‹ 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 6v — Motherhood: Madonna and child — Or 648, f. 6v 8v — A wealthy wicked man comes across a serpent in the desert of Scete — Or 648, f. 8v 9r — Mary helps the man when he calls on her and he shoots forty arrows at the serpent — Or 648, f. 9r 11v — Hildephonsus of Toledo handing over to St Mary the finished book of the Taʾammǝra Māryām, which she blesses and returns to him — Or 648, f. 11v 13r — A demon possesses a good captain and makes him violent so he is put in metal bonds — Or 648, f. 13r 13v — Christ appears to the man and tells him to call upon Mary — Or 648, f. 13v 18r — The grocer Michael accepts a ring from a Muslim client as payment for sugar but the client steals the ring back — Or 648, f. 18r 18v — The client throws the ring into the river — Or 648, f. 18v 25v — The husband and wife pray for a child in front of the icon of St Mary — Or 648, f. 25v 26r — The missing chalice is found in the possession of the son — Or 648, f. 26r 29v — An Arab man beats the monk collecting food. The other monks and the icon of Mary and Child look on. — Or 648, f. 29v 30r — The rest of the monks pray in front of the icon of St Mary; The Arabs awake to find the monk having escaped; An angel returns the monk to his monastery — Or 648, f. 30r 30v — The monk ascends the citadel to rejoin his brothers; The Arabs give three camels as a gift to the monastery — Or 648, f. 30v 32v — The king orders the people to capture the thief — Or 648, f. 32v 35r — The Heavenly Altar — BOr (BL) 648, fol. 35r — source only 36v — The sinful deacon is killed by his enemies — Or 648, f. 36v 41r — The monk standing praying in a church before the icon of the Virgin and Child with his skull-cap fallen to the ground — Or 648, f. 41r 41v — The archbishop sends the bishop to fetch the skullcap; The bishop finds the skullcap in the church — Or 648, f. 41v 44v — The five monks are stripped of their clothes by men riding camels; The monks appeal to St Mary for a miracle; The Arabs return the clothes to the robbed monks — Or 648, f. 44v 47r — Jacob the Short sews clothes near the icon of St Mary — Or 648, f. 47r 48v — ʾAnǝsṭāsyos lying before St Mary, who together with the Child is extending her hand towards him — Or 648, f. 48v 49v — The knight repents and becomes a monk; The abbot attempts to teach the knight, but the knight is only able to learn the Hail Mary — Or 648, f. 49v 50r — After the death of the knight, a marvellous tree grows from his grave — Or 648, f. 50r 51v — Bārok sitting in his house surrounded by those for whom he makes a feast — Or 648, f. 51v 53r — St Mary appears to the bishop and sews a garment of sackcloth — Or 648, f. 53r 53v — Bishop Filata'os sends Pariqos to Abba Ya'eqob — Or 648, f. 53v 56r — The patriarch instracts Bishop Raphael to hear confession — Or 648, f. 56r 58r — Three men look on while the abbot pulls back the curtains from the icon of St Mary, while the fourth man lays on the ground with his tongue hanging out — Or 648, f. 58r 61r — The people defrock the archbishop Abba Gabriel — Or 648, f. 61r 61v — The monks of the monastery see a young man leading the donkey — Or 648, f. 61v 63r — ʾAnǝsṭāsyos lying before St Mary, who together with the Child is extending her hand towards him — Or 648, f. 63r 64v — Alexander goes fishing with his net; The serpent swallows Alexander — Or 648, f. 64v 65r — The serpent spits Alexander out after three days by the command of St Mary — Or 648, f. 65r 66v — Satan appears to the pilgrim in the likeness of a monk and persuades the monk to mutilate himself — Or 648, f. 66v 67r — St Mary pulls the pilgrim's soul away from the demons while a crowd looks on; The pilgrim enters the monastery; The pilgrim kneels before Abba Jacob — Or 648, f. 67r 68v — One man being eaten by a crocodile — Or 648, f. 68v 70r — St Mary speaks to Nekwal while he is imprisoned; The sultan, seated with an attendant nearby, frees Nekwal from prison — Or 648, f. 70r 73v — The priest and the nun make