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Saint Petersburg, Institut Vostočnyh Rukopisej Rossijskoj Akademii Nauk, IV Suhtelen 255

Denis Nosnitsin

This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography

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https://betamasaheft.eu/IVsuhtelen255
Institut Vostočnyh Rukopisej Rossijskoj Akademii Nauk[view repository]

Collection:

Other identifiers: Ef. 19, Turaev cat. II.4

General description

Miracles of Mary

Number of Text units: 98

Number of Codicological units: 1

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Origin

1400-1499

Provenance

The name No item: PRS12362Malka_Sedeq sponsor is indicated on f. 49r. The manuscript was acquired by Count Pjotr Suhtelen , and after the latter's death donated to the Institute by Tsar Nikolaj II in 1837

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 1r–86r ), Taʾammǝra Māryām
    1. ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 1r–1v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of sick people
    2. ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 1r–1v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of Tomās for the 21st Ṭǝrr
    3. ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 2r–2v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the transmigration of the Virgin, Tāfonyā is sent to break the Virgin's bed and is saved by her
    4. ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFol. 2v ), Miracle of Mary: History of the Church of the Virgin in Zǝwilā
    5. ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 3r–3v ), Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary when at Bethlehem healed king Safron and drove out devils
    6. ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFols 4r–4v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the scribe Damianus from Philippi
    7. ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 5r–5v ), Miracle of Mary: The beggar at the church of Qirqos in ʾAmhārā from whose head a horn grew
    8. ms_i1.8 (check the viewerFol. 6r ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the Phoenician evil man called Bārok
    9. ms_i1.9 (check the viewerFols 6v–7r ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of Bishop Philoteus
    10. ms_i1.10 (check the viewerFol. 7v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of Anastasius, a deacon of Rome
    11. ms_i1.11 (check the viewerFols 8r–8v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a Jew from Jerusalem swallowed by a snake
    12. ms_i1.12 (check the viewerFol. 9r ), Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary obtained forgiveness for a monk who mutilated himself after he had defiled himself
    13. ms_i1.13 (check the viewerFols 9v–10r ), Miracle of Mary: How a bishop removed a priest from his office and how the Virgin Mary rebuked the bishop
    14. ms_i1.14 (check the viewerFols 10v–12r ), Miracle of Mary: How a shoemaker's daughter called Mary was taken possession of a horse-solder, who spared her virginity
    15. ms_i1.15 (check the viewerFols. 13v, check the viewer22r ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a Jewish boy from Tyrus, saved by Mary from the furnace
    16. ms_i1.16 (check the viewerFol. 14r ), Miracle of Mary: The Story of the Cannibal of Qǝmr
    17. ms_i1.17 (check the viewerFol. 14v ), Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary, when twelve years old, healed an epileptic
    18. ms_i1.18 (check the viewerFols 15v–17v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a thief merchant
    19. ms_i1.19 (check the viewerFol. 18r ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a fountain of water caused by Jesus in Māḫḍāb while returning to Palestine
    20. ms_i1.20 (check the viewerFol. 18v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of St Minas
    21. ms_i1.21 (check the viewerFol. 19r ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of ʾabbā Matewos who wounded his tongue to escape from being nominated patriarch
    22. ms_i1.22 (check the viewerFols 19v–20r ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of Mark, son of the king of Rome, Gabra ʾIyasus
    23. ms_i1.23 (check the viewerFol. 20v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a woman who despite her mother-in-law adored a torn image of Mary
    24. ms_i1.24 (check the viewerFol. 20v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a monk of the Monastery of St Samuel of Kalamon
    25. ms_i1.25 (check the viewerFol. 21r ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the flight of Egypt; Miracle of the sycomore of Dabra Mǝṭmāq
    26. ms_i1.26 (check the viewerFols 22r–22v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a pregnant woman
    27. ms_i1.27 (check the viewerFol. 23r ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a shipwrecked pilgrim
    28. ms_i1.28 (check the viewerFols 23v–24v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of Jonah, his wife and another woman
    29. ms_i1.29 (check the viewerFols 25r–25v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of Dina resurrected and released from the Hades by St. Mary
    30. ms_i1.30 (check the viewerFols 26r–26v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the Virgin Mary and the Lady Euphemia
    31. ms_i1.31 (check the viewerFols 27r–28v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the youth Zechariah, from Rome
    32. ms_i1.32 (check the viewerFol. 28v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of Juliana and Barbara from Bethlehem
    33. ms_i1.33 (check the viewerFols 29r–30r ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of Theodosia, sister of Constantine, who found the cross in Jerusalem
    34. ms_i1.34 (check the viewerFol. 31r ), Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary sent a vision to a young man and caused him to embrace the ascetic life
    35. ms_i1.35 (check the viewerFol. 31v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of an officer of Ephesus who was innocently crucified and saved by Mary
    36. ms_i1.36 (check the viewerFols 31v–32r ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of Sophia, abbess of Mount Carmel
    37. ms_i1.37 (check the viewerFols 33v–34v ), Miracle of Mary: How a widow forsook her duties in the Church and lived in sin, how her place had been filled by the Virgin Mary
    38. ms_i1.38 (check the viewerFol. 35r ), Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary and her Son appeared in a beehive
    39. ms_i1.39 (check the viewerFol. 35v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a Jew of ʾAḫmīm
    40. ms_i1.40 (check the viewerFol. 36r ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the scribe Damianus from Philippi
    41. ms_i1.41 (check the viewerFol. 36v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the Bishop of Rome, ʾAbbās (Leo)
    42. ms_i1.42 (check the viewerFol. 37v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of ʾArsimā, whom Mary announced that two girls would be exempted from wordly desires
    43. ms_i1.43 (check the viewerFol. 38r ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a sinful woman who swallowed a scorpion
    44. ms_i1.44 (check the viewerFols 38v–39r ), Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary administered to certain monks a celestial compound to digest their food
    45. ms_i1.45 (check the viewerFols 39v–40r ), Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary rebuked a woman who gave up fasting at her husband's command
    46. ms_i1.46 (check the viewerFols 40v–41v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of Sophia who distributed all her jewelry to the poor, and her husband who did not let her go to the church
    47. ms_i1.47 (check the viewerFols 42r–43v ), Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary and our Lord became sureties to a Jew for the debt owed to him by a certain merchant of Constantinople
    48. ms_i1.48 (check the viewerFol. 44r ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the drunk monk Timotewos (?), saved by the Virgin
