Haile & Macomber, Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts, vol. 6 p. 27
Provenance:
Copied for Bez'ā Giyorgis (colophon, f. 152a), who donated it to the Monastery of Hayq Estifānos, f. 24b. There is also a prayer for Arkāneyos,f . 151b. In Monastery of Ḥayq Esṭifānos when filmed.
Ornamental designs, ff. 4a, 25a, 62b, 134a and 152a.
Notes:
dated (ff. 158b-159a), 15th of Miyāzyā 7229 A.M. (= 22 April, 1737 A.D.), "which is the 16th year of reign of Iyyāsu, son of Emperor Bakkāffā" (= 1746 A.D).
Native Date:
7229 AM
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 4a-159a
Supplied Title:
Homiliary for the feast days of St. Mary, including excerpts from the Nagara Māryām, Lāha Māryām, Dersāna Weddāsē, Rā'eya Māryām, etc., arranged as readings for different occasions, which are sometimes not indicated.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 4a-24b
Supplied Title:
Reading for the 7th of Nahasē.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 4a
Supplied Title:
Nativity of St. Mary
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 5b
Supplied Title:
Annunciation
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 7a
Supplied Title:
Nativity of Our Lord
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 8a
Supplied Title:
Persecution of Herod in Lebanon and Bethlehem
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 10a
Supplied Title:
The ruler domitianus helps the Holy Family
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 12a
Supplied Title:
Gigār, another ruler, sides with the Holy Family
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 18a
Supplied Title:
The flight to Egypt.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Notes To Text:
The story ends with a visit of the Holy Family to Ethiopia [behēra Ag'āzi].
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 25a-33a
Supplied Title:
Homily (by Retu'a Hāymānot, although not so indicated) for the 16th of Nahāse.
Readings from the Maṣḥafa felsatā (?),or the Book on the Assumption of Our Lady Mary.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 35b-37a
Supplied Title:
Homily for the 16th of Nahasē.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 37a-38b
Supplied Title:
Reading for 18th of Nahasē. The story of the visit of the Apostles and St. Mary to the other world.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 39a-42a
Supplied Title:
Reading for 19th of Nahasē.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 42a-43a
Supplied Title:
Reading for the 20th of Nahasē. The story of 3. above continued.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 43a-44b
Supplied Title:
Reading for the 21st of Nahasē. Paul completes his combat with Satan.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 44b-45b
Supplied Title:
Reading from the Nagara Māryām for the 21st of Nahasē.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 45b-48b
Supplied Title:
Homily for the 10th of Maskaram. Homily of Cyril of Jerusalem about the glory of the icon of Our Lady Mary in Dabra sēdēneyā in Damascus. The miraculous icon was bought for a pious woman called Marinā. EMML 543(45).
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 48b-50b
Supplied Title:
Two miracles of the icon of Our Lady in Dabra Sēdēneyā.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 50b
Supplied Title:
The second miracle. The attempt of a European to steal the icon. The story is told by the same old man from Egypt as a continuation of 1. above.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 51ab
Supplied Title:
Reading from the Nagara Māryām for the 21st of Maskaram. The return of the Holy Family from Ethiopia to Israel.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Notes To Text:
The author does not speak of any miracles done by St. Mary while in Ethiopia as in other countries.They were there incognito for three years and six months
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 52a-53a
Supplied Title:
Reading from the Nagara Māryām for the 21st of Ṭeqemt. This and many other readings from the Nagara Māryām have no clear connecting words with the reading that precedes them.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 53a-62a
Supplied Title:
Homily for the 6th of Ḫedār. Homily of Theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria, on Dabra Qwesqwām.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Notes To Text:
Wright (B.M) CCXVI, 1, p. 143; and EMML 543 (53).
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 62b-64b
Supplied Title:
Reading from the Nagara Māryām for the 21st of Ḫedār.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 65a-69a
Supplied Title:
Homily for the 21st of Ḫedār.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 69a-72b
Supplied Title:
Anonymous homily on the Nativity of Our Lady Mary [Dersāna Ledatā].
