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Country |
Ethiopia
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City |
Šawā Province
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Repository | Qundi Giyorgis Church |
Current Status | Unknown |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 161 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 19th century |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Feature(s) | Decoration, Architectural |
Ext. Bibliography |
Getatchew Haile, A Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts Microfilmed for the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library, Addis Ababa, and for the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, Collegeville, vol. V: Project Numbers 1501-2000 (1981), 482. |
Ext. Bibliography |
Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary project, edited by Wendy Laura Belcher, Jeremy R. Brown, Mehari Worku, and Dawit Muluneh (2024). |
HMML Proj. Num. |
EMML 1978 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/203808 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | Cataloged by Getatchew Haile and William Macomber; metadata added by Ted Erho |
Surrogate Format | Scanned Microform |
Access Restrictions | Unregistered or order a digital copy |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |

Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 161 leaf(ves) |
Binding |
Wood boards |
Provenance |
Ownership note of Śāhla Śellāsē, King of Šawā, and his family, fol. 159v |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1r-159v |
Century(ies) | 19th century |
Year Range | 1813 |
Date Precise | 1813 |
Support | Parchment |
Support Dimensions | 43.5 x 32.5 cm |
Page Layout | 3 columns, 37 lines per page |
Writing System | Ethiopic |
Associated Name |
Śāhla Śellāsē, King of Šawā, approximately 1795-1847
(Commissioner)
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Associated Name | Wasan Sagad, King of Šawā, -1812 or 1813 (Commissioner) |
Decoration |
Ḥarag on fol. 1r, 9r, 11r |
Notes |
Copied by ወልደ ፡ መድኅን, fol. 159v |

Item Location | fol. 1r-8r |
Author |
Zar'a Yā'eqob, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1399-1468
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Author NS | ዘርአ ፡ ያዕቆብ |
Title | Rā'eya ta'ammer |
Title NS | ራእየ ፡ ተአምር |
Uniform Title |
Zar'a Yā'eqob, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1399-1468. Rā'eya ta'ammer
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Alternate Title | Introductory discourses to be read before reading the Miracles of Mary |
Alternate Title | Revelation of the Miracle of Mary according to John, Son of Thunder |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Contents Detail |
On Christian baptism, fol. 1r-2r; on almsgiving, fol. 2r-3v; on the agreement of the eighty-one canonical scriptures, fol. 3v-6r; on the dual virginity of Mary, fol. 6r-8r |
Item Location | fol. 8v-159v |
Title | Miracles of Mary |
Title NS | ተአምረ ፡ ማርያም |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Item Notes |
267 miracles with introductory materials |

Country |
Ethiopia
![]() |
City |
Šawā Province
![]() |
Repository | Qundi Giyorgis Church |
Current Status | Unknown |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 161 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 19th century |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Feature(s) | Decoration, Architectural |
Ext. Bibliography |
Getatchew Haile, A Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts Microfilmed for the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library, Addis Ababa, and for the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, Collegeville, vol. V: Project Numbers 1501-2000 (1981), 482. |
Ext. Bibliography |
Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary project, edited by Wendy Laura Belcher, Jeremy R. Brown, Mehari Worku, and Dawit Muluneh (2024). |
HMML Proj. Num. |
EMML 1978 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/203808 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | Cataloged by Getatchew Haile and William Macomber; metadata added by Ted Erho |
Surrogate Format | Scanned Microform |
Access Restrictions | Unregistered or order a digital copy |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 161 leaf(ves) |
Binding |
Wood boards |
Provenance |
Ownership note of Śāhla Śellāsē, King of Šawā, and his family, fol. 159v |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1r-159v |
Century(ies) | 19th century |
Year Range | 1813 |
Date Precise | 1813 |
Support | Parchment |
Support Dimensions | 43.5 x 32.5 cm |
Page Layout | 3 columns, 37 lines per page |
Writing System | Ethiopic |
Associated Name |
Śāhla Śellāsē, King of Šawā, approximately 1795-1847
(Commissioner)
![]() |
Associated Name | Wasan Sagad, King of Šawā, -1812 or 1813 (Commissioner) |
Decoration |
Ḥarag on fol. 1r, 9r, 11r |
Notes |
Copied by ወልደ ፡ መድኅን, fol. 159v |
Item Location | fol. 1r-8r |
Author |
Zar'a Yā'eqob, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1399-1468
![]() |
Author NS | ዘርአ ፡ ያዕቆብ |
Title | Rā'eya ta'ammer |
Title NS | ራእየ ፡ ተአምር |
Uniform Title |
Zar'a Yā'eqob, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1399-1468. Rā'eya ta'ammer
![]() |
Alternate Title | Introductory discourses to be read before reading the Miracles of Mary |
Alternate Title | Revelation of the Miracle of Mary according to John, Son of Thunder |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Contents Detail |
On Christian baptism, fol. 1r-2r; on almsgiving, fol. 2r-3v; on the agreement of the eighty-one canonical scriptures, fol. 3v-6r; on the dual virginity of Mary, fol. 6r-8r |
Item Location | fol. 8v-159v |
Title | Miracles of Mary |
Title NS | ተአምረ ፡ ማርያም |
Language(s) | Ge'ez |
Item Notes |
267 miracles with introductory materials |
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