Miracles of Mary

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On the inner side of the front board: ተኣምረ / ማርያም (Tä᾽ammərä / Maryam); f. 1ra,5-7: መጽሐፈ፡ ተአምሪሃ፡ ለእግዝእትነ፡ ቅድስት፡ ድንግል፡ በ፪ማርያም፡ (introd. to the Mir. of Mary); and in the proper text, f. 11ra,4-6

Michael Gervers (researcher)

Witold Witakowski (data contributor)

Dämä Krəstos (f. 132rc,7-8) (scribe)

Wäldä Krəstos (f. 7ra,8-9), who donated it to the Monastery of Gundä Gunde (f. 132rc,11-18) (owner)

Monastery of Gundä Gunde after receiving the donation (f. 132rc,11-18); (owner)

f. 1rb: note mentioning Mäzgäbä Śəllase, ᾽Ǝsṭifanos and other abbots and monks of Gundä Gunde; f. 1rc: a list of feasts during which various episodes of the Miracles of Mary would be read (?); f. 1va-b: a list of the liturgical etc. possessions of Gwəndä Gwənde, written by two hands; f. 1vc: a short note mentioning mämhər (and abbot) Gäbrä Mäśiḥ (II, d. 1657); ff. 1-2: not rectangular; ff. 1v-2r, 132v: empty; ff. 5A & 5B (added) are ca. 1/9th of the surface of the other fols. Date note: 1625-1675, intercession for the blessing of King Fasilädäs, f. 6rb,4.

Number of folios: 132 according to European foliation; but 131 acc. to Ethiopian foliation; Number of quires: 18; Number of columns of the text: 3; Number of lines in columns: 24

Marian literature

Ethiopia

Tigray