a pact in front of the icon of St Mary — Or 648, f. 73v 75v — The bishop rebukes the priest who knew only the Anaphora of St Mary; St Mary appears to the bishop and sews a sackclothe garment for him — Or 648, f. 75v 79v — The knight meets the daughter of the cobbler — Or 648, f. 79v 81r — The Jewish boy partakes in the Eucharist with his Christian companions — Or 648, f. 81r 81v — The boy is unharmed after his father throws him into the raging furnace; The father is cast into the raging furnace and is killed — Or 648, f. 81v 83r — 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 648, f. 83r 88r — Yoḥännəs places the relics of the martyrs Barbara and Joanna in the window of the church — Or 648, f. 88r 90r — A church amongst the waves from which the people are fleeing — Or 648, f. 90r 92r — St Mary appears before the sinking pilgrim ship in the midst of the sea — Or 648, f. 92r 94v — The abandoned wife prays for vengance in front of the icon of St Mary — Or 648, f. 94v 96r — The chain for the lamp before the icon of St Mary breaks; The priest tells the people of the miracle of the lamp — Or 648, f. 96r 99v — The Arabs plan to rob and kill the Christians in the church — Or 648, f. 99v 100r — The Christians assemble in the church on the day of the festival; The leader of the Arabs falls upon the ground and his companions flee from the church — Or 648, f. 100r 102r — The person who had died a year prior appears in the midst of the crowd inside the church; The woman holds the person who had died a year prior — Or 648, f. 102r 104v — The widow's son hanging from the scaffolding or the tree; The widow standing praying before the icon of St Mary; The son is reunited with his mother — Or 648, f. 104v 107r — The thieves hiding behind trees; Zakāryās standing before St Mary, who is sitting on a throne surrounded by angels, and collects roses out of his mouth — Or 648, f. 107r 107v — St Mary surrounded by angels while two crowds of people look on; Zakāryās tells the thieves about St Mary; The thieves being consecrated as monks — Or 648, f. 107v 110r — While in the home of a faithful woman, St Mary appears to the Ethiopian priest named Clement when he would read the Miracles of Mary — Or 648, f. 110r 112v — The European man is trapped under the door of the manger, which he was attempting to steal; The European man is healed of his injuries — Or 648, f. 112v 114r — St Mary standing next to Māryām of Dafrā — Or 648, f. 114r 117r — The two thieves attempting to eat the bread they stole from Yolyānā and Barbārā — Or 648, f. 117r 119r — The woman pushes away the child who comes to her while she prays before the icon of St Mary — Or 648, f. 119r 121r — The young novice sees St Mary enthroned and surrounded by angels and virgins while he sleeps in the church — Or 648, f. 121r 122v — The king orders the falsely accused official to be hung; The official is hung for three days; The official is rescued from hanging by St Mary — Or 648, f. 122v 125v — The angel handing the child to Finkǝs — Or 648, f. 125v 126r — 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 648, f. 126r 137r — St Mary appears to the Syrian potter on Monday; St Mary appears to the Syrian potter when he has fallen asleep on Sunday — Or 648, f. 137r 140v — The abbot of the monastery stopping the priests from continueing the chant for St Mary — Or 648, f. 140v 142v — Absadi gives the produce of the vegetable garden to those who need it — Or 648, f. 142v 147r — The people of Damot are shocked that the mighty tree has fallen — Or 648, f. 147r ›
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Holding institution British Library
Shelfmark 648
Folio 6v
Catalogue date 1721-1730
Catalogue source Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
Source record paintings.csv, Painting ID 689 (1 episode row) Image evidence
Caption Motherhood: Madonna and child
Credit British Library, Or 648, f. 6v. 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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