481, f. 106r f. 106v — The Descent from the Cross — Or 481, f. 106v f. 107r — The Women mourning over the Body of Christ — Or 481, f. 107r f. 107v — The Burial of the Jesus — Or 481, f. 107v f. 108r — The Woman at the Tomb and the Angel — Or 481, f. 108r f. 108v — The Harrying of Hell — Or 481, f. 108v f. 109r — Jesus appearing to Mary Magdalene — Or 481, f. 109r f. 109v — The Ascension — Or 481, f. 109v f. 110r — God the Father, “the Ancient of days” and the Four Beasts — Or 481, f. 110r f. 110v — God the Father, surrounded by the Cherubim and adoring Angels — Or 481, f. 110v f. 111r — St. Matthew — Or 481, f. 111r f. 111v — St. Mathew and Mark, writing their Gospels — Or 481, f. 111v f. 125v — St. Matthew and Mark — Or 481, f. 125v f. 134v — St. Luke and John — Or 481, f. 134v f. 156v — The twelve Apostles — Or 481, f. 156v ›
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Holding institution British Library
Shelfmark Or 481
Folio f. 20v
Catalogue date Late 17th century
Catalogue source British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue
Source record British Library, Or 481, f. 20v Image evidence
Caption Moses writing the Law
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