Philadelphia, Princeton University Library, Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 23
Newly catalogued in Beta maṣāḥǝft
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Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 23: Images (Mäləkə'a), Miracle of Mary (Tä'ammərä Maryam), Miracle of Jesus (Tä'ammərä Iyassus), Prayer to Jesus and Mary, Mystagogia (Təməhrətä Həbu'a), and Other Prayers
Number of Text units: 24
Number of Codicological units: 1
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Origin
late 19th century
Summary
Illustration: Fol. 12r: Häräg.
Illustration: Fol. 111v: Miniature added later of the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child and the angels.
Illustration: Fol. 112r: Drawing added later in pencil and blue and red ink of the owner, holding a cross and prayer beads, looking at the miniature on the opposite page of the Virgin Mary. With a caption stating "Wäldä Qirqos appeals to you [the Virgin Mary]."
Fol. 1rv: Pencil scrawls.
Fol. 19r: The owner or benefactor's name is given as Kənfä Mika'el.
Fol. 111r: In different, later hand, it says "This book belongs to Abba Fəsəha Wäldä Täklä Hayəmanot."
Fol. 112v: Partial Ge'ez alpabet.
No scribe listed.
How the Virgin Mary saved the soul of the cannibal of Qəmər (Budge, Mary, 29; Strelcyn 32.16.29).
How the Virgin Mary spoke from her picture to a devout worshipper (Budge, Mary 2; Strelcyn 15.1.3, 32.16.2).
How the Virgin Mary carried a sick person from the Monastery of the Pilgrims to Jerusalem and showed him where Jesus was crucified and buried and baptized him in the waters of the Jordan (Budge, Mary, 9; Strelcyn 32.16.9).
How the Virgin Mary appeared to a Roman youth called Zacharias who crowned her icon with roses and how she saved him from bandits because they saw roses flowing from his mouth when he recited her Hail Mary and how they converted and became monks (Budge, Mary, 10).
How the Virgin Mary helped a wealthy woman from Caesarea during a painful childbirth (not in Budge).
How the midwife Salome glorified Jesus (Strelcyn 16, 3).
How Jesus saved the adulterer from stoning (Strelcyn 16, 14?).
How Jesus healed the deaf, dumb, and blind (Strelcyn 16, ?).
Text edited in S. Grebaut, see Strelcyn, p. 29.
References: See references listed in manuscript no. 7, 8, and 11.
- ms_i1 (check the viewerLocated on folio 2r-112v. ), Collection of Devotional Readings
- ms_i2 (check the viewerLocated on folio 2r-11v. ), Vision of John, Son of Thunder
- ms_i3 (check the viewerLocated on folio 12r-14v. ), The Angels' Praise of Mary (Yəweddəsəwa Mäla'əkət)
- ms_i4 (check the viewerLocated on folio 2r-11v. ), Vision of John, Son of Thunder
- ms_i5 (check the viewerLocated on folio 14v-18v. ), Image of Icon of the Virgin Mary, Mäləkə'a Sə'əl
- ms_i6 (check the viewerLocated on folio 18v-23v. ), Introductory Rite from Mu'alləqa
- ms_i7 (check the viewerLocated on folio 23v-24v. ), On the Five Lamentations of Mary
- ms_i8 (check the viewerLocated on folio 24v-28v. ), First Miracle of Mary
- ms_i9 (check the viewerLocated on folio 24v-28v. ), Second Miracle of Mary
- ms_i10 (check the viewerLocated on folio 29v-31r. ), Third Miracle of Mary
- ms_i11 (check the viewerLocated on folio 31r-34v. ), Fourth Miracle of Mary
- ms_i12 (check the viewerLocated on folio 34v-35v. ), Fifth Miracle of Mary
- ms_i13 (check the viewerLocated on folio 36r-37v. ), First Miracle of Jesus
- ms_i14 (check the viewerLocated on folio 38r-40r. ), Second Miracle of Jesus
- ms_i15 (check the viewerLocated on folio 40r-42r. ), Third Miracle of Jesus
- ms_i16 (check the viewerLocated on folio 42v-56r. ), Prayer to Jesus and the Virgin Mary
- ms_i17 (check the viewerLocated on folio 56r-58r. ), Hours of the Night, Nə'i Habey (Excerpt)
- ms_i18 (check the viewerLocated on folio 58v-65r. ), Mystagogia, Təməhrətä Həbu'a (Strelcyn 9.2)
- ms_i19 (check the viewerLocated on folio 65rv. ), Synaxarium Entry for Säbsətəyanos Martyrdom
- ms_i20 (check the viewerLocated on folio 66r-78v. ), Image of Mary, Mälkə'a Maryam
- ms_i21 (check the viewerLocated on folio 78v-90v. ), Image of Jesus, Mälkə'a Iyässus
- ms_i22 (check the viewerLocated on folio 91r-94r. ), Greeting to Saint George, Bähäkä Giyorgis
- ms_i23 (check the viewerLocated on folio 94r-105r. ), Image of Michael, Mälkə'a Mika'el
- ms_i24 (check the viewerLocated on folio 105r-111r. ), Image of Gabriel, Mälkə'a Gabri'el
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Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻPhiladelphia, Princeton University Library, Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 23ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2022-05-05) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/PULet023 [Accessed: 2024-06-03]
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