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Or 638

Record Id:

032-003398064

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003398064

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100056614444.0x000001

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100132739792.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 638

Title:

ተአምረ ማርያም, Miracles of Mary

Scope & Content:

An Ethiopian manuscript containing:

ff.2r-246v. The Miracles of the blessed Virgin Mary, 202 miracles in number.

The name of king Theophilus, ቴዎፍሎስ:, occurs repeatedly.

f. 170r. At the foot of the page, the owner has entered his name, ዘሚካኤል Ze-Michael.

f. 247r. Deed of gift by Takla Haimanot (II. Tebab Sagad) .

ff. 246v, 247v, and 248r, deeds of gift of Takla Giyorgis.

Decoration : 117v, 149v, 169v.f. 1v. Pasted a woodcut, which has been subsequently coloured with coarse paints.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Ethiopian Manuscripts

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003398064

Is part of:

not applicable

Hierarchy:

032-003398064

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

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Languages:

Geez

Scripts:

Ethiopic (ge'ez)

Start Date:

1708

End Date:

1711

Date Range:

1708-1711

Era:

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User Conditions:

Physical Characteristics:

Parchment codex, 248 folios. Written in 3 columns of 24 lines each. 406 x 330 mm. In the original boards, lined with silk and 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 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 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), p. 54.

Publications:

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

Budge, E. A. T. W., DABRA LÎBÂNÔS, & WALDEBBÂN. (1906). The life of Takla Hâymânôt in the version of Dabra Lîbânôs, and the miracles of Takla Hâymânôt in the version of Dabra Lîbânôs, and the Book of the Riches of Kings: the Ethiopic texts, from the British Museum MS. Oriental 723, edited with English translations : to which is added an English translation of the Waldebbân version. London, privately printed for Lady Meux.

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.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)