Images: HMML
Other identifier(s): Codex Aureus
Physical description: parchment, 26 × 20.5 cm., 285 fols., 2 cols.; includes 12 illuminations (see all at PEMM)
Language(s): Ethiopic
Date: 1400
Provenance: commissioned by King Dawit
Contents:
Miracles of Mary in Bartos (fols. 98r–132r); fol. 91v features an image of Mary begging Jesus to rescue Matthias (shown above; original at PEMM)
Miracles of Mary (fols. 134r–281r)
Additional Contents: various prayers.
Catalogs and studies:
Belcher, Wendy Laura. “Painting the Marvelous: Digital Humanities Approaches to Our Lady Mary Illuminations in Highland Ethiopian Täʾammǝrä Maryam Manuscripts before 1600.” African Arts 59 (2026): 10–25.
Kropp, Manfred. “Die ältest bekannten äthiopischen Sammlungen der Marienwunder im Codex Aureus der Marienkirche von Amba Gǝšen und der Bethlehemkirche bei Däbrä Tabor.” OrChr 100 (2017): 57–103.
Spencer, Diana. “Trip to Wag and Northern Wällo.” Journal of Ethiopian Studies 5 (1967): 95–108.
Other online databases: PEMM
Entry created by Tony Burke, York University, 24 September 2026.