    49. ms_i1.49 (check the viewerFol. 44v ), Miracle of Mary: How a woman consigned to the devil the son she conceived on Easter eve
    50. ms_i1.50 (check the viewerFols 46r–47r ), Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary protected a philantropic merchant who had beggared himself
    51. ms_i1.51 (check the viewerFols 47v–48r ), Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary and St Peter saved from hell the souls of Peter the deacon and Stephen, two brothers from Constantinople
    52. ms_i1.52 (check the viewerFols 48r–49v ), Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary delivered from hell the soul of an evil man who had intended to build a church in her name
    53. ms_i1.53 (check the viewerFols 50r–50v ), Miracle of Mary: How a bishop from St Peter's church in Rome stole holy oil and bought two pearls for Mary after having been rebuked
    54. ms_i1.54 (check the viewerFols 51r–52r ), Miracle of Mary: How an avaricious priest refused to leave the bed of a rich man to go to a dying woman
    55. ms_i1.55 (check the viewerFols 52v–53r ),
    56. ms_i1.56 (check the viewerFols 53v–54r ), Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary converted a demented herdsman and delivered him from Satan
    57. ms_i1.57 (check the viewerFol. 54v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a monk in the monastery of St. Ephrem, on an island in the river of Tigris
    58. ms_i1.58 (check the viewerFols 55r–56r ), Miracle of Mary: How a knight loved a lady and prayed to Mary who appeared to him and how he became a monk
    59. ms_i1.59 (check the viewerFols 56r–57r ), Miracle of Mary: Another version of the story of Nathan the monk
    60. ms_i1.60 (check the viewerFols 57v–58r ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the merchant who was offered riches for denying the faith
    61. ms_i1.61 (check the viewerFol. 58v ), Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary caused a storm to cease and saved sheep and took the shepherd to Paradise
    62. ms_i1.62 (check the viewerFol. 59r ), Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary with shrouded face was seen by a collector of firewood who acquired wealth through her protection
    63. ms_i1.63 (check the viewerFol. 59v ), Miracle of Mary: How the image of the Virgin Mary in a Church bowed to the monks
    64. ms_i1.64 (check the viewerFol. 60r ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a brigand who loved Mary and whose funeral she commanded to the bishop
    65. ms_i1.65 (check the viewerFol. 60v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a picture of Mary speaking to a worker
    66. ms_i1.66 (check the viewerFol. 61r ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the Bishop of Rome, ʾAbbās (Leo)
    67. ms_i1.67 (check the viewerFols 61v–62r ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a baptized Jewish boy called Gǝrānin saved by Mary from fire
    68. ms_i1.68 (check the viewerFol. 62v ), Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary raised a dead knight to fight against Golyād
    69. ms_i1.69 (check the viewerFol. 63r ), Miracle of Mary: How an Ishmaelite was converted when he saw oil and milk flowing from the breasts of a picture of the Virgin Mary
    70. ms_i1.70 (check the viewerFols 63v–64r ), Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary appeared to a young man and made him swear he would not marry and how he ran away after his father chose a bride and broke his neck
    71. ms_i1.71 (check the viewerFol. 64v ), Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary obtained forgiveness for a spendthrift because though he denied the Father, Christ, the Holy Ghost and the angels he would not deny her
    72. ms_i1.72 (check the viewerFols 65r–66r ), Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary saved a lady from adultery by causing her to read the Prayers for the Dead and appeared to her
    73. ms_i1.73 (check the viewerFols 66v–67v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a nobleman who established a hospital and took Satan as assistant
    74. ms_i1.74 (check the viewerFol. 68r ), Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary delivered from the devils the soul of an avaricious farmer who had given alms in her name
    75. ms_i1.75 (check the viewerFol. 68r ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a sinful abbot who appears a year after his death to announce his salvation by Mary
    76. ms_i1.76 (check the viewerFol. 68v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a Jew of Constantinople punished for throwing out an image of Mary
    77. ms_i1.77 (check the viewerFols 69r–69v ), Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary forgave a lady who commited incest with her son and murdered their child
    78. ms_i1.78 (check the viewerFol. 70r ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a prince saved by Mary after being punished for having wrongly assigned an abbot
    79. ms_i1.79 (check the viewerFols 70v–71r ), Miracle of Mary: How a young man placed a ring on the finger of a figure of the Virgin Mary, who regarded it as a ring of betrothal
    80. ms_i1.80 (check the viewerFols 71v–72v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of sunken ship saved by Mary
    81. ms_i1.81 (check the viewerFol. 72r ), Miracle of Mary: How the painted figures of Christ and the Virgin Mary bled when a Jew cast the board into a pit, how the magistrate burned the Jew alive
    82. ms_i1.82 (check the viewerFol. 72v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a knight who denied Jesus but not Mary and was saved by her intercession
    83. ms_i1.83 (check the viewerFol. 73r ), Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary saved the soul of a monk who was crossing a stream to visit a lover
    84. ms_i1.84 (check the viewerFol. 73v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a sinful widow who went to hell and later appeared at her convent and announced her salvation by Mary
    85. ms_i1.85 (check the viewerFol. 74r ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a widow whom Mary told never to recite the greeting of the angel in hurry
    86. ms_i1.86 (check the viewerFol. 74v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the resuscitation of the son of Tiberius, emperor of Rome
    87. ms_i1.87 (check the viewerFols 75r–79v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the resuscitation of the son of Tiberius, emperor of Rome
    88. ms_i1.88 (check the viewerFol. 80r ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a man without virtue who loved Mary
    89. ms_i1.89 (check the viewerFols 80v and following ), Miracle of Mary: Thecla is taken to Alexandria to see her brother, ʾabbā ʾEsi, in a boat guided by the Archangels Gabriel and Sureyal
    90. ms_i1.90 (check the viewerFols 81v and following ), Miracle of Mary: St Mary incenses Thecla
    91. ms_i1.91 (check the viewerFols 83r and following ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the martyr ʾAbbā ʾEsi and his sister Tekla of Busir in Egypt
    92. ms_i1.92 (check the viewerFol. 83r ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of St Paul who sees the glory of the Virgin Mary
    93. ms_i1.93 (check the viewerFol. 84r ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of Bǝḥor, a disciple of ʾAmmoni, who sees the glory of the Virgin Mary
    94. ms_i1.94 (check the viewerFols 84v–85r ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of St Gregory the Illuminator who sees the glory of the Virgin Mary
    95. ms_i1.95 (check the viewerFol. 85v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of Sāulā, wife of St George the Younger
    96. ms_i1.96 (check the viewerFol. 86r ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the Convent of Māḫǝw
    97. ms_i1.97 (check the viewerFol. 86v ), Miracle of Mary: Miracle of two sons of the magician ʾAbrāsi pardoned thanks to the prayer to St. Mary

Contents


check the viewerFols 1r–86r Taʾammǝra Māryām (CAe 2384)

