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Or 635

Record Id:

032-003391471

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003391471

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100052723980.0x000001

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100132739037.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 635

Title:

ታምረ፡ ማርያም , The Miracles of the blessed Virgin Mary.

Scope & Content:

An Ethiopian manuscript containing:

f.1r. Deed of gift of various lands by Takla Haimanot (II., Tebab Sagad, A.D. 1769-77). The Abuna of the time was ጳጳስነ፡ አቡነ ፡ ዮሳብ ፡ and the Abbot, መምህረ፡ ድብረ ሊባኖስ ፡ ኢጨጌ፡ ተስፋ፡ ጊዮርጊስ.f. 2r. A miracle. f. 8r. Another miracle.f. 10r. Introduction to the Miracles, f. 12r. Extract from the Synaxarium on the Festival of the blessed Virgin Mary, concluding with a hymn, f.16r.f.24r. Mary and the Angel, beginning,f. 27r. Hymn, beginning, f. 30v. Hymn, beginning, f. 129b. Hymn, beginning,f. 130r. Tract on the Festivals of the blessed Virgin Mary.f. 131r. ኀልቍ፡ ንዋያት፡ ዘ፫ ፻ and ኊልቍ፡ ንዋያት፡ ዘወሀበት፡ እቴጌ፡ መነን፡ and የስው፡ አደራ፡ ፬ሶራ፡ ሞጣሕት፡ ፩ጻህል፡ ፩ጽዋ፡ ከዕርፈ፡ መስቀሉ፡ ፩ናስ፡ ጽና፡ ፩ ቀጭል፡ ፩ናስ፡ መስቀል.

Decoration: The Miracles of the blessed Virgin Mary, 42 in number, with numerous pictures. ff. 5v, 6r, 6v, 7r, 7v, 11r, 18r, 19r, 19v, 20r, 21r, 22r, 23r, 26v, 37v, 38r, 38v, 40r, 42v, 43r, 45r, 47v, 48r, 57r, 53r, 56v, 58r,v, 59r, 62v, 63r, 65v, 68v, 69r, 71r, 71v, 74r, 74v, 77r, 81r, 84r, 86v, 89v, 92r, 95v, 96r, 99r, 99v, 101v, 102r, 104v, 105r, 110v, 111r, 113r, 115r, 117v, 118r, 121r, 121v, 123v, 124r, 126r, 126v, 129r.

Name of the scribe, ኢሳይያስ Isaiah.The name of the first owner has been everywhere carefully erased, and that of king Theophilus (A.D. 1708-11), ንጉሥነ፡ ቴዎፍሎስ.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Ethiopian Manuscripts

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003391471

Is part of:

not applicable

Hierarchy:

032-003391471

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100132739037.0x000001

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Languages:

Geez

Scripts:

Ethiopic (ge'ez)

Start Date:

1600

End Date:

1699

Date Range:

17th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Parchment codex, 131 folios, 1 blank leaf at the beginning. Written in 2 columns of 14 lines each. 457 x 381 mm. In the original wooden boards, covered with stamped leather.

Custodial History:

Usage Statement: 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 theEthiopian 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 derogatory or offensive to the Ethiopian communities for whom they are of special cultural importance.

Finding Aids:

For a more detailed catalogue entry see: Wright, William, Catalogue of the Ethiopic manuscripts in the British Museum acquired since the year 1847 (London: The British Museum, 1877), pp. 51-52

Publications:

Berzock, K. B. (2002). The miracles of Mary: a seventeenth-century Ethiopian manuscript. Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago.

Budge, E. A. T. W. (1900). The miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the life of Ḥannâ (Saint Anne), and the magical prayers of 'Ahĕta Mîkâêl. London, W. Griggs.

Chojnacki, S., 1983. Major themes in Ethiopian painting: Indigenous developments, the influence of foreign models, and their adaptation from the 13th to the 19th century. Wiesbaden: F. Steiner.

Getatchew Haile. (2013). Voices from Däbrä Zämäddo: acts of Abba Bärtälomewos and Abba Yohannes : 45 miracles of Mary.(1992). Taʼamera Māryām. [Addis Ababa], Tensāʼé māsātamiyā dereǧet.(1969). Taʼamer Māryām: bageʻez ʼenā baʼamāreñā. ʼAdis ʼAbabā, Tasfa Gabra Sélāsé mātamiyā bét.

Heldman, M., Grierson, R., Crummey, D., & Munro-Hay, S. C. 1., 1993. African Zion: The sacred art of Ethiopia. New Haven ; London: Yale University Press in association with Inter Cultura Fort Worth, Walters Art Gallery Baltimore, Institute of Ethiopian Studies Addis Ababa.

Ramos, M. J., & Boavida, I., 2004. The indigenous and the foreign in Christian Ethiopian art: On Portuguese-Ethiopian contacts in the 16th-17th centuries : papers from the Fifth International Conference on the History of Ethiopian Art (Arrabida, 26-30 November 1999). Aldershot: Ashgate.

Roman, André. 1922. Un hymne du Nagara Maryam [Texte éthiopien et traduction].

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)