Prayer of Our Lady Mary which she prayed in the country of Bartos
ጸሎት፡ ዘእግዝእትነ፡ ማርያም፡ ዘጸለየት፡ ባቲ፡ በውስተ፡ ሀገረ፡ ባርቶስ፡ (Ṣalot za-ʾǝgzǝʾǝtǝna Māryām za-ṣallayat bātti ba-wǝsta hagara Bārtos)
· Anonymous (prayer taught by Christ to the Virgin; attributed in the Ethiopic to Cyriacus of Behnesa in some copies)
· Ethiopic witnesses 14th-15th c. and later; the prayer tradition is attested in Greek from…
· apocryphon
· LIT1201Bartos; BHO 654
partial / older only. An English translation exists but is partial or older than the critical edition. The gap is a modern, complete translation from the original. A rendering of a daughter version does not count here: it is recorded on the dossier of the text it actually translates.
Why this is in the register
NASSCAL e-Clavis ECCA 915 gives, under English, only translations of the COPTIC and GREEK tradition (Meyer & Smith 1999 for BL Or. 6796; Bélanger Sarrazin 2026 for Coptic A/B and the Greek Dongola text) and, under French, Basset's rendering of the ETHIOPIC (Les apocryphes éthiopiens V, 1895, pp. 11-30) (https://www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-christian-apocrypha/prayer-of-mary-at-bartos/). The Ethiopic edition remains Conti Rossini 1896 (Italian), and Beta Masaheft LIT1201Bartos cites Basset and Conti Rossini only (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BetaMasaheft/Works/master/1001-2000/LIT1201Bartos.xml). No English translation of the Ethiopic recension was located; the e-Clavis manuscript list for the Ethiopic version alone runs to several dozen witnesses.
The Ethiopic recension belongs to 'Tradition B' (narrative, Matthias-cycle) and is much longer than the Greek/Coptic liturgical form that the existing English translations render - so the English reader cannot reach the Ethiopic text at all.
Existing translations recorded
Edition / series
Les prières de la Vierge à Bartos et au Golgotha (Les Apocryphes éthiopiens V) · Les Apocryphes éthiopiens · René Basset (French) · 1895
La redazione etiopica della preghiera della Vergine fra i Parti · Rendiconti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei ser. 5.5 · Carlo Conti Rossini (Italian, with edition) · 1896
Fulton Brown, Rachel. "Mary and the art of prayer : the hours of the Virgin in medieval Christian life and thought." New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990152051850203941
Athans, Mary Christine. "In quest of the Jewish Mary : the mother of Jesus in history, theology and spirituality." Maryknoll, NY : Orbis Books, 2013. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990136392200203941
Ayo, Nicholas. "The Hail Mary : a verbal icon of Mary." Notre Dame : University of Notre Dame Press, c1994. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/990033553480203941
Budwey, Stephanie A. "Sing of Mary : giving voice to Marian theology and devotion." Collegeville, Minnesota : Liturgical Press, 2014. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/99154271632703941
Tavener, John. "Mary of Egypt : an ikon in music and dance." London : J. & W. Chester, 1992. https://hollis.harvard.edu/permalink/f/1s5nto6/99155224688003941
Cite: Tergwame, “Prayer of Our Lady Mary which she prayed in the country of Bartos”
(ethiopic gap dossier), 2026.
https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/ethiopic-anonymous-prayer-mary-bartos