Language of text:


check the viewerFols 1r–1v Miracle of Mary: Miracle of sick people (CAe 5046)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ኵሎሙ᎓ ድዉያን᎓ እለ᎓ መጽኡ᎓ ኀበ᎓ ውእቱ᎓ ቤት᎓ እምነ᎓ ቤተ᎓ ልሔም᎓ ወአድያሚሃ᎓ እምድረ᎓ ይሁዳ።

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):

The miracle is not accounted for by Boris Turaev . This miracle is identified by Macomber n.d. as Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the transmigration of the Virgin, the apostles convene around the Virgin, however the description and incipit provided do not a allow a certain identification before consultation of the manuscript.

check the viewerFols 1r–1v Miracle of Mary: Miracle of Tomās for the 21st Ṭǝrr (CAe 4994)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወካዕበ᎓ ንነግረክሙ᎓ መንክረ᎓ ዘጸሐፋ᎓ አባ᎓ ቶማስ᎓ ቀሲስ᎓

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):

Numbered 116. An account written by priest Tomas as to how an infidel wanted to pierce the image of St. Mary on 21 Ṭǝrr and about the conversion of the latter's servant

check the viewerFols 2r–2v Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the transmigration of the Virgin, Tāfonyā is sent to break the Virgin's bed and is saved by her (CAe 3675)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):

Numbered 117. A story about the Jew Tāfoniyā.

check the viewerFol. 2v Miracle of Mary: History of the Church of the Virgin in Zǝwilā (CAe 3720)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):

Numbered 118. An account of the miracles at the Egyptian church of Ḥārat Zuwāylah.

check the viewerFols 3r–3v Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary when at Bethlehem healed king Safron and drove out devils (CAe 3893)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀሎ᎓ አሐዱ᎓ ንጉሠ᎓ ግብጽ᎓ ዘስሙ᎓ ሰፍሮን᎓

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):

Numbered 119. Healing of the Egyptian king Safron from a lion's bite, healing of two mad women, etc.

check the viewerFols 4r–4v Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the scribe Damianus from Philippi (CAe 3590)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወይቤሎ᎓ ለጳጳስ᎓ ብከኑ᎓ እብነ᎓ ጸዓዳ᎓ ወጽዱለ᎓ ወአምሮ᎓ ትእም […]ommission by

Numbered 120. Miracle of the scribe Damianus from Philippi. According to Enrico Cerulli , the miracle is mutilated.

check the viewerFols 5r–5v Miracle of Mary: The beggar at the church of Qirqos in ʾAmhārā from whose head a horn grew (CAe 5000)

Language of text:

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): […]ommission by ምንዳቤሆሙ᎓ ለክርስቲያን᎓ ወይእቲ᎓ ረዳኢቶሙ᎓ ለሰማዕት᎓ ወለመላእክት᎓

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወአዘዘ᎓ አዋዲ᎓ ከመ᎓ ይዑድ᎓ በእ[…]ommission by

According to E. Cerulli, the account is acephalous and mutilated at the end; it is a story of a healing of a poor Ethiopian on whose elbow a "horn" grew up. St. Mary appeared to him in a vision (missing in the manuscript), he prayed to her and the "horn" fell off on the eve of the feast of 21 Gǝnbot

check the viewerFol. 6r Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the Phoenician evil man called Bārok (CAe 3612)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): […]ommission by እግዚእትነ᎓ ቅድስት᎓ ድንግል᎓ ማርያም᎓ ወላዲተ᎓ አምላክ᎓ ጸሎታ᎓ ወበረከታ᎓ የሀሉ᎓ ምስለ᎓ ኩልነ᎓ ውሉደ᎓ ጥምቀት᎓ ለዓለመ᎓ ዓለም᎓ አሜን።

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Indicated by Boris Turaev and supplied with number 139, but this is uncertain. According to E. Cerulli, a part in the beginning is missing.

check the viewerFols 6v–7r Miracle of Mary: Miracle of Bishop Philoteus (CAe 4997)

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Numbered 140. The miracle of Bishop Philoteus.

check the viewerFol. 7v Miracle of Mary: Miracle of Anastasius, a deacon of Rome (CAe 3613)

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Numbered 141.

check the viewerFols 8r–8v Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a Jew from Jerusalem swallowed by a snake (CAe 4998)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወሀሎ᎓ አሐዱ᎓ ብእሲ᎓ ዕብራዊ᎓ እምዘመደ᎓ ክቡራን᎓

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Numbered 142. While angling, a Jew from Jerusalem was swallowed by a "snake". He was saved three days later, after a prayer to St. Mary. He was baptized in the river of Sāliḥom, was cleansed from leprosy and remained a servant of the church of St. Mary till the end of his life.

check the viewerFol. 9r Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary obtained forgiveness for a monk who mutilated himself after he had defiled himself (CAe 3917)

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Numbered 143. Resurrection of the monk Bārdǝyos from the country of Bānyos, who made a sin while he was on his way to ābbā Yāʿqob and, instigated by Devil, committed suicide.

check the viewerFols 9v–10r Miracle of Mary: How a bishop removed a priest from his office and how the Virgin Mary rebuked the bishop (CAe 3918)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀሎ᎓ አሐዱ᎓ ብእሲ᎓ ካህን᎓ ወቀሲስ᎓ በሀገረ᎓ ቂሳርያ᎓ ዘስሙ᎓ እንድርያስ᎓

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Numbered 144. A Caesarean presbyter Andrew celebrated the liturgy of St. Mary; the community complained about this to Bishop Dorotheus who first prohibited Andrew to do so, but repented after the apparition of St. Mary.

check the viewerFols 10v–12r Miracle of Mary: How a shoemaker's daughter called Mary was taken possession of a horse-solder, who spared her virginity (CAe 3867)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀሎ᎓ አሐዱ᎓ ብእሲ᎓ በሀገረ᎓ ደማስቆስ᎓ ዘስሙ᎓ አቢፋንዮስ᎓

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Numbered 145. The cobbler Epifanius of Damascus had a daughter Mary who dedicated herself to the Mother of God. Also she made to Her servant the patrician Nifon (Niphontus), or ʾAgābos. He brought Mary to the monastery of Kalamon, made big donations and bequeathed himself to be buried there. When he was killed in the oasis ʾElwāḥ, St. Mary appeared to the abbess and ordered her to go to the place of Nifon's death and transport his body to the monastery.

check the viewerFols. 13v, check the viewer22r Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a Jewish boy from Tyrus, saved by Mary from the furnace (CAe 3726)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወእሉ᎓ ተጠምቁ᎓ በይእቲ᎓ ዕለት᎓ ምስሌ᎓ ዮሴፍ᎓ አርባዕቱ᎓ ምእት᎓ ነፍስ᎓ እምሰብአ᎓ ቤቱ᎓ ዘእንበለ᎓ እ[…]ommission by

