‹ Catalogue sequence 4v — Dormition: Angels show Mary the fires of Sheol and the souls within. — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 4v — source only 5r — Dormition: Mary receives the Covenant of Mercy from Jesus — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 5r — source only 20v — Hildephonsus of Toledo handing over to St Mary the finished book of the Taʾammǝra Māryām, which she blesses and returns to him — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 20v — source only 21r — St Mary presenting to Hildephonsus of Toledo a throne and garment — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 21r — source only 21v — Hildephonsus of Toledo's successor falling and being smitten by an angel having touched Mary's gifts to Hildephonsus without permission — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 21v — source only 23v — The worker standing next to St Mary, who performs a blessing gesture, while sitting on a throne and holding her son — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 23v — source only 25v — St Mary sitting on a throne with the two deacons in the background and raising him by her hand — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 25v — source only 27v — Dǝmyānos writing the name of St Mary in a manuscript — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 27v — source only 29v — The bishop ʾAbbās standing and distributing communion surrounded by the faithful, among whom is the woman who kisses his hand — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 29v — source only 30r — The bishop sitting and cutting off his hand — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 30r — source only 32v — The monk Yǝsḥaq falling on the ground during the apparition of Mary — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 32v — source only 34v — St Mary standing next to Māryām of Dafrā — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 34v — source only 37r — The painter sitting on a scaffold and drawing a scene — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 37r — source only 38v — The sick pilgrim standing before the places to which Mary carries him: unidentified — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 38v — source only 41r — The youth Zakāryās fastening a crown of roses to an icon of St Mary — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 41r — source only 41v — Zakāryās standing before St Mary, who is sitting on a throne surrounded by angels, and collects roses out of his mouth — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 41v — source only 43v — The two thieves attempting to eat the bread they stole from Yolyānā and Barbārā — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 43v — source only 46r — The men in a boat — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 46r — source only 48r — St Mary surrounded by the sleeping monks of the monastery, which is depicted in the background — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 48r — source only 48v — The monastery with its monks that has been moved to the shore of the sea — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 48v — source only 51r — St Mary is taking out a breast and dropping her milk into the eyes of Yoḥannǝs — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 51r — source only 53r — The rich man fallen after his eye has been pierced by arrows from a group of enemies — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 53r — source only 56v — Both lying asleep before St Mary, who wakes up the girl — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 56v — source only 58v — The two other daughters standing next to the blacksmith — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 58v — source only 59r — The funeral of the eldest daugher, who is wrapped in a shroud and surrounded by persons — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 59r — source only 61r — The two brothers sitting and writing next to each other — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 61r — source only 62v — Giyorgis lying in prison bound at his hands and feet, with a dove appearing to him — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 62v — source only 64v — The custodian of the church standing in front of the sitting Kaṭir ordering him to leave the church — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 64v — source only 65r — St Mary sitting on a throne surrounded by two angels with the custodian of the church sitting before her — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 65r — source only 67v — The two brothers and the Muslim customer gathered around a piece of cloth — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 67v — source only 68r — Nazib lying in prison bound at his hands and feet — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 68r — source only 70r — The man showing his healed foot to the bishop with the people standing in the background — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 70r — source only 72r — The leprous bishop standing before the sitting patriarch and showing him his leprosy — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 72r — source only 72v — The healed bishop distributing the Eucharist — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 72v — source only 74v — Two men carrying the woman with a broken foot on a stretcher — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 74v — source only 75r — St Mary extending her foot to touch the woman lying below her — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 75r — source only 79v — The bishop sitting on a throne in front of a group of women accusing Sofyā — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 79v — source only 80r — 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) 647, fol. 80r — source only 82r — Bārok sitting in his house surrounded by those for whom he makes a feast — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 82r — source only 84r — ʾAnǝsṭāsyos lying before St Mary, who together with the Child is extending her hand towards him — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 84r — source only 88r — The monk surrounded by the other monks, who are attacking him — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 88r — source only 88v — The monk standing praying in a church before the icon of the Virgin and Child with his skull-cap fallen to the ground — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 88v — source only 92v — The cannibal surrounded by the bodies of those he killed — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 92v — source only 93r — Two angels weighing the cannibal's good and bad deeds in a scale — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 93r — source only 95v — The widow's son stealing cloth from a church — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 95v — source only 96r — The widow's son hanging from the scaffolding or the tree — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 96r — source only 98v — A church amongst the waves from which the people are fleeing — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 98v — source only 99r — The woman with her child surrounded by the marvelling people — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 99r — source only 100v — The group of virgins gathered around the well while one of them chases away the thirsty dog — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 100v — source only 101r — St Mary giving the dog water to drink from her shoe — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 101r — source only 140r — The priest John meets the general in his tent — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 140r — source only 140v — The priest John prays inside the church — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 140v — source only ›
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Dormition: Angels show Mary the fires of Sheol and the souls within. — BOr (BL) 647, fol. 4v Open catalogue record
Holding institution British Library
Shelfmark 647
Folio 4v
Catalogue date First half of 18th
Catalogue source Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
Source record paintings.csv, Painting ID 687 (1 episode row) Image status Scene identification transcribed from the scene-summary field of the PEMM painting record.
