‹ Catalogue sequence 4r — 11. Motherhood: Madonna and child — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 4r 12r — 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 12v — 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 15r — 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 22r — 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 25v — 1. Dǝmyānos writing the name of St Mary in a manuscript — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 25v 26r — Dǝmyānos lying down before the icon of Mary, which performs a gesture of blessing — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 26r 29v — 2. The bishop sitting and cutting off his hand — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 29v 39v — 1. St Mary standing next to Māryām of Dafrā — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 39v 40r — 2. Māryām of Dafrā partakes of the Eucharist in the church — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 40r 44v — The painter sitting on a scaffold and drawing a scene — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 44v 47v — 6. The sick pilgrim standing before the places to which Mary carries him: the Jordan — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 47v 54v — 1. The youth Zakāryās fastening a crown of roses to an icon of St Mary — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 54v 55r — 13. The thieves seize Zakāryās — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 55r 58v — 1. The two thieves attempting to eat the bread they stole from Yolyānā and Barbārā — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 58v 59r — 2. The two thieves standing before an icon of St Mary — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 59r 67v — 2. The monastery with its monks that has been moved to the shore of the sea — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 67v 72r — 2. St Mary is taking out a breast and dropping her milk into the eyes of Yoḥannǝs — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 72r 82r — 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 87v — 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 91v — 1. The two brothers sitting and writing next to each other — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 91v 92r — 4. St Mary pulling down the scribe from amongs the demons — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 92r 95r — 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 100r — 1. The custodian of the church standing in front of the sitting Kaṭir ordering him to leave the church — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 100r 100v — 2. St Mary sitting on a throne surrounded by two angels with the custodian of the church sitting before her — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 100v 106v — 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 107r — Nazib entering the church, in which the people are gathered, and handing his paper of release to the priest — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 107r 111v — 2. The man with the petrified foot standing and praying before an icon of the Virgin and Child while his foot is healed — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 111v 112r — 3. The man showing his healed foot to the bishop with the people standing in the background — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 112r 116r — 6. The bishop is healed before the icon of Mary — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 116r 120v — Two men carrying the woman with a broken foot on a stretcher — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 120v 129r — The bishop sitting on a throne in front of a group of women accusing Sofyā — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 129r 129v — 2. The angel handing the child to Finkǝs — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 129v 132v — 5. Bārok surrounded by his attackers who are holding various weapons | 7. The funeral of Bārok — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 132v 135r — 2. ʾAnǝsṭāsyos lying before St Mary, who together with the Child is extending her hand towards him — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 135r 138v — The monk surrounded by the other monks, who are attacking him — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 138v 143v — 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 144r — St Mary, who holds the soul of the cannibal, standing before Jesus Christ — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 144r 146r — 4. The widow standing praying before the icon of St Mary — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 146r 146v — 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 152v — St Mary giving the dog water to drink from her shoe — PEM (Princeton) 57, fol. 152v ›
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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 Open catalogue record
Holding institution Princeton University Library
Shelfmark 57
Folio 15r
Catalogue date 18th
Catalogue source Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
Source record paintings.csv, Painting ID 1436 (2 episode rows) Image evidence
Caption 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
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Open the cited image source ↗ ‹ Catalogue sequence 5v — Joachim and Hanna pray for a child near a tall tree with birds in its branches — Or 635, f. 5v 6r — An angel appears to Hanna and to Joachim — Or 635, f. 6r 6v — Hanna carries the child Mary on her back until she is one year old — Or 635, f. 6v 7r — Joachim and Hanna bring the child Mary to be blessed by the priests and elders — Or 635, f. 7r 7v — St Mary enters to temple when she is three years old — Or 635, f. 7v 11r — The angels serving food to St Mary in the temple — Or 635, f. 11r 18r — Resurrection: Mary prays at Golgotha — Or 635, f. 18r 19r — Ascension: Mary surrounded by angels and the apostles — Or 635, f. 19r 20r — Dormition: Mary receives the Covenant of Mercy from Jesus — Or 635, f. 20r 21r — Dormition: Angels show Mary the fires of Sheol and the souls within. — Or 635, f. 21r 22r — Dormition: Mary prays for those in Sheol — Or 635, f. 22r 23r — Dormition: Mary receives the Covenant of Mercy from Jesus — Or 635, f. 