Eastern and Southern Africa

The Story of the Club Footed Man, Who Was Healed by the Virgin, from The Miracles of Mary (Te’amire Maryam)

Gonder, Ethiopia

Late 17th century, reign of Yohannes (1667–1682) or Iyyaso I (1682–1706)
Pages 109 verso, 110 recto of a bound manuscript: parchment, ink, tempera, wood, leather, cotton, and string

h. 36.8 x w. 31.8 x d. 9.5 cm

Ada Turnbull Hertle and Marian and Samuel Klasstorner Endowments, 2002.4

The Annunciation, from the Miracles of Mary (Te’amire Maryam)

The Covenant of Mercy, from the Miracles of Mary (Te’amire Maryam)

The Story of Saint Ildefonsus of Toledo, Who Compiled the Book of Miracles (Miracle I), from the Miracles of Mary (Te’amire Maryam)

The Story of the Painter in France, Who Fell While Decorating a Church and Was Saved by the Virgin (Miracle 8), from the Miracles of Mary (Te’amire Maryam)

The Story of the Brother Scribes, One of Whom Sinned while Copying the Miracles of Mary, and Whose Soul Was Saved by the Virgin (Miracle 18), from the Miracles of Mary (Te’amire Maryam)

The Story of the Leper Bishop Mercurius, Who Was Cured by the Virgin (Miracle 23), from the Miracles of Mary (Te’amire Maryam)

The Story of Barok of Finqe, a Dissolute Man Whose Soul Was Received by the Virgin (Miracle 26), from the Miracles of Mary (Te’amire Maryam)

Christ Crowned with Thorns, from the Miracles of Mary (Te’amire Maryam)

Saint Basiledes; Christ in Judgment, from the Miracles of Mary (Te’amire Maryam)


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