Numbered 146. The end is missing.

check the viewerFol. 14r Miracle of Mary: The Story of the Cannibal of Qǝmr (CAe 3615)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): […]ommission by ወይሰቲ᎓ ማየ᎓ ወቀስተሂ᎓ ዘስርግው᎓ በወርቅ᎓ ወእንዘ᎓ የሐውር᎓ ረከበ᎓ አሐዱ᎓ ሐረሳዊ᎓

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The beginning is missing.

check the viewerFol. 14v Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary, when twelve years old, healed an epileptic (CAe 3891)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወነበረት᎓ ዐሠርተ᎓ ወከልኤተ᎓ ዓመተ᎓ እንዘ᎓ ትትናዘዝ᎓ እምኀበ᎓ መላእክት᎓

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Numbered 123. Healing of an epileptic man to appealed to St. Mary when she was yet at the temple. The identification is uncertain.

check the viewerFols 15v–17v Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a thief merchant (CAe 4996)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወካዕበ᎓ ኮነ᎓ አሐዱ᎓ ነጋዲ᎓ በሀገረ᎓ ቂሳርያ᎓ ወዝንቱ᎓ አይሁዳዊ᎓

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Numbered 124. An account of Basil (the Great?) of Caesarea about conversion of a Jewish merchant who stole a golden chalice from a church, and the apparition of St. Mary to him. After the conversion, his name was Sutāy or Šutāy.

check the viewerFol. 18r Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a fountain of water caused by Jesus in Māḫḍāb while returning to Palestine (CAe 3670)

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Numbered 125. The miracle of a fountain of water caused by Jesus.

check the viewerFol. 18v Miracle of Mary: Miracle of St Minas (CAe 3645)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀሎ᎓ ፩መኰንን᎓ በሀገረ᎓ ነቅስዮስ᎓

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Numbered 126. An account about the birth of St. Minas to the city governor Eudoxius, after his wife prayed in front of the image of St. Mary.

check the viewerFol. 19r Miracle of Mary: Miracle of ʾabbā Matewos who wounded his tongue to escape from being nominated patriarch (CAe 3651)

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Numbered 127.

check the viewerFols 19v–20r Miracle of Mary: Miracle of Mark, son of the king of Rome, Gabra ʾIyasus (CAe 3646)

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Numbered 128. Identification according to Cerulli 1965

check the viewerFol. 20v Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a woman who despite her mother-in-law adored a torn image of Mary (CAe 3708)

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Numbered 129.

check the viewerFol. 20v Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a monk of the Monastery of St Samuel of Kalamon (CAe 3614)

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Numbered 130.

check the viewerFol. 21r Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the flight of Egypt; Miracle of the sycomore of Dabra Mǝṭmāq (CAe 3664)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ዘገብረቶ᎓ እግዝእትነ᎓ ማርያም᎓ ምስለ᎓ ፍቁር᎓ ወልዳ᎓

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):አመረ᎓ ኀበ᎓ ዮሴፍ᎓ ወወሀቦ᎓ ኪያሃ᎓ በትረ᎓ ወእምድኅረ᎓ ነሥአ᎓ ወይቤላ[…]ommission by

Numbered 131.

check the viewerFols 22r–22v Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a pregnant woman (CAe 3617)

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Numbered 147.

check the viewerFol. 23r Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a shipwrecked pilgrim (CAe 5002)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀለወት᎓ አሐቲ᎓ ሐመር᎓ ዓቢይ᎓

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Numbered 148. Pilgrims and Bishop Gregory sailed on the Black Sea in a ship. They were shipwrecked, but a pilgrim who had always addressed St. Mary in his prayers was miraculously saved.

check the viewerFols 23v–24v Miracle of Mary: Miracle of Jonah, his wife and another woman (CAe 5003)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀሎ᎓ አሐዱ᎓ ብእሲ᎓ በሀገረ᎓ ፍልስጥኤም᎓ ዘስሙ᎓ ዮናስ᎓

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):

Numbered 149. In Palestine, a man called Jonah forsook his wife and went to another woman. The wife prayed in front of an image of St. Mary asking that her rival be afflicted with all kinds of disasters. She saw a dream in which St. Mary told her that her request is not fitting, and that the rival venerates St. Mary as well and attends the church daily. Finally, the rival woman repented and left Jonah.

check the viewerFols 25r–25v Miracle of Mary: Miracle of Dina resurrected and released from the Hades by St. Mary (CAe 5004)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወኮነ᎓ ልማዶሙ᎓ ለሰብአ᎓ ሮሜ᎓

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Numbered 150. In Rome, on the day of the Assumption of St. Mary, during a procession, a woman suddenly met her female friend Dinā, a daughter of ʾAwsānyā. She had died, had been resurrected from the dead by St. Mary and released from the Hades where she was placed as punishment for her dissolute behaviour.

check the viewerFols 26r–26v Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the Virgin Mary and the Lady Euphemia (CAe 3864)

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Numbered 151.

check the viewerFols 27r–28v Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the youth Zechariah, from Rome (CAe 3596)

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Numbered 152.

check the viewerFol. 28v Miracle of Mary: Miracle of Juliana and Barbara from Bethlehem (CAe 3597)

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Numbered 153. According to Cerulli 1965, this is the "long version" that includes the name Bethlehem.

check the viewerFols 29r–30r Miracle of Mary: Miracle of Theodosia, sister of Constantine, who found the cross in Jerusalem (CAe 3636)

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Numbered 154.

check the viewerFol. 31r Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary sent a vision to a young man and caused him to embrace the ascetic life (CAe 3924)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀሎ᎓ አሐዱ᎓ ብእሲ᎓ በሀገረ᎓ ባርቶስ᎓ ወልድ᎓ ወሬዛ᎓ ወስሙ᎓ ቆዝሞስ᎓

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Numbered 155. Cosmas of Bārtos (Beirut?) venerated the Mother of God. He went to the monastery on the Mount of Olives and withdrew into a cave. The abbot told him to reside in the community. Cosmas prayed in the night in front of the image of St. Mary, received a call to serve her in a dream, and took the monastic vow.

check the viewerFol. 31v Miracle of Mary: Miracle of an officer of Ephesus who was innocently crucified and saved by Mary (CAe 3711)

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Numbered 156.

check the viewerFols 31v–32r Miracle of Mary: Miracle of Sophia, abbess of Mount Carmel (CAe 3611)

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Numbered 157.

check the viewerFols 33v–34v Miracle of Mary: How a widow forsook her duties in the Church and lived in sin, how her place had been filled by the Virgin Mary (CAe 3922)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀሎ᎓ ደሴት᎓ መንገለ᎓ ባሕረ᎓ ኢያሪኮ᎓

