Title
- King Zara Yaqob (Zarʾa Yaʿeqob), the 15th c. Ethiopian monarch, and how the Virgin Mary rebuked him for leaning against the wall of Dabra Zamaddo
Description
King Zara Yaqob entered a church that was built for Mary. As he stood before her tabot to pray, he leaned against a column. Upset with his disrespectful behavior, Mary admonished the king with the words: “Do not press on me!” Mary, who possesses the power to speak through objects, went on to explain why it was disrespectful to lean against walls or columns in church. This story of Mary rebuking Zara Yaqob clarifies why Lalibala avoided using columns in any of the ten churches he constructed during his reign as king.
Contributors
- Wendy Laura Belcher, editor
- Jeremy Brown, editor
- Taylor Eggan, contributor
History
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Taylor Eggan on :
(PEMM) typed incipit and summary at https://pemm.princeton.edu/stories/1016 -
Wendy Laura Belcher on :
(PEMM) identified the miracle
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