Open the cited source ↗ ‹ Catalogue sequence 11v — Resurrection: Mary prays at Golgotha — Or 645, f. 11v 12r — Ascension: Mary surrounded by angels and the apostles — Or 645, f. 12r 12v — Dormition: Mary receives the Covenant of Mercy from Jesus — Or 645, f. 12v 13r — Dormition: Angels show Mary the fires of Sheol and the souls within. — Or 645, f. 13r 14r — Dormition: Mary prays for those in Sheol — Or 645, f. 14r 14v — Dormition: Mary receives the Covenant of Mercy from Jesus — Or 645, f. 14v 19r — Hildephonsus of Toledo handing over to St Mary the finished book of the Taʾammǝra Māryām, which she blesses and returns to him — Or 645, f. 19r 19v — Hildephonsus of Toledo sits upon the throne, wears the garment given to him by Mary, and reads the Miracles of Mary — Or 645, f. 19v 21v — The worker standing next to St Mary, who performs a blessing gesture, while sitting on a throne and holding her son — Or 645, f. 21v 25r — The Jewish priest lying on the ground after his fall in the foreground of the miniature — Or 645, f. 25r 27v — Dǝmyānos writing the name of St Mary in a manuscript — Or 645, f. 27v 31r — The bishop ʾAbbās standing and distributing communion surrounded by the faithful, among whom is the woman who kisses his hand — Or 645, f. 31r 34v — 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 645, f. 34v 38r — St Mary standing next to Māryām of Dafrā — Or 645, f. 38r 41v — The painter sitting on a scaffold and drawing a scene — Or 645, f. 41v 44v — The sick pilgrim standing before the places to which Mary carries him: Jerualem — Or 645, f. 44v 45v — The sick pilgrim standing before the places to which Mary carries him: the Jordan — Or 645, f. 45v 49v — The youth Zakāryās fastening a crown of roses to an icon of St Mary — Or 645, f. 49v 50r — The chief of the thieves hiding behind a tree — Or 645, f. 50r 52v — 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 645, f. 52v 56v — The three Arabs swimming in the water; One man being eaten by a crocodile; The two others standing on a rock above the water — Or 645, f. 56v 57r — 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 645, f. 57r 59v — St Mary surrounded by the sleeping monks of the monastery, which is depicted in the background; A group of people marvelling at the miracle — Or 645, f. 59v 60r — A group of people marvelling at the miracle — Or 645, f. 60r 64r — The priest Yoḥannǝs is depicted standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child — Or 645, f. 64r 67r — The rich man fallen after his eye has been pierced by arrows from a group of enemies — Or 645, f. 67r 71r — The woman and her blind daughter standing praying before the icon of the Virgin and Child — Or 645, f. 71r 74v — The poor widow praying before the the icon of the Virgin and Child, below which her three daughters are sitting — Or 645, f. 74v 78r — The demons seizing the scribe — Or 645, f. 78r 80v — Giyorgis lying in prison bound at his hands and feet, with a dove appearing to him; Giyorgis standing healed from his wounds — Or 645, f. 80v 83r — The custodian of the church standing in front of the sitting Kaṭir ordering him to leave the church — Or 645, f. 83r 87r — The two brothers and the Muslim customer gathered around a piece of cloth — Or 645, f. 87r 87v — St George of Lydda riding on a horse, brandishing a weapon, and appearing to the judge — Or 645, f. 87v 90v — 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 645, f. 90v 91r — The man with the petrified foot standing and praying before an icon of the Virgin and Child while his foot is healed — Or 645, f. 91r 94r — The leprous bishop standing before the sitting patriarch and showing him his leprosy — Or 645, f. 94r 97r — Two men carrying the woman with a broken foot on a stretcher; The woman lying below the icon of the Virgin and Child — Or 645, f. 97r 97v — St Mary extending her foot to touch the woman lying below her — Or 645, f. 97v 103r — 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 645, f. 103r 103v — The bishop sitting on a throne in front of a group of women accusing Sofyā — Or 645, f. 103v 106r — Bārok sitting in his house surrounded by those for whom he makes a feast — Or 645, f. 106r 109r — ʾAnǝsṭāsyos standing praying in a church before the icon of the Virgin and Child — Or 645, f. 109r 114v — The monk surrounded by the other monks, who are attacking him — Or 645, f. 114v 119r — The cannibal surrounded by the bodies of those he killed — Or 645, f. 119r 119v — The demons holding the cannibal's soul among the flames of hell before Jesus Christ sitting on a throne — Or 645, f. 119v 123r — The widow's son stealing cloth from a church — Or 645, f. 123r 126v — A church amongst the waves from which the people are fleeing — Or 645, f. 126v 128v — 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 645, f. 128v ›
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Holding institution British Library
Shelfmark 645
Folio 11v
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 680 (1 episode row) Image evidence
Caption Resurrection: Mary prays at Golgotha
Credit British Library, Or 645, f. 11v. 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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