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):

Numbered 158. There was a monastery on an island in the Sea of ʾIyāriko; one of the nuns venerating the Mother of God fell in love and run away with a priest. After four years she repented, and St. Mary brought her back into her cell so that the others did not notice, protecting her from the evil tongues.

check the viewerFol. 35r Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary and her Son appeared in a beehive (CAe 3923)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀሎ᎓ አሐዱ᎓ ብእሲ᎓ ሐያቤ᎓ መዓር᎓

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):

Numbered 159. A beekeeper consulted a sorcerer (how to get more honey from the bees); following her advice, he put into a beehive the holy communion that he brought in his mouth.

check the viewerFol. 35v Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a Jew of ʾAḫmīm (CAe 3589)

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Numbered 160.

check the viewerFol. 36r Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the scribe Damianus from Philippi (CAe 3590)

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Numbered 161. Miracle of the scribe Damianus from Philippi (repeated?).

check the viewerFol. 36v Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the Bishop of Rome, ʾAbbās (Leo) (CAe 3591)

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Numbered 162.

check the viewerFol. 38r Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a sinful woman who swallowed a scorpion (CAe 5008)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀለወት᎓ አሐቲ᎓ ብእሲት᎓ ኃጥእት᎓

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Numbered 164. A sinful woman wanted to commit suicide and swallowed a scorpion. Suffering from great pain, she put on her breast an image of St. Mary. After that she gave birth to three scorpions, recovered and confessed her sins to archpriest John "according to the law of the Synodos".

check the viewerFols 38v–39r Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary administered to certain monks a celestial compound to digest their food (CAe 3914)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀሎ᎓ አሐዱ᎓ ብእሲ᎓ ዘስሙ᎓ ሲላን᎓ ዘሀገረ᎓ ኢቆንዮስ᎓

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Numbered 165. A vision of the monk Silon in the country of Iqonyos: the Mother of God, appearing in the meal time, prevents a harm from poor food of the monk who feed on wild plants.

check the viewerFols 39v–40r Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary rebuked a woman who gave up fasting at her husband's command (CAe 3915)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወሀለወት᎓ አሐቲ᎓ ብእሲት᎓ በሀገረ᎓ ሮሜ᎓ በቤተ᎓ ሶፍያ᎓ ዘስማ᎓ እንባብሬና᎓

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): In Rome, ʾƎnbābrenā lived in the house of Sophia. She had an eye disease, and fastened according to the vow she gave to the Mother of God. The faith of her husband was not big; he forced her to break the fasting. The Mother of God awarded the woman on each and filled her chest with precious jewelry. The woman understood and managed to convince her husband. The chest became enmpty again.

Numbered 166.

check the viewerFols 40v–41v Miracle of Mary: Miracle of Sophia who distributed all her jewelry to the poor, and her husband who did not let her go to the church (CAe 5017)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወሀለወት᎓ አሐቲ᎓ ብእሲት᎓ ዘስማ᎓ ሶፍያ᎓

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):

Numbered 167. Sophia was from a noble Israelite lineage and her husband was from the "lineage of Aaron". They lived on an island in the Northern Sea. The confessor Mark advised them to deny the luxury for the sake of the poor. The wife distributed all her jewelries. The husband was angry and did not permit the wife to go to the church on the feast of Presentation of Mary in the Temple, because the clothes of her wife were poor. Then she started to pray at home and saw the heavenly liturgy in a dream.

check the viewerFols 42r–43v Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary and our Lord became sureties to a Jew for the debt owed to him by a certain merchant of Constantinople (CAe 3870)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወነበረ᎓ ውስተ᎓ ቍስጥንጥንያ᎓ ዘስሙ᎓ አቦሊ᎓

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Numbered 168. A story about the tradesman ʾAboli from Constantinople. He borrowed money from the Jew Gardān on the day of St. Mary's nativity, having left his son as gage, and went for trade to the shores of the "northern Ṭegros". On the way back, having reached ʾAkko, he realised that he will not be in time for repaying the debt. A delay would cause the enslavement of his son. Having prayed to the Mother of God, ʾAboli threw a box with money and a brief to the Jew into the sea. The Jew received the money but nevertheless he sued ʾAboli. The voice of the Mother of God, who was appealed to be a witness, compelled him to get baptized.

check the viewerFol. 44r Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the drunk monk Timotewos (?), saved by the Virgin (CAe 3652)

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Numbered 169.

check the viewerFol. 44v Miracle of Mary: How a woman consigned to the devil the son she conceived on Easter eve (CAe 3871)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወነበረ᎓ አሐዱ᎓ ብእሲ᎓ ክቡር᎓ ወቡሩክ᎓ ዘይፈርሆ᎓ ለእግዚአብሔር᎓ ዘስሙ᎓ ሰርጊስ᎓

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Numbered 170. The wife and the husband broke the vow of virginity and gave birth to a son. Because of the mother's unwary words, the boy was entrusted to the Satan. He went to Rome where Pope Epiphanius gave him a letter to Bishop Niqonyos of Jerusalem. The latter sent the boy to the monastery of Dabra Qʷānṣǝl, to the ascetic Gabra Krǝstos. He entrusted the boy to the Mother of God, who saved him from Hell when Gabra Krǝstos he was celebrating the Mass for him.

check the viewerFols 46r–47r Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary protected a philantropic merchant who had beggared himself (CAe 3872)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወነበረ᎓ ብእሲ᎓ ባዕል᎓ ወነጋዲ᎓ ዘስሙ᎓ ፊልጶስ᎓

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):

Numbered 171. A rich trader Philipp lived in the city of Niqonyā; he distributed all his possession among the poor. Another trader, Silān, lent him 1,000 golden coins, but Philipp used them for charitable purposes. Silān got angry about this but repented when he saw the Last Judgement at which the Mother of God is trying to save him, referring to the money given for good things.

check the viewerFols 47v–48r Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary and St Peter saved from hell the souls of Peter the deacon and Stephen, two brothers from Constantinople (CAe 3873)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወሀለዉ᎓ ክልኤቱ᎓ አኃው᎓ በሀገረ᎓ ሮሜ᎓

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):

Numbered 173. Two brothers lived in Rome, archdeacon Peter, and Stephan, the governor of the city of ʾƎnṣǝnā. Both were greedy; Stephan robbed the church of St. Sirloryos but celebrated the commemoration of St. Peter the Apostle, and fed the poor on that day. After he died, St. Peter reconciled him with Sirloryos and presented him to the Mother of God, who managed to get for him a three day resurrection for recompensing the living people whom he offended. Thanks to the prayers of Stephan and Pope Fināḥas, Peter obtain the same chance.