23r 26v — Annunciation: St Gabriel appears to Mary sewing or spinning — Or 635, f. 26v 37v — Hildephonsus of Toledo handing over to St Mary the finished book of the Taʾammǝra Māryām, which she blesses and returns to him — Or 635, f. 37v 38r — St Mary presenting to Hildephonsus of Toledo a throne and garment — Or 635, f. 38r 38v — Hildephonsus of Toledo sits upon the throne, wears the garment given to him by Mary, and reads the Miracles of Mary — Or 635, f. 38v 40r — The worker standing next to St Mary, who performs a blessing gesture, while sitting on a throne and holding her son — Or 635, f. 40r 42v — The Jewish priest lying on the ground after his fall in the foreground of the miniature — Or 635, f. 42v 43r — The Jewish priest standing before St Mary, who is sitting on the throne and performs a gesture of blessing — Or 635, f. 43r 45r — Dǝmyānos writing the name of St Mary in a manuscript — Or 635, f. 45r 47v — The bishop ʾAbbās standing and distributing communion surrounded by the faithful, among whom is the woman who kisses his hand — Or 635, f. 47v 48r — The bishop and the faithful standing in front of the icon of the Virgin and Child, which has healed his hand — Or 635, f. 48r 51r — 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 635, f. 51r 53v — St Mary standing next to Māryām of Dafrā — Or 635, f. 53v 56v — The painter sitting on a scaffold and drawing a scene — Or 635, f. 56v 58v — The sick pilgrim standing before the places to which Mary carries him: unidentified — Or 635, f. 58v 59r — The sick pilgrim standing before the places to which Mary carries him: the Jordan — Or 635, f. 59r 62v — The youth Zakāryās fastening a crown of roses to an icon of St Mary — Or 635, f. 62v 63r — The thieves hiding behind trees — Or 635, f. 63r 65v — 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 635, f. 65v 68v — The two others standing on a rock above the water; One man being eaten by a crocodile; The three Arabs swimming in the water — Or 635, f. 68v 69r — One man riding a camel to the monastery; The other man bringing his sheep's wool to the monastery; The camel brought by the man — Or 635, f. 69r 71r — St Mary surrounded by the sleeping monks of the monastery, which is depicted in the background — Or 635, f. 71r 71v — The monastery with its monks that has been moved to the shore of the sea — Or 635, f. 71v 74r — The priest Yoḥannǝs is depicted standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child — Or 635, f. 74r 74v — St Mary is taking out a breast and dropping her milk into the eyes of Yoḥannǝs — Or 635, f. 74v 77r — The rich man fallen after his eye has been pierced by arrows from a group of enemies — Or 635, f. 77r 81r — The woman and her blind daughter standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child — Or 635, f. 81r 84r — The poor widow praying before the the icon of the Virgin and Child, below which her three daughters are sitting — Or 635, f. 84r 86v — The demons seizing the scribe — Or 635, f. 86v 89r — Giyorgis lying in prison bound at his hands and feet, with a dove appearing to him; Giyorgis standing healed from his wounds — Or 635, f. 89r 92r — The custodian of the church standing in front of the sitting Kaṭir ordering him to leave the church — Or 635, f. 92r 95v — The two brothers and the Muslim customer gathered around a piece of cloth — Or 635, f. 95v 96r — Tag the priest praying in front of the icon of St. Mary — Or 635, f. 96r 99r — 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 635, f. 99r 99v — The man with the petrified foot standing and praying before an icon of the Virgin and Child while his foot is healed — Or 635, f. 99v 101v — 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 102r — The bishop showing himself healed to the patriarch; The healed bishop distributing the Eucharist — Or 635, f. 102r 104v — 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 105r — St Mary extending her foot to touch the woman lying below her — Or 635, f. 105r 110v — 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 111r — The bishop sitting on a throne in front of a group of women accusing Sofyā — Or 635, f. 111r 113r — Bārok sitting in his house surrounded by those for whom he makes a feast — Or 635, f. 113r 115r — ʾAnǝsṭāsyos standing praying in a church before the icon of the Virgin and Child — Or 635, f. 115r 117v — The monk surrounded by the other monks, who are attacking him — Or 635, f. 117v 118r — 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 121r — The cannibal surrounded by the bodies of those he killed — Or 635, f. 121r 121v — The demons holding the cannibal's soul among the flames of hell before Jesus Christ sitting on a throne — Or 635, f. 121v 123v — The widow's son stealing cloth from a church — Or 635, f. 123v 124r — 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 126r — 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 126v — The woman with her child surrounded by the marvelling people — Or 635, f. 126v 129r — 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 635, f. 129r ›
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Joachim and Hanna pray for a child near a tall tree with birds in its branches — Or 635, f. 5v Open catalogue record
Holding institution British Library
Shelfmark 635
Folio 5v
Catalogue date Second half of 17th century
Catalogue source Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
Source record paintings.csv, Painting ID 564 (1 episode row) Image evidence
Caption Joachim and Hanna pray for a child near a tall tree with birds in its branches
Credit British Library, Or 635, f. 5v. Digitised by the British Library. Rights The Ethiopian manuscripts published in digitised format by the British Library are to the best of our knowledge not in copyright under Ethiopian law. However the British Library recognises broader interests in the cultural heritage which the Ethiopian manuscripts represent. The manuscripts included are often of a religious nature, and the Library has taken considerable care not to distort or alter the underlying material. We ask users also to show appropriate respect in reusing the digital images of the Ethiopian manuscripts, which should not be altered or reused in ways that might be…
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