Tä'amrä Maryam ""Miracles of Mary"" [18th century]
Scope & Content:
The core of the Miracles of Mary was translated in late 14th/early 15th century froom Arabic; after that, the collection was greatly enriched and spread over the country in numerous versions (cp. Encyclopaedia Aethiopica IV, 789-95). The miracles are read at numerous church feasts of St. Mary. Th...
Täam'rä Maryam ""Miracles of Mary"" [20th century]
Scope & Content:
The miracles are read at numerous church feasts of St. Mary. The Ms contains a smaller collection of the miraculous stories about St. Mary (some 30-40?), a donation note.
The miracles are read at numerous church feasts of St. Mary. The manuscript contains circa 70 miraculous stories. Donated by (fem.) Wälättä Muse, (fem.) Wälättä Kidan; Gäbrä Mika'el, Gäbrä Iyäsus and others. Scribe unknown.
Tä'amrä Iyäsus (""Miracles of Jesus"") [1965/66 AD]
Scope & Content:
The text is thought to have been translated in 14th cent. It is widely spread in Ethiopia in diferent versions, and used in the church services and for individual devotion. The manuscript contains the Miracles and a donation note. The book was donated by (fem.) Wälättä Giyorgis (folio 104r).
Mälke'at (Collection of Mälke'-Hymns) [19th century]
Scope & Content:
Mälke'a-hymns have been composed starting at least from the first half of the 17th century. They are used in the church service and for the private devotion. The manuscript contains mälke'a-hymns devoted to St. Mary and several saints. The book was owned by a certain Täklä Haymanot (?; s. fol. 4...
Tä'amrä Iyäsus (""Miracles of Jesus"") [20th century]
Scope & Content:
The work is used for the church service and private devotion. The manuscript contains the collection of Miracles, two miniatures, a short sälam-hymn, and a donation note. Donated by Kassa (baptismal name Gäbrä Mädhen).
Gädlä Kiros ""The Acts of St. Kiros"" [19th/early 20th century]
Scope & Content:
The hagiographic work devoted to Kiros, an Egyptian saint (s. Encyclopaedia Aethiopica III, pp. 409-411.). The manuscript contains the Vita of St. Kiros. Scribe unknown.
Gädlä Täklä Haymanot ""The Acts of Täklä Haymanot"" [20th century]
Scope & Content:
The collection of hagiographic works is devoted to Täklä Haymanot, a 13th-14th-century Ethiopian saint (Encyclopaedia Aethiopica IV, 831-34). The Vita, Miracles etc. are read at three church feasts of Täklä Haymanot. Donated by Abreha Gäbrä Iyäsus (folio 115v). Scribe: Mähari Enneyäw (folio 115v).
Mäshafä Milad (""The Book of the Nativity"") [late 19th-20th century]
Scope & Content:
The Mäshafä Milad is a 15th century theological treatese, ascribed to King Zär'a Ya'qob (1438-68). The manuscript contains the Mäshafä Milad and a list of contributers who commissioned the book, on folio. 108r.