check the viewerFols 48r–49v Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary delivered from hell the soul of an evil man who had intended to build a church in her name (CAe 3874)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀሎ᎓ አሐዱ᎓ ፈረሳዊ᎓ ዘስሙ᎓ ማልኮስ᎓ በሀገረ᎓ ንሒስ᎓

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):

Numbered 170. The knight Mālkos of the city of Nǝḥis, being a sinner, monthly celebrated the feasts of St. Mary and Archangel Michael. Later he repented, intended to found a monastery, but died. Archangel Michael and St. Mary saved his soul from demons and returned it into his body. He lived 88 years after that.

check the viewerFols 50r–50v Miracle of Mary: How a bishop from St Peter's church in Rome stole holy oil and bought two pearls for Mary after having been rebuked (CAe 3876)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወነበረ᎓ በሀገረ᎓ ሮሜ᎓ ሊቀ᎓ ጳጳሳት᎓ ዲበ᎓ መንበረ᎓ ጴጥሮስ᎓ ዘስሙ᎓ ጰኵሚስ᎓

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Numbered 171. Pope Pachomius stole myrrh from his own church and sold it. Apostle Peter threatened him with Gehenna. Pachomius gathered the priests, and one old man said to him that the only way of salvation is to pray to the Mother of God. First the prayers of Peter were rejected, his sin was pardoned only after the third prayer thanks to the mediation of St. Mary. With the money received for myrrh, Pachomius bought a precious stone and decorated an image of the Mother of Got with it.

check the viewerFols 51r–52r Miracle of Mary: How an avaricious priest refused to leave the bed of a rich man to go to a dying woman (CAe 3913)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀሎ᎓ አሐዱ᎓ ቀሲስ᎓ ውስተ᎓ አሐቲ᎓ ሀገር᎓ እምብሔረ᎓ ግብጽ᎓

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Numbered 172. An account about a greedy Egyptian priest. He refused to visit a dying old woman who venerated the Mother of God, and went to a dying money lender instead.

check the viewerFols 52v–53r No item: LIT5030MiracleNunDabraMetmaq (CAe 5030)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀሎ᎓ ፩ደብር᎓ ውስተ᎓ አሐቲ᎓ ሀገር᎓ ዘስማ᎓ ደብረ᎓ ምጥማቅ᎓

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Numbered 173. An account about a nun from the Egyptian monastery of Dabra Mǝṭmāq . She was saved by the Mother of God from a sin with a rich young man, who himself repented, dispersed his possessions and went into a monastery. The miracle seems to very close or nearly identical to the one edited E.W. Budge but, in contrast to it, names the country (Egypt).

check the viewerFols 53v–54r Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary converted a demented herdsman and delivered him from Satan (CAe 3912)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀሎ᎓ ውስተ᎓ ሀገረ᎓ ሮሜ᎓ አመ᎓ መዋዕለ᎓ ንጉሠ᎓ ሳባ᎓ ፈተውኩ᎓

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Numbered 174. An account about the shepherd Paul of Rome who gave his soul to the Devil and was saved in the cathedral of St. Paul, outside of the city.

check the viewerFol. 54v Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a monk in the monastery of St. Ephrem, on an island in the river of Tigris (CAe 5032)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀሎ᎓ በማእከለ᎓ ባሕረ᎓ ጤግሮስ᎓ ደሴት᎓ ዘይሰመይ᎓ ደብረ᎓ ኤፍሬም᎓

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Numbered 175. An account the blessed death of a monk who venerated the Mother of God, in a monastery of an island in the river of Tigris.

check the viewerFols 55r–56r Miracle of Mary: How a knight loved a lady and prayed to Mary who appeared to him and how he became a monk (CAe 3878)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀሎ᎓ አሐዱ᎓ ፈረሳዊ᎓ ዘስሙ᎓ ኒፎን᎓ ዘሃገረ᎓ ገላአድ᎓

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Numbered 176. The knight Nifon of Galāʾad, suffering from an unshared love, recited each day 150 times the Praise of Mary following an advice of the monk ʾAlāniqos. After a year, while hunting, he found an old church prayed there in front of the image of the Mother of God. He appeared to him; he took on monastic habit and died one year later.

check the viewerFols 56r–57r Miracle of Mary: Another version of the story of Nathan the monk (CAe 3928)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀሎ᎓ አሐዱ᎓ ብእሲ᎓ ዘስሙ᎓ ናታን᎓ በደብረ᎓ ሰራብዮን᎓

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Numbered 177. The knight Natan from the monastery of Seraphion venerated the Mother of God and was asking her to reveal her glory to him. She appeared to him in the midnight, with the Book of Prophet Isaiah in her hand, and let Natan touch one of her cheeks. The next day he felt bewitched; he could not sing in the church and was beaten up for this by the abbot. According to Cerulli 1965 the text in the manuscript represents the "long version" of the miracle

check the viewerFols 57v–58r Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the merchant who was offered riches for denying the faith (CAe 5035)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀሎ᎓ አሐዱ᎓ ነጋዲ᎓ ዘስሙ᎓ ጥብርያኖስ᎓

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Numbered 178. An account about the trader Ṭǝbrǝyānos who got impoverished. Devil promised him riches if he would deny his faith. Ṭǝbrǝyānos denied Christ, angels and Baptism, but did not deny the Mother of God, "the queen of the entire world". Devil disappeared and Ṭǝbrǝyānos, after a long prayer on the remains of an old church, saw a dream in which St. Mary was supplicating for him. Ṭǝbrǝyānos woke up and went to take on the monastic habit.

check the viewerFol. 58v Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary caused a storm to cease and saved sheep and took the shepherd to Paradise (CAe 3910)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀሎ᎓ ፩ብእሲ᎓ ኖላዊ᎓

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Numbered 179. An account about a monastery shepherd who prayed to the Mother of God for saving the cattle from the cold. She appeared to him and announced that his death is coming.

check the viewerFol. 59r Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary with shrouded face was seen by a collector of firewood who acquired wealth through her protection (CAe 3911)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀሎ᎓ ፩ብእሲ᎓ ወሬዛ᎓ ዘይነብር᎓ ውስተ᎓ አሐቲ᎓ ሀገር᎓

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Numbered 180. An account about a poor young man who earned his life selling fire wood. He was awarded with richness for his reverence to the image of the Mother of God that was on the city gates.

check the viewerFol. 59v Miracle of Mary: How the image of the Virgin Mary in a Church bowed to the monks (CAe 3921)

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Numbered 181.

check the viewerFol. 60r Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a brigand who loved Mary and whose funeral she commanded to the bishop (CAe 3718)

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Numbered 182.

check the viewerFol. 60v Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a picture of Mary speaking to a worker (CAe 3588)