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 72b-73b
Supplied Title:
Reading from the Nagara Māryām for the 21st of Tāhśāś.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 74a-76b
Supplied Title:
Reading from the Nagara Māryām for the 28th of Tśhśāś. The Holy Family in Lebanon.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 76b-77a
Supplied Title:
Reading from the Nagara Māryām. The angels tell Joseph to take the Holy Family to Israel.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 77ab
Supplied Title:
Reading from the Nagara Māryām. The angel tells St. Mary, who has been changing every evil person into monkeys, stones, etc., not to be so angry, since the Lord does not like his creatures to be so badly mistreated.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 77b-80b
Supplied Title:
Reading from the Nagara Māryām for the 29th of Tāhśāś. St. Mary in Tiberias.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 80b-83a
Supplied Title:
Reading from the Nagara Māryām for the 6th of Maggābit. The circumcision of Our Lord. After the circumcision [gezrat] of the child Jesus, now called Krestos, the Holy Family flees to the mountains of Lebanon, where rules Dāse'ēl, the King of Fārs.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 83b-85b
Supplied Title:
Anonymous homily on the Glory of Mary for the 16th of Yakkātit. About a possible author, see suggestions in (37) below and EMML 543 (73)
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 86a-87a
Supplied Title:
Reading from the Nagara Māryām for the 21st of Yakkātit. The story of the call of St. Mary to compunction. See also EMML 1860, f. 65b
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 87a-93b
Supplied Title:
Anonymous homily for the 30th of Yakkātit. This is a very serious treatise on what the Church during the Middle Ages in refuting the so-called Stephanites, who object to prostrating themselves to the cross and to St. Mary.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Notes To Text:
About a possible author, see suggested in (37) below.
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 93b-94a
Supplied Title:
Reading from the Nagara Māryām for the 21st of Maggābit. The Holy Family goes to Nazareth.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 94a-101b
Supplied Title:
Anonymous homily on the Annunciation for the 29th of Maggābit.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 94a-96b
Supplied Title:
The main part of the homily.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 96b-97a
Supplied Title:
Praises of the Virgin Mary by the Apostles and the Prophets.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 97a-98a
Supplied Title:
Prayer to Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of Mary, by the martyrs.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 98ab
Supplied Title:
Praises of the Virgin Mary by the Apostles and the Prophets (different from the preceding entry).
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 98b-100a
Supplied Title:
Dialogue between the Angel Gabriel and St. Mary at the time of the Annunciation.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Notes To Text:
Its relationship with Wright (BM) LXXVI, p. 46, cannot be established from his description.
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 100a-101b
Supplied Title:
The story of the conception of Our Lady Mary for the 1st of Genbot. The homily covers the history of St. Mary to the birth of Our Lord.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 105a-106a
Supplied Title:
Reading from the Nagara Māryām for the 21st of Genbot.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 106a-107a
Supplied Title:
Reading from the Miracles of Mary for the 21st of Genbot. The appearance of Our Lady Mary to the Moslems who spent the night at the ruins of Dabra Metmāq (i.e., Dayr al-Magtas).
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 107a-108a
Supplied Title:
Reading for the 2nd of Genbot. History of the burning down of Dabra Metmāq.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 108a-11b
Supplied Title:
Reading from the Nagara Māryām for the 8th of Sanē. The Holy Family in the land of Dērdēs.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 111b-114a
Supplied Title:
Reading from the Nagara Māryām. The Holy Family moves from Edomeyās to Disorān.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 114a-115a
Supplied Title:
Reading from the Nagara Māryām. The Holy Family comes out of a cave and goes back to Dērdēs.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 115b-117b
Supplied Title:
Reading from the Miracles of Mary for the 20th of Sanē. The attempt of the monk Yoḥannes to save Dabra Metmāq from being burned down by the messengers of Kalifā.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 117b- 122b
Supplied Title:
Homily by Basil of Caesarea on the construction of the Church of St. Mary, for the 21st Sanē.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 123ab
Supplied Title:
Reading from the Nagara Māryām for the 21st of Hamlē. Jesus is punished by his mother for breaking the jar when ordered to fetch water from the river.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 124a-133b
Author:
Cyriacus of Behensā
Supplied Title:
The Glory and the Mourning of Mary [Lāha Māryām], for Good Friday.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 134a-151b
Supplied Title:
Dersāna (Weddāsē) Māryām.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 140a and colophon, f. 1587b
Supplied Title:
A collection of homilies written in a rhyming composition for the different feast days of Our Lady Mary. The collection is called Dersāna māryām,
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
f. 134a and passim.
