Princeton University, Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 57

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS26415

Shelfmark:

Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 57

Title:

Princeton Ethiopic Manuscript No. 57: Miracles of Mary With Three Miracles of Saint George

Miracles of Mary

Miracles of Saint George

Miracles of Mary

Miracles of Mary

The Story of Hildefonsus of Toledo [Däqseyos] The Story of the Poor Monk Who Had Neither Food Nor Clothes The Story of the Artisan Who Was Devoted to the Virgin Mary The Story of the Jew of Akhmim The Story of Damianus of Philippi [Demyanos of Felp'esyos] The Story of Pope Leon [Bishop Abbas of Romé] The Story of Isaac the Monk The Story of the Man from Defra Whose Daughter Was Transported to Paradise The Story of the Artist Who Fell from His Scaffolding The Story of the Sick Merchant The Story of the Young Man Zacharias [Zäkaryas] The Story of Juliana and Barbara [Yolyana and Bärbara] The Story of the Three Arabs of Rif The Story of the Church that Was Transported to the Shores of the Sea of "Iyariko" The Story of the Blind Priest, Yohannes of Bäkänsi The Story of the Rich Merchant of Qwälasyes The Story of the Daughter of Abreham of Bedreman The Story of the Poor Widow and Her Daughters The Story of the Two Brother Scribes The Story of George the Younger The Story of the Priest Kät'ir of Elkus [sic] The Story of the Dyer Näzib The Story of the Man With a Club Foot The Story of Bishop Mercurius [Märqoréwos] The Story of the Woman of Haarlem [Hartälom] The Story of Abbess Sophia of Carmel [Sofya of Qärmélos] The Story of Barok of Finqi The Story of the Deacon Anastasius [Anest'asyos] The Story of the Monk Salusi of the Monastery of Qälmon [bottom, Different hand] Short Hymn or Prayer, mid-1700s The Story of the Cannibal of Qemer The Story of the Widow's Son Who Was a Thief The Story of the Woman Who Gave Birth in a Storm At Sea The Story of the Thirsty Dog The Story of the Five Sorrows Told by the Virgin to Her Son and His Granting of the Covenant of Mercy on Her Behalf [bottom, Different hand] Prayer to the Virgin Mary

Prayer

Miracles of St. George

Miracles of Saint George

Place:

Ethiopia

Ethiopia TGN

Date:

mid 18th century

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

gez

Ge'ez WIKIDATA

Geez

Ge'ez WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 100 x 157 mm

Note:

Mostly in numbered gatherings of 8 leaves, the manuscript is in excellent condition and shows no damage and only a little natural wear to the edges of some leaves, 1 col. of 15 lines, written in black with the usual rubrics (alternate opening lines of sections, the name of Mary and Saint George as well as those of the owners, major punctuation) in a generally well-formed early ...[text truncated]
The paintings are high quality examples painted in the Second Gondarene style, which is associated with the patronage of Empress Mentewwab and her son, Iyasu II (r. 1730-55), though it continued in use later into the eighteenth century. The paintings are mostly framed within a double red border and include descriptive text in red or black, either directly on the painting or in ...[text truncated]

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Ethiopic

Psalters

Ethiopia

Institutional Record:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/xd07gs74n

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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/6717f91a-c1f9-473a-8e62-25d6d6a1bc0f/manifest

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Princeton University