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Numbered 183.

check the viewerFol. 61r Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the Bishop of Rome, ʾAbbās (Leo) (CAe 3591)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀሎ᎓ ፩ወሬዛ᎓ እመዋዕለ᎓ ተንበላት᎓

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Numbered 184. An account about a Muslim who honoured the Mother of God. She had him converted into Christianity by Pope Leon. After the death of the latter he was elected to become pope. During his first liturgy his former girlfriend bit his hand which he cut off. Thanks to the prayer of St. Mary, he got his hand back in "shiny appearance". The miracle seems to be the same as the one above, numbered 42.

check the viewerFols 61v–62r Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a baptized Jewish boy called Gǝrānin saved by Mary from fire (CAe 3735)

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Numbered 185.

check the viewerFol. 62v Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary raised a dead knight to fight against Golyād (CAe 3881)

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Numbered 186.

check the viewerFols 63v–64r Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary appeared to a young man and made him swear he would not marry and how he ran away after his father chose a bride and broke his neck (CAe 3883)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀሎ᎓ ፩ንጉሥ᎓ ዘይነብር᎓ ውስተ᎓ ባሕር᎓

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Numbered 188. An account about a prince of an island. He revered an image of St. Mary that was in the church of his house and it conversed with the prince about the necessity to remain virgin. Being compelled to marry the prince run away from home, accidentally fell and died.

check the viewerFol. 64v Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary obtained forgiveness for a spendthrift because though he denied the Father, Christ, the Holy Ghost and the angels he would not deny her (CAe 3884)

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Numbered 189. A version of (the miracle numbered 178) . A young nobleman who lived "in the middle of a sea" and got impoverished, became rich thanks to St. Mary, when a rich man who married his daughter.

check the viewerFols 65r–66r Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary saved a lady from adultery by causing her to read the Prayers for the Dead and appeared to her (CAe 3885)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀሎ᎓ ፩ብእሲ᎓ ባዕል᎓ ጥቀ᎓

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Numbered 190. An account about a woman who was waiting for her lover and reading the book of "the Horologium of St. Mary", but she was prevented from the sin by an apparition of St. Mary.

check the viewerFols 66v–67v Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a nobleman who established a hospital and took Satan as assistant (CAe 5054)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀሎ᎓ ፩ብእሲ᎓ ሊቅ᎓ ወባዕል᎓ ጥቀ᎓

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Numbered 191. An account about a pious nobleman who established a hospital and a homeless shelter. The envious Satan became his assistant and was about to destroy him. The nobleman was saved thanks to the power of a prayer to St. Mary that he was reading daily. The prayer was recorded by a bishop who was passing by; he managed to Satan.

check the viewerFol. 68v Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a Jew of Constantinople punished for throwing out an image of Mary (CAe 3725)

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Numbered 194.

check the viewerFols 69r–69v Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary forgave a lady who commited incest with her son and murdered their child (CAe 3886)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ይቤ᎓ ወሀለወ᎓ ውስተ᎓ ሀገረ᎓ ሮሜ᎓ ብእሲ᎓ ክቡር᎓

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Numbered 195. An account about a woman who had an incestuous relation with her son. She was pardoned thanks to the prayer of the Mother of God.

check the viewerFol. 70r Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a prince saved by Mary after being punished for having wrongly assigned an abbot (CAe 3727)

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Numbered 196.

check the viewerFols 71v–72v Miracle of Mary: Miracle of sunken ship saved by Mary (CAe 3728)

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Numbered 198.

check the viewerFol. 72v Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a knight who denied Jesus but not Mary and was saved by her intercession (CAe 3730)

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Numbered 200.

check the viewerFol. 73r Miracle of Mary: How the Virgin Mary saved the soul of a monk who was crossing a stream to visit a lover (CAe 3889)

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Numbered 201.

check the viewerFol. 74r Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a widow whom Mary told never to recite the greeting of the angel in hurry (CAe 3733)

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Numbered 203.

check the viewerFol. 74v Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the resuscitation of the son of Tiberius, emperor of Rome (CAe 3712)

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Numbered 204.

check the viewerFols 75r–79v Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the resuscitation of the son of Tiberius, emperor of Rome (CAe 3712)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):በእንተ᎓ ዘከመ᎓ አስተርአይዎ᎓ ለአባ᎓ ማርዳሪ᎓ ፲፪መላእክት᎓

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Numbered 205. ʾAbbā Mārdāri is visited and blessed by 12 angels who were on their way to Constantinople, to listen to John Chrysostom.

check the viewerFol. 80r Miracle of Mary: Miracle of a man without virtue who loved Mary (CAe 3661)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀሎ᎓ ፩ብእሲ᎓ በአሐቲ᎓ ሀገር᎓ ወውእቱሰ᎓ ብእሲ᎓ ባዕል᎓ ውእቱ᎓

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Numbered 206. Account about the salvation of a rich man’s estate from pest. The Mother of God appeared as a dove and suppressed the illness with her wings.

check the viewerFols 81v and following Miracle of Mary: St Mary incenses Thecla (CAe 5209)

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Numbered 208.

check the viewerFols 83r and following Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the martyr ʾAbbā ʾEsi and his sister Tekla of Busir in Egypt (CAe 3695)

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Numbered 209.

check the viewerFol. 83r Miracle of Mary: Miracle of St Paul who sees the glory of the Virgin Mary (CAe 5041)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ይቤ᎓ ጳውሎስ᎓

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Numbered 210. Enraptured to the Third Heaven, Paul the Apostle sees the celestial glory of St. Mary.

check the viewerFol. 84r Miracle of Mary: Miracle of Bǝḥor, a disciple of ʾAmmoni, who sees the glory of the Virgin Mary (CAe 5042)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወኮነ᎓ ሎቱ᎓ ለአባ᎓ አሞኒ᎓ ቅዱስ᎓ ረድእ᎓ ዘስሙ᎓ አባ᎓ ብሖር᎓

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Numbered 211. The Mother of God appeared to ʾabbā Bǝḥor, a disciple of ʾabbā ʾAmmoni, in a desert, and showed him Christ in the Orient, in a cart with four horses.

check the viewerFols 84v–85r Miracle of Mary: Miracle of St Gregory the Illuminator who sees the glory of the Virgin Mary (CAe 5043)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ይቤ᎓ ጎርጎርዮስ᎓

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Numbered 212. St. Gregory of Armenia sees the celestial glory of St. Mary.

check the viewerFol. 85v Miracle of Mary: Miracle of Sāulā, wife of St George the Younger (CAe 3696)

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Numbered 213.

check the viewerFol. 86r Miracle of Mary: Miracle of the Convent of Māḫǝw (CAe 3659)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ):ወሀሎ᎓ በሀገረ᎓ ኢየሩሳሌም᎓

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Numbered 214. In the city of Jerusalem, at a site close to Salem and Jordan where Christ dwelt while he was on flight from Herodes, John brother of Christ appears annually on the 12th of Ḫǝdar, and the Mother of God appears on the 21st of Ṭǝr. The place is hidden from the infidels.

check the viewerFol. 86v Miracle of Mary: Miracle of two sons of the magician ʾAbrāsi pardoned thanks to the prayer to St. Mary (CAe 5045)

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Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወሀሎ᎓ ፩ንጉሥ᎓ በሀገር᎓ ዘይብልዎ᎓ ሙፃአ᎓ ፀሐይ᎓

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ):ዘከመ᎓ አድኅነቶሙ᎓ ወባልሐቶሙ᎓ ለመስርያን᎓ ለአጋንንት᎓ ቅኑያን᎓ እለ᎓ ኢተጠምቁ᎓ በስመ᎓ ወልዳ᎓ ብርሃን። ጸሎታ[…]ommission by

Numbered 215. A daughter of the king of "the Land of the Rising Sun" gave birth to the son ʾAwǝr, from the magician ʾAbrāsi. When this was uncovered eight years later, the magician escaped to Faiyum with his two sons, but died there. His children erected a column and lived on it, doing magic. The Mother of God appeared to them and asked what the want. They asked for "the immortality milk". St. Mary ordered Archangel Gabriel to kill them, but thanks to the prayer of ʾAwǝr she had mercy upon them.

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  1. check the viewerFol. 30r (Type: ScribalNoteCommissioning)

    ( gez ) ወለዛቲ᎓ መጽሐፍ᎓ ዘአጽሐፍክዋ᎓ አነ᎓ ነዳይ᎓ ወመስኪን᎓ መልከ᎓ ጼዴቅ᎓ በእንተ᎓ ፍቅራ᎓ ለማርያም᎓ ከመ᎓ ትኩነኒ᎓ ለተዝካርየ᎓ ወለዝክረ᎓ ስምየ፤ ወለዝክረ᎓ ስሞሙ᎓ ለነጋድያን᎓ አባውየ᎓ ወአኃውየ᎓ ከመ᎓ ትኩን᎓ ምክሐ᎓ ለኢትዮጵያ፨ ኢትርስዑኒኬ᎓ ኦአኃው᎓ እለ᎓ አንበብክሙዋ᎓ ለዛቲ᎓ መጽሐፍ᎓ በእንተ᎓ ፍቅራ᎓ ለማርያም ፨ ወአነ᎓ አጽሐፍክዋ᎓ በረኃብ᎓ ወጽምእ᎓ በሃፍ᎓ ወድካም᎓ ወበዕርቃን᎓ እስከ᎓ ተመስወ᎓ አባልየ፤ ወዝኵሉ᎓ በጽሐ᎓ ላዕሌየ᎓ በእንተ᎓ ፍቅራ᎓ ለእግዚእትየ᎓ ቅድስት᎓ ድንግል᎓ ማርያም ᎓ ወላዲተ᎓ አምላክ᎓ እመ᎓ ምሕረት፨ ወአነ᎓ ነዳይ᎓ ወመስኪን᎓ ወሀብክዋ᎓ ለጌተ᎓ ሴማኔ᎓ መቃብሪሃ᎓ ለእግዚእትየ᎓ ቅድስት᎓ ድንግል᎓ ማርያም᎓ ኦእግዚእትነ᎓ ጸሎትኪ᎓ ወስእለትኪ᎓ የሀሉ᎓ ምስለ᎓ ኵሎሙ᎓ ሰማዕያን᎓ ለዓለመ᎓ ዓለም᎓ አሜን፨ አሜን፨ ወአሜን፨ ለይኩን፨ ለይኩን፨

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  2. check the viewerFol. 30v (Type: GuestText)

    Hymn to Our Lady Mary (CAe 3056)

    ( gez ) እሰግድ᎓ ለኪ᎓ ኦእግዚእትየ᎓ ማርያም᎓ ለፀሐየ᎓ ጽድቅ᎓ ሰረገላሁ። እሰግድ᎓ ለኪ᎓ ኦእግዚእትየ᎓ ማርያም᎓ ለመርዓዊ᎓ ሰማያዊ᎓ ጽርሑ᎓

Catalogue Bibliography

  • Turaev, B. 1906. Ėfiopskija rukopisi v S.-Peterburgě, Pamjatniki ėfiopskoj pis’mennosti, 3 (St Petersburg: Tipografija imperatorskoj Akademii Nauk, 1906). page 37-45

Secondary Bibliography

  • Cerulli, E. 1965. ‘Il codice di Leningrado del libro etiopico dei Miracoli di Maria’, Atti della Accademia nazionale dei Lincei, Rendiconti, Classe di scienze morale, storiche e filologiche, Serie ottava, 20 (1965), 1–19. page 2-19

  • Platonov, V. 2017. Rukopisnaja kniga v traditsionnoj kulture Efiopii, ed. E. Gusarova (Sankt-Peterburg: Rossijskaja natsional’naja biblioteka, 2017). page 191

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

86 (leaf) .Entered as 86 288 208
Outer dimensions
Height 288mm
Width 208mm
Depth mm

State of preservation

good

Condition

Binding

Turaev only specifies that the binding is not Ethiopian, made of parchment.

Binding material

parchment

Original binding

No

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 35-37

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    15th-century script

    Ink: Black, red

    Rubrication:

    Date: 1400-1500

    1400-1500 Turaev does not specify further qualities of the hand
  • Publication Statement

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    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
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    type=expanded
    21.2.2024 at 11:20:19
    date
    type=lastModified
    12.3.2020
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/IVsuhtelen255/main
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    https://betamasaheft.eu/IVsuhtelen255
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    IVsuhtelen255.xml
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    type=ID
    IVsuhtelen255

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    Denis Nosnitsin, Alessandro Bausi, Dorothea Reule, Daria Elagina, ʻSaint Petersburg, Institut Vostočnyh Rukopisej Rossijskoj Akademii Nauk, IV Suhtelen 255ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 12.3.2020) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/IVsuhtelen255 [Accessed: 2024-03-29+01:00]

    Revisions of the data

    • Daria Elagina Corrected transliteration. on 12.3.2020
    • Dorothea Reule Updated miracle IDs on 10.12.2018
    • Dorothea Reule Updated miracle ID on 19.11.2018
    • Denis Nosnitsin Created catalogue entry on 29.6.2018

    Attributions of the contents

    Alessandro Bausi, general editor

    Denis Nosnitsin, editor

    Dorothea Reule, contributor

    Daria Elagina, contributor

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