Supplied Title:
some times Dersāna Weddāsēhā
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 134a-137a
Supplied Title:
Homily for the 21st of Ṭerr: Our Lady Mary in the Old Testament.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 137a-139a
Supplied Title:
Homily for the 21st of Yakkātit: The Pact of Mercy [Kidāna meḥrat].
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 139ab
Supplied Title:
Homily for the 21st of Yakkātit: Prophecies about St. Mary.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 140ab
Supplied Title:
Homily for the 21st of Maggābit: "Comparisons" of Mary.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 140b-141a
Supplied Title:
Homily for the 21st of Miyāzyā: The Glory of Mary.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 141a-142a
Supplied Title:
Homily for the Nativity [Ledatā] of Our Lady Mary.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 142ab
Supplied Title:
Homily for Dabra Metmāq: About the Miracles of Our Lad Mary at Dabra Metmāq.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 142b-143a
Supplied Title:
Homily for the construction of her church [henzata bētā]: Our Lord constructs a church for St, Mary.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 143ab
Supplied Title:
Homily for the 21st of Sanē: Our Lord celebrates Mass in the church built by him for St. Mary in Caesarea. (See preceding entry). This homily refutes the heresy of those who refuse to prostrated themselves before Our Lady Mary.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 143b-144a
Supplied Title:
Homily for the conception [Sensatā] of St. Mary: Refutation of the heresy of those who say that the incarnation of Christ was not from Mary, but eternal.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 144b-145b
Supplied Title:
Homily for the Assumption [Felsatā] of Our Lady.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 145b-146b
Supplied Title:
Homily for the 21st of Nahasē: Mary "the white dove with silver wings." Ps. 64, 14.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 146ab
Supplied Title:
Homily for Sēdēneyā: On the miracle which the icon of Our Lady worked in Dabra Sēdēneyā.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 147ab
Supplied Title:
Homily for the 21st of Maskaram: The importance of celebrating a memorial day for St. Mary every month.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 147b-148a
Supplied Title:
Homily for the 21st of Ṭeqemt: Mary, the rod of Aaron.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 148a-149a
Supplied Title:
Homily for Dabra Qesqwām: On the sojourn of the Holy Family in Dabra Qwesqwām.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 149ab
Supplied Title:
Homily for the 21st of Ḫedār: Mary (symbolized by the Ark of) Zion.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 149b-150a
Supplied Title:
Homily for the 3rd of Tāhśāś: History of Mary to the circumcision of Our Lord. Enries (13) and (26) above deal with the same topic.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 150ab
Supplied Title:
Homily for the 21st of Tāhśāś: On the glory ['ebayā wa-kebrā] of St. Mary.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 150b-151b
Supplied Title:
Homily for the 22nd (of Tāhśāś: On the writing by Bishop Daqseyos of the Miracles of Mary.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
Ff. 152a-159b
Supplied Title:
Vision of Our Lady Mary [Ra'eya Māryām] by John, son of Zebedee.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 24b
Supplied Title:
Record of the sale of land by Zallalaw Hamdi to Abbā Hayla Mikā'ēl, in 1912 E.C. (= 1919/20 A.D).
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 24b
Supplied Title:
A note on taxes [geber] for the monastery.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 83a
Supplied Title:
Settlement of a dispute over land between Ato Lemanaw and Abbā Gabra Heywat.
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 151b
Supplied Title:
Record of the sale of land by Abagāz Sisāy to Abbā Habta Gabre'ēl Abagāz, in 1949 E.C. (= 1956/7 A.D.).
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 151b
Supplied Title:
Record of income in grain for the monastery, 1946 E.C. (= 1953/4 A.D.)
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 151b
Supplied Title:
Record of the sale of land by Asmāra Takla Yoḥannes to Abbā Habta Māryā, 1950 E.C. (= 1957/8 A.D.).
Language(s):
Ge'ez
Manuscript Text
Folio:
F. 159a
Supplied Title:
A note on land transaction by assignment by the monastery from Arrāgāw Tekku to Agāmsā.
