‹ Catalogue sequence 6v — Motherhood: Madonna and child — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 6v — source only 9v — Hildephonsus of Toledo handing over to St Mary the finished book of the Taʾammǝra Māryām, which she blesses and returns to him — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 9v — source only 10v — The worker standing next to St Mary, who performs a blessing gesture, while sitting on a throne and holding her son — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 10v — source only 11r — The worker standing next to St Mary, who performs a blessing gesture, while sitting on a throne and holding her son — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 11r — source only 12r — The Jewish priest lying on the ground after his fall in the foreground of the miniature — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 12r — source only 12v — The Jewish priest standing before St Mary, who is sitting on the throne and performs a gesture of blessing — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 12v — source only 13v — Dǝmyānos writing the name of St Mary in a manuscript — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 13v — source only 14r — In the background, the pillar of gold, on which Mary inscribed Dǝmyānos' name is depicted — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 14r — source only 15v — The bishop ʾAbbās standing and distributing communion surrounded by the faithful, among whom is the woman who kisses his hand — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 15v — source only 17v — The monk Yǝsḥaq falling on the ground during the apparition of Mary — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 17v — source only 19r — St Mary standing next to Māryām of Dafrā — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 19r — source only 21v — The painter sitting on a scaffold and drawing a scene — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 21v — source only 22v — The sick pilgrim standing before the places to which Mary carries him: unidentified — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 22v — source only 23r — The sick pilgrim standing before the places to which Mary carries him: unidentified — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 23r — source only 25v — Zakāryās praying the greeting of the angel before the icon of Mary — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 25v — source only 26r — The thieves hiding behind trees — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 26r — source only 28r — The two thieves attempting to eat the bread they stole from Yolyānā and Barbārā — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 28r — source only 30r — The three Arabs swimming in the water — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 30r — source only 30v — One man riding a camel to the monastery — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 30v — source only 32r — St Mary surrounded by the sleeping monks of the monastery, which is depicted in the background — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 32r — source only 32v — The monastery with its monks that has been moved to the shore of the sea — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 32v — source only 34v — The priest Yoḥannǝs is depicted standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 34v — source only 35r — St Mary is taking out a breast and dropping her milk into the eyes of Yoḥannǝs — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 35r — source only 36v — The rich man from Qʷalāsis travelling with his companions on a ship — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 36v — source only 37r — The rich man fallen after his eye has been pierced by arrows from a group of enemies — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 37r — source only 39v — The woman and her blind daughter standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 39v — source only 40r — Both lying asleep before St Mary, who wakes up the girl — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 40r — source only 42r — The poor widow praying before the the icon of the Virgin and Child, below which her three daughters are sitting — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 42r — source only 42v — The two other daughters standing next to the blacksmith — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 42v — source only 44r — The two brothers sitting and writing next to each other — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 44r — source only 45v — Giyorgis lying in prison bound at his hands and feet, with a dove appearing to him — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 45v — source only 47r — St Mary sitting on a throne surrounded by two angels with the custodian of the church sitting before her — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 47r — source only 47v — Kaṭir standing before St Mary, who is sitting on throne and performs a blessing gesture — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 47v — source only 49v — The two brothers and the Muslim customer gathered around a piece of cloth — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 49v — source only 50r — St George of Lydda riding on a horse, brandishing a weapon, and appearing to the judge — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 50r — source only 52v — 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 — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 52v — source only 53r — The man showing his healed foot to the bishop with the people standing in the background — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 53r — source only 54r — The leprous bishop standing before the sitting patriarch and showing him his leprosy — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 54r — source only 54v — The bishop showing himself healed to the patriarch — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 54v — source only 56v — Two men carrying the woman with a broken foot on a stretcher — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 56v — source only 60v — 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 — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 60v — source only 61r — The bishop sitting on a throne in front of a group of women accusing Sofyā — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 61r — source only 62v — Bārok sitting in his house surrounded by those for whom he makes a feast — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 62v — source only 63r — The icon of the Virgin and Child — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 63r — source only 65v — ʾAnǝsṭāsyos standing praying in a church before the icon of the Virgin and Child — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 65v — source only 69v — The monk surrounded by the other monks, who are attacking him — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 69v — source only 76r — The cannibal surrounded by the bodies of those he killed — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 76r — source only 76v — The demons holding the cannibal's soul among the flames of hell before Jesus Christ sitting on a throne — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 76v — source only 79r — The widow's son stealing cloth from a church — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 79r — source only 81v — A church amongst the waves from which the people are fleeing — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 81v — source only 82r — The woman with her child surrounded by the marvelling people — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 82r — source only 83v — The group of virgins gathered around the well while one of them chases away the thirsty dog — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 83v — source only 86r — Resurrection: Mary prays at Golgotha — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 86r — source only 87r — Ascension: Mary surrounded by angels and the apostles — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 87r — source only 88r — Dormition: Mary receives the Covenant of Mercy from Jesus — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 88r — source only 89r — Dormition: Angels show Mary the fires of Sheol and the souls within. — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 89r — source only 90r — Dormition: Mary prays for those in Sheol — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 90r — source only 91r — Dormition: Mary receives the Covenant of Mercy from Jesus — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 91r — source only ›
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Motherhood: Madonna and child — Davies (HMML) Dabra Warq, fol. 6v Open catalogue record
Holding institution Hill Museum and Manuscript Library
Shelfmark Dabra Warq
Folio 6v
Catalogue date 17th
Catalogue source Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
Source record paintings.csv, Painting ID 722 (1 episode row) Image status Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